MATTERS FEMININE.

Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 334, 28 July 1914, Page 3

MATTERS FEMININE.

THAT "HEAVY” LOOK.

The habit of breathing through the inouth often gives a-dull/stolid expression to the faoe. Many a girl would be pretty but for "that heavy look,” as her friends describe it. A loosely-hanging mouth takes away all the brightness and alert expression from a face, and, what is vastly important, it is extremely unhealthy to breathe through the mouth. Slight cases of adenoids can often be cured by the practice of correct, deep breathing, and anyone with a delicate throat should spare no trouble to check the bad habit of mouth breathing. From the point of views of looks alone it is worth doing.

GIVING A CHILD MEDICINE,

When a physician gives medicine to a tiny babe he places the tip of the teaspoon against the roof of the child’s mouth; in this way it is impossible for the child to choke or to eject the contents of the spoon by spluttering. When teaching a baby to eat from the spoon tlie same method should prove useful, since it would be far more comfortable for the child than the usual performance, and one would be better able to tell just how much food the child has taken-—a thing not always possible when a large portion is spluttered out of the little mouth as fast as it was put in.

KIMONO

|t is true that one can buy kimonos very cheaply, but then they have a norpid trick of looking tawdry very soon and washing badly. On the other hand, nothing is so easy to make, as practically every seam is straight, and one has an almost limitless supply of color schemes to choose from.

Our model was made in Japanese qrepe patterned in vivid pui pie and green, and bordered with purple sateen. Another very successful effect was produced by using apple green crepon with border of cretonne in gaudy shades of red, white, blue and green. Japanese crepe can be had in various soft shades of blue, mauve, green, and coral pink, and any one of

those edged with white would look dainty, while if just a little embroidery be added, worked in coarse mercerised white silk or linen, the improvement Will be astonishing, considering how little work is in it.

There is a deep soft Wedgwood blue that looks exquisite embroidered with palest pink flowers with white centres. Sprays of wistaria falling over the shoulder have a graceful effect, and appie blossom is another good design.

The sash may be of crepe, sateen, or ribbon, and is not included in quantities given: 3J yards Japanese crepe, §7 inches wide; 1J yards sateen, 30 inches wide.

A BEAUTY SECRET.

The beauty of freshness, though not of feature, may be secured by any healthy woman, and it is certainly worth striving after. To secure a nice, clear complexion, bathe night and morning, using warm water and a good soap, which must be thoroughly rinsed off before drying. Eat in moderation, avoiding all indigestible foods, strong tea, coffee, and alcohol. Keep as cheery and amiable as possible, for nothing causes uglier lines in the face than depression and illtemper. When washing the hands, rub them over with a bit of lemon, for the juice has a cleansing and softening effect on the skin. Lemon-juicc, diluted with an equal quantity of water, is sometimes used to remove freckles, but for many people this remedy would be too drastic, and would cause a rash all over the face.

RUNNING FOR HEALTH.

Running is a fine exercise, but should he indulged in moderately. Restrictions have feet of our girls, many of whom, if untrammelled by fashion and their mammas, would be as fleet of foot as tlieir brothers. If you • hear them say, “She’s a little romp,” depend upon it, “she” is a bright, energetic girl, who will follow the footsteps of H.vgeia wherever she may? lead —in the fields, through the brooks, over the fences, or on the highest limbs of the old apple tree —and when she returns from the race mark the joyous laugh and the bright glow of health. When Nature moulds her form into the delicate outlines of womanhood, cruel fashion says she may no longer vie with her brothers in fleetness, although running is unwomanly only so far as it is vnhealthful.