MATTERS FEMININE.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 649, 12 July 1921, Page 3

MATTERS FEMININE.

ROW TO MARK YOUR TROUSSEAU This is a pretty .method by which 8 bride-to-be can work her future initials on some of her finest pieces of linen. The letter is first marked in the usual way on the material, and then a square of net completely underlining it is tacked on the reverse side. The outlines of the letter are carefully followed with a strong tacking thread, and then the principal spaces are cot out with sharp scissors, leaving tb® net showing through the strokes of the letter. Then the edge of the linen is buttonholed to the net weary tightly with free mercerised cotton. When this is ilone the superfluous net underneath is cut away. Any fine ornamental curves on the fiesign which decorates the letter may se embroidered in the usual way. The effect of the net initial is atractive, and it makes a pretty lacelike centrepiece for & dainty doth or oillow-slip. / TEMPER AND GOOD LOOKS.. If you have a quick temper. b»ware, for your complexion, ag . mredly suffer if you p^ ve way j t Red spots have knack of apjsearing after outburst of passion and refusing to be hidden, even by powder. And after the hush of anger aas died down, the skin feels dry and positively painful.

, All this is caused by the excitement ' fiTowing angry, and as long as the miction lasts nothing can be done. It may act as a useful preventive, therefore, to the girl who hies into rages to remember that by so doing she risks one of girlhood's best features — the complexion. A smooth, unruffled brow is seldom ihe attribute of a cross-tempered maiden; and the unbecoming lines that i'Ughit only to appear with he passing of years arrive in extreme youth if temper happens to be our bane. If you would secure good looks, cultivate •a kindly disposition. HOW TO WifiAh AND TAKE CAiRK OF VML& Veils are such a real protection to a delicate skin and so becoming to the majority of wearers that it is well to devote & minute to thinking about them. No veil can he properly adjusted hurriedly, and nothing looks worse "ban a carelessly put-on veil. Particularly must care be taken when dealing with a straw hat. for the brim of this will rapidly tear a fine, veil to shreds unless great care is used. Fix your hat firmly, then put veil loosely round brim arid gather up ndis neatly. Now, if there is a pat-S'-m see that it comes just in the right place on your face. Put an invisible pin on hat brim to keep it There. Now, if all is right, imsei- another pin e.o keep ends in place, and finally Hasp lower edge of veil at back of peck—unless you are wearing a floating specimen. Always roll a veil from the middle when you put it away, or roll round a paper cylinder,