Women’s Realm

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12075, 14 October 1933, Page 10

Women’s Realm

By “ Marie ”

PSYCHOLOGY OF COLOUR EFFECT.

"A RED DINING-ROOM IS BAD FOR THE DIGESTION”

The psychology of colour holds some fascinating riddles: Why does a bull charge a red object?

Wliy do nine of 10 people choose the brown egg instead of the white one at the breakfast table?

Why does red standi for danger, and green for safety in traffic lights? Wily do women Avear black for mourning and white for weddings? Why do sub-editors use blue pencils? '

Hero are some of the curious facts on which scientists aro generally agreed:

Green is good for nerves and! restful for eyes. Bluo or green pyjamas and surroundings help sleep. Depressed mental patients find stimulation in red rooms. Red roses make a, woman’s heart beat faster.

A red dining-room is had for the digestion. A colour vision test of 6500 people in tho United States disclosed colour blindness in 6 per cent of the men, but only 1 per cent, of tho uromcn.

Sir Charles Allom oneo said that half tho divorces of to-day happen because the partners have tho wrong colour .schemes in house furnishings.

Two Americans committed suicide becauso they lived in purple bedrooms.

Red and scarlet are vital shades: they excite. A distinguished surgeon believes that red-haired women "have an extraordinary power to resist infection and disease.”

Red tomatoes, apples and oranges like the brown egg —appeal to the appetite. Amber-hued lighting in shops makes customers spend more freely. Show some friends a material you consider light green, and find howmany of them consider it- to be blue! Tho relationship of green and blue is so close, in fact, that the Japanese have only one word for both colours.

THANK HEAVEN

Thank heaven for things you can n ot buy And would not ea're to sell; For the sight o’ sun in the sky And a flower in the doll ; • For tinkling stream and waterfall So soothing to the mind ; For birds that in tHo greenwood ® n ll And odours on iDo wind.

Thank Heaven for joys that come to you From lavish lußuto’s ste'n.; For meadows green and ski°s of blue And white sand on tho shore; For echoes on the lonely wold. The drowsy drone of bees. For ripened corn’s on minted gold, And sight of summer seas. Thank Heaven for low tßut s always new And never know regret, Bur will remain both real and true Till life’s last sun bp s°t; For hope and faith that s ( .e m to trace, Beyond tho distant hill. A brighter, better, happier place. Whore Love may find you still. A. B. CqoP°r. CAN A FAT GIRL HOLD A MAN’S LOVE : J

That depends on the fat gir| herself and the man on '"’hom her choice has fallen, writes “Outsize”, in TU Bits. T am a fat girl. I am not merely stout or well filled out; I am definitely outsize. I weighed myse]f only last. we c k, and i sighed, lor the machine registered thirteen stone. I used to think it was tho most terrible affliction in the world to be fat- I saw myself reflected in every Tat man and woman I met. Thm .people would stare at me as though I we.ro some circus break. And when slim little woman in the bus said acidly. ‘‘Do you mind moving up a bit?” when 1 couldn’t mov ( > another inch, T wanted the ground to open and swallow me up. People, stare at me still, but now I don’t, mind because I’m in love. LOVE AND LAUGHTER. I didn’t think anyone, would eve r fall in love with me, I wa>s out of love with myself, and when you clo n ’t

NOTES . NEWS and HINTS

Jovo yourself nobody els<- w'll. 1 hated my fatness. I cried myself t° sleep at nights, and I was afraid to laugh because I hoard that laughter made one fat.

Laughter! Why, that’s the fat girl’s greatest ally. I was sitting i ll the train, one day, quietly reading a book, when I cam© across a particularly funny passage. I burst out laughing; I thought it the funniest piece of writing 1 had ever seen. I laughed and laughed, and presently I hoard more laughter. There were six other people jn. 'the compartment, and thSy were all laughing in sympathy witli me. The tears ran clown their cheeks. The man opposite spoke first. “D’you kn°w,” lie said, “I wish T were as fat as you.’’

T looked amazed. ‘‘Why?’’ I asked. ‘‘Well, you can enjoy a joke, can’t you ?’ ’ “But can’t you?” f asked.

Ho laughed again. Why. yes, of course, hut there's so much more of you to enjoy it. I wasn’t annoyed. TTe was so obviously sincere*. When I got out of the tram, he carried my hag and sa'd funny things in order to watch me shaking with mi r th. He asked me if I would, go to a dance with him- I wanted t 0 refuse. “Do come," he pleaded, “you’ll realise how a fat girl can make herself as. fascinating as her slender sisters. PE RSON ALITY COTTNTS. Girth doesn’t matter. |t isn’t, yo n r waist measurement that has t° compete with the slim, boyish figUi-o. It’s personality that counts, a gay personality. Throw yourself into ljfe Grab it with both, hands. Be yourself always, hut let yourself go. If you owe life a grudge—l or get it. I went to that dance. I laughed and chatted till the Cinderella hou r came. And if the crystal slipper d*d not, fit me, f w°n the Prince’s ]o\'e just the same. We’re going t 0 be married next month and ] know I (shall be able to hold his love. What a, man needs nowadays more than anything is companionship. The gir] who can offer a man that need have no fear of losing him. Freddie isn’t fat. lie’s tall and good-looking, and he thinks T’m wonerful. T’m glad T’m fat.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS The gctneral rules for the choosing of meat arc. that the flesh should he undimmed and not permanently dented by the impress of one’s finger, and that the fat should be firm. The .surest way of testing cooking eggs is by putting them in a Basin of cold water. The eggs that rise and float about near tho ton are nor fresh enough to use. 'Tea made iwith boiling milk instead qf water, will be found very nourishing for invalids. Pour milk upon the leaves, allow it to stand for three minutes, and then pour off. Keep a piece of strong brawn paper, folded about four times, under til© door mat. This prevents grit working through and spoiling the linoleum or (flooring. Grease -spots on leather should be rubbed with a cloth which has been dipped in ammonia. To clean a greasy bottle, ball-fill it with sawdust moistened with water, and shake well. NOTES AND NEWS.

Two husbands have taken advantage of a new reciprocal alimony la w at Illinois (U.S.A.) within 24 hours of its going into effect- A judge ordered one wife, a stenographer, to pay her unemployed husband . £2OO in £2 weekly instalments. Tbe busband had filed a bill of divorce, alleging desertion. In the second case tlh.e judge ordered the wife to pay her husband 1.7 s weekly temporary alimony, an c ] to furnish him with free milk and eggs from their farm. TESTED RECIPES. Almond Fingers.—l cup flour, ilb butter, 2oz sugar, 1 egg, 1 small teaspoon baking powder, 1 cup chopped almonds- Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add egg yolk and boat well. Sift flour and baking powder together, add t 0 mixture, making it into a stiff dough. Roll out. Make an icing by adding icing sugar to lightly-beaten egg white. Spread on top of paste. Sprinkle well with chopped nuts. Cut into fingers and bake in a moderate oven on a greased oven slide or tin.

Japanese Biscuits.—4oz each butter, brown sugar and plain flour, 1 tablespoonful cinnamon, 1 egg, 2oz self-mising flour. Beat butter and sugar to a cream; add flour, sifted together , with the cinnamon. 801 l out to 1-8 inch, in thickness, cut into strips Ij inches”' by 2$ inches long and bake iff a slow oven. Put together with. raspberry, jam, ice tops with lemon icing, and , decorate Wxth chopped nuts. # * *

.American, Pudding.—lngredients: Four apples, 1 hreakfastcup milk, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon flour, i nutmeg, 1 tablespoon chopped suet, i teaspoon Edmond’s baking powder, sugar (to taste). Method: Core and halve the apples, heat eggs, add flour and baking powder mixed, then milk. Grease a pie-dish; lay.tho apples in (cut part down), pour tho mixture over, then sprinkle in the chopped suet, and grate nutmeg o n top. Bake about half an hour-

THE CROWNING gift. Health is a gift beyond all pi-ice, A boon no king can buy, And nothing less can e’eir suffice When strength and vigour fly ; And.wealth’s a gift none need disdain If wealth his portion fie, Nor need ho let his hand refrain From deeds of charity.

The gift of eloquence can still Move, multitudes of rnen, Can stir the heart, enchain t!?o will, Light patriot fires again ; And who the poet’s gilt can show To tu.no t.he noble lay, With flowers of .poesy can sow Life’s rough and common way.

All these are gifts which w© may prize Although, not ours to hold,; The jewelled treasures of the And health surpassing gold ; But there’s a gift we all may share, Al] other' gifts above, A pear] of price, a je' v el l-are, The crowning gift of love. A. B. Cooper.

MIDNIGHT CEREMONY

“TELEPATHIC” WEDDING HELD

The little private chapel at Capesthorne Hall, Chelford, Cheshire, the residence -of Sip William Bromleywhere no marriage has ever taken place, has been the scene of a midnight “telepathic” wedding, probably without parallel.

It was a service without either bride or bridegroom. Yet there was nearly everything to connote a wedding—a gaily decorated church, the Rural Dean of Macclesfield, the Rev. C. B. Welland, wedding hymns and prayers from the marriage service, and a congregation of relatives and well-wishing tenantry. The bride and bridegroom were acuallv being married more than ,‘IOOO miles away in the church ol Old St. David’s, at Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States. They (were Captain Walter Bromle-Davenport, oldest son of Major and Mr.s Brom-ley-Davenport, of Caposthorne, and Miss Lenette Jeanes. It was the idea of the bridegroom’s mother to hold the service at Capestliorne Hall —with the consent of Sir William Bromley-Daven-port, his uncle—to synchronise with the actual wedding service in America.

.As a symbol of tlie union being solemnised across the Atlantic the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes mingled on the altar. The Rural Dean read a portion of ifie wedding service and pronounced the prayer of bjlessing for the bride and bridegroom.

POTTED WISDOM

SAYINGS BY THE CYNIC

The value of a good husband can always be estimated by the amount of his salary.

A Scotsman once helped a friend out with liis income fax. He came to live with him as a dependent.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but laziness is its father

A woman who speaks twelve languages has just married a man who speaks seventeen. That is about the right handicap.

An optimist is a man who .sets out to sell cash registers in. Russia.

# * # There’s none so blind as those that can’t walk.

She was only a bootblack’s daughter, but. oh. she could raise a shine.

Learning makes a man proud, but wisdom makes him humble.

*• * & Most men do as they please—after consulting their wives.

*. f * A- monumental lie —under a gravestone. And sometimes bn it.'

Most “smart” people Are- like a pin; sharp at the point and small at the head".

TWo wrong often make a riot. * * . Tafiang comes h 7 zmtu ire; ailem© pj vriadpm,v * * t The worst flatterer & map. tan have is himself. # * * Jlopo is a dream a man hasjw en he’s (awake. “ # * '* Promises may get friends, hut performances keep them. * * * If iwe count a hundred when angry it may save us a thrashing. ,V * # If you are always straightforward you (will always go straight forward. * * # ‘Tis strange, but true, that one must take trouble to avoid trouble. * * * People who say that life is not iworth living cling to it most. * =» No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone s* * * A flirt fiT" a flower from which every lover plucks a petal. Her husband gets tho’ stalk f r * * Sometimes a girl’s ideal is suattered, but most -often he is i u6t plain broke. ’# * * Suitor's—-when in doubt, lead diamonds. * * * It’s bad luck to have thirteen seated at a table when you’re paying for the drinks. * * * It is only after a man is collared that he notices his ties. f # * It is-useless for a man to seek a steady job if he isn’t steady. Some people thirst for knowledge —even though it is often dry. ." * # * He wms the flower of the flock—so she cultivated him.

NEARLY MARRIED TO BEST MAN A WaTisall bride was nearly married to the best man. Complications began when the clergyman of the chosen church found he had more marriages than ho could carry through. Some were transferred to an adjacent church. The clergyman of the second church began the last ceremony. He asked the bride: ‘Do

you take this man .. . a nd received her “I do.” He turned to her companion, and asked him, “Do vo ll take this woman . . ?’ hut received only a bewildered start. The clergyman, slowly and distinctly, again read out the procedure. Recjiving the bride’s assent for the second time he put the formal fiuostion to the man once more. “Hi, mister!” he exclaimed, “I’m not the fellow. I ain’t marrying her!” The clervman was horrified to learn that the* bride's companion was not the bridegroom but the best man! The groom /was waiting outside the church originally selected. The bride thought the ceremony was merely o rehearsal.

TESTED RECIPES. Oat Shortbread (delicious). Pat into basin the following: 1 cup rolled oats, 1 cup cocoa nut, small A cup sugar, 1 teaspoon baking powder, barely ’ cup melted butter. Put dDV ingredients into basin. then mix with melted butter, then put into small flat tin (oblong or square is best) and bake slo w Iy. Leate in tin until cold, then cut in fingers. It may seem crumbly when mixing, bu L wi'll cling together when cooking no need to grease tlie tin. Baked Rhubarb Roll. —Make 3 crust of Eh self-raising flour, 4oz of butter or dripping, 1 dessertspoon of sugar, mix with cold water, roll out thi"n. Peel and cut rhubarb into tiny pieces, roll in sugar, and lay on the paste; then roll up like a n ordinary jam roll. Place on buttered paper, brush over with white of egg, and dust with sugar when baked. Serve with custard. Lemon Rhubarb: Take 11b of rhubarb, cut up fine, and put in a saucepan with 1 lemon jelly crystal. Cook until the rhubarb is tender an c i the jelly dissolved. Pour into a mould when cold, turn out and serve with cream or custard. Beef Mould —Take lib minced beef, loz butter, teaspoon of mace, salt and pepper to taste. Place beef in basin with a good tablespoon of water. set the basin in a saucepan of water to reach half-way 'up the basin. Steam for two hours. Whilst hot, mix mace, butter, salt and pepper well into the beef. ■ Press well down with a spoon and leave till cold. —Beef and Ham Roll: Take lib beef steak. Alb ham, fib breadcrumbs, 2 eggs, pepper- and salt. Put beef, bread, and ham through mincing machine. Then mix in eggs, pepper and salt. Place in cloth and boil for two hours. Roll in breadcrumbs to decorate or glaze when cold with gelatine and gravy browning Date Rolls.—lngredients : loz butter, Alb flour (or 2 breakfast cups), 4oz sugar, Boz dates {or sultanas), chopped, 2 teaspoons Edmonds baking powder, a pinch each cinnamon and salt, 2 eggs, milk to mix. Method: Rub butter , into flou.r',' add ail dry ingredients, beat eggs till frothy, mix all together, adding enough milk' to make, a stiff paste. Turn out on a board, form into a roll and out into equal j>art«, plqce on Cold ggeased and 'floured oven tray, and put' in a quick oven; when nearly done brush p.ver with hot- water, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar ; return to oven to drv.