WOMAN'S PAGE

Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1932, Page 3

WOMAN'S PAGE

LEROY I mUi

COLOURED SUGAR. MATCHING THE TEASET. LONDON, November 12. If you want to be in tile fashion nowadays your matches, cigarette stand and ever your sugar must match your tea service. This was one ol the things that was learned when a novel exhibition at one of London’s largest stores was visited. The exhibition, which has been visited by her Majesty the Queen, con sisted of numerous breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and supper tables arranged by the editresses of various women’s -papers. No two tables were alike, each editress bad her own ideas on bow they should be arranged -and ditfere lit china, glass, and table linen were used in every ease. 1 lie conventional white tablecloth was nowhere to be seen, but lace and two coloured linens were very much to the fore.

A hand-painted “tulip” tea service formed the foundation of a particularly attractive tea-table which was carried out in shades of blue and mauve. The linen afternoon teacloth was of the palest blue and in each corner were appliqued blue and mauve tulips to match those on the china. These same flowers were repeated on the shade of the electric lamp and also on the icing of the cake 1 Even the sugar was not left out and had been tinted to match a multicoloured box of matches in which blue was the predominating shade. A blue glass cigarette stand occupied a central position, while a single cigarette lay at the side of each plate. CHOOSING A HUSBAND. SOME ADVICE TO GIRLS. “The man who is attractive socially may make a very' poor mate.” This warning to girls as to the choice of a husband was given in London at a lunch time service for women only at St. Stephen’s Church, Walbrook. E.C., recently. Every Wednesday, at mid-day, a short service for business girls is held in this church, and there is an address given by some eminent woman scholar. Similar services for men only are held every Tuesday. The church was crowded to its utmost limit by business girls who had managed to spare hall'-an-hour from their lunch-time.

This was the advice given to them by Dr. Frances Upton:— “You cannot expect to discover the intrinsic worth of a man whom .you meet only for pleasure at cinemas or dances or social parties—these occasions represent but the froth of life. “Take up interests and hobbies together; discuss the serious affairs of life; notice whether this man pulls his weight when there is work to he done, difficulties to he overcome.

“If possible, meet at the home of mutual married friends, if your own home is not available. “The man who is most attractive socially may make a very poor mate and an unworthy father of your children. . . .

“Business girls should attend cookery classes before they get married. “I could give you actual instances of families steadily deteriorating in health and happiness because the who aiff] mother—a ‘business girl’ before marriage—was ignorant of the most elementary knowledge of health and nutrition.

“Remember that ill-health, which leads to irritability and depression and consequent misunderstandings, may change love to detestation, “Do not regard marriage lightly as a. thrilling affair of orange blossoms and an exciting honeymoon,” she added. “It is a full-time job.”

SMART HAIR DYES.

RED COLD. RED BLACK. LONDON. “'Gentlemen” will not “prefei blondes” this winter, or if they do the\ will lie unfortunate, since if we follow fashion’s dictates there will be nc blondes. The shades this year will probably be red gold, red brown or red black; in fact, anything but platinum. Smart women who have 1 bleached theij hair to become fashionable will eithei have to let it become natural again, oj dye it one of the required shades But those girls and women who remained brunettes when everyone was going blonde will now conic into their own. Besides the colour of woman’s hair being altered, a new style of hairdressing will soon be in vogue. A committee of experts has been sifting in conference for some time trying to evolve a style as trim as the shingle, as becoming as the chignon and at the same time suitable lor both day aria evening wear. I’ll, is they claim to have found in the “mingle,” which is a combination of the bob, shingle, wave and curl. The new style, according to the committee, is simple and pretty and will pr< ■ sent no difficulties to the average hairdresser, the top hair being softly waved, while Ibe rest is provocatively curled. Those tight little curls are very attractive, especially as they mav be arranged in different ways to suit individual people. During the day l.lir* “mingle” is left unadorned, but in file evening fascinating fancy combs guard the wayward curb' In the new Paris collections there is a perfect orgy ol capes (states a fashion expert in the Daily Mail). Ilall--1 shoulder effects, the double-decked

“coachman,” and tlm Kate Greenaway are all being sponsored. Sack coats with baggy backs, tight hips, and squall’d shoulders are a now touch. A snug pullover can look as intriguing as a well-cut satin blouse, with baggy bishop sleeves. High-draped necklines tied in a graceful knot at the hack, sometimes falling with streamers behind. Very practical is the new dish-washing sleeve, hut it is hard to wear, as it reveals the ugliest part ol the arms —the wrist, and about two inches above it. A loganberry-coloured afternoon dress in jersey chiffon has the sleeves tightly rolled off the wrist and finished with small sailor knots, the collar rolling off the back of the neck and tying with a knot, too. Collarless, f'urloss coats are made in English ail’d Scottish homespuns, with quilted linings for extra warmth. They have double, and even triple, revers in front. Accompanying these are warm scarves in contrasting .shades—-terra-cotta with nigger brown, or steel grey with grass green. A bright-coloured sash belt with matching scarf is added to a sober-looking wool dress. This has the advantage of being interchangeable ; one can have two or three sets in bright colours. A bright touch of colour appears under the hems of afternoon and evening dresses, so that beneath the hem of a black satin or crepe de chine front the wearer reveals a splash of tomato red, jade green, bright yellow, or orange. SUCCESS OF A PICNIC. AIM AT VARIETY. Most people owuld say that the success of a picnic depends on the weather, hut actually it is more often the result of good planning beforehand. For “grown-ups,” at any rate, an essential part of a pleasurable picnic is the provision of food to everyone s taste.

Sandwiches are often the mainstay ol a picnic meal, hut everybody does not like mustard. It is a wise plan, therefore, to have some sandwiches wrapped up in distinctive paper which you can guarantee to he free from mustard and other hot condiments.

Tomato sandwiches are common favourites hut have a tiresome habit ol turning into a sodden, unappetising mess. Add a few strips of lettuce to your next tomato sandwiches to avoid this. You will find the .flavour is also improved. Aim at variety in your picnic menus. Meat sandwiches and salad sandwiches are almost inevitable at a picnic, but how often are we offered sweet sandwiches? Strawberry jam and cream between brown bread I onus a delightful outdoor sweet and is easy to pack. Bananas, sliced apple, almost any limit in season can he substituted for the jam to make a tempting sweet sandwich.

Grease-proof paper, and a linen napkin outside it, will usually prevent sandwiches becoming dry. II the weather is exceptionally hot, make your sandwiches of thin, toasted bread -it tastes so much more crisp.

For a large picnic party, beef patties are. useful ; they are less bulky to carry and are a welcome change from sandwiches.

If you take hot drinks with you, remember that coffee tastes particularly well out of a vacuum flask. Both tea and coffee are more appetising when you carry the milk in a separate receptacle.

A basket with oddments is a most necessary part of a picnic party’s equipment. In it place a few knives, paper serviettes, papier niaehe plates, a book or so, a ball and some twine.

Lastly, select your picnic party with, care. It is not everyone who honestly enjoys an afreseo meal. People who cannot endure the attention of “midges.” tickly grasses, and such minor inconveniences do not add to the gaiety of a picnic party.

HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. Ammonia added to rinsing water restores colours to cretonnes, curtains, and quilts, removes red ink, fruit, and grass stains from white goods. ** * * Stains on aluminium ware are quickly removed it rubbed with a cork ami silver sand damped with a little lemon juice. -X -X- * « An old velvet dress cut into odd squares and pieces will make excellent dusters, stove polishers, window finishers, and hoot and shoe polishers. They also make splendid finishing dusters when cleaning brasses or silver, lor they never scratch xurlaoes. To remove the smell of paint or tobacco from a room leave a bowl ol water in it overnight and the water will absorb all the smell and smoke. #* * * The juice of half a grape fruit added to salad dressing gives a piquant flavour. X* * * To keep brass letter boxes and knockers bright in wet weather, after cleaning with modal polish, take a nor with a little vaseline oil it, and rub well into the brass. Do nu| leave it, greasy, but polish well, ami if will keep bright, in '• ’"at her. ** H * Soft tomatoes should lie snake.l "I cold water; when I lioroiuddv dried they will bo linn.