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SPECIALLY FOR WOMEN
O not run away with the idea that this beauty business of which we hear so much now is something new.
Nor are we particularly extrava- gmt in our search after loveliness compared with the women of ancient times.
the
with her Roman enĢIPTOPS luxurious beauty rniture. The Court Larties of Nero's time, about the year 37 A.D., were known to take per- Tumed stent baths.
BEAUTY GADGETS USED TO-DAY
E do not know that the wo-
appliances to make their finger tips slender, but une of the latest jresent- day gadgets does this.
In the above sketch at the boltoin In the top left-hand sketch there Jeft-hand corner you will ser nis a picture of a finger clip. It is at 1937 A.D. adaptation of the steam small metal contraption which is to each tinger and any treatment. The electric lamp anapped on
costs four guineas, aird the round thumb and the set of five casts 25s. metal bowl opposite, which is made This may have been inspired by the finger slimming (in)- with a piere eut out to fit the neck. method for
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I am just seventeen years of age but my bust is terribly overdeveloped. I want to gu swimming very shortly and I look a sight in my balling cos tume. Could you please give me
ing ? I do not want anything that will broaden my shoulders or back in any way.
You have muly to go to the British Museum to see an array of elaborate
my face, Lately I have noticed containers designed for holding hales growing on my p. Has the kohl and other cosmetics Wel by Creain caused them? Can you tell some exercises or massage for reduc- Egyptian women centuries ago.
me how to get rid of them? An old Eastern recipe for making
Good tailet prochirts do not foster koh—which WON used to darken the growth of superfluous hair. ryelashes and for eye make-up contained among other Ingredients You should consult a cosmetician who will inform you at various mes erushed pearls and amber. That thods for the removal of superilous must have cost lot of money; hair, and also give the names of pre- Perhaps the fascinating Nefertiti parations which do not enemurage the used this. Or Cleopatra, who dazed growth of hair.
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SOMETHING ABOUT POTATOES
mashed potatoes have to be kept waiting before they can be served, the pan should be covered with a clear, folded kitchen towel or a piece of old nen. The soft linen absorbs the steam, so that the potatoes may be kept it without beebining sudden and discolored,
When old potatoes are boiled a few drops of lemon juice added to the
water will keep them while.
New pulatues may be scraped easily if boiling water is first poured over them to soften the skins.
It is most injurious to massage the bust. The best method of reducing is by diet and exercise,
You should buy one of the swim suits which are fitted inside with a brassiere: there are many of these nuwe gold in the shops. This will help to keep the figure trim.
PINAFORES AGAIN
RECENTLY introduced revival ofi
an old fashion is the pinafore! skirt. It comes in linens, as well al flac woolly materials, and is yet a further way of providing an excuse for wearing the many sweaters wiichi have been bought recently just be- cause they are so attractive.
I have seen culotte pinafore skirt mudedu natural coloured crease- resisting linen. The top was cut with a deep square neck, there were broad shoulder pieces, and the divided skirt! as cleverly pleated. It reached about; eight inches past the knees.
Pinafore skirts in wool are usually tored, and a'design in dove grey has Chipped potatoes will brown better cleverly stitched top, little deeper if they are made thoroughly warm than a hipband, and two slender: and dry in the oven or in front of a straps cross the shoulders.
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ITCHING re before they are placed in the hot
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played by a flm star--I forget who sixpence halfpenny in a shop the it was now--a few years ago. She other day. It is meant to conit the used to wear thimbles on each of eyebrows and measures only 24in. her fingers and thumbs for so long long and in. wide. each day to make them taper,
The Httle rotary brush near 1 is Another present-day, beautifer is for eyelashes. It's not very much it larger. The price of this is sixpence. shown beside the finger-slimmer. consists of three thin metal discs attached fi a stem. Is called n strygil, and is used to scrape de surplus skin food from the face, You can buy it for 37, Bl.
shown.
IN the top right-hand drawing electric eye-lash eurlers are
These and the other modern beauty aids I've written about are used in a beauty salon I visited recently.
If you look at the smaller drawing, you'll see a contraption which resem- iles a pair of scissors. These eyelash curlers, too, but not electric
utter.
The tall thing in the centre has a rubber top to it and is designed to pat skin food or Fream into the face or neck, You can buy it for 2s. Od. while the little cylinder be- ide it is for holding the face
and tiny enough to slip in- handbag.
cream.
It's an attractive little affair, which olts lite colour- ed enamel de- corated with bright metal bands, and Is the same price as the patter,
pre
Above it is nafck with the minut- est brush inserted at the top. This costs ninpence to-day and is for pushing the cuticle of the nails into place and brushing away the douf
skin. The bristles are firm and yet not so hard as metal or wood.
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ND now, just for a moment, let us suppuse we are hurt-
COME years ago gadgets for led 100 years into the future and
SOM beauty were recovered can see our descendants discovering
from Kish, in Tray-the oldest city in some of these beauty gadgets we use
to-day. the world.
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Aroong them was
They would probably conjecture Vanity Wee ease, made of bronze, which may that the women of 1937 had a pas- have belonged to Star
Baby- sion for tiny things. They might uf these mininture Homan woman of fashion. The little even put some
A lass case in some nail files were strung together by a itens into. cord at the top and the sharp points museum, not yet founded, and label atled into a tiny holder, similar to them, quite wrongly: the modern scissors case.
itut we have miniature beauty gadgets 10-cy. And they are cer- tainly not so expensive as that an- rient und much decorated bronze manicure set lugt up in the East.
"Children's Toys.
Doll's cosmetic instruments.
Cires 1937 A.D."
And writing all this has made me wonder what kind of beauty gadgets
In the smaller drawing you will will be used by the women of 2337 see a litle comb. This 1 bought for A.D. or thereabouts-400 years hence.
Hints for the Housewife.
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BATHE IN LUXURY
1
PO soften the water and ac fragrance to your suuniner bath (writes Graec ment and an ounce of powdered orris root add four handfuls of dried red rose leaves and one of lavender. Splee with some erushed cloves and some strips of dried lemon rind, Put into musin satchets and store in an airtight container. They can be used to seent your hen, too.
CA
(VANE seats that have begun to sag should be scrubbed on both sides with As this shrinks the cane. hot water and soap, and dried in the open air. the seats will become as firm'as when new.
FTER washing loose cretonne covers belonging to a room that is used A regularly, there is no need to iron them. Leave them a trifle damp, and pull over the settee or chairs for which they are intended. The stretch- ing smooths out the ergises and the warmth will soon air the covers.
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The cast of maintaining the Ling Yuct Sien Creche during the second half of 1037 is estimated at $250.00 per month. The donor of the Creche has given $100.00 per month towards; this cost.
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