TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 19, 25 November 1927, Page 6

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

A New Zealand Poetess. "Occasional Verses," by Alice Woodhonse, is artistic work. Published by Fergnson and Osborn, Wellington, in attractive booklet form, it is admirably adapted to send to one’s cherished friends at this season of peace on earth, good-will to men; instinct as it is. with a love of the high hills and valJeys, the ferns and flowers of New Zealand, and also of the rarer loveliness of spiritual things, Many will re-. member the father of this youthful poetess as a racy raconteur and after-‘@-amer speaker, his wise and witty Stories still being recalled, not only in Dunedin, where he practised the profesgion of law, but much further afield $o it would seem that Miss Woodhonse’s gift of expression runs in the family; and to it are allied a true and minute observation, a simplicity and reticence that charm. Her writing is distinctively of this, our own young country; which makes it the more to be prized, poetic vision being as yet rare in the ominion. The concluding: verses, ‘*Tomorrow Street," will appeal to many as fanciful and wistful and sweet, while others will find the following poem the truest and finest in this small and charming collection :- Under a lowering sky, Sullen and overcast, Limply a few flags fiy, Drooping against the mast, Symbols of Joss. For, when the ’leaguered town Falls to the foe at last, Banners all torn came down. Over them flies at the mast The conqueror’s flag. So we, when one that we love Out from our midst has passed, Lower our flags, for above Place must be left at the mast Por the banner of death. wee) omer gail

SR Electric Refrigerators, An electric refrigerator differs from the old-fashioned ice-chest, in that foods are absolutely frozen. They can be kept indefinitely against a time of suddep demand, fruits can be checked in over-ripening, salads of all kinds are so muh more attractive when served ice-cold. It is Jack of knowledge in many "xases which is the sole reason why these splendid appliances are not more commoniy in use. Once plugged in, the refrigerator looks after itself entirely.-Mrs. Barrington, 2¥A. * x a For Lady Listeners. Miss Dorothy Dunckley has quite -recently achieved a distinct success at .8LO, Melbourne. Her broadeast de--scription of the frocking at Henley ‘Cup Day and the Oaks was greatly appreciated, especially by conntry women, who maintain that they were given an additional interest in the functions by the breezy and often very ‘witty descriptions of the various toil. ettes. Possessing a very artistic "dress" sense, a rich fund of humoar, and a_ well-nodulated voice, Miss Dunckley is particularly adapted for this kind of work. te be] a A Legend. ' A certain railway company im a ;emote part of Scotland have had to close down in order to renovate andenlarge their stations. They venuld tiothaye bothered to do so but for the fact. that a farmer sent a farm hand to the station to collect a hen-house that he chad ordered from Edinburgh, and the man returned with the booking-ofiice in his carti . @ @ ‘Women and Plus Fours. When asked for her opinion op the length of skirts, that infallible anthority on the fickle jade called Fashion, Lady Duff Gordon, says that she believes short skirts will be "it" for day and useful wear for always-at any rate for many a long year, unless the ‘jade’? elects to be even more at ease on wét and sports days, and a form of riding breeches or pins fours becomes } the rage,

The Vogue of Sitk, Half a century ago, speaking structurally, a black grosgrain silk was the dream of women everywhere. Satins followed for winter, ang taffetas for summer, Now, however, silks are enthroned from hat to hose the year round. It remained, however, for a Frenchman to invade the domain of man’s attire and convert a silk shirt into a dress, And so silk shirtings are now in high favour for summer. dresses, and an important addition to the silk industry, Foreign cablegrams, | as well as home fashion writers, tell : of the free use of silk for coats, while . emphasising its presence in repps in. the form of warp threads. It is to be noted that the love of women for | silks, aided by fashion, has changed : the position of satin from a ~inter | fabric principally to a spring favyour--ite, since satin was outstanding at the | recent spring fashion show held in. Paris, under the auspices of the frock designers principally. * & By . | The Charm of Curtains. , There is one matter of theory that is of great significance in the farnish- | ing of the room, and it is :hat, deco- | ratively speaking, the curtains stand between the furnishing and the back- | grounds, consisting of floor, ceiling, | and walls. The furniture of a toom is its most important decorative fea- | ture. It should be the most prominent element in colour and in every) other way. The backgrounds against | which the furniture stands should be restrained, and very simple, the ceiling very light, the walls a hitle more colourful, and the floor stifl more so. But between these two the window curtains must act as a harmonising arbiter. Thev are neither so * ential as the furniture, nor so unobtrusive as the walls, and so they must take the middle course, bringing the. final tonch of beantw and grace and cheerfulness, after all the other ele-. ments have heen provided There is. hardiv ansthing in the furnishing of a home which appeals so strongly to the artistic taste of the individual as the curtaining and drapings.-Miss M. M. Pnecheend, JVA. _ :

Unsophisticated, Perhaps! The world’s most unsophisticated young man is the one who went into a second-hand shop and said he wanted one for his watch! The same man, on seeing the sign, ‘‘Umbrellas recovered while you wait,’? asked to have his lost umbrella found! But he rather surpassed himself when he went into a dairy and asked for a small boy, because of the sign outside, "Families supplied."