FOR WOMEN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17644, 23 November 1917, Page 3

FOR WOMEN.

NEWS AND NOTES. Mrs Horatio Nelson (Wellington) is the guest of Mrs Carey-Hill. Mrs Chilton and Mrs Waymouth aro spending a fortnight at the Cass. Mrs James Williams, Ilea ton Street, lias returned from a trip to Wellington. Miss Ewart lias returned to her home in Wellington after a holiday spent in tin's island. Mrs and Miss Langridge (Palmerston North) arrived in Christehurch yesterday. Mr and Mrs Kitto (Wellington), who have been in town for a week, went on to Duncdin yesterday. The engagement is announced of Miss Mabel Day, tho daughter of the late Pilot Day, of Sumner, to Mr Arthur Clyde Gambrell, of Gisborne. Dr and Mrs George Lynch (Fiji) who are so kind to New Zealanders visiting Fiji, contemplate spending a long vacation in Now Zealand shortly. Mrs Bcri and Miss F. Beri (Temuka),. who have been spending a few days in Christdmrch after their visit to Wellington, left for their home yesterday. The Garden Accessories Stall to be held in connection with tho coming Domain Fete promises to be something quite out of the ordinary. Besides tools and gardening implements generally, there aro to be sold a number of garden aprons which are most charming, made in strong chintz and cretonne, and will be sold at a moderate price. Among politicians' wives Mrs Winston Churchill is one of the best public speakers. She has a most finished style of oratory, and though usually she only speaks on occasions to which the lighter vein is most suitable, she can be, if necessary, most earnest and impressive. Her voice, however, though pleasing, is not very strong, otherwise probably more would bo heard of her as a public speaker. One remarkable thing about her is that when making I a speech her hands never wander up to her hat, as women usually allow their hands to wander. For tho making of Beautiful Curtains, Cushions and all furnishing purposes, Ballantne's have a specially heavy, superior quality Furnishing Silk, in black, white and all the newest colourings. This silk is 36 inches wide, price s 6d yard, at Ballantyne's. X BOOTS AND THE EYES. That one's boots and one's eyes aro connected is an idea which occurs to few people; yet there is solid truth in it. A prominent oculist, to whom a lady went for consultation, refused to examine her eyes unless she would forthwith adopt lower-heeled shoes, saying that what she wore was sufficient in themselves to have occasioned the need of spectacles. Physicians have gone a step further. One of them has declared, "There are diseases of the spine, lungs, throat and brain, which may be brought about by too thin, too narrow, or otherwise ill-fitting boots and shoes." JAM "PUDDING. Take half a pound of flour, a quarter of a pound of suet, on e ounce of sugar, ono teacupful of jam, half a teaspoonful carbonate of soda. Mix all the ingredients together. Dissolvo the soda in a littlo warm milk, and stir in very thoroughly. Placo tho mixture in a well-greased mould and steam for two hours, and serve with jam sauce mado by boiling together equal quantities of jam and water for three or four minutes, and straining into a lureo.n or round the pudding after being turned out. If s«lf-raising flour is used in making puddings of any kind, then baking powderor carbonate of soda must be omitted. SOUR-MILK SCONES. Take three cupfuls of flour (self-rais-ing), two ounces of butter, ono egg, half-tcaenpful castor sugar, one teacupful sour milk. Cream the butter and sugar together, and add the yolk of an egg, and then tho white beaten to a stiff froth. Stir in tho sour milk (or i cream) and flour alternately, keeping a little of the flour back for using on tho board. iUix thoroughly and l>g'«l.V. lurn out On. to n floured board. 801 l out and cut into rounds. Bak 0 quickly in a hot oven for fifteen minutes. NICE HANDS. Everv housewife would have men hands 'if she washed her hands thoroughly everv night at bedtime with not water softened with boras, using a little pumice-stone soap. Then rub in pure glvcerine, and sleep in an old pair of gloves which have had the tips of the fingers cut off. USE FOR OLD CURTAINS. Make ono or two bags from the old lace curtains. Take all tho laces and the fine collars and put into one b»&, pin on the clothes lino. Iho an- passes through the bag and in a few mKutea all are dry. Put fine blouses and handkerchiefs in a similar second bag, pin and hang on the ,hnc; ,™ , £ once or twice and the contents of tho bag will be perfectly dry.