EVE’S Vanity case

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 554, 31 December 1925, Page 2

EVE’S Vanity case

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The Lady Editor will ho pleased to receive for publication in the “Woman’s Realm” items of social or personal news. Such items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear signatures.

SOCIAL NOTES.

Mr Justice Ostler and Mrs Ostler are spending the holidays at a iishcamp, Tcmguriro river. * * * * Mrs J, G. Coates and her children are at home in Matakohe tor the holidays. • . • * Mrs Gladys Sandford, the pioneer woman aviator of Now Zealand, has returned to Auckland, having obtained her pilot’s certificate. «s -K* * ■* In the recent municipal elections in England six women were chosen as Majors. Two of the six had served before. The position of women in local government seems 'to be definitely established. & •* * * The Governor-General and .Lady Alico Ferguson are at Auckland, and will remain in residence there until the middle of April. Their Excellencies aro attending no social functions during the period of Court mourning for Queen Alexandra * *- 4f ‘ * * Mr and Mrs A. E. Golding and family, accompanied by; Mrs Guilford, of New Plymouth (Mrs Golding's mother) left Feilding yesterday for a visit to Cliristehuroh and Dunedin. «'• * • Mr and Mrs 11. <J. Groves, of Louie Street, have returned, after spending a very enjoyable time in the Taranaki district, including a very ascent of Mount , Egmont. '

HOT WEATHER. DfSIIFS

Variety iu the menu is more than usually necessary in hot weather, when the appetite often, needs tempting Here are some recipes fro n cLiter countries which the Englieh housewife may like to try. Basaties (South Africa) —21b of leg of mutton (raw),, 2oz of butter or margarine, ] tablespoon of curry powder, 2 onions, I teaspoon of sugar, •I gill of vinegar or lemon juice J j.iiit milk, salt and pepper, lemon juice, J pint milk, salt and 3 Laves of lemon .verbena. Cut the meat into small slices about tin thick, and 2in square. Cut any fat into tliiii slices and stamp these into rounds about the size of a halfpenny. Rut them into a casserole and add the sugar, milk, and vinegar or lemon juice. If possible to procure the lemon or orange leaves, these should be placed over the meat, oi add 2 or 3 leaves of lemon verbena or lemon thyme. Melt the margarine in a pan, mince the onions, and fry them until just beginning to colour. Add the curry powder, fry for 2 minutes, stirring all the time. Add these to the meat in flic casserole. Leave it for 12 hours. Rut the fat and lean pieces alternately on skewers, sprinkle with salt, and cook over a clear lire or under a gas grilJer for about 10 miuutes, turning often. Strain, the liquor in which the meat was soaked and bring it to the boil. Arrange- the skewers neatly iu the centre of a hot dish, pour the gravy over, and garnish with sippets of toast or with a thin border of mashed potatoes or rice bulled as for curry. Cold Slaw (an American dish).— One or two spring cabbages., 1 egg, loz of margarine, 1 gill of vinegar or lemon juice, loz flour, 1 teaspoon of celery seeds, salt and pepper.

Koufovo any hard stalk and fh* outer leaves from the cabbages, wash, chain and shred them finely. Put the vinegar or lemon juice and margarine into a pan, and shake until the margarine has melted. Add the flour and blend well, aud stir until boiling. Add the cabbages and the celery seed tied in muslin, and salt and pepper, and stir until again boiling. Thou simmer gently for about 10 or 15 minutes. Draw tbe pan to the side ol the lire and stir in the beaten egg. Then return tbe pan to tbe tire and cook lor 3 or 1 minutes, stirring all the time. Remove the celery seed, put the cabbages Tuto a basin and leave until cold, then turn the mixture on to a dish and garnish, with a JiLtle watercress. Indian Banana Stew—-Twelve bananas,' 1 gill of coconut water, 4ua sugar, doz of dessicated coconut, cherries.

Put the coconut into .-a basin and pour over 1 gill of boiling water. Cover and leave’ for 20 to 30 minutes, then strain. Feel the bananas, cut them into half lengthways and then across, 1 put the sugar and the coconut water in a pan, stir over low heat until, the sugar has melted, then boil fast to a syrup. Add the bananas, ami simmer for 3 or 4 minutes, then dish in, a. compote dish and leave until cold:. ' When cold sprinkle the coconut oyer and garnish with quarters of glace cherries.

FLORAL SUNSHADES. Sunshades arc being flaunted in every shop window. The, shades themselves are wonderful —filmy gathered chiffons, row upon r0w..,0f lace, -transparent tulle, haiidpaintcd faille, others of silk fashioned to look like monster full-blowp ruses, peonies or 'gigantic open water lilies. Others, again, of watered silk decorated with delicious delicate, ribbon work, and there are luminous ones like the phosphorescent scales ,of a fish—only much more brilliant. They are oil shapes; round, square, pagoda shaped, and ribs may be few or many, bone tipped or finished with ivory, ebony, or “common or garden” galalitli. Expensive but very lovely are some of the carved ivory handles. One, a gem of carving, depicted a spray ot lilies of the valley with, a carved ferrule to match, while the shade itself was a billowy mass ot vellumtinted, chiffon-fined lace, the type of sunshade the Queen likes to carry at Royal garden parties. Illustrating the craze for the grotesque but one of the cleverest of carvings—in a sinister sort of way—was a monk’s bead handle carved iu yellowing ivory. The lace itself was half hidden/by the cowl, but when carefully scrutinised it had the most evil expros4on, and one eye appeared to wink in the wickedest way! There liniyd hone, carved and painted wooden handles in a variety of designs from a massed posy of tiny flowers to a gigantic poppy, from a quaint brooding Buddha to a plain octagon stick. Others follow the fruit fashion, and display a cluster ol realistic grapes to tone with a purple silk cover or a trailing spray of red currants to go with a 'scarlet. chiffon shade.

ORAQUF RETT ICO ATS

The brilliant sun of summer imposes upon us a problem which, women are often called upon to solve, and that is the making of' petticoats that are opaque and proof against the Xray effects of bright light. Even 'tubngit the slimmer be on the wane the question still arises for Uulicc dresses of georgette and painted niuon are so flimsy that they too need a foundation that will be opaque without being heavy. From America come two ideas that are easy and practical: The first is to turn up a hem so deep that it reaches two-thirds of 1 tile way up the skirt of the petticoat. Jn use this-i----most effective, and if the petticoat is made of silk or nmslrir the- little extra weight is negligible, . and there is nothing like the bulk of Wearing two petticoats. The second plan may bo applied to existing gurn'ients and that is the apron frontvy-This is a plain and ungiVniiered piece of material, edged, with lace or otherwise trimmed as taste may dictate. It is threaded through with an elastic at the top, and fastens with a button and a loop about the waist.

'KEEP YO Ult FEET FIT. Your is largely, made or marred by. your: I cot". Think how you depend on them Jor tramps, tennis and dancing and ’how bathing shows to all the world any little uglinesses that stockings usually hide. So begin special foot care a week or two before going away.

Perspiring feet are not only unpleasant but blister very easily. They will keep much cooler if washed frequently in warm water containing a disinfectant, and once a day the soles and heels should first he sponged with pure glycerine, rubbing Jt well in, and then be dusted with borax! Start this treatment a week or so before the holidays begin.

Tour glycerine will also be useful in making too feet prettily .white and smooth. For this beautifying process mix it with, an equal quantity (’or plain eater) and apply <*t every day. Here again you-., should start: early, so that results will be visible when you go away. If your feet tire easily and your ankles are * inclined to turn over, the se i TtsefT'is their best cure. So while you’re away paddle as much as you can (though not too long .at a time) and belorc and after the holiday bathe the feet instead, night and morning, in, warm water containing a tablespoon fill of brown vinegar. Pedicure is important to lit and pretty feet. Tim nails should he just carefully cut, filed and “halfmooned” as those on your fingei's. If a nail lias been deformed by tight shoes, cutting out a V at its centre will relieve pressure at the sides and remedy the trouble. Brittle nails can be improved by a nightly rubbing with vaseline.