Woman's World.

Patea Mail, 13 November 1939, Page 1

Woman's World.

ITEMS OF INTEREST In the South -there Jives a woman who has readied one hundred years of l aye. As a young girl she eame with hei parents, both of hardy (Scotch extraction, to live in New Zealand. Upon her marriage she helped her hud an i to i.miid their home —a tworoo.med hut —-with hand-made, sundried I■ i;c-.k:>, In this liny liou.se they ] laced a mantlopieee of generous proportmns made from a piece of wreckage retrieved from a wrecked ship in the tariy whaling days. With the advAice of settlement, and the need for wider and bettor roads, the Government cf the time was forced to wreck the dd woman’s tiny homo. As compensation, they built for tier life o-vupuien an up-to-date modem home com.) tote with every convenience, oven transferring thereto (ho historic mantlepieee: hut to the old woman home will never be the same. Tier homo will always be the cue she helped to build with her own hands so many years ago. Women shoppers uh ( , have a weakness for collecting patterns of materials are costing big London stores anything from £YS,O(JO to £-iU,OOO a year! This is the opinion of one of the departmental heads of a London establishment who recently gave out that some women collect patterns deliberately with the idea of making kniekKnncks or mending a garment. Ho had this to say: “A few years ago we kept n.o records of the number of patterns we gave away. Half a yard of cvor> thing was cut off and cut tip as scon as the new materials came in, and it lasted quite a while. Now. the luilf MirJ may not last a day. ”

An average pattern is a strip measuring at leas', four by two inches. Widths of material vary from 27 to 54 inches. A pattern of the more expensive may be worth fid. or !)d. RECIPES SAUSAGE LOAF One pound sausage meat, loz fine breadcrumbs, -J teaspoon popper, 1 teaspoon salt, 11b minced lean beef, 1 teaspoon sage, 2 beaten eggs, -} gill cream. Mix all ingredients together. fcMiapo into a loaf or pack into a loaf tin measuring about X x 4 x 5 indies. Bake in a moderate oven for one hour. Serve hot with tomato sauce, or cold with a green salad. Enough for six persons. CHEESE AND POTATO PUFF One cup of milk, 3ozs grated cheese, 51b cooked potatoes, 2 eggs. 1 large tablespoon butter, salt, pepper. Put butler and milk into a. saucepan; iwhcn hoc add potatoes (well mashed) and mix thoroughly; add the cheese, and cook 2 minutes. Remove from stove, season, add beaten egg-yolks and fold in stiffly-beaten whiles. Pour into buttered pic-dish and bake 20 minutes in moderate oven. PITF A city boy was out to take an inventory of a farm, lie hadn’t any experience in this type of work, but he managed to make a list of all the chattels and slock unli| he came to an apimal which he was unable to identify—a goat. So he ’phoned his boss, and said: “What do you cull this thing that's around here with a rough coat that’s worn out in spots, a white beard, and a long, sad Pice?” To wiiieh his boss replied. “That, you foul, is the, farmer.”

■ vVAIT TILL YOUR lATHER COMES HOME! ‘’Wait till your father comes hoaiel’ ‘l’ll tell your fat'er about you when lie comes home and he Ml thrash the life out of you fur being so rude to your poor mother.’ ‘Go to your room. Your father will deal tvit'' you when lie comes home.” Oh —oh —OH —mothers — how many, many limes have you said these tilings to one of your children because von were too weak, too lacking in wisdom and dignity or too lazy ty deal wit* * the miscreant yourself? Biologically speaking, a father Is a male parent. By common usage in countless homes ho becomes in actual fact the ogre of the house, (lie avenger, an instrument of punishment. His coming is either feared or. simply endured with indif- . Terence. lie is the head of the house —ho pa vs the bills — ’is word is law. He enjoys the nneatly distincKon of a dictator —and is he happy in the role? Is any dictator really? The answer is emphatically “No.” Tie only real result is that the child unconsciously despises bis mother fur her own failure to cope with his behaviour and actively fears hi? father. Both bad for atmosphere. THE SECEIMTY OF LOVE 'When a mother makes use of this very common expression, site-is striking at the very roots of a satisfactory home environment ak far as tie child is concerned. If ho is to develop normally and happily he must, above all else, feel secure in the love, wisdom and justice of his parents. He must respect, md only their ability to guide and control him, but their ability and willingness to guide and control themselves. Frequent threats of dire punishment, many of which never transpire, indicate to the child that: the mother is so weak and futile at her job of mothering that she is helpless in meeting her problems. Thus he is robbed in the same process of respect for his mother and friendship with his father, of incalculable value to Him. CO-OPERATION And what of the child? If the threat is carried out he gains more contempt for his mother, more fear of bis father, if he is not punished he learns lie can do as he likes, because there is no co-operation between his parents. He very often makes use of this knowledge to play one parent off against the other. And they can be avoided. No, not easily —because quick tempers, constant irritation (children can be intolerably annoying when they’re having a bad day), and outside fvorries not connected with the child, often combine to loosen parental longues in unwise ar-‘ gument in front of the child. But, wr.cn parents combine in a genuine effort to master the principles of parenthood, they can make a little pact flintif ever they disagree with what the other has done, the child will not be aware of it, because it will not be referred to in his presence. When troubles occur, should the father never be (old? Certainly ho should, since he is as much a part of the child as is the mother, but he should learn of the child's faults and misdemeanors when the child is in bed or out of Hie room, and then only (hat lie may understand Iris child and dismiss with He mother the wisdom or otherwise of her management. The throat to “fell father” will then have a very great significance, because it. is used only on rat’O and serious occasions. Combat Coughs, Colds, Influenza , Woods 1 ' Great Peppermint Cure.