Woman’s World.

Patea Mail, 9 March 1936, Page 1

Woman’s World.

ITEMS or INTEREST. Mi.a (J. Taylor has returned from a motor tour of‘the north. Miss Ailecn Horner, Otano, Hawke’s Buy, is 111'. 1 guest of Mrs. T. E. Roberts. Miss Esme Barnes, Auckland, is visiting her parents, Captain and Mrs. AV. E. Barnes, Patetu Rev. A. AA r . Email! and Mrs. Siuuill, of Hunterville, and formerly of Patea, were visitors to Patea on Friday. The Academy of Sport, Paris, has awarded a gold medal to Miss Jean Batten for her record-breaking Atlantic flight in November. Mrs. P. AA". Tong, of Okaiawa, ami formerly of Kakaramea, was a visitor jo Kakaram.a last week, when she performed the opening ceremony of the new supper room at the Kakaramea Hall. More than 200 eases of diphtheria arc at present in. Sydney hospitals. Reports of its prevalence in the country indicate that Now South Wales is experiencing a definite outbreak of the disease.

OATMEAL FOR BEAUTY. The use of oatmeal as a skin beau-, tifier is considered definitely beneficial by expert beauty culturists, as is indicated by the frequency with which they recommend 'modernised oatmeal packs and such like. If a simple dusting powder is required you should procure the finest oatmeal powder, which is perfumed and sold in tins. For a skin cleanser to be used with 'tepid wafer prepare your supply as follows: Refined oatmeal powder 8 oz, powdered cnstilc soap -loss, violet perfume one toaspoonful, oil of almonds three drops. Mix well together, and sift through coarse muslin. For use, enclose one or two tablespoonfuls in a small muslin bag and squeeze in a basin' of warm water until the. Water ha 9 a milky appearance. This is an excellent skin cleanser for all occasions. And during the winter months, tor those whose hands arc apt to become rough or chapped if not thoroughly dried, it is wise to have a container of oatmeal in the bathroom, into which the hands might be plunged after drying. • TINNED FOODS CAUTION On opening a tin at once plunge into the contents a steel knitting eedlc, or a clean steel knife. Lot it remain for a minute; if copper poison is present it is immediately deposited on the steel. This test never fails. GINGER GEMS. Beat Mb butter and i cup sugar to a cream, then add 1 egg and beat, then i cup golden* syrup warmed and mixed with 3 tablespoons of milk, then add 1-J cups flour sifted with 1 teaspoon ginger, and lastly add 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in a dessertspoon of hot water. There arc delicious and make About 20 gems. FUN. Two ladies were chatting. “AVJiat’s a ‘Jubilee,’ Sarah?’’ “Well, it’s like this,’’ said Sarah. “AVhen you’ve been married 25 years, that’s your silver wedding, and when/ you’ve been married 50 years that’s your golden -wedding, and when your old man dies and you draw his insurance "money—why, that’s your jubilee.’’

FOR BLOTCHY SKIN. Take a glass of fruit salts every morning for a week and eat plenty of fruit. Cut out all pastry, sweets, and cake from your -diet. Uso a sulphur soap, and ask your chemist to give you a simple sulphur skin lotion, and apply it every night. Dab each spot with hydrogen peroxide to take away the red inflammation. FOR FIERY COMPLEXIONS.. - In a very hot room on a cold day some complexions become fiery nod. AVhen this is the ease, a powder that tends to neutralise the colour should be used. Mix well together loz of starch and 2oz of violet or rice powder. Apply this evenly and often. THANKSGIVING. For my husband, and my children, and my home, And for tire wide cleared acres stretching far, AVit-h always the sun and wind and the fragrant loam Close and clean about us where we are; For the good fruits of gardens, fields. , and tree?, I thank Then, Lord,_ to-day upon my knees. And for our neighbours, Lord, who understand The land and love it as we do, I pray In gratitude for them: their homes, their land, For the friendly folk who 'share our joys to-day; Who share our problems, and who bravely meet AVhatever conics of failure, or defeat.

Featured by Gladys Bwarchout, star of Paramount’s ‘Rose of the Rancho,’ this frock designed by Travis Banton brings smart attention to the fact that the black crepe dress for informal hours is an inevitable, indispensable member of the modern feminine wardrobj*. Miss Swurthput ’» frock; Is’ a two-piece model with an interesting belt of woven pieces of crepe and the spaghetti-like trimming is amusing and hew.