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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 16, 9 April 1927, Page 5

Thus an English writer:—The doom of the Russian boot was settled the moment we saw its successor—gaiters of sueda in every imaginable colour, and so perfectly cut that they enhance rather than mar the natural shape of the leg. The cherry-coloured pair was good r.o think about on a chill November day. Gaiters have become importaift and decorative, and it is with them that we shall fight the cold and ’flu perils of this coal-rationed winter. There are step-into gaiters made, of leather, as protective as the Russian boot without its ungainliness, and there are cloth and canvas ones, with waterproof linin'* topped with coloured leather, fur, brushed wool, or plaid. “I am a Labour woman, but I am also a very keen worker, and I do not believe that keen workers ever like trade unions.” So said Miss Sybil Thorndike, the actress, in discussing the recommendation of a Labour committee that some organisation of nurses capable of watching over their own interests should be formed, and that the present nurses’ uniform wa* out of date and not in accordance with modern ideas of hygiene and comfort. I agree that it is ridiculous that nurses should be dressed up in tin tight bodices, long skirts, and stiff r lars and cuffs,” said Miss Thorndike. A woman’s dress, she said, should allow perfect freedom of movement, and be open at the throat and the skirt should not be too long. If there is no one to measure up the hem of a skirt for you, rub the edge of the sewing table well with chalk, put on the skirt, and turn slowlv round, rubbing against the table-edge. Then measure down the required distance from the chalk mark, and you will find your hem-line beautifully even. A small tin of charcoal or wood ash placed in your meat safe or pantry will keep it fresh and sweet.