WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13730, 22 April 1908, Page 9

WOMAN'S WORLD.

HOMK KJESTIGSS, -.it. is not so much— What you think, its what you .-ay. What yon fsun, as what you save What you sa.y, »* how ?ou say it. What "you want, as what you need. What, you give as how you give it. What your work, as ho«" yon do it. What you possess, as how yon save it. What yon team, as what you remember. DISCOLOURED SILVER. Silver or pl»te thai has been lying by for some time, or has not befit properly ■.'leaned, IS often s?o discoloured that it i* itnpossible to ront'iM' the stain* with ordinary whiting or plate jpowder. Hut if tin* whit, ing ■•« powder i- mixed to a i»i!»er thin paste with salmi oil,, well rubbed or brushed into every crevice, loft for a few hours, and the. silver then washed and cleaned in tinus)!-'! way, every vestige of stain will have vanished. [.IV FOR TODAY. Casserole of Steak. Irish Stew. fc'ivo Minnies Pudding. Cheese. Five Minutes Pudding: Two ounce? of] hour. 2../. carter sugar, two eggs, three tea- i spoonfuls baking powder, wilt, jam. Mix j the flour, sugar, liking powder and a ; pinch of salt together, add awl mix 'ho J eggs (nut beaten), and spread the mixture j thinly over a tin baking dish. .It requires j nothing hut Sin- eg;;s to moisten it. neither J does it want beating except to make it. smooth. After baking five minute.* tarn • off the tin, spread over it a layer of jam • previously heated. Uoll up and ?trew ea.«- . tor sugar over it before sending it t<> table, j ~~ , * , - i PROLONGED ENGAGEMENTS. However much a mar, may bo* in love, : especially if he. hd on the wrong side of j 50. he is never blind to his own interests, j If he sees that his fiancee, is frivolous and j Jar more, taken up with having a. good ; time than with preparing herself for this , responsibilities of a home, it- makes him i hesitate tx-foio he hurries on that day of j days when he is to tall her iris own. He ( may worship at the shrine of her beauty j and accomplishments, but he may not can* j to risk the setting-up of a honie. whore she is to be the "presiding senilis. And ~ .--i) a long engagement becomes longer, i whilst the girl, wondering what, they are j waiting for, may not know that .-'he her- j sell' is to blame, "for the delay. Yet nearly | ever;,' man has a longing for a honte of j his own, and it is only when a few extra. j years have rolled over Iris head that the. i young man begins to wonder whether the I girl he is in love with and who has pro- ( mised l"> be his wife, tits his ideal of the j woman he has always pictured as reigning over his home. Till-: LAMP AS AN AID TO BEAUTY. Who would have thought that woman could make use- of the lampjust the ordinary lamp—as a beautiMer. It. may not be stated with any degree of certainty whether reason or intuition is responsible for this discovery, but it answers her purpose-, and thai, is sufficient. She saw thai the colours produced by a Jianie and a coloured globe might Iks utilised just as well as the colours in cloth. Now the clever girl has a lamp ill the room in which she receives, and flic lamp has a globe, the colours of which cast a light that will harmonise perfectly with her type of prettiuess, and, of course, with her gown. .She has found that the lamp with the clear white globe gives a light that will set off to perfection the filmy laco or chiffon frock of white and give to the face the pure tints of the lily. ' The clever woman, who prefers the touch of colour- in her checks, chooses a red globe with which to spread that soft effulgence about the room, giving a tinge of colour that seems to bo forever on the brink of a blush shade that makes irresisitible both blonde and brunette beauty.. I———— mmmmmamtm — l AN IDEAL SISTER, What; constitutes an ideal sister? Well, wo should say she is a sister whose sympathy is ever ready. She shares her brother's interests, and enters into his joys j and sorrows. i

She does not say. ''Oh, I can't, be bothered!" when he wants to ask her help, oi declare that all brothers are torments when ho tries to tell her something that concerns himself. She lets him feel she is his friend; she stands by him in his troubles, and gives him a. hand do help him out. Sim does not snub him and laugh at, him if he is younger than herself, and she does not scoff tit his brotherly advice and. admonitions ii he happens to bo older. An idea.l suiter wants to help her brother to be" i. better mini than he is, and recognises the fact that sin- can give him more assistance in that way than, anyone else. She knows as well as he does, or as we do, that a man's sister generally forms hi.standard of womanhood. If slur is womanly, and sweet and gentle, full of high impulses and efforts towards good, then he will expect other girls to be the same, and look for just that sort of thing in his wife. li' she is fast and rough, dishonest,' and trifling, silly, and frivolous, why. then, he will suppose all womanhood incapable of being anything better, and will be satisfied with a. wife who has no better qualities than these.

An. ideal sister, it. seems to us, has pretty well everything in lief hands. She has an amount of influence over her brother, which she probably never suspects, and ! which be most certainly does not. He i would very possiblv resent the idea, that | she could do with him pretty much as she I likes, yet it is true, in spite of nil that, and | there could not be a more blessed circumi stance in his favour. LITTLE IXONOMIKS. Upholstery can by no means he looked upon in the light of easy amateur home occupation, and whether fitted or loose covers are in question, first attempts are often apt to prove disappointing- As regards removable and washing covers, a fair amount of skill in catting out and measur- | ing is necessary before the beginner cars | hope even to compete with the .zealous shears of the charwoman, who — Admirable Crichton in her way—generally includes the lower branches of upholstering ( among her varied accomplishments and which are more often than not doomed to ] failure in consequence. 1 Where loose covers are concerned a stool ' is the best article of furniture with which I to commence operations, the material being in id over it, and cut round to the desired I shape. An inch should be allowed for a l hem, as well as an inch and a-half for j shrinking in cases where the covers are j to be washed. No beginner should dis- j penses with the frill round the foot of a j chair or sofa cover, as this ornamentation, i besides forming a neat finish, conceals the j irregularities of the hem, nothing being j more difficult than to s«* "-lire an even line i at the base. As regards fitted covers, the . tacks which secure the gimp should first, be removed, and the basting threads cut, j which will be found beneath, while the! cover should then be removed. This should ! first be ironed, and then folded over length- j ways, and laid on the new material, which j should also be doubled in such a manner as to occasion the least waste. If the material is to be drawn in and fastened with buttons, after the style of a mattress, it should be first laid somewhat loosely over the seat of the stool or chair and tacked temporarily all round. An upholsterers long needle should be threaded with string , ana used double in order to fasten the newcover according to the? original indonta- ■ lions, these being mad* by passing the needle, through from back to front, anting- * in" the folds correctly meanwhile, and '» finishing each with a button covered with f the new material. A firm slip-stitch must j be made each time the needle is shifted j from tuft to tuft, and also before thread- j ing a button, while the needle must id- j ways lie inserted perpendicularly, u. slant- j ; ing stitch resulting in a crooked cover. When the tufting is finished the spare j fulness or the material should lie pleated and nailed round the wooden frame of the j , piece of furniture, the edge cut neatly, and j gimp to match nailed on over the lop. '

FUJltfl&HlXtt HINTS. ' *** In fnrtmhirig » IvrnjM in- a larse,.towns avoid all 'UH.«>r;U»:>ttA thai harbour dust, and cannot be easily ftw! from it. There should fee i'e« J»sd-haou;ln'4s,~ And those of washing materials only. In a small stttlngrtoni.do no*- fill up th*' limited space with Htite irtl>«= piled Bills; m-«aingless bcic-a-brae. A north room sttOllM Hot be »!?<'')f,ttf*{ with blue or any cold eob>»T, VHlftw «* ought brown hangregs and wall.* wsif'pfo--(hue* the effect 'i? sunshine. A j?#js*Tfes ceiling remains. efesn longer lh*n * whs!'>washed one, Wittdow err/faffi' slw«<M l»<* ,*h<srt enough t''« dear the lloor «Ik«. drawn b*-<-k.