NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 50, 27 January 1938, Page 15

NANETTE NOTICES

HERE AND THERE.

(By “Nanette.”) New Season’s Colours. Designers have ' found _ fascinating names for the equally fascinating new colours for cooler days. Black is still a firm favourite, closely followed by greens and rusts. Greens appear in shades of blue grass, tile green, smoke glass, Salsburg or spruce green, and the rusts are named sorrel rust, burnished copper, African clay, and ember. Soft, clear colours predominate among the blues, such as Norwegian, Nordic,’ Chalet, or Viking blue, while among the browns is a newer tan named harness tan, and a deep brown named Zulu brown is shown in a fine knoppe tweed, which closely resembles the fuzzy hair of the Zulus. Grandma’s Secret.

Grandma, so the children said, always used to be cross and out of sorts but lately they are surprised at her bright alert manner. Grandma smiles mysteriously to herself and doesn’t intend to tell them that what toned up her system was a course of Turkish Baths in the Regent Arcade. * Shaking Hands. Mrs Neville Chamberlain, wife of the Prime Minister of Britain, shook hands 2000 times at the London Conservative Christmas party. So great was the demand for tickets that more than 400 people had to be turned away. A queue was formed the whole length of the New Horticultural Hall, where the party was held, and Mrs Chamberlain, wearing a blue and rose shot brocade dress, with a rose feather wrap, received each guest individually.

Passing By. When passing houses do you notice their different appearances and think of how you could improve them? How often pretty curtains would make all the difference to the windows. It could be so easily remedied, too, when Hutchins’ Furniture Warehouse has silk and cotton curtain nets in cream, ecru and colours, from Is to 3s lid yard. * “Dog-collars,” Again. Dog-collars are coming into vogue again for formal evening wear. At a reception in Paris recently a wide diamond collar was worn with a flowing smoke grey tulle dress, and at a fashion parade one of the mannequins was wearing a two-inch collar in brilliants with a large caboclion ruby in the centre front.

In Place of a Holiday. “When my husband couldn’t manage to get away from business for a holiday this summer we thought we were going to be very unfortunate,” remarked a friend, “But with the Vauxhall we bought from Fowler Motors, Ltd., we have had a marvellous time ' touring the countryside in the evenings and at week-ends.” *

Nursery Schools. The last-but-one member to return of the Australian women’s cricket team which toured - England recently, Miss Alicia Walsh, is director of the Phoenix Free Kindergarten, Balmain, and during her stay in Great Britain visited several nursery schools—the Rachel McMillan Nursery School at Deptford; another at Netting Hill Gate, and another in Edinburgh. “Nursery schoois in England are better staffed' and better equipped than they are here,” she said. “The Rachel McMillan, one at Deptford had about 240 children, divided into groups of 40 in what are known as ‘shelters,’ and there is a special shelter for delicate children who • receive any extras ordered by the doctors, such as codliver oil. The children can go there at about 8 o’clock in the morning and stay until 5 p.m. or 5.30 p.m., and they are given daily a pint of milk each and also their breakfast, dinner, and tea. For all this the weekly charge is only Is 3d, which the parents can always pay, as even if they are not working they receive the dole.” Opportunity Knocks.

“You must come to see my trousseau chest,” a bride-to-be exclaimed excitedly, “I’ve Just stocked it with the loveliest undies—scanties, bloomers, vests and nighties—from the summer sale at the Scotch Wool and Hosiery Shop, Ltd. They are so pretty and serviceable I just seized the opportunity.” • Discussing Bargains.

Two friends met yesterday while shopping. “Do come into the Royale Dutch Lounge out of the cold,” said one, “and over a. cup of tea we can tell each other all about our bargains.” “An excellent idea,” returned her friend, “AVe’ll have tea and some of their delicious homemado scones and cakes.” * Typists and Culture.

Typists who would be better employed as cooks aro criticised by Miss Carolyn Slocum, president of the Transcription Supervisors’ Association of New York.

“A pleasing appearance and general cultural background are quite as important as speed in taking dictation,” is Miss Slocum’s opinion. “The greatest handicap of young women to-day is their lack of general culture. They show the most shocking ignorance of words and the essentials of common knowledge . . . too many girls are permitted to .study shorthand—girls who have no aptitude for language and would make much better cooks.”