A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.

Otago Witness, Issue 3773, 6 July 1926, Page 66

A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.

AN ENGLISH GIRL’S ENTERPRISE. LONDON. May 21. “Miss Domino—The Mystery Film Girl,’’ will travel to Australia by the Ormonde, which she will join at Toulon or Naples after a short visit to relatives in Italy. It is sometimes a difficult thing to try to gauge in advance what the public will like in the matter of entertainment. But, personally, I think the New Zealand picture-theatre-goers will derive much pleasure from seeing “Miss Domino’s” films, which will be shown to appropriate music, and to the accompaniment also of songs bv herself, carefully chosen to accord with the scenes —English. Irish, and Scottish, with a few from Wales. Each “turn” lasts about 30 minutes, and several changes of programme have been arranged for. These films have all been made by the enterprising young English lady herself, and in a number of them she and her Irish thoroughbred, Saun, appear. The films, moreover, are entirely British, and mostly of a scenic character, showing beauty spots, historio buildings, old castles and palaces—places about which everyone roads, and places which visitors from the dominions always want to see when they come to Great Britain. During her Empire wanderings “Miss Domino’ will make films, and send them back here for presentation while she is still travelling, because the audiences at all the bouses whore she has appeared in populous centres of the British Isles are eager to follow her Empire-round. Children are enthusiastic and much interested, and the films made en route will be of educational value. Her entertainment, quite a novel one, was started less than two years ago, and it says much for her enterprise and initiative. The films have ell been taken to get the best results, and. in a country where so many cloudy days are usual, it has often been necessary to wait patiently for the deaired dear atmospheric effeots to get good results. In all likelihood, the tour will last a couple of years. Having heard a great deal about New Zealagd—ita beauty and ita pas-

tor&l and agricultural undertakings—“ The Mystery Film Girl” anticipates being able to produce interesting and characteristic pictures that will be instructive and attractive to her audiences in the Homeland. The domino by night and a short lace veil by day, entirely covering the eyes, largely hide the features of this interesting lady. Mr F. J. Peers, the manager of the tour, left for Australia some weeks ago, there to make arrangements for the round. New Zealand may be reached by the end of the year. HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS. Winter curtains, hangings, and so on should be sprinkled with dry bran before storing. Vinegar in washing-up water removes grease, brightens china and takes away disagreeable smells. Remove grease stains from wallpaper by covering with blotting-paper, and pressing with a hot iron. Ii clothes have been made too blue, put them into boiling water and leave for half an hour. If that is not successful boil them till white. Moisten stove polish with a few drops of vinegar instead of cold water, and only a very gentle rubbing will be needed to produce a bright polish. Equal quantities of turpentine, linseed oil, and vinegar mixed together make a good floor polish. To remove the smell of onions from the breath, suck a slice of lemon and drink a glass of cold water. If a sheet is so worn in the middle that a portion has to be removed, cut away a strip of the roquired width, turn the sides to the middle and seam together, and the sheet can be used for a smaller bed. A teaspoonful of vinegar added to the water in which fish is boiled wil help to make it firm and white. Chiffon, blouses, gloves, ribbons, and other articles that soil easily can be quickly cleaned by immersing them in petrol, but it must not on any account be used where there is a fire or artificial light. When preparing potatoes (whether new or old) for boiling, choose them equal in size to ensure even cooking. Avoid cutting them, as cut potatoes boiled are never so nice as whole ones. Young turnips should be served whole. Old ones should be mashed, with a little pepper, salt, and milk added. Hard-boiled eggs can be shelled easily if plunged out of boiling water into cold. Fresh asparagus can be kept in good condition for a day or two by putting the stalks in cold water, changing the water daily. An apple or two peeled and sliced* thinly and fried in the fat after the bacon has been cooked is a pleasant change; it is also appetising served with fried sausages. Outline a chair with piping cord (this gives the finished cover such a professional touch), also the front of the arms. Then lay the material on the chair so that the wrong side is uppermost, and pin the parts together. Allow enough room for easy fitting, so that it is easily taken off and put on. Dispose of any fullness with pleats and darts. Leave an opening at the side of the back, if necessary. When the parts are joined, machine the joint* all round with piping cord. A slip of from four to six inches of material is usually inserted between the lower edge of the cover and the frill. If the cover has to be fastened, eyelet holes made of buttonholing put down each side of the opening look neat, and can be fastened with thin cord or narrow tape. Cold potatoes, used instead of soap, cleanses the hands and keeps the skin soft. The water in which potatoes have been boiled is excellent for sponging out the dirt from silk. Steel that is rusty should be cleaned with a cut onion and left for a day. Afterwards it can be polished, either with emery powder and paraffin, or with a paste made with brickdu6t and turpentine. New kid gloves sometimes split when they are first tried on. Put them between the folds of a damp towel for an hour or two before they are to be worn, and it will be found that they give to the required shape without splitting. To remove soot from a chimney without making dirt, put a few red-hot cinders on a 'shovel and sprinkle a little ground saltpetre over them. Before the fire is lighted, hold the shovel as high as possible up the chimney till the fumes are exhausted. Many housewives find a difficulty in fixing the mincing machine firmly to the kitchen table, and unless it is quite secure, the work of mincing is made much more lengthy and troublesome. A very simple tip to remedy this is to have a pad of glass-paper, folded rough side out, and fix it between the clamp and the table before screwing up. This will hold the mincer securely in position. A black straw hat can be freshened for the brighter days by painting it all over with methylated spirits, moistening every part. It will be clean, and will require no other stiffening. Light-coloured straws should be rubbed with a lemon dipped in sulphur; sponge off the lemon, and stiffen with white of egg applied with a paint brush.