London, Feb. 10.
We have travelled far since those! times when candles and oil lam Provided the home with "the only artificial method of lighting. Town-Jdwellers have never had such op-[portunities as are now afforded for choosing beautiful house illuminations. "And lighting, to-day, is a [subject of intense interest to every English housewife. That is why the Duchess of York, who is no exception to the rule in this respect, has hastened to pay a visit to the new headquarters of the Electrical Association for Women in Regent Street. Here she was shown us fine a display of modern electric lighting installations as any to be seen in this country.
In the opinion of the director, Haslett, the latest is to have pi Tight in the room, but to hi Accordingly, in the leven bay windows are flood-lit, th: bulbs being concealed in tiny boxes. Strip lighting is also used for the club room, and when a lecture is taking place it will be possible to focus attention on the speaker by spotlighting her and leaving the audience and the rest of the platform in darkness. The colour scheme here, too, harmonises nezfectly both with' the iluninations -Jand the modernist steel furniture. A pink ceiling suggests a pleasing warmth, and the beige walls a sense of spaciousness.
Novel lighting effects are lend more frequently being used London homes. In Lady Reading's panelled dining-room in Curzon Street, for instance, beech leaves, mellowed to a lovely: golden brown, form an important decoration. Two big bowls of these leaves are set niches, "lined with malachite green. Flood-lighting from below cleverly concealed in the niches, an unearthly glow upon the leaves: and to create amusing sh dows. In Lady Reading's si room, wine red parchment an unusual lamp shade in a sett of soft green painted walls and curtains of wine purple damask.
March. This day will mark the wedding of Lady Anne Wellesley, ug, ofthe loveliest debutantes who is the (great-great-granddaughter of the famous Duke of Wellington. In his memory. the brie aid er bridesmaids will wear bridal is of ivory. satin, the the Empire style of gowns, The
material of an old dress being ase and cut with a square neck, high and. puff sleeves. "The long nearly 12 feet on the ground, also Empire in style.
Thousands of violets, symbolic of
time, are being tended in the Weald the Enalish countryside In Spring: fof Sussex for this wedding. Their Blooms. will nto huge bouquets—white for the bride, to match her avreath of orange blos-sorns and white violets, and two shades of "mauve for. the brides Light and dark violets ars} to be carried alternatively by the! pairs of bridesmaids, whose dresses are to. be alternatively. palma and dark violet velvet, wreathed around the waist by twisted bands of ver and the "darker " Neapolitan violet." Stil more of these sweet smelling little flowers, will decorate the church with the' silver pussy willow, to match the silver note the retinue, There ie at least one village Europe where every Woman, 1 told, is. trained from childhood be a skilled dressmaker." But these needlewoman ae not interested forbed by every changing tre of fashion," They cut out and sew -dresses—the entire. wardrobe, in fact—for the Passion Play, which has made their village of Oberammorgan famous all over the world, Oberammergau is very busy just now, because it is to give w series of special performances of the Passion Play during 1934, to. commemorate, the tercentenury of its inauguration. Three hundred years azo the villagers vowed to perform the play' once every ten. years in perpetuity, ay an act of thanksgiv-Ing' for relief from the plague. No fewer than six hundred and Atty Trersons take part in it and, as some of the actors wear two or three different. garments have to be made. All of these are based on genuine old Palestine models, and a number of antiquarians keep constantly. touch with the village, so that they can supply details with a view making everything as exactly right as possible.
In a New Guise Not everyone, I think, knows that Epsom Salts may be used external with satisfactory results on the treatment much as I going to outline leaves the face Amazingly fresh and rosy and be completed in a short time and at home. Rub the skin with can ordinary, cleansing cream, and, then, with a nourishing cream, Put two tablespoonfuls of Epsom Salts into a bow! of hot water and two into a bow! of cold water and leave them to dissolve, Soak cloths alternatively inthe hot and " cold water and, having removed the cream, press them against the face for several minutes at a time. It the skin inclines to dryness give 4 quick massage with a light cream second quick facial treatment is to mix some ordinary toilet: oatmeal into 'a thin paste with rose water, " Spread the mixture well over the face, leaving it to dry the skin for' about ten minutes, Remove with a face cloth soaked in warm" water, This treatment Will be found to have a very eleans-ug effect and leaves the complex ion soft and clea
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