WOMEN’S NOTES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 20 January 1938, Page 13

WOMEN’S NOTES.

DRESS—THE FORGOTTEN TYPE. (By Aliss Alary Tallis.) There is one type of colouring which I always think is a little neglected by the fashion and beauty experts, I mean the woman who isn’t blonde and isn’t brown, just the average English colouring. 1 call it “string colour,” but that doesn’t sound very prepossessing; but it is at least descriptive. .They are the women who look their best in all natural colours of brown and grey browns, beiges, misty-col-oured tweeds and blue fox furs, and for whom dusty turquoise blue and pink, and ivory are perfect settings. They shouldn’t try to wear hard, bright shades, because they detract from the soft lights of their hair, and cast hard unbecoming shadows on the skin. They should realise that a whole rainbow of lovely colours is made for them to play with and evolve exciting new colour-schemes. If you have been interested enough to read my dress and fashion notes weekly, don’t pass on from them, saying: “That’s all very well for women who have time and money to spend on their clothes, I haven’t.” You’ve got to buy or make something new sometime, so why not next time have something that suits you, pleases you ; and makes vour friends look at you twice, wondering why they’d never noticed before that you have such good taste?

HOUSEKEEPING. Things you should know. —When cleaning water-bottles, crush an eggshell small enough to go through the bottle neck. Add warm water and shake well. To loosen tight Ixittlecaps, take a piece of rough sandpaper and with it grip the cap. You will find that it now turns quite easily. If two soups are served at dinner, the dear should come before the thick or puree. If only one is served, a clear

soup is preferable. In choosing a soup for dinner, care should be taken that it does not contain anything that will come later in the menu. Instead of the'ordinary pelmet, one with plywood decorated with the same border that runs round the room is a bright The mixture grows weak and ineffective on standing, so mix only a little at a time. Dab it on the hairs two or three,'times a day. Another quick treatment is the unse of a small sheet of what looks like fine emery paper, that simply rubs the hair off- Rub lightly and in a rotary movement. Don’t scrub and scour with it, or you’ll redden and irritate your skin. Chorus girls generally use this method on their legs for last-minute cleanups before a bare-legged dance number. You can’t give yourself electrolysis treatments, but they are available in good beauty shops all over the country. But ask for full information from the shop or operator you select, for much of the success of the electrolysis method depends on the knowjedge and skill—which means the training and experience—of of the operator. A conscientious operator wants to do this delicate work only half an hour or so at a time.' She will use an antiseptic wash on the skin before and after the treatment to prevent possible infection from entering the poors, which would cause a rash or scarred pore. She wil ltreat only a few hairs in any' one spot, and return to remove other nearby hairs in later treatments, idea. The lower edge of the wood is cut out to the pattern of the border. This treatment makes the window part of the scheme of decoration. Any bad marks on furniture which wont yield to . furniture cream should be rubbed with furniture cream to which a little methylated spirit has been added. In many homes there are leadlights in the window. The best way to clean and polish both lead and glass is to buv a. penny cake of ordinary blacklead. Tvlix part of the cake to a paste with water and apply to lead and glass with a brush. Allow to dry and polish off with a brush.

HEALTH.. Hives, or urticaria, is a disease caused by particular animal and vegetable substances tr> which individuals are susceptible. Thus, like hay fever and asthma, hives is what is known as an allergic disease. In the ease of hives, the causative . substance gains entry mainly by eating. Thus, some persons are susceptible to cheese, eggs, shell-fish, tomatoes, or almost anything. The discovery of the cause is easy if it is a food that is rarely eaten, but if it is a common food, such as milk or wheat bread, the discovery may he very difficult. Diagonistie sets of the common food substances are used in the search. Urticaria-is more common in the spring, because- many of the fruits, shell-fish, etc.,- that cause it come into season at this time. LAUNDRY.. For the notebook.—To bleach linen, soak it overnight in a solution of

borax, warm water and soapsuds, and rinse in warm water to which a few drops of ammonia liavo been added. To removo tar stains from clothes rub well with lard as soon as the garment is stained. Afterwards wash out the greasy stain of the lard with hot water to which has been added a, teaspoonful of liquid ammonia. Use a little soap on a nailbrush. To clean a white felt hat when you have no powdered magnesia, use arrowroot. Kid gloves can bo made .to look quite new again by rubbing them with the white of an egg, after cleaning and drying them. Egg-shells, crushed into small pieces and put into a muslin bag, boiled up with the clothes oti washing day will keep the clothes beautifully white. This is a simple way of introducing lime into the wash-tub, where it is always a cleansing agent, if used in the correct proportions. A shiny coat can be cleaned by sponging with a cloth moistened with ammouk or vinegar. AA’lien ingrained, some inkstains are stubborn ; when fresh they can usually he removed, especially if you use milk, fresh or sour. For an old inkstain, dissolve some oxalic acid in boiling water and immerse the stained part in the solution. Iron mould will yield to the same treatment. Do not use oxalic acid for coloured things, as it is too strong, and will fade the colour.