Evening star., 1938-09-14
London News
Of Interest
TOWOnen
Clever English Girls
Find Unusual Jobs
Way to Success.
BY JOAN LITTLEFIELD.

7 ONDON, Sept. 14.-There are a
number Of clever women in Lon
don who have created their own
jobs. One young city typist, unable
to find work in the ordinary way,
walked the streets with a sandwich
board advertising her services, and
made a gramophone record of a
short speech listing her capabilities,
which she sent to business and pro-
fessional people.
This girl also called up possible
employers with the remark, I've
got an idea" To the pathologist of
a big London hospital, she suggested
that she should breed guinea pigs
for the hospitals experiments. She
got the job and now renders the
same service for number of hospi-
tails in all parts Of the country.
Thanks to another quick feminine
brain, the problems confronting Lon
don's visitors have produced Wis
itors' Consultant," a ScotsWoman
who canvasses likely clients from
shipping and railway passenger lists
as an expert on visitors problems.
For a small fee, she enrolls them on
her service, which entities them to
call by cable, letter or messenger
her agents all over London. These
agents-all women--will do any,
thing from getting a cinder out of
your eye to securing a nurse for the
children.
Another woman, who began as a
typist in a diapers store, conceived
the idea Of training herself as a
courtesy detective" She now teaches
shop etiquette to assistants in many
London stores, giving lectures and
demonstrations and making tests.
A typist in North London runs a
walking beauty parlor. With a tray
OF cosmetics and a large mirror, she
is on duty in London streets daily
from May to September. Another
enterprising woman has become a
manner of novelties. She names SAM
pies sent her from manufacturers,
from artificial silk to shaving soap,
and as a sideline she nicknames the
cars of rich motorists. Still another
woman earns pocket money by exer-
cising peoples dogs. Her job is 50
prosperous that she employs two
assistants.
QUEEN MARIE of Yugoslavia has
taken an apartment in a block
OF London flats where she can stay
with her two younger sons, who are
attending an English school, during
their holidays and at half term.
The two boys will share a bed
room, painted pale cream and pro-
vided with deep green brocade cur
talns. The queens bedroom, bath
room and wardrobe room are all
painted pale pastel blue. In her
majesty's bedroom curtains of matt
surfaced oyster satin have a delicate
design of flowers in pastel pink, blue
and green, with draped pelmets OF
plain oyster satin. The bed is up-
holstered in the same oyster satin,
piped with blue. Alabaster lamps
stand on the kidney shaped dress
ing table. skirted in pale blue MORE.
On a bedside table stand a black
jug and glasses for iced water, the
Queens favorite drink.
Not more than six people can be
entertained to luncheon or dinner
in the dining room planned by
Queen Marie in a color scheme of
of white, green and cigar brown.
There are two oval tables of English
yew wood, which can be put together
when necessary. Yew wood chairs
are upholstered in pale green velvet,
patterned with small white shells.
The queens sitting room has mush-
m-painted walls, adorned by one
beautiful 18th century flower paint
ing. Furniture is of walnut, and
sofa and chair covers and curtains
are of soft green and mushroom
patterned brocade.
QUILTING is the most popular
Y form of holiday needlework. It
is the latest hobby of the Duchess of
Kent. who has been fascinated by
old Italian designs on white satin
and pastel matt-surfaced cotton
romaine for cushion covers, pram
sets and throw-overs. She has
already worked pram-covers for
both her children and Is quilting
herself a pale blue bed jacket while
on holiday
Lady Diana Tiarks and her
mother, Lady Winchilsea, have
planned a quilted bedspread In stif1
white bridal satin. Lady Diana has