CURTAIN CARE
ON the treatment meted out to
curtains depends, the length of
their lives.
too
One of the worst mistakes a house- wife can make is to let her curtains
nailed become
badly
before washing them. Curtains never look so dirty when hanging up as they really are, so it is a good plan to take them down before they actually lool: an it thoy need cleaning.
is
the The great thing to avoid necessity of rubbing, which injures frail curtains and pulls them out of shape.
If, however, the materint is really clirly, soul overnight in cold water, in which a lump of salt has been dissolved. The salt hus tite effect of loosening the diet, which will come away without rubbing, if the curtains are gently worked and squeezed.
For white curtains, the addition of ntle milk to the blue water is an improvement.
Curtains should be allowed to dry thoroughly before starching. 11, to bung however, you want them evenly and beautifully, a good plan in to starch them slightly and hang them up while still damp, without ironing. The curtains can be puited and gently into the desired folds, will dry in that position.
Sometimes curtains have an annoy- Ing habit of drying out of shape, and
amount when this happens, no
of
pulling Ironing will put them right again. It will, however, simplify matters if, when they are hung out to dry, the ends are connected at two the adjoining or three points 10
curtain by means of spring pegs.
For heavier curtains, made of such materials as brocade or veival, non- rust curtain
tain pins prevent marking. A good idea is to sew tabs of spring tapes at the top of such hangings, and to sip the curtain pins through the these tabs instead of through
material itself. This will obviate the risk of leating the material.
It sometimes happens that light curtains shrink after being washed
This especially for the Arst time. makes it diMcult, or even Impossible. to pass the rods through the hems. if the rods are lightly rubbed with talcum powder or French chalk, they will slip through the curtains quite cally and smoothly, risk of tearing the material.
without
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JEWEL NOVELTIES
any
THREE leaps of pendant pearls. enel swinging an inch below the raw above, muke the latest evening carrings.
Day-time carrings have golden centres with radiating strips of 1opaz held in gold settings, represent-
SING in 1
THE
three smart
girls have made
a good choice.
SUMMER showers ahead! You want to follow the example of the three smart girls on this page and buy yourself a cheer- ful macintosh.
Remember, it might rain over the week-end, so prepare to pack a macintosh in your suitcase and save your new outfit from a drenching.
Don't start off by thinking wet weather clothes are dull and ing sunflowers. They look very chic uninteresting. Take another look at the three gay girls on this and light-hearted when worn with page. grey, platinum, and oatment,
All the latest earrings are bright
act with n1
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and colourful. Sweeping semi- circles of gold are curving row of cabochon sapphires. Round brown topaz, encircled by
und row each of small diamonds pearls, make a pair of fashionable carrings that can be worn for day or night.
Eternity rings are being worn by many smart women just now, but at Arst glance they appear startlingly bulky. Some are set all round with fairly large cabochon rubles, sapphires, or emeralds. Others bear square-cut aquamarines, emeralds or topaz. Eternity rings are also very lovely when set with pearls.
Some
of the most exclusive brooches of the season are made la the form of "ribbon" bows and loops composed of gold or precious stonca. Often they have trailing fish-tall "ends." Emerald and topaz are often put together in the same brooch or clip.
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Snapshots From Paris
THE
Susan on the right laughs at
and
that umbrellas
carries pretty transparent olled silk affair just for show, and to offset her protty larkspur bluc waterproof coat.
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By MARY GRACE
"THE
point in the third model, which is cheap at twelve and sixpence, In off white it is trimmed with black, navy, brown or green with white spots. Beaver or fawn with brown, or you can have navy, green or brown trimmed to match.
Bride's Choice
In Mirrors
Neat over-shoes help to dress-up wet weather outfits, and in addition to bootoes there are new over-shoes with wide bar-fasten- ings. They just cover the edge of the shoe, keeping the soles snug and dry, and when not in use can be popped in your handbag. It is to Mr. Charles Macintosh himself that we are indebted for garments in which we can brave the elements with Im- punity. Just over one hundred years ago this clever Scot-dis- covered how to proof a material that could be made up into gar- ments. The idea was a popular one, and the inventor gave his name to the new waterproofs. "THE mirrors I choose will have to do double duty." There are a "macintosh" of blue cloth the bride told me. resplendently lined with crim- two or three darkish corners in son silk, Waterproof covers for her little house, and she in-
food were used-in a tends her mirrors to act North Pole expedi- "window" and highlights too. tion a year or so. later, and the Polar
THE face of a girl who scurns
The then Duke of York wore malce-up has a strangely naked
21 seen
woman
took.
Have you ever whore complexion has been scrubbed with soap, surrounded by male ad- mirers?
A face without-make-up has the a dance same effect as going to wearing tweeds and wading boots.
Any woman can wear any colour. but it is the selection of its varlatlon to suit her individual needs, that is Important.
Monotone dresses in Paris are enlivened by brilliantly-coloured Jackets.
Concerning contemporary fashions, it is a fact that on the whole they neem still to be anchored more or less to sane rationalism.
In
Feathers are in great demand again. This means ostrich dyed and the natural curled, or ostrich grizzly tone, and straight as string. Do you remember how, as young girl, you looked at your face in the mirror and wished that you had differently shaped mouth,
not to So much of our social life to con-
ducted over the telephone these mention nose, teeth, cars, and hair? days that a charming phone voice is You used to believe that the only thing to do with your face was to be cssential. to the woman who wishes
resigned to it. Times have brighten- 10 be a socini sucerus.
talkativeness, and ed considerably since then. Abruptrices,
To-day any form of naturalness, as indistinctness are the three cardinal faults of most people on the telephone. well as any form of artificiality, can Abruptness 19 common falling. be produced by make-up.
Fashion Correspondent However, charming and uttractive the speaker may be, on the telephone only the volce conveys an impression of personality.
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As for talkativeness-most of us have suffered from people who will go on and on talking on the phone or anywhere else. So remember to "keep it short,"
Lastly, there is the woman who talks with her mouth about a foot from the mouthpleco. No phone can transmit emciently under These conditions.
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A
CHANGE can be made from serving Bardines cold on toast by frying them up in their own fat and serving them on triangles of hot unbuttered tozat.
Little
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This garment is hand made and has an artificial satin lining in the back of the bodice. Another important point is a waist high inverted plent at back. This gives plenty of room over a rather bulky sports suit.
Green is another favourite colour, so is navy or grey; and practical shades of fawn show several tonings, including an off white shade that is particularly smart for town or country wear,
The raglan cut in
A waterproof gives
an
ง
MIDCE
casy fitting at the top of the arm.
If you like a
more dressy "mac. have the checked affair on the left, Choco- late brown, blue or black are a good choice of colourings, with the pattern carried out in white.
"Fanny-I think mice are nice, don't you?"
Fancy material used is light in weight and the garment is also cut with a deep inverted pleat at back. The oilskin gipsy hankie gives a cheer- ful holiday note.
Dagger point clip fastenings are the Benson's contrast note and fashion
48
The hall is a small square one, pioneers were re- with a blank wall facing the door. iloved and delighted For brightening up this we selected to find that they a long mirror with a narrow carved really did not let in gold frame. the water.
on-
then From wards macintoshes have got brighter and gayer. Nowa- days collaboration fashion
the
with people ensures that you get not only smart colours, but snappy patterns and fastenings into your wet weather outfit, and you can still be a "fashion plate" even in the min.
To-day tho
initials inventor's
the macintoslica are put Ja, nil
14 B his firm turned out by guarantee of quality, and
promise" that they can be relied on to keep you dry even in a summer downpour,
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each Anger put, first,
a thin silco af chutney.
Sprinkle lightly with cayenne and
squeeza a little lemon juice over
́ahch" finger.
The frame was grubby and dia- coloured. but after we cleaned it t looked like new. First we dusted the frame, then we brushed it with a camel hair brush dipped in a mixture of 4-pint warm water and a gill of vinegar. The brush was squeezed par- tially dry, and we worked up and down the frame, a small piece at a time, till the gilding was bright and clean.
Wo renewed the liquid and washed the brush from time to tima.
Beauty Aid.
A similar mirror to place horizon- tally along the side of the bath is going to prove useful in aiding beauty treatment white bathing (quite the best time!) as well as for hubby'r shaving and for making the small room look much larger.
Instead of having a mirror over the mantelpiece in the sitting room, we decided to have a colourful picture there and have a round convex mirror on the wall facing the window where it will reflect the little garden, and form a changing pleture all the year round.
The kitchen is so planned that when Mary is working at the sink her back is turned to the door where the trades- men call. We decided to cope with this by having a mirror over the sink at eye level so that she can see in this who is coming.
As she is having a whitewood kidney- shaped dressing-table in her bedroom we choose a triple mirror on a stand to go on top of this, with a long mirror to hang on the wall
This we decided to place on the nar row strip of wall between two windows where it will add to the light in the room as well as give full-length reflec tions in the brat way,
"And here's a cleaning up." I told her. 'Dust your mirrors with lisaue paper, then clean them by rubbing with a soft rag dipped in methylated spirit. Dry with a duster and poli M..G. with a leather,"
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