TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 48, 15 June 1928, Page 6

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

The Green Hat. Wost skilfully decked was a window in Wellington recently with subtle varieties of the Green Hat. A subsidy, one agrees, is due to the perpetrator of the novel that everyone read, or tried i» read, concerning the non-moral lady who squashed artistie green headgear upon ravishing golden head, to the tune of much strange chat amid more than mildly Bohemian surroundings, This exhibition of the made, for beguilement of feminine heart and coin, ranged in colour from the attractive duck-egg shade, | through many gradations, to a velour | of that consoling jade in which golden | blondes whom gentlement prefer look | their loveliest. A small cloche, with | yanishing brim and small chie buckle, if worn with the right inapertinent detachment and nez retrousse, would be quite capable of seducing an anchorite.

They Say: "THAT through the enterprise of the B.B.C, thousands of listeners in England haye had the opportunity of appreciating the superb art of Miss Sybil Thorndike, The great tragedienne’s performance of "Medea" has been broadcast, to the delight of those inhabitants of the British Isles fortunate enough to possess, or have @ friend who possesses, @ radio set. TPuAT Dr. Marshall Macdonald’s flair for literature found admirable expression in an address given on the occasion of the centenary vf the birth of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. In an acute and impersonal tribute to the mystical imagery and haunting loveliness of his poetry, the supernatural quality and spiritual beauty of his painting, Dr. Macdonald was at his ‘notiuble best. It is to be regretted ‘that so illuminating study of the work 'of the poet and painter, of his chame-‘leon-like personality, was available to only a limited audience, and was not broadcast for the delight of all lovers of art in its different manifestations. Women as Crities, |; [EON Feuchtwanger, the much-dis- | cussed author, finds his most stimulating and finely attuned critics among women. He states that they have a sure feeling for quality, and are capable of sinking themselves entirely in a work of art without losing un discriminating ear for false notes, He is by no means insensitive to thei approval. Writing for the "Women’s Journal," he says :-"It would be foolish hypocrisy to deny that I find success pleasant-the hymns of praise in newspapers, and among the general public, the approval of the not very large band of friends whose opinion I yalue; but to all these things one becomes gradually accustomed. What never grows stale is the adventure of ~ravk itself, its triumphs and failures, Vand rerhans-the jiov of seeing its

oo" a ee ww ' a tinal effect mirrored in the face of an understanding woman." Women and Politics. HE Women's Unionist Organisation, which held its annual conference in London on May 10, reported un increase of 90,500 members last _ year. The Countess of Inveagh, M.P. presided at the morning session of the conterence, and Lady Newton in the afternoon. Mrs. Baldwin met the delegates at a reception on the eyening of May 10. On the afternoon of May 11. the Prime Minister addressed @ mass meeting in the Albert Hall. No Wish to Marry Lindbergh. WHEN 150 girls in a school in Col umbia were asked if they wounid like to marry the famous airman, Cole onel Lindbergh, only 29 answered in the affirmative. Of the 105 who gave negative answers, 63 were in love with someone else, 17 said he was too pops ular, 12 "did not care for his type at all,’ 6 were afraid he might get killed at any minute, and 3 could not bear the idea of marrying. a famous man and being known only as his wife. Barnyard Buttonholes, vs "THE new buttonholes are most attraé+ tive, and get larger every day, Real flowers are worn a good deal by smart women who can afford them, but there are lovely artificial posies that look so real you feel you must smeil them, Kingcups, polyanthuses, cows slips, and anemones mixed together look yery fresh and gay on a tailors made. The Duchess of York was seen weare ing one of the new barnyard button holes the other day. 2 Heaviest Women Smokers, It is computed that 160,000,000,000 cigarettes are smoked every vear in Great Britain, of which 40,000,000 are made every day at the Nottingham factories of Messrs. Players, who celebrated to-day the centenary of their founda» tion by Mr. William Wright. The firm has evidence that English momen are the heayiest women smokers of cigarettes in the world; that soldiers and outdoor workers are the heaviest smokers of all; and that most cigarettes are smoked between six and seven o’clock in the evening, : Shock-proof Watches. "THE newest watches are very. original and surprising. The watch itself is scarcely thicker than a penny, .and is set on a flat, inch-wide diamond bracelet. Its face is covered with a sliding jewelled lid, and its works are guaranteed shock-proof, These watches are also made up to wear as pendants,