The Annotations of Annabel

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 4, 10 August 1928, Page 13

The Annotations of Annabel

PPAkEst: Urgency of Cheap Sale gives way fo clear call of Early Spring Show. Very enticing are the new garments _ in gaiety of colour and seduction of -eut. One enviable frock, built to enhance the lines of a slim figure of grace to be had for "Twenty guineas only, moddam," is fashioned of. best and blackest. georgette, stole-like drapery round square collar bedizen_ed with eccentricity and success wit’ small, colourful, tropic blooms, similar fiery and futuristic emblems adding interest to brief, billowing skirt E live to-day amid strenuous unrest, a perpetual babel, daily and hourly becoming aware of change and improvement in the architecture of the young cities of the Dominion. Oft in the stilly night are to be observed electrical signs and portents of commercial audacity, indicating huge piles of masonry which, in unmarked stages of the weeks and days, appear to spring up like giant mushrooms of a dream. From Wellington Terrace are to be seen two arresting letters of light, which in flaming simplicity proclaim the biggest skyscraper of them all; in the vastness of which, in the cold light of everyday, may be vdiscerned enterprising shops and offices already hanging out their signs. Verily the Capital grows into something approximating a Big City, fresh emporiums of variety and al- ‘ lure appearing with a suddenness akin t AUR Eee eo eee on

to that of the beloved Victorian beanstalk. [T is hoped that, with these manifold building activities, unambitious homes of beauty and utility may be evolved for the bachelor of any age or sex. Not yet, however, upon the civic horizon glimmers any indication of this counsel of prefection. Recently conning advertisement column in a contemporary in search of the elusive Perfect Flat, this strange anomaly leaped to the eye: "To Le Urgently, Desirable Bed-Sittingroom for Business Lady. With or Without!" Undeniably ambiguous this, and not particularly alluring to a diffident, homeless girl searching for habitation as feverishly as Japhet in Search of a Father. N hats, not much alteration is to be noted in shape, except in that tendency to larger circumference, which it needs no Cassandra toa prophesy will wilt on the shelf, remaining high and dry until put up at fifteen and _ eleven-three-far-things at the summer sales; and finally worn for the subjugation of some Nice Suburban Young Man, such as Miss Delafield depicts in her latest novel, whom with his ap palling entourage she describes with meticulous exactitude, and an entire absence of that amusing and malicious sparkle with which she imbued her former stimulating novels of modern social aspects.Yours, Annabel Lee. TCE EE EEE EEE

the room space-two or more chairs, a2 small stool and a cot in the earlier stages. After a small bedstead, another delight for the children is the new musical chair and makes an attractive piece of furniture. Sunshine should be the -first consideration. in the household nursery-at the same time we need to keep in mind the value of harmonious surroundings in the early environment of the child. Simplicity should be the keynote for the furnishings. First it is advisable to choose the floor covering whatever it may be. Linoleum is most suited for this purpose and a plain-coloured one is the most effective, with, say, a few nursery floor rugs. Using a plain paper, a very effective nursery freize could be used-a design depicting nursery rhymes. The window treatment plays an important part, something that will launder easily is the best. A perfectly plain net, or a net with a small design is the most attractive-for the side drapings a coloured casement cloth to match tonings of room with 2 small French valance. Appliqued Medallions. A SIMPLE pelmet could be made with a few applique figures of children or animals worked on. Speak- ing of transfer designs-have you tried the effect of the wonderful col-, oured medallions which can transform your furnishings by their simple application with paste. If one has been searching for the finishing touch in the nursery decoration, one’s search is ended, for nothing could be more desirable than the charm of these new coloured motifs-all the charm and individuality of a hand-painted motif may be painted and otherwise-to the door panels, beds, waste paper basket, famp shades, work-boxes, candy jars, and other innumerable articles of their use, and will surely catch and hold the youthful eye and captivate the youthful heart. Incredibly little effort is neeited to tse these motifs with which one can-accomplish great effects. They are so simple to use-being applied with paste and the pressure of one’s finger-tips and finished with a coat of %

varnish, that the most inexperienced of us can arrive at the same effect as one sees on the most exquisite handpainted furniture. There is no limit to the number of articles to which one can add both decoration and distinc-tion-at the same time and with so little trouble, by using these medailions,