A FEATHER IN THE HAT IS SMART

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 892, 8 February 1930, Page 21

A FEATHER IN THE HAT IS SMART

Victorian ■women and post Victorian women expressed their romantic tendencies in Watteau plumes that curled coyly under the brim or swept majestically across the crotvn of a hat giving a sense of dignity or absurdity according to the personality of the wearer. But women today express their modern dash with insouciant quills. This is good news, for most women have never willingly discarded feathers from their wardrobe, but felt they must obey the dictates of fashion. Those gorgeous ostrich plumes are still out of keeping with modern clothes and must, for a time at least, lie passive in the drawer, but infinite chic can be achieved with the clever use of some less majestic bird.

HINTS By far the neatest way to keep lingerie shoulder straps from straying is to give each frock its own little strap-holder. This consists of a few inches of tape or self-coloured material. Lay this across the underside of the dross shoulder seam, sewing down the end nearest the sleeve. The free end, which you pass under all your shoulder straps, clips to the seam about an inch from the neck end with a small press stud. It will save you endless annoyance if you do this in all your clothes.

Patch pockets on jumpers and overalls have a tiresome habit of catching on the furniture somewhere and partly getting torn down. You can avoid this trouble if you open each side seam of such a pocket about one inch, fastening the opening with tiny press studs. It the pocket catches these will pull open without tearing the stuff.

To look well-groomed, clothes must be ironed and pressed with Irons in first-class condition. If you are not able to use an electric iron you must nay a lot of attention to the other sort. If starch sticks to an ordinary flat iron, rub it with sandpaper; never leave it to get burnt on to the surface. If an iron gets rusty rub it well with half a potato, which has first been dipped into pewdered bathbrick. SMOKER'S HANDBAG A small but useful bag of Morocco leather also serves as a match-box and cigarette-case, for when the front flap is opened it reveals two slots large enough to hold 10 cigarettes in one and a box of matches in the other. Handkerchief powder-puffs are placed in the flap at the back. CONCERNING WALNUTS Some finely-chopped walnuts introduced into a chocolate blancmange take away the rather cloying sweetness. m * * Many creamed vegetables are improved by sprinkling with finelychopped walnuts just before serving. A few chopped walnuts in orange Marmalade give a new and delicious Savour. m * * Prunes, figs and dates stuffed with Walnuts make sweets that are very wholesome lor children. A plain bread pudding gains flavour from chopped walnuts. AUTUMN GOWNS AND HATS A selection of advance model gowns •ind hats for the approaching autumn season, received direct from the leading and Paris houses, is now h eing displayed by ".Mirelle,” 8 AVellesley Street East. ■‘Mirelle” is also noted for coats and ’•ostumes, which are perfectly tailored to order on the premises. When in Xew Zealand t/idy Jellicoe had a number of her frocks and coats made by •Mirelle.•• and her letter of commendation will be shown on request.