MARKET GARDENS LTD. WOMEN'S INTEREST

Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1932, Page 3

MARKET GARDENS LTD.

WOMEN'S INTEREST

LONDON SHOPPING FIGURES.

To show how prices have dropped one of the shops on Oxford Street has published" figures of their past and 'present atofakc In their accounts they allow that silk stocking are half price and linen sheets are less than half what they cost ten,years ago. You can get a mink coat t now for 79 guineas, pnd in 1922 it would have cost you 300 guineas. Either hot weather or economy bps been the motiye for so many women dispensing with stockings at garden and evening parties and in the park. Legs are coloured with sunburn powder.

.Also because of the hot weather, 1 suppose, onlyl one ear-ring is being Worn just now. Such odd trinkets as tiny monkeys, 3d pieces, and halfsovereign ;go)d pieces appear dangling from the ears.

RED CHECHED COTTDN.

Red checked cottons, .seen .in grand, pia’s day 'and pn .the .tables ,pf country.. folk, have made a triumphant ..return, to fashion. «Witlr a<sash tied' around ijhe middle and a;big < < bow hanging down the back ofs-frocks, it looks like old times are here-again-.-- - '-

One of the country checks came out ahead of- Ascot and made an old-fash-ioned curtsey as a evening gown at the June .ball- of the Royal -Military College at Sandhurst. With .some of the cotton dresses which' are now the rage are sinister looking cartridge belts made of polished wood. * - J ' :

< MODERN EDUCATION;

PERSONALITY OF THE CHILD

The study of compulsory subjects—suqli as Latin and mathematics—may harm a child’s personality, declared Miss C. Ev ■ Robinson;/ of. Howell 3 ? School,Denbigh, during the Head Mis-: tresses’ -Conference held' this week., Enforced study of ouch subjects is of,ten the cause of .an! inferiority complex, she said. , . . ; ■ :

English people, think little of education said Miss E. Strudwick, high mistress .of St; Paul’s Girls’.Schools, in her presidential address; - 1 “The'stinting, of -.the children’s- allow--i ance is the last thing a father and mother would think of-.it appears 1 ,-to be .the first ..that occurs to the Mother .of Parliaments. It was with- real shame that -I read a few weeks ago -the remark .of a distinguished economist that ■ the first economy would '-be to reduce 1 the *ills-"a: year- now spent' per child -tothe £5 so spent before the war. -It is ~a mad world when men think that economy. 1 V ; '' '" •• : “In comparing the cbildrefi of to:.day fidth 1 those of thof mid-Victorian age, : ” Miss Strudwick said “they are simple being enough, ready to care for' : ,what is 'beautiful; very easily pleased; very full of life—franker, perhaps, and Jess' constrained- than their forerunners* <-Most certainly not cut after the same pattefn.” . I Education for the leisure time of . people who in the future will only work three or four hours a day was stressed at the conference. It was also .suggested that teachers should be able to understand modern art in order to guide embryo artists. ■ " ;

LURE OF DIAMONDS. SUPREMACY IN JEWELLERX

•“Say it with dianmnAs P-f There-hap never been a time in the history of jewellery ,wh?,n this slogan has . h>d .-so; ■much significance as it has to-day. The diamond remains a safe -investment and a symbol of international value. > That. is why the -demand for diamonds, and esjjpqjally for diamonds, in exquisite how platinum settings/is'-in-creasing. Young menwho.want to give their . fiancees -rings tha t will in twenty- ! five years’ time be as valuable, as they are the dgy they ’.are, first worn do net hesitate to plump for diamonds. Older men who feel that they like .to carry their surplus cash around- the world with them—or entrust it to their wives—make it safe first r by exchanging it. for diamonds. Single women,. . bewildered by financial jig-saw puzzles, feel comforted when they see their little pile of saved-up pounds sparkling on their .in tile shape of diamond •rings. What kind „of diamonds are most fashionable and what kind of settings do they adorn P “All kinds,” affirm, the dressmakers, who say thjs is a year when more diamonds are being worn than have been worn for years.

•The supremacy of • diamonds at 'tinmoment is largely due to the Queen, who -so many times lately has been seen wearing these brilliant jewels at Royalentertainments. . A diamond i expert stated lately , that 1 solitaire diamond rings were still ; the: favourite ones. Many new .kinds of brooches were being worn. • -Every; woman wanted a diamond watchwristlet— especially o ne with the . modern dial. One item of real jewellery was replacing a multitude of artificial p’eces of jewellery-in the toilette of -the well-dressed woman.” <(The perfect diamond,” said the export “is that which is .thick enough >ta allow perfect refraction ,bping achieved 'in its cutting. In other words, it is the stone from which the cutter, pan obtain, ,t(be greatest brilliance. \ “It shouJd have .fifty-eight igcets, . .4

Hints from Home and Hbroad.

which are scientifically cut at varying angles and in studied proportions to give the maximum brilliancy and scintillation. Weight does not determine its value; a heavy stone may be too-thick, too wide, or out of balance. “The colour, of course, is of importance, and there are, for practical purposes, three grades, blue white, pure white, arid fine white. You will notice that a diamond expert will always wear a single stone diamond ring. That is his standard for comparison. ’ >

matrimonial peace

COMPLAINTS BY WOMAN

Complaints of too much matrimonial., 'pc-ac e have been made .by a woman, aged 43, who told the Wood Green [Police > Court .that her ..husband had ! not spoken to her for six yeais. ... She said' he communicated with her in the home by writing messages on Little pieces of paper. As evidenc 6 ,pf these “billet ,'doux’’ she produced 371 of her husband's- notes in court. Hr is 20 years "her . senior, she .declared. Further protesting against her matrimonial ' state, the woman said her husband did the housekeeping and .only gave her seven shillings a week—with which she had to buy her midday meals on four days and clothe hersej with what was left. -

She was accused of stealing a tennis frock and a pair ,of sjl.k stockings from a shop, and in court pleaded that she had taken the articles .so t’n her daughter might have 'a dr&fjs .1° wear for the sports meeting of k 1 b|rother’s school. - ' SHOPPING SECIUITS.

Before a woman makes up. her i.mind to take a hat she tries -on seven other? first, v But she isn’t -any mor 6 difficult than ,a man shopping .for a hat. .. . for ho tries off 'Seven, too. Th.se aie figures.,of.-' averages by a lieacl of one of the large -.store?’ in Lopfioa, who has a bag full of amusUig secrets.

.people buy their ink on Mondays. . probably because ..home Ink supplies -are used jup in week-end letter-wiiting. And by , the change from .fine-point ..to sturdy pfsfls,*”* shopkeepere . know that the, style of haiidw’fiting has changed in England fro-P apeasy right slope-to a- Mckhand script. - • Appther -thing this salesman .knows is when , babies are born. More .-4ay* ettps tj are bought ~in February, Mai f ’ aiid''April ithah'in arty other nionti v . : «- the ..^YOari- ’-duly is the alocljpst month for. babies, . judging by -layette sales. 1 /-pjiegreatest .months-,. In • a girl’s id''f : are ' Aprjih;.. May, and- dune. -f° ; r those .are the.imonths of .proposal.. As many; engagements rings are sold in those three*, spring 'months .as in all (the .rest of -the year. v.-. ' .1' ***. ■ ■

Men are becoming:/thinner- and hea'thier, he says.'.- Why P <,Because they ar e not : .buying trousers with ' waists -like they used to .Jo in 1.125 A sensational drop in potato consumption' >is blamed; on inducing <■< • forewomen ;by-some economists and is echoed by this London store. On the other -hand, there is >75 per cent.--more 1 ~bacon gold now than in pre-war days/ I so gomebihe -'must <be' gaining ~ weight.

nibbling for bargains. > The old'cry of “19M prices” has been' echoed so often that many London women shoppers wonder if things were .given away before• the warj But if , the present trend in prices, continues (with beautiful straw; boaters at 5s each), the ' merchants’ enticing call ‘‘pre-war prices!” will havq to , give way to depression prices!” if they wpnt women to nibble for bargains. i In the summer sales bathing suits in I all colours and woven in extra soft wool are sold at 6s; .children's .gingham dresses at 3s 6d, and boys’ cotton suits for the same; cotton scarves for Is'; and white canvas or leather handbags for 7s. •

HAVE YOU TRIED THESE? . Chocolate Shortcakes.

Ingredients :—About Goz short pastry, raspberry jam, 2 small tablespoons. butter, 1 egg, 2 tablespooufuls flour, ,3 dessertspoonfuls sugar, 2 -teaspopnfuls Boui'nville cocoa.

Method:7—Roll .out the pastry and line a flan-ring or deep sandwich tin with it. Trim and decorate the edge and spread a. thin layer of jam ,in thp bottom. Mix the flour and cocoa, together. Whisk the castor sugar and, egg together for a few lhinutes until thick and creamy. Stir in the Hour, and copoa.and, lastly, the.butter just melted. Pour this mixture over the jam and spread evenly. Put in a hot. oven and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes. 000 l on a sieve. Dust'with castor sugar or sieved icing sugar before serving. Date Cream. Heat 1 pint pf milk, add 2. egg yolks •beaten with 2 dessertspoons of sugar and when it just comes to the boil, take off fire and allow to cool. Dissolve 2 dessertspoons .of gelatine in a little hot water, .stir it into the milk, add a .few -drops of vanilla essence and the whites of 2 eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Line a mould with stoned dates, pour the mixture in, and allow to set. , Spanish Cream.

Beat 2' egg yolks with 2 dessertspoons of (sugar, add a pint of milk and stir over the fire until almost boiling, then add vanilla essence to taste. Stir into this 2 dessertspoons of .gelafine dissolved in a little hot. water. Allow to cool, then add 2.-well-whisked egg whites, and mix well together. Pour into a molild and allow to set, I ■