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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 49, 20 May 1927, Page 4

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I.et THE SUN Service Bureau assist you with your problems, whether ‘'.key relate to dress, health and beauty culture, cooking, homecraft, travel, sport, or any of the many other things on which we are all constantly seeking information. Whatever your parti< ular puzzle may be, we will be glad to give our advice whenever possible All communications must be accompanied by the inquirer’s name and address (not for publication) and sent to THE SUN S ervice Bureau, Women’s Page. THE SUN, Auckland. Answers will appear each Friday in this column. * * * WHEN ONE TRAVELS “Marie” asks us to supply a list of “all the clothes a man -„nd woman would require to go travelling,” out forgets to specify the kind of travelling that she poposes to do. We hope the following list will meet with her requirements. If it does not we shall be glad to do any amount of research work to elicit for her benefit the kind of clothes that would be considered “correct for any other method of travel. * * * ON RAILWAY TRAINS Women.—Simple tailored gown of cloth or silk with long sleeves; long coat or *cape. Experienced travellers do not wear light or gay colours, extreme styles, elaborate trimmings, short sleeves or sleeveless dresses. Rat, small and close-fitting, brimless <xt back to permit head to rest against back of seat. Plain dark shoes; gunmetal or other preferred dark shaded hose; plain slip-on gloves in chamois, suede or fabric; roomy purse of leather or fabric. Elaborate bags or jewellery are not appropriate. For night trips, a plain nightgown with dark silk kimono or tailored flannel dressing-gown to wear between sleeper and toilet room. Negligees in light colours or transparent fabrics are most inappropriate. Men.—Business suit, brown or black shoes; dark hose; soft shirt; soft or stiff turnover collar with wide-end tie; plain cuff-links; derby or soft felt hat; dark grey or brown gloves with heavy stitching; tweed overcoat; cap for train wear; pyjamas for night trips. A dressing-gown may not be dispensed with and is an essential possession in our New Zealand hotels, where one can so rarely obtain a private bath. Sports clothes are apparently often worn on trains by quite well-dressed men. * * * ON LONG MOTOR TRIPS Women. —Simple one-piece or twopiece dress in a natural shade of woollen or silken material that does not crush readily; loose coat or wrap; an extra coat of cloth or fur according to the season. Hat, flat in back with brim in front to shade eyes. Chiffon or marquisette veil for those who would protect skin from sun and wind; sports shoes or ordinary street shoes and medium-weight hose; washable gloves. Men.—Grey flannel trousers and sports coat or sports suit with plus fours and dark pullover or cardigan; dustcoat or heavy tweed coat, according to season; soft shirt; wool or lisle and wool hose; easy walking shoes in brown or black, and soft hat or cap. * * * OCEAN TRAVEL Women.—Tailored or ensemble suit for boarding and leaving vessel and for travelling abroad. Tailored hat; furs o. fur coat, according to season. For deck wear a number of one and twopiece frocks in wool and silk; pleated white skirts and sweaters; small snug hats with one at least of white felt. Sports coat, rubber-soled shoes for tennis and other sports, as well as deck wear. Several dinner frocks and one or two more formal evening gowns: simple evening wrap, scarf and evening slippers. One or two afternoon dresses of thin, soft silk for warm days in tropics. Simple and easily laundered >mdies of silk or crepe: nighties or pyjamas of silk and plain dressing gown or negligee. An important item to include is a pretty fancy dress, as there is always sure to be a fancy dress ball. Men. —Ordinary lounge suit for boarding and leaving steamer and going ashore in places other than the tropics, where flannels are, of course, worn. Grey flannel trousers and sports coat and a plentiful supply of white flannels with blazer or sweater and white socks and tennis shoes, or brown brogues, are worn practically all day, so that the only other kit necessary for the mere male on board is a dinner suit and a large supply of stiff white shirts and collars. It is permissable in the tropics to wear soft silk shirts for dinner. Light tennis shoes and brown brogues will be the chief day wear, and patent Oxfords, of course, for the evening. Ordinary underwear, pyjamas and plain dressing-gown and bathrobe must also be taken. Any little things that one finds one has omitted after the voyage has commenced may always be purchased at the barber’s shop.

THE EFFECTS OF ADENOIDS I heard to-day that my boy of six years requires an operation for the removal of adenoids. My husband and I want to know what would happen if the adenoids were left untreated? —Wonder! r. It will be a very serious outlook for your boy if the adenoids are not removed. The mere presence of these spongy growths behind the nose exposes a child to infection of any kind that happens to cross his path. Inevitably he becomes a. mouth-breather, which makes him especially prone to catch colds and leads to a lowered vitality Later on, children with adenoids show dullness at school, often speak indistinctly and they may become a little deaf. After the operation, which onl ’ causes some discomfort for a couple of days, all he will need is to be gently but firmly trained to breathe with the mouth closed. * * * GREASE ON A MACKINTOSH I wonder if you could tell me how to clean a rose-coloured mackintosh with a silk finish. Unfortunately I managed to get the whole of one sleeve and one side covered with grease.— Mrs. B. Your best plan will be to have the following prescription made up at the chemist’s: Four tablespoonfuls of turpentine. One tablespoonful of ammonia. Half tablespoonful of ether. Dab the affected part with this, laying a folded cloth underneath. Finish by wiping with a sponge and clean, cold water. This mixture is inflammable, so you will have to use it out of doors. * v * WAVING HENNAED HAIR I always henna my hair myself and now want to have it permanently waved. Can I continue to henna it? And could you give me full particulars about “setting” the hair? I always shampoo at home. —Betty. In “pre-steam process” days hairdressers would often refuse to wave tinted hair, but the following method is quite safe. You can henna from time to time as of yore. The object of “setting” the hair is to prevent it drying in a frizz. Comb out your hair while wet, fix in a series of waterwaving combs—allowing a pair of combs to each wave—and draw over a hair net. When dry, remove the combs and coax up the kinks with your fingers. The professional hairdresser very often dispenses with combs and sets the waves with his fingers, but this is an art in itself. * =.* * coarse; PORES I can’t think what has come over my nose lately. It used to be smooth and pale; but for sime time now it has been looking speckled; not blackheads or freckles, but just dark spots. I wondered if you could enlighten me?— Worried One. I should say the dark spots were coarse pores. You have only to powder a coarsely-grained skin and at once it develops an ugly speckled rash. Try bathing your nose With cold water containing a little borax, and use an astringent vanishing cream to hold your powder. * * * WASHING SILK STOCKINETTE Could you please tell me how to wash a black stockinette dress successfully?—Mrs. P. W. First soak it for ten minutes in tepid water containing two teaspoonfuls of borax that have been dissolved in half a cupful of boiling water. Make a lather of a pure oil soap which contains no soda, shredded and dissolved in boiling water. Pour the dissolved soap into a bath of tepid water until the latter has a slight lather on top. Wash the dress oy squeezing it gently—do not wring or pull it. Afterwards rinse in tepid water. To give the frock a slight dressing and to prevent it looking limp, rinse it again in warm water containing a little seccotine—one teaspoonful to each one and a-half pints of water This should be well mixed. You will find it excellent for renovating the material.

Pull the dress gently into the shape and size it was originally, and lay it on a folded sheet to dry. It should be placed in a good draught and turned over and moved to a dry part of the sheet two or three times as it dries. * * * HOUSEWORK TAKES ITS TOLL I have let my hands get into an appalling state —hard, dry and deeply wrinkled. Have you a lotion that will counteract the effects of housework? I promise to give it a fair trial. —Alys A mixture of glycerine and spirits of camphor (allow one part of camphor to every five of glycerine) rubbed into the hads frequently during the day, plus a nightly application of camphor ice, should work wonders. Massage each finger in turn, paying special attention to the knuckles. Whenever possible wear gloves while doing housework. SOUFFLE POTATOES “Mrs. C.” —Take one and a-half pounds of potatoes, prepare and boil them in the usual way until tender. When well drained, rub them through a wire sieve or, failing this, mash up finely. Add a small lump of butter or margarine, a little milk, and pepper to taste; then stir in the beaten yolk of an egg. Whisk two egg whites to a very stiff froth and fold in. Heap in a buttered pie-dish or pyrex dish, and re-heat and brown in the oven. If onion flavour is liked, rub the dish round with garlic before putting in the potatoes. ** ‘ * DOES SMOKING MAKE ONE FAT? Will you please tell me if smoking makes one fat? I sfnoke rather a lot. —Worried Joan. Many people find that smoking—especially when they smoke, like yourself, “rather a lot” —injures the digestion and indigestion , sometimes makes people fat and puffy.- You don’t tell me your age. If you are under twenty I advise you to smoke less (a good deal less), and I think you will find an improvement from the “fat” point of view. WASHING A TABLE COVER Will you be so kind as to tell me what will clean stains from a dark saxe blue chenille table cover? I have tried petrol and also sponging with warm water, but neither method was any good. Also will it wash?—D. H. Try sponging with one teaspoonful of spirits of wine and one teaspoonful of ox gall in half a pint of warm water. Or brush the cloth well with a mixture of two parts of methylated spirit to one of water. The cover could be washed like velveteen, but must not be rubbed or crushed between the hands. Lay it flat and rub on a lather of oil soap and water with the palm of the hand. Rinse in water containing two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. GIRLS’ HOCKEY BEST MATCHES POSTPONED Much of the interest has been taken out of the girls’ hockey contests at Remuera to-morrow by the fact that some of the best matches have been postponed on account of the winter school vacations.' In the two senior matches set down for the afternoon fair hockey should be exhibited, however, and, while on paper the issue in both instances should not be difficult to forecast, hard-fought games are assured. Y.YV.C.A’s. team should assure them a win over Arawa, while the more seasoned players of Mount Eden should prove more than a match for Somerville. ARRANGEMENTS ALTERED Owing to college vacations the ladies’ match set down for Saturday—St. Cuthbert’s v. University—has been postponed until later on in the season. TO-MORROW’S TEAMS Teams for to-morrow are as follow: Senior Grade Y.W.C.A.—Misses D. Andrews, I. Grace, G. Neely, K. Montgomery, M. Raisher, E. Harford, R. Mansfield, M. McLaughlan, B. Mason, C. Dickey, E. Hubber. Somerville.—Misses Hoyte, Bell, Cooper, Bate, Webster, Peterson, Bell, Goldsbro,’ Coppersmith, Steven, Walsh. Arawa.—Misses E. Castles, A. Henrv, U. Hall, M. Brown, C. Bestic, N. Hall, E. Simpson, N. Hanlon, E. Bestic, L. Thomas, L. Cochrane. Mount Eden.—Misses A. Twiname, Z. Twining, H. Chalmers, K. McGill, C. Kelly, M. Russell, I. Walker, D. Robinson, G. Lowe, S. Ross, P. Dawson, E. Crosby. Junior Grade Mount Eden.—Misses A. Rhodes, D Russell, G. Clark, E. Rhodes, V. Hollis O. Vteeks, S. Michel, M. Weeks, A. Hurt! A. Twiname, H. Clark. Somerville.—Misses Cohen, Campbell, Cole, Cohen, Campbell, Hoyte, Walker King, Goldsbro', Andrews. Claudet. Reserve: Miss V. Peterson. Y.W.C.A. A.—Misses Hinge, MoCrae, Hayson, Grimes, Purchas, Syms. Bell, Musket, Fenton, Rogers, Andrews, Scarborough, Wilson. _ Y - N O / . C - A . B.—Misses Matthews, Atkins, Gardham, Rawle, Kelly, Jeffrev, Short, Burrows, Seymour, Jepson, Biddle. Y.W.C.A. C.—Misses Fraser, Prescott, Harrison, Martin, Munro, Crawford, Rule, Hirst, Lennard, Corson, Josey. Wesley.—Misses Paddison, M. White, D Smith, Cochrane, H. Saunders, Hallam. J. White, E. Saunders, Burton, SparIjng, Brodie. Reserve: L. Harrison, Thrift,