EVE’S Vanity Case!

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2586, 2 December 1931, Page 2

EVE’S Vanity Case!

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SOCIAL, NOTES

The engagement is announced, of Mis.s Peggy Nathan eld cot daughter of Mr and Mrs JF. J. Nathan,- ot Palmerston North } to Mr Duncan Guy, fourth soil of Mr and Mry -V Guy, of Palmerston North. THE MAN OF PROPERTY ‘‘Private property gives substance and value to personality. Respect for property which the law ensures reacts on tin* owner and involves respect for personality. From earliest days in the history of mankind this instinct for private property lias been predominant, as it is ineradicable. One of the fundament ary purposes of the t.ate is to protect and guarantee rights of this kind.” writes ►Sir Janies P>. Rail lie, Vinee-Phancelor of Reeds University. “Possession of property redoubles a man's interest in the social fabric to which lie belongs. It increases a man’s sense of responsibility for his public actions, and imposes new obligations and duties upon liim as a citizen. lie becomes a defender of law and order when bis interest is bound up with their stability. Revolutions beat in vain against a society which contains a majority of individuals who possess and -desire to remain in secure possession of their property, however small. “This attitude of mind becomes a bulwark of personal freedom, and encourages the spirit of independence and liberty. It does even, more. Property gives continuous possession, an I thus keeps alive a maids interest in the future which is one of the highest conditions of human life. Tlie mere* fact of possessing property compels him to look ahead, not only for tlie time of his own life, but on behalf of those* who succeed him. “This stimulates and sustains hope in him and forward-looking thoughts and those intensify enjoyment in the present: for of all tin* influences which minister to human happiness there* is none greater and few so powerful as that of hope. Any means, even of a material kind, which fosters and encoitrages its inlluence on individuals is of incalculable advantage to a community. “Tlie* desire for private property again tends to promote thriftiness, carefulness and judicious economy in the management of private affairs. Out of the* possession of property arises a sense of economic values, a responsibility in tin* administration of income and expenditure, and a wider outlook on the public good, properly not only begets properly, it awakens a consciousness of its social an 1 moral signilieane-e.” TRANSFERS M'o re-use transfers lake equal parts of washing blue and white* sugar. mix with water to the* consistency of cream. Them apply this mixture with an ordinary pen (new), tracing the* pattern on transfer. Ret 1 it dry and then iron on material. Tliis can be done* over and over again as long as tlie paper is in good order. FEU IT JUICE IIOW TO 1* RESERVE Nothing makes a nicer drink in hot weatlie*r than fruit juice* properly preserved at home l , and in this dome*stic tut the Americans are* ve*ry expert'. Here are some recipes published in one* of their papers. Canned Apple Juice.—Quarter a quantity of apples, removing any imperfections that may be* present, cover with water, then coven* tlie receptacle and let cook until the apples are* soft throughout. Drain in a cloth, reheat to tie* boiling point and turn into sterilised jars, tilling each to overflow. Put on new rubber rings and sterilise 1 e-overs and tighten at once. Ural> apple juice, eiuinee juice etc., may be canned in the same way. Gunneel Grape Juice.—Wash the grapes, pick them from the stems, and dispose in a “waterless cooker”

or in a very large double boiler; as 1 lie* grapes beat, crush with a pestle or wooden spoon : let drain in a jelly bag, then reheat in a saucepan to the boiling point, turn into the sterilised .jars, and finish as all canned fool. Ur turn into the jars, set in a cooker or broiler, adjust rubber rings and covers and tighten the covers when tlie water boils. Gunned Raspberry Juice.- Heat; tin* raspberries in tlie same manner as tlie grapes; reheat the juice drained from the berries to the boiling point and store in cans in tlie usual manner. After the .juice lias drainc 1 from the fruit, add water to the fruit, enough to cover, and let cook for 1<) or 15 minutes: drain and can this “second extraction” by itself. G< iROUR SCHEMES IF YOU WEAR WHITE A famous French dressmaker lias been giving some advice about choosing colours. Sin* is one of the fashion dictators who have ma le tin* white (“veiling- gown such a raging success. And so her discussion on colours is worth noting. It is her opinion that women with sallow skins or poor- complexions should not wear white at all. Fair girls and dark girls, provided their complexions are good, look equally well in white, but in each- ease* the white must lx* of a different timbre. Tlie vast army of blondes should choose a warm tone —the type of white which is the colour of white wool. Dark women look their best in a col- ler white. That is why white satin is more* becoming to dark haired womeju tlian, fjor instance. the dull sifrfu're of white georget te. r Touches of white becoming to most people and tlie tailored suit brigade should always wepr a touch of white. This gives them a wellgroomed appearance. People are a great deal less frightened of brilliant colours than .they list'd to be. This, it is stated, is due to the influence of the brilliant beach suits and the extraordinarily bright colours now seen In modern house decoration and painting. According k > this authority—and she is one oi tlie people who count iri the Paris dress world- the redheaded ones look their best in pastel shades and i-« tones of yellow and pink. I lie old notion was that if you were bled ed with flaming locks you should never go near pink and that blue was your colour. 33 lack suits most women-—except 1 -he ones who have the misfortune to he “mouse-coloured,” but, with mill mi ted beauty salony a<t their disposal, it seems impossible that anyone should ho mouse-coloured nowadays, unless they particularly desire to keei) to tlicit original colouring. If you don’t like a colour don’t wear it, lion ever fashionable it may he. h you follow fashion blindly bid* a devp you will' probably choose (lie wrong shade and one that does not suit you. So many people believe that everyone has a colour which is specially oeiielicial and just right for them *hat probably there is a. great deal more in the science of colour** tlian there appears to he to tlio e who have not gone into the matter very deeply. A\ e all know how some colour schemes get on our nerves and how others make us feel happy. KEEPING THOSE TITTLE ETCETERAS FRESH Rac t . i~ so lavishly used on dreuses and petticoats nowadays that it is nec-et ary to learn fa wash- it properly unlesr* you are prepared to spend much money on renewals. To keep narrow lace unslirunken and unpuckered after washing roll i; round a stone jam-pot nnd stitch the ends'; place the jar on an old plate in the sauoepa.u, and • surround it with soapy water. If the lace is a had cjloui allow it to -boil for over an hour, adding water %1; required, tl.cn lift the jar into, basin oT (-learn tepid water. - Change the i iusing water till no sfgti.rof snap remains. and let the laco dry on the tar. It should need no ironing, but it may hv k better if smoothed over or. the wrong side under a piece of fine linen. When wide flounce Ipec has been washed it should he slightly stiffened

while wet in ,a weak .solution of gum arabic. White lace which is a. very bad colour ca.n be bleached by bailin'; for 20 minutes in water to which a tea,spoonfill of cream of tartar has been added. Alternately, it can be nipped in cold tea. to make ;t- any shade you like between parchment a.lid deep ecru. 1 1 must be remembered that tHie bice will cry much paler than it looks when wet. Bows of ribbon and '.ashes soon look “tiled,” but most one-colour riblxin-" are su,ficiently fast in dye to withstand rpibk washing Squcezr lhe ribbon in warm soapy lather, rinse! "it once in tepid water, and bn ally rinse in cold water t-. which you have added a tablespoonful ea"!i of isalt and vinegar Fold caiefully, 10.11 in a cloth beat, well between the bands, and iron a.t once under muslin A sash of rather thin ribbon will have all the stiffness of a. much bolter quality when washed, if a piece of Sinn arable the size of a walnut is devolved in a quart of rinsing water A elotli dipped in dry ground rice will often clean ribbon which cannot be washed-