Eve's Vanity Case TO CORRESPONDENTS

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 13 August 1932, Page 2

Eve's Vanity Case

TO CORRESPONDENTS

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in tbe Women’s Realm items of social or personal nows. Such items should be duly authenticated and engagements must bear th© gignatures of tbe partioa. SOCIAL NOTES Mrs Dulliie, Kimbolton road, Feild-

Taihapc. Mrs. Dutliie Kimbolton road, Fcilding, is visiting Wanganui. Miss Joan Stringer. of Motuckn is the guest of Mrs. T. F. Fitz Gerald, Campbell street. We must play the game as best we know, Though the .leal he fair or ill: We must play, though the stake be high or low, For the turn must come —and will. For it’s only a test when Luck retards A player’s winning spell. The secret of Life’s not holding good cards, But in playing a poor hand well. —Tlie Optimist. HINTS FOll KNITTERS

When you knit your jumper remember (states an English writer): That good wool is not an extravagance. It. ad Is greatly to the pleasunl of knitting, .if wears well, and it washes satisfactorily. That wool should never be wound lightly, or it. will become impoverished. That ordinary styel needles are inclined to soil delicate colours. It is better to use steel-lined ones, for they will keep the work absolutely tclean and are, of course, unbreakable. That some people knit more tightly than others, and therefore it is advisable, before beginning a piece of work, to knit up a small portion to make sure that the tension is right. That a firm edge is essential for good knitting. To obtain this, knit into tlie hack of tin* cast-on stitches. That a crochet-liook is invaluable, when picking up dropped stitches. That a white cloth spread over the knees will make all the difference when doing a dark piece of work in artificial light. That, knitting should always be pressed with a damp cloth aiul a warm iron on the wrong side before being made up. j

SALTED ALMONDS For Bachelors.—Somehow ;i bachelor never gets over the idea that be is a thing of beauty and a boy for over. It is not every dog that knows when he has had his lay. For Spinsters.—A woman naturally flings to her youth—why not ‘t So long as Ik* is. nobody (Use’s. To-day is (be to-morrow you worried over yesterday. Why worry ? For Wives.—The more of a pattern wife you are. tin* more easily will some other woman cut you out. Th<* wise woman does not worry when her husband slams the door. A man who goes out like n lion usually comes in like a lamb. ■For Husbanls.—A husband's paying for his wife's bread and butter does not entitle him to help himself to a little jam elsewhere, ■Mi st husbands have a lot of boy in them. A little attention, a little flattery, a little kindness, and they are usually kept. To which must be ad do 1, of course, a little feeding. ROYAL BUTTONS Every woman at Home seeing to tie Jc king for special brass buttons to ,co with tho Nem.i-m il/tary type of fcbort coat now in vogue. Recently I met a woman wit j lia.s every light ta he proud of lier selection, says a Londoner. She would, nut tell mo how sko

managed to find thorn but the buttons she was wearing once belonged to a coachman of George 11. Each button and sh c wore I*l in defiance of superstition—was stamped with the interwoven letters “G.R.” and bore tho Royal crown. What is more, they looked smart. TO -DA Y S RECIPES Scalloped Ham ant! Eggs Two cups cold boded ham, three hard-boiled egg-, two cups white sauce, two* tablespoons butter. Chop bam and tbiul.v slice eggs. Cover the bottom of a greased fireproof dish with, one-third of breadcrumbs. Then add in. layers eggs, ham, white sauce, and crumbs. Rut a layer of breadcrumbs on t'lp and dab villi butler. Bake for 20 minutes,. Swcot Orange Jam Slice the oranges thinly; remove s e(L if any. Place! in a large bowl; add three pints of cold water to every pound <;f fruit. A Allow to stand over night. Next mcor-MUi-g boil gently till the fruit is tender; *, add 1 lb. of sugar to each 111), of fruit. Boil until quit© clear and the • - -syrup jollied. Malf-a dozen oranges will make a good quantify. Candied Swede Turnips Red aiul si Vo as : ' riva iiy ; wcdo or yellow turnip - as required, and cook till nearly tender in boiling salted water; take off stove,'drain, and put into baking dish, spread thickly with butter and brown sugar; bake until tender, basting frequently with the cause in di'h American Pear Tarf Half cupful 'butter, U cupsful selfraising tioui;. 1 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, pinch, "alt- Rub the butter into flour, add yuk of egg well beaten with the sugar. Roll out, adding a little water if necessary. Place (•tic-half of the paste on a greased pie plate, stand an egg cup in the centre, and arrange either preserved or stewed pears, so* that they are resting on the egg cup. Place the other part of the paste otfi top and bake clowly till brown. Make a meringue of the egg white and two teaspoonfuT s of sugar. Spread this ever the tart a.nd reurn to the oven to brown very slightly. Serve either hot or cold with cream. Cheese and Potato- Balls Melt half an ounce of butter in a saucepan, add a, pound cl ‘mashed pot a toe-, two tablcspoonfuls of grated eli-..esc, sea s-’ ling 4 oi salt a nd pepper. and the yolk of an cgg> and stir over a go ntle heat till tlie cheese is melted and tbe "whole well b'-Icnded. Spread the mixture on a plate »od leave to become cculd. Then lorm into small balls, dip those iu seasoned flour, beaten egg, and breadcrumbs. and fry them in deep fat till light brown. Drain on paper and serve imnied'.ately. LIGHTING FIRE IN WINTER A useful and economic way to light :i lire these winter months is to get a piece of pumice stone about tbe size of your fb(. and a piece -of wire six to eight inches long. Sharpen one cud of wire) and b-ove a hole through pumice, then pu-h wire though and bond ends t » make a loop. Now clip the pumice in kerosene and when it has absorbed a little' puf the pnmice under th© wood a.nd light. When the fire is well pstaUß-.sited:the pumice can bo di awn i up thy oinserting a poker into 1 lit* loop of the wire), and hung up P r ilext time. By putting tlie kero .mm* in a tin wide enough to take the pumice, and keeping ill© lid on whop not n use, a shiKing’s worth of. kerosene will last for months. USEFUL EPSOM SALTS A few grains of F.p om. salt added to the* water in which a poisoned (jr septic finger or any oilier a fleeted pari is bathed, will act like mag'c. having both a drawing and healing effect. No cue need he afraid to Use this treatment as it is recommended by leading do©tcxrs and nurses. TO PRESERVE RUBBER . ARTICLES flow often does the housewife put away for future use some article of her, only to find it perished and u-oilcss when it is most needed! "Rubbed rings for. fruit bptjles, soar©

separator riu*/*, hot water bottles. I rubber tubes of all kinds, in fact all rubber articles including even rubber rain coats ar<> apt to perish when laid as dr, a.itd become useless; so it is fi.ii inestimable boon to any housewife fo know ih means of preserving the .?o articles. This method i s very simple yet very effective. Take a liberal supply of cotton wadding and Eue a cardboard box big enough to hold the articles' to bp preserved. Phl.ee the article on wadding, covering with another layer on which has been sprinkled a few drop s of paraf-

fin. So treated rubber articles will remain sound for several year only requ ring an occasional fresli sprinkling with paraffin. DULL. TIRED EYES If your eyes arc dull tuid tired, treat them with one of the old recKpcs containing rose-water, 'foxglove ond eye-bright. It cure s that cnd-of-a-long-day eyestrain and frowning. Have freshly-gathered flowers, if possible, an equal quantity oi leavo> of each plant.

Use enough scalding water to caver and steep till the juices art* extracted. To one part of t!i « liquid add four times tlie quantity iu rosewater. Keep it in a bottle and u>o as an eye-bath each night.