SUBTLE SCENTS FOR XMAS GIFTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 520, 24 November 1928, Page 22

SUBTLE SCENTS FOR XMAS GIFTS

NICE DISCRIMINATION IN SELECTING THINGS EVERY WOMAN LOVES Is there any one_ woman who will deny that perfumes, powders, talc, and bath salts_ play a big part in every woman's life? For perfumes, some are satisfied with soft eau-de-cologne, others prefer the black narcissus, the white lilac, the rosa centifolia, or the strong jicky powders cover a wide range. For instance, nearly every make is made up in three shades, rachel, white, and naturelle. Rachel suits the olive complexioned brunette, white and naturclle aro suitable for the blonde. The soft powders of France have their allure, and the dainty box containers make a present of a box of powder an excellent 'Cliristma.s gift. Scent Sprays Abound Scent sprays abound in variety. There are long and short ones, fat and thin ones, cut glass and multi-coloured specimens, some with the bulb and others of the pump variety, but each and every one, a necessity of women. And the bath salts variety beggars description. All the colours of the rainbow are contained in fancy jars daintily tied with coloured ribbons. Excellent Christmas gifts are the compact boxes holding perfume, soap, and talc powder. Compressed bath tablets are also ideal gifts. Boxes of three or six, cakes—even of a good make —suit the purse of the average shopper, and the delicate fragrance from good soap lingers almost as long as perfume. Erinoid toilet sets are a feature put up by many shops, and other shops specialise in two-tone xylonite manicure sets —another necessity of the woman of fashion, A very dainty present would be the two-tone xylonite manicure set contained in a box of a similar colour and shaped like a camera. Fancy Puffs Fancy puffs of all colours are fast favourites, particularly the dusting puffs, which are attached to a stick covered with gaily covered ribbons. Powder bowls are arranged in a varied assortment; cut-glass predominating, but the -marble bowls have their appeal, as have also the fancy glass and china bowls of all colours decorated with swans in contrasting shades. MONEY IN BRIDGE BARONET’S THOUSANDS Many women in Auckland make quite a tiny amount of pocket money through bridge winnings; but jast as many more mortgage their allowance well ahead in losings! Quite a number of men in London derive their sole income from playing bridge. A certain baronet, for instance, is said to make £2,00 a year out of the game. These figures, worked out recently over a year’s play in a London club, speak for themselves. Seventy-five per cent, of the players lose; 20 per cent, remain all square, and 5 per cent. win.