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Woman Today

Preview of the joys of life

By Margaret Sherman

As the half-century, Ideal Home Exhibition comes round it runs at Olympia from, March 7 to April 1-it brings again the question: What chacteristics has this annual display which made it, before the war, a recognised event in the London season? What characteristics' con ac-| count for the fact that, even with the breaking of the hubit due to the interruption of the war the Exhibition each year since 1947 has shown an increasing popú- Iarity, and attracted so Many Wonen-ang- their husbands that The earlier altendance recorda have been consistently doubled?

It is partly, un doubt, due to the home-hunger of these days of housing shortages and to the feet that the making of domestic gouda, from rich furnishings to novel kitchen gadgets, had very largely stopped for so many years when munitions took priorily.

I like to think, too, that a basle appent of the Exhibition in that Beltons now have a greater feel-] ing of their community of in- terenta.

Let's start in the kitchen-the❘ 1050 kitchen, I know that a come Llete shiny stainless steel affair iş still a dream to most women, but it cnu be achieved in stogèk as the home budget permits.

And there are, of course, the smaller gadget-desirable for til kitchens and bought by un, as housewives, as we find them.

One of the sinofler électrical in= ventiong which will make the housewife's task more pleasant comes from a Arm which makes electric food mixers.

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A water-heated unit in an on- closed cupboard gives an. un- limited, flow of hot water and beneath this unit is ois afríng cup- board for towels.

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Finally, we come to

what i new in the furniture and furnish- ings of this 1950-that- greatest single factor in letting un belleve in the comfort, the luxury, and the Joy of our homek.

Thong little-heard-of people the artists whb envisage the line und the style of the personality of a chale before the craftsman gols to work with his timber linve beon bually plesigning contem porary furniture that meets with Britisis neods and tastes today- to be shown for the first time at Olympia,

The furnitures-makers, like the fushion-dekigners, will, not allow me to pass on their xoerots, until they unvell then themselves, with full ceremony.

Bat I can say they have a dozen or more exciting designs.

One of the things which appeals to me on a great advantage for the small home is a tripla-purposę couch which can bo converted into two single bade or one double ono.

Annther idea is an upholstered easy chair which adjust itself automatically to the position

The day-info-evening frock

By Mary Delane

The makers now offer on eloc- which suits best father's enlarging. The average woman in Hong Kong is only begin.

trie chef which does nlmost every- thing. It doesn't wash the baby which, after all, is not cook's duty-but it does knead dough, blend and whiskc ingredients, minco the meal (which isn't suitable for "straight"

rooking).

Agure, mother's upright position. or any variation of any of those ndi-shaped guests who don't we nil know—sometimes cauind em barrasement when they sit down. Well, here are some of the things which make news

domestic comfort and domestic

It has food-chopping attach-beauty. They will, mostly, burst ments--and is at the same ting a upon a delighted. world of home- juice extractor.

nakers in March.

There are now no fewer than 1,300 different pieces of electrical equipment for the home, ranging from cookers and refrigerators to warming blankets and heated bathroom mirrors to prevent misting.

A now full-size family model electric washing-machine" (taking.

the conventional dry weight of gib. in clothes) is switched on at a wall socket, operate! by an illuminated master-switch to work the agitator. the wringer. and the draining pump

A separate heating element can be linked with this unit-a neces- sary and Important attachment where the hot-water supply is iimited.

And at the lowest price, is the little electric washing-machine which takes four gallons of wash- ing water and is the luxury answer for the really small home and slender purse.

News from Britain

Visitors to the British In- dustries Fair (Earls Court & Olympia, London, and Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, May 8 to May 19) will see some of the handcrafts for which the United Kingdom has long been famous.

Among them will be smocking and quilting. The latter has now spread to the fashionable salons, probably because the wonderful quilting which the miners' wives have been doing on bedspreads for sale overseas through Home Industries Ltd., has much talked of

been So

ning to don, her winter coat, but journalists and trade buyers in Britain are now being shown advance spring collections by manufac furers.

This sandwiching of two seasons' clothes, though

a little disconcerting, nevertheless can be a very good indication whether this or that trend is likely to be carried on, and which "buy" for a winter wardrobe will probably have a continued usefulness while remaining reason- ably up to date in style. Among some very good spring the London Model House Group, ensembles shown by members of the "daytime-into-evening" frocks. One could wish that. designers a practical postwar development would produce a few models with

short linked with the

evening other than strapless tops to the now established fashion. frock, was

was presented as being o frock. Not all women have the beautifully fat shoulders neces- For the summer we are likely sary for this style. to set patterned silics in soft little white

This model has the sheath dress in black taille, the top of the and beautifully embroidered, in bodies boing "cuffed" la velvet silver; the hip swaithe and loose panel are in, velvet to match the bolero, Worn with long gloves

and a smart cocktail hat, this many occasions this winter. 'ensemble would', 'do duty for

A new hair styla colours worn with pique jackets; for the moment, The cap is a new, style design- however, rather different mater

**ed by a London hairdresser for evening wear. It is a tiny skull fals are being used.

cap of hair, light as a feather and very easy to attach to the head pins. It can by means of a couple of invisible be sprayed with colour to blend with a particular It began, perhaps, because of

frock, or according to one's mood, Britain's damp climate; but wo

and the dye thus applied can be "months 'British housewives have

washed off simply and easily men are now eager to wear it. demanded all-white gas-cookern

that ori

oria can ring the as well as sleep under it, because with larger ovens and more burnothing makes a woman's waist wear a quilted bolero over hered-It has, of course, to be

If she prefers, a womurz can Once the original cap The research people know nery?

speci months ago and so they have look so small or her legs so small skirt, or for day-time choose a

ally made to fit the wearer's head a wide-spreading skirt, stiffy quilted collar and cuffs for her the redyelng and setting costs bear minde One, with att. overall width of 30in. Incorporates

quilted, and

her dress, a quilted hat or a charm but a few shillings. nix

tapering to bolting burners. In its hot plats midriff.

ing hip-length loose-back quilted come especially smart for even-

This sort of decoration has bowled within allan kirt

Did you know that in recent

of city benvarled with five buy ners and a 10in, grill. The oven is thermostatically controlled and has a dropdown door...

At Inst.there is an autore to those 6,000,000-homes in Britni which are without baths. answer is a gas-operated showar combined with an airing cabinet. and the base of it forms, a sink, with waste plugs, and overflow, which can be used as a bath "For small children.

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Run Works, 37. Hockley H, following the February Paris col- The quilling on her skirt may, Birmingham, England, has a

lections. clock face with hands that can with three

There were three distinct types rhinestone sewn into each.centre | Be set to remind the user of ber of suit, of a continious shell pattern. next appointment.

in common: nearly all Points skirts, look- (Continued On Next Col.)

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Then in the centre of the cover, is a pointer which can be moyed to illustrate the nature of the appointment, such as hair- theatre or dinner party. Appointments Compact will

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cd, straight and narrow, even where hiverted plents or a wrap- over was given for case of move- ment, shoulders, though a little more square thin during the last few seasons, remained une*ag- be exhibited in the Olymplagerated, and the length rection of the 1950 BIE (Earl Court & Olympia, London, and Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, May 8 to May 19).

Busily engaged in the manu- facture of gold, aliver and cap- per-plated beads, in addition to imitation pearls, is the firm of Usher and Tell; Lid, of Aycliffe Darlington, England. A range of these proditets will be shot at the BU

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For the rest, there was the suit. with a shortish box jacket, some

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