COLUMN FOR WOMEN

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 165, 17 March 1915, Page 7

COLUMN FOR WOMEN

BEAUTY FOR THE AF.MS.. To polish t lip- -• ni'-Sis ' and -beautify ihem rub the skin"'with n• mixture of glycerine and rosewatcr, and ;• ft* 1 rwards cover it with cold Cream, wlijch must be allowed to remain on for fifteen minutes, and then be, rubbed, oil' with a piece: of white flannel.. The. a,rms should then/ be covered' with.•' tojlet powder and be- again thoroughly iaib- ■ bed. " -'•'•''■ : - ■■■■■■'%'-' : :i ' • NEW MILITARY FASHION'S, . • All the iib-vr fashions 'in Paris partake of a military cut, and bear martial names. ' A .neat.blue serge costume with a black satin sash'on severe Hues is called -'The Kitchener,.;;, whiles smart khaki, with steel buttons, has boon named.; after General French. Another extremely- .-popular ' costume is a new uujfprm blue/ an'cT it-has been ;iiffili|'''|rU Joffre." BERTOIN women. •' i "' >; " V: '' There is ; no country in the '' world where women.;cropy a, move .dignified or honoured position in the hoiuo ? .tha7j Servia. The Servian idea is quite different from that- of the -Turk, . >vbr ■ keeps his women behind shut doors, <■< the German, whose ideal" women is ..• good • hausfrau.': In Servia the we-mar is the companion of the man. *& A man is responsible for his umiiar ivi'ed. sisters, and-throughout .the Balk" Stales it is considered rather a breach. of etiquette for him to niarry befoje I;is "older sister.; .;..;••: tM&i Servian girl would feel she could her head,in society unless; .sbo, speak; four, languages. There i:' 'ifordh" a Servian woman who cannot .pjay some mus'eal instrument." F,m-b'V-fvderv. paielinp;, drawing", and seulp■fhWCire all studied."- ■ ./•.S,eTvian women,arc very edV.'and tlie highest ladies pay persona] •jatteiVtion to trivial matters of ho:;.-:.."■-icecpiug. -.-; - ; ■-■■'■ •. ....', ..- •:■ TJ£ere are two women doctors practicing in Belgrade, anrf women teachers Bat public opinio::, on (lie 'wTvom, is rather against women onto"' .hVgvflo' labour market. ' ' TOILET HINTS. .S-G.rey hair can be avoided by a' jar of' vaseline. Every night give the head three}; minutes', massage; once a week smear the tips of the fingers witli good yellow vaseline and rub thoroughly inWHfb roots ■of thehair,,. Those inclined, toV?kj|ve oily, hair with powdered .starchy.'anyqi'dinary, penny packet will do, and brush out with 'clean brushes. ; ' ■ Tjiyd or« strained v :^yes^sp; oil -a w6-', ''ma.'n% appearance ' quicker than'any-'-tTV;n.jS else. ; Guard against'oxeessiye machine work, or reading"in a bad Light! A solution of boracie powder. nnd.-y.arm water applied to the eye in an eye bath, or gently bathed into the eye's,"is very soothing and. restful. ...

:- V-Hgalthy feet make all the difference ■';t'oySue's face and- feelings.* ..If they : aeh'e>iand are tired, soak the'm in warm with.a' pinch of permanganate •Tjft-i-TOtash. A pennyworth- wil last for i-M-eoks. and is a great boon. Well-marked eyebrows give the plainest face a certain individuality. Before retiring) at night gently apply vas-. ■;-,- ih o smoothing the wav of! the b'"ow. This stimulates;their gro¥tjt'ay|l iyld.s bistro.to the hair. -.•■' livery Woaiom- sho'ild spnrc''heT i:.;vil>: a few mrrtattjs each da>'i"Aft'eV washing, gently push fback with your thumbnail the skin growing round the little balfm.oon., at the "base of the nail. If t!;i has been--neglected, a little glycerine and rosewnter will soften the skin. And file, ireyer cut. your nails. If the floor under the bed is cover-"' ed with carpet, then lay over this a cover of'thin,, oilcloth, which can be wiped ever \vith'a. clamp, cloth to r,em.ova the.;dust. .... .... ,J. ... .~' . .