WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 296, 9 May 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted oy "Eileen*'). NOTES FROM LONDON London, April 1. Harem skirts having been forbidden by the Dresden police, an actress from Hamburg who was wearing the costume on Tuesday was peremptorily ordered to replace it by an ordinary skirt. A .stylish hat that holds out interesting possibilities for the home milliner is the j straw bicorne, now both popular and J fashionable. It is turned back very .sharply back and front, dropping slight-' ly each side over the ears. The only' trimming is grouped in the hollow, where the hack and front brims meet on the crown, and this is generally filled with bunches of bright (lower.-, or billows of elaborate silk or ribbon. One model in this audacious shape is developed in Mack velvet with a packing of brilliant -arlet geraniums between the two !>vims. and another in wired white lace filling up the hiatus with branches of I nodding purple and white lilac blossom. Yet another is composed of rose-colored Manila .straw with a sandwiching of black satin ribbon loops. Square watches, very thin, and made of gold and enamel, are the newest things in the realms of jewellery. They are small, and are attached to neck chains and bracelets.

To look specially attractive when u.ninjr out, a writer in the Daily Jlail this week advocates: Rest with a cold bandage on your eves from G. 30 to 7.30 #r thereabouts; dress leisurely; wash your face and neck first in hot water softened with oatmeal, and then wash over with cold water mingled with a little can do Cologne. At the last, massage the face with orange-flower cream and powder it. Flave everything ready to put on, to tke very last detail, so that nothing frets vou before you leave.

Electric carpets are the very latest idea in Paris, and are designed to heat the rooms tliev adorn. The under side of the new earnets consists of a network of steel wires, forming a contact, and ensuring that the current, shall be equallv distributed in all directions. It is estimated that a room fitted with one. of the new electric carpets can be heated at a total cost of >/ 2 d per hour.

The Fair of Fashions, to be one of the attractions at the Crystal Palace during the Festival of Empire, will open a new era in the English fashion world, for never before have such efforts been made as we shall then see to keep buyers of beautiful clothes in England.

''Lucille," tin' famous dressmaker, is providing a veritable feast for lovers of dress, and not only is showing 111:1 snificent creations, all of British manufacture, but is setting her scenes ain id costly furniture and rare pictures, so that an artistic triumph should result. For a very murky carpet this preparation is a magical one: —Into one gallon of boiling water chip a bar of white laundry soap, and when it is dissolved add one ounce of borax, four ounces of washing soda, one half pint of alcohol. Stir the mix'nre fl ve minutes, and add two gallons of cold water. Let it stand till morning. It will then be a jellied mixture with which to rub the en met.

For the purpose of washing laces or nets that need a little stiffener. but not starch, many women us» milk. This gives a delicate creamy tint to the lace, and just the right consistency to make it look like new.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS If new boots don't polish quickly, rub over with a piece of cut lemon. <"! round coffee sprinkled freely amongst the fur or feathers of freshlv-shot game will keep it .sweet for a considerable time. Beeswax and salt will make rustv flatirons as clour as glass. Tie a lump of wax in a rag and keep it for the purpose. When the irons are hot. rub them lirst with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt. After washing black stockings, .silk or wool, add to the rinsing water a little salt. This helps to preserve the color. Xew stockings should always be washed before being worn, and, if possible, the heels and toes should be wrung. A .stained black coat can be quickly cleaned by applying to it with a sponge strong coffee to which a few drops of ammonia have been added. Finish the process by rubbing the coat with a piece of colored woollen material. Aluminium utensils for the kitchen are becoming daily more popular on account of their light weight and cleanliness. They must never be washed with sola, soap and water being all that i.s re.ii.'ired, with a little powdered whiting for polishing.

When you wash your pretty glassware iiext time try dropping a few drops of bluing into the soapsuds. Then wash the pieces in the ordinary manner. You <vill like the way they will sparkle and how clear the glass will look from this .imple vet most effective treatment. To whiten handkerchief.-; that !';:ve become a bad color by careless washing soak them overnight in a solution 0? warm water to which a little i''i<eclay has been added, and they will become beautifully white. Powdered borax i« also another good remedy, the borax being added to the water in the same way. hven quite cheap table linen may be made to look as glossy as fine damask if ironed in the following way. After the linen has been washed, boiled and rinsed, wring it a.s dry as possible, roll up in a dry .sheet, and leave it for an hour, then iron till it is thoroughly dry. In this way the linen escapes the wear and tear of hanging 011 a line, and keeps a better shape. t'ut sheets of tinfoil and place under the flower vase doylies and you will have 110 trouble with any dampness affeetinir the best polished furniture. Put a good-sized lump of salt, ints a cup of vinegar and put into the vessel that is discolored and let it stand for half a day. Wash well with warm water and soap and sediment will come off casilv.

If your furniture has grown dull and streaked, try rubbing up with a flannel dipped in equal parts of turpentine and coal oil. It polishes quickly and much more cheaply than expensive polishes.

If tin- lionsewife wlin makes broad will heal it well with a large spoon before she

|j)uts her hands in it she will find that her bread will be light and wholesome, j A few drops of lemon squeezed into ' the water will make the darkest-looking potato boil white.

> To touch up an old and faded rug, ,'get dyes of the various colors in Die rug and a number of oamel-hair brushes. 'Dissolve a little of each dye in boiling water, and, after the rug lias been well cleaned, paint the dyes on where they are needed.