HELPFUL HINTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 142, 18 June 1932, Page 2

HELPFUL HINTS

USEFUL IDEAS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Q . DRESS PROTECTION Our special evening frocks need gt rather more protection than hanging among the other clothes in our wardrobes provides. A dress-hanger case ’ takes, very little, time to make with the aid of a sewing machine, and it is 10 so useful for any garments you want 3r to keep quite separate. The case may a be made of cretoune, chintz, linen, hoia land or casement cloth. It is a good idea to use up for the purpose any r- faded and washed-out cretonne or •X casement cloth curtains which are being discarded. The amount of stuff •f required varies according to the length is of the frocks for which tho case is de,e signed. The object is to make a bag n long enough for clothes to hang fulld length from the dress-hanger, and wide d enough to slip easily over tho should;e ers. At the top, a flap on one side d about. 4in. deep is made to fold over ,s and fasten with press studs to secure the mouth of the case. One and threequarter yards of cretonne, 4Sin. wide, Q should be ample if it be used folded d lengthwise and seamed across the hottom and up the side. If necessary 0 economy in material can be effected by . joining it wherever practicable. Cut a s small slit in tho middle of the fold where the flap turns down, and button ’ hole-stitch it neatly. Through this slit c is slipped the hook at the top of the hanger, while the frock suspended 1 from it goes inside the case and the flap is fastened to keep everything inc side safe from all dust. Another type e of case, which is perhaps better for t slipping garments quickly in and out, is also an oblong bag. Instead of a - flag, however, it has a slit down the full length of the middle of one side, a through which opening the frock on a the hanger is passed, the hook projecte ing from the top for hanging up. To e make this from 48in. wide material, . fold it so that the two selvedges meet in tho middle, and seam across top and 1 bottom. It is an improvement if the top of the bag is shaped to the slope P nf the shoulders of the dress-hanger. Dress-hanger cases of this type are very useful for travelling or taking anywhere where the hanging accommodation for clothes is expected to be limited. They can be suspended on . tho hangers behind a door or else ► where and keep the frocks inside clean 3 and fresh. By piping the seams out--3 side with a. contrasting colour, and binding them inside with tape, very neat and attractive cases can be made. “SNACK BARS" J I Mayfair used to eat five-course luncheons complete with footmen and family plate. Nowadays the economy campaign, the increase of breadwinners among the no-longer-so-rich, and the healthy tendency to eat plainer and more nourishing dishes account for 1 all the little snack bars and quick 3 lunch clubs which are enjoying as scintillating a clientele as tho more * famous restaurants, says a Londoner. ‘ SERVICES AT GOLF * PRINCE’S DUAL ROLE. ’ LONDON, June 1. I Admirals and generals who are golfers met to-day in their annual con- ’ test on Camberloy Heath course. The Prince of Wales, as in last, r year’s contest, played both as a soldier ' and a sailor, being an admiral in one round and a general in the other. Tie showed •complete impartiality by winning both his matches handsomely. On the day the admirals won with 3 some ease, and they thus became one ( up in the records of the contests. > Tho generals had several excuses, for their defeat. One genera] who was 1 responsible for the loss of a foursome 8 and 7, had been practising the Nor--1 wegian scythe exercise, which is im--1 mi cal to golf. Most important of all. tho generals 1 were too old, a census showing their , average ago as 62.9, against the admirals’ average of 59.6. It should be - added also that in this census the I Prince was reckoned only as a general * and much reduced the general’s ave- ) rage, while Earl Jcllreoe, though he f did not actua’ly play, was reckoned - with the admirals, and brought their J average up. 3 As a general, the Prince beat his ad- . miral, i and 2.