MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 July 1931, Page 7

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

ITEMS OF INTEREST

(Notes by

Marjorie)

LOVE AND DIGESTION.

HINTS BY A DOCTOR

When a girl falls in love—

She digests better: Iler hair possesses more sheen, her skin more gloss: All foods taste good; Her intake becomes a modern nectar; and her output is music, ami laughter, singing and the- joyous dance. Thus. Dr. .Josiah Oldfield, in an address on “keeping well,” which he delivered al the annual meeting in London of the Lady Margaret Fruitarian Hospital. “Every woman who nags at. bur husband shortens his life,” lie declared.

"The wife has al. the same time taken the first step towaid becoming haggard, ugly and old.” Thu first maxim was. "No temper al the table." When a mat! went purple with passion he was injuring the chambers of his heart; and when a woman went green with jealousy her hepatic duct was being strained. All the essentials for developing the body and keeping ft in permanent health were contained in food of which there were four great classes of special import mice. Di Oldfield said the first embraced the apple tribe, the most powerful foods we possess for keeping the body clean.

In the second group were grapes and raisins. They cured chest ailments.

Thirdly came the orange and lemon and grape fruit tribe, which, he said, were powerful beyond all drugs in their effect in cases of fevers and feverish colds:

Finally came food for the nerves. “Our great-grandmothers,” said Dr Oldfield’ "wore wise in giving herb teas and vegetable broths and watercress salads to anaemic and weakly girls.”

FILM STAR’S ORDEALS. LONDON, Juue 2<>. To secure the atmosphere of terror necessary to her role in a drama entitled “Death Takes Holiday,” Miss Rcsaliudo Fuller, an actress, visited an asylum where a woman is confined who is frightened of death. Miss Fuller said that, the woman’s shiicks were merely depressing. After that, she said, she let a professional knife-thrower fiing knives until she was surrounded by quivering steel.

“If l had nor been tied to the board I would have killed myself in trying to escape," said Miss Fuller. "I was quaking with fright, but I got the atmosphere.” CAREERS FOR WOMEN SELLING GOODS ON DOOR-STEP Unknown to the majority of its inhabitants, Glasgow is becoming a city of feminine business enterprise. A lucrative trade is being done at present in old-fashioned dishes and other antiques. But these are not shop-bought. They have been taken straight from village cottages to West End homes. Women have “adventured into the countrv” and bought fine old porcelain and carvings "at dirt-cheap prices,” and sold them at a handsome profit Jo housewives whom they have discovered to be “sweet on such things. Even then the buyers realise they have done well when they come to compare prices in the antique shops and salerooms. Other enterprising women have organised jazz bands for hire at dance assemblies. . There is a. woman catering for the equipment and “commissariat" of youthful hiking bands; and another making a fair pi’olit by selling in the suburbs supplies of seeds, plants and garden accessories. . Recently, too, a woman has taken to hawking remnants and cheap dress lengths, so that she may obtain the wherewithal for a summer holiday for herself and family. There are also women organisers and directors of rag-picking and scrapmetal collecting bands, who carry on quite an extensive trade, often in cooperation with large firms.

SPOTLESS LACE.

DRY-CLEANING TATTING

Once tatting has become soiled it is not an easy matter to restore its whiteness without boiling it repeatedly. But tatting, in common with all handmad*- lace, should never on any account, be boiled, so it is advisable to keep the work as clean as possible while it is being made by washing the hands very thoroughly before commencing to work. When the work is soiled, however, there are scieial methods by which it may be whitened to a certain extent.

Method No. I.—Place the work on folded white towel, ami gently rub into it finely powdered starch or powdered block magnesia, and roll it in the towel and leave as long as possible. It is a. good plan to shake out the powder every few days, and rub nioie in. Some- of the powdered dry cleaners in cukes may also ba used with satisfactory results. Method No. 2. —From a stale loaf of bread cut a piece of crust, with about half an inch of thickness of bread on it, and rub this very gently all over the work, renewing the bread as it becomes soiled. The rubbing should be very gentle so the lace will rot be broken. Then rub in powdered cleaning agents, and put away for at least a week. Method No. 3.—Make a thick creamy paste with petrol and magnesia, and rub this gently into the iacc. Allow the paste to dry on the work, and roll it in a towel and sot aside for some days. Shake the powder out before pressing.

These are the most satisfactory methods for dry cleaning all kinds of white needle work which arc to be enteied for competition, and therefore cannot be washed in the usual way. TO PRESS NEEDLE WORK. Place the work right, side downwards on a. well-padded table. Cover with a damp cloth, and iron until quite dry. Should the linen be creased in places, these should be dabbed with a wet pad and ironed again. Never iron embroidered linen on the right side. If a good quality mercerised thread has been used for the embroideiy it will not re, quire glossing with the iron. Since so much of the charm of needle work depends upon its perfect cleanliness, the little extra care required to ensure this will be well repaid. Before commencing any needlework, always wash the hands very carefully and thoroughly.

Tailing enthusiasts will find that the work will be perfectly clean if the fingers which hold it are rubbed with pumice stone immediately before tho work is taken in hand. To test the whiteness of the work, place it against tho ball of the thread

JAUNTY SHOES Women’s shoes for day wear are becoming more jaunty (says the “Daily Mail.”). The models being shown for summer wear are as gay as the frocks with which they will be worn; and the wide range of colours in which they are presented should enable them to keep in step with the brightest of materials. Bows are the most popular form of adornment; made of ribbon, leather, snake-skin, and cutistcel, they are placed toward the right side of each shoe, posted like butterflies on the centre of the. vamp, and used to attach decorated straps of leather across the instep. Sometimes these straps are twisted into the shape of tiny wings. Narrow leather pipings in contrasting colours are used to decorate many models, and beige canvas shoes of couid design arc stitched on the front and round the sides witli a gay pattern in shaded wools. Sandals in vivid colours have very long, narrow straps, which can be twisted three or four times round the ankle.