WOMANS' WORLD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 10 April 1912, Page 6

WOMANS' WORLD.

I BRANDY SNAPS. To makeibrandy snaps the following ingredients) will b<» required : Two tablespoons of butter, two do of dripping, one heaped cup of flour, half a cup of sout milk, two tablespoons of brown sugar, half a cup of treacle, one tablespoon of ginger, and a teaspoon of soda. Cream the butter and dripping with [ the sugar, add the treacle. Beat well. [ Mix soda in a little milk and soda. Sift in flour enough to stiffen the dough. Roh out thin and cut into rounds. Bake in a. slow oven. ! HONEY BISCUITS. Ingredients : Two tablespoons of butter, six tablespoons each of honey and | flour, one teaspoon of mixed spices, half I a teaspoon of scda, and one tablespooon . chonped almonds. \ Dissolve soda in a little warm water, i Mix honey and butter, and warm to melt it : add to this the dry ingredients gradually, then the soda. Cover and let it stand till next day. Roll out thin and cut into shapes. Bake in a slow oven till a light brown colour. FRUIT-STAINED TABLE LINEN. Linen may be made to last a long time if the owner keeps a supervising eye on what is, after all, a very costly item in tne household expenditure. The parlourmaid or housemaid, to whom such expenditure is a matter of indifference, will relegate tne fruit or wine stained cloth to the laundry basket, although it is'otherwise perfectly fresh an<j clean, whilst a little personal attention will easily put the matter right. Pure boiling wi" er should be used at once to remove fruit, tea, and win e stain s from table linen. Soap should not be used, as it will set the stain, and it is a good plan to plac» the damaged part over a bvjwl and pour the water on it from a height, the force of the falling water helping to wash it out. When nearly dry the damp patch should be smoothed with a hot iron. Eg<r stains are removed by soaking in cold water, wh'le spilt gravy should be treated with hot water. THE LACE BLOUSE. Before a lac e blouse i s washed it should be soaked in soapy water, to which has been added a tea'epoonful of borax, for at least an hour. The blouse should f hen be removed and washed very gently .in a lather of soap and hot water. Rinse it thoroughly in clean water, then dissolve a piece of gum arable the size of a 1 pea in one pint of boiling water and dip the blouse in it. Iron it vAith a piece of muslin between the iron and the lace, and finally pull out the points and edges of the lace. COILS, NOT CURLS. The appeal of the naturally-dressed co:ffure is great. The girls- of the present day know full well that a simple dressing suits them far better than <m elaborate one. They have not been "trying" their hair this way and that before the looking-glas s without finding out this fact. Instead of vieing with one another to produce curls innumerable they are reproducing the coils and draperies of classic effect without their stiffness. There i s a tendency to reveal, at any rate, the lower half of the ears, and it is expected that at last the ftraight-cut fringe will be accepted. In Pari. s it is seen constant]v. and aheadv the H-°-gantes are abjuring it in its most rigid form and are letting a few slightly-waved tresses fall over the forehead. There are these who assert that the cuned fringe will follow, and very possibly it may do so'