EVE’S Vanity Case

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2425, 9 May 1931, Page 2

EVE’S Vanity Case

TO CORRESPONDENTS I The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in tlie “Wo man's Realm” items of social or per sonal news. Such items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear signatures. GENERAL NOTES Women in Britain who have had a university training marry, on an average,’at the age of 30. Although face-lilt ng may keep a person youthfu] in looks, science ha* yet to discover any method of rejuvenating hands, which give away ago even more thoroughly than faces. **■¥•** Short hair is retaining its popularity among Alliorica.ll girls, 75 pci cent, of whom iw>o. lipstick, while 80 per cent, have their eyebrows plucked * * * * * Short skirts and p«nk s'lk stockings are as popular among many African brides as they are with us while brick houses are replacing tin native mud huts in many districts. * * * * *■ Kabiola, tile first nurse recorded in history, was a, lloman woman win established a hospital and convalescent home for the poor after hei conversion to Christianity, about A.I). 380. Sbo inaugui-atsd a society o; rich women, and had them trainer as si< k nurses. The n uni her of hours which wo •sleep is not .so important, accord np. to one export, as seeing that our sleep is untroubled. SO SAD, SO BAD “I hope that’s a nice hook for you to read darling,” said a conscientious mother to her ' cry young daughter. “Oil, yes. mummy, it’s a lovely book, but t don’t think you would lkc it. It’s s<> ad at the end.” “How i. s it sad dear?” “Well, she die*, and lie has to go back to his wife.” LIFTING HALF A FACE To the stra'ns of soft music an audience ’of women witnessed a (,e----moustralioji in yh eli hall the lacof Martha Petel'c, the actress, who takes motherly pal ( ; on the cinema, was “lifted” by a. surgeon. The contrast between the two sides of Mrs Pcte’le’s countenance, hall vouthfullooking and half aged, wore so startling that five women in the and cnevj. fainted. A PERMANENT WAVE HOW NATIVES GET IT Permanently waved hair is by no means a product of modern civilisation. Fop centimes the bcllcis oi African villages have known how to set their black hair nto a series ol charming, and wonderfully durable ‘ undulations. They take pieces of bamboo, not too thick, and about three inches in length, and round these they lightly twist the i* hair. Then they saunter out into the open and remain, bare-beaded. under the blazing African •‘-tin until, in three, or four hours’ time, the waves have set. lit a land where sunshine and bamboos are plont’fuj, and where the people are accustomed to great heat, tTui< form of beauty culture must be wonderfully simple and inexpensive. AS WOMEN GROW OLDER (By Lady Abruthnot Lane) Health is very muc h a woman’s business Besides the care of her own person, the health of others rests o»n lier : boulders—-that of her children and her husband, or, if she has neither, she must cons’do r the hygiene of her home. Health is largely a matter of mind, and that is why it is easier for *• woman to remain well while she w young than when, she realises thav. she has become m’ddle-aged. She is. perhaps, not so much occupied as she used to be; her children are grown up, and she is less ill demand. That is the time when many women begin to look morbidly to their own health for an interest, and too often imaginary ill-health becomes real. This is the most deadly danger that* life holds for the empty-minded woman—to become a hypochondriac and a bore. It threatens every woman who does not keep a steady gr*p on life when her first youth is I—t.

Keeping one’s grip on life is a matter of keeping a vital interest in what goes on around you.; make a real effort towards the making and keeping of ir 'ends. 1 believe that (lie richer and wider the education of a woman, the better equipped is she to withstand the onslaughts of time. J also. believe ibat there A no age at whv-h education ceases. During my married life I have learned from my husband and from every cultured m Mid with which I earn© in contact; my interests and sympath os remain alive, and. middle age., eve,i advanced middle-age, ap piai’s to mo a fruitful time for reflection and activity. ■* Gladly and sanely faced, the loss of youth need never be the loss °f health and happiness. RHYTHM IN BREATHING (By Major Yeats Brown). No one can liv e without a and lie* ono can th:iik unless the lungs are active in r*vitalising the blood. Wo take about 32.000 breaths a dav. most of them too shallow and tco h urn’ed. Brain processes are Inked with lung processes. Think deeply and vou must breathe deeply. The con verso is no* always true, but tbejo would be fewer broken heart- and more successful marriages if rrc thought more about breathing. Listen to the breath-rhythm, of a sleeping child imitate i‘t when you ire nervous or depressed. and watch the result. It will surprise yon. There is no one to stop you taking a- much air as you want. It is free. And it is the most powerful stimulant on earth: I leave Known Yogis who can get drunk on air when they like. Give your lungs a chance and they will gi .m you—the real You—a chance lo control the cddy ng moods of this world of illusoo. After all. you must breathe t<> liv°, and you might a. well th> it well. In the East 1 kings are taught, and it is time that they were known tK the West. GIVING- A PRESENT FROM THE NURSERY Children enjoy giving presents and observing a n in v !ersa ri<?is far more than their elders! Nannie’s birthday nmd jinummy’iS wedding dray a l -re excuses for much excitement in the misery. for incessant- running to a"d fro. followed by the rustic of tissue paper and a tens • sile.uo© while their beloved grown-up undoes the clumsy parcel and breaks into enthusiastic expressions of gratitude! Money boxes are seldom as rich ns thev are heavy; copper being a base and deeept’vo metal, so it t-s ns well to lead the tiny purchaser towards n count-?!' where things are cheap without being ugly and useless. Taste r-nu be formed is infancy, I have seen little scarlet leather pur-ov at Is 3d. and Is 6d.. according to side, wh’eli are gay enough to appeal to tie* youngest donor and yet practical for omn’lnis fares and tickets. Then there arc some delicious tape m asures. in triangular eases*, with quaint old-fashioned petures on the lid, and others which Jurk inside a shoe, chicken, or a mouse. These each cost Is., and add to th c nursery knick-knack corner, while a scribbling block which erases the writing every time a button is pressed, will appeal to daddy’s business sense and pj-ov'e an endless source of amusement to his offspring, who can draw masterpieces hi turn, without be ng j accused of wasting paper! WHY VITAMINS ARE IMPORTANT (B.v Professor Plimme:\) Yi Run ins are important for the simple reason that life cannot exist wi limit them. Health is impossible it these mysterious chemical substances ire absent from the diet. Vita tins are spoken of in the plural because there are five ©f hem found separately in 'different • oods. Their diverseness makes it i complicated matter to include all iv< of them in the diet in the right pianti! ies. Fo • simplicity’s sake, we divide the itumins into two groups—those omul in fats (vitamins A. D. and Id.) nd those foil it 1 in the watery parts >L food (vitamins It ami f). N ancl D are usually found toether in Hie fatly parts of food, liut- “** and the yolk of eggs contain both in equal quantities. Animal Tat iu h as suet, contains more A than *>; lish fat contains more D than A. The chief source cf vitamin A :>j

green vegetables, from which vitamin F> is noticeably absent. An ounce of butte:*, an egg, and : ix ounces of green vegetables daily would give the right proportion of both vitamins. The absence or delicieney of vitamin IJ produces rickets in children and soft bones in adults. Evidence is accumulating to show that a delicieney of vitamin A leads o easy infection of the body by mctcria, common colds, and inflnena, even eonsuinption and pneumonia, .'here is no doubt that the presence tf vitamin A in the diet lessens susceptibility to 'disease. Vitamin 1» is scientifically rather complicated, as it seems to contain three or four separate sub-vitamins. As far as diet is concerned, however, we can treat it as one. This vitamin is found in whole seeds such as wheat, barley and rye. It is essential to eat the whole seed or a sulJieicnt quantity of the vitamin is not consumed. In conn ries whe"e wheat is the staple diet, wholemeal bread should he eaten, as there is no other whole-seed food which we ea’, in -sutlioiciit quantities fo • our needs. In tlu East, the common diet of polislied white rice is the cause of a widespread disease called l>eri-beri. and a deficiency of vitamin 15 in European countries (through ea'iug .vbitc bread) is responsible for much constipation and iieart trouble, themselves the roots of many other evils. Although there is some vitamin B n green aud root vegetables, they cannot; supply it. in sullicient quantifies with out whole meal bread. Vitamin <• is found in fresli finis and vegetables. The boiling of milk destroys the vhTinin. but, even so, I would reommend boiling all iJiipasteu*ised milk in modern conditions of supply •u 1 delivery. The loss can lie made ii{ wit.ii a freshly boiled potato or the ,i.‘co of an orange. Tomatoes are •Iso rich in vitamin C. Half the secret of a good vitamin C supply lies in the Cooking. Tinned fruits need no longer be voided for, although they wee valueless by the old method of preservation, modern processes of canning preserve the vitamin in all its essential vigour. FURNISHING A DARK ROOM A dark bedroom may bo papered effectively in a sort of saflron cream, enhanced by curtains of pale yellow -Japanese crepe, va lanced with a deeper* yellow crepe, striped in orange and black and tassel’led in orange. Dark furniture and grey carpet always look well, and further (•harm, may be added by introducing a shit-baoked chair lacquered in lemon yellow and an overstufftd chair upholstered in dull blue. A yellow orepo counterpane should cover the h&d. Orange candles, blue pictures and a. pot of golden flowers will help to catch the sunigM. PASSION FRUIT JAM (Made with the Skins) Cut the fru t in two and cut out the inside ; take one fourth of the skins and boil them in water until quite tender. Scoop out the pulp from the shells with a spoon and add if to the seeds and juice; add l b. of sugar to lib. of fruit and bo 1 until of a proper consistency.