Topics for Women.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1263, 15 December 1920, Page 2

Topics for Women.

) COLD WEATHER AND FEMININE { BEAUTY. i •! The penetrating damp coldness is 2 i oni' of beauty's worn enemies. No Slavonian can hope to appear.attractive with a pale, "goose flesh" look, and .{a red, purple, or combined mixture L 'j of purplish red nose to still further ;, detract from her charms. • 'old weather seems to shrivel us i- up and make old women of us. The 0 secret of it all lies in wrong food, wrong clothing. ;>nd ip.sjPicicnt "' exercise. | y If women would resolve to eat food! •e that is really healthful and nourisn- ■ e ing. instead of that which simply 1( . "looks tempting," and has no nutri- »• :ive value whatever, they would be able to keep a firm, healthy-looking J ' skin, in Spite of slush'and .sleet and d. biting blasts' it If women would only' realise the value of'fats and fruits, and let these form a large portion of their diet, ei they would be much more robust in fo health and develop a lasting comtl- plexion of "roses and cream." [j s Pure ..butter is without doubt. the jj best fat for the human being, but a "sufficiency *of" that commodity is bere -yond all, save farmers, "tu -these dkys of. rations; afid no in- vimounf of. mai'garine can take iti'place in supplying ..the necessary heal "to the body.;- .. *" ■ ••. '■'; V °V ' •• ■">■■ " i - v ._.- -.' • ••• a?t , v SUGAR V ">i *• IT- " ■■. ■ ' : ■',£ ~* r Suat. pudding, with treacle; jam a A marmaia'de, is another *:wholesom 3,T " j heat-producing foo.dy,and cocoa (if.poi is, sible made with mill:) could be sut

S ! stituted (with,. adyantage) for tl e I breakfast cup of tea. ,'j Sugar is another heat-giving fooi a j but also a rationed one, and that i • where fruit comes in. !• All fruit, when. ripe, contains a ce; • tain proportion of sugar which i ,_ necessary to our well-being, and s . fruit should regularly form part o • our daily menu jf we are to keep om hj selves really "fit." v I have known women and girls ea v so many "sweets" between meals tha they are unable to make a good, solit , repast at meal times, because the: are not hungry. But shortly after 3 wards they feel famished, and "fll t| up" again with biscuits or sweets j! which have no"sustaining power anc 1 give girls that ugly, puffy, pasty, un J healthy look that is so common. ! It must not bo thought that sweet; - and biscuits are good because, beinf • sweet, they contain the necessarj i sugar. They do not. AVOID "MADE" DISHES. Food, in its natural state, contains most nutrition, and though, not being savages, we must cook some foods i to make them palatable and digestible, yet we should guard against having meat recooked and "done up" into mince and made dishes, as thereby all the "goodness" is lost. Exercise is also of vital importance if we are to bear the glow of radiant health. Try walking briskly for an hour at least each day, to circulate the blood, and you will soon feel and see a great improvement. Huddling over fires only makes one susceptible to chills and gives that "nesh" feeling due to lack of circulation. The more we huj; the fire, the more "blue" we look when we leave it, and no amount of extra clothing can keep one half so warm as rich, pure blood circulating quickly through the veins. Another point: If women will wear transparent stockings and bare necks, they must expect the usual accompaniment of a very unpleasing countenance. Slick to plain, wholesome, homemade food if you would be well. Walk often and briskly, dress lightly but warmly, and don't forget fats and fruits, if you would resist the cold and retain your beauty in wintry weather. i NEW SASHES. All kinds of pretty ideas in sashes will be seen this season. It is re- . markablo how very nice quite an old dress looks with the addition of a ' satin sasli tied into a single bow and ' placed upward just above the waist i line with the two ends straight down side by side. Each of the ends can be worked in coloured silks, and a pretty design is one of cherries or blue plums—the same design being seen. too. on the front of the sash ribbon. This idea is quite novel. Another very pretty effect I saw the other day was a sash of ribbon velvet. This was made with a hook and eye over which a Hat bow was placed with shortish ends. It is not advisable ever to tie velvet, as it marks so easily. Perhaps you know that when ribbon velvet becomes marked, if you hold it over steam and then brush it tin.' right way it looks almost as good as new again. Another satin sash 1 noticed recently was of black with true lovers' knots worked in white chalk beads on the ends. This was worn with a little crepe frock, and round the neck of it two lines of the same beads appeared again. Friliings for the neck are so expensive that the use of light headsis an economy, because thev do not set dirty. i j ! BUCKLES IN BEADS. Buckles for the. shoes in bead work are becoming fashionable, and many artistic designs can be made up at home. Hound pieces of cardboard about the size of a man's coat button, covered with black satin and worked in shiny beads, look very well on house slippers. It takes so little trouble to be dainty and natty, that on winter evenings girls should be very busy making all kinds of nice things to wear. An idea for girls whose brothers or sweethearts are in the Flying Corps is to work very small beaded wings on to shoe bags, which make very nice presents for those men and boys who go out to dances in the winter. Make the bag of some dark cloth which will not be noticeable. SMALL GARMENTS FOR SMALL BOYS. Before war broke out. and even longer ago than that, we used to go into the town and. search for small boys who needed new trousers. Many a mite we stopped whose little garments were far too thin, for winter weather, so we asked his name and address, and also his school. We then (guessed what sized nether garments • j he would wear, and made many pairs I for boys of.bis size, and for children j of a larger growth. When we had ' finished about half-a-dozen pairs we I used to go to the school which was r ! in a town close by and interview the "i head teacher, who gave us information M regarding the need of many of'the ' j small urchins in the school. - 4 •f Then she chose out the little chaps J most in need of serge Knickers lined 3 j with flannelette, and .made them •| change their worn garments for new >) ones. The old .ones she burnt, or it 1 good enough" to mend, she would <-, wrap them up and tell-, the' boy tc give them to his mother to renovate e We made, twenty; to , thirty pairs of a these most necessary > articles . ol J- clothing during the winter, and it wn< 3, delightful to/see "these small mei o rlopking pjeasQd, proud ind warm i/ ;s» their unexpedtfetf-presents. At Chris' if -mas time;,.we put pennies in th< •ppockets, and the joy in their, face .-..-) when they' found them! was lovely t «?'"* §ee.' *.'' fc . 1 The idea came torus' from a friend' ..'»child, a small boy 'of four, who, sei or ling, t a ragged, boy. on(3 day "n th leJ stieet,. ,went' up to hjin and said >s*J '-Would'you like my Hew trousers? b- The new trousers were naturally n<

he, given away,.but the friend made a a pair and gave them to the small )d, son to give to the ragged boy, as she is did not wish to dwarf the kindly ferfling in her little son's heart. 5F-