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JLATTERING OUTFIT JOR

Cosy winter frock

in a soft all wool

material for the ..matronly figure. Notothoscalloped V neckline with the insot voslao.

One or two hours of outdoor exer- and water else daily, daily soap bath and lots of pure drinking water -16 as a day if you can like will speed up results with your ache treatment. Take a laxative if you need it, but let your doctor pres- cribe it.

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By combining, equal salt and soda you have an ex- cellent pollsh for metal or porce- Apply H you lain surface.

would a powder cleanser.

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Ilka Chce, widely known stage star, often appears in public in a

hattess. sult--and chooses a brownish-red lipstick and goes nafl-polishless.

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To remove perfume stains from the wooden top of a vanlly table,-rula Müc olive all over the spots. Then rub with a fresh soft cloth to remove excess oil,

Brown and white ridged wool is used In this two-piece suit Shearer, The Worn by Norma tallored Jacket with four Inset -pockets and wide, polated revers has a horizontal strips of while and is worn over a cromed belge nlik vent.

Finn in Sweden

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By ELEANOR GUNN NEW YORK-If it is time to plan your fur wardrobe, do not forget that a muff, or muffs, is important, and that fur- Muffs trimmed hats are too.

are of many sizes and shapes und made of a wide range of furs. It is guing to mark you as a woman " the know" if you add a muff and fur hat to your wool dress or sult, long before there is much danger of your actually needing to keep your hands

warm.

In presenting a series of stunning crocheted wool hats with muffs to match, Sally Victor recently intro- duced looped yarns of wool to give character to these crocheted turban ensembles. The emphasis of a clear light gray makes them look very new and. significant as a new accent to wear with black or coloured cos» lumes, or else to tone in with deeper Kray shades.

The colour situation is sized up clearly—with the Arnynd benver ahadon representing the neutrols that ga so well with fur jackets and conts, und vivid colour for the alternative, with bright green and cherry red an emphasized combination; for novelty a strong pastel blue that. In between turquoise, and robin's egg la strik.. Ing.

"FLEETING FLU"

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Two-Way Collar Straight Front Deep Colours

"Flecting 'Au" is back again. Eemil This two-day variety is rampant Sillanpan, Finnish winner. of the 1939 in London, just as was at this time Nobel prize for liternture, crossed into a year ago. Sweden Dec. 12 at Xapocanda on hia

This year, it finds Britain's "'Flu

way here to receive his prize. He Squad" under, Sir Patrick Laidlaw, the scientist who discovered the in- was accompanied by his family..

The value of the Nobel prizes visible. virus responsible for influen varies from year to year, but Pentira, with wartime preoccupations. Buck, 1830 winner for literature, Tocrived $37,057:]--

One is warned not to neglect it na

it can lead to fatal complications.

T'S no use pretending." a friend and, "but I'm "IT'S

frankly outsize. I've got nice hair and a good complexes. Now can you help me with a winter outfit that will slim me down a bit and yet

be comfortable?"

It is the problem "Of course i can," I replied. of half the wumen in the world after they have What you want reached their fortieth birthday. is a nice well cut coat in a derp colour-not ne- cessarily black, but specially designed to give you height and to bring your figure into a good balanced line.

A solt collar of Iur also helps the shoulders and upper part.

You see by the sketches what I recommend." The cont la made in good quality fancy velour cloth with a straight looking back and a good wrap-over in front.

It is lined throughout with artifelat silk and the sleeves have nice shaping at the euit.

Dark Brown Fur

The collar of skunk opossum (you know the fut, it is very ke skunk- nice dark brown shade)

can be worn open or wrapped over close to the throat to form a becoining frame for the face. Very cosy and fashionable as well.

The colours are nigger, navy, bottle, wine and black, Wine is very fashionable this year. It suits grey and dark-haired women excellently. Brown and green sult fair and dark women, but are Uttle cold with grey hair. I find navy and black are becoming to all.

To wear under this coat 1 selected a frock also in a soft nll-wool material from Poning: which had a good deal of clever shaping to give freedom and a long unbroken line.

There was some shirring on the shoulders that gave ample room over the vest, and an in- verted pleat down the whole length of the front. The boiler was cut with a deep senlloped V..with a neat vester in a pale contrasting colour.

Colour Choice

A back the indicated the waistline, and the colours were wine, brown, green, navy, rust and black.

NO GREATCOATS FOR A.T.S.

Members of the A.T.S. are agitating to be suppiled by the War Offee with greatcoats,"

They complain that many of them are suffering from bad colds and pneumonia and that they need the coats to prevent further illness.

The War Oflice, however, say that, the girls are given fleece-lined rain- coals and that "greatcoata-are-not- part of the Issue.

Some of the girls have had rain- coats, but not fleece-lined because there was a shortage of these linings, The War Office say the health of the A.T.S., is everywhere reported as exceptionally good and that they have no reports of any such cases of illness.

There Is nothing, like a glamorous perfume for giving a lift Choose scenila salted to your and taking you: more ́atirasiivo, personality or your style of dress, and spray on enough to leave a súbilo fragrance.

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January 29, 1940.

Notes On Perfumes

By JACQUELINE HUNT

WAR or no war, fashion and beauty are marching on. From troubled Paris comes word that the couturieres' aro doing much to uphold the coun- try's morale these hectic days. Mme. Jeanne Lanvin has been an outstanding example, us she is keeping her entire forco busy as though there were no rumbi- Maginot Line. Femi- ings un the ninity comes through us always. Though it might have been a fitted sock in the last strife, this time It is a bright lipstick and such amusing things as bustles and eighteen-inch walts with the aid of none too sub- the corsets: A part of the feminine role is to play a glamorous, interest- diverting errature and keep men from brooding too much on silt-having world events.

Your hero may have nothing more dangerous to struggle with than the this doesn't monthly budget, but mean that he wouldn't appreciate in his comforting diversion some dully life, provided by an attractive and intriguing you. Take advantage of every idea you can find that will take you more feminine, more ap- pealing and lovable.

Fashion designers say that you can best get yourself into the vary- ing moods of your new winter clothes by choosing in appropriate perfume and this is one of the folles that men most admire in women. By ex- perimenting with a variety of scents find the perfume that fits your clothes and pleases your companions.

If your mund is not at its best, you night pick it up considerably by thoughtful choice of perfume. Chouse a warm. heady, interesting wide-sicirted it Yet! wear sceni Velasquez gowns, and you will feel like a dark-eyed Spanish beauty. Or, if you prefer one of the new supple, druped siren gowns, pick a perfume that suggesta intrigue In its sweet, tantalising odour,

PERFUME FOR SPORTS

For sports clothes and furs, try on old favourile which has a Russian leather base and a special andle

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tweeds Leather, you know. is the newest and smartest article for either attive or spectator sports.

Bustle-backed street dresses would be zet uff nicely by an Imaginative. scent that is appropriate with every thing, as it seeins to take on a dit- ferent and individual fragrance with ench wearer, The new "covered up" dinner dresses would be a perfect background for an aristocratic per- fume that is subtle and elusive.

There is a world of perfume choices to-day in tiny, shining suheres that contain the loveliest French perfume in cut-glass flacons and intrigulug- ly shaped bottles that add beauty to your dressing table and personality The right perfume accessory to you.

do more for you then a new cye, and it hat perched over one is no mure of an extravagance than a new dress or smart accessory,

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In this modern Play your part world by contributing to the pleasure of those about you. Leave a preci- ous breath of fragrance in your wake, because you never forget to spray with your your hair or fingertips favourite perfume. Give perfume to others, too, whenever you plan a gift that will be long remembered.

If you do not know the perfume tastes of the person for whom the gift is intended, give several of the iniest size containers with different odours, so she con try them out at her know her leisure. I you do favourite perfume, give as large a bottle as your purse can afford, and she'll feel flattered and grateful.

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