LADIES' GOSSIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 3510, 21 June 1921, Page 56

LADIES' GOSSIP.

The ‘Parsing Show’ reports that “the lady best known as Daisy Ashford has now a daughter. l.ook out for a new ‘infant prodigy’ book in next year s publishers’ announcements;’’ One of the most interesting signs of the great intellectual movement In China is the presence of £0 Chinese girl students in Parisl They have been sent by the Peking Government to study at universities. Miss Euphemia Oourlay Hutcheson who has been made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians of Scotland, like her brother, the late Mr Alexander Hutcheson, has rendered valuable service through research and writing, while in war time she found fresh scope for her activities in designing comforts that made her name well known to the fighting men on land and sea. Miss Hutcheson resides at Ilersohel House, Droughty Ferry, famed as the home of Hr I>iok the Christian philosopher, and there she has a valuable collection of literary and antiquarian treasures. Mr William De Morgan left several unfinished stories, and his wife has devoted

herself ever since his death to the pious task cf completing them and getting them published. A second of these, called ‘The Old Man’s Youth, ’ has been published by Heinemann, London. Mr tic Morgan always talked over liis plots with his wife. In this new book Mrs lie Morgan has written chapters to link up the fragments which she found among his papers, and has given coherence to a tale of midVictorian life which no doubt owes a great deal*to Mr De Morgan’s recollections of his own early days. A SCULLERY POEM, “Scots Lassie” has sent the following scullery poem to the Weekly Scotsman : “Have plenty of water, and piping hot, to wash every platter and each dish and pot. One thing at a time your attention should claim, and then if there’s breakage, it won’t be your blame. Make good use oi sand when the scrubbing begins,'‘it whitens the boards and it cleans out the tins. Each article keep in its owiyproper place, not to know where a thino- is is really disgrace. Clei ill cut your milk saucepan with nothing but salt, and then if tilings burn it won’t be your fault. Have some paper at hand for your hot frying pan, and if very much soiled, use a handful of bran. A cork dipped m powder will polish knives quick, but for very fine steel do not use your bathbrick. Throw rubbish away as soon as yfiu find it, the fire’s the best place—tso cast refuse behind it.” HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS. _ Medicine stains can be removed from linen with strong ammonia. A mixture of soapy starch and milk will remove stains from mildewed linen. Turpentine added to the water when washing a floor will preserve the carpet from moth. To prevent a flat iron from sticking to, •starched articles, lay some fine salt on a Slat surface and rub the iron well over it. This will make it run smoothly. Stockings are less liable to shrink when soaked overnight in cold water before being washed for the first time. When washing chamois or washable kid gloves, the tips can be cleaned without, vigorous rubbing, which ruins them. A well-soaped nail brush will remove the dirt with two or three strokes.' Always rinse scrubbing brushes after wing them and turn them on their sides to dry. Bristles that are always wet become saddened and useless. Sweeping brushes and brooms should always be hung up when not in use. Lots of people who own no maid have a fearful job to clean their hands when the on\ s v ork is over. They find the dirt "cts ingrained, and no amount of rubbing completely- removes it. If a little vinegar is rubbed well into the skin before working commences, dirt and dust cannot get such a firm footing, and the hands are easier to cleanse afterward.;.