SOCIAL NOTES.

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 471, 26 February 1925, Page 2

SOCIAL NOTES.

The number of women police in London is Lo be increased from 24, its present strength, to 50. The engagement is announced of Mona Gordon, second daughter of Mr and Mrs 0. Gordon Eliott, oi J. 4adding, to Gilbert, son of Mr and Mrs E. Hassall, of Eeilding. • • • ° With a view to making Britain leader of the world’s fashions, it is proposed to form a joint stock company with a capital of £IOO,OOO, to establish a model house in London on tho lines of the Paris model houses « * « * The engagement is announced of Miss Peggy Abraham, third daughter of Mr and Mrs Lionel Abraham, of Palmerston North, lo Mr E. Ashworth (lato captan, Suffolk Regiment), third son of the late Mr H. A. Ashworth and Mrs Ashworth, Buckland, Erotnc, England. « « • With his fiancee, whom he kissed after lunch in a'public place, a commercial traveller was arrested at Bordeaux and charged with indecent behaviour. Tho couple, who are to he married in a few days’ time, were both taken to tho police station and formally charged, but the magistrate dismissed the case.

Britain’s Under-Sec re ta rv for Education, the Duchess of Athol!, conicof a lilerav stock. Her father, SuJames Ramsey, is a historian of distinction, and her uncle, Gilbert Ramsey, was tho greatest Taeitu° scholar of liis day. The duchess herself published in 1908 a Military His tory of Perthshire, and' 'she also wrote an illuminating report on the education of tinkers in Scotland. HEALTH. Think healtliYourself as healthy see, For as you think within your heart So you will 1)6. Talk health! Speak words of truth and praise. And know that Wisdom’s longuo Is life and length of days. Act health! Let manner, mood and mind Show purpose ' poise, and power, In high degree combined. Build health By thought and word aud deed; Look high, have faith, endure, Persist, and you’ll succeed. US' PRAISE OF SUNLIGHT. Dr Saleeby, very well-kupwn in England as a pioneer of modem sun worship, describes some of the results of his investigations into tho various sunlight cures practised today.

Sunlights—by no moans necessarily sun lie at—is nature’s preventive and cure for, wo learn, the “diseases of darkness,” among wliiclf the author classifies, wholly or in part, rickets, urban anaemia, and various pulmonary affections. In a. “chapter for mothers,” ru sunlight and Dr Saleeby remarks upoji the mistake which is made by’ so many mothers of letting their children play, nearly nude, on tim shore all day in the sun's fight and heat. “It is possible,” he says, “to have Loo much of a good thing. . . . The beach is incomparable. It gives the child everything . . . lint we must use it with intelligence. The evident danger points are two, the head and the eyes. If wo could really get our children on the beach soon after dawn, and obtain their unique value from those euily morning hours, bright and cool, which are only a rumour lor most of us, there-would be little need to warn parents that the heat of the sun, beyond a very low pointj is not our friend.” Dr Saleeby recommends for the child on the beacli a cap such as the South African cricketers use—a loose, light, perforated, white, soft linen hat—or cap, with a brim all round., Bathing and paddling, but especially bathing, are. recommended, | in reason. “Some one has blundered, >' # | > something is wrong if the child on the beach lias a headache, or cannot eat or sleep,” says the author., “But if we do not blunder, we shall see for

ourselves what nature.can do when her children respect and try to understand her.” WOMEN WHO ARE WEATHERCOCKS. Not merely metaphorically’ speaking can women be called weathercocks. Apart from the woman who is known for her liability to veer iound suddenly ami point this way or that. no cording to the quarter from which tile winds of fortune ulow, there arc some women whose state -of health, and' of mind, acts as perfectly reliable indicator of the direction of the wind. “1 always know when the wind is in the cast because I feel so bad tempered and irritable.” women are sometimes heard to remark, and I believe there are many on whom a biting east wind has the same unpleasant effect. “And I always know when I first wake in the morning if tl|ere is a west wind,” says another weathercock woman. “There is a certain softness in the air which ma'kes me feel nice and happy. My hair is glossy and more amenable than at other times, and altogether I feel tiiat I am looking my best.’ ’ ' Til© state of tho hair is probably the most universal weather prophet-, and it serves also as an indicator of one’s general health. Every woman whose locks arc in good condition knows how they crackle when combed on frosty' mornings. Some women oveii go so far as to state that they can always tell when it is going to rain because tho natural wave in their hair becomes more pronounced at such times. Another woman, who might claim to be classed among the weathercocks, is Idle woman whose eyes become tired and strained whenever there is snow about. Certainly the women who feel their best when it is snowing are rare, for it almost invariably lias the effect of making tile skin feel dry and rough, and somelimes induces a burning sensation which is not very pleasant. Cracked bps, too, are a very common accompaniment of north-east wind, the lips being more sensitive than any other part of us to sudden ’changes iu temperature.

ID YOU CANNOT SWUM. Have you ever considered what you would do if you were to fall, out of a boat info deep water with the knowledge that you could not .swim? Most j non-swim mors make the mistake of throwing up their arms and shouting for help, and in doing so run the gravest risks, for tfiey open their mouths and swallow water. Suffocation may result. To throw the weight ol the arms above the head feuds to make the bead itself go under water. The great thing is to try to keep culm and to remember that the body itsll can and docs float, and even though clothes arc a hindrance it, is possible for practically anyone who can keep reasonably level-headed to remain afloat. Keep your mouth shut and then stretch your arms out sideways along the surface of the water, resisting all desire to waver for help. The body is in an upright position, and by moving your hands from the wrists regularly and not too fast with a downward pressure you will be able to stay thus for some minutes, at any rate. A regular steady kicking movement downwards with the feet will help to buoy you up, If you can, kick oli your shoes and even, ml you gain confidence discard any other .clothes that can be loosened easily, but do not waste your strength in struggling vainly with your clothes.

It no .one has scon your distress and you, must call for help, make sure that your mouth is clear of .the water.

TIN DABBLE AND MI NT DOR SUMMER DRINKS. There arc many occasions during the hot weather when one wuuld welcome a really thirst quenelii/ig, and refreshing•'beverage. Pineapple a id mint can ho put to good use in the nature of' foundation, flavourings, giving a variety to summer drinks, and as there is a fairly, good supplj of pineapples on the market at present they become reasonable in price. Pineapple Egg Flip is botli nourishing and-, pleasant, and is made by beating up the yolk of an egg with a, little :sugar and,a wineglassful of pineapple. Add the white of the egg stiffly whisked. Pineapple Syllabus makes a delicious cold, sweet, and no cooking is required. Whip up some cream stiffly, adding half a tablespoonful of sugar. Pour a little lemon juice, pineapple syrup, and a few drops of maraschino into a tumbler. Fill np with whipped cream, and decorate the top with small chunks of pineapple.

Grape fruit would make a pleasant change from the pineapple if desired. Mint Sherbert is a clean, refreshing drink for the playing held or dance room, and is made by pouring two pints of boiling water on lib of loaf sugar and leave to dissolve. Then add a bunch of chopped mint, and stand lor two hours until the flavouring is well developed. Strain oil' the liquid and add the juice of four lemons. Colour if desired with a little green vegetable colouring and mix with a bottle of ginger beer just before drinking. Serve with ice } if desired. Iced Chocolate Junket is another good hoi weather sweet. Heat one pint of milk to blood beat, dissolve in it one ounce of (inclv grated chocolate or one dessertspoonful of cocoa. Add one teaspooni'ul of rennet, hut on the ice to cool, instead of the chocolate, one tablcspoonful of strong coffee can be used as flavouring. Orange Water lees are inexpensively made if one possesses a freezing machine. Make a syrup with ljlbs-of sugar and one quart of water by. boiling them .together until a tiiin thread is formed (when testing with the lingers). it takes about 20 minutes for this syrup to be made slowly. Add the juice and rind of six oranges. Leave to cool. Strain off lhe rind and freeze. ,• GUO WING ALIKE. . ft may be in one sense’ 5 pleasant to believe—with a learned lady who has recently discoursed on the haimonies of marriage—that married people “grow like one another,” the longer they live together. If they did so, they would in time harmonise' so completely that we should never overhear those dissonances that too often weary us when Hir married friends confide <u us, or in tlie law courts. Thau would be the effect of a rapproachmcnt of character; a moral resemblance. Would it be as encouraging to think that the likeness extended to mere physical feature ? , We cannot answer until science informs us in which direction the harmony line would move. Eor often, as we know, the plain man gets accepted, inexplicably, by the beautiful woman; ana wo wish lam luck. Would she ever accept him if she had reason to believe that she would grow to resemble him by the time their silver wedding came round'’