TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 14, 21 October 1927, Page 6

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

A. Happy Thought. Californian kitchens boast of a ‘tbreakfast nook,’? which is just what the name implies. It is a thoroughly eosy. little corner, partly partitionet off from the main part of the kitchen, where breakfast may be daintily served without the trouble of carrying everything into the dining-room. The seats are. of the old-time settee style and together with the table are built in. The table has hinges at the end and only. one huge wooden leg, so that it can be pushed up against the wall for sweeping. » % bed -Decorative Glass. Decorative glass is irresistible in its appeal, possessing as it does, a rare elusive charm, borrowing and refiecting every ray of light. It is essentidlly a pleasure purely for the eye, therefore a luxury; but many beautiful specimens can justify their claim to utility by forming part of a dinnertable scheme, in holding fruit or sweets or. even floating flowers. Bohemian glass is one of the many beautiful things of which the war deprived us temporarily, and even now the old prewar standard is only gradually being recovered. Decorative glass is so much more an art than an industry that it takes years of practice:to make a first class blower. There is a strangely "fairy-story" attribute of painted glass, for as in the case of painted china, a Cinderella-like metamorphosis takes place in the furnace and the colours emerge from the heat remotely changed * * The. new process, known as "‘craquele," seen in the new Bohemian glass lampshades look as though they have been shattered to bits and "remoulded nearer to the heart’s desire."’ The minute network of gleaming cracks is made by a process of heating. quickly cooling and reheating the glass. A little fine glass goes far in the making of the success of a dinner table. Early Morning. Day-time is every man’s time. The hours of noon-day, and afternoon, and the long golden hours of evening are yours and mine and a whole world’s beside. But these early hours before the sun has mellowed the air’s sharpness, while the little white mists stil] cling to the hollows, and the dew 1s bioken only bv the rabbits’ feet-those clear-washed hours of morning _ that have never lost the purity of a world z¢fore the coming of man-these bejong to no one human. Go out into "te morning and bathe in the stil magic of it and win its secret glory. Leave vour indoor dreaming and stea a march on life, before the daytime world comes rushing in to the’ solitudes. ‘ " " e Visit of Mr. Amery. Mr. Amery, the Secretary of State for the Dominions, is the first member of the British Cabinet to visit Australia for many years. his very important visit to Victoria begins on October 24, and 8LQ Melbourne intends featuring him well. The object of his visit is to make personal inquiries into Australian conditions so that he will he able to acquire first-hand knowledge to assist him in dealing with Dominion problems when be returns. He has already been to South Africa. He will be officially welcomed at Horsham and his reply will be broadcast all over Australia. He will journey on to Ballarat after the Horsham banquet, and once more his words will be caught. When he reaches Geelong it will be to find a microphone up against him, and even in Melbourne he will be unable to get away from it, for hig reception by the Lord Mayor, scheduled for Wednesday, October’ 26, yill also be broadcast. ~ * * 2 Wireless in Schools, Three thousand schools in Great Britain are now fitted with wireless. An article in the current number of "The Journal of Education" states that the time has now come for the British Broadcasting Company to arrange an all day programme for schools on a separate wave-length, and to use this wave-length for the benefit of more advanced students in yarious kinds of continuation schools at night. Mr. D. C. Temple, M.A., who writes this article which is entitled ‘Modern Inventions as Educational Aids," says:-"The peorest agricultural labourer can, and apparently does, afford his crystal set, thus coming into contact with the great world at his own fireside. And ‘what of his children? Are they using the headphones also, and if so what do they hear? Has their schoolmaster erasped the potentialities of this new instrument, and has he vet installed a valve set and a loudspeaker in the village school? The provision of this aid seems peculiarly a matter for those enlightened enthusiasts, who are ortunately to be found in all classes. who real Hon. ly care for the cause of educa- * ae » | fhe Handkerchief Garter, A new idea in arters i forms the double of the stocking and carrying the handkerchiet is evolved from. moire ribbon and dainty rosebud trimming. The rosebuds are reinforced with fine hat Wire, attached at each end to the garter, forming a loop through which the

---E ‘Yet More Raffia! . A gorgeous splash of colour in an otherwise drab or gloomy room is made by combining rafa with cretonne. A cushion cover of large bright patterned cretonne is embroidered over the pattern with raffia to tone, leaving the background perfectly plain. The flowers stand out most effectively, A bright note of colour is brought to the table in raffia napkin rings. Made on a foundation of pliable cane, they are ornamented with wee raffia flowers. e % * Community. Singing. Who says sentiment is dead? It still lives and flourishes, or why would thousands of people join so often in joyous hours of community singing when veritable reservoirs of tenderest sentiment are tapped to fill the air with the spirit of good-will and cheer. Community singing at 3L0 Melbourne is a huge success. People in every walk of life-old men, young men, old women and giris, rich and poor alikegather together at the studio every Tuesday to sing the good old songs their mothers taught them, and newer ones as well. They sing for their own enjoyment, little thinking, most of them, of the joy they give to the thou-

a ee | hankie is pulled and safely detained. sands of listeners all over Australia who join them in the singing. Invalids and the sick -and little children and maimed soldiers in hospitals are in this great unseen community, The aged and infirm and the thousands of. women who are for ever tied to their hemes, and the people onthack are also most appreciative. th * * Development in Australia, Melbourne has commenced an educational programme on Thursday ‘afternoons, which it is prepared to extend as the demand increases, ‘The community as a whole is not yet prepared to spend on its schools what it spends across the bar, or on the race course, but in every community there are to be found people who believe that uman progress is coming through the widening of human outlook, the quick. ening of imagination, the broadening of human sympathies by education. "We would be happy ‘but for our pleasures," an Irish statesman is reported to have said. ‘The only way of displacing the pleasures that waste time,, money, physique and talent is by replacing them with others of bet. ter quality. This lifting of taste, and quickening and broadening of interest in life is the special task of the radio | in education.

{a Rt SS The Fascination of Felt. In the American world of fashion and sport, vivid felts have found for them. selves another use beside adorning Shapely shingled heads. Of every imaginable shade, multi-coloured ~ felt motifs have become the accepted thing. They are delightfully simple to use as decorative accessories for personal wear, household acticles, cushions, and cardtable covers. On frock or jumper or cardigan they proclaim the wearer's chosen sport. Waistcoats completely made of felt are the very latest style for between games’ or for actual play when the wind is chilly. They are available in a wide range of attractive coJours, and the patchwork modernist designs on the pockets lend a new interest to a really serviceable garment. ¢ * Shorn Shoulders. Paris exploits the slim _ silhouette above the hips since the skirt has become fuller, The torso is reduced to its least proportions, ‘This is achieved by small armholes, narrow shoulders, and fitted sleeyes, the underarm seams being lengthened as far as comfort will permit. Drapery and godets are increased in size on the skirt, making a shatp contrast between skirt and bodice. ‘Not a becoming style unless shoulders and wpper »rm are unimpeachable,