Woman’s World.

Patea Mail, 30 September 1938, Page 1

Woman’s World.

ITEMS or INTEREST Mrs. •Lithgow bus returned home alter being mi inmate of the local hosP itUl - ; .. , .1^ Mrs. Brennan has returned home from the hospital. Mrs. (Austin Crawford has returned to her home at Whcnuakura after having spent some weeks in the Patea Hospital. Miss Norma Bourke has returned from her annual holiday. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Corbett arc on a short visit to Wellington. Mr. Joseph Crawford, dihe avcll known Taranaki representative footballer of a few years ago, and who has also made a name for himself as a singer, came in. for some warm commendation for his work in connection with the operetta ‘'The Vagabond King,” which 'was recently staged by the Hamilton Operatic Society. The "Waikato Times,” in fits report on the operetta, when referring to Mr. Crawford, says: "Last evening Mr. Joseph Onawford again played the dovil-may-eare poet vagabond, Villo, who was Icing for a day, with out-' standing ability.”

WASHING WISDOM When washing chamois leather gloves, prepare a warm soapy solution a:ul add one or two drops of ammonia. Place the gloves on (the hands, and rub them gently in the suds. Rinse in another soap solution, then remove from the hands and hang in the shade. Wh:n washing garments which are liable to fade, turn them inside out before hanging them out, as the sun is iiudined to fade them. RECIPE RHUBARB MERINGUE Stew some .rhubarb with, sugar and very little water. When cooked, mash smooth, and add a knob of butter, (the size of a walnut, a little preserved ginger, cut up small, and the yolki of two eggs. Cook in oven about fifteen minute, and then add tliCi whites beaten stiffly with two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Cook in a .slow oven about thirty minutes. PUN KATE AND SYDNEY It was the day of the twin’s christ.ning and faith or, having imbibed early, felt a bid muddled. “What a'ro Itjlie names,” whispered tiro clergyman as he held the twins in his arms at the eerepniony. “S-stoaik and k-kidney,” said the nervous and fuddled ■ father. “You fool,” cried t,he mother, “it’a Kate and Sydney.” CAUGHT RED-HANDED 1 If your hands become red, rough, and cracked with wind, sun and water, a few applications of Q-TOL will restore the natural supple smoothness which makes them delightful to have and to hold. Massage the hands thor oughly with Q-TOL after gardening.

USEFUL HINTS The smell of new point is uuplsasan.l to many. A handful of hay in a pal] of water, plated in a newly-painted room, will remove the odour. * * Add a tcaspoonful of mixed spices to the next batqh of pie crust you make for pumpkin, chocolate, apple- or berry pies. * * * > Carrots, especially fir:: little spring ones, become flabby when stored. To prevent this, put them into an earthenware bowl filled with sand. * * * s Blanched nuts added to fruit' • salad improve it in nutrition value as well as variety. Be sure to skin and blanqh the nuts thoroughly before adding, however, or there as apt to be a bitter flavour. * * * v If the centre of an aluminium frying pan buckles, heat it and lap it gently all over with a hammer and it will become flat again, & «= =s * Use a hammer ho give wait flowers long life! Branches of flowering shrubs, or any flowers that have “woody” sterns, should be well 'hammered at the cut ends before putting tholm. in vases. Splitting bhc stems in this way enables the flowers to live longer. CLEANING VELVET CURTAINS A dry-cleaning would be somewhat safer on this material than immersion in water’. First shake and brush well in. the direction of the pile, then lay the curtains out flat and rub all over, again keeping in hire one direction, with a flannel on which is a handful of brim which has been warmed in the oven till hot. Renew bran and cloth as often as one or the other gets dirty. T 0 raise the pile again pass a v.ry hot iron all over the surface of the velvet but without actually touching it with the iron, or pass every portion of the pile side of the velvet over the steam from a fast boiling pot or kettle. In the event of the steaming process double over ah onoe with the pile inside ami leave for an Uiiour or so. ,A quicker way for the steaming process than using the kettle is to turn on a very .hot bath, keeping 1!ho doors and windows shut, and hang up the curtains in the steam-filled bathroom.

FAMOUS AIRMAN’S SON Charles Tvingsford Smith, voung son of the famous airman, the late Sir Charles Tvingsford S-aith, nag a -child ’s apt descriptive, talents. The other day when his mother, Mrs. Alan iTnlly, of Melbourne, ashed him what h'e would like for breakfast, he answered.

“A perched' egg. M <f Do you mean a poaiched egg?'’ she queried, mystified. “Well,ian egg sit ting ,on toast, ’ ’ was the lucid, and very logical reply. KINGS AND SPOTS Rings or spots on varnished surfaces, caused by burnt matches, tobacco ash, hot dishes or hot water, almost always respond to the following treatment: Wet the spot or ring wii'th alcohol, and immediately follow with an application of boiled linseed oil. Alcohol is a solvent for varnlish, and therefore softens the finish. The linsed oil thus has a chance to become absorbed as part of the finish. This is a very delicate job and might well be tried first on that part of some varnished surface not exposed to view.