"Don't Lose Your Head"

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 43, 9 May 1930, Page 25

"Don't Lose Your Head"

Buying at Sale Time SiNcH sales of some kind seem to be continually in progress it may not comé amiss to quote some advice that was recently given "over the air" in Great Britain, where women take their sale shopping very seriously. It is a good plan to make a list before you start, Look through your clothes, through the household linen, the kitchen cupboards and the china closet and note down anything you need, or are likely to need, before you get another opportunity of buying cheaply, but by way of an object lesson first go through your piece bag and have a good look at the useless odds and ends you bought last time, in the hope that they would "come in" one day.» It will have a most restraining effect if you are tempted at a foolish moment. A plain tailored coat is always safe to buy, provided it is plain, and a beaded evening frock is always a good investment, for beads, in spite of having been popular for several seasons, continue to be so. A printed chiffon evening frock can be made doubly useful by the addition of a little coatee, for which you may be able to pick up a remnant. Stockings can be bought very economically at sales, if you do not lose your head, but it is necessary to look out for flaws. Flaws in silk stockings usually take the form of thick threads on the leg, not very conspicuous in themselves, but often meaning an extra thin thread next to them, where the silk has split, and a consequent ladder in a very short time. This is a matter for personal judgment, but it always makes for economy to buy two or more pairs of exactly the same colour and kind. The remnant counter is where you really do get bargains, for there are always a large number of odd lengths left over in the materials department. and these are generally sold at halfprice. The remnant with most possibilities attached is that which measures from a yard to two yards. A sleeve: less jumper can be made from just over a yard. A remnant of silk will often make a half-lining for a coat or wrap. or a short length, slit in half widthwise, and the ends _ faggotstitched together, will make an attractive scarf; a yard of crepe and a remnant of lace is enough ‘for a dainty undergarment: a length of cretonne can often be picked up up cheaply to make a curtain for a corner cupboard.‘ Small pieces of cretonne, if sufficiently handsome, are often useful. just to cut out the flowers or birds to apply to cushions and runners. A short length of net will make a cur‘tain for the kitchen or bathroom, a thick piece of Turkish towelling, like that sold for buthrobes. bound with eoloured tape, makes a bath-mat. A short length of tweed or.woollen material; if not enough for a skirt nowadays, will make a beret, scarf and bag to match. Shoe bargains are to be found among the samples if you are sure that they fit you. House linen and blankets show some very good bar-

gains. Slightly damaged blankets are cheap and, darned with. Angora wool, no one is the wiser. Standard and proprietary articles often go very cheaply, and_ stocks should be laid in of soap and soap powders-soap' especially, as it improves by keeping. ‘The most important thing to keep, however, is one’s head, or the bargain may turn out to be "dear at any price."