NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 254, 24 September 1940, Page 9

NANETTE NOTICES

HERE AND THERE. (By “Nanette.”) Curtain Wisdom. When making curtains with a drawtape, leave ample room at the top, so that when drawn up to the right size the string can be pulled inside with a bodkin. The string is then tucked out of sight instead of dangling untidily. Tailored Pyjamas. If anyone offered me a present just now I would go straight to the Scotch Wool and Hosiery Shop, the Square, and choose from their entrancing English spun silk pyjamas. They are in two and three tone stripes in all colours and sizes, beautifully tailored in neat styles, and would be very comfortable for spring and summer wear.* Gloss On Linen. If you want to give your linen a glossy appearance, try the following: Put one to two tcaspoonfuls (according to the stiffness required) of borax into half a pint of boiling water, add half a tcaspoonful of turpentine, and put it into the made starch. Colour Harmony. Spring colours are so subtle that make-up must be very carefully chosen to go with them. Hands are important, especially these busy days when they fly too and fro with knitting needles, and the wrong nail varnish can be distinctly jarring. You will find a wonderful range of shades in long lasting varnish when you have a manicure at Sylvia Kirk’s, Broadway. Early Closing. The private schoolboy has found a way of bringing his weekly letter home to a graceful conclusion, says a London paper. This is how one ended an unusually short Sunday letter: “1 am afraid I must close now as the rest is of military importance.” Spring Suits. A visit to Slater’s, the Square, this week, will result in a host of thrilling discoveries. I advise you to ask particularly to see their spring suits in the attractive new pastel shades. So gay and light yet warm and practical they will give useful wear all through spring and summer and on into autumn. Their clever lines are flattering to anybody and there is a wide range of sizes. Colour Combinations.

Many of the newest woollens consist of a pale and a dark colour woven together. Lavender grey, for instance, may be flocked with wine red, says a fashion writer. I saw an attractive combination of biscuit tan and kingfisher blue woven together to give a shot effect. Useful Furs.

Very smart with a spring suit or coat would be one- of the handsome fur necklets from H. H. Blandford’s, Coleman Place. Skunk and squirrel are particularly popular and they are both good wearing attractive furs, ion will he pleased with the low prices at which you can buy these useful necklets and they more than repay the ■money spent by tlieir adaptability to many occasions.