NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 3 August 1937, Page 12

NANETTE NOTICES

HERE AND THERE. (By “Nanette.”) Winter, Farewell! Did you realise that Sunday was the first day of spring? Not only did the birds proclaim the fact, but the weather was a glorious promise of the days there a.re to come. Everywhere there are indications of the awakening year, with spring flowers beginning to make an appearance and tiny blossoms flowering on the fruit trees. On Sunday Nanette noticed a whole orchard of "apple trees lifting their naked grey branches in supplication to the sun, as if they were asking it to warm then through and make them flourish into life. The Best Selection.

'“l’ve been round all Iho 6hops looking for floor coverings for our new home, and I found that they had the best selection of all at Hutchins’ Furniture Warehouse,” a young bride commented. “They have a full range of patterns in all colourings from 3s Gd to 7s 6d a yard (six feet wide). I had no difficulty in choosing patterns to match my various colour schemes.”* Queen Mary Visits Wimbledon. Queen Mary has paid lier first visit to the All-England tennis championships at Wimbledon since the death of King George V (wrote a London correspondent early in July). Looking very cool in pale grey, Her Majesty watched with keen interest the women’s doubles match between Miss Alice Marble and Miss Katherine Winthrop, of America, and Mme. Mathieu and Miss Billy Yorke. She wore dark glasses, and I noticed that her shoes, as usual, perfectly matched her gown. They were of pearl-grey kid. Her gloves were grey, too, and the crown of her toque glistened with mother-of-pearl. The Duchess of Kent also visited 'Wimbledon during the first week of the championships. She came alone, and sat beside the Brazilian Ambassador, with whom J saw her share a large box of chocolates. The Duchess looked charming in yellow, with a perky little brown sailor bat. Let’s Go Driving.

The joyful spring days are ahead, and what could be more perfect than spending some of them in driving into the country where nature is unfolding her secrets. From Fowler Motors vou can choose either a Vauxhall, Oldsmobile, or Pontiac car; you will he delighted with their thorough reliability and perfect luxury. * Brides Crowned.

Not orange blossoms but a crown intended for a queen is the wedding head-dress of brides on the island of Visingo in Lake Vattern, one __ of Sweden’s largest and finest lakes. Now more than 300 years old, tlie crown was originally made for a daughter of the Brahe family, which built the Castle of Visingsborg. and the Brahe church on the island. The girl, Ebba Brahe, was loved by Gustnvus Adolphus, and the crown was made for her wedding to him, hut for reasons of state he was forced to give her up and marry a princess instead. The crown was placed in Brahe church, where

visitors to the island are sometimes lucky enough to see it worn by a bride of the parish. Learn To Dance While Young.

Dancing develops grace and rhythm, and children who are taught to dance early in life will have reason to be grateful in later years. Miss Gwen Gibbs, of the Broadway School of Dancing, holds special classes for babies and juniors, tuition being given in the rudiments of operatic dancing. The new term commences on Saturday. To Live Long. If you would live long: “Be moderate in all things,” advises Miss L. Anna Dudley, aged 103, of Boston.

“Take good care of your health,” recommends Mrs Caroline L. Flagg, aged 102, of Wellesley.' “Keep good health and a good disposition,” suggests Mrs Caroline M. Conant, aged 100, of Brookline. ‘.‘Maintain a serene mind and temper and trust in God,” says Mrs Electa P. Stratton, aged 101, of Shelburne Falls.

Of these four Massachusetts, United States, centenarians, only Mrs Stratton considers use of tobacco in moderation not harmful.

Tlie “most interesting thing in life” to three of the quartette is children. Miss Dudley, a spinster, suggests “doing what one must and can ' do at all times.” Like Magic.

“Oh, to be slim I”—that is the sigh of many a woman. She envies the trim figure of her friend, and yet she does nothing to make her own the same. It’s surprisingly simple as you’ll find when you begin taking turkish baths in the Regent Arcade; surplus fat melts away like magic. * Good News. To-morrow will be a red letter day for Palmerston North, and people will pour into town for the Springboks match. It’s good news that the Royale Dutch, that delightful restaurant in the Square, will be open all day and night in order to cater for the needs of visitors and the public. * Japanese Princess. She is a slender, bobbed-haired girl, dressed in a middy blouse and pleated skirt who takes her turn with a broom and goes to school just like any other 11-year-old. That is Princess Teru,

eldest daughter of the Emperor of Japan, and much beloved among the people of tlie island empire. She sits each morning in a class with 30 other girls of. noble birth at tlie exclusive Peeress’s school studying geography, science, history and mathematics. Takes Her Turn. With five of her classmates, Princess Tern takes her turn one day each week in sweeping the schoolroom, oil ing the floor, dusting and making tea for the teacher and other pupils. This little Princess Charming of an Imperial family that goes back almost 3000 years lives a curiously blended life which balances ancient ritual and 20th century modernism. She sleeps in a Western bed, eats meals and dresses for the most part in Western clothes. But on occasion she must weal brocade garments woven five centuries ago, and perform age-old rites The Princess lives in a small, unpre tentious house which was built_ especially for her several years ago in the vflst Imperial Palace enclosure. To Greet The Spring. How a woman glories in lovely lingerie I —and every teminine heart will he thrilled with the new season’s stocks which have just been opened up at the Scotch Wool and Hosiery Shop, Ltd. All the garments are made of guaranteed celanese and silk locknit weaves in the newest Con- > tinental designs. *