MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 June 1923, Page 8

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

NEWS AND NOTES. Man v girls with indifferent complexions would find a decided improvement; in their skins if they drank warm wttier instead oi tea before- breakfast and took care to enjoy at least three grasses of water during the. day. Water cleanses the system, and thus brings colour and ''clearness to the skin, wnich will never be improved by cosmetics it the general nealih is not '•coil. Creams will help soiled skins io be clean and rough skins to be smooth, but perfection of colour and texture comes from. everyday aitenluni io diet and health. Fundamental differences in the mental equipment, of the sexes are noted by a Frenchwoman, Allie. Evard, who has just published a study of male and female minds (says a contemporary)/ In presenting her observations, she expresses the hope that more -attention may be. given to tills branch of inquiry, in. order that boys and girls may each, receive education on the lines best suited to them. Mei), she finds, are more sensitive than women to form but women, have a better appreciation than men of weight and colour. The masculine mind works more rapidly than, the feminine in the association of ideas, but it has much less originality ; it is stronger in powers of reason and concentration, but is less gifted in qualities of analysis and assimilation. Women's knowledge, while generally less deep

than that of man, covers a wide, field, ami her powers of observation are more strongly developed than man s. Intuilion counts for more in woman, too, than in man,. Men, says Mile. Evavd, judged by reason, but women by instinct. These great differences in tire mentality of the sexes are put forward as proving the error of giving the same kind of education to boys and girls. The idea of mixing lemonade with milk is really very old, but it appears to be a somewhat unusual beverage. The recipe is as follows':—Take any number of lemons suitable to the quantity of lemonade required. Pare them as ihii; as possible, 'then rub the surface with pieces of sugar, to extract all the* yellow or zest ; put the saturated sugar and half the parings into a basin, and squeeze the lemons over it, with sugar to taste. Boiling milk and hot water are added, in the proportions desired. Orangeade may be made in the - same .way. An old-fashioned and extravagant way of preparing lemonade is to add six eggs and their shells to sixteen pounds of sugar and three quarts of water. Beat the whole mass, boil, and then skim well and flavour with lemon juice. This mixture should be diluted with water and may be taken either hot or cold. An innocuous beverage, once popular in France for children’s parties, is made by boiling line sugar in milk and flavouring with lemon juice, This was usually served cold, and offered as an alternative to the frugal boiling water with sugar beloved by elderly French ladies, who considered it to be a fine soporific. Lemon wine is made by adding two pounds of lump sugar and one pound of raisins, and the juice and peel of a large lemon to a gallon of water.

■ '(’lie lemon, however, should not be ’ put. in until the wine has done fermenting. Women -would be saved a world of worry if their 1 dress could be governed by the simple rules followed by English boys, says a London writer. In a boys’ school, as every mother knows, any new thing is necessarily demode. No boy at an English public school can be persuaded to try a grey suit if black is the common wear. At Harrow, for instance, any departure from convention is called “swagger,” and is punishable by the head boy. Not very long ago overcoats and umbrellas were taboo at Harrow. It is on record that the Rev. William Oxenhain, a well-known Harrow master, came upon a boy wearing an overcoat in the high street. For a moment lie thought his eye.s had deceived him, and he followed the youth for a few paces. Then lie grasped him by the arm and, in horriliecl tones, exclaimed, “Go to your house, immediately and take that beastly garment off!” The present grey overcoats are “swagger” at Harrow; only dark blue or black overcoats may be worn. Buttonholes, double-breasted waistcoats, ■white waistcoats, and waistcoats with silk facings are also “swagger.” So are patent boots. A similar system would simplify feminine attire considerably. For example, the Duchess of Portland would ordain that osprey feathers are “swagger.” For 20 years the Duchess lias been the leader of Hie movement against the destruction of birds for their plumage. Imagine, then, the surprise of an audience in the. Midlands when the Duchess was seen on the platform wearing some really beautiful feathers in her hat. The Duchess was well aware of the whispered criticism, and allowed it to continue for awhile. Then she said : “I know what you are saying. What lovely feathers! Let me tell you that they are chickens’ feathers!”