“NOT INTERESTED”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 864, 7 January 1930, Page 5

“NOT INTERESTED”

THAT INDIFFERENT FEELING Are you one of the many folks who affect —or feel —indifference to everything? Shake yourself out of It, if you are. Enthusiasm is not a crime, and goodness knows there is plenty in life to arouse enthusiasm. Indiiferent, lukewarm folks are so hard to entertain and almost impossible to talk to. They take no interest in anything. It's a wonder that they really care about being alive at all! Aud yet, just think of it!—there are books, music, plays, dances and goodness knows what else to he interested in, to say nothing of life itself. Life's an Adventure Why, to the fortunate people who find life a never-ending adventure, just a common-or-garden walk will give a tremendous amount of pleasure, simply because they have acquired the art of bring enthusiastic about the ordinary things of life. IndifTerence is death to all ambition, a kill joy and a destroyer of beauty, and not worth having at any price. If you are not interested in other people, you can't blame them if they are not interested in you. FOR THE HOUSE-PARTY GIRL First impressions are of enormous importance when one is young and anxious to create a good one. The delighted girl who has been asked to join a country house-party for a tennis tournament, or regatta, or some other special event, needs to arrive at her friends’ house with luggage of outward appearance to match the smartness and adequacy of its contents. Shabby, ill-kept luggage has a terribly poverty-stricken air, however well turned out is its owner. The smart, well-bred man is distinguished by bags of pigskin and good brown leather. The girl paying her first round of visits should emulate his example in having the best trunks and suitcases she can afford, and taking trouble to keep them in good condition. The inexpensive fibre cases and cabin trunks bound with leather are quite suitable, being so conveniently

light in weight, if they are clean and free from unsightly stick-labels. A thorough rub up with leather polish quickly restores shabby leather, clasps may be brightened with metal polish, and torn straps will be replaced by a saddler at small cost. ! Initials give added consequence to all luggage. On leather they should be stamped, on fibre painted. A dressing-case litted with a sumptuous array of toilet articles in ivory, tortoiseshell, enamel, or silver, is, of course, the ambition of every girl. Such an expensive present does not come everyone’s way, however. In its place a leather blouse-case, lined with convenient pockets, serves the purpose. Those in imitation reptile skin are particularly smart. Into it go all the dressing-table requisites, sponge-bag, night wear, jewellery and the lingerie and personal odds and ends for which there is no place else- ! where. j According to the length of her stay, a cabin trunk, or a large suitcase, holds the frocks and suits. Very prac- ; tical are the small trunks with trays divided into compartments for different articles, to preclude all possibility of crushing. Hand Luggage Preferred Many people prefer hand luggage to trunks, however, and would rather have a range of suitcases. Special cases designed for shoes supply that want, and hat-boxes are varied and attractive. There are cases for all sorts of purposes in bright-coloured oiled cloth at low prices, so that no i girl need make do with an old suitcase for the etceteras we find so difficult to squeeze in. In these days it shows modern taste to have separate cases for different departments of wearing apparel. Plenty of sheets of fresh tissuepaper should be used in folding clothes, while silk or linen envelopecases for lingerie, handkerchiefs, gloves, stockings and pyjamas simplify packing and add to the general appearance of daintiness. Coat-hangers, bedroom slippers, shoe-trees and toilet appurtenances are all provided with cases for travelling purposes. A pretty silver comfit-box or two borrowed from the silver cabinet and made use of for pins and other oddments add sumptuousness to the i modest array for the dressing-table, j together with cut-glass perfume flagons ! for lotions and toilet water. Small I additions of this sort augment one’s simple toilet set.