Woman's World

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3288, 6 March 1926, Page 4

Woman's World

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fergie have returned to Palmerston North from a three weeks’ holiday in Otago. Misses 131 fro da and Margaret Guy have returned to Palmerston North after spending a long holiday with their sister, Mrs. Macky i of Auckland. Miss E. Rtoche, supervisor in the Marton telephone exchange, has been promoted to Palmerston North. She was the guest of a number of friends at afternoon tea on Tuesday at the residence of Mrs Giles. Tangible expression of the high esteem in which she is held, and of wishes for her continued success was shown in-jthe presentation of a small clock. ** 1 Children and their parents will : doubtless attend in large numbers at the Empire Hall on Saturday afternoon next, when the Plunket Society will hold a children’s plain and fancy . dress fair. It has been decided that this function shall take the Place of the Society’s annual garden fete, and it is hoped that the public will give it their liberal patronage. The work of th e Society has increased sugstantially during the past year, and the , ately, so that the financial support of expenses have advanced proportionthe community is essential to the carrying on of this splendid service. ' Good prizes are being offered for best fancy dress, best original dress and ' best paper dress, separate prizes being provided for girls and boys in each ■ class. The youngsters will parade in a grand march at 3 p.m., and this should provide a pleasing spectacle. ' Cake, fruit, flowers, and fancy work will be on sale in the hall, and there will be various competitions,, as well as a bran tub and fairy well for children. N

WHERE WOMEN CHOOSE THEIR HUSBANDS.

Tuareg’ women, members of the 'nomadic tribe of the Sahara Desert, whoso men go about veiled, are as free as, if not freer than, English women. They go about unveiled. Mr. Francis Rodd made this statement in a paper read before the Royal Geo- | graphical Society in London. They; chose their husbands, he said, and were the repositories of learning and the art of poetry. They taught the children to read I and write, and the lore of the people' They had men friends who were notj relations, and gave evening parties to recite poetical compositions. In addition, Mr. Rodd mentioned that they could own property oven after manage their husbands having i no control over it. and they could | bequeath it as they chose. I Their influence was great caste and; authority being inherited through j the mothers. A noble woman could never marry a serf. , THE BRIGHTER TABLE. Colour has great signlflanoe In these days, and for that reason we try to make our homes as bright and colourful as is possible, writes an exchange correspondent. Tableware is no longer restricted to white and pale hues, and nothing contributes to the brightness of the table so much as coloured dinner mats. For those who would make their own there are corw mats with the edges already prepared for adding a border of coiled raffia work. These mats are very quickly completed and pro. vide recreation for children, many of whom have learnt to weave raffia n,t school. Another novelty toward the brighter table is a new shape condiment set in the form of gaily coloured birds t the pepper and salt being poured out through their heads THE WIFE WHO LAGS BEHIND (By Stella Harley). Think of a charming home; a sound flourishing little business at the back of it, or a professional man who has made praiseworthy strides forward toward the attainment of his ultimate hopes; and think of the pleasant, heartening picture marred by the constant sword-thrusts of the wife who lags behind. , The wife who in season and out of season, in domestic privacy and in the presence of guests, never ceases to remind her husband of his humble beginnings. The wife who takes a curious, malign delight in unkind references to the days when her husband was struggling agaist Pate. Not lay any spirit of pride for his splendid fight against heavy odds .but simply to wound and humiliate him before those who have known turn only in his palmier days; or to recall to him over land over again, when they are alone, that he is "only a self-made man.” As if the self-made men could not be, as they often are, the very salt of the earth!

An exceptinal case? Not so exceptional as one might suppose. There is an incredible amount of that curious wifely jealousy, sometimes unconscious, which is born of disappointment because of gifts Fate has withheld from the wife, but that were inherent in the man she married be-, fore they became apparent, He has developed; she has lagged behind. And out of her subconscious, but none the less bitter, resentment, she continually attempts to hold him down when she should be helping to keep him proudly, happily, on his new level. Pew psychological influences can be more subversive of domestic peace than the wife’s failure to keep pace with her husband’s advancement and his legitimate ambition to rise. Infinitely greater than is commonly realised is the number of men who have been sadly disheartened by the| dally pinpricks of the wife who resents anything and everything that] competes with her own claims on her, husband’s time and attention; and who resents still more profoundly the superior mentality or greater valour, that speeds him to the heights while she insists In remaining on the level of mediocrity. Her Jealousy would be forgiveable if it spurred her to emulation; but too often it has the devastating negative effect of blotting the sun from her husband’s sky while it deepens the clouds in her own. He would lift her, but she refuses to be lifted. He is loyal to her; but in the end she kills his loyalty with her own lack of that essential attribute of domestic relationships. APPLE MERINGUE. Peel and core six sound apples. Have in a saucepan one quart of water with four ounces granulated sugar, the grated rind of half a lemon .a pinch of cinnamon powder and half a vanilla stick. 801 l for five minutes; then add the apples and gently cook for twenty minutes. Remove the apples with a skimr/er; take up the vanilla (and place in granulated sugar for future use), arrange the apples on a fire-proof dish, spread a thick layer of apricot jam over and decorate the top and all round the apples with a meringue (made of the whites of four eggs, a] toaspoonful of vanilla essence and; two ounces of flue sugar). Put ]iow- ! dered sugar all over, set the dish in the oven and bake for about ten min-i utes until a nice golden colour. j