1938-06-08 — Page 26

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. Any of that housewife deprived ready flow soon feels a steady brake on activities. But there is an answer to every problem.

YOURS may be a com- bination range, fuel boiler, or a close link-up with the sitting-room are. 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 gei- ting it.

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

You can make

ten direct with

ALWAYS

IN

HOT WATER

By

Ann Marvel

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

you

to Some

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

rooms.

the boiling wa- in

-

LINGERED for a gloat the latest thing the bathrooms

I

on

heaterless

ter frem some other day, at a recent housing Within 8f. 9in. by of the newest exhibition. single point 7ft. Gin, the architect has clever- heaters. ly groomed an apartment with For instance, you can have a Storage type heaters on gns all the spacious skill of ancient handy

gas circulator, to act or electricity are cheap to run if Rome.

Walled in delicate peach water periodi alone or work alongside your you only draw

the lower sections coke or faci boiler. Or an elec- cally, but there's a lot to be said paint, with

lustrous iridescent peach those nonchalant right-on- in tric immersion heater set in the for Lank 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 tailoring and glamour. when the water in hot enough. are tapped. "Instant" heaters trim

sectioned clear glass Both installations operate are economical, too, as they Three

showerbath, cheaply and especially well if merely spring to the job when partitioning for you only light the boiler occa- they are needed. Their range is washbasin and w.c. departmen sionally, or for limited periods, limitless, from boiling water for talises the room, while recessed and have heavy successional morning ten down to fixing the protected lighting and peach- demands to meet.

A

Clock Of

Wafer Thickness

MONG the very latest clocks on.

display

ון

bath for baby.

Some Britain are beautiful examples of modern de

Ra

WHAT trouble

toned ivory fittings contribute

A

multi-point

heater will de- liver hot water from all the household tops. When want bath you get one

at 3 a.m.

Keep the home

you

hot

con

even

flowers blooming

ww take

flowers

get uprld* upon simply designed what care and patience we ar- which to Take up their moisture.

frame, Pange them

B

bronze One clock his

that NO while the circle inside 11 ts of deep beautify to their

Bite glass TAKE numerals around rooms! the frame and the perfectly plain

honds are picked out its gilt

ut most

business-like share to

scheme.

the

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 the heated

We aro towel rail.

extra- on apt ordinarily dependent colouring at times like these, when fittings must be func- tional.

Even baths have their utility points if you watch for them. Encased dustproof sides

cleaning, helpful features for and look for

are

a sunk handle- hole if you have elderly or un-

tu fresh water; and peeling a little A damp cloth wrapped round; fine grow

for way up the stalks of such woody them will keep them from harm. 'picking, or to pick out our fa- flowers as roses, so that they Some are circular and very thin

Kreater Brea through almost like greatly enlarged rois courites at the shops: then with have a

barrier THE second they But there are still two obstacles.

between the flower our in the way of the flower's 80C and

its necessary moisture is cessful and continued drinking the slime which tends to form The first is that when the stem where the stem is cut. A clean And the result? A charm-

cut made with a really sharp which are then blocked and a realrul dise of sked glasg one-while it lasts; but, as cut air rushes into the water-

Herrick so rightly remarked, duets,

of course, rinsing the stems in same flower that blooms with air-bubbles through which knife lessens this tendency; and, water cannot easily rise. to-day to-morrow will be dying." the

are being refilled helps to re- what about paying rather An excellent way to avoid this running water when the vases

trouble is to recut the stems

move the slime. more attention to keeping our

while holding them under water, cut Bowers alive and blooming" when, of course, water wili rush They should be picited in the cool into the water-ducts instead of of the evening on early morning, not air, which is what is wanted. In the heat of the day When picked,

Anather clock with melni frame

is equally attractive.

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Steamproof light fittings are always worth while, and your husband will probably endorse the idea of an illuminated panel For the for his shaving mirror.

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Fake Jewels

Smart This Summer

FO

HERE are lots of new necklaces

and bracelets designed to with the summer clothes this year. A very good plan is, before up-

It is smart to buy long strings of ranging the flowers, to dip the ends synthetic Jewels and to wind them of the sten Into some quid whose pressin will make slimeformation round your arms, so that they lookt difficult.

A 10 per cent. solution of like rows of multicoloured bracelets. Again, the unwanted air a diluted hydrochloric acid (which a

There are choker necklaces made place or in a draught. Apart he 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-

for this purpose, lito dals as the skin around nuils is upt to ng flowers fresh is entirely a matter the ends of the stems or hold factory become brittle, Line ver and

Bracelets of similar large stones 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 realistic manner.

in boiling water. Only the bot. dipped--quickly in and out. coloured if given no attention.

ONE

NE has not always a lot of time they should not be stood in a very

for beauty treatineni

lat

It is, therefore, a good plan to heep special nail preparation byj your hand bowl, and every day, to brush a little into your nails. I will help to keep them strong and

It will also refine the cuticles and keep your finger tips while and un- stained.

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Arrangements as

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