OF INTEREST to WOMEN

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 84, 18 March 1931, Page 2

OF INTEREST to WOMEN

>l fashion forecasts

New Necklace An ideal necklace for evening wear, which lias ear-rings designed to match, is made of glass and carved imitation ivory. Round glass beads and palest pink flat beads are strung alternately at the back of the necklace, with several beads of pale pink, carved in delicate patterns, in the front. The ear-rings are flat and round, and are merely of the carved pink ivory. * * * Trimming on Hats Spring millinery will be trimmed. Draped lines, becoming brims, clever bows and the subtle placing of flower clusters and sprays show that the vogue of severely plain hats has passed. A fashion hint comes from Agnes, to the effect that the flower on the hat should be matched with a smart corsage. On a felt hat, for example, a cluster of white violets was placed, and the note repeated again in a small corsage of the same flower worn on the lapel of the suit. * * =i> A Renovation Idea Tweed and crepe de chine make a very successful fabric alliance and a tweed frock that, may have seen better days can be smartened by the addition of a crepe de chine top to the corsage, and half sleeves. A remnant, of one yard of crepe de chine will be sufficient for this renovation. Alternatively, if you happen to have a crepe de chine dress that you have had to discard, the top of this might, be retained and two and three-eighth yards of 54in. tweed could he purchased at the sales and a frock could be made. A beige tweed flecked - with red could have a top of red crepe de chine and be finished with red buttons.

JUST GOSSIP HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE Eye make-up is banned by the chic woman of Europe. Heavy lid shadow, mascara and eyebrow pencilling have been banished from the make-up kit. of the Continent’s bestgroomed women. The modes of the moment, that call for softer, more feminine effects are, no doubt, the reason for (his recent ultimatum. * * * The keynote of the season’s mode is one of revival, and long black gloves are the latest fashion to return to the fold. Elbow length 1 black suede gloves are a smart accessory to an afternoon frock of pink chiffon. A. large black hat and handbag carry out the colour combination. * * * After being wooed by a cable or trans-Atlantic telephone message of love daily for the past year, Miss Peggy Lovat, an English actress, was recently married in America to Mr. Maurice Despres. It must, have been a costly courtship". * * * Now we may have “picture odours” to help create the at'ifiosphere of a film in. the minds —or noses —of the audience. A theati’e in California tried it out, recently. Scented pellets were used, and the aroma was distributed through the theatre’s ventilating system. In a barn scene (h| smell of new mown hay was wafted to the audience. * * * Colour specialists have discovered that men and women have different colour preferences. Men prefer blue, red, purple, green, orange and yellow, in that order; while women favour red, then purple, blue, green, orange and yellow. It seems a pity that men don’t follow their preferences in choosing suits. What about a red, purple and green mixture tweed. ■* * * It is always amusing to know what wealthy visitors “take hack home,” after they have stayed in London. An Argentine multi-millionaire took back an old horse bus, which he is going to make into a “summer house,” a couple of Shetland ponies, some sheep and several tins of butterscotch. Mr. Henry Ford took back with him to the States a hansom cab amongst other “souvenirs.” Ho has a collection of hansom cabs. * * « Making Eyes for a Living In a small establishment in London a young woman makes eyes all day for other people. She is the only woman running a glass eye-making business in great Britain, and perhaps in the whole world, says a London correspondent. Miss Millauro began by making eyes for wounded soldiers, and became one of the leading experts at the work. When the demand from wounded soldiers lessened she turned her attention to supplying glass eyes for a much wider range of patients. The modern substitute for an eye is so fitted into the socket that it moves with the muscles and usually defies detection. A famous English judge wears one of Miss Millauro’s eyes, but few people know it is not his own. Most people who have lost an eye keep one or two extra in stock in case of accident, and an African client had half a dozen sent, explaining that when he had to leave his plantation ho left one of his eyes on guard over the native workers. TEA WITH THE QUEEN “I have had a cup of tea with the Queen, and now I have shaken hands with the dear Prince.” This was what Mrs. Peters, aged 77, one of the oldest members of the Mothers’ Meeting at the Dockland Settlement, Canning Town. London, said after being presented to the Prince of Wales (states the "Daily Mail.”) During a visit, to the settlement the Prince went into the theatre, where a number of women were watching a film dealing with the history of the mission. The pictures included a visit by the King and Queen, and a woman smiling merrily, was seen being presented to Their Majesties. “Who is that charming old lady?” the Prince asked of Sir Reginald Ken-nedy-Cox, the honorary warden of (he settlement. “Why, that is Mrs. Peters. She is here this afternoon,” he was told. And in a moment the Prince walked over to Mrs. Peters, shook hands with her and chatted. “Some of my grandchildren were in the Roy Scouts guard of honour that greeted you on your arrival,” she told him.