THE WOMAN'S WORLD.
A TRAVELLING CASE. The travelling case sketched is very simply made of brown holland, a double strip, bound with red ;or white braid,. By machine stitching you make any little pockets you may need of the size required for brush and comb, button hook, scissors, hairpin box, etc., etc. while in addition you may have a - pocket or two at one end into which to put any other etceteras. Little things go
missing of times and so delay our toilet perhaps at a critical moment, and thus form the trifles that have before now wrecked what promised to be a most successful little tour. The woman who always has things handy is turned to on many of these occasions when a button hook is needed, another hairpin needed, and so on; and to be wanted in this world is never a thing to -be despised.
A PHOTOGRAPH SHIELD. In these days when it is the pleasant custom to be photographed often, we soon get many cartes of our relatives and friends, not to mention those of our favourites, actors and actresses, and distinguished folk of all kinds. It isn't the fashion now to •have many photograph frames standing here and there and everywhere about a room, as it once was, turning our houses into photographic : galleries. We still like to have {these photos., but it is well to mass them together. For such a purpose the sketch of ■ a shield will come in handy. Cut the shape
out in stiff cardboard (the remains of a, dress box will come in nicely), and cover this with any pretty brocade or velveteen. The places for the photographs to rest in are made by sewing on to the shield lengths of fancy or gold braid, while the loop with which to hang it to a nail in the wall is of ribbon, with rosette to match. Of course, if you want a stiffer, more solid affair, you can make the shield in thin wood, on which you will tack your covering, lining either it or the cardboard shield with some thin material to match.
ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS. Flowers may be arranged either according to the harmony or contrast of colours. Red harmonises with orange, orange with yellow, violet with red, indigo with violet, blue with indigo, and green with blue. Green is the contrast-' of • red, sky-blue to orange, yellow to violet, blue to orangered, indigo to orange-yellow, and violet to bluish green. To find the contrast to any flower,, cut a small circular piece out of its petals, place it upon white paper, look at it steadily with one eye for a few seconds, without letting the eyelids close, then look from the coloured circle to another part of the white paper, when a circle of another colour will be apparent, this colour is the true contrast, or complementary coloui. Tastes differ as to whether the effect of arranging the flowers according to contrast or complementary is more pleasing to the eye than according to harmonies. The former, however, is the most in favour. To carry it out, a blue flower should be placed next an orange flower, a yellow near a violet, and a red or white should have plenty of foliage around, it. White contrasts with blue- or orange, or still better with red or pink, but not with yellow or violet. To make roses last twice as long in water peel the stems for about two inches directly after cutting them. They will last fresh in, this waj for a week*
CAN MEN WRITE LOVE-LETTERS? It must be confessed that the average man's love-letters are very tame productions and distinctly disappointing to their recipients, who, reinemberingTiow sweet and tender they endeavour to make their own missives, are inclined to resent the businesslike tone of the replies.! : {!' ,"{ Some girls will even imagine that the affection in which they are held by their lover cannot bo very great, otherwise, he could scarce help making his epistles more lover,* like in tone. This is a, fallacy, for men, with few exceptions, are bad hands when it comes {to committing their most tender and - sacred thoughts to paper. r/ When in. company; of their iiaacees they may be able to make the sweetest, of love speeches, yet when it comes to putting a few simple affectionate lines together they are utterly at sea. Despite their endeavours, their, letters will persistin assuming that commonplace business tone which I' afford such slight solace to those who .receive them. 'It is not fair to judge the extent of a man's ardour by the standard' of his letters. Even if he be head over heels in, love, itis quite possible that- ; he may be , almost incapable of intimating the real state of his ; feelings in a letter. USEFUL FACTS TO KNOW. Her© are a few suggestions in regard to she things which a careful housewife limy fiiid it wise to teach the now maid:— % Tsach her to put as much furniture as possible outside the room before beginning to swflr-.n, to brush the rest dud 'covet* it whV' dust-cloths. ; ' Teach hen* to soak newspapers in cold water, -. squeeze them, '.tear- into bits, and sprinkle on the floor to prevent dust flying. Teach her to dub the carpet well after sweeping with a cloth wrung out of clean ammonia water-—one tablespoonful to two quarts of water. Teach her to wipe the polished; floor with a damp cloth, and then rub with a- dry one. Teach her ■to cover a soft broom "with a clean cloth,; and brush the ceilings and. walls. Teach her to clean the- windows while the dust is settling. Teach her to use a flat paint; brush fqr window frames and latches.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12660, 14 September 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)
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