NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 134, 7 May 1940, Page 9

NANETTE NOTICES

HERE AND THERE

(By “Nanette.”)

“Complete Resignation.” Misses Joan and Rayner, the New Zealand travelling girl troubadours, discovered, during research ill the University Library at Honolulu that the swastika is an ancient Chinese symbol of complete resignation. Aid to Good Grooming. A delightful innovation, introduced by Sylvia Kirk, the beauty specialist, of Broadway, will appeal to the woman with many social engagements. This is a fine lacquer which, sprayed on the hair after it. is set, will keeji the most elaborate coiffure looking fresh and neat for hours on end—ideal for a long evening dining and dancing. * Cheerful Shops. One of the. safeguards against splinter-glass which has been adopted by London shopkeepers' is to line their windows with cellophane attached with strips of adhesive paper. At first the effect was dreary and haphazard, hut now the paper strips arc gaily lined, the lattice effect being augmented with sprays of briar rose. One chemist, has sprawled across his window in letters two feet high: “Bismuth as usual.” The Ideal Mattress.

I’ve found I sleep more soundly and more comfortably on these cold nights since I bought a kapo-c mattress. Kapoc is the-ideal filling for a mattress as it is warm and firm without being hard. Hutchins’ Furniture Warehouse, 493 Main Street, have single mattresses (mire kapoc) priced trom 2os 6d. double from 37s 6d. , * Medieval Rings.

Peter the Hermit, who led the First Crusade, is credited with introducing decade rings, an interesting fashion of the Middle Ages. These rings had ten projections on their outer side, nine knobs, each of which represented an Ave, and the tenth a large symbol, usually a Crucifix. These rings were very large and cumbersome, so it was supposed that this discomfort supplied a useful form of penance in the wearing of them. Tihe Trim Line.

It’s a bit perplexing to achieve the slim modern line and keep comfortably warm these days, yet quite a number of smart women seem to achieve it. The secret lies in wearing not the bulk)’, old- fashioned winter garments but. the'delightfully streamlined vests and panties of pure wool featured by the Scotch "Wool and Hosiery Shop, the Square. *

Timetables at Buckingham Palace. The Queen lir-s for some time held the opinion that the adherence to timetables was overdone in Buckingham Palace. Officialdom declared that such meticulous schedules weic essential to the smooth running of the residence. The war has shown that the palace can still he run successfully without making a fetish of the clock, and, when normal conditions return, it is likely that the officials will be unable to uphold their case for a complete re-establish-ing of the old timetable. June Wedding.

June brides will have all their trousseau problems solved at Slater’s, the Square. For the great day there are the loveliest bridal gowns of satin or lace with which is lent an exquisite veil arranged to suit the chosen headdress. There are smart wool frocks and fur trimmed coats for going away and gay taffeta evening frocks for glamorous occasions. *