WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17101, 5 March 1919, Page 12

WOMAN'S WORLD.

2 THE HOT WEATHER LARDER. *' We # feel' that not one scrap of food should hi wasted in these days, and therelore it'tehoTes na to keep a very sharp teok-oui on it during the hot weather. It is a difficult job to keep the milk from * turning" and the butter from melting br even taming rancid during the sultry flays, of.which we generally get a good irony during the late summer; and, as for meat and fish, the greatest care should b, taken with regard to them. The first step to take to ensure that the food should irt be wasted in this way is* put it J » Stable place. It should be always airy and cool and clean. The wall and ceili, , should be whitewashed,, and the floor h shelves should be kept wdl scrubbed *:th water, to which a disinfectant ha* fa en added. It is a very good plan too I have a few fern fronds on the larger d -Ives-they should be renewed every few 5 ys-as this keeps off fl.ea and pests. J STifl get. in, however, sometimes, J'rrfnl as we may be, and here is a most elective wav of keeping them away from t'-e milk at. least. Buy or find some white » about Sin square, hem the net round 1 -en thread a few large beads round the ■f tire Put this ever the milk-rot the «,..i of course, will keep.it down, and „ flics can find their way in, though the a* can. The milk should always be I 'fled in hot weather directly the milkman ib infra it This should be made a habit of and it will soon cease to be a trouble; St is a good idea, too, to place the jug,ol a- Ik in a basin partly filled with the c- idest. water obtainable. This has saved „ ;iuv a jug of milk. In very hot weather 1 Mt. if it is to be kept at all, is best p rtiallr cooked and then put away in a c J draught of air out of the sun. Wet fi.h should be dried and sprinkled with jUt.

GETTING ALONG WITH FOLKS. • There is a woman I know who is an Urcrt in one of the most important arts vithin the range of human accomplishl.cnt—the Art of Getting Along With 1 .Iks. It is well to be wise and pretty, i .- well to be free and strong, it is well ■i.. live your own life, it is well to strive * ,d to conquer; but the small tut blessed group of them that can just Get Along v.th everybody deserves some praise. We abuse them, we cell taem blarpeyers, shifty, and versed in side-stepping. 1-cni the downright height of our c.iuioiis and principles and ideals we - r'ioh-pooh them. But they are none the i'ss the most comfortable people in the world to live with. ' When we are irritable they know the t-ick of stroking our fur the right way. V hen we are glum they know the sweet it_ret of silence. When we state a pugr:icious opinion, and bristle up to prove •■m, and are spoiling for a fight, they find E.me remarkable originality in our crazy ration that flatters us into calm. They -c*n't do as we advise them, but, they are r .ost deft in explanations why they could pot. They have a keen nose for avoid,i." sore subject? of conversation. They . I Tow when to laugh, and when to look •rmpathetic. Many a family blaze has i'eu prevented by their acute sense of 'rial smoke. They can see trouble comi:.s a mile away, and guide us all down 'a Jane - They are human lubricants. .They are the gifted ones who can manage -luman bees and never get stung. They *i3y lie— little—but still, "Blessed are the peace-makers."

HE&ORIES.

Is there anyone whoi caa recover the experience of his childhood, not merely vith a memory of what he did and what happened, to him, of what he lilted and! disliked when he was in frock and trousers, but with an intimate penetration, a' revived consciousness of what he felt en _hen it was so long from one mid- . summer to another; what he felt when his Schoolfellows shut him out of their game) because ho would pitch the ball wrong out of mere wilfulness or on a rainy- day :in the holidays, when he didn't, know how to amuse himself, and fell from idleness jfitormiscluef,' from mischief into defiance, end from defiance into sulkiness; or when Jus. mother .absolutely refused to let him have a tailed coat that " half," although; every other boy of his age had gone into; isils -already? Surely if we could recall that -early bitterness, and the dim guesses, tbo.strangely perspectiveless conception of lifo'that-gave the bitterness its intensity, TshoaTd not pooh-pooh the griefs of our children.

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr and Sirs. W. B. Holmes hare left for Wellington, and intend visiting Nelson £nd~the ; Wairarapa. Mrs A. Riddiford and her two little rirls are. slaying with Mrs. Seymour Thome George. Mr; and Mrs. Bertram Dawson are ttayiiig at the Mon Desir Hotel, Takajana. • •.. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Culling and Misses Mona <uid Eileen Culling have taken Mr. Ik-doW's bungalow, in the Mon Desir garilea, for a fortnight. Mrs. David Ferguson has _ gone to Takapuna for a short visit,, and is at Mon Desip Hotel. Mr. and -Mrs. 0. F. Winks, from Hawera, are staying at Sionehurst. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Banks, worn Waihi, are laying at the Grand Hotel, fi'hey leave for a trip to America and England early this month. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Upton have gone clown to Wellington on a short visit, _ Mr. Upton is going on a business trip to America and England. Mr. Hopkins and Miss Mabel Hopkins, whohave been staying at Cargen for some months, are returning to their home in Epsom. Mr. and Mrs. S. King will Bccompany them. Mr. and- Mrs. Dumbleton. (nee Mips ,Winnie Alexander) have arrived at Oargen;' Mis. Arthur Myers and family, who lave. be;n travelling in the north dur-i-i£ .past three months, have now returned "to their residence, 32, Hobson Street, Wellington. Mrs. R. A. Holmes is at present in 'Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes and t'neir daughter are among those intending to visit England shortly. Mrs. Seddon and Mrs. Knox Gilmer Pre visiting the West Coast. Nurse F. 'Nurse, who was for some considerable masseuse at the New Zealand General Hospital at Walton-on-Thames, arrived in Wellington by the Jiealandic from London. Lady Bell purposes leaving England for New Zealand in March. Mr. and Mrs. Morris, with their daughters, ci Gisborne, leave for Enghnd by the Ayrshire to joiri their son, who-is' in .the Air Force. Mrs. S. V. Irvine, of the Civic League, Auckland, has been asked by Mr. Hurst Meager to be one of the four selected speakers to reply to a paper to be read lefore the Town-Planning Conference by J)r. ValirAine. The paper will be entitled "The Public Health and Well-Being of the People." Mr. Hurst Seager has been appointed by the Government president of (he conference, which is to meet shortly in Wellington. Miss Lukin, daughter of the Me Mr. Oreslev Lukin, who has been living in Australia, is at present visiting Wellington. Miss Muriel Turton, formerly of Omata, who -has lately returned from England, is/farming inland from Hastings. -Mrs, Strang, Palmerston Noifch, is in Wellington, staying at the Midland Hotel.