Eve's Vanity Case TO CORRESPONDENTS

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3797, 15 August 1932, Page 2

Eve's Vanity Case

TO CORRESPONDENTS

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WORDS GO DOWN HILL WIIEX CHANGING •‘lsn't it old how words in changing usually go down hill" writes Dr. Frank Thorne. ‘‘For example, take a few of the derogatory terms applied to women. ‘Hussy’ was originHy ‘huswylV which is merely an ar;dm it: spelling for ‘housewife.’ The ; poor wovd lias not merely lost its original meaning, hut Ims acquired a directly opposite one. Similarly ‘wench,* which now has a meaning very closely akin to ‘liussy.’ in Shakespeare's time and even later was merely a familiar and by no xicans uncomplimentary term applied to any .Noting woman. ••The same down hill tendency Is shown in words applied to children also. A ‘brat.* is said to be originally one clothed in a brat Inch,’ a Cel lie word meaning a rag or clotli -that is, an infant in a diaper. Dunce’ also came from the Celtic parts of Britain; for the great scholastic Duns Scotus founded a school of philosophy that split hairs too line for the liking of dissenters, who applied this antin' in derision, not to philosophers, lmt to stupid folk. ‘■’Booby’ and its variant, ‘boob.’ (tome from Germany, where ‘Dube’ (pronounced almost exactly like the English booby) is a term of affection applied to any small boy. Very few words that have changed they* meanings have undergone an uphill evolution. A few have made very slight d vances, going, one might say, rom worse to had. “A case in point is ‘naughty.’ Nowdays it is applied usually to childon, and means nothing more than rcublesome or mischievous. But in Elizabethan times it was applied to adults, and had a more serious implication. To say that a man was ‘naught’ or ‘naughty’ meant that lie was mischievous, dishonest, immoral—really bad. In those days its antonym was •honest/ which now indicates * only one virtue—dependability in financial or property transactions. But as you read in Shakespeare of an ‘honest* man. it is to be understood that the bard was paying him a high eou t ‘linieni. imputing to him that ho was a gentleman in all respects.” i IN GOOSEBERRY TIME DON'T FORGET Gooseberries which ;nv t' v <; or three times as big as usual may be secured by water-feedng the fruits when thee are young. Arrange saucers of water under file gooseberries just alter i;bey have, begun to grow a little. . The t ps of the fruit. s should be ju-f resting in the water, and as the gooseberries drink greedily plentiful supplies; must be given. In the end the gooseberries Nvill lv vc V large and dcl'ciousily juicy and sweet. NEW STYLES IN FOOT WEAK FELT .JOINS THE FABLi 1C MODE Fabric shows of many kinds —linen silk satin—have been adopted for street wear for a long while but felt shoes will he newcomers to Ihe ranks when they put in an appearance, probably in spring. Felt shoes for informal evening wear and for wear with lounge pyjamas are finding much favour in European and American fashion centres. They follow the lines of formal evening types, using combinations of metal, kid or satin; and two colour combinations are specially fuvoure I. Some of them appear to be modified versions of the sandal. The interwoven treatment on the vamp, which

has been presented in so many different versions in evening sandals, appears in these shoes. Lattice and in-and-out; weaving .of contrasting kid are decorative notes repeated in several models. Crepe do chine linings are the rule. The shoes are said to he water repellent, moth repellent:, sunfnst. atut cleanahle. Plain white 'shoes are promised a return to favour with warmer weattior. Indications are that all-white for shoes and accessories will be the rult* regu■*■<.! loss of colours in CO.S----t umes. White suede for walking, its well as many varieties of • sports stylos, will l.»o included among footwear offerings for next season. Snake skin is not so fashionable as it was last year, partly, no doubt, because these skins have been copied in ;• cheaper quality and in crude colourings. The python shades are, however, helpful in a colour scheme, [as the best examples include the useful beige, black, brown, and grey 'mixtures. I)ark brown crocodile, often combined with beige kid. survives in popularity from one season to another. There are plenty of combinations of two materials in all classes of shoes. Pipings and stichery. such as seen in gloves, are a new factor for smartness; also Onsets of coloured lizard or white patent look Well with plain brown or black leather shoes. Many lace up tightly alter the old Oxfoi 1 style, but the broad strap fastening under and over the instep is newel*. While the best day shoes are fashioned on a severe trend, the elaboration of the evening fully makes up for the daytime simplicity. The majority of evening shoes are cut on the sandal idea, with much gold and silver strappings and insets of jewels or embroidery, matching satins, and crepe de chines. There ace ultra-high peg-top heels as well, and also the Louis heels, studded with diamonds. Dead gold or woven silver shoes are among the useful as well as ornamental factors in the

evening because they can be worn with so many different dresses. Th slim heel is definitely stressed in all the best evening models for winter. ,\ X ECO X O \l ICA L S W E LT Take n pint of cooled packet jelly liquor and beat until it- irotlis. Pour a small tin of unsweetened milk into a small ba in and beat to the consistency of thick crenyn'. Have ready a large .basin, pour in the two ingredients, .whisking thoroughly for about 1 w.> minutes. Either pub in a mould or*leave till sei. 'when it can be- broken into rough lumps on a dish. Decorate with cream. This is an extremely economical sweet, and is sufficient bur six |>orSOIIS. CINNAMON COKE KM CAKE QuurLw pound dripping. tbr«v <■ upb flour, ilh. butler, four''level teaspoon* cream, of tartar. \\ cups sugar, (wo level tea peon/ soda-,' Hb. toyded raisins, one egg one baMc'poom ciunanioin, 11 mips of strd-ng cuMVo. Use black coffee and dissolve s da in it. (Team butler a.nd dripping with tlic sugar. add fbc egg and coffee, then flour sifted 'with eroai’n of barbar, c'mmuiO'ii, and salt, liake in a. moderate oven for 1J to two lmur.s in shallow tin lined with paper. HOT AY ATE It DOTTLES if you wotiid gvf goad service and long wear out of your hot water b:.'{tie treat it ( ceasie-nally to a bath wiih a wt-ak soda solution. Tliis» w II let * \> tbe rubber pliable and much loss liable f.u perish. ami will lengthen the |ile < tin* bottle accordingly. AN asli out Uie inside of the bottle with iliis solut ■ u mrv a month, and remember I rr when empty‘ng the bottle after u < ti fill ii with air before putting iI away. It b mid never be left; with the id- touching, this also tend'* to ea 11 *;e the rubber to' rof. NY A I LK M ELON PINK Watermelon pink j« a lovely new evening : hade, of which fashion meant, to make much th'a season;

it is deliciously soft and frc h, cxJu Lly i.lio tint of the crisp ilosh of the melon. Pimento- red is another new favourite, whieli like turquoise 1/1 uc, i s perhaps host taken i.n small doses iu eujjihiiia-timi ■with other e.lo'iivs, and a very attractive new shade of mu-lard yellow, will, like watermelon pink, be worn night and day for i lie new season. TO REMOVE SCREWS To' remove old screws that have bewjiuv. Urmly embedded in a wall, ap-

ply a hut iron to the head of th<» screw l\.r several minutes. As soon n. s you remove the iron, and while fho screw is 'til! hot. use the screw driver quickly and firmly. Unless the screws are beyond persuasion tlio3- should respond fakrly eaaiU. MODEUX MODES House-s go on changing—not only in shape, but in room-names. Our great grandmothers had boudoirs and parlours, but the modern woman usually alludes tJi her own private

room a& her sitting rociu instead of her boudoir, and the parlour lias progressed from drawing rojm to lounge a much more appropriate name really.