NEW ZEALANDER IN PENANG

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 256, 7 October 1931, Page 3

NEW ZEALANDER IN PENANG

Down Petticoat Lane

FILMS OF HER COUNTRY News comes from Penang, in the Straits Echo, of the immense success of films of the Dominion shown through the agency of Miss CrichtonImrie. The leading theatre was taxed beyond its capacity when the “Scenic Wonders and Industrial Life ot New Zealand” were shown on the screen. The entertainment was in aid of Child Welfare, and Miss Crichton-Imrie was thanked for lending the films and presented with a bouquet of beautiful red roses. The great variety of scenery in the Dominion seems to people in other parts, and undoubtedly adds greatly to the interest of a programme. Some of the films weie ot child life in this country, while others dealt With the welfare work, _ ana these, naturally, were of particular interest. The Straits Echo, in an editorial, says: “The Child Welfare movement was started in New Zealand, and has now spread throughout the world. The Public Health service there is scientifically organised to save life. Malaya in general and Penang in particular cannot do better than take a leaf out of the New Zealand book. ;1; * * Embroidered Ladybirds , , The simplest and newest ot coatfrocks in black lainage, shown by a Dover Street house recently, had the corsage “splashed” with golden ladybirds." a dull gold that just sufficiently relieved the black (states a writer in the Daily Telegraph). The inch-wide collar struck an unusual note, cut to the base of the neck in 1880 style in the black fabric, with bars of gold thread. The equally narrow wristband was treated in similar fashion, but showed a tiny scalloped frill turned hack. This novel scalloped decoration also appeared on the curiously shaped frills that formed the hem. ... X- * Unusual Bridal Dress When Miss Dorothy Duveen, daughter of Sir Joseph Duveen, the famous art collector, married Mr. W. P. Garthvffiite, the son of a London banker, she wore a frock of ivory lace, that very heavy rich lace with a raised pattern; the full skirt fell to the grorind, arid tire' bodice had long tight-fitting sleeves (states' a Londoner)'. With it was worn an unusual little sleeveless jacket of lace/ She wore an uncommon but attractive' cap of lace, worked in the tricorne shape of the 18th century. It looked very like one of the fashionable bowler hats, and was trimmed With - orange blossom and leaves of green crystal. Her bouquet Was exquisite, White orchids' apd lilies of the valley, which appeared to fail in a shower, for the' tiny flowers were caught to’ streamers of narrow white ribbon. o >p * Womanly Women Paris dress designers' have made up their minds to make us really womanly women in the coming season. Girls of th’6 plainsJah'e-and-no-nonsense type gasped when the long skirt swept the fashion world. They will get a worse shock when they see the frills, basques; arid’ bustle effects introduced in the new modes; says an overseas writer. Charles Frederick Worth invented the crinoline in the middle of the 19th century, and noW his descendants have turned'back the pages of history. The gowns Mr. Worth will shoi| to the dress buyers have been evo&ed from the gowns worn at the Coijft of Louix XV., or during the Third Empire, but naturally they are designed on practical lines to suit modern requirements. There will be bristles, but not of the dimensions of those worn by our grandmothers. Skirts will be long and wide, waists will be trim and bodices snugly fitting. The bowler is finished so far as the Paris dress houses are concerned, but hats will be small and worn at an angle to show the hair at one side of the head.

Avoid Over-Fatigue So many women are often, and riot unnaturally, extremely tired at the end of the day. It is always a pity to he more tired than one need be; and actually by taking a certain amount of care it is often possible to be far less tired at the end of the day than might have been expected. The great secret is to sit down whenever one can. This obviously cannot be done when one is dusting or sweeping or vacuum-cleaning a room, neither is it feasible during a great many other housekeeping occupations; but a great deal more cooking can be done sitting down than, people seem to think. It means assembling all the tools and utensils one will need before beginning to cook any particular dish; and it means doing the jobs which must be done standing up first, if this can be arranged. The preparation of vegetables and fruit are two of the m,ost obvious details which suggest themselves as being feasible; but there are very many others. * * * Two Novelties The latest novelty in the millinery world at Home is a veritable "forage" cap, but with a brim one side. The cap is no longer worn at the back of the head, but pulled forward and tilted over the right eye and as abruptly as a tiny brim turns off at the left. This sensational shape is appearing in the simplest and most demure of black summer felts. Its only trimming is a tuck of its own fabric and a tiny bow of narrow black petersham. Another novelty is the Robin Hood hat in thin black felt. This hood is twisted and pinched to turn up slightly at the left side and dip over the eyes and forehead. The soft crown is caught up with a couple of quills in black and silver cire. * * * Letting in the Sun Open-mesh stockings are being largely worn by smart women in France this year, and sandals which are porous accompany them. Eyeshade hats made of very open-work straw, or hats with light straw crowns and broderie anglaise brims are also worn when the sun deigns to shine. * * * Men's Beauty Parlour Men have their own special rnnctu'm in the beauty salons attach < I to the International Sportsmen's Clt > in Park Lane, London (states a c'c. respondent). They sit in masculine-1 >oking leather armchairs in an all-wnite roorn, and have their nails manicured by a clever Chinaman. The room has

been so arranged that shy clients can slip in without being seen by women friends; ■ .-i, ~■ ~, .. ~, , • ' % ' # !■ : » : No Mirror 3 The. swimming girls of Enrton-on-Trent, England, are aggrieved (states a correspondent). They assert they have been ignored in the corporation's £14,000 bath scheme because no mirrors have been provided! A prominent member of the Ladies' Swimming Association said that they considered they had been grossly neglected. A corporation official suggested the reason for the lack of mirrors might lie in the fact thai they had a' habit of disappearing. . .■ *, * * Kirtg AH*onso'(§ f46me King Alfonso is greatly annoyed at the statements that he has bought a chateau for £150,000" near Paris, states a correspondent. According to the Duke de Miranda—and he ought to know—King Alfonso will be unable to buy a big estate , for some time' to come, if ever. When Queen Ena was in London she bought some English furniture, and expressed the hopethat she would soon have a home of her own; but it will not be anything like the Rothcliild chateau at Chantilly. for the simple reason that King Alfonso cannot afford a big home.