MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 January 1926, Page 8

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

NEWS, A* NOTES. A bean sprouting in /, child’s ear, was mentioned by Dr. Ernest Griffin at a' London lecture. All attempts to remove it by meaiN of a syringe proved unavailing, he said, but it was dislodged with an instrument supplied by a dentist. Owing to the warmth and moisture of the ear, the bean had thrown out a sprout about half an inch in length. Another suggestion comes for making good use of “the jam that failed.’’ Bottle the jam in the usual way and label it showing that it is not to be ■eaten as jam. Purchase a bottle of good pickles, and mix equal parts of it and the pickle together. The housekeeper will then have a delightfully sweet pickle, much enjoyed by those who like cold meats. The Maharajah of Patiala tells a good story illustrative of a man’s presence of mind and a woman’s inability to shoot straight. A ratiala money-lender was in. the jungle one day when a mad jackal made straight for him. His wife saw the beast, and immediately picked up a gun and took aim. “Don’t shoot the jackal, shoot me,” cried the alarmed husband. His wife promptly obeyed—and shot the jackal. Miss Ella Wootton, of Kingswear, Devon, the 16-year-old gh’l who was queen of the railwaymen’s centenary celebrations at Manchester, is to be presented with copies of the cinema films taken on that occasion. They are in a specially sealed box to preserve them for 100 years so that

railwaymen in 2025 will be able to see the celebrations a century before of the first railways of two centuries before. An elderly woman has been obtaining money from London clergymen under curious circumstances. About fifty years of age, with grey hair, respectably dressed and well spoken, her method has been to call at the vicarage, represent herself as a parishioner, and tell a pitiful story of having stolen money from her employer, which she was unable to repay, adding that she was afraid that if she did not do so, she would be arrested. In more than one instance the woman has succeeded in •obtaining the money on a promise of early repayment, but inquiries have shown that she was unknown at the address she had given. The Auckland mother of a family of 11 boys and 6 girls stated that some people thought she was a bit of {a curiosity for having such a large fttmily, but she did not look at things in that light at all. She was not nearly fifty years of age yet, and thought it was a great privilege to rear so many sons and daughters, who were already helping to develop the country, and her youngest son who was just four and a half would soon be going to school, and it would be a great comfort to her to see baby, if he could manage it, beat some of the children who came out of homes where they were the only pet lamb, at their lessons as his brothers and sisters had in some cases done before him.

Who fired • the weapon whidh inflicted a bullet wound on a woman is a mystery which is occupying the attention oi the people in the village of Doddington, near Sittingbourne, Kent. Airs Harry Spillett, who is about 42, was stooping , to pick up a bath when something seem--ed to give way inside, and blood /came from a wound in her side. It was at first thought she had fractured a lib', but upon examination in hospital it was found that she 'had been shot, and a bullet, said to have been fired from a revolver, was found embedded in her back. There were also bullet holes in her clothing. Her nusband says he heard a slight thud at the time, but the curious nature of the case is added to by the fact that Airs Spillett is very popular in t'he village. A lady visitor to Taihape during the holidays was particularly for-

tunate in recovering a diamond ring which she had lost during a visit to Ngaurukehu, about seven miles from the town. When the party returned, she found that she had lost a diamond ring worth about £35. She remembered that when the party was about to return she was directing the driver as to how far it was sate to back the car on the narrow road, and when she was motoring near the scene a few days later, she persuaded t'he party to go on to where the car had been turned on the occasion of their previous visit to that district. The lady got out of the car at the place where the car had been turned three days before, and, to the surprise of the party, sne ..V vnvrv rl vnn _

picked up the ring, which had dropped into the depression made by tne hoof of a cow while the ground was soft. The “Three hundred and twenty hour’’ frock is the latest example of fashion , and human ingenuity, says an English writer. This new creation of the evening mode made its first appearance yesterday at a Knightsbridge fashion show of Riviera frocks, and fully justified its intriguing title. Thousands of silver sequins and tiny crystal- beads were sewn in straight lines on a

foundation of flesh pink georgette. Expert workers, timed on Phis piece of embroidery, took exactly three hundred and twenty hours to complete their task. It would take a single worker more than seven weeks to make the embroidery for one frock. “The embroidery is done in the country because of the superior light,” explained “Aladame” as she displayed the wonderful new creation, which was short and of ample width, but had its flare disguised by the weight of the embroidery.