WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 71, 17 December 1907, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD.

TO.DAY'S'DINNER. PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS BY AN ... EXPERT. (Specially Written for The Dominion.) TUESDAY. Jlilk Soup. Koast Beef. New Potatoes and Spinach. Coc.oanut Pudding. RECIPE FOR- COCOANUT PUDDING. ' To 1 pint- milk add 2 tablespannfuls of flessicatcd cocoanut, and heat to boiling; remove the cocoanut by turning through a strainer; then add to the' milk 1 cup ot sugar, J cup 'fine, biscuit or bread crumbs; cool a few minutes, then ndd the beaten yolks of 2 eggs. Turn into a pudding-dish, bake unt.iJ set, but not watery, fieat the whites of the eggs to a sti/F froth', add 2 tablespoon fuls of sugar, and spread on the top of tlie pudding; slightly in the oven. HINTS FOR HOME DRESSMAKERS. HOW TO HANG OWN SKIRT. Of all the problems which confront tho girl or woman, who maVes her own clothcs, hanging ber own skirt is the most serious. Here is a simple way to do it yourself, and do it right: . * / ' L > e Finish the skirt, with the execeptiou of the lower edge.' Put it on as it is t-6 be worn. Standing before a mirror, pl»co one end of a good straight yardstick on the floor, holding 'it perfectly strainnt i<p against your dress. Put a pin in the dress at the top end of the yardstick, then move the stick an inch or two to one side of the first measurement, and again' mark the place with a pin. , Continue until yej l . hai e a row of pins all around your dress skirt at somewhere.near the hip measurement. Then take the skirt off and finish, the. bottom exactly one yard from each pin if you want your dress to just touch the floor. If you want it an inch from the . floor, finish it thirty-five inches from the row of pins, and so 011. - . You -will find hy using care and a good mirror you can - do this yourself, aiso that your skirts will bo exactly even. ■ ' BUTTONS AND BUTTONHOLES. ; Sewing on Buttons —In - making .dainty summer presses, and waists, very often a button is torn off, taking a pie.ee of_ the material with it, and leaving a hole 111 a practically new garment. This can be remedied only by a, patch, which niakes a new garment an old one. To avoid this, lay or bast-o' a na/row tape inside' of .the hem, • lengthwiso, on, the button side, sew tho hem down by -'hand, and then sow the buttons on through the tape. This makes a neat finish, and saves work, in that the buttons, once sewed on, will remain until the garment is worn out. Making Buttonhole^—ln making a buttonhole, always "bar" it—that .is, after cutting tho bntton'hole, run a thread,around it; start at the back,- take a stitch in front, thon back on the other side'. This will keep a buttonhole from stretching, and especially from tearing out at- the front, where all the strain is. A buttonhole will woar twice as long made : this way. If the material will allow, bar them twice. If you, take timeto make a buttonhole, do take time to bar it. Cut the buttonhole, bar it, overcast''it, then work it. If tho material is very sheer, use heavier thread for barring than for working the buttonhole. TO SETV LACE AND THIN MATERIALS. ; When sewing lace and insertion or two rows of insertion together it is much easier to do it on the sewing machine than by hand, find'it looks much nicer when finished. They are.Very easily sewed on the machine if a strip of wrapping paper or newspaper is cut and placed under the two edges that pre to he sewed together. Stitch through tho paper,-and the seam will bo as smooth as if the two pieces had been woven together, and the paper is easily torn off. Tear; it off closo to the stitching 011 one' side 1 and tho other side falls off. This is an excellent arrangement for sewing any soft material or silk goods which the sewing machine is liable to pucker. 1 PIN INSTEAD OF BASTING. In plain sewing the use of pins instead of basting means a great saviug of .time pud labour. Straight seams, which may bo stitched before the garment is tried 011, such as scams in children's plain skirts, dresses and aprons, and even sleeve seams and tho straight, under-arm seams in blouses, may bo treated in this way, and- tho work will look as lioat as- though each seam had been carefully basted. Do the pinning far enough from the edge of the seam so that it may easily bo stitched outside the row of pins. When basting a seam which needs careful attention, such as putting the gores of a skirt together , or sewing on ruffles with , a bias facing,'first pin tho. seam carefully together and the task will be much easier and tho work will look neater. In making garments where machine attachments are required, time and labour are saved by cutting out several a't once, then doing all tho gathering for them all, then tho tucking, binding, etc/ This saves a needless changing back and forth of attachments. WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES MOST • ' Read about .the experiences of folks who live on small incomes, And it is curious to study the different note in which a husbandor a wife will toll the story. The man tolls how pretty is his home; how well dressed are his children; how appetizing the table always looks, and how good is the food. There is a ring- of pride, of satisfaction, of joyousness- in the mail's recital of the story. But whnn the wife tells the story the pride may be there, but the same note of- joy is lacking. In her telling you feel the hand of the -one who does it- rather than the one who'sens it- done or sees only the results. You .seem to feel a little closer to the. actual thing itself",and what it costs —not in money 60 nntch as in labour —to do it. The difference lies in the fact- that the husband sees the-results; the wife achieves them. The man swells with pride as he speaks of hor as the right kind of- a wife, as the one woman iii a thousand, and so on. Rut- with all his pride, with all the credit he is ready to give her, and does give, the fact- remains that the man has. by far the better of the bargain in the matter of living on a small income. Hard as he may work outside the home to bring the money in, his. wife must work hardor to spend the money wisely, keep within the income, and perhaps save something. We hear a good deal nowadays of overworked men; but how little, comparatively speaking, do we hear of overworked women in the home. Yet a woman has so much less to do with, physically, than lias a man. The work of 110 man earning n small salary begins to equal the work of his wife to make that salary suffice. Whcro rigid economy' lias to be practised tho heaviest burdens invariably .come upon the wifo. Tho shoe always pinches there the hardest. For onco in* a' way,a medical journal has betrayed a spark of sentiment. It admits that hygiene is heartless, that cleanliness is inartistic, and that- scionco is eminently unsentimental. I" their deadly war against tho microbe the medicine men would rob us of dear associations, beautiful half-tones,, picturesquo eliccts, symbolism, and leave us nigh, dry, and practical. Science lias done much for us, but so, too, has .Sentiment, and tho one, we fancy, will ever war- against the other. After all, it must be admitted that to ho. strictly hygienic and live long without beaiitifjil snrrnii'iidiiigs, old associations, and cherished romance wouM not he happiness. On the other hand, really artistic people would scarcely permit themselves or thoir surroundings to be slovenly; the poseurs would b3 more likely to do this; j

. . ♦ ;'' -- MATTERS OF INTEREST F&OM FAR AND NEAR. - —« : . (By " Dominica.") (

50CIAL AND PERSONAL. '.' This week will be dedicated to fast and 'furious shopping. Everywhere in the shops one meets people with lists, chocking off I lie name of each friend as her present." is bought. All sorts of pretty things call out to be purchased ; all sorts of things that one per.'sohally wants, but this is a week for other people's wants, and it is wise £o walk about, ■half - tiro time with one's eyes shut lhst the .'temptation to buy should prove, ftio strong. .Of course, there are disadvantages in such a \course-"ono might butt into the shopwalker or a counter, but that way economic siifot.v lies. T&ftnis parties arc tho order of the day in the' Tfitt-t and neighbourhood. Last Saturday 'afternoon- the Misses Mason gave a ■'tennis'afternoon at their home at Waiwetu, when a number of guests were present- and' passed a pleasant afternoon, in spite of the unpleasantly strong wind. Among the guests tfere. Misses Hayward, Callerider, Foster, Cliriiia, Lukin (2), and Messrs. Hayward, Straiighan, Callenaer, and, Russell. Miss Edith Christie, whose engagement to Mr. Cary, of the. Loan and Mercantile. Agency, Masterton, was recently announced, is at present visiting Wellington. Miss Christie is staying at the Royal Oak. Miss Cameron, of the Wellington Hospital, has lately joined Miss Palmer's staff. Miss-Beatrice Mason, who is also joining Miss Palmer's staff, received her training at AVellington Hospital, and went for a four months-' trin to Fiji after she completed her course. She returned to New Zealand lately, and .is spending a few days at homo before taking up her professional work again. •Miss Lukin has returned from a pleasant visit to Marton. A. most successful garden party in aid of the.-.funds of the Presbyterian Church was held-in the beautiful grounds at Dr. Johnston's residence. Croquet and tennis were played on the extensive lawns, while Aunt Sally.gathered in the nimble penny, and in suitable corners the following stall-holders plied a busy trade:—Produce stall, Miss Aplin and Miss Burnett; toffee stall, Miss Telford,- Miss Osborne, and Miss Rell; cake stall, Mesdames Burnett (Sen.), Aplin, and M'Farlane; fancy stall, Mrs. Moore, Miss Moore, and Miss M'Farlane, Miss Laura Fisher, Miss Binne; tea room, Mrs. Dr. Johnston, with a bevy of charming whiterobed assistants. . Mr. J. Moncrieff, jun., exercised general supervision as secretary. The Carterton Brass Band played .appropriate, selections at' intervals, and cricket, archery, quoits, and Christmas trees amused the little oiies. The flower stall was presided over by Misses Moore, Martin, and M'Farlane. , "The secretary reports the following subscriptions as having been received towards the funds of the Women Students' Hostel Society :—His Excellency the Governor, £10 lOs.j per' Mrs. Wallis, £76; Mrs. Hislop's Collection, £120; Dr. Chappie, £100;* A Friend, £50; Collection on Pile. £11 10s. 6d.; Mr. Joseph Joseph, £10 lOsS; A Dominionite, £10- 10s.; Mr. H. D: Bell, K.C., £10; Mr. Coleman, £5 55.; Miss Johnston, £5; Mrs,, Rhodes, £4; Mrs. Bayley, £3 35.; Hon. C.Johnston, £3 35.; Mr. Malcolm MTherson,'.£2 25.; Dr. Newman, £2 25.; Mr. 11. Broihi, £2 2s;; Mrs. Morrison, £2; Mr. F. Logan, £1; total, £428 17s. 6d. GOSSIP FROM ABROAD. One of the most popular of European Princesses- is the new Crown Princess of , Sweden, who, as Duchess of Scania, visited England last month with her two young sons. The Crown Princess was Princess Margaret of Connaught, and she is a great friend (if the .Queen of Spain. When it was thought that the young Prince of the Asturias would hot be allowed to accompany his parents on their visit to England because it is contrary to Spanish.usage for an infant .heir to he allowed to travel so farj half the disappointment to the Royal family was in the thought that the two-young mothers would not lie allowed to compare babies. However, the rule was broken, and the Spanish heir made the acquaintance of the little Swedish Princes. . It is to be hoped they will recognisi each other when next they meet. Queen Victoria did not live to sec Princess Margaret of Connaught become Duchess of Scania,, but she held in high esteem the late of Sweden, and the marriage of an English Princess to the heir to the Swedish throne would certainly have given her much pleasure. The young Princess, though she has: only been married two years and a half, is already the mother of two sturdy sons. The eldest of these, who bears the imposing 'title;of Duke of Westerbotten, is, of course, a future King. He paid a visit to England when only six. weeks old, and is'a splendid, sturdy little chap; while his christening was tho occasion of one of the most splendid gatherings ever seen in Stockholm, and was .graced by the presence of his British grandparents.- Tiiei Duke's little brother, a year younger 'than himself, bears the old-world 'Swedish nameiof Sigward, and he is to be known as the Duke of Upland. During thesummer months Prince and Princess Gnstavris—for so they are generally called—lead ail:informal, happy country life at a delightful palace overlooking the Sound. They are both : fine-swimmers, and shared King Oscar's enthusiasm for the sea. ■I.t is not all fun to he-a Princess, but. how many people think of the risk they run of having perpetual, colds if, when they marry, they go to rigorous climates. For instance, the; two Princesses of IVickklenburg-Schw-erirtv- who married Crown Princes, have suffered keenly from tho severe climates of their-how homes. . Berlin proved most trying during the first year of her married life to tlie -youthful Crown Princess of Germany, who'.had bronchitis and severe colds all through the winter. . To the severe Danish winters her sister, the future Queen of Denmark, has never become acclimatised, and it is. owing to the fact that, the doctors have -counselled her to winter under more genial skies that the alarming rumours of her illhealth have arisen.. It' seems (says the "Lady's Pictorial") so short' a time since the marriage of- -'the stately Miss Da.llas-Yo.ke 1 to the" Duke of Portland, - the most eligible- parti of the period, that it coines as a real surprise to find that, the beautiful Duchcss ' will present a young daughter at the next Court. Lady Victoria Cavendish-Bentirick is a god-daughter of the late- Queen Victoria, who was greatly attached to the Duchess of Portland, and she lias bcein brought up in a way that -would have -greatly pleased her Royal sponsor. Frdrii the very first the Duchess of Portland resolutely set. her face against. admitting to' lier circle. any but those whose reputations were : beyond reproach, nor lias she ever adopted or permitted in her home circle any of what may be- called the "unconvcntionalities"—sortie might go so far as to call them vulgarities—of modem society. The Duchess of Portland and her daughter are vegetarians and keen lovers' of outdoor sport's. The cap is apparently returning to favour. It is making its re-appearance in various attractive forms for morning and evening wear, both for quite young people as well as their elders. Fashion is diplomatic. She thus makes sure of popularising tho cap, which has been neglected even by the/elderly. If it is ever'to bo restored, it will liavo to bo done through tho agency of tho young. Nowadays, grandmothers will wear nothing that does not bccome their granddaughters. When they seo how pretty young faces look under mob Raps, older women are sure to adopts them, though they now declare them "frumpish," and having once got them bank, perhaps elderly women will not Ih> eager to let them go again. A remarkable record as a public servant is claimed by .Mr. Alfred Jelf, aged eightyone, of Shefford, Beds. He has been a relieving officer for sixty years without, asking for a day's leave of absence, has not. had a holiday since he was twenty-one, and has never been laid'ug-with 1 illness.-•• ••