Fashions and Furbelows

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18092, 28 February 1927, Page 10

Fashions and Furbelows

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YOUTHFUL FASHIONS. The pretty page-boy of the Middle Ages figure is much liked: it is a 3’outhful and slender mode. It can be secured by a "widely flaring basque at the natural waistline. Sleeves and \'okes are often cut in one; fastenings of corsages are at the side; wrists are invariably given a little attention in the form of £ ribbon or an inside cuff. The cape will not be so popular. The sterner weather of winter favours the more practical coat. The said coat is liked best when worn wrapped rather than buttoned; it is seldom belted. A rather odd-looking short fur coat is smiled upon ; it is generalh' allowed revers of a different fur and is also granted patch pockets. A WASH-DAY HINT. A good plan for keeping clothes pegs safe when not in use, and a help when hanging out clothes, is to make a bag of any washing material, over a coathanger, and in the centre or one side of the bag make, a good sized hole to enable the hand to obt;vu tU pegs

easib' - from the bottom of the bag. When hanging out the clothes slip this bag on to the line and you can then have both hands free for pegging out or taking down the clothes, and the pegs, besides not getting lost, also keep nice and clean. ABOUT YOUR BACK. Before donning evening dress, get a friend to give the upper pai t ot your back a special beauty treatment. This is an area which often suiters from neglect —and blackheads ! Let your helper begin b>* sponging the skin well with hot water to open the pores. Then, after drying, roll a Turkish towel lengthways and use it as a massage roller for brisk friction over the shoulder blades. Keep this up for several minutes, long enough for the skin to tingle and turn red from the stimulating blood supply underneath, but not long enough for any soreness to result. Then smear cold cream liberally over the area to soothe it and nourish the skin. Now comes an oatmeal application, which consists of a handful of fine, oatmeal twisted up in a piece of butter muslin to form a round pad Dip the oatmeal pad in warm water and squeeze jut any cuifs. Now tap

the skin sharpl> r all over with it for a few minutes End up by smearing a skin verv light!v with -vanishing cre It s a good tiling to give this treatn, once a fortnight or so regularly, so the back never gets out of conditiou. And then when a dance does come along you needn’t have that last-minute beaut\' treatment rush.