TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 52, 13 July 1928, Page 6

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

Evolution of Hats._ ATS were first worn by the ancient Greeks and Macedonians. They were very plain affairs made of felt,. not intended to be ornamental, but merely used as a protection from the weather. Medieval DWnglish hats were very splendid and costly. Smart young men prided themselves on their hats of rich materials, decorated with feathers and precious stones. The shiny silk "toppers"? were first worn about 1840, and "bowlers" came into use about ten years later. Straw hats were worn miuch earlier, and one English town, Luton, became celebrated all over the world for the excellence of the straw hats made there. Bows are a decoration appearing on many frocks this season. One of the newest ways of using these is to | Bows Again. take the shiny side of a reversible ma-

terial and thread it through slots the bodice, ending in bows on the lefif Many jumpers have bands added, fine ished in long ends tied in a bow ang sleeyes, of course, haye their cnffs tied in the same manner, The hows, to be really fashionable, must, howe ever, be of the same material as the dress, although often used on the re yerse side. Beauty a Handicap. T is said that for the ambitious ach ress beauty is a handicap to recog. nition because she attracts attention before she legitimately deserves it, The present-day stage has its example in that remarkable woman, (ladys Cooper. It would be a shock and a revelation to her adoring public to know the stupendous struggle it has been for Gladys Cooper to get herself accepted as the fine actress she is first and the great beauty afterwards. Yet a murmur in appreciation of her inter pretation of a difficult part to which she has given months of study pleaseg her more than volumes in praise of ey famous "looks," Present Fashions Score. ‘THB fashions of 1900 look yulgar, pretentious, unlovely beside the shnple distinction of those of to-day, Both on the stage and off it was easy to tind examples of the adyanece in good taste and good sense that has been made in the art of designing dresses during the last few years. Not only is the feminine figure more natuval in the clothes of to-day, but it is more graceful, more really womunly, less doll-like, Then, again, the materials used to-day are so much more becoming in texture and colonr than those which were used in 1900. By tucking and shirring, gathering and pleating, flouncing and draping, 2 modern dress is a lovely thing to handle and to wear. There is no binding up of the throat as if it were always sore, no hiding of the ankles as if they were a disgrace. To pause and consider why it is that women prefer short skirts, open necks, free’ waists, is to realise that they have emancipated themselves from foclishness. They may commit follies still in the manner of dressing-they always will-but they are, at least, more healthily as well as more gracefully dressed in 1928 than they were in 1900, Apricot Chutney. WO cups of apricot pulp, two table. spoonfuls of ground almonds, one teaspoonful chopped chillies, half tea. spoonful salt, half teaspoonful mus tard powder, one ounce ground ginger, a saltspoonful of pepper,,and quartex bottle boiled vinegar. Use dried apricots, soaking thein till they swell, then stew them till soft, drain, and pass through a sieve. Mix all the ingredients well together. Pour over ali the vinegar, boiling, put the mixture in a saucepan, bring to the boil over a gentle heat, and bottle. British and Best. Waar are the largest trees in thé world? According to an answer to a question in a general knowledge paper set by a contemporary, they are the Sequoias of America. ‘This is on a par with the statement that the Nia-. gara Falls are the largest in the world, and is purely an American boast. ‘The largest trees in the world are the Dammara Australis or Kauri pine of New Zealand. The land survey report on the Waipowa Forest (1919) claims the largest for that forest, and Kirk gives measurements of one containing 31,416 ‘cubie feet gross or 295,788 board feet of sawable timber, whereas the greatest reported yield from a Sequoia is 141,000 board feet, or less than half the amount in the New Zealand giant, ‘Kipling’s Reply. THE undergrads of Cambridge used | to run @ magazine called "The Granta," which had many short-lived rivals. The editor of one of these had the impertinence to write to Rud yard Kipling for a contribution, ex ‘plaining that finances were so low they could not afford more than a guinea per thousand words! He got the follow= ing reply from Kipling :- "There once was an Author who wrote. Dear Sir-In reply to your note | Of yesterday’s date _ I xeluctantly stateCant be done for the price that you quote,"