Woman’s World.

Patea Mail, Volume LIII, 11 March 1932, Page 4

Woman’s World.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. Mrs. J. A. Haswcll entertained some friends at bridge on Tuesday evening. Mrs. W. C. Glcnny was hostess at a very enjoyable little bridge party on Wednesday evening. Miss Evans, of Wellington, who has been on a visit to her niece, Mrs. J. A. Haswcll, Patca, left yesterday for New Plymouth. Mrs. L. F, Row is at present an inmate of the Patca Hospital. Her many friends will wish her a speedy return to good health. The Earl of Jersey and his bride, formerly Miss Patricia Richards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Richards, of Sydney, who were married in London recently, arc spending their honeymoon on a tour of the world, including a visit to Australia. They sailed for Sydney on the Strathnaver. Cavairc is disappearing from Mayfair dinner tables. A steadily growing number of hostesses are boycotting it and other foreign delicacies in favour of British food. “I no longer serve cavairc, as it is not British," young Mrs. John Drury-Lowc said the other day. "The trade with cavairc has gone," ttie manager of a famous catering firm assured me. "Grape fruit or smoked salmon, both Empire products, have taken its place." Foie gras has gone into exile with cavairc. Aeroplanes no longer bring it to London dinner tables. Even the serving of hors d'oeuvres, which for years was regarded as the perfect introduction to luncheon, is falling under the ban." YOUNGEST SOLICITOR. A girl who has never failed an examination has just become Blackpool's youngest solicitor, and probably the youngest woman solicitor in England (states the ‘Daily Mail’). She is Miss Kathleen Rushworth, and she is only 21. Miss Rushworth lives with her parents at Beach Avenue, Blackpool. The news that she had passed with honours the final examination of the Law Society reached her just in time to be a splendid Christmas present. After matriculating at Blackpool High School with four distinctions, Miss Rushworth was articled at the age of sixteen to Mr. S. 0. Taylor. "It was entirely my own idea," she stated, "a sort of determination to be independent., Through {passing matriculation I was exempted from the Law Society's preliminary examination, and I passed the intermediate examination when I was eighteen.'' Miss llushw r orth studied every night after office hours. DRINK MORE WATER. When the skin is dry and becoming prematurely wrinkled the condition is duo .generally, either to the use of hard water or inferior soap, or to errors of diet —possibly to a combination of both. The average woman invariably cats too many sweets and pastries and not enough fresh fruit and salads, and she drinks too many ycups of tea and too little water. If you w r ould renew the tissues of the body, and thus keep the skin firm and the muscles taut, you must drink sufficient water. A quart a day is absolutely necessary, but it must be taken in small quantities, about half a pint at a time, and slowly sipped. Do not drink with your meals. This practice is at the root of most digestive troubles. A good complexion and poor digestion never yet accompanied each other. Half an hour after meals is the best time for drinking water. Then cat plenty of green vegetables and salads, even in winter, and make a habit of eating fresh fruit, such as apples-, oranges, peaches, plums, bananas, and any other fruit in season every day. VALUE OF GAUDY PYJAMAS. The famous Parisian dressmaker, M. Paul Poiret, has enlivened the drab existence of the inmates of a French mental hospital by providing them with multi-coloured pyjamas. His action was not the result of a freakish fancy. He supplied the gay apparel at the request of Dr. Toulouse, a- leading French alienist. The doctor, impressed by the fact that mental deficients arc prone to neurasthenia, decided that the dull surroundings of their lives in the hospital was bad for them, and began to experiment. Hence the pyjamas designed by M. Poiret, which arc said to have proved so successful that the experiment will be repeated on a larger scale. ECONOMICAL FLAKY PASTRY. Out lib butter into 11b Hour. Add water to bind, bull out and dust over a bare 1 teaspoon cream of tartar. Roll out several times and it is ready for

PARE WELL GATHERING. Members of the Patca District Scottish Society gathered together at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Smith, Patea, on Wednesday evening, to bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. W. Head and family, who leave on Monday to take up their residence at To Kiri. A very enjoyable time was spent with games 'and competitions, interspersed with musical items. During the evening, Chieftain A. H. Langslow referred to the society’s loss in the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Head and family. Mrs. Head /had been a very helpful member in connection with looking after the suppers at the society’s functions, and had always been ready to lend a hand, together with her daughters. They would be greatly missed, and their fellow-members joined with him in wishing them prosperity and happiness in their new home. He then presented Mrs. Head with a handsome cake stand and Mr. Head with a smoker’s outfit, as small tokens of the esteem in which they were held. Chief J. Kettles and Messrs. W. B. Smith and W. T. Lamb also spoke highly of Mr. and Mrs. Head’s work for the society, and wished them good fortune in the future. Mr. and Mrs. Head suitably thanked the speakers for their kind remarks, and the members of the society for the beautiful gifts. They trusted the society would continue to flourish and to carry out the good work it was doing in maintaining the good old Scotch traditions and songs. A dainty supper was passed round and was enjoyed by all. WHEN USING BENZINE FOR CLEANING. Before using benzine to remove spots from coloured silks, sprinkle a little salt on the soiled spot, iihen the colour will not run and the benzine will not leave a mark. \ SCHOOL HEADACHES It is not uncommon for boys, and girls at school to complain of headaches, and the anxious mother is usually convinced that her child is being grossly overlooked. Braiuworlt itself is rarely a cause of headache in youth. The fact that too much results in less exercise and fresh air is generally the reason. Highly-strung and nervous children sometimes suffer from headache because of too much excitement at school. By far the commonest cause if eye strain. If your boy or girl complains of persistent headache and you cannot put it down to emotional causes at school take him to see an oculist. If the eyes arc at fault correcting glasses will clear up the condition in a short time, ROOMY, COMFORTABLE HAMMOCK Make a frame Oft Gin long and 3ft 6in wide, of battens Sin wide and lin thick, and over it stretch a piece of ordinary wire-netting fastened down securely all round with large doubleheaded tacks. Then firmly screw on other pieces of ibatton, making a double frame and covering all the edges of the wire-netting. About 18in from each end (underneath) place two pieces of battens as stretchers. Hang -with ordinary No. 10 fencing rvirc from the four corners and swing from two hooks screwed into any convenient bar or verandah frame plate. • The pillow is merely a small roll of wire-netting securely tied at the edges ,and fastened to the head end of the hammock. Cushions and rugs may be "added to taste.” HIS LIFE WAS GENTLE. His life was gentle, and the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, “This was a man!” —W. -Shakespeare. STEAMED PUDDING. Mix 6oz flour, 3oz grated suet, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 4oz minced apples, 1 egg, milk to moisten. Place in steamer and cook for one hour. PUN. Mrs. Suburbs paced anxiously up and down the room. Presently she looked at the clock on the mantelshelf. It was midnight. Her husband had not yet arrived hime. "He’s at that club,” she murmured to herself. After a while she picked up the telephone received and rang up the club. "Hallo,” she asked, "is my husband there® ” £hc heard a deep sigh come over'the wire. "No, ma’am,” said the voi<*e of the steward, "he’s not here.” "But I haven’t told you who I am.” she snapped back. Again the deep sigh. "I know, ma’am.” said the steward, "but nobody’s husband ain’t ever here.”