WOMAN'S WORLD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11832, 18 January 1913, Page 3 (Supplement)

WOMAN'S WORLD.

.True dignity abides with him alone ■"Who, in "the silent henr *,ot inward thought, Can still suspect and still revere himself, , . . ' In lowliness of heart. Japanese Love Story. The hrst action-for breach of, pio-.mise-that has o\er been brought'b> a. man before the higher, cbuits ot the United States has just boeiHicard. The plaintiff w.:s a Japanese, an.-l his 1 ashless fiancee came from Dai Nippon. He advanoed her close on 300 dollars in the behel that she would become, his bride, and as she has since .wedded another, lie claims .50(10 dollars as damages. The decision of the Court has not >ec boon given.

Dummy Quests. ilr John M-Connack, the well-known tenor, and his w'ife wore invited iccently to a icccpfion at St. Louis, givcji in their honor by the wife ol a prominent local politician. But the smgoi was obliged to leave bv an eaily train to keep another engagement, anil sis Mrs KoJk did not dcsne to disapp'o'inL hei guests, she had dummies >.ade ot j\jr,and Id is il'Cormack, the fornW being clad in a hock coat ot -her -husband's., And the guests were sufficienth enthusiastic to shake the hands ol both' dummies', and to utter the complimentary "speeches to Mr iM'Coiinack w'hich they would have delivered it the tenor had been there in peison. The dummies made no .reply. The American Reporter. The. lollowing unexpurgated sample of Amciican jouinalese is taken from the San I'Yancisco Call, in which it recently appealed as a "special dispatch":—""Wallace Llaynes, oi Loganspoit, hid., wore a celluloid collar when ho came to town: "His first act was to enter a bi'ber shop. 'lfair singed,' ho said. The baibcr applied the inicli. I'uli I Hlooinp! A pei'lectlv «ood 10 cent, collar .went up in smoke. "YVilli.'in fOnd-"S ti r»d to extinguish the flames. llis clolhmg caught file, as did llnnes'. 'I he-two lan into ihe stieet. Both sufi'eied bums."

j The Sporting Spirit. According, to Dr P,.•■..Murray Leslie, who lectured 011 winter pastimes at. the -Institute of . Hygiene, the rules that govern real sport are: Von must- oiiioy it. •■■ \ou must be along with people::who enjoy it equally with yourself. \ou must leave your worries behind." t You.inusc make upH-our mind beforehand that you arc going to have a really • good time. .'. •••It:was because limiting satisfied all the requirements,, he said, that he called it the .■■king of winter spoits. with golf a pretty close second. Siwarstftion o? Fact. The old wives' tale that a dog can heal a sore bv licking it seems to be :iij),;niere superstition.C:Amedical writer ill: ■an American . paper sayslfixperiments have proved- that- tlio normal sal.i.va lms th? power of destroying the. vitality .of numerous dangerous germs. saliva is .supplied by secretions',fj:om the salivary glands and fi\om the mucous glands of the motitii. ■J tr. almost all ailments, or inflamed conditions of the mucous membrane there i occurs after a certain time a large i secretion of mucus which suggests than this mucous , secretion - in which the i microbes are caught acts on the latter,] lessoning their resistance, hindering' or

entirely preventing their development, preventing' thorn also i roi'n advancing further and reaching tlio intcral cavities of the body. - ■: The inventor of Dynamite. Dr Alfred. .Nobel/ --..whose- valuable prizes for science, literature,-and the advocacy af internationals peace' -aie. awarded each November/ imule no pro..vision.. ,for the., similaj- : . eiicouragement of .art. In,-his lifetime., however; he. ,spent., large sums- with picture- dealers,' though very 'rarely did lie purchase a: -picture outright.' Ris method Avas •to enter into .an..arrangement whereby cerrt'ain pictures should be hung in his house for an indefinite period, (determinable whenever—lie willed, and then ..replaced by others. -Dr Noßel's. great wealth resulted -..from';his' invention of dynamite by the discovery that a small of a sileceous earth- added to nitro-glycerinejiriade one of the safest'.: of all explosives-to handle. ■ "-'-i

The Champion Typist. I, America,claims the champion typist 01. the woild, in the person of Miss Kloience, New Yoilc. At a" contest 'in that citv. M.ss Wilson typed lor,an hour 'at tlie rate of 12-1 a minute. At the end ot that'time, the judges count- | eel her mistakes, figured her score and decided she is the champion of the Hvdrld. Her record, with subtractions for is 117 woids a minute.. This young girl, who is eighteen years 01, age, has been typewriting tor. more 'than,tinee years. Eve.y day for two hours," Miss Wilson says, she sits befo're her machine and writes just as fast and hard as she knows how, and her hands aie not meie hands to get cold and chapped as anv other-prison's do —not by a championship. "T never let my hands get cold." she said, "and I wear the heaviest gloves T can got. I have to be just as caioful of them as -though they played a violin or a. piano." Steam-heated Towns. Steam-heated towns, where/ houses and .shop- "pre warmed by the mere turnmir of a tap, as we now turn on gas and water, promise to be one of the great developments of the future. New as the idea may be in England, it is an old stoiy to Wilkes-BaiTc, -a populous indu-stiiiil centre in Pennsylvania. Wilkev-liarie has bad a large part of its area-steam-heated for over a quarter' of a century. It is stated 'that at the present time about 200 buildings 'draw their heat Iroin a common souice. Th? customers in steam are charged for their supplies iji one ot two wa\s. It is possible to pay according to the cubic -feet warnud or by the more ingenious 1 ic-cord of steam condensed. The pipes aie laid six'feet below the street level, and thd .steam is Mipphed at the low "jnassure of 31b per square inch, which safeguards consumers from the risk of bursting pipes. For Biliousness. -The diet for an ordinary attack of '"ltver" or biliousness may be confined to milk .and malted milk, soda and milk and cereal food*-, toasted stale bread, oatmeal, rice sago, tapioca, a little ar--rowroot, macaroni, arid vermicelli, until such time as white fish and the more -srifid foods,, vegetables, soups, etc., can be' taken. Hot lemon-water may be sipped (says Indigestion), say an hour before meals, two or three times per dav. New bread should never be eaten, wliile beer, stout, and wines aie to be avoided. The «amc instructions in diet are ntcessarv in regard to butter, and tat meat. In all cases where milk is taken it must be sipped, not bolted It should not be boiled, as boiling tends to make milk constipating, and constipation is the one condition to be avoided at all costs.

Modern Soldiering. Tlie rough and tumble of modern sol- \ diering 'is a story that is comparatively I new. 'At one time (says the N Cornlull Magazine) the soldiei uas troat?d a,s '"il bi glass in peace time, so that! he should break down as near as possible v hen suddenly put to the strain of war. Now. though young and lialf—fledgrd in England, since the fighting force is half in the Eesei ve. he marches twenty or thiity miles a day with his pack, dosses in the wet grass where he halts', takes his bites from the cooker, and goes on outpost--for the nierlit. and 1 jip-and on in-the morning., like ajiy old'iough-'ancl-tough of the Light Divrsron. "it is your hard-hitting, ■farmarching .infantry thnt carry the eagles; where the' Empire orders them, and the Britsh mfantrv now marches and bivouacs; with the best.. The good, independent English, have not yet been sufficiently taught bow to the law .of nations, to admit billeting in peace, time; "more's 'the -"pity, ,so that.atmanoeuvres men and horses have to sleep* out in the Taw .and ths- cold and'tfie dew, to the good health of the men .and the undoing of the horses.'''Hot-stew' and lashings,of-tea in keep ■the men-fit",'but there, can'be-no* hot I bTanTmnslies'-for his IVJlajesty's horses, '

andvinto the stables-\and barns,of Lis subjects they ought to goin. peace, sis th*\ mil do*uL war. " t, _ ' Baldness and lis causes. Some xnteiestmg news oif the-causes of baldness ha\e been put foiward lately by-Bt, Gttelpa, of Paris.v in which ho concludes that theie aie,tin ee leasons icu its'effect on men. ' In tlte hist. place, the-i"- hats aie too' Lard and hcai.N : m tho second, the> cut the.f ban too shott, and, thiidly, the\ eat moio than women in the usual wa> Wcaimg a heav*. or haul hat obviouslj eveits ioo niiich and is decidedly" haimlu! Cutting the hair shoifc leajrs + he 'roots at the mere\ oi anj laiiations of tempeiatme and atmosphenc conditions. Too much meat, sajs J)i Cue pa, incieases the acids jn the blood and ejiisequenth in the pe,spnatiou This is still tnoie harmful to the ban. lot it quickens the supph of sebum, 'which thickens lound 'he toots and clogs them This, sa\s the , doctoi, is the leason wh> tat men aio addicted to baldness than those who aie ihin J> Guelpha adds that it men would onh near light felt hats instead ot Jouleis and soff stiaw instead of aid sti aw ones, theie would be less 'i.Mdness.

Archbishop and Boy. In the Aiena theie is a series of aitides entitled "Past- and Ptesent," dealing with famous public schools The autioi, mating „t expenences at the Uellington Srhcol nai i atcs that on one occasion he and .anoMiei lad bad been caught smoking, and wei c taken befote the hoadmastei the late D! Benson, .litem aids the famous Aichb.shop Dr Benson ]>lin]shedl th lads „ )th tb £ I!?"' 01 ,?' the at tide seemed so callous to the blows (hat 1 the headmas«lt with towels oi oop>books I was ttlld C n.M ' l "°' 'V Kl ' lyS t,,e lltei . An, la "°' X spoke'to th 0 late ■Vichhishop as iollows "I have ne m lied to jou noi to ain tutoi. I & ] la lj m futiiip alwavs he, and w.ite to iin la'be. in India,that all bovs at AYell.nSs* ,, ,W,S ,PPO& f? t0 be ~ais " B^"°°» Then \\ L? \ * SU ! >PI OSSed J" 551 " 11 f f f h. t / ,et »«d. lwusp.obabh bVis Vh n oVi ,ou . 1 ' ,s ,eckless a,ld bad ■» +i 1, e S0llOf)i possessed. Xe\t di\ ind f, ''foneins. to the headmas'et, dah T hrni eMm,: " d ? r ™"t°n ,eiani uth n t,l eV V "'"dow-of his house I l ''' 1 ,an S e <if a poweiful catapult jyioreoyer.-we tarred the g«s with tai (winch had been left foi lAed, in conise of construction.) As S l ve ™'e caught, but it wa s only i.s up and asked me if. I had bioken \Utn a rone of sarcasm'! leplied' "Is truth ° n ' V VOnta f Ee , in m > i] - "V«.i« - t i re ' J,led > very quietlv, -les- J thereupon told him that "f was personally for nil the towefc my statement about the wav F£? Bei T n thpn s P nk ° n 12™*?° eu!a, -ftf d on the. futiliLv or reienge, und added as last words'- "I SrV'? Te bolieved you about'the n?t„£ll ii ■ % °" - h ? th "-PPenrod unnaturally callous under the cane." He hT,™,™ So "no* think my acts over, hut lie did warm that other hoy and informed hun 'haf h o ,had no gneVa'ce louse" SI " CSS t0 10111 me ' illtdam a S ius his

RECIPES AND HINTS. rhlt If F actica ,">: only just recently tiiat the r cas<:erole has come to be understood, and therefore appreciated. On. the continent, m France particularly it is an.oM and well-tried favorite. And n^fV e<3 l V so; , for ft is '' one of t]l e most useniL ot culinary appliances. The casserole proper is simplv a wide.-shil-Jow, stew pan of fiiepioof.earthenwaie provided with a close-fitted lid: and as .i lule. two loop handles... It costs from eigJiteenpence upwaids, according to size. Befoie using the fiist time it should be thoroughly- soaked, in cold water for about twelve hours. To the bachelor gul living m .rooms, and having ,but little .time to cook her_ owii meal-, the casserole is a veritable godsend; a s once ,th'e food is prepared it will coolr by itself without further attention. Indeed, the casserole can be left for several hours .slowly simmering on the.stove or in the oven'without dittoed deteriorating'in the'le'ist. Moreover, 'casserole .cfiokeiiy is decided.ly economical, as there is practically no waste by evaporation. THien ready the stew, or whatever it may be. is l served in the' casserole itself, set ~on a plate and having a table napkin pinned round it. -

Steved Beef—There are am nunibpr of d'sfies adapted to the cn&snole ui the way of stows, soups, lagouta and so on, biit pel tups j few recipes will give tire best idea of its m.uii possibilities Heie is> a nice wai of cooking best en casseiole" Melt one ounce of buttei in the casserole. Mince sorhe onion and fiv it about fiye liunntes, then add a pound of steak cut in stnps and dredge with flour, pour ir> surfjcitint to cqvei it A little, "beef lcidnei and a pinch, of dned sage'aie a gieat improvement. Co.ok fiom an liom and ahalf to two hours, and ahout tlnrtv minutes before solving add a few sliced tomatoes and fuefl. musliiooms and sprinkle a little chopped paislev on top Mutton can J>e done in the same wai, with,, slight intuitions the stock being flavoipd with walnut kttchup ' and a little peail "b,ulev and a iew capeis being substituted for the kidnci and sage. When season xbio a little colon is also an improvement. Yeal is" delicious cooked in the following wav —Cut str.p» fiom.'a nice piec of veal and 1 oil them m seasoned flow , add some savor\ heibs and f.re«h* soil el leaves if obtainable —these should be chopped finelv —and a few capers. Stew fgi an hour and .a-half 01 longer.

] s aper wlappings should never be left on meat oi am other damp kinds of food longei than is lealh necessary Papet (being a compound of lags, lime, etc, with acids and vaiious chemicals mtcrmi\eJ), is cleaily not hi foi keeping such things in ioi nn,\ length ol time N

Flat-iions should never, be allowed to set red-hot, foi the* will no* letam the heat •■<> well afteiwards, and will lose then smoothness When uoning spi inkle some salt on v i flat sulfate and nib the hot nons o\pi It whene\ or the* seem rough a«d stick to the i.ibnc Rancid Bnttei "When bu'ter goes rancid, ti* the following plan Take as much hnttei as *ou ate likel* to Jeanne, and pub it to soak foi a couple of horns in cold watei to which a good pinch'of caibonate of soda has been added. Then take it out and woik up into a p-at. You will find +hat the rancid taste ha« quite disappeaied, and the bnttei is as good as ever. Light Cakes When mak.ng sponge-1 cakes 01 sandwiches, it is a good plan to put a tablospronful of water with the chill oft it in the cake mixhiio dnectlv aftei paining in the eggs. -This makes it beaut'fulJv light and spoi^ Boiled Puddings Never turn outmoded puddings the moment thev .11 e taken fiom the saucepan. Thev aie verv liable to break if th's is done. Let them | s f and for a few .minutet. until some oi the steam has evaooi a,tod, and ■sou. will find that the* will turn out easil* Poached Egas "When poaching eggs, tiy adding h- teaspoonful of vinegar to the water. This helps to set thn whits, and keeps it fiom spreading. Cleaning Currants The stalks ma* be ieiv quieklv-removed fiom cm rants by .well'flouring the hands and nibbing the curiants between them This takes up far less time -than picking each one out separately,* and is just as effective. When oteaiu is onlv verv slight"* c/n j t t pan be made quite delicious'to seive with th tPings, e*c., in the followi'Ui wa* I'vi 1- 1" into a basin with tlif imce cf a Irmrn. and good tablespoon *ul of =iign> -nl whip it until it is ouite c tift This increases tin l nua'nntv and the sour.flavor canno* ho detected 4 A Pastn Hint; Tf Ton want try fb "be beantifnllv Tight, use"a knife for mixing it instead of a spoon, and 1 touch, it with the lmilds'as HHle as possible'. .* v I ' Chit* Flowers—To'..keep ..the water and sweet-m vases of cut flowers, add Ho' it- a -small bit of sugar. This successful even in the case of such blooms, as wallflowers , - •• To'remove <=czatches on--furniture <1 it* a' woollen xagjn b6ile~d linseed' oil and with"it* well rul) 'the' scratched Hitide, .wTuVh should fhen be vainislied with snellao dissolved in alcohol. VNew linen for working unon should.! bejnbbed oyer-with a drv cake of snan.-| Tin's will render the fabric =oft so that "Mlrawinn- threads or embioidenng upon it_vwll be much facilitated.