EVENING GLOVES BLACK

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18832, 21 March 1931, Page 13 (Supplement)

EVENING GLOVES BLACK

A CASE TO KEEP THEM IN. Now that evening gloves are back, It behoves us to have a pretty case to keep them in (writes an Englishwoman). Nothing wears gloves out more quickly than to leave them all crunched up anyhow in a drawer, which is more than likely half-filled with derelict lipsticks and odd boxes of face powder. Here is a very neat case. It will lie absolutely flat in your drawer, and will take up no space at all when next you are travelling. For it you need two pieces of cardboard about 12in. long and sin. broad. These must be covered very neatly with some pretty material. A gaily-patterned ribbon would be nice, or an old scrap of some old frock. Cretonne, even, would do, or just a plain piece of coloured linen, worked with your initials. It’s really a matter of choice. Having covered these two pieces, you place them side by side and proceed to pin into position lengths of Jin. cordered, or plain, silk ribbon. Having satisfied yourself that all is well, turn the Edges under and neatly sew them into position, right on the edges ef the cardboard. Now you’ve got an affair like a long note-case, and you will see that it makes a splendid home for your long gloves, which will need folding once lengthwise before being put to rest. Just open it one way, put the gloves in flat, fold up, turn over, and open it on the other side, and you will find that the gloves have very conveniently tucked themselves safely under the ribbons.

STYLES IN BRACELETS. In proportion as dresses become more flowing, so jewellery tends to become heavier and stiffer, and there is again a vogue for real stones, includ- . ing diamonds. At the opening of one Paris collection the jewels worn on a black velvet evening frock were all diamonds, including a pendant, a large plaque at the point of the low back, and a wide, stifT bricelet of the stones on one arm. At the other extreme come the glass and china bracelets. The latter are mode without any joints and form heavy bangles, which are sometimes flat and sometimes rounded. They, naturally, break very easily. China bracelets are made on the lines of china plates or teacups. That is to say, they may be very heavily gilded, and even have a little picture in the middle. These go with the more romantic dresses. Some are gilded in squares or triangles with squares of colour in between. Some are plain black and white, in perhaps a chessboard fashion.

Glass bracelets may also be wholly stiff like a bangle, or they may have joints. The stiff ones are generally round, and they may be crystal clear or engraved, or a mixture of dull and clear glass. They are very effective with black frocks. The jointed-glass bracelets ar? made like the old jet ornaments which used to be worn—very wide and heavy—with all respectable mourning. The most attractive either have incised patterns upon them or are in dull and shiny glass together. The others often combine an old-fash-ioned note of colour, such as used to be seen in decanters. There may be a streak of crimson in the glass or of very dark blue. Sometimes gold is used of a dull, greenish tone, or scentbottle lines. Very fine patterns of gold are effective and go well with white frocks.

TO KEEP HUSBANDS NEAT. Have you ever realised that the clothes your husband wears are the clues by which your fellow citizens Judge your worth? Have you ever noticed the odd things that complete the toilet of a stranger, such as ties, cuffs, collars, shirts and suits? They reveal many interesting features. If you would have your husband well turned out. take possession of his tie box one free day and attempt a little renovation. First tack down the edges to keep the wadding in position. Use a fine needle and silk thread, then no visible marks will remain. Now cut out strips of cardboard to fit the ends of the ties when ironing, and put them aside. Soak the ties for a few minutes in cold water to which salt has been added. This fixes the colours. Wash In warm soapy water, and when they are free from spots, rinse in cold water and roll each tie its entire length tightly in a towel. While still slightly damp, insert the cardboards and iron on the wrong side, rubbing until the tie is dry. Remove the cardboards and tacking threads and the ties will be as good as new. When ironing soft collars, it is best to begin at the points and iron to the centre back. If this is done, the points will be free from creases. When mixing starch for stiff collars, use soapy water. This will prevent the iron sticking and give the linen a splendid gloss The starch can afterwards be used for washing the steps, to keep them white. After ironing a shirt, lay it flat on the board, front uppermost, and work upwards to the yoke, giving the boxpleat and fronts very particular attention.