WHAT WE WOMEN THINK

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 38, 3 April 1931, Page 32

WHAT WE WOMEN THINK

OWHVER beretish we be at the moment’s dernier eri, thete is no doubt that-fashion soon ‘will insist on head adornment: that: will materially assist in turning. a.certain typeof beauty into a very. creditable replica of an angel in a’ Renaissance. picture. For a-haloed’ we ‘will go, ‘Paris has proclaimed. it,-and meekly. we follow in her wake. Quite extraordinarily beautifying: is off-the-face encircling rim to-spiriiuelle type of face, the wistful, other-world appeal 6f which having of late -years been pushed ‘into background by blatancy of skimpy skirt,.. knobby. knees and shorn tresses:. One prophecies, with some .degree..-of .. surety; despite playful-.:way-.-of. wind and -skin exposed to. heat o’.sun at noonday, much will. be. braved by. blonde and brunette in .whose appeal there ling: . ers a suggestion of. spotlessness from the world’s. wicked ways, combined with youth, and the. right curve of throat and profile....So let the Bottieelli type of:maid and matron not linger for. posterity. to .plant. aureole upon tresses. no longer marcelled, but hasten to. add to their sartorial suceesses 2 Halo Hat. ; of * . . * ? * TAN indignant clubite in an English ° paper, having read "Angel Pavement," thus takes popular Mr. J. B. Priestley to task: "As a resident in a London women’s club, I wonder where Mr. Priestley obtained his ‘copy.’ For no club resembling the Burpenfield Club can exist. What he describes may approximate to a mental home, or a poor law ward, but let him not call it a typical women’s club. No less unfortunate creation is his mouthpiece, Miss Marfield. No one would

expect humour, courage, or even Com mon sense from such an empty-headed, resentful little wretch-and naturally she takes a jaundiced view of club life, It is a pity that Mr. Priestley has chosen to sneer at this phase of communal existence. It meets a great modern need, and many women consider that it offers them-besides economie independence-both interesting companionship and breadth of outlook in greater measure than does the more solitary furnished room or flat." She may beright. We admire Mr. Priestley; but probably the incensed feminist, on this occasion, knows a great deal more about the subject than mere man. N an English contemporary, thus muses one who possesses the seeing eye and the understanding heart: Many clever women of forceful character marry men with the intention of making them turn easy-going nature in the direction of wresting commercial success from whatever powers there be, and a typical wife of this variety never loses her managing ways, however high a man may climb. One admires her energy and resource, but is it ever wise to nag, even with the highest motives?

It is quite on the cards that an apparently docile husband may secretly long to devote time to hobby or sport or study, but, stifling his perfectly human and lovable desire, sets out to "better the position." Which, perchance, accounts for the somewhat wistful and hunted look you :will sometimes see on the faces of successful men. It is true that, to some, competition is the breath of life, and the be-all and end-all of existence on this planet; but there are gentler souls who, having won all that is needed for comfort for those for whom they are responsible, would fain

go a-roving over the blue hills, or lounge by a crackling fire and dream dreams, 2 * * pe you know that an asbestos mat makes an ideal toaster, as it becomes very hot, and ensures a crisp brown toast without burning? That lamb chops will be greatly improved in flavour if a little lemon juice is squeezed over thém before cooking. That velour hats which have become spotted with rain should be brushed lightly with a small wire brush, such as is used for cleaning suede shoes? That sheets can be tested for perfect dryness by putting a hand mirror into the bed; if filmed, the sheets are damp? That crystal, in a setting of silver, is greatly favoured as a jewelled extra to dress or hat; that straight quills or wings of carved crystal decorate many berets in knitted wool and silk; and tiny crystal flowers are used:as a border to a turban of black satin? * Ed * "A NENT women writers, itis interesting: to note that BD. H. Young, author of the very-successful "Miss Mole" and five other noyels, including a very special favourite in one’s own library, the inimitable "William," is chairman. of the Writers’ Club this year. An interesting social function was a luncheon in London on March

8, at which Miss Young presided, ther of honour being Miss Lorna Rae. The two women novelists have much in. common, both being young, full of interest in every movement, and especially concerned in the psychology of women, HH. H. Young is Mrs. J, A. R. Daniell, widow of a solicitor who was killed in the war. She is essentially English, a hard worker, and is now concentrating on her seventh novel, which will be awaited with eager anticiption by the many admirers of her sound creative achievement and pungent analysis of humanity’s foibles.

JN the recent woodcut revival in Bngland the art of Miss Clare Leighton has found many devotees. Some readers will recall her poster work for the Empire Marketing Board, and also she has made her mark in book illustrating. A writer in "The "‘Botkman" states that her reputation’ in Britain was established by her work in Hardy’s "The Return of the Native," and in Mr. Thornton Wilder’s "Bridge of San Luis Rey," both, one imagines, extremely difficult to illustrate in any medium, particularly the latter haunting chronicle of strange lives impinging upon one another. Miss Leighton makes skilful utilisation of white line contrasted with bold massing of blacks, and her work should be well suited to Mr. H. M. Tomlinson’s magnificently powerful and original writing, "The Sea and the Jungle," having been illustrated by this girl artist.

SWEDEN, the land of a highly intelligent and industrious populace,/ possesses a vein of artistic ability and enthusiasm which is steadily making its influence felt in aesthetic circles of the wider world. Outstanding in achievement among devotees of art in Scandinavia is a brother of Sweden’s King, Prince Bugen, who is now exhibiting in London at the Dxposition of Swedish Industrial. Art. Against all competition this able and energetic country leads in this particular branch of artistic activity; and it may be an encouragement to our sisters who, with toil and endeavour, follow the gleam of commercial art, to know they are in aristocratic company, particularly if they have a streak of the snob in their make-up, as most people have,

"GHB is so like a saint. She myst be a creature of another race, high and mighty and angelic, doing things by impulse or some divine in-epiration-not effort and struggle of will. But she seems almost too holy to be talked about as a mere wonder, She appears as completely led by God as Joan of Are.’-Mrs. Gaskell on Florence Nightingale.

ISTHR" Aimee McPherson, the Log Angeles "hot-gospeller," has bought a hula skirt in Honolulu on her way to India as an aid to studying the women’s movement.so that she can "help the women of India spiritually." If one put Miss McPherson in a seif- + respecting work’ of fiction, one would: be accused of overdoing it. Yet the’ amazing fact remains that she has a large following in Los Angeles, and the "services" at her Temple defy all deseription.

Nothing can utterly die, Music aloft upspringing Turns to pure atoms of sky Each golden note of thy singing. , And that to which morning did listen At eve in a rainbow may glisten. Beauty when laid in the grave Feedeth the lily beside her, Therefore the soul cannot have Station or honour denied her She will not better her essence But wear a crown in God's presence.

Edward

Fitzgerald