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FASHIONS AND FANCIES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1927.
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In the summer time, when all nature calls to its outdoor activi- ties, a heavy toll is taken of the complexion if eare be neglected in The keeping the skin healthy. modern mode demands that the complexion be perfect and that it harmonize with the day's ensemble -and particularly appear to ad- vantage in the evening, when, soft tones are emphasized.
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HOUSEWIVES IN SERFDOM.
Britain Behind America.
these
seen several
sports, while extremely, tones that may be pleasant, leave the skin tanned and peeling if not guarded against. An entire winter time is necessary to get the complexion back into or- dinary tone if extreme caution be And not exercised in the summer. there is no bleach that may be safely used to remove tan within
blocks away. The natural should always be strived for, but the na- tural effect beautified.
n short period. It takes weeks and sometimes months to remove the effects of a summer's tan.
The water robs the complexion of much of its natural oil, and the sun puts in its share in adding a deep burn that eventually gives deep tan. The simple precaution of rubbing in a good cold cream to the exposed skin will do much to keep the skin in a normal condi- tion. It should be applied freely and. worked into the skin with soft, Zeft movements.
"If the average British housewife still somewhere along the mediacval ages in housekeeping his- tory it is largely the fault of the manufacturers and your lack of coming to aid her in those pro- .blems," said Mrs. Christine
After a swim in the ocean or Frederick, an expert in household appliances, in her final address in lake a cleansing bath is necessary. England before her return to The skin after cleansing should be the Household Ap-softly patted dry with absorbent America to pliance Section of the London linens and by no means rubbed. Chamber of Commerce at luncheon Next a soft film of cream should at the Holborn Restaurant, London.] be applied, or a skin lotion, and "You will tell me, 'But you do not then dust the complexion with face know our conditions. Our houses powder and the body with talcum. are old; our voltages are as mul- tiple as the sands of the sea; we have not the money, and our in- dustrial conditions are against it.' I have spent the last three months in Britain studying nothing but your household conditions. I have been taken not to see St. Paul's and Westminster, but to visit twenty- five kitchens in every part of Eng land. I am still sincere when I
In all the specialty shops that the British say that the reason home is not buying appliances in give such expert results in creat greater number and variety is that ing creams, salves and lotions there
The lips, too, come in for their share of summer winds and sunA and should be correctly treated to avoid chapped conditions. A good lip salve avoinds broken skin or the lips.
Eyes should be taken care of. A solution of boric acid does won ders after a day in the open with hot sun, waves and winds.
In the daytime it is particularly important to apply colouring care- fully, in the night time it may be used more generously, as the arti ficial lights make this possible
Lighter, warmer tints may be used for the daytime than are selected for the evening.
HORIZONTAL
Se mix playing
oards before dealing 4-Foot-covering 8-8pheres
11-A chair.
12-To dip in liquid
14-KIL
16-Cask
17-A tartan
19-To expire 20-Purpose
21-To praise unduly 23-To lay ova”, se one fold upon another 25-N. Con State (abbr.)
28-To petition 27-Part of the foot 29-Italian river 30-Молву
31-A drama '33-To slevate 34-Unsuitable 35-Yariety of palm
tree 37-Rallgious
denomination
38-For example
(Latin-abbr.)
HORIZONTAL (Cont.) 49-Radicals
42-To put down a pavement
45-Adverb of degras 44-Obstruction 48-Completely filed 48-Measure of weight :48÷Uncooked *
61-Racket
|52-Te hold down
53-The husks of grain 65-A child
58-A long sharp tooth 67-8tepped 159-A dry excrescence
on the skin (60-A long pillow
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VERTICAL (Cont.)
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In plante 15-Harvest 17-Diagram |18-Abstruse |20-Added to
21-To waste by degrees
†22-To alleviate
24-Share 28-Arotio
28-A ̈ long spear. SO-A mean fellow 22-Still 36-Paradise
|37-To satisfy 'the appetite |39-Appare! 41-Blemish
42-Annoyance
3-To rest on the water| 45—Market
4-Behold!
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6-Appear
7-A crona
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10-Ship's czṇīvās |11-Slip on a wat
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43-Melody with werds
147-Wild animal (pl.) {48–To color...
150-Sherman called it
"Hell" 32-Equality
84-Protuberanca 66-Distant 58-Accomplish
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The hair, too, should rece con- stant thought. When it is noticed that the sun is drying it oil treat-ferably a piece like the stained ments should be used and much material, moistened
the stain with a ring of French: brashing done to bring back the solvent. It is well also to surround Billie Dove, whose complexion at chalk or powdered magnesia, which sheen that makes it so beautiful,
outdoor life de- of the ring mark dreaded by ama- all times receives her great care, will tend to prevent the formation The stain should finds as active ing freshness and charm. Miss be rubbed gently with a clean mande constant diligence in retain-teur cleaners. Dove is appearing in the First cloth till thoroughly dry. All National film, "The Stolen Bride." smell of petrol will disappear if the frock be hung out of doors in the shade for a time, Petrol is highly inflammable and should never be used near a naked light or a fire. Cleaning with it should be done out of doors or near an open window.
THE WARDROBE. ·
To Dye Assam Silk, "M.L.L." has a good Assam silk dùstebat and asks whether, this could be successfully dyed black
at home.
Assam silks are a little difficult
to dye satisfactorily-even profes- sional dyers fall sometimes to get good results with them. They do not take up the dye readily, and, after dyeing, a peculiar steeliness, A fairly usually la "notfceable.
good result may be obtained with any ordinary boiling dye of any well-known brand, as follows:- First boil the silk in four changes
the manufacturers of appliances are to be found particular blends of soap suds, allowing it to boll Powders, for 10 minutes cach me it comes and the dispensers of the new fuels for each complexion. have not helped the British house- too, are selected in regard to the to the boll. Rinse the silk in clear wife to change into a more scienti- natural colour and texture of the water, soap Hghtly and put into fic and mechanical age of house- skin. Perfumes, too, share in the the dye bath. Allow 14 packets art of making the body attractive, of dye to each pound weight of keeping."
and all sorts of blends in perfumes pilk, and 1 heaping tablespoons- Mrs. Frederick said that in are resorted to secure the correct ful of salt to each gallon of water. America there had been a tremen-perfume for both daytime sports Keep the silk boiling in this Bolu- tlon for from 30 minutes to 14 dous adoption of the mechanisation and evening diversions.
of housekeeping. In fact, the The art of make-up should be hours. Hang in te shade to dry
of lotions, creams, powders, rouges, wring dyed materials or they may mascara, salves and other so-called be streaky.. beautifying processes when by fol- lowing the natural complexion and adding to it, covering its defects and lending colour and beauty, & distinctly charming effect may be obtained..
Spots on Georgette. "Inquirer""' asks how to remove spots from a once-worn carmine georgette dress without leaving a trace of them.
before rinsing. When dry rinse American housewives had revolted.
Never "Has the British housewife revolt- studied. There is no necessity of ed?" she asked. "Has she changed leaving the face wearing a mask until the water is clear. her methods, and is she the 1927 model of housekeeping? She is not, The housewife who still carries coals, empties ashes, and lifts pots of water is a slave a housekeeping Borf. She, all too often, does not realise her serfdom, or, if she does, she is so exhausted, discouraged, and acceptant that she is unable to attempt her own freedom. It was the barons who forced John to give Magna Carta to the people; it was Lincoln who freed our blacks; and it is you, the manufacturers, who must develop, formulate, and push any programme for household betterment."
Petrol carefully applied should It should be recalled that in the satisfactorily remove stains from summer, as the skin darkens in coloured georgette. Place a pad tone, a darker shade of powder of clean cloth or white blotting the spots and should be applied. A rouge that paper, beneath harmonizes should be selected and change as soon as it becomes soil- used so that it cannot be discovered. Sponge the stain, working ed just where it begins or ends. from the outside of the mark Lips should be salved in a match-towards the centre, with clean Ing hade, but never with the vivid, petrol, using a clean cloth, pre-
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