Plants for the house soon in season include Roman hyacinths and pots of Tily of the valley. Bowls filled with dark bre show the tender green spikes of cither tulips, daffodils, narfcissi, hyacinths or crocus.
When buying bowls of bulbs planted n this way it is well to. remember that they need a position that affords as much light as possible. They also require warmth, but in an effort to combine the two they should not be placed on a window sill that acts as radiator guard A gentle warmth is advised. and top hot a room should be avoided, Careful watering is the secret of bringing them successfully into blossom. This should. not be done in a haphazard or indiscriminate way. The fibre must be kept just moist; if it allowed to dry out the green shoots will shrivel up. but if itis kept too damp the bulbs will rot. "If the happy medium is maintained the fibre. wilt ook very dark and feel slightly damp but frm'under a gentle pressure from Ainger-tips. The moisture will ooze out at the pressure if the thre is too wet and if too dry it will feel crumbly fand the colour will have paled" to dusty brown, Another important point is that no water should be allowed to drop to the flower buds when they begin to show. Should it do so the flowers may not develop properly. This. it particularly: the ease With hyeinths, The best way to avoid this danger is to dampen very gently the bre fenly and never pour water over the plants themselves, Handbags, Gloves, and Shoes Bulky in appearance are handbags land gloves to yo with sports clothes, while shoes are solid and square: loed. Large square envelope shapes Jand "morning bags with sensible handles are in calf with hand-sewn edges, in all shades of tan, brown, fand natural pigskin, and there is a new raisin shade which looks. particularly well with tweeds. They go With "slip-on handestitehed gloves, wrist-length and) in' a matching For smarter town wear there is a fat variety" of shapes in_blacke or Coloured sve and antelope, While the design seems to have changed very ite of late, there is a. subtle difference in the way in which they fare carried this season.
Wide skirts, fitted bodices. and fared coats present the problem of how best to preserve the correct out-Tine while walking, and) many of the new handbags have wide soft handles designed to be held on. the \wrist—a much more becoming fashion tan that which insists on. the bag being tucked under the arm, For evening there are soft pouchy shapes petit-pain JEute designs have returned to favour. Vary are. bags of metal Jame cult fon the square lines of sports wdbags, to be worn with long loves of the same material rucked to the elbow.
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