WOMAN’S WORLD

Wairarapa Age, 10 March 1934, Page 3

WOMAN’S WORLD

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mrs. Davis, of Masterton, has returned from England and is staying with Mrs. J. V. Gordon, Pownall (Street. Mr. and Mrs. K. Caverhill, Essex Street, are visiting Paraparaumu. Miss E. Eobieson, Pownall Street, is the guest of Mrs. L. Moss, Lower Hutt. Mr. and Mrs. W. Miller and family left Masterton this week for Hastings, where they intend to reside in future.

Mrs. A. Gribben, Auckland, is staying with Mrs. J. Broad, Fernyhurst.

Miss Bernadine Major, Upper Plain, has been visiting Mrs. C. A. Cameron, Flat Point.

Tinsel laces are apt to become dingy. Here is a method of freshening them without damaging even the palest tints. Shake the lace and brush off all dust with a soft brush. Lay it flat on blue tissue paper and rub powdered magnesia or cream of tartar into it with a stiff nailbrush, shake again, brush off all the powder with a clean brush, then polish with a soft silk duster.

If the eiderdown is distinctly shabby, then it is better to re-cover it. Choose a down-proof material, such as printed sateen or cottonback satin. The wrong side of the material should be soaped or waxed to prevent the down coming out. The quilting design is then marked in chalk and afterwards with a tacking thread. The case is th by joining together the *

prepared silk or sat * of material along + of one end open PTit the filling caref ,y hand and sew the open en securely. Place the eiderdown quite flat on a table and arrange the down as evenly as possible. Tack carefully along the quilted design, right through to the underside, then machine very carefully, with a second person to help if possible. When finished, remove the tacking threads by snipping, otherwise the down would be disarranged. Make five or six round holes for ventilation purposes and buttonhole them neatly.

Clothes for the sunshine need more study than those for indoors, an English authority points out. We all know the girl who is the centre of a group of gay young people and yet looks so very simply dressed. But her casual success is probably the result of careful study of herself and the sun, and by adjusting her personal appearance to the glare of the day she becomes a part of the life and brightness of the great out-of-doors. Gaiety is the first thing to achieve, both in one's make-up and in the fashions and colours selected. Secondly, simplicity Is the hallmark of sporting success. Clothes that live under the brilliance of summer skies should have a swift simplicity of line that gives a wellgroomed look. Wearability comes next in importance, for no matter how beautiful the ensemble, if its texture and style are unsuitable for the occasion the whole effect is ruined. Never pick fragile and delicate fabrics for active wear; they will only cause endless anxiety , and besides, they are not in good taste. Corded cottons, colourful prints, checked, plaided and striped spun silks or piques will all give satisfaction because they wash and wear erfdlessly, and have sufficient substance to achieve tailored simplicity. Don’t over-do your make-up in the open air. A cool lotion and a dusting of apricot powder, with a splash of orangy lip stick to supply the touch of vividness that the modern girl represents, and you will have achieved the ideal of sporting beauty.

Choosing a new hat. should be regarded as a serious business, because, after all, the face, and consequently the hat that crowns or frames it, iS the first point to attract the attention ■of one’s friends or even acquaintances, a London authority observes. Hats can belong to three classes—the “smart,” the “amusing” and the mere “covering for the head.” But it is up to any woman who values her appearance to see that she does not come into the last category. The bestdressed women will wear smart hats that are conventional but a la mode. These may be a new type of beret -or a small-brimmed cloche which has a new type of crown, but which keeps the becoming brim. You will very seldom find a woman with an established reputation for good dressing wearing a joke of a hat. This type of woman wears millinery in keeping with whatever costume she is wearing and she never strikes after too much originality. The wearers of “amusing” headgear are of a very different type and are usually original and artistic rather than chie. So they will daringly exploit a mortarboard, Glengarry or (dunce’s cap as something quite apart from their clothes, but just because it suits the tilt of their nose, the colour of their hair or because such a hat has never been seen before! The experiment is sometimes successful, but more often it gives amusement to candid friends, unless the wearer is endowed with good looks of the piquant type and plenty of poise to carry it off without self-consciousness.. The smart type of woman who wears “orthodox” millinery will be copied far more than these daring spirits who seek sensational headgear.