Fashions and Furbelows.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18640, 18 December 1928, Page 12

Fashions and Furbelows.

Notes by Special Contributors

TO MEND SILK MACKINTOSHES

A very good way of doing this is to place the torn part with the edges together face downwards on a table, then taka a strip of adhesive plaster a little larger than the tear, and place on the wrong side of the tear. Press firmly into position with a cool iron, and the tear will hardly show at all on the right side.

FOR THE WOMAN MOTORIST

The woman who drives her own car needs to be dressed in a practical and smart fashion, and she realises that in

cold weather she needs to keep her hands and feet warm. Another danger point is the throat. Unless this is protected unpleasant draughts blowing down the back of one’s neck will mar the nicest run. A cosy little scarf takes up no room, but is quite an adequate protection for the throat.

FOOD FOR THE THIN.

We hear a great deal nowadays about dieting and the numbers of women who avoid chocolates, cakes and sugar, and anything which they fear will tend to increase their weight, but we are inclined to forget that to be too thin is almost as bad as to be too fat. Excessive thinness does not make for beauty. A face that is so thin that the cheeks are sunken, a neck in which disfiguring hollows show, and a figure that is angular are not becoming, and what is worse, they are not signs of good health. Those who are in this unhappy state should hasten to remedy their diet. It should include plenty of butter, cream—this is very valuable—milk, eggs, fat, such as fat bacon, suet puddings, etc., cheese, nuts, bread, cakes, jam, honey, sugar, porridge and fish, such as herrings, salmon and sprats, that are rich in oil. A course of cod-liver oil and malt is also advisable for those who are excessively thin and need to build up their strength.

BEAD EMBROIDERY. When arranging to embroider or sew beads on to a dress, it is much better to do up the seams before placing the transfer on the material. However careful one is, it is almost impossible to get the pattern to agree absolutely if the design is put on before the piece? are seamed together.