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NEXT to her kitchen the

American woman's pride hovers on a well- Here planned bathroom.

she knows she can be a trifle reckless with colour if it takes her that way without losing a fraction of purposeful design. In fact, colour plays a tonic role in such places, and al- ready we show new sciousness in bathroom layout.

con-

The first thought for any kitchen or bathroom scheme is waterheating. Constant hot water is surely the greatest labour-saver of all time. housewife deprived of ready flow soon feels n steady brake on activities. But there is an answer to every problem.

ALWAYS IN HOT WATER

By

Ann Marvel

Any

that

дя

YOURS may be a com- bination range, fuel boiler, or a close link-up with the sitting-room fire. Whatever it is, there is apt to be a difference when schedules clock in for summer.

We need that water more than ever, but the catch comes with the swelter of get- Ling it.

Nowadays there are several "partnership" schemes, alter- native systems that Lake over when you don't want to put a match to fuel.

You can make

tea direct with

of

You

can get every kind heater now on the instalment plan-some of them for as little a penny-n-day. The type you choose depends on the number of taps you want it to feed.

to

Some are single heaters suit washbasin or sink, while "multi-pointers" sit quietly in the kitchen but spring to it from any tap in the house. Absent heaters lend marvellous scope in decoration, and this brings back to the thought of bath-

rooms.

the boiling wa- in

Us

LINGERED for a gloat on the latest thing the heaterless bathrooms ter from some other day, at a recent housing of the newest exhibition. Within 8ft. 9in. by single- point 7ft 6in. the architect has clever-

heaters.

ly groomed an apartment with For instance, you can have a Storage type heaters on gas all the spacious skill of ancient handy gas circulator, to act or electricity are cheap to run if Rome.

or work alongside your you only draw water periodi- Walled in alone enke or fuel boiler. Or an elec- cally, but there's a lot to be said paint, with

those nonchalant right-on- in tric immersion heater set in the for

dellente peach

A

multi-point

heater will de- liver hot water from all the household taps. When you

the lower sections lustrous iridescent peach tank with a temperature con- the-minute fellows who coolly glass tiling, it is the most in- trol to switch off automatically stand and deliver whenever they triguing compromise between when the water is hot enough. are tapped. "Instant" heaters trim tailoring and glamour.

installations Both

operate are economical, too, as they Three

clear sectioned

for showerbath, cheaply and especially well if merely spring to the job when partitioning

want Their range is washbasin and w.c. departmen- you only light the boiler occa- they are needed.

bath you sionally, or for limited periods. Umitless, from boiling water for talises the room, while recessed and have heavy successional morning tea down to fixing the protected fighting and peach- get demands to meet.

A

Clock Of Wafer Thickness

bath for baby.

MONG the very latest clocks on

alisplay

Britain

Some HAT trouble Bentiful examples of modern de

WIL

glass

toned ivory iltings contribute

D hot

can

ono even

at 3 a.m.

Keep the home flowers blooming

inke ww

fine flowers

to fresh water; and peeling a little A damp cloth wrapped round for way up the stalks of such woody them will keep them from harm. Some are a trealai and very thin picking, or to pick out our fa- flowers as roses, so that they ubacet like greatly enlarged coms,,vourites at the shops; then with have a greater area through set upright upon. simply designet what care and patience we ar- which to take up their moisture. bikses.

that 30 Dne lock has houze frame, range them

Anul the result?

duets.

THE

second barrier they But there are still two obstacles

between the flower wke He cite de anside at as of deep,beautify to their utmost

our in the way of the flower's sue- and

its necessary moisture is bite gloss The numerals around 'rooms!

cessful and continued drinking: the slime which tends to form the frame and the perfectly plain hands are picked out in gill

A charm. The first in that when the stem where the stem is cut. A clean

is cut air rushes into the water cut made with Another elack with a metal frame ing one-while it lasts; but, as

a really sharp which are then blocked knife lessens this tendency; and, and a central dise of Smoked glass

Herrick so rightly remarked, 1 rqually attractive.

sume forer that blooms with air-bubbles through which of course, rinsing the stems in

water cannot easily rise. ́to-day to-morrow will be dying," the

being refilled helps to re- So

what about paying rather An excellent way to avoid this running water when the vases

the slime,

A very good plan is, before ar-

QUICK NAIL

TREATMENT

ONE

NE has not always a lot of time

for benuty treatment.

"this

more

trouble is to recut the stems

fre

move

of the sterns into some liquid whose

difficult

for this purpose.

Into this

A business-like sharo to the scheme.

The colour kick of this re- freshing ensemble comes at the precise moment of leaving the bath, when one steps on a deep piled mat of Wedgwood blue, matched exactly by a set of towels aswing from tho heated towel.rail. We are extra- ordinarily dependent apt colouring at times like these, when fittings must be func- tional.

on

Evan baths have their utility points if you watch for them. Encased dustproof sides are helpful features for cleaning, and look for a sunk handle. hole if you have elderly or un-

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Steamproof light fittings are always worth while, and your husband will probably endorse the idea of an illuminated panel for his shaving mirror. For the rest--you need steam resistant flooring of rubber or cork, and rubberised or oiled silk curtains, mysteriously thin or crisply Jopaque, just as you wish.

Fake Jewels

Smart This Summer

THE

THERE are lots of new necklaces and bracelets designed to

with the summer clothes this year,

он

It is smart to buy long strings of

There are choker necklaces made

attention to keeping our while holding them ander water, cut flowers alive and blooming? when, of course, water will rush

They should be picked in the coul into the water-ducts instead of ranging the flowers, to dip the ends synthetic jewels and to wind them of the evening or early morning, not air, which is what is wanted. presence will make slimeformation around your arms, so that they look in the heat of the day. When picked,

A 10 per cent, solution oflike rows of multicoloured bracelets. they should not be stood in a very Again, the unwanted air can diluted hydrochlorie acid (which a bret place or In a drought.

Apart be got rid of by either charring chemist would put up) is very satis of imitation gems which are cut in But hands should not be neglected. | from these simple precautions, keep- as the skin around nails is apt to ing flowers fresh is entirely a matter the ends of the stems or hold- factory become brittle, Lineven und dis of seeing that they are able to ab- ing them for about two minutes the ends of the stems should be just a most realistle manner. coloured ir given no attention.

in boiling water. Only the bot dipped-quickly in and out. tom inch of the stem should be Such alds as these to the long ife may be bought to match. treated in these ways, and in or tut flowers, although usually

For evening wear, there are lovely the flowera neglected either instance

universally OF course, this means themselves should meanwhile be rectised by the Japanese. And may necklaces composed of dainty little you be as successful with your flower flower heads, mude of thin metal, heat that arrangements as that protected from the SUTE

they

with either plain or enamelled, and some- ace keep your anger tips white and un-the vases are always filled with is being applied to their stems, theirs.

T. H. times having jewelled centres.

ts, therefore, a good plan to keep a speelal nall preparation by your hand bowl, and every day. to brush Hittle into your nails. It will help to keep them strong and will also refine the cuticles und

slained.

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