ROUND THE TEA TABLE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 243, 14 October 1939, Page 10

ROUND THE TEA TABLE

(By E.R.) Shoe Souvenirs. A woman with a hobby for collecting shoes is the interested owner of 60 pairs made to order or purchased to nt her feet from countries including Spain, China, America, France and Anyssinia. She is Mrs. W. M. Reid, of Springwood, Australia, who recently returned after travelling through many countries in the worJu. Stainless Table Linen. The latest innovation to make housework lighter is the new stainless linen which nas been featured in London shops recently. Table-cloths, mats or breakfast tray-cloths from which you can just wipe the marks of jam or honey, or even coffee, and they say wine marks oil the runnel cloth. Fruit stains, 100, can be wipeu away, so just one stain need not senu the whole cloth to the laundrj. House Furnisliiiig Revivals. Many years ago it was lashionable to till the fireplaces in summer wiM paper pleatings, usually in the form of a large fan, extended to lorm a circle, this fashion has just been revived in America, where .small decorators are using them again, and what’s more, you may use pleateo papers rounu your flower or fern pots. And another thing, you may bring out the photograpns ol your famiij and friends ana put as many as yo<; like round the rooms again, for it is fashionable to have likenesses scattered around. Button Whimsies. "Ye Ken John Peel" and "Tail,. Ho" are button adornments that uto modern sports girl can add to a frocks or suits this season. Shouri your fancy not be for these sports, out for tennis and badminton, you may button your froclus with miniature tennis rackets or shuttlecocks. Does fruit appeal to you? Then fasten your cloches with strawbern ?■; oi baskets of grapes, if you are inclined towards the sea, you may cla.-i yourself with mermaids or strangelooking fish. But. if flowers and plants be your pet nobby then you can indulge your liking for tree leaves ail flower petals by adding them to yuiir latest outfit. Gaiety in Gloves. Gloves are gayer each season and the new spring gloves are rcii-imly going to take some “dressing up to. We are told that gloves are uefim uy "in” this season and one of the favourites is ot hand-crochetea cotton ci linen mesh in wnite or string colour. One button short styles of great elegance are cut from the finest gl.Wu kid and suede. There are the most delicate shades of lilac, pink, clue and orchid-mauves with piped scroll application on the backs. Plainer gloves lor more general afternoon wear come in dark and medium shades oi parma violet and orchid mauves. White is also in request and these models have open work embroidered lines. New cuts - arc achieved oy black and white magpie effects, ana some of the new gotten brown ana Bordeaux reds have a matt surtax’ with single back seam and oldfashionea reversed seaming. Otten the gloves are in a bright contrasting colour matching the hat ribbons ?.na the shoes. One of the latest novel;/.s | overseas is to match up your gloves with a taffeta umbrella in bright checks or plaids. Gloves of Chantilly I lace, georgette, taffeta, floral paiiterned organza, or printed material i (matching the frock) are also in : vogue. ; The Modern Glass Slipper. ' The glass slipper of fairy tale fame has al last become a reality. Recently displayed in the windows of a wellknown shoe company in San Fran- , cisco were the first modern slippers in glass—designed lor beauty and comfort. The thick soles were made of i the new non-shatterabie glass one inch thick and curving to lit the instep. The heels were of the same glass and made in one piece with the j sole. The sandal tops were fastened : to the soles by straps that pass holes i drilled horizontally in the glass. There were several pairs on display. One i resembled a Roman sandal w,itn a j vamp covered in gold sequins and 1 < d ; across the heel by a strap of gold kid. . Another pair had silver mesh set with : sapphire studs held in place with silver straps. A very graceful pair was fastened on the foot by wide straps of gold kid set with rhinestones crossing over the toe. Bands of Persian orange brocade shot with gold, were drawn through gold rings set ' with brilliants that fastened to the , glass soles of yet another Cinderella paid of slippers. These few pairs; of : dainty evening sandals are the first practical models of glass slippers to ; be produced for sale after months of experimentation. They are not likely to become too common because they - are rather costly—about one hundred ; dollars a pair.