EVE’S Vanity Case

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2668, 26 August 1930, Page 2

EVE’S Vanity Case

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TO CORRESPONDENTS Tile Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication In tbe “Woman's Kealin” items of social or personal news. Such Items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear signatures. SOCIAL NOTES Mrs Waslibourne, Nelson is the guest of Mrs Kilrton, Derby Street. * * * * Mrs Kennedy oi' Oamaru, is tbe guest of lier sister Mrs L. Carmine. West Street, Feilding. The Misses W., M., and L. Bailey of Ohakea, are staying at tlie Chateau, Tongariro. * * * * * Miss Molly Miles, West Street, is visiting Mrs \V. Rutherford, Tc Awa Kiwi tea. ***** Mrs T. Craine, of Kiwi tea, with her small daughter, is spending a holiday in Rotorua. GENERAL NOTES Sun glasses lilted with canvas nose, skidds are now being worn by sun and sea bathers at some ol' the fashionable French resorts. They' are intended to prevent freckle and to stop the nose from peeling. * * -x- * * . “Miss Hungary, 1930/’ Fraulciu Eva. Fuaploiiicai, aged 17, who was expelled from school in Hungary, lor taking part Jn a beauty competition, lias refused an oiler oT marriage made by a Czech millionaire, in spite of liis whirl waul wooing. Ho saw Era’s photograph in a Czech newspaper, and at once motored to Budapest and proposed five times within two hours. * * * * Most people b re,a the from Jo to 18 times every minuite, but at Baltimore there its a woman who breathes only three to live times a minute. Her unique, rate of respiration was discovered about five years ago when, as a studeiiifc of physiology, she noticed that she did not breathe as fast as her l’ellow-students. A doctor who lectured to 70,000 medical men in 20 European (towns tried unsuccessfully to find another instance of such slow breathing. This woman todiales three pints of air at a time, whereas ordin ary people take in and let out only one pint. Her lung capacity, however, is no larger than that of a normal person. If she took up swimming she would probably be able to break all under-water records, while as a singer she would be able to hold her notes for a, phenomenally long time. A WET DAY The umbrellas are so many Coming down it he street ; , Some are gay, and some are shabby, Some are smart and neat.

“It’s raining very, very last.) Some are blue —or brown. They have straight or crooked handles (The rain is streaming down.) And some are made of shining si’k: Some are made of cotton. But the mo precious of them all Is the one I have forgotten! A THERMOS BOTTLE DANGER

Milk kept warm in a thermos flask is dangerous milk. If the baby's food has to be kept warm, put some very hot water in tlie thermos, and add this to tlie co’d milk when required. THE NEW JEWELLERY It lias been noticed this season that Tor the firsb time semi-precious jewellery has made an appearance at the courts. Semi-precious stones of all kinds, jade, lapis-luzuli, coral, cornel if&ii, or chalcedony, are used in beautiful sing'e-stoiie rings of the large variety. Of (these, one of f be most attractive and most fashionable is coral. Large coral rings in fascinating settings are being shown in all the fashionable jewellers’ showrooms. Coral can bo obtained in all shades from the palest pink to tln> deepest red, and is consequently a very useful stone for the present matching fashion. FROM THE NEW BOOKS “The majority of us are born with original sin; but only tlie good-look-ing set away with it.” “A man who is convinced of anything is immune against any form of 1 attack. There is no defence so com-

p'eto as conviction.”—“Lighter oT Candles,” by Olive Cecil.

“Ft is only alter sho has ceased to be in lore wieli liim that a woman eau give a man advise worth having. Usually, however, alter she's ceased to love liim, she doesn’t woPTy to do anything more for him.’s—‘‘Missing 5 —‘‘Missing Girl,” by Berta ltuek.

“There is one factor common to all human beings and that is the:r Tiu inanity. At bottom people are necessarily alike—even if sometimes the bottom is nearer the (top than at other times.”

“Wo see most easily in others that which wo are ourselves. Our souls are as truly refled-cd in their souls as our faces in their eyes. If we are subtle, ’we see subt'ety in tlioiri—whether they themselves realise it or not; if we are simple wo sec- them simply—even if they are not simple. Ten thousands poets have found woman enigmatic because they themselves were enigmatic.”—“Men on a Voyage,” by Sarah Gertrude Miililn. The Best Thing About Women.— “There are just four classes of women on this earftli, and the first and best are those who have loved much and never married. These are tlie true idealists, for they have many illusions, and when we strip what we call illusions from lilc, we have left not reality, but—nothing. And the second are those who have loved, married, and lost their illusions. . • Third y are those who never love and. never marry. These are tlVe women without passions, and the women who subdue them. There are many sai'nts a®, well as scholars, and some sinners among these, and they try to despise illusions, and cling instead to shadows, which they cad realities. . . . Lastly are those who marry and never love. These are the materialists; (they are incapable of illusions, passions, or anything e'se •worth having in the world.” —“Bells of Thyme,” by Catherine L Dodd. must men have the MONOPOLY OF MOODS ? Men are very fond of saying that women are moody, capricious, “uncertain, coy, and hard to please, and so oil. 1t is one of lln- oldest cliches tlmt they invented to cover, ns i| L - wore, tlLeir own tracks. And it is also one of tlio most unfair, because, as every woman knows, the average, man has about a.s many moods as a centipede lias legs, lor all his Olympian poses! although you will never s-et him to admit it. He-may he as cross as a bear with a sore head for Ithe simple reason that he dined unwisely and too well the night l*jforo—hut lie. will te'l yo.i (should you be rash onou,arli to inquire) that he is overworked, or out of sorT-s. or tired.

And when his wife exercises the wisdom of Solomon and the pat once of Job to- drive away his bad temper will lie be grateful and penitent r Not he! The most she wi'l get n a grudging admission (that ho "feel* a little better now.” The trouble with men is that the. are spoilt. They have come to regard an admiring circle of women whose only job in life is |to smooth out their path as their right, and it seldom oc curs to them that the women would not mind a little path-smoothing m return for a chunge.

Beoauso 1 am not going to pretend that women are never moody. Kverv one is who does not possess the mentally of a cow, and a person without moods would be a.s exciting as a song on one note, or life in terms >1 one dimension.

But at least they have tlie hones tv and courage do admit the fact frankly and take steps to prevent their state of mind from upsetting other people, which is more than a man will do. F.vnn dime immemorial women have been taught and trained to conquer their moods as much as possible, and failing that, to conceal them. They hardly dared do anything else when losing your temper was frequently followed by losing your head —and you cou'fcl not afford to he morose and temperamental when your only excuse for existence was a pretty face and an engaging aptitude for taking your lord and master's mind off the war. Men did not marry women for their brains in those days (if indeed they do now!) Even in Victorian times the wife acted as a kind of barometer to the rest of Ithe household. When her husband had slept badly or drunk too much port and was particu'arly fractious in consequence, .she would come down to breakfast anxiously whispering. “PapaAs not very well to-day.” and every one should know what to expect.

I shudder to think it would have happened if just for once she had paid him hack in. his own coin and staked downstairs in a towering rage! But how she must have longed to somc-

1 know a girl who broke off her engagement to a charming and attractive man merely l)ecau.se she wa3 getting completely worn out with hi« moods, which he made no effort to control. She said, “I would not have minded if I had been allowed a. few of my own now and then, hut there was no give and take about George. I was expected to know by instinct exactly how lie felt, and act accordingly, and it is not a'ways easy to be uerious or gay to order at a momcnVs notice.' ’

Nor is it reasonable to expect any •soman of spirit to enjoy life on quite such a one-way basis. So I do w'fch men would be a little more generous and refrain from grabbing ilio wor'd rights to moodiness while pnetending iib is merely a feminine prerogative J I am all for carrying the war into tine enetny’is camp, but there are limits! SIGNS OF AGE When your wife suggests that you go abroad without her. When golf is tiring and you would rather iish anyway. When you’re allowed a second look at the last trick. QUICKLY PREPARED STJPPERS The bulk of tlie food for supper can usually be prepared Ai the morning, leaving little to do when supper-tiino arrives. Tlie following means afford a welcome change: 1. Cold fish loaf with Hollandaise sauce, cress and cucumber salad, b:r>ad and butter, and cold rice or tapioca pudding. 2. Meat or chicken omelettes, salad of mixed fruits with sweefc sal a cream, hot roils. d. Cold meat loaf, potato salad, bread and butter, and sliced oranges. 4. Savoury creamed eggs oil toast, chip potatoes, tomato salad with French dressing, apricot pudding. Tlie pudding is mane as fol >ows: — Take three cupfu's of stewed or tinned apricots and their juice, and chop the apricots. Add three tablespoonsful of sugar, a lew grains of sal;:, juice of half a lemon, half cupful of cornflour, and one Bring the fruit, salt and sugar to the bod and add tlie cornflour mixed with a little water. Steam over netwater for twenty minutes, then stir into it tlie lemon-juice. Pour, while hot, over tlie egg-white beaten stiflf. Chill in a wet mould. Turn out when ready to serve. WHEN PICKLING When pickling, brown vinegar is much better in flavour than white. Brtft. the latter improves colour, especial'y that of red cabbage. Bottles and jars must be absolutely clean and dry, and an glazed on account of the acid. Small, jars are more economical than large ones—there is less risk of spoiling when once opened. Tin gin zed stone jars or enamelledlined pans and wooden spoons arcbatter than metal, as the acid of the vinegar, when boiling, affects the latter and dissolves any lead present. Bladder or vegetable parchment, or well-fitting corks covered with resin or sealing wax should he used for closing down, not screw (tops with metal rings.