Woman's World

Northern Advocate, 11 July 1925, Page 10 (Supplement)

Woman's World

HOUSEHOUD HINTS. THE RENOVATION OF GLOVES. Brown kid gloves that are dull and dirty will Clean with petrol, but that often leaves them looking very dull of surface. To cure this condition, put a little floor polish on a clean duster and rub well into the skin. This will restore them. Do not apply the polish till the gloves are quite dry. Dark suede needs to be petrol cleaned, but a lighter Colour shopld be rubbed with the mixture off equal quantities powdered alum ai|d fuller's earth. A tear in gloves will not last if the edges of the split are merely sewn together. The strain on the part is toe pronounced. In the first place use silk—cotton cuts the soft leatherthen work around the edges of the split with buttonhole stitch. Then oversew the edges of the buttonhole

stitching neatly, the repair will hardly be visible. If it is a hole to be mended, carry on. a second round of button-holing, working into the loops of the first round, and then a third into the loops of the second, and so on till the hole is completely filled.

busty mattress.

A correspondent sent the following information about rusty mattresses:— "I have for ten years treated my wire mattress with kerosene, and have never had a rusty mattress since. If the mattress has become very rusty, give it a thorough rubbing all over with e cloth soaked in kerosene. Allow it to dry for about 15 minutes, then wipe it thoroughly with a dry cloth before putting on the over-mattress. One mattress that I have treated was in such a bad state that I thought I would never get it right again. I treated it

every week, and it is now like a new mattress." ALL ANi> SUNDRY. The colours in cotton goods will not "run" if the garments have been soaked beforehand in salt and luke warm water. Dried orange peel allowed to smoulder on a piece of red-hot iron 01? an old shovel will leave a fragrant odour in a room. Never fill a kettle in the morning with the first water that comes from the tap, for this has been in the lead or iron pipe all night, and is likely to be unwholesome. To prevent a door banging back against a wall, fasten a xubb®? heelpad on to the floor at such a distance from the wall as to break the force of

the jar. To remove finger prints and slight scratches on furniture, add onerhalf cup of vinegar to a basin of hot water and wash with woollen cloth. Then polish in the usual way. The white marks on an oak taible, caused by putting hot plates down without a mat to take the heat, can be removed easily and quickly by rubbing boiled linseed oil into them. To remove rust stains from any material, use equal parts of table salt and cream of tartar. Wet the rust stain and sprinkle the mixture on thickly. Then place material in sun. If first application fails to Temove stain, repeat. !

HOMk COOKBEY.

PEANUT butter.

Put some shelled peanuts into a dish in a alow oven, and leave the door slightly ajar. Allow to remain until they are so dry the hulls "will rub off. Put into a bag and knead -with the hands until the husks are well loosened. Separate husks from nuts by turning from one dish to ■ another. Grind the nuts through the mincing machine, and cook for several hours in a double boiler without any water. Add a little olive oil and salt to the nuts, and then seal down in jars.

MELON CttUTNEY,

Nine pounds of citron melon (weighed after peeling and removing seeds), 3oz. garlic 2£lb. se.eded raisins, lib. currants, l-§ tablespoonfuls salt, 2-Jlb. sugar, 6oz. bruised dry ginger, .2 tablespoonfuls bird's-eye chillies (dried), 3 quarts vinegar, 1 cup golden syrup. Put the melons, raisins, and currantß through the mincer, tie; the bruised ginger; in a muslin bag. Put all the ingredients in the preserving pan, boil slowly hours, then :tafe out ginger iand continue to boil for. two more hours: i -■

RECORDED MUSIC

NOTES lON THE LATEST. A line example of the Gresham Singers' unaccompanied ]>art singing is presented in this male quartet's latest recording "Evening" (Leslie) and "Come Let Us Join the Roundelay (Beale). These are both charming numbers and clearly recorded.

One of the most discussed singers on the contemporary concert platform is Selma Kurz, the wonderful soprano, whose clear limpid notes have been likened to those of the great GalliCurci. In fact, by some music critics she is said in certain respects to excel the latter. However that may be, there is no doubt about the quality of her latest bracket (just arrived), a beautiful "Wiegenlied" (lullaby), composed by Max Neger, and Strau3s' 'Standchen" (Op. 17, No. 2). This singer is the wife of a physician, and has a large family, yet has time to devote herself to her art with such success that she has rapidly attained to J European fame. j Tschaikovsky's tone poem, "Fran- j cesca de Rimini," recorded in four parts on two double discs, is little known. The recording of this work by the Symphony Orchestra under Albert Coates ia an excellent achievement. A word or two concerning the work may not be a/miss. Tschaikovsky describes his "Francesca da Rimini" as a "Fantasia after Dante," and the score is prefaced by an extract from the "In-

ferno" dealing with the story of Paolo and Franc&3ea. In the story the lovers were discovered in a moment of passionate ecstasy and murdered before they had time to realise the Nemesis that had overtaken them. Dante relates how he met Prancesea in the second circle of the "Inferno" where she was condemned to be whirled hither ■ and thither through the gloom by a ' dreadful and resistless wind symbol > of the passion that had wrought her I downfall. He learns something of her » story. Out of this incident has sprung

Tschaikovsky's tone-poem. | In "Francesca da Rimini" Tschaikovsky's genius for orchestration has enabled him to paint musical pictures of almost unrivalled vividness. Tlio work, soundly constructed though it is, may lack some of the more formal beauties of the Symphonies, but for pieturesqueness and sheer emotional force is there anything in the whole range of the composer's orchestral output. from "1812" to the "Symphonie Pathetique" that can rival this tone-poem?

Ever since, years ago, Albert. Malliuson, the song-writer, visited New Zealand with his wife, who sang his songs, j the writer has had a great admiration for his work. It is therefore with, no little pleasure that he noticed amongst the July records two of his particular favourites, "Four by the Clock" and "To an Isle in the Water/' These tw> songs are recorded on one side of the disc, the other, side of which is occupied by Frank Bridges' "0 that ft were so." The singer is Carmen Hill, i whose recording is very pleasing inI deed. '■

A record of distinction fimongst th® .Tuly shipments is Fernand Ansseau's association with Helen S.idoven in two duet numbers from Bizet'a "Carmen" : —from an. impassioned scena in the finale of tlie opera. The first part is devoted to the duet "C'est toi! c'est inoi- I'on m'avait avertie"; the second, "Mais moi, Carmen je t'aimc encore." There is .a fine frenzy of emotion throughout this dramatis scene. Ansseau and Padovon, who both belong to the Paris Opera and understand the French tradition, possess more titan fine voices and a finished technique. The music is sun" in French, with orchestral accompaniment.

Tudor Davies, the Tvclsli renor, whom everybody admires, gives us this moi'th two airs from Mozart's "Don Giovanni" —"On her Contentment" and "To her I love"—Rung in English. These two airs are taken from the part of Don Octavio who is in iovo with Donna Anna and constitutes himself her defender after the murder of her father by the Don early in the play. "On her Contentment" is simply a song addressed to the beloved. One might perhaps draw attention to the sudden change to the

minor <and the short broken phrases in the orchestra when reference is made to the lady's sighs: a small point, but so like Mozart! "To her I love" is quicker and more elaborate, containing ample opportunities for the singer to exhibit the flexibility of his voice. Here Don Octavio is sending his friends to comfort Donna Anna whi'e he himself goes for the police! If you want a good laugh, be sure and hear Ben Lawes in his humorous talking record "Our Musical Drama." j One of the most amusing skits on the [ theatre the writer has heard for a long time. While you are about it, you may as well hear, also, Brooke Johns in two diverting music-hall numbers, "It takes a good man to do that" and "Cuddle Up."

Three double discs of the less expensive variety, but of excellent quality, are T)o Groot's orchestra in sections from Lehar's "Frasquita." the Band of the Ttoyal Air Force in Ketelby's "Sanctuary of the Heart" and Chaminade's "{Serenade," ami last, but by no means least, Marjorie Hayward's violin recordings of Frinil's "Romance" (Op. 17), and d'Ambrosio's "Ynlse" (Op. -°>7, No. 31. The English tenor Joseph Hi slop maintains his hiph reputation in

"Amore o grillo," and "Dovunque al mondo," from Puccini's "Madame .Butterfly,'' as also does his basso partner, Dinh Gillyj in the latter number, too, William Parnds has a part. Duets of this kind are perhaps one of the strenuous tests which can be applied to the art and science of recording, and both sides of this disc came well out of the ordeal (says a London critic). The dramatic element of the singing falls more to the lot of Hislop than Gilly, but both fit perfectly with each other, and the combination produces a result which is a tribute to who-t is } in. my opinion, next to "La Boheme," Puccini's sweetest opera. —These records ar# due here in August.