ITEMS OF INTEREST.
An excellent electrical device is a combined traA'eliing iron, hot water boiler and hair-waving “ tongs.” This, Avith a cord and plug, is packed into a Ismail box which can be carried in the hand or packed in a trunk. The apparatus is especially suitable for the woman who is travelling, because it can be used Avith e\-ery kind of \ r o!tage. Tho smartest material for evening wraps is shot, patterned \*elvet. A loA*ely cloak lately seen was in some lights a reddish-brown, in other lights a distinct shade of green. The shot effects in A*elvet give a lustrous appearI ance to the surface, which is surpris- ] ingiy rich-looking. IMany women possess beautiful old damask table-cloths for which, owing to the'-vogue for table mats, they are unlable to find a use. If they have them dyed, these cloths can be successfully made into attractive window curtains.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17220, 11 December 1923, Page 9
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