NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 180, 1 July 1937, Page 12

NANETTE NOTICES

HERE AND THERE. (By “Nanette.”) Indication Of Sex. An amusing extract from the hook of a fourteenth century writer was quoted by a speaker at a gathering of business girls yesterday. “For scarcely is a child born fully than it begins to howl and cry, and by that cry men know then whether it be man or woman” (it read). “For when it is horn it cries so. II it be a man, it says ‘A, A,’ that, the first letter is of tlie name of our forefather Adam. And if the child a woman be, when it is born it says ‘E, E.’ E is the first letter and the head of the name of Eve that began our death,” Forgetting The Cold. “What cold weather we're having!” That remark is heard often in the city streets these days. But at the Royale Dutch diners forget the cold, and say instead : “How cosy and warm it is hero and don't they serve delicious meals I’’ The Hoyalc Dutch believes in serving nothing but the best, and that is why its popularity is increasing. " * Know Your Boots. Generosity wears the off-side of soles out. a commentator says; shufflers will stumble in more senses than one; the cautious walk warily; while selfcontrol walks firmly. Weak feet, knock kneed—weak-minded. Conceit nurses a leg and twirls a foot. Ambition turns the toes out; the skinflint turns them in. Worn trousers at the ankles spell procrastination and meanness. Noisv walkers are devoid of tact and ignorant of culture. The.

glider is secretive and sly. The mincing steps are of the little-souled autocrats. Hurrying gait denotes the mental worker, and the deep thinker paces slowly. So watch your step.

The Secret. “How do you manage it, Mary? Your stockings seem to last much longer than mine,” inquired a business girl of another. “And the secret,” laughed Mary in reply, “is that J buy them at the Scotch Wool and Hosiery Shop, because you can depend on their stockings—there’s service with every pair. They have all the leading makes and newest tonings.” * Spring Is Before Us. If you arc thinking ahead to spring —and what woman isn’t? —wear a tailored silk frock in one of the many amusing prints, and line your fingertip loose coat in plain fabric with the same printed silk as the frocks. A Wise Investment.

Housewives always want to invest their money wisely, and that is why, when choosing a new carpet square, they make their selection at Hutchins’ Furniture Warehouse, where there is an extra large stock of splendid Axminsters. Prices are £5 15s for a 9 by 9 feet, £6 ]ss for 9 by 10i, and £7 15s for a 9 by 12. * New Fashion Whims.

The bandana scarf is generally associated with the beach, but just over the border from Italy, at Montgenevres, it has reappeared with tailored slacks and shirts, which are worn after ski-ing. The bandanas are made from cotton, silk, or wool, and tied in front with bow ends in the air, or else knotted and tucked into a roll off the face. Paisley and plaid patterns are the smartest. Exciting News. “It’s true, Nanette,” gasped a friend excitedly, “they’re pure silk.” And to be sure they were pure silk—the sort of stockings everyone likes to wear all the time, but which many of us have to reserve for special occasions. Hut here they are at the handy price—which one expects to pay for “every-day-wear” stockings—pure silk fully fashioned in fawns, browns, gunmetal,.:aml black —a 4s lid quality going as a sale special at 3s IUI pair at Collinson and Cunuingliame’s.

The Way To Do It. Mrs Margaret Peden, captain of the Australian women’s cricket XI. at present in England, is nothing if not thorough. Her speech in Dutch was one of the highlights of the weekend the team spent in Holland as the guests of the Nederlandsche Dames Cricket .Bond. Mrs Peden had her speech translated into Dutch, put it into a phonetic version, and at dinner when the polite hosts carefully confined themselves to English, she was able to thank them more or less fluently in their own language. Passport. A passport (o a new world of freedom is given to you by a Yauxliall,

one of those marvellous oars at Fowler Motors. In a Vauxhall you'll know tlie true joy of following tho open road, as you lean hack in the perfect luxury of one of these cars. *

Royal Impersonator. At tcatinie in Buckingham Palace recently, Princess Margaret Rose proudly strutted up and down, swinging a cane and wearing her new coronet. “Who are you supposed to be, dear?” asked Queen Elizabeth. “Are you daddy or the Mad Hatter.-'” “No I’m Johnny Walker,” replied Princess Margaret Rose.

Week For Teachers. Miss Given Gibbs, of the Broadway School of Dancing, lias decided to hold a special week for teachers from July 19 to 23. She will be instructing them in the syllabi for the Royal Academy, for which she is district organiser. Special concessions will be made to teachers who are members of the Royal Academy.

A Modern Scrap Book. j A good idea is to keep a “Rest Hour” book, filled with interesting or amusing scraps and odds and ends which you like to rend at leisurely intervals. It should bo a large, plain paper ledger or dairy, undated, in i which you paste or write anything which has particularly caught your attention. recipes, beauty bints, 'clothes ideas. lines of poetry, phrases, names of books you have enjoyed, dates of birthdays and anniversaries, presents given and received, names of favoured restaurants, anything and everything. When you do not feel inclined to read anything solid. your scrap hook will amuse and interest you, and probably give you several new ideas for your bouse. your clothes, vour kitchen, or your hobbies.