MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1928, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

POWDERED LEGS. PARIS, July 24. Bare legs treated with skin cream and powdered so delicately that they appear to ho encased in the finest silk that shows no pleat or crease and stockings that look ns though they are made of zebra skin are the rival bidders for the favour of the Paris-

leimes. They caused a sensation in tlie Bois de Boulogne and at the races to-day. There is a great controversy among the womenfolk as to wlio launched tlie respective innovations, and opinion is greatly divided as to which’ fashion, will prevail. The silk stocking devotees naturally favour the zebra stocking, but the beauty parlours declare that the powdered leg will win the day at Deauville and Le Torquct this summer. Deauville appears to be generally in favour of the bare-legged fashion, whereas Le Touquet shows a tendency towards tlie zebra stocking. 651 MILES IN A DAY. LONDON, July 18. In the 24 hours ending at noon to-day tlie Cunard liner Mauretania, under Captain McNeil’s command, created a new world’s record for the greatest day’s run on the Cherbourg-New York route. She covered Out' miles, averaging L< J miles. The previous post-war record was 649 miles, held by Captain A. H. Rostron. also of the Mauretania. Beiore the war the Mauretania held the record with 673 miles, but it was up on a different route—Daunt Rock-New York —in a different month and with the temperature of the water making all the difference to. her speed. She expects to reach quarantine at

o’clock on Thursday afternoon. Under the present conditions she should easily achieve a record crossing, as, so far. she is only four miles behind the record. “I>VJC KILLED MY HLSBAND. GENEVA, July ISThere was a commotion in the little village of Lully, on Lake Geneva, a I 1 o’clock this morning, when a woman named Jaquier ran along the street crying, “ I’ve killed mv hushaml . The police accompanied her to lu-r house, where they found her husband Iving dead in the corner of a room. ' It appears that Jacquier. whom Ins wife suspected of paying attention to a housemaid at the chateau where lie was employed returned home late and was asked for an explanation. After a violent scene the jealous woman snatched up a kitchen kiuland crying, “ Now you cannot .clone to anybody else,” plunged it »»«to lit' husband’s heart.