HERE AND THERE

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1935, Page 3 (Supplement)

HERE AND THERE

Save all the lemon skins you can for toilet purposes. Throw them into your bath water or your basin for face washing when you want a real refresher. It gives the water a lovely pungent fragrance. *** ' 1 * Art in the bathroom has taken an original turn and in the very modern flat that has just been redecorated there are inset in the tiled walls panels of smooth green rubber on which are painted a design of silver fishes. The curtains of rubberised silk, are the same shade of green bordered with silver shells and tiny fish. * * . # « < Modernistic shades for table-lamps can be made with ordinary white buckram. I have seen some very simply constructed into tubular shades with a narrow border of glazed coloured material glued round the top and bottom of the tube. These shades do not interfere with the light and are excellent for a bedside lamp. • * * * * Here is something to make for yourself to add an up-to-the-minute touch to a frock. Make a belt of ndt, embroider it with coloured wools and give it a brightly painted wooden buckle. Wear it round a plain - white or natural coloured linen or tussore silk frock to give it its best effect. * * ' #. « A new type of dinner dress, which is a blessing to the girl of limited income is a “guimpe” dress. One model is l made of taffetas and has a square neck in front and a low back. It is then a formal dance dress, but the change to informal dinner or even cocktail dress is brought about by the in-“' sertion of an organdi J'guimpe” or blouse made in tailored style with turn down pointed collar and wide full-length sleeves. This is the perfect dress to take away for,' the lyeek-end. * * # # When mustard pots are emptied and washed before refilling, the old mustard need not always be thrown away, advises a~ Writer in the Manchester Guardian. About half a teaspoonful, mixed with a pint of water, is excellent for treating indoor or greenhouse plants to free them from worms. It does not injure the plants in any way. Mustard in the rinsing, water will remove a smell of fish from the sink. ♦ * . * ’ v * Not many small girls have such dainty little bedrooms of their own as little Lady Caroline, Lady Weymouth’s daughter. The colour scheme is green and cream, with a green leaf design in the wallpaper and green embroidery over her cream bedspread. The brush with which she keeps her short smooth hair in and other toilet articles set out on the small dressing-table" are ’painted with trees and' flowers as well as their owner’s name. Just over Lady Caroline’s bed > hangs a picture of herself as a baby sketched by her mother, who draws with out-of-the-way skill and has a happy knack of catching likenesses. Lady Weymouth, whose husband is a Member of Parliament and heir to the Marquess of Bath, is a devoted mother and' spends much time with' her family, but also manages to spare some for social activities. She is among the hostesses who recently have been holding pay parties in-aid of charity. • • ’’ **■ * . * Moderns are not usually credited with sentimental tendencies, yet one sometimes comes- across signs that they still exists they are not flaunted as they were in Victorian times.,Hoarding of sentimental souvenirs, for instance, is something to which the most sophisticated young person may confess. These treasures ate in some cases placed on view. An American paper recently was advertising relief frames for babies’ bonnets and shoes I # * - ’ * ■ • Wear a halter if you wish to be right up-to-date. The latest scarf,. whether of wool ■or silk, is of halter design and one slips one’s heads through it to wear it hanging down in front like a draped collar or twisted twice round the neck to make it into a choker. They make a smart finish to a " frock. . ' * « # * Smart women are taking great care to have their nail tints in harmony with their dresses. Cyclamen nail polish has been created for use with frocks in the new pinky mauve shades and' there are some rich pink < and red varnishes, such as blush rose and tomato, for the nails when navy blue is being worn. \ □Enterprising street-traders often do a good business with souvenir handkerchiefs at fashionable weddings in town. The handkerchiefs, which are sold outside the church or place of reception, are printed with an appropriate design of wedding bells and true-lovers’ knots, with the monograms of the happy pair in the centre. Not only guests, but often members of the crowd of onlookers purchase these mementoes. * ' # « # Family jewels seem io have come out in full force this season. If the truth were known, it is probable that quite half the magnificent tiaras, bangles and necklets seen when society meets to revel are only replicas of the real things. It is amazing how even experts can je deceived 'by some' of the modern productions of synthetic gems and no one scorns to wear them. Princess Marie Louise is one of the members of the Royal family who possess artificial copies of their jewels for wear when cruising and occasions of lesser importance. * * * j . # Everyone seems to have fallen for the red, white and blue craze and the newest choker necklaces are composed of big beads x in these colours, separated from each other with gold links. There are earrings to match in a drop design and each has a trio of beads graduating in size, from, the red one that comes nearest tfig ear, to a little blue one that dangles at the end. Ammonia will help in many a household, difficulty when ordinary cleaning methods fail. Things which are made wholly' or partly of rubber may be cleaned with & weak, warm solution of'ammonia, whereas soap and water might prove injurious. is Elastic knee-caps, belts, suspenders and 1 stockings can, be made fresh by this treatment without their suppleness being impaired. Electric-light fittings of ormolu or brass and brass curtain rods and’ rings, which have become blackened through exposure, can be brought back to comparative brilliance if a warm ammonia solution is brushed over them. It will not counter actual corrosion but it will restore & great deal <lt: ttw polish, , ~