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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 201, 22 August 1912, Page 9

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(From Oar IjomJon Lady Correspondent.) MARRIAGE NO DRAWBACK. Marriage no —owing to a tiecision of the Town Council of Copen—disqualifies a -woman doctor from practising in Danish hospitals. DUTCH WOMEN IiABOOKERS. The ilaiwa of Holland prohibit married women doing might work Hinder any conditions whatever, and wninen labomrers— a ootmjulaoTy badf-holidey on Saturdays.

UP-TO-DATE JAPAN. According to statistics published in an English journal recently, there- are at the Tolcio Women's Medical School, several 'hundred candildates for the degree of M.D. DIPLOMAT) JOIIRN'AUBTe. Wihat is believed to 'be the first offer of a degree to •women journalists hails from Barnard College— women's department of Oohmibia Universityin New York. The degree toM ibe bachelor of letters, and -women, and men compete for it on equal 'term?. CRUELTY TO OHniDREN. Very terrible are the facts contained in this year's report of the Society for the Prevention af Cruelty to Children, which shows that a degrading record was established last year in the .number of deaths 'of little ones from injuries inftirted on them, these numibering no leas than 1,255!

There were 52,371 cases of cruelty to and neglect of (ihaidren proved 't» foe true in England, Ireland, and Wales in 1911.

GIRLS' EIFLE RANGE. What our gnandmotShers would have said at the announcement of the latest way in which a, large firm of artificial silk manufacturers in Coventry has shown interest in .their women employees —in opening a rifle club for them— imaginatioD. only pictures. An open-air range has (been provided, which, is available for shooting up to , 100 yards, and the girls are very enthusii astic, and are already preparing themselves for competitions. OADPtEDAIi MiAfIKKNTTY SCHEME. i An interesting maternity scheme is in force in a town in Saxony—Behnitz— where infant (mortality has been alarmingly Mgih. Any women whose income (family) is under £05 a year, who have, for a year, contributed 1/ a week to a municipal fund will, on confinement, draw 14/ a week for a stated period: while if them 'have cem'tributred their shilling for three years they -will get 22/ a. -week. For twins 10/ extra a week is giiven.

A WOMEN'S CHURCH SOCIETY. It has been hoped for some time by church people that a ■woman* society on the same broad lines tie the Chnrrdh of England Men's <Society, could 'be formed, but the proposal is, it is reported, meeting wdtih great opposition whom it is not apparent. Unfortunate class distinctions, it 'has been suggested, form one drawback — these Christians love one another!" A GIRL'S CENTURY. An unusual sight at a speech-day at an English public school was seen this week at St. George's -school at Harpenden—a remarkable institution where learning on a eo-ed"ucataonal basis in carried on. both boys and girls being among the boarders- —when a girl received a prize cricket bat for scoring 107 in. one of tihe school matches. COLLEGE FOB. WORKING WOMENT. A movement "which is receiving the support of suffragists and women interested in laljcuur is that to estaiblislh a college for working women anxious for tuition which shall fit ttiem for public service—political science, social economics, etc Students, who ■will do their own housework, "will be able to 'live. ■in at very low fe*es, ami the college -will be under 'the auspices of tilie Central Laibour College authorities.

PROGRESSIVE FINTiAXD. There are in Finnish batiks, post offices, and railway stations mOTe women clerks tJhan men." Women also, aorording to a recent article in the "Nineteenth Century," play the mason's labourer there, and they also load and unload ships.

TIME TABLE FOR COOKING VEGETABLES. Potatoes, new, will take about 15 minutes. Old potatoes, 25 minutes. Onions and Spanish onions, from one to three hours. Old carrots, one and a-quar-ter hour. Young carrots, 25 to 35 minutes. Young cabhageg and greens, 15 minutes. Old cabbages, 25 to 30 minutes. Cauliflowers, 15 to 30 minutes. French beans, 15 to 20 minutes; 30 minutes may be allowed for quite old beans. Vegetable marrows, 20 minutes. Salsify, from two to two and a-half hours. Artichokes, 30 to 35 minutes. Turnips, the same time. Celery, boiled or braised, two to three hours'. Young green peas, 15 to 20 minutes, and old ones, 35 to 40 minutes. Spinach, 15 to 20 minutes. Brussels sprouts, the same time. Broadl beans, 18 to 35 minutes. Beetroot, one and a-half to two and a-half hours.

AM. ROTTND THE HOTTSE.

(By a New Zealand Housewife.) To Preserve a Cut Lemon.—.\Yfcen a lemon is halved or quartered and loft unused a tumbler .placed over it protecting it from the air will keep it from drying or moulding for several days. To clean varnished paint.—Take the tea leavee which are left in the teapot, pour some hot water on them, and let them stand for about ten minutes: then pour the tea into a. basin and waeh the paint, using a clean flannel. Dry with a clean cloth. On no account use soap or soda, or the varnish will come off. Vegetable hash.—Chop any cold vegetables finely, beat all together, adding a. little butter and seasoning. Cabbage and potatoes wai-med up together are nice with the addition of a little vinegar. Hash can be made of bits of cold meat, cold fried eggs, potatoes and onion?; it is surprising how much one can do with these odds and ends. Testing Tinned Fruit.—Here is a test th'd-t never faild to detect the presence r»f copper in tinned fruits or vegetables: Open the tin and plunge into the contents a bright st-eel knife, keep it there o. few minutes, and any copper present wrll addiere to the blade. Oare of the Kettle. —If an enamelled ketitle has been left on the stove until it (has boiled dry it is a mistake to fill it up witih cold water, as this will oantw the enamei to chip off. This will not occur if .boiling water is poured into the kettle instead.