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Land & Water 
February 21, 1 9 i H 
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DOMESTIC 
ECONOMY. 
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Names and addresses of shops, where the articles mentioned 
can be obtained, will be forwarded on receipt of a postcard 
addressed to Passe-Partout, Land & Water, 5, Chancery 
Lane, W.C. 2. Any otiier information will be given on request. 
Few people travel now-a-days unless 
Collapsible they can really help it, but if by 
iJofc chance they have to take the rail- 
road and do not expect to be away 
more than a day or so, they travel what is called in the 
\ernacular " light." The main difficulty generally in the way 
is the auxiliary hat. Many women prefer to have something 
other than the hat on their head— but where can it go ? Most 
hats take up a considerable amount of room, some even 
demanding an extra box simply and solely for themselves. 
With the hats in question, however, no such problems bother. 
.Attractive though they are and suitable now for any occasion, 
they can be packed absolutely flat, Without bearing the 
least resen^blance in shape, they are indeed much on the 
olJ principle of a man's opera hat, so thorouglily do they 
collapse, and ^o little space do they take. 
Naturally they fit into the normal sized suit case supremely 
well without any bother or fuss at all. In some models the 
brim is rather a stiff affair, so that this is unlikely to get out of 
shape; at the end of the journey out comes the hat, the crown 
then pushes into its rightful shape, and there it is, ready 
for prompt and effective use ! 
A charming black silk hat of the kind with a plaited tie of 
ribbon was in every single way the summit of smartness and 
simplicity. Very effective, too, was a dark blue silk hat, the 
brim outlined with a close clipped dark blue ostrich feather 
ruche — particularly comme il faut. Many other materials 
and colours also have been dressed into the service with 
wonderful success. 
Some months ago the Sugarless 
Sugarless Sweetners hailing from a well-known 
Sweetners Scotch pharmacy were mentioned 
, , on this page. They were useful then, 
but they are trebly so now on account of the need to save 
sugar for jam making. It seems as if the aUowance of sugar 
allotted to fruit growers last year would not be available this 
and at first sight as if a great deal of fruit in consequence would 
be wasted. 
The wise housewife, however, wiU undoubtedly save sugar 
from her sugar rations against the jam making season, using 
in Its stead some substitute. This the Food Controller has 
specially said she is at liberty to do, the sugar thus saved not 
being hoarding." A great deal of care, all the same, must be 
exercised, it not being every sugar substitute that can be voted 
reliable. These sugarless sweetners are perfectly wholesome 
and they sweeten very thoroughly— each tiny tablet being 
eqm alent to a heaped teaspoonful of sugar. Save sugar and 
use sugarless sweetners when possible instead, is advice worth 
loUowing— It being quite extraordinary how even a small 
amount saved from the ration each week adds up and how 
eagerly pnzed it wiU be once the fruit is ready. 
People not liking too sweet coffee or tea will find half a tablet 
a cup amply sufficient, others of course wiU drop the entire 
little tablet in. For cooking it is often useful, t\vo sweetners 
giving ample sweetness to most puddings. Another point is 
that they will be for\varded post free, one hundred costing 
2S. 6d., two hundred 4s. 6d., and five hundred los. 6d 
1 he pharmacy concerned have an array of flattering testi- 
monials to show, both from people who have u^d the 
sweetners themselves and from others hearing of them from 
their fnends and wishful to make their experiences their own. 
Our ancestors flaunted patch or snuff 
sugar and boxes; but never with such an air 
Saccharine Boxes ^ ^® ^^^^^ o^^s for sugar, sugar 
to th* fJr^o- ; 1,- 1, ^^^f. '"^'"S *^^ latest concession 
to the times m which we live. And charming they are, 
whether they be of a fairly large variety calculated to take 
lump or moist sugar of a small affair suitable for the sac- 
charine tabl ts so many people take about instead. 
A clever firm, always more than abreast of the times, have 
prepared all kinds of silver sugar bo.xes — just the most oppor- 
tune present anyone could possibly make. As a wedding 
present nothing could be more acceptable or up-to-date, while 
could there be a more fascinating token to someone with a 
sweet tooth now perforce obhged to carry their sugar as of yore 
the travelling tribes carried tlieir tents. Design and work- 
manship are alike sans reproche as the firm's productions 
always are, and the little box, besides being a supremely useful 
thing in itself, will, in happier years to come, serve as an in- 
teresting souvenir of the times when allhvedand ate under 
the sway of the Fooi Controller. 
The small bo ces for saccharine tablets and the Hke are the 
kind many people will annex, but there are bo.xes for lump 
sugar also ; while an attractive affair of engine-turned silver 
di.ided into two compartments, one to take lump sugar and 
the other moist, is a sugar box of the superlative type. 
Face powders of an ill-chosen kind 
bomething tresh can be so disastrous in their re- 
in Face Powder ^"^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^'^ ^^**^st one to appear 
seems to merit more than passing 
notice. This is " poudre fifine" — its makers claiming it 
combines all the virtues of a skin food with the refreshing 
quahties of powder. 
li has been proved over and over again that some face 
powders clog the pores of the skin. " Poudre fifine " is 
heralded not to do this, and it is a natural looking powder into 
the bargain, so that anyone not satisfied with the kind they 
already have in use could not do better than cast it aside 
and give the newcomer a trial in its stead. 
To have a powder that is a tonic as well as a beautifier 
seems almost too good to be true, being such a complete reversal 
of the days when sundry souls decreed powder as bad foi the 
skin, and were very often right, the povv-der being indifferent 
enougli to abet them. Besides, " poudre fifine " has other 
points to commend it. It is fragrant, having just the perfume ' 
a really attractive powder should have— not too strong and 
yet with its own particular faint scent. It is sold in four tints, 
rachel, naturelle, rosee and blanche, is packed up in sometliing 
specially charming in the way of a box, and costs two and six. 
The new frocks for the spring liave 
A l^rock tor already made their debut ; and it is 
the Spring abundantly evident that the more 
, .. , . ' ° successful among them will be those 
described in one word " practical." 
Very much of this character is one of the latest springtime 
suggestions, a long gab rdine tunic slipping on over a satin 
underdress. Dark blue and black always succeed combined 
andlhe frock in dark blue gaberdine and black satin looks 
particularly well, though other colourings are available 
the slip IS a sleeveless and very simple affair, the tunic 
equally uncompl cated, going on straight over the head with- 
out a single hook, eye, button or any,other fastv^ning. As in 
the preceding example, a sash gives aU the shape required— that 
in this case being of black satin. 
Such is the irock complete, but the tunic can be bought 
separately and used separately— a concession m;.n • will be 
glad to hear of. It could be worn over a frrck past its first 
youth but of which the skirt part is still x^earable. so that it 
lias interest from the renovator's point of view. These long 
over-tunics have long been mooted, and now they have arrived 
are gaming nothing but praise. In heap, of ways they are 
invaluable, bemg hardwearing and very sensible, yet not 
losing by one iota the elusive quality of charm. Anybody 
buying the frock in question and using the tunic over other 
trocks besides with the slip supphed will certainly profit by the 
JoTvTnHhl' ""'? ."°^^'"S else yet suggested this y-ear is Juite 
so invincibly useful. p.^g^/ Partout. 
