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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 59, 3 December 1919, Page 2

When It's No Use Pretending.

THE PRACTICAL WOMAN AND THE DESERT ISLAND.

rpHE gayest of us have our moments of hollow depression. Mr. George Hobey probably has moods of black melancholy. Sooner or Inter wo all have to give up pretending, even to ourselves, and relapse nito unhappy candour. At no time, if ono is a woman, docs one feel more acutely miserable than when ono faces one's mirror in a clear cold light and marks the first signs of the "going off" of one's charms. 1 know a very charming and sophisticated woman whoso nightmare is that she may one day find herself in the situation beloved by novelists—that is, alone or nearly alone on a desert island. "Just fam.y" she wails, "having no comb or Inolmig glass oi* hairpins and, worst of all, no taninialite. Because, do voii realise, that I should actually be grey?" To see her soft brown hair one would suspect her of perverting the truth. But she frankly assures her friends that her hair would be nothing without an occasional timely application of a tonio mado of bay rum and pure tammalile. "It brings back all the colour," she affirms, "besides making ono's hair beautifully healthy Why, I was in despair a year or two apo, bccause my hair was growing grey in streaks. But since I discovered tammalito I haven't the slightest difficult)' in keeping my hair its normal shade." And what a difference beautiful hair makes to any woman. It excises plainness, it enhances beauty. What man pictures the woman of his dreams with anything but soft, abundant hair? From Rapunzel to Melissande. there is something romantic about lovely,locks. It is

SUMMER'S SMARTEST aL ; SHOES dM YET THE MOST COMFORTABLE The very simplicity of Shoes this Summor makes the smart lines, quality, and workmanship, more noticeable than ever. Note our happy medium prices :— LADIES' GLACY COURT ANKLE BAR SHOES— 18s: 9d. LADIES' GREY AND BLACK SUEDE SIIOES- *.,.-*•. Court— 375. 6d, Derby— 375. Od. Brogue— ' 40s. LADIES' WHITE COURT AND STRAP SHOES- 12s, 9d. LADIES' HOWLETT AND WHITE BEST ENGLISH MAKE WHITE COURT AND LACE SHOES- ' ' 16s. 9d. WHITE SUEDE COURT AND. DERBY (same make)- From 325. 6d, up. " MEN'S STYLE WITHOUT EXTRAVAGANCE. "/ Tho most indicative article of apparel*on tho RIGHT MAN is his BOOTS. We have a splendid stock to choose from. _____ "There's comfort and wear in oven- pair." GENT'S BOX CHROME DERBY BOOTS fflj/ ' ;<?M —Pull toes. 20s, t ■ \m> GENT'S TAN DERBY BOOTS-Wide /• FA welts, 6ewn soles. ' 40s. /! '(.8V GENT'S HEAVY BOX CALF WELTED BOOTS—Leather lined, double .decker 1 I: 'nJK soled. 475. 6d. j| • GEXT'S GLACY DERBY BOOTS—SmartE :f"V est shapes, wide fittirc. 325. 6d. * 1 J) GENT ' S BLACK BROGUE SHOESGENT'S TAN BROGUE SHOES- '40s! / Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. I W MAR TIM Boot Store, Tram Terminus, el« u» lllrsiiiliiy Courtenay Place Wellington,

THAT CHRISTMAS SUIT Get it now, and make cer- ' tain of it! Christinas this year is going J| to see a bigger holiday rush I § Wijy. \ than ever, si < $1 H Now the boys are back, everybody's look- / B * $1 I i ing forward to a. good vacation. You'd II » || | better get your holiday suit now so as'to |" S W \| »l bo sure of having it iu time. JL$ / I® 1 1 Let P. Schneideman Fi', You Out I! and you will Becure the style and quality ' B \ JI you want < • ft w At a Big Saving in Price j |\ We have hundreds of smart tailor-made I I ready-to-wear, suits for you to choose S | from j I Priced from £5 10s. b Orders are coming in fast already, but b®a we still have room for yours. - ■ W P. SCHNEIDEMAN'S TAILORS & COSTUMIERS, 111 Cuba Street Wellington. (2 doors from Grand Central Hotel.) TANIWMA BEST AND PUREST ■ , SOAP | MANUFACTURED. J CARBIDE . CANADIAN MANUFACTURE PROMPT DELIVERY. In lumps—size 2in,x 3in, lin x 2in, and 5-16 th in x N.Z. Acetylene and Hardware Ltd., 5 and 7 Tory Street Wellington. I j Telegrams "Acetylene," Wellington,, |