Notes For Women

Wairarapa Daily Times, 24 December 1927, Page 6

Notes For Women

Fashions, Hints and Recipes.

SHOES. Brown Shoos. Drown shoes Miller horribly from the mint and rains of our climate, but, with care, all trace of stains and discolouration'can he successfully removed. Make a mixture of one i>art of turpentine to two parts of water, and with a small, clean brush, paint the shoes all over, paving particular attention to fancy parts,”as the holes in brogues. This should remove all marks. Allow them to drv thoroughly, and then use a good white polishing cream, furniture cream being one of the best, as white cream is the only reliable quality which will preserve the colour in brown shoes. Coloured polishes, of course, have a tendency to darken brown leather. After this treatment, rinse the shoos in clean, cold water whenever they have become muddy, as this is a preventive against stains drying. * * * ■ Bight-Coloured Suede Shoes. J»ut the shoes on trees and brush thoroughly with a stiff brAtlo brmh. and wherever a suspicion of shine is noticeable, rub lightly with line glass paper, brushing afterwards. When the shoes arc soiled, clean by rubbing well with breadcrumbs, but if very dirty, use benzine or one of the prepared cleaning liquids now on. the market. Use soft flannel for applying. Dry thoroughly in the open air, if possible, then apply a coloured shoc-elcan-ing ball to tone with the exact shade of the shoes. .Use a tooth-brush for this purpose, as it is apt to make the hands somewhat unsightly in appearance. . .. y.Jx * * * * Black Satin Shoes. The toes and heels of black satin slices usually wear through first, and when this happens again, purchase a small bottle of g'old paint. Give the heels a thick coat, then paint a design —floral, for instance —all over the shoes. When dry, they have the appearance of being black and gold brocade. * k * * * Whits Canvas Shoes. When the heels of white canvas shoes become shabby, rip off the canvas covering from the entire heed, and paint the' latter with white enamel. Two coats will be necessary, but allow 21 hours to elfipse before the application of each coat to ensure thorough dryness. * * * * To Avoid Wrinkles. To keep wrinkles away, keep your muscles from sagging. The first wrinkles usually appear in fine lines around the eyes, and are due to continual contracting of the skin. To counteract this, use astringent lotions or cream. Pat gently round the eyes and temples with a- pad of medicated cotton-wool soaked in astringent lotion. Witchhazel or cold water, to which a few drops of eau de Cologne have been added, is good. Wrinkling up the eves, fiowning and making grimaces—even slight ones —all leave their marks upon the face, so try to keep calm and do not play with the face. Biting the lips not only cracks the skin, but spoils the shape of the mouth. Wrinkles appear on cheeks that sag, so keep them firm by feeding the skin' with good skin food. Worry causes more wrinkles than most people imagine, if one refuses to worry over trifles and what may never happen, then wrinkles will not trouble one greatly. A rinklcs may be due to a skin which is too dry. If this is the ease, treat your skin every night With a little pure cold cream or olive oil. * * * * Fair Eyelashes. If your eyelashes are thick and fair, and you prefer dark ones,, don’t try to darken them as so many people do. You will find that it is apt to give you that detestable ‘‘made-up’’ look. Instead, get an orange stick, tie a pad of cotton wool to it, and touch up your eyelashes with pure olive oil. The result will look very natural. If you have fair, thin eyelashes, try this cheap and harmless method. Take a small piece of glass (a piece of an old photograph frame is best, as the edges are generally bevelled), rub over with, vaseline, and hold over the flame of a candle till it is well smoked,

and apply the black to the lashes with a small eyebrow brush. Use a soft c if,i h to remove all superfluous black, and vou will be pleased wife the icsult. Knitted Jumpers Return. Knitted jumpers are seen with many of the sports suits. They are no delicate, however, that the word “knitted" scarcely conjures up their charm, imagine a jumper of knitted china blue chenille and silver thread worn with a pleated skirt, of matching crepe de chine, and you have an idea of .the fairy-likeness of the knitting. The same pretty notion was carried out in other colours. Unpicked Wool. Wool which has been knitted and unpicked generally looks anything but fresh. To restore it, wind the wool round the back of a chair, then tie it loosely in about three places and take off the clmir. But a clean towel in a colander, place the wool in if, then stand the colander over a saucepan of boiling water, l.ct the wool steam until it is quite straight, then hang it 'up to dry, and afterwards wind into balls. * * * * Dressing Your Hands. A well-known Parisian dress designer declares that in selecting.our clothes it is necessary to take the hands into consideration. lie has known the effect of ills creations to be entirely spoiled because ,the wearer had not dressed her hands to harmonise with them. Both short and long sleeves are being worn just now, and its rests with every woman to decide which suits her best. Those whose wrists and hands are thick and ill-shaped should allow the sleeve to fall slightly over the hand, as thijj gives a softening effect. ]f your hands are neither white nor shapeful, you must be very careful not to draw attention to them by loading the fingers with rings. Neither should bracelets be worn if the hands are not well-shaped. If, however, you arc fond of jewellery, and will wear it, you should be specially careful in the selection of bracelets and rings. Some women’s hands would be very graceful if it were not that t hey have too prominent‘knuckles. But one or two well-chosen rings tend to equalise the girth of the finger and so partly conceal that knuckles are swollen.

Antique rings are best for brown or freckled hands, especially if they have cornelians or other, reddish stones in dull gold settings. They harmonise with the brown of the hands. It was once considered chic to wear a ring on the first finger, provided that there were two on the third finger, but the first finger always looks too bulky when decorated, and out of proportion with the rest of the hand. Hands that arc the least bit dark should always avoid turquoises or amethysts, but pearls will set them off well. Delicate white clear-skinned hands can wear almost any stone. A long slender hand is considered prettier than, a broad one, so for this reason it is better not to wear any ring on the little finger, us it always make the hand look broader. If you have plump or square hands, clear-cut rings such as a marquise or solitaire look best. Fantastic designs increase the apparent size of the hands. tf * * # Cushion Comfort. It is a matter for thankfulness that the period of elaborate, overtrimmed cushions is past. They were made for adornment and not for comfort; you could not squeeze them into your back, nor yet pull them about your neck — that is, unless you were prepared for a slight depression in your hostess. To-day’s cushions, though made first for comfort, arc by no moans lacking in attractivcess. Velvet is ns fashionable for cushions as for dresses, and a design that is much seen shows a bolster cushion covered in velvet of three tones of the same shade. Thus, beech, bronze and brown merge gently into each other, and remind one of the woods in autumn. The greens and the purples and wine colours arc also particularly successfully treated in this fashion. The shot taffetas are always in demand for use in conjunction with bright cretonne chair covers, because they make it so easy to emphasise the dominant colour in the pattern. These cushions need no extras at all, and so it. -is an easy matter to re-cover old cushions in this charming material. Or there are the furnishing damasks, which provide distinct pattern, but in self-colour. These materials are so wide and so cheap that a whole set of cushions may be refurbished for a few shillings. Cushions that are both attractive and remarkably cheap this year are those in apestry. They have caught the look of genuine work very successfully, and arc very much at home in our reproduction Jacobean and Tudor rooms.