WOMAN'S WORLD

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2777, 19 October 1923, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD

To celebrate the forty-eighth, anniversary of Court Manawa'tu A.0.F., a dance and euchre party was held at the Foresters' Hall last night, Mr J, B. Rosanoski was secretary in charge.

There was again a large attendance at the Zealandia Roller Rink last evening when the fancy dress carnival was concluded. The results of the costume competition which is being decided by popular vote, will be available to-day.

A lady with a tooth for the tasty and a good memory writes to "An • nette": "The season for beautiful roses in bushels is here. In my youth, a friend in Turkey sent me a delectable pot of jelly made from rose petals which bore the delicate aroma of the flowers and a flavour I have always remembered" Can some good housewife supply the recipe?" WEDDING. The wedding was solemnised 0:1 October 10, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, of Elsie, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Paltridgc, Palmcrston North, to William, youngest son of Mr and Mrs O'Hara, of Granity. The bride who was given award by her father, was attired in a becoming frock of Ivory satin moracain, with radium lace sleeves and side panels, finished at the waist with a girdle and orange blossom. Her lace veil was daintly arranged with orange blossom and Lily of the Valley. A bouquet of freesias and white hyacinths completed the picture. The bridesmaid was Miss Irene Rodgers, who was attired in a frock of sky blue crepe de chene and georgette, trimmed with touches of pale pink and a black picture hat, her bouquet was of white azaleas. Mr C. Devonshire, assisted the bridegroom as best man.

After the ceremony a reception was held in the bandroom, where a number of guests weve entertained. When leaving .'or the honeymoon the bride wore a <mart mole cloth costume and a fo«c<uning hat of kingfisher blue.

CLEAN YOUR OWN" GLOVES.

The woman who would be considered well and smartly dressed must see to it that her gloves are beyond reproach. Yet suede and doeskin gloves get soiled so quickly that it costs quite a considerable amount in cleaners' bills to have them always looking immaculate. For some time past now 1 have been regularly cleaning my own gloves, with excellent results, says a correspondent. It is necessary to make up a cleaning powder as follow: To lib. of powdered pipeclay add a quarter of a pound of powdered white soap and a quarter of an ounce 01 lemon oil. Rub well together and store. When it is necessary to clean a pair of gloves, make a little of the mixture into a thin cream with water. Put the gloves on the hands, ana with a movement as though washing them rub the paste well over them. Allow them to dry completely, after, wards removing the dried powdei with a small brush. All the dirt disappears with it.

KIDDIES' WASH FROCK. A plain ratine with trim of fancy gallon makes this pretty little wash frock. This straight style is so very simple that most home dressmakers can convert a yard and a half of material into such a frock . CLOTH TRIMMINGS IN* NOVEL > FORM. "A new idea in trimmings takes the form of flowers made of cloth, says h London correspondent. A very smarx hat of straw was trimmed with n bunch of violet and red fuchsias made of cloth placed right in front. Another very smart and becoming modei had around the crown groups of flat flowers composed of two or three circles Of cloth in diminishing sizes placed one over the other, interspersed by pointed leaves of jado green cloth. This simple and effective trimming could easily be made by the woman with ideas and neat flngera. It looks charming if each flower is done in two shades of yellow, blue and red. To make a flower cut a circle of deep yellow or other coloured clo'th, and then another slightly .smaller in the paler shade. Finish the edge of the inner circle in tiny scallops to

give the effect of petals. For the centre use a very small, round piece ot fawn cloth. Lay these pieces of cloth one over the other' flat against the crown, and sew them on with a crossstjch in yellow silk in the middle of tha fawa centre-ciece. Do not sew

the flowers by their edges on to the hat or the effect will bo spoilt; it looks better when they are left loose. For the leaves cut little narrow-pointed pieces of green cloth, and sew them flat against the straw with a few stitches down the middle. It is a great improvement to lay a narrow Ttrip of cloth in jade, blue or whatever colour" best suits the wearer, around the top edge of the brim. This atrip should be cut in small scallops on the inner edge. OUR BABIES. HEALTH WEEK IN WELLINGTON. This week haa been devoted to a health campaign throughout the city, under the auspices of the City Council. There have been health talks in factories, shops and schools while crowds of school children have gone to health talks at the Town Hall. There have been special addresses to. women and special addresses to men, lantern lectures, demonstrations of physical exercises of nursing, and the care of babies. There has also been an exhibition in th e Town Hall, open all day long, with experts in attendance to explain ;he exhibits, charts, pictures, diagrams etc., etc., and each evening, besides short addresses on some aspects of the health of body and mind, there have . oeen concerts, recitations, and other recreations. There was also a special collection of rubbish in every part of the city md suburbs. THE IDEAL DAY.

Tho following newspaper account of one of the talks to boys and girls should be interesting to our readers, and they could hand it over to the yonng people to read for themselves: Dr. C. Gordon Kemp impressed on the children that if habits of health were formed while they were young, later in life, as cares and responsibilities crowded on them, they would find them invaluable. He described tho ideal day. " Get up when you wake in the morning," ho said, " the earlier the bettor. Get up, don't' lie there and think about it. How many of you have a morning tub ? " (The response was not very encouraging, perhaps through bashfulness.) " How many or you are going to have a cold tub every morning in future?" (Smiles.; " You should have a cold bath every morning. Try it and see how you get on. Rub down with a rough towei and you will feel good all over. It you feel cold, shivery, ' gooseneshy,you should not have a cold bath, but a warm one; but if you have a warm bath have a cold sponge down afterwards, and you will feel much bette* than if you dried yourself after th* warm bath.

" I am not going to tell you what you should have for breakfast. Bai enough to satisfy you, but do not gei up feeling stuffed. I notice the glrm laugh, but the boys look guilty. The same applies to all meals through tav day. Satisfy your hunger, but then stop. Even the carburetter of a mo-tor-car gets stuffed up if it gets too much benzine." It is by eating too much when you are young that you lay the seeds of indigestion when you are older. A vast number of peopib eat too much. If they would only eru less, there would be far less sickness in the world than there is. Do not cat too fast. Chew your food well, and you will get far more nourishment from it.

" The main part of the day will be taken up in work and play. Boys ana girls who are physically sound in mlna and body will work better, play better than the unfit boy or girl can play or work.

" Go to bed properly. The bedroom must be full of air. Keep th e windows wide open all night. Fresh air is more important than the entry of dust. One third of your life is spent in bed. Remember that your muscles grow whtie you sleep, and that they can only grow properly if you get plenty of fresh air while you are asleep.. t " Boys, do not be in too much of a hurry to start smoking. If you must start, wait till you are 18 or 20. I might say the sam e to the girls, because a lot of them smoke nowadays. To girls I say: ' Knock off smoking altogether.' "

THE COLD BATH. There arc very few children wno cannot take a cold bath in the morning with benefit if it is gone about in the right way, and there is certainly nothing more stimulating and invigorating to the average normal child. In* deed, we have found over and over again, that children who have been pronounced unfit for cold bathing can be made fit and and strong by a few weeks of properly graduated training. The parents should take such a child in hand in a systematic way. ,

At first let him stand with his feet in warm water; and sponge and lava him -with tepid water (say between 70 deg and 75deg Fahr., as tested with a bath thermometer). Then give him a good rub down with a rough, dry towel, which may b e warmed for the first week. Dress rapidly, and ensure active exercise for a quarter of an hour —clad, at first, if need be, with a light extra, woollen knitted jacket, especially if the weather is chilly. Day by day lower the temperature of the cool sponging-water in the basin from ldeg to 2deg Fahr. In this way many a tender, soft, flabby, hyper-sensitive, " nervy," spoiled weakling can be transformed, in the course of a single month, into a hardy, self-respecting, self-reliant, plucky child, who will hold his own with his fellows in the rough and tumble of happy, active childhood. One must insist that no dawdling or hanging about should be allowed—before, during or after the cold bath. The bathing must be done quickly, and the brisk rub-down with a rougn Turkißh. towel should never, b* omit-

ted. This friction of the skin, followed immediately on dressing by a quarter of an hour of really active exercise (taken if- possible out of doors), ia highly stimulating and beneficial to the whole organism. The natural sequence to this quieKening of life, and setting the bodily fires going after the night's rest, is a keen appetite for breakfast. The busy vital mechanism demands "stoking," and the child will be found no longer particular about the kind of fuel; he will be quite ready and glad to masticate hard tack, instead of being faddy, and wanting to be pampered inside his body as he had previously been foolishly and mistakenly pampered and left unstimulated and.undisciplined outside. Nothing tends more to promote a strong,, wellgrown, vigorous body and a firm, welldisciplined mind, character, and personality than the habitual " morninj, cold tub." followed by an active rundown and vigorous exercise. Parents who want the " sound mind in tnc sound body " will not fail to establish the daily cold bath as a life habit for i their children; this is a far more- vaiu. | able legacy than mere money.

MORMON MARRIAGES. FIRST IN VICTORIA. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Thursday, 7.45 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 18. The Victorian Government recently decided to grant recognition of Mormon marriages, and the first has been fixed for Saturday. Early iu the year five Mormon elders arrived from Salt Lake City, to assist in I'he conduct of Mormon propaganda. Week-end holiday specials at Collinson and Cunninghame's include ladies' beach and outing frocks of floral prints for -only 12/9, round necks, l \ sleeves, sash ends and tieover belts, navy and brown grounds, in window 14. Pretty basket ratine frocks, », \>.S