Woman's World.

Patea Mail, 7 May 1941, Page 1

Woman's World.

ITEMS OF INTEREST Mrs. fS. Priest lias returned from a visit to her parents. Kiss-crosses have been banned from letters written by sailors serving in British warships because they might be used as a code to evade the censorship. More than .11,000 spare keys have been handed in by London, Midland, and .Scottish railwaymen tojwards. the company’s scrap campaign for war work. To one key was attached ; a tragic, message, saying: ! “Melt this down for bul- ’ lets; it was the key to the money-box ; of a little child killed in the London I blitz. ” A butcher’s bright idea maw revolutionise debt-collccting in Britain. ,’,’illiam Webb put this notice in his store window: “This business has been ! compelled to close owing to bad debts. ; A list will shortly be shown giving the ; • ames and amounts owing. ” Eight away the money began rolling in. ; Trade organisations are studying the essibilitics of the new system. Viscount and Viscountess Galway ere greeted by the High Comniis.mer, Mr. W. .1. .lordan, when they paid a visit to the New Zealand Forces (,lub in Charing Cross Eoad. They spent some time inspecting the building and chatting with New Zealanders. Their eldest daughter, the Hon. Mary Monckioa, is doing canteen work while wailing to join the Eed Cross. A woman walking in Edgware Eoad, London, stepped off the pavement suddenly with this result: A car swerved to avoid her, causing a Green Line bus also to swerve and to collide with a military car, which pulled up s.i abiuptly that a motor-cyclist ran into the back of it. A number of people in the Green Line bus were injured by flying glass, one of the soldiers in the military car and the motor cyclist were injured; the front of the bus was damaged. Two ambulances wore called to the injured people. The woman escaped without a scratch. GOODWILL Goodwill cannot be expressed in words, it is something which is felt ;ioi_ spoken. It .springs from the association cf human beings, one with the other in business, in social life, in .sorrow, in rejoicing. It is founded 'n pleasure in each other's success, on un eltisl ness and sympathy. That is why we strive so hard to maintain the friendships we have mode, so many of them happily formed in the years of yesterday. “WATERPROOF” ADDRESSES When addressing parcels, especially to the troops, let the ink get quite dry, then run a slightly warmed candle over the writing. No matter how wet the ,readier, the ink will not run. RECIPE “HURRY UP” APPLE CAKE 1 Line a cake tin with sliced apples. , Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and 1 butter. Slake a batter of 1 cup of ' (pur, 1 egg, half cup milk, teaspoon | baking powder. Pour mixture over. ; Bake half an hour. Turn it over and I serve with whipped cream or sweet ' sauce. Time, 30 to 40 mmites. \ Good for Sore Throats 1 —Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. ►

CHINA AT WAR IVOMFN PLAY THEIE PART Tens of thousands of Chinese women have been trained in home nursing and first aid since Japan began hostilities with China. Women have trekked large distances from remote districts in order to receive training to til them for working immediately behind the Chinese army’s front lines. Teams of girls arc working iwitli the tinny m the central district helping not only . with the evacuation of Chinese wounded from the difficult hill coun- ■ try, but also with the men’s recreational and educational activities. Other women have stepped out of their homes to answer the call and tire helping to relieve the suffering of the wounded removed from battle /.cues, as well as victims of air raids and refugees involved in the tremendous ml.avion of people from cast to west as ■ result of the war. PERSONAL APPROACH Women’s organisations hud been formed all over the country with the coming of war, and these had been co-ordinated under the “Now Life Movement,” with a strongly representative advisory committee to the National Government. The preliminary meeting had been, called by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. The movement’s aim was a personal approach to each of China’s 230,000,000 (women and to interest and educate them in their country’s advance. In all this work the -Y.W.C.A. was playing an imoorlant part through the country. PRESERVING PASSION FRUIT FIRST METHOD Remove the pulp from the skins. To five cups of fruit add five cups sugar. Stir now and then for several hours till all sugar is dissolved. Add what will lie on a threepenny hit of salicilic acid and stir very thoroughly. Bottle in very small containers. SECOND METHOD Add about half a cup of sugar to ! each cup pulp, and boil for two min- • utes only. Bottle while.hot and seal • with wax before putting tops on jars. ; REMOVING COFFEE STAINS To remove coffee stains: Cover the stains with glycerine, let -stand for- ( 3- hours, then wash as usual, and if it itT a really heavy stain repeat 2 or 3 times; or use the yolk of an egg as if it were soap, and the stain will disappear. CLEARING SMOKY ROOMS After a partly you can quickly clear . the smoky air in the living room by | xiving overnight a tablespoon of am- ■ ■c-nia in a bowl of water. ’ FUN At Sea: The nervous girl went straight to the doctor as she_boarded the cruising liner and said: | “If I should feel sick, doctor, will I you tell me what to do?” I “It isn’t necessary,” he replied, | “you ’ll do it. ” I Relieve Sunburn and Insect Bites | Instantly with Q-TOL. |