EVE’S Vanity Case

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1312, 25 January 1928, Page 2

EVE’S Vanity Case

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JOHNSON Johnson is a bore, and in the club I avoid him when I cun, but tbxic was no escape this time. “Well met,” he exclaimed. ''Didn’t expect to find you here.” *‘l came in here for a quiet pipe,” I returned poiDtedly. “Quiet pipe, eh V” said Johnson. “Not a had idea. I’ll join you.’ He felt in his pocket and brought, out four quiet pipes, which he grouped together in one hand and looked at lovingly. “I always carry these four pipes,” he went on. “Each one has a special purpose. I call this Pipe A.” indicating one. “As you can see, it Ims a big bowl, and I smoke it when I’m , working out problems or doing any- I thing that requires a considerable amount of thought. I find it steadies me down, don’t you know. . “Pipe II,” be continued, showing me a silly little thin tiling, “is a tube pipe. Look.” It came to pieces in his hand, showing how the tube could be disconnected from the bowl and stem. “That’s line,” I said admiringly. “Though a small pipe it smoke's beautifully cool.” “What about Pipe C V” “I’m coming to Pipe C. There it is. Tills is my after-breakfast pipe, and sometimes I smoke it in the early afternoon.’ “How nice !” 1 said politely. “Pipe D,” lie went on, “is, in a sense, an heirloom, seeing that it belonged to my great-grandfather”— here Johnson's voice became low with emotion or caution—“who was, between you and me, a bit of a lml. A four-bottle man. Now I’m not a four-bottle man myself—can't stand the stuff, as it happens. But J keep up the Jamil.v tradition in a sort of way, and call myself a four-pjpe man. That's why I curry these four pipes.” “Well, if you'll excuse me,’’ I. said, “ must dash.” Johnson thrust Pipe I?—the little one—into his mouth and chewed it< thoughtfully. As 1 rose to go he said carelessly. "Got a till of tobacco- old man V J Jind I’m out.” ■Silently I handed him my pouch and watched him exchange Pipe B for Pipe A, and with practised band cram to capacity its enormous bow) ■SLEEP IN THE NURSERT World of Noise Many adults -are suffering from sleeplessness to-day because in their childhood they were accustomed to a bedroom which the poet described as "deaf of noise.” The perfect, silence with which they were indulged in. their youth untitled them for the

present world where silence, even at night, is almost an impossibility. The modern parent is wise, then, in letting her children sleep with open windows even in the roar of trallic. Neither does she subdue tlie legitimate noises of tlie’household.

The child from the first, is aceus tomed to the inconveniences of modern civilisation, and if Ibis is not done, then sleeplessness may become a characteristic of the child for whom silence after bed-time has been the golden rule. Caro should be taken In choosing stories for reading immediately before bedtime. '

Nothing that loaves a Seeling el anxiety in the child’s mind should ho read. The happy ending is essential, and while stories of giants and witches do not normally terrify the child as one would expect, they should certainly bo avoided at bedtime. Many parents believe Unit, a thoroughly tired child will sleep more soundly and longer than usual. This is not so, and a* frequent cause of sleeplessness in the young is over fatigue, and this may he due as much to mental as. physical effort. Another cause is over-feeding. The last, meal should be taken at least an hour before bedtime, followed by a run in the open air. The meal should not be rushed, as this often

means insutlieiciit food is taken, with early waking or sleeplessness resulting from hunger. When children are old enough to eboe.se their own reading, parents should see that highly imaginative Jiction is banned. The child is liable to dwell un these themes before going to sleep, and these matters are continued in sleep.

Homework is often a cause of

sleeplessness. Children show enthusiasm for certain subjects and dislike of others. Unless they are helped in the organisation of their homework, (hey spend the greater part of their time on work they enjoy, leaving the less popular work until the end, when it has to he rushed, imperfectly done, or. postponed until morning. This produces it feeling of anxiety which should he avoided. Two subjects gain by being done in the early morning before breakfast,: Matliematie.s'"and memorising. If this is so arranged, the child •should not ho allowed to touch either exercise before lie goes to lied. The problems should not he taken to bed with him. In the morning he is fresh in mind, does the work much niAro rapidly, and the' immediate recapitulation of the work at school leads to better and more permanent results.

Where homework is a source of worry the parent should look carefully into 11)0 matter. 11ml where the worries arise, and communicate with the teacher.

COOKING HINTS

wholemeal cakes

Vt buJeiimal Coconut Cake.—Six ounces wholemeal Hour, <U>/ rice flour, Go/, margarine, 2oz desiccated coconut, Jo/ caster sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoonfiil baking powder, a little mi it.

.Mix the rice Hour and wholemeal with the bakiqg ponder and rub m the margarine. Add the sugar and eocoauf and mix rather stiffly with the beaten eggs and a little milk. Bake m moderate oven fur about 45 minutes.

Wholemeal Parkin,--Cue and "a half break fijsteups ole wholemeal Hour, I cup medium oatmeal, 1 clip Demers i a sugar. jit* butter, jo/ ground ginger, jo/ mace, 2oz peel (chopped), j teaspooiifiij bicarbonate of soda, (Jib gulden syrup; Mix the wholemeal, oatmeal, giuge-, and mate, and rub in tlu- butter. Add the other ingredients, and mix with tlu* slightly warmed treacle. Bake in a greased baking tin fur about one hour. .It is best in this case to leave the parkin in the tin to get cold. it is then cut into squares and put away in a. tin. It improve** by keeping, and is not supposed to be eaten when now.

Wholemeal Ginger Nuts.—Half a lb Hour, ho/ butter and sugar, 2 tablospuonsful golden syrup, 1 tea spoonful lemon juice, 1 teaspoonful ground ginger, grated rind of a lemon.

IVlelt the butter, sugar and syrup, but do not heat them, then add them to the other ingredients and mix well. Form the mixture into marbles and put.them on a greased baking sheet. Leave for HO minutes before baking, and bake for 15 minutes 'ii a moderate oven. Bran flakes.—Two. ox bran, ! 'breald'asteup Hour, 2oz sugar, Go/ butter, J teaspoonful bicarbonate ol soda, 1 gill milk..;,. Rub the butter into the flour and add-' the sugar. Warm the milk slightly and dissolve the soda in if then mix and roll out on a floured

board to about in thick. Cut into rounds und bake in a slow oven lor about 20 minutes.

Wholemeal Hock Cakes.—Hour oz plain flour, -loz wholemeal, i egg, 3oz butter, 2oz sultanas, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, J gill milk.

Hub the butter into the flour and add baking powder, sugar, and sultanas (previously cleaned). Mix very stiffly with the beaten egg and a little milk, and place in rocky heaps on a greased tin. This quantity will make 8 large or 10 small cakes. Hake in a quick oven lor about 20 minutes.

Fancy Hulls,--lllilf lib will in nour, fib wholemeal, 2oz. butter, ! teaspoon) it! salt, :{oz; yeast, 1 giil warm water, J teaspoonlul sugar, It gdh milk.

Put the Hour in warm bowl an« rub in the butter. Cream the yeast with the sugar, add the water and mix well. Make a hollow ■ in the flour and pour in the yoasi and about half the milk. Sprinkle Wio salt on the Hour. Hot it rise lor about 15 minutes, then mix, ad ding the rest of the milk, and kneed till smooth. Cover with a cloth and set it to rise in a warm place 'or 1 hour. Make the bread into twists or plaits or any fancy shape and bake m a quick oven for aoout 20 minutes. SWEATEES In this day of continuous sport attire from morning until evening, almost every woman has at least one sweater in her wardrobe. For various reasons it is not practical to have sweaters cleansed, and so when they have lost their spollessness, the problem of how they are to be cleau ed immediately arises.

A sweater may lie washed with excellent after ell'ects il a few pi'eeautions arc taken during the process. Before if is dipped it should be measured carclully; then it should be washed by plunging it in lukewarm water in which soap flakes have been whipped, and. squeezing the soapy water through the silk or wool. In no instance should Uie water he hot or the sweater washed by nibbing il, with soap. Alter it has been washed in several waters and rinsed thoroughly, the. water should be patted/ not wrung out of it. It is then ready ><> »» laid flat on a. thick Turkish towel and stretched to its former measur.-.-menfs. If it is of very finely woven wool, as a jersey slip-on, tor it is wise to pull and. stretch it liom time, to time so as to prevent any possibility of its shrinking. Aside from the careful washing of sweaters there are other useful ninU in connection with, their care mat aro wise to follow. A swuatoi may bo tinted if it has become badly faded by dipping it in »■ bath m which a package of dye-flake lias been dissolved. Two quarts of water to a package is the usqal amount needed, although the colour is varied, of course, by the amount of water added. The sweater should be wet “lid Ihe dye thoroughly dissolved or the dye-flakes will spot the material. By his process of tinting, sweaters gain a freshness ,4 colour that makes them seen almost new. If a handful of salt is added to the dye bath the colour will last throughout other washings. H HUN.IS MOON SHINE Wash a‘ pound of prunes ana souk them for at least twelve hours. Now put them into enough cold water to cover, bring; to the do,, fairly quickly, lower the heat, and let them simmer until they are quite tender. The water should entirely evaporate by the time they already. Press the fruit through a rather coarse sitve. mix with enough castor sugar to sweeten, ami out on a stone floor to) get thoroughly cold. Whip up half a breakfast cupful of double cream until it is quite stiff and. as soon as the prune pulp has chilled, add the cream to it. Fold it in very gently; do not attempt to beat it in or the mixture will be ruined Leave on the cold floor of the pantry until just before it is wanted. Then press it into individul fruit salad glasses and put a candied cherry oil the top of each. TWO USEFUL HINTS When the porridge saucepan is didifiicult lo clean is a good idea to nearly fill with water and bring to boil. Then empty practically all the water out. and stand the saucepan on something cold (for example, hearth stone). ' To keep dates, sultanas, preserved cherries, etc., from sinking when mixing iuto cakes, always flour them. This prevents them from sinking.