Woman's World.

Patea Mail, 14 May 1941, Page 1

Woman's World.

ITEMS or INTEREST Mrs. (Jims. Harris and her daughter have returned to Wellington. Misses Jean Hill and Lulu Lake arc spending a holiday 1 in Wellington. Looking after London’s balloon barrage is a big job requiring great care and expense, Each balloon has its ov;n motor lorry. ‘This is because it is important to be able to move it from time to time so as to confuse the Germans Ivy altering the general disposition of the barrage. Balloons require 20,000 cubic, feel of gas, and arc 00 feet long and 2.0 feet high. They are made of six hundred separate pieces of fabric and use over one thousand yards of 42-inch material. The hydrogen gas in each balloon costs about £SO raid each balloon requires a crew of ten. MAN’S BODY BELT These are in demand now for men in hospital. Any soft wool can be used and it is an excellent way of using up odd bits of wool. Materials required 4 . Three skeins of 4-ply wool, needles, Nos. S and 0. It is absolutely necessary to work at a tension to produce (11 stitches to the inch in width. Hsing the No. 10 noodles east on ISO stitches. First row: K2*, PI, Kl, repeat from * to end of row. ’ "Repeat this row for 5 inches, using No. .8 needles, proceeding as follows: First row, hni| idain. Second row: Kl. purl In the last stitch, kl. Repeat these 2 rows for 8 inches, ending with a purl row. Using the No. 10 needles, proceed as follows: First row; k2*. pi, kl, repeat from * lo end of row. Repeat this row f»r 0 inches. Fast off loosely to make up. The Bodv Belt: With a slightly dr:nip cloth and warm iron, press ligMIv. Pew un seam. RECIPES CHEAP FORK AND ONION BUDDING Take Ulbs flap of pork, 1 largo onion, 1 large potato, pepper, salt, 1 teaspoon Worcester sauce. Dice the meat, put a layer in a basin; add lav er of onion (sliced), then a layer of potato and add pepper and salt, ami so on till basin is nearly full. Half-fill basin with water flavoured with the sauce, cover with suet crust and steam 4 hours. Liquid may be thickened before serving. Serves six. PUN "There’s an uuexploded bomb buried here," said the A.R.P. chief as ho posted a warden, "probably weighing a ton. •'Jnsf keep an eye on .things, and blow your whistle if anything happens. ” "0.K.," replied ihe warden, "lint do I blow it going up or coming down ? 1 ’ First Merchant; Byers, you always have such a pretty typist. Do you select her for her beauty? Second Merchant: Yes, indeed; it pays. You see, before I got on to the scheme my three dorks would stay away on the least provocation. Now they have fallen dead in love with her, and not one of them stays away if ho can help it, for fear the others will get ahead of him. Keep Coughs and Colds away —Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

BRIDEGROOM shot DIiFSSED FOR WEDDING Guests in the DOn-year-old church at Ticehurst, Sussex, listened lo the organist playing the ‘Wedding March’ for the marriage of Captain Deter Wilkinson, ager 27, of the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), to Miss Fsiuc Jean .Mackenzie, aged 20, Within a few minutes of the time fixed for the, service a man hurried in and whispered to the vicar, the Rev. Owen A. S. Edwards. The vicar walked out into the churchyard ia his robes. As he came back and stood in «the aisle of the church the organ stopped, the choir put down the hymn sheets they .held. Then Mr. Edwards, addressing the guests, said: "Lam afraid there has been an accident. If you will all wait f shall be able to make another announcement very soon.’’ They waited. Soon he had to tell them the wedding onld not take place. At the Old Vicarage the bride was dressed ready for the church. Just as she was about to leave the telephone hell rang. Her stepfather, Captain Moore, answered the call. Ho told her something serious had happened, that the wedding would have to bo delayed. Five miles away, at Skinner’s Farm. Wadhurst, the bridegroom was also readv dressed. There was half an hour (o wait, ami he was showing Captain I,aw ford, how an automatic pistol works. Captain Lawford said later: "Captain Watkinson slipped the magazine oiq of Ihe pistol. The next I knew was that (here was a shot, and he fell to (he floor, wounded in the chest. "Tie had apparently forgo!len that when he removed Ihe magazine there was still a bullet in the breech. Captain Watkinson was taken (n Tunbridge "Wells Hospital, where he died He next day. USEFUL HINTS The most delicious way to cook mimpkin is to place it dry in the oven, and bake it as yon would potatoes in their jackets. It is very floury, and will appeal to people who do noi care "or vegetables cooked in fat. Try using wholemeal Hour instead of cornflour to thicken gravy or soups. I t is much more healthful especially as cornflour is indigestible if not thoroughly cooked. The parts of a stove exposed to great heat soon become difficult to polish, but half a lemon rubbed over the parts before applying the blacklead will ensure a bright polish with little labour. Artificial flowers on evening frocks oasilv get crushed by a coat or wrap. To prevent this, sow one half of two or three press studs to the flowers, and the other half to the frock. Carry the (lowers, and attach on arrival. Excellent rubber mats for putting under hot plates or saucepans, can be made by cutting circular pieces from •ia old hot water bag. LAZY GUMS Mmjcra soft foods are delicious, but for want uf oxereiso the gums become ■fonder, bleeding and diseased. Q-TOL Tooth Paste and G’um Tonic creates an antiseptic form which reaches eaoh tiny crevice and washes away tartar Mnd food secretions. It stimulates and neats the gums, and makes your mouth feet clean because it IS clean. Got a large 1/3 tube to-day.