FOOTWEAR NOVELTIES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18617, 12 July 1930, Page 10

FOOTWEAR NOVELTIES.

One of the novelties in the new season’s footwear, is shoes made of tweed in a very close weave, and specially shrunk to prevent stretching. All the best tweed designs this year, by the way, are neat and geometric, so are specially adaptable for shoes. This particularly shoe has heels of kid in the dominant note of the tweed, and are Worn with tweed stockinette dresses and suits for town wear. These are the happy result of many experiments mad with various woollen materials and are delightfully soft to wear. They come in smart colours, like brown and biege, black and white and navy and white. The reptile shoe is being made much softer, as many women acquired reptile feet. This swelling and tenderness is due to the unyielding texture of the reptile's hide. Now the chief offenders, lizard and crocodile, can be had much softer, also python and sea-snake and other curious reptiles. These are in great demand both for entire shoes or trimmings on glace and antelope. The court shoe continues to be one of the sihartest shoes when seen on the right foot, and there are new laced shoes with high heels. Many women find it difficult to keep court shoes on as they need to be a little shorter than usual to stay on, and few women like a shoe that hurts. Only very healthy feet, that never swell are at ease in a court shoe, and even these are not improved by wearing court shapes constantly.

The high straight heel, which is so fashionable, is also a cause of complaint. They break off and are anything but smart; also parts frequently chip off, as they are of wood. The chiropodists and the foot surgeons have largely increased their practice of recent years, since elderly women who formerly were content with low heels and comfortable shoes, have taken to wearing smart footwear. Now, however, there are more straps and laced shoes, with the lacing ending fairly low in the vamp, being worn.

HOME-MAE& FACE POWDERS,

One of the best of all face powders will cost but a few coppers a box, if you blend it yourself. Buy from a chemist four ounces of best rice or potato and one ounce ©f powdered orris root. Buy also a small amount of perfumed oil—rose, violet, or anything which pleases you —and rub this over the inside of your powder bowl. Pour in the powder, stir it occasionally, and the powder will very quickly take up the perfume from the oil. Stir it well to give it a uniform scent, box tightly, and keep it in a dry place. A cheap and easily-prepared powder for a brunette is made by sifting four ounces of finely-powdered French chalk and adding to it a little vegetable yellow obtained from the chemist. The colouring must be aded gradually, in the smallest possible quantities, as 'it is easy to make the mixture too yellow. Try it while mixing; you Will have put in enough colour when the powder does not show oh the skin.

An ideal powder for the blonde girl may be made as above, except that carmine must be used instead of yellow, to make the powder the exact shade of pink that suits the skin. Another good powder, very pleasant to use, is made by mixing equal parts of oxide of zinc and boracic powder, with four times the quantity of powdered starch.

Powder will not adhere well to some skins, especially those that are rather coarse or red. In this case it is a good plan to use a little glycerine and rosewater. or cold cream, beforehand. Rub the face well with a soft handkerchief, apply the cold cream or glycerine. allow it to remain on for a minute, remove it with a piece of old silk, and finally smooth the powder carefully over the skin.

EXQUISITE FANS. The new fans that are being seen in Paris and on the Riviera are the loveliest ever. They are made of several layers of chiffon, light as a feather, in the forms and colours of different flowers and their leaves, and some are jewelled.