WOMANLY WISDOM

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16416, 3 May 1921, Page 9

WOMANLY WISDOM

When does a girl become a ( woman? Strango aa it may seem, it varies. There are some girls who never appear t.o take the plunge into womanhood. Throughout their life they remain inconsequent and irresponsible. Others, owing to premature responsibilities, become women at a comparatively early age. But the usual stage of transition from girlhood to womanhood is between the ages of seventeen and twentyfive. A girl then finds her view-points gradually changing; she begins to “ find herself ” to have a distinct aim in life, and to form her opinions on men and matters generally. .During those years she is particularly sensitive lo her surroundings and to the influence of various people with whom she comes in contact. Then suddenly one day. she a.wakes to the realisation that she is a woman. That*does not. mean that she has lost her girlhood, but merely that she lias added to it. She has gained more stability of character and a deeper insight into life. A girl often can become a woman without, difficulty, but she should not forget that once a woman she can never again fie simply a girl. Italy's silk production, this year is officially estimated at 59,500.000 pounds of cocoons, an iucrease of 37 per cent, from last year. Artificial eyelashes, a. distracting device for the augmentation of feminine charm, which originated in America, have, become popular for evening wear in Paris. After a quarter of an hour’s careful work, they are guaranteed to put soulfulness and a trusting expression into the most lack-lustre orbs. *Tiny strips of flesh-coloured adhesive tape are used to gum the sweeping lashes to the lids. Another method of attachment involves the use of white of egg, but as the artificial hairs are brittle, and must subsequently be removed, the process of unfastening is painful. A feature of post-war hospitality iri London is the absence of private parties. Instead, hostesses dine their guests at a- fashionable restaurant, and then take them on to a dancing club (says au exchange.). No time is wasted upon devising a new dinner-table decoration, or the details of a menu. There is no taking up of carpets or moving of furniture. Instead, the guests are amused by a novel environment, such as the Italian roof garden at the Graftop restaurant, or the Embassy Club, where miniature revues arc acted during dinner. The Embassy Club is in Bond Street, and is regarded as the very latest thing in London entertainment. It recalls the famous “ Alidnight Frolics.” given by tho Z-iegfeld Follies, ou tho roof of tho Amsterdam Theatre in New York. The Embassy platform is ou a level with the floor, and around it tire placed the tables, so that diners can eat and see at the same time. The singers and dancers come from a. raised gallery on one .side of tho hall, and down a short flight of stairs to the stage, in the centre of the room. Later, the guests dance themselves. The revels at the Embassy Club are novel, but they are quite “ proper.” It is not a night club, but a dancing club, and membership is strictly limited. Not a lew A’.A.D. s. vritli the experience gained in military hospitals during the war, have joined the nursing profession, says an English paper. Women who served.in munition shops have found a ready outlet for their talents as off-job women in all parts of the country. One of the trials of present-day housekeeping is the extortionate charge for any little bit of household repair, which every home requires from time to time. It mriy be a broken window, the fixing of curlain rods, or Hie renewing of washers in taps. By the time a carpenter or plumber is found days may have been wasted, while the smallest job will cost. 15s or £l. Odd-job women have found lucrative employment in these directions. Other women have had success in devising furniture and apparatus likely to lighten work in the servantless kitchen. An odd-job girl constructed a kitchen cabinel out of an old chest of drawers with complete success. Tn some cases two or three of these handy women work together, under a definite management. Experience has shown that it is easy to work up a very paying connection.