From the Woman's Point of View.

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 36, 23 March 1928, Page 3

From the Woman's Point of View.

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Wy Teese tien iiimeiie biel s Mrs. Elmore leaves this week on her return journey to her home in England, and was accompanied as far as Wellington by her brother, Dr. F. Fitchett. Mrs. Elmore has been on a six months’ visit to her father, the Dean of Dunedin, who is shortly retiring from his long ministry at Ail Saints’ Church, to the deep and affectionate regret of those who have been privileged to find help and consolation, spiritual and intellectual, from his great gifts. Round the Shops. Evening cloaks are delightful, and many models are available suitable to women of varying ages and purses. A heavy black yeorgette cloak richly embroidered with oxidised bugles and diamante, and made with a_ shirred pillow is an example of exquisite taste. Another is an apple-green pailletteeucrusted georgette wrap, with a handsoine border of pink roses and a petal collar of georgette. A reversible gold lame cloak is lined with rich rubycoloured velvet. ‘ Ring Velvet. Tor evening frocks the newest thing is ring velvet that is so drapable, soft and charming. A lily-of-the-valley green frock, with a full, pointed skirt that reveals a dainty under-dress of silver lace has a flesh-pink georgette vest, and a pink flower at the waist, A black ring velvet dress, made over a black underslip, has an_ effective "sunburst"? design embroidered in diamante on both skirt and corsage. On another gown in Romney blue, draped gracefully to one side, a girdle of diamante forms a delightful finish.

Sleeves from Paris. Sleeves which are almost tight to the elbow and have long, drooping Chinese cuffs which are caught in to the wrists are a feature of many of the latest coats, both in fur and fur-trimmed. Some sleeves are almost tight-fitting, with little gauntlets turned back over the hand. On an ermine coat which is made in shallow circular flounces and fringed with little black tails, the sleeves are full from the elbow to form a circular cape round the lower arm. I'he same shaped sleeve is» used for. cloth, silk, and velvet coats which are fur-trimined. A High Waist-line,

The waist-line, when indicated at all, is set ubove the hips and pinched inat the back, and on some skirts there. is trimming below the hips of a fussy nature. Evening frocks ere longer, but those which are worn during the day are still short. A circular flow at the hem of fur coats is an alternative to the long straight coat with a wide fold-over. No Wonder, The police doctor handed a highbrow magazine to the suspected inebriate. read me something from that,’’ he said. ‘She suspected one opened the hook, gave one glance and then said, "It’s all right, Doc. I’m drunk.’ He had tried to read a poem hy Gertrvde Stein.

The Lure of Linen. Love of linen is innate in womankind. You can always find numbers of the more sober-minded who consider that too much money and time is lavished on clothes and millinery; towels or a pair of sheets, all the world is your accomplice. This tregard that linen inspires is not precisely to be explained. Even though linen is so beautifully adapted to its peculiar uses, othe: fabrics also have their peculiar uses, and in many cases more extended application Is it due to the ancient origin of linen? Per-haps-and yet wool was used before linen. Certain it is, however, that the genuine housekeeper turns with pride, not to her stock of blankets nor her Jone-enduring carpets, nor her cotton quilts, but to her shining damask tablecloths and napkins, to her towels and her cool, glossy sheets. ‘There it is! T do not seek to explain it; but linen has a rank, a regard in the world of textiles that is above all others-just as certain petsonalities stand pre-eminent in a room full of people. but when it comes to buying a dozen:

Intrinsic Purity. In Tigypt in ancient times, when | thev embalmed their dead, they wrap- . ped them in linen-for they knew it would outlast centuries-and now, 4000 years afterwards, when we dig these ancients up, the linen kindly laps them still, though other fabrics about them fall to dust at the first breath of air. In ancient Assyria and in Babylonia linen was always associated with rovalty. In all ages it has stood for purity-the verv word linen suggests a kind of intrinsic faultlessness. These are secrets of the hnman heart that do not allow of logical explanation. Tt enumerate them not, as has se often heen done before, with a vague feeling that they constitute a reason why we should continue to bnv and use linen to-day, but to show that the love of linen has persisted mysteriously in many ages, and been common to many

different societies.

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Pineapple Triffe. Two stale sponge cakes, 1 tin pineapple chunks, $ pint milk, 2 yolks of eggs, loz. sugar, 4 pint cream, little essence of vanilla. Method: Cut sponge cakes iuto fingers and pnt into.; a dish with layers of pineapple — between: soak in pineapple syrup, make custard, and when cold pour over cake, etc. Put a layer of pincapple at the top, whip cream, sweeten and flavour, and decorate the trifle with this. Sprinkle with chopped brown- .

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Marian

Christian

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Stewed Ox Tail and Tomatoes. 1 ox tail, 2 ozs. chopped ham, 1 0z. ‘cornflour, | small onion, 4 or 5 ,toma‘toes, 14 pints warm water, 1 oz butter, pepper and salt, and_bovril. Method: Wash and remove the fat from the tail, cut into neat joints, melt the butter in a pan and fry till brown; also fry ham and onion sliced, and tomatoes sliced. Add water and simmer slowly for 8 hours Put the tail on a hot dish, mix the cornflour with a little cold water, thicken the liquid with this, add pepper, salt, and bovril,

}and pour over the tail and serve.

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