WOMEN’S WORLD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 227, 25 August 1926, Page 15

WOMEN’S WORLD.

For fifty-seven years, Mrs Saunders, of Wallingford, has cut her husband’s hair. Both husband and wifo are eighty years of age. Ballot dancing is becoming so popular among children in Britain that it is replacing the old-time lessons in ball room dancing and deportmont. The fashioned for bobbed and shingled hair is said to have led to a decrease in Britain in tho number of sufferers from headache. Every baby born in tho City of London for nearly forty years has been registered by Miss Kemm, tho registrar of births and marriages for tho city. Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson has left for a visit to the Tongariro National Park, and will return to Wellington on Saturday next. Tho engagement is announced of Ola, elder daughter of Mrs E. McCulloch, Broadway avenue, Palmerston North, and the late Edwin McCulloch, of Gisborne, to Frank, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Farr, of Utiku. Ladies who wish to make donations of" sweets for sale at tho Manawatu Savage Club’s korcro at the Opera House on Friday evening aro requested to leave same at. Messrs C. G. Swallow and Co.’s or Messrs Collinson and Sons. Tho death is reported at the age of 92 of Mrs von Rotter, tho eldest daughter of the late Mr F. A. Carrington, known as the “father of the settlement” at New Plymouth. The deceased arrived in New Zealand with her parents on February 11, 1841. Misses Phyllis and Joyco Robinson, of Feilding, have taken a cottage at Riverhead, Kent, for the summer. They have planned a Continental tour for the autumn, states the British, Australian and New Zealander or July 15.

Tho engagement is announced of Dr. Alexander John Copeland, M.A., M.D. (Cantab.), of Singapore, Straits Settlements, only son of Mr Walter C. Copeland, M.A. (Oxon.), barrister-at-law, and the lato Mrs Copeland, and Betty Busby, second daughter of the late Mr I). Canning and Mrs Canning, of Oakbourne, Waipukurau. GOLF. Tho four-ball bogey competition was played at the Hokowliitu golf links yesterday in cold and unpleasant weather. The results were as follow: Mesdames Christie and Innes, 2 up; Mrs P. Sim and Miss Marie Sim, 1 up; Mrs Braik and Mrs Brooker, all square; Mrs H. Collinson and Miss D. Collinson, 3 down; Miss G. Seifert and Miss W. M. Scott 3 down; Mrs L. Seifert and Miss Dudding, 3 down; Mrs A. Seifert and Miss M, Bendall, 3 down. The junior competition over 14 holes was won by Airs R. McMillan, 90-scr,-90. PLUNKET SOCIETY. ASHHURST-POHANGINA BRANCH. General satisfaction with tho work of the past year was expressed at the annual meeting of the Ashhurst-Pohan-gina branch of the Plunkot Society. It was reported that there had been an average attendance of 28 children and 20 adults per month at the but it is hoped that more advantage would in future be taken of the facilities offered by the nurse’s visits to Ashhurst. The balancesheet showed the financial position to bo sound, there being a credit balance of £2O Gs 2d. It was decided to close the financial year on March 31st in common with other branches of the society. Tho following officers wero re-elected :—President, Mrs W. Romley; treasurer, Mrs R. G. Hutton, who was also elected secretary in place of Airs A. P. AlcHardy, whoso resignation from that position was accepted with regret. All the former members of the committee were reelected and it was decided to ask Mrs A. W. Trass, Airs C. Ciochetto, Airs OxnamJ Mrs Townshend and Aliss Snelling to accept office. Air G. Taylor was appointed auditor.

SIMPLE CAKES. Cream Gingerbread.—Cream together one cup of brown sugar and one-fourth cup of vegetable oil. Mix and sift together one teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon each of cinnamon and ginger, and three and one-half cups of flour. Add alternately with ono cup of sour milk and one half-cup of molasses to the first mixture. When thoroughly mixed add one cup of raisins and turn into an oiled bread tin. Bake in a moderate oven for one hour. Schoolday Fruit Cake. —Cream one teaspoon of vegetable oil and one cup of corn syrup. Mix and sift one teaspoon of cinnamon, ono teaspoon of clove, ono half teaspoon of soda and two and a salt' cups of flour. Add one cup of chopped prunes to the flour. Add this alternately with one cup of sour milk to the corn syrup. Beat for a minute and turn into an oiled baking tin and let it stand for two minutes. Put into a hot oven and bake for 30 minutes. Syrup Cake.—Mix together one cup of pear syrup, one quarter-cup of sugar and two tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add two eggs beaten until thick. Mix and sift together two cups of flour, one-half teaspoon of clove, three-quarters teaspoon of cinnamon and two teaspoons of baking powder. Add alternately with onehalf cup of milk to the syrup mixture. Beat for two minutes. Turn, into an oiled baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes in a hot oven. * CHANGES IN BEAUTY. It is obviously absurd, of course, to assert that men in these enlightened days caro very much less for the outward and visible qualities of women than tlroy did in past ages. But one lias heard the assertion made, with a considerable degreo of solemnity, that “soul calls to soul” nowadays in a way unknown when such vulgarities as “star-like eyes” and “cherry lips” monopolised tho attention of tho poets (states an exchange). This idea has often been grossly exaggerated. There are to-day, as no doubt there always have been, a minority of lovers who aro scarcely influenced at all by whal the soulful folk dismiss as “mere .looks.” , . But tho averago man —that most whole-hearted adorer —still fall in love with a woman’s face before liq fully appreciates any good qualities of character or soul she may possess. It is Nature’s way, which neither time nor the highbrows can change. This is an age of psychology. .But the sweeping statement ■ that “looks don’t count to-day” fails to get at the root of tho matter. Looks still count. But there are signs that a different sort of looks are

rapidly gaining favour among young , men to-day. It is years since tiro pretty, helpless, pink-and-white doll, with her giggles and her alluring “silliness,” such as Gilbert’s Katisha tried to imitate, wont out of fashion because men had grown tired of her. Alen nowadays appear to bo growing at- onco more catholic and more exclusive as regards their tasto in women’s faces. “Types” of good looks, in fact, concern them less than ever they did. It would, in fact, be extremely difficult to pick out tho really “typical” beauty of tho period. Alen to-day aro tending to demand only that a face shall bo “interesting.” Confront the young man of to-day with a feminine faco that expresses character, humour, intelligence, and ho will forgive much in the way of faultiness of feature—though, ten to one, ho will make no immediate attempt to probe the psychological secrets behind tho “interesting” face. Thus tho age-old appeal of “appearance” combines in a subtle way with tho instinctive “applied psychology” of to-day. It is a significant fact that glasses, once tho tragedy of many a short-sighted girl’s life, aro now becoming less and less a bar to lovemaking ! “Aly faco is my fortune,” simpered tho vapid beauty of a hundred years ago. It is the girl whose faco expresses herself who is a face-fortunate in 192 G. SIT GRACEFULLY. Somebody ought to open a school to teach women what to do with those appendages—now so conspicuously displayed —which were never mentioned by name 30 years ago, says a writer in an English exchange. YvTieri I sit in the underground train and feel too polite to study my fellowtravellers’ faces, my eyes fall to their shoes and stockings, if they are women. Almost every feminine thing wears neat, well-shaped shoes nowadays, and pretty stockings to match are a commonplace, but/ —such an important “but”--not ono woman in a dozen displays these well-chosen articles to advantage. There is the woman who puts her feet together and her knees apart, and thus forms a V with her stockings: there is tho other, more careful woman, who presses her knees together and rests the inner sides of her slroes on tho floor, which inverts the V; further along the seat is a thin girl, who has twisted one leg aiming the other until only a professor of anatomy could disentangle left from right. She wriggles uncomfortably, then hides one foot under tho other knee. Next to her is a heavy woman wearing brick coloured silk stockings and grey shoes. She has crossed ono leg over the other and is resting her ; ungloved hands —the same shade as her i stockings—on tho mountain thus formed. j

Thou thero is The bold little girl in black beside me —sho is- resting one calf on the other knee —a masculine pose, evidently rehearsed, and even more effective than she knows, for several persons are smiling in amusement at the yellow cotton tops to hor pink “art. silk” stockings. Girls who practise economy should not wear knee-longth skirts. _ . Two women, not young, sitting together on a cross-carriage seat, look graceful and charming with slim grey leg 9 crossed and black patent leather buckled shoes in evidence, but not flaunted. They belong to the generation that was taught how to sit. Opposite them is a pretty creature, as slim as a fashion plate, but she is crumpled up in her place, backbone askew, and the front of her smart coat wrinkled and bulking worse than any fat man’s evening shirt. I If only she knew that the right way to sit is far back on the seat ,so that she can bend forward or sideways from the hips, not from the waist. _ i I consider myself the project of giving lessons in how to sit. I am deep in details of the scheme when I discover that my own appendages crossed

at tho ankles with toes turned in form a U like a swing as reflected in tho window's opposite! WASHING DRESSES. Washing coloured frocks is always a matter that requires great care because of tlie chance of tho colours fading and the difficulties if stains aro to be removed from them. Coloured cottons of any kind, whether voiles, linen, or muslins, require much tho same treatment from tho w'ashing standpoint; it is the colour that requires the first consideration. It has been customary to soak coloured cottons and linen in salt water to set the colours. Experience and chemistry are teaching us that this is a false doctrine, as putting salt in water makes it hard, and to get good results when doing fine laundry work the first essential is soft water. Instead of using salt the wmter should he tepid, and use fine soap or .soap flakes. Alake suds of the soap, as soap should never be allowed to touch the fabric. Any soiled, spots, however, might havo a little soap jelly applied with tho hand—that is, put the palm of the hand underneath the soiled spot ■ and put the jelly on to it in tho samo { way as you would massage your-face ! with skin food: don’t rub. it, or you will ! take the colour out. Two soapy waters j will usually produce a clean stuff, and tho rinsing must be sufficient to take aw'ay all trace of suds or soil. If a one-colour frock is under treatment a j colour rinse, in the same way that blue I is used, might bo used, but if ordinary care about' the qaulity of the soap atid the temperature of the water is taken this is not, in most instances, really necessary. Rinse quickly, turn the wrong side out, and hang in the shade to dry, or, when starched in thin boiled, but not boiling, starch (thick starch when cold gets sticky and docs not penetrate), roll the garment in sheets or towels, and iron on the wrong side as soon as possible. Linen should be washed in water in which a quart bag of bran lias been boiled. This will be found to answer for starch as well, and is excellent for heavy cottons of all kinds. I When we consider summer frocks of J the moment we naturally include geor- I gettes, messalines and other fancy j materials. Alany of these wash well, | and if simply made and easy to iron ! it is quite possible to get good results. J Of couse, accordeon-pleating is beyond tho skill of the home worker—to look well it requires to bo redone on a machine.