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Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 10, 31 July 1930, Page 10

Beds have been getting brighter for. years now. The white bedspread' though it cannot be beaten for a. sense of freshness and cleanliness, so long as it is kept scrupulously spotless, it not often ■seen nowadays. -It has given place to coloured artificial silks to taffetas, to velvets even, and, on-simpler lines,^ to

printed Jaspe. The coloured blanket* with a turn back of matching silk or satin have grown exceedingly popular,partly because as a top covering, they give the bed an attractive finish, erm when the bedspreads have been turned down at night. Coloured sheets hav*taken longer to come into favour. People are converitial here, and the opotloM, fragrant linen of fiction is not readily to be ousted. Still, there was a timewhen only white underclothing could b»eonsidered. Colours next to the t*fa j simply were not done. So with sheets.. I But colourß are winning their way slowly but surely. Some colours are naturally more popular than others. Lemon and pale green may easily look as fresh and clean as white. Pinks nd mauves and blues, particularly in the deeper '■ tones, are not so appealing to sleep between.