WOMEN'S INTERESTS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1933, Page 3

WOMEN'S INTERESTS

THE RETURN OF JEWELLERY? MODETJN SETTINGS AND MODES. Lovely gems demand • artistic settings. Jewellers are now using' a new metal, rose-gold. This lias a delicate pinkish-hue, which is most attractive and becoming to wear. .LSmart women have always favoured ear-rings. A large single one is sometimes worn with one of the tilted hats. Ihe pairs of ear-rings show some clever and original designs. Miniature clusters of grapes in amber, jade or pearl are among some of the newest and loveliest.

Every woman needs a necklace. There is- endless variety for her choice. Jet, , o nce loved of Victorians, is now mixed with tiny gold and silver beads plaited together to make rope necklaces. 'The sheen of pearls is lovely on the skin of blonde or brunette. A necklace of gleaming pearls, whether it be a single strand or three ropes held in place by diamond clasps, is a cherished possession. With the revival of sequins for trimming comes the sequin bracelet. A quaint innovation is the sequin cape with bracelet to match worn over dark evening frocksBirds and animals share a place in the jeweller’s scheme. Diamond terrier >and sheeodog brooches are popular. Swans and penguins in Viennese ovist a I are other favourites of the brooch world. Hat-pins and scarf-pins are back. The revived hatpin is finished with knobs of diamonds, pearl, r turquoise. But its use lias changed. The modern versions have no connection with.the hair. They are meant to pin down the tarn or beret at the correct angle.

Scarf-pins are! mostly three inches long. The most popular design is in silver, twisted in the centre, and mounted with a singly diamond or pearl stone. Clip-on clasps serve many and varied purposes. Some -r.re used as the sole adornment of an afternoon or evening frock. Others rejuvenate black poplin or suede bags or brighten up a sun pie beret. Triangular or oblong in shape, these clasps have a single large stone in the centre surrounded by a diamond or pearl finish. Marcasite' bracelets in square sections' of Egyptian design, about an inch and a half iri .depth, are worn with dark frocks. English pewter is another material us'd for deop bracelets. It is liariu beaten, with a dull finish, arid makes an. ideal setting for emeralds, rubies or the duller diamond cuts. The amber family has returned, silver and gold chains with amber pendants, accordeon-like bracelets an inch in depth, triangle shaped ear-rings, a nd a ring mounted "with a triangle in amber, are all among' the latest modes in this popular substance. . YOUNG ENGLAND. THE LATEST REVIVALS.

Young England is maintaining its right to independence of conduct —independence, that is to say, from the restrictions of its elders } but hot, apparently, betters. In return it is talcing on, certain restraints of its own, one of which is -an avoidance of all the slang that preceded it. Even “gosh” is retiring into the limbo of dead expletives, and youngest England is trying to pick its words and coin new phrases, partly as a reproach to those who have : ventured t 0 precede it in living. Young England is also making up rather less. At -a charity royal matinee, where programme! • sellers were chosen for their youth and status, make-up was little descend' le. Lips were perhaps heightened a shade, hut, considering tlie age of their owners, they might well have been natural, while complexions were merely a little mut-e'd with powdei. It is true, of course, that good cosmetics are much better than they were a short time ago, and that with the same attention to the face it is possible to produce much more subtle effects. Nevertheless, the effects are restrained, and a blazoning abroad that one is. made-up is no longer look'd upon with favour. Young England is also turning on to rather serious tracks. A section of io makes a good point not cf going on the stage or displaying its capacity for ballet in restaurants but of listening with some regularity to good music, about which it inclines to he highbrow.

It has certain religious tendencies, toe-, and some of it is turning to good works with the same zeal as did slumworkers when that occupation was new and fashionable, it is no longer smart to he idle. Everybody is idle, no matter what their status in life, and gradually it is becomng fashi-o-n----to get out of the ranks of the unemployed as fast as opportunity presents itself.. , ( . ADVICE TO THE WELL-OFF. Don’t talk a bout what you’ve bought recently, and what you’re going taffiuy' later, when people less well off are present! . That’s, the kind of thing that makes a person envious of is or her "eighhour and brings about revolutions. Don't give away only the things you

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can’t be bothered to throw jAvay. You have a great chance to he really charitable, so seize this chance the Fates have given you! Don’t;- buy friends. They aren’t wdrtli having! Don’t ever get into the habit 0 f living up to you income ; you never know when bad times may hit you. Don’t talk money when you children ape talking love! Give them a hint that money matters if you like, but do this gently and kindly! Don’t buy for the sake of buying, for that is how the Romans fell, the people who bought so much wonderful food that they had to make themselves sick after meals so that they could find room for more.

Don’t he “kind” to poor relations 1 Bo just! Don’t assume that, because other people have less money than yourself, they don’t know which knife to use for the game of course, or where the bc«ts seats «>re a t the theatre. They know all right, but they don’t talk about it!

Don’t give your children the 1 spending complex or you’ll rue the day when they grow up and start wasting your money. :, •

Don’t sneer-ati the unpretentious but tastefully-furbished hofne of a poorer person, and don’t say, “Why not get some silk curtains for that window ?” BEAUTY AND AGE. “A ’woman’s looks are valuable all her life,” s aid a. learned judge recently. And so they are. So valuable, in fact, that no woman fits the right ,to neglect them whatever !h@r age may be. Whether she be thirty, forty, fifty, or sixty make,?, no difference, her looks are still a vabi able asset,' and ghduld be guarded arid preserved accordingly. However old she may be, a pvpniiMi can still look attractive. Skin of .face and hands can bo kept fine and soft by the daily application of a nourishing cream, while tired eyes can be soothed and brightened' by m..ssag fc and a suitable eye lotion. . , . \ -Hair can be beautified .If it Las’faded White hair, which is, really, wlhjtg and glossy, is a. thing to adtnir e < and a -fitting, crown. Blue.rinse, obtainable frotn any. hairdresser or chemist, has been epefcially prepared to rerr»ov ti all discoloration from white hair and to make ft, look, its best. . Spotless whiteness can maintained by daily brushing',' and a becoming gloes is achieved .by the use of bine or white bri'liantine.

A touch of pink powder on the sallower parts of the skin, such as the eyelids and temples, and a light dusting o.r powder of a natural tint over The face and reck, v.ill give juft that- necessary bloom to the ekin denied to ft by nature.

SYMPATHY. Sympathy is often an ill-used word, and sometimes it is suspected of being ■‘words without d ee ds.” it is sometimes, but it is a- mistake to call it by a beau: tiful word, because sympathy ought really to be kindness in action. What are called sympathetic words may be empty of feeling,, may be just words without any heartfelt compassion behind them. But true sympathy Is a beautiful thing and cannot often be mistaken for hypocrisy. Yet, those who talk as though sympathy without gifts is worthless have surely never experienced the healing balm of kindly thought expressed in words of comfort and consolation. There are people who are...ready to help, but they do'it in such a way thrt the helpis almost an insult. There are others who have nothing to give of cash o>‘ goods, but whose very presence is a benediction and every word they speak’ is a ble,%ing“and a com font. MODERN CHINA. To with .an ultra-modern setting, the newest china-ware is severely geometrical in character. It is by no means easy to devise an entirely new e hape for tea or coffee cups, but that this is not impossible is shown by the newest tea and coffee services, in which the cups are quite unlike anything with which we have hitherto been familiar. They resemble cones standing oh their apex ■ and triangular handles, composed of severe straight lines, give an additional geometrical touch. The new te..pots and coffee pots are, of course, similar in eh meter ‘to the cups. .The colours used are extremely varied, ranging from delicate shades, of peachbloom and duck’s-egg blue to bright orange, peacock blue, and scarlet, harmonising with fashionable colour scheme s . Some of the most fashionable tea services are decorated with plain bands contrasting, colours. As many of 'th e patterns are available in different colours, it .is a good plan to select a cup and saucer in eaeft sturde, so that one always has th e pleasure of a variegated tea table. The similarity of ls lmpe and pattern are amply sufficient to give unity and character to the service. This new china harmonises excellently with modern-style glassware, which is for r,om e reason more generally familjar. It is the only really suitable china for the home in which the decorations, furniture,; and upholsteries are in the mod-