OF FEMININE INTEREST

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 43, 6 May 1932, Unnumbered Page

OF FEMININE INTEREST

By

Patricia

ELL known now to hundreds of ‘ listeners throughout New Zealand is Mrs. T. W. Lewis, who has given such excellent, practicable advice in her weekly talks from 2YA. You will remember that a few weeks ago Mrs. Lewis made a suggestion that sewing meetings should be formed, and those friends who have co-operated in this way, for the making of their winter outfits, coming-out frocks, or whatever artide of dress they want most, will eagérly await her talk on May 10, when she&groposes to inaugurate her lessons to these sewing circles. % * % A PHYSIOLOGICAL and psychological change occurs at every sevyenth year throughout our lives, and this change is particularly emphatic during the first three sevens-the first two presenting the most pronounced problems from a parental point of view. Broadly speaking, the seventh year brings unsuspected difficulties. The hitherto gentle child may now quite easily develop traits of roughness and destructiveness, and almost invariably at this stage will become self-willed and obstreperous, no matter how amenable he may have been before. This is where radio ean be such a help. As Dorothea Jordan, conductor of the women’s session from 2GB, Sydney, says, "Mothers are learning the value of suggestion by radio in the training of their children. Where force is useless, suggestion is often effective.’ The power of the human voice over the ether is unlimited. % % & ¥ KNOW of many women who go to their doctor periodically for a tonic. Very often these people merely feel tired and depressed through the monotony of their surroundings. Now. instead of paying that visit to your physician, why not try taking up a "hobby"? TI can assure you it will hea cheap tonie. In fact, a hobby is so important to individual well-being that it should be chosen with great care and shonld be something that you really love doing. As jts main purpose is to take you > from the "daily round and ¢ommor task" if should be as different as possible from your work, so that your mind may be stimulated and refreshed by being led into different channels. Tf your work is of a sedentary nature your hobby shonld he something that demands action of the body and limbs. while on the other hand the woman who has heen on the move all day requires some occupation that will absorh the mind while limbs and body rest, This hobby-tonie, in the refreshing and stimulating recreation it brings, wil] make you fitter for the next day's work. x * * wt MM ANY well-dressed women mar their whole = appearance by ill-chosen footwear, Remember when choosing your shoes that a foot inclined to stoutness shonld never wear a ent-away shoo, that a strap shoe is only for the slim instep. and a heel with a wide base is the only becoming support for a heavy ankle.

MEANY of our younger listeners, especially those with a desire for filmacting, would, if they heard Miss F. Cormack’s talk on "Hollywood Affairs," 2YA, on the 27th instant, pause to consider the pros and cons (mostly cons, I should say) before making up their minds to join the immense throng of already waiting would-be artists. = * * " A YANKEE in Patagonia." This is a story of the thirty years’ experiences of Edward Chace in South America and is put into book form by Mr, and Mrs. Barrett. Kdward Chace arrived in Patagonia as a deserter from his ship, and his life out there, with its tales of hardship, hardiness and pioneering. make a very readable book. The chapter devoted to sheep will have a special appeal to New Zealanders.

"HARPOON," by Henry Fergussen, a 1932 publication, is a story to read and enjoy, and will be of special interest to New Zealanders. The book opens with an early morning scene in Port Chalmers, and many thrilling tales are told of whale-chasing and operations in ice-bound Antarctica. The chapter devoted to the girl stowaway, who made up her mind to be the first woman to visit these regions, is one that will enthrall everybody; and the jealousies among the younger members of the crew make better reading than much of the slop of fiction. * * +« "YOUNG Desire," by Valentine (Ward, Lock and Co.), is a delightful story of a young girl who, left an orphan at fifteen, had to work for her living in a hairdresser’s shop in the slum quarter of Paddington.

She is found at the age of sixteen by her father’s greatest friend, the Rey. Frank Marlowe, and ‘is taken to nis home in the country and eventually adopted by his mother. Her innocent delight in these surroundings and the loving appreciation shown in so many Ways to those who have showered these gifts upon her, together with the consummation of love’s young dream, makes a story that all those interested in youth will welcome. A book that may be added to any girl’s library, * * * ISS L. G. MOBERLY in her latest book, "A Mystery Chain" (Ward, Lock and Co.), gives us another specimen of her versatile brain. Leslie Grayson, an orphan, down and out, is found in a half-fainting condition on a seat on the Thames Embankment by a woman whose apparent aim in life is philanthropy, but under the cloak of tkese activities other matters are involved. Leslie is engaged as her secretary and made an innocent pawn in the game. What happens with regard to these nefarious schemes is told by Miss Moberly in a Vivid and powerful manner, % * * ® HE corselet-skirt is much in vogue at the present time, and the London dress designers are showing some attractive models. Take. for example, a black velvet corselet-skirt. This is shown "served up" with many different tops for day or evening wear, These should prove a welcome attraction to those with a limited dress allowance, eo % * AMONG the thousands of women who keep autograph books, I wonder if there is one who has thought of an autograph nook! Here is a suggestion for an entirely new hobby, that of having in your home the names or initials of guests who have sat by your fireside. So far, the only autograph nook f have heard of is in the charming home of Mr. David Whitelaw, the novelist. The house is at Roedean, close to the famous Girls’ ‘College on the cliffs near Brighton. In the delightful living-room there is a cosy inglenook, and it has heen the custom of Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw to ask their miny visitors to inscribe their initials on the bricks of the chimney-piece. Today almost every brick bears a souvenir of a friend who has sat by the fire in this snug nook. I am sure they form a record of many happy memories, but there is one which bears the letters "S.B.,." inscribed by the late Sir Sefton Brancker, shortly before he left England in the ill-fated R101, on the voyage which ended in the most appalling disaster in history. Mr. David WhiteJaw is the author of many novels, the best-known of which is, perhaps, "The Little Home of Peter Wells." Hig friends are looking forward to an. other hook, which is to be published soon, and the title of which, I hear, is to be "Spanish Heels,"