Fashions and Furbelows

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18547, 22 August 1928, Page 13

Fashions and Furbelows

NOTES BY SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS.

HAND AND GLOVE. The main object of gloves is to keep your hands warm, clean or competently covered, but there’s no objection, also, to their adding a little beauty. I like gloves plain, loose and good-fitting. Styles change from season to season, but . you can depende on. general suitability to go on about the same. For hard wear, especially in autumn and winter, hard-wearing doeskin is a favourite. It looks businesslike and wears, well. Suede is softer, more flattering to the hand and a little dressier than the ordinary doeskin. Fabric, silk and washable leathers are practical, because you can wash them easily vourself and always have a clean pair.' I’m glad to see that you can get many leathers in washable varieties now. If j'our hand is fat, you will find a dull-finished, not too bulky glove most becoming, and you should avoid tight fit, trimming, wide stitching and heavy seams. A neutral colour or tint is more flattering to any hand than is white. Any glove will last longer if it’s correctly put on and taken off. In putting on a glove, turn the main part back over the fingers and then work into the fingers gradually. In taking it off, you can turn back the glove and ease it oft gently, turning it inside out. TO AVOID PUCKERING. Following a wash, you may find that the darn over which yqu spent some time has puckered, and that the next wash it is worse still. The reason is that the darning wool has shrunk. To prevent this state of affairs happening again,, buy the fine wool that is sold in skeins, and tie each skein in one or two places to avoid entangling the threads. Pour boiling water over the wool and leave for a few’ minutes. Then take it out of the- water and allow to drip and dry in tlie open air. When quite dry it is shrunk and ready for use. In the wool you have already in hand is wound on cards, you can unwind it, tie it in skeins and shrink it —a little trouble, it is true, but well worth while. Darn woollies closely but loosely, with as line a needle as possible—and never use double wool. Look over the garments each week and dnrn over the thin places instead of letting them go into actual holes.

FOR A NARROW HALL. In dealing with a narrow and rather dark hall, it is worth bearing .a few special points in mind! With a little care, the hall may' be made lighter and, even more important, its apparent size may be increased. Let the woodwork be white or cream, and, if possible, it is much better to use enamel or varnished paint. If it is thought that this will mean too much cleaning,, choose some rather light shade. The floor covering should L>e

light, or a neutral tint. If the floor has been stained, or there is alreadv a dark linoleum, relieve this with a few light mats. The paper on the walls should be light, and it is much better that this should be piain, or, at any rate, with only a slight pattern. Any paper with perpendicular lines should' be avoided, as this will only increase the apparent, height of . the hall and make it look more narrow than it really is. As a rule, a narrow hall looks as if it was too high, and to correct this it is a good plan to bring the picture rail down lower than usual. One or two pictures might be allowed, but the walls should not be overcrowded, as this will make the hall look smaller. Very little furniture is needed in the small hall. Do not have a hat-rack- A table, narrow and long, with a mirror above, will do well. One or two chairs will complete the furnishing.