HITHER AND THITHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 2

HITHER AND THITHER

Silverware Fashionable After ringing the changes with tortoiseshell, ivory, ebony and enamel, feminine taste is turning again to silver as the approved dressing-table equipment. So complete m every detail is this latest evidence of the Victorian revival that the equipment even includes a little silver box for tablets. A silver trinket case, ingeniously divided and subdivided to store various types of jewellery, is another feature. Many women are having ol<l silver tea table equipment remoulded nearer to the modern heart’s desire. Notable among the clever craftswomcn of to-day is the feminine silversmith, who hopes to have better opportunities to prove her skill now that silver is to be the mode again. Glass-lined sil ver honeypots proclaim the growing popularity of that delectable Empire product, as do special silver honey spoons of “unbcndable” strength. Fashion’s Oddities

A new use for odd pieces of bath towelling has been discovered by u milliner, who uses it in different colours as trimming for spring hats. Steel nails and screws driven through petersham ribbon, and a couple of steel rings ingeniously adjusted are the latest cravat fixtures. Pancakes and convict caps have served as an in spiration for fashionable millinery, and broad arrows, clusters of flowers, dice, minute bows of white ribbon, screws and nails have replaced the ordinary “beauty spot” on the fashionable stiff mohair veils. Women’s Conference

The third International Country Women’s Conference is to take place in Stockholm from June 26 to June 30. Country women’s associations jail ovei tae world are sending delegates. The visitors will also attend excursions which are being organised, in addition to business meetings. The city authorities will hold a reception in the modern Town Hall in Stockholm. The Cmwn Princess of Sweden will be present on the opening day of the conference. Among the subjects to be discussed are peace and health resolutions, the formation and encourage ment of younger sets, the establish ment of an international bureau, the exchange of girls in country households between Canada and the United States, children’s gardens and how Danish folk and High Schools work for a better understanding between the nations.