EVE’S Vanity Case

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2134, 13 February 1929, Page 2

EVE’S Vanity Case

TO CORRESPONDENTS

SOCIAL NOTES

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in the “Woman's Realm” items of Bocial or personal news. Such ite. should be vullj authenticated, ana ingagement iiatioea must bear signatmee.

Miss M. Bartholomew lias returned from a visit to Mataroa.

THE PERFECT HUSBAND

7'he other day Unis was found in an old newspaper :

A perfect husband---'who can find one. 5

Six days of the week doth he labour for his moneys, and upon tue scevenUh dooth chores wifihin the house for relaxation.

With his own hands he runneth. tW lawn mower and washeth the dog. He hooketh up his wife’s drosses at the back without mutterings.

Ho puttefiii the cat out hy night. His ashes fan not upon the carpet'.* and his cigarette burnetii not holes in the drapery. He wcareth everlasting socks and seweth on his own buttons. His overcoat docth him two sea sons.

He lundieth meagrely upon a. sandwich that lie- may adorn his wife with jewels. He grumbleth not at the bills V.

He openeth his moutjli with, praise and noteth her new frocks, and th? word of llatlery is on his tongue.

He perceiveth not the existence of other women.

Lo! Many men.have I met in the world, but none like unto him. Yet ye all have seen 'him, in your dreams.

LEARNING SOMETHING “Let us,” said Thomas Carlyle one evening as he sat in the house ul his brother, “Let us bo learning something.” That was his unappeasable desire •—to learn. He spent his life m learning—from books, from people, from meditation upon life itself.

Most of us say, if w'e hayel afn unoccupied evening, “Let us play at something.,” or “Let us dance,’ “Lot us go to the pictures.” So yc pass our times pleasantly we may possibly learn something as. well. We can enlarge our knowledge of character —our own and other people’s—whep we play a game. The pictures' may teach us a. little about life in other countries.

Bub that will not satisfy anyone who is eager to know, and to know, and to know. Such a one will seize every opportunity ns Carlyle did fi om boyhood to old. age, to be learning something. And of such it may be safely predicted that they will turn' their knowledge to account; they will make their way in the world.

TO BOTTLE FRUITS

good method

To Bottle Fruits.—Let the fruit to t>e preserved be quite dry, and without blemish, lake a - wide-moudi bottle that is perfectly clean and dry within, and put. in the mitt in layers, sprinkling sugar between each layer, put in tlio bung, and tic a builder ow ■setting the bottles, bung downward in a Largo stewpaii of cold water, witjh hay .between t, prevent breaking. Simmer over the lire until the skin is just cracking, .then take the bottles out, remove 'the bungs, and place a piece ol paper dipped in sweet oil qver the top of fine fruit; prepare turn paper, immersed in grin water, and while wet, press it over and around the top of the jar; and as it dries, it will become quite firm and tight.

A HOMErMADEi SHAMBOO

According to a beauty specialist, women are inclined to wash, their hair too frequently, and are not overcareful about the rinsing process.

She deplores the use of soaps that are strong in alkali, and says that she has come across cases where worried clients bad confessed to using soap for washing their hair similar to that used for getting dirt out of soiled linen.

Try washing it in lukewarm water without using any soap. There are many reliable shampoo y jellies, powders and liquids on tlio market, but for those, who would rather make their own, the following formula is recommended-

Sliced some castile. soap. Put in

a saucepan and cover with hot water. Wjiicn dissolved is,ell aside to cool, and then turn into a jar. Mix this soap jelly with warm boiled water. When cool stir in th© well-beaten yolk of one egg. H the water is hot, the egg will curdle. There are no ingredients in this to impair Die hair.

Never rinse in cold water. It is apt to chill the glands of the head and ‘cake away the natural sheen of ifhd hair. If the heat of sunshine is very strong do not dry with it. Choose a shady spot Where there is plenty of fresh air, and rub the scalp with telcas* towel** until pe riled', ly dry. Once the sealp is dry the moisture goes out of the end of the lain* very quickly. f . A good rubbing of the scalp will put a nice gloss on the hair. After a thorough rubbing begin, to comb out the starting from the ends to take out the tangles without in juring the .strands.' Then brush for 10 minutes parting the hair down the centre, and into two strands on either side. Finish off by rubbing a good hair lonic or a little olive 4 oil iulo the scalp. A few drops of oil of begamot will make the oil aromatic and pleasant. to. use. THE LIGHTING OF .A HOUSE A staring white light in any room is as distressing to the artistic sense as it is tiring to the eyes. All light should be shaded, but the modern fashion for bold designs and vivid colours iu electric light shades is arlislically incorrect,. and plain shades in old gold coloured silk or beige or deep cream-coloured vellum ar© far more satisfactory and restful than are tlio.se of red purple, pink or blue. Th© question of the difference of colour under artificial light is an important one, and should be given due thought and consideration inselecting aml | harmonising fabrics, particularly in a room which will be much used at. night. Most shades of mauve, purpl© and wine-colour lose their richness iu artificial light, and some dull pinks and light reds become almost brown. Blue also is seldom a satisfactory colour under electric light. Individual taste will, of course, to a large extent determine the colour scheme of each room hut the situation and aspect are also Important factors. Blue and green arb duly suitable in a very light room; yellow, the most luminous colour of all, should he used, when it is necessary to introduce light, find grey, which, is cold and unattractive alone, should never b e used without th© warming influence of yellow, orange or reddish purple.

THE BEAUTY OF EYES

Flow TO ENHANCE THEM

Do not apply powder to tine lids o l ' immediately oeueatjh the eyes. Smear a little vanishing cream over the lid and around the eyes. Dip the tip of the finger into either a brown or blue “shading’ powder (choosing blue if a blondo and brown for those with, darker colouring), and work it very delicately into the cream. This will give -depth and brilliance to the eyes,■ and increase their apparent size. 'An indelible pencil in etcher shade can be used, if preferred, with equally good results. • • (

IN VALID RECIPES

Let the invalid’s menu be as var ied as possible. 'PI is is an important point to remember.

Beef Juice.—The best wry of preparing tliis is iu a jar tied over with bladder. 'The ntfeat should be minced! or scraped, and a. little salt added unless forbidden. It is iPnen set in a waiter bath" of cold water kepi boiling gently round if for five hours. The {extract >tbus obtained may be given cold or hod, or heated up to about ninety degrees according to tlio case. l)he primest and freshest meat should be chos en*

Isinglass Fruit Jelly. This is useful in cases of great thirst, as a, little allowed to dissolve slowly in the 'mouth is ■ very) ref'jjf sliing. Required : —A pint of fruit juice. Raspberry may be especially recommended. Add as much isinglass as will .just sot it; it should be melted in waffr just sufficient and then strained in a, china mould or dish after mincing.. Onion Gruel—. This should he tak on Hot, seasoned with pepper and salt, and about two or three table* spon Fids of cookied onions added to

a.pint. The onions can be chopped or sieved, tiro latter being the nicer. 'Leeks are somotiim/es substituted. , Many persons reeoinniciiul this dish , to sufferers from insomnia. Fine or medium oatmeal may be- used.

Hide Jelly-Required. An ounce of sugar, a pi noli of salt, a. pint and a-half of cold water, and n quarter of a pound of the best rice. The rice should ho washed and soaked for a. ikw hours in the water, then boiled with the rest until reduced to half. Ttul) bbrouj'fi a coarse s iove, and put in a; china, mould, and servo when, cold or c’ooling. A little cinnamon is a. suitable flavouring, and it is often bettor to use less sugar* THE REAL .MAGNET Men always recognise the really sympathetic woman, which accounts for some so-alled unattractive wives. “I wonder why so-and-so doesn’t get married ?” people are fond of remarking, “she is such, a good and economical housekeeper and would make a much better wife than some of these flighty girls.” Wliidh leads one F o ' imagine that the question uppermost in a man’s mind is “How long would she make the joint last?” Unless he is utterly devoid of romance' —and very few men are—-it is the girl lie considers first, not housekeeping. He will wonder lxow she would be if lie were ill, and . likes to imagine her sweet and kind and anxious about him He would prefer that she should, bo sympathetic even if useless rather than linn and capable and domineering any day. (Or life, thinks be would, which is all that matters.) And is there anything more wonderfully,, soothing than the nature that makes a man feel he has said, something witty, when it was- only meant to be; that someone believe* in hirp, however black he may. appear; feel that somebody knows—and cares—ho\y ill he is, instead of seeming boned and suggesting unpleasant remedies when all he wants is just a little—.sympathy? g

SPANISH DESSERT Spanish dessert is a, favourite sweet, as oranges are both popular and very wholesome. It is a great advantage to prepare them in the kitchen, as it meeds jgolnsiderable courage to deal with an orange at’ a dinner party. Ingredients: 1 white of egg, i teaspoon lul of water, sections of orange, granulated sugar, carmine if desired. The sweet is made as follows (1) Tint the sugar with carmine, if tlus be used, by putting about at couple of tablcspooiisf’ul on a stiff piece of paper with one small dror> of carmine ini the (centre. Rub lightly with the finger tips until tho whole is evenly coloured. (2) Peel tlie oranges carefully, removing all pith, and skin, but being careful not to breath the sections in any wav. (3) Beat the egg white stiffly and add the water. (4) Drop each section into the prepared egg white, and remove with a*, fork, then toss the sections in the premrecl sugar. (5) SOe that the sections are evenly coated, and spread them upon a sieve or sheet of sugared paper to dry for an Hour in a warm place.

(C) Arrange in a glass bowl, garnished with fresh green leaves, such as fern, bay, myrtle or vine.

NIGHTMARE A REMEDY This is a complaint which comes when the sleep is disturbed. It is the dreaming of something horrible and the person feels that it is something from which ho cannot escape but is the victim. Ho attempts to scream for help but usually his effort i.s in vain. Nervous and overworked people are especially subject to it. It is due to poor circulation. It is not only unpleasant bull dangerous. The best remedy is to bathe each morning in cold water on arising, (eat plain ifood-s, little or no meat, tea or coffee, and breathe deeply for' 15 minutes each nig l(t before retiring.