Women and Home.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 77, 24 January 1930, Page 2

Women and Home.

TENNIS STAR’S WEDDING. ’ There was more than, 'SOO guests at the wedding at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, of Miss Eileen Bennett, the lawn tennis player, to Mr. Edmund Fearnley Whittingstall, the artist, in London recently. Miss Bennet was a lovely bride. She is slim and petite and has a flawless complexion.

Her wedding gown was of white velvet, moulded to the figure, with a' six yajrds train falling from the waist, and she wore a halo of pearls and bracelets of orange blossom and carried red roses.

Thojre were eight bridesmaids, wearing long gowns of the same pattore as the bride’s, but in red velvet. They were; The Misses Eileen Joe], Doris Tbomas (dauhhter of Mr J. H. Thomas), Irene Bennett (cousin of the bride), Betty Cambio, Joyjee Faulkner, Phyllis Strohmengcr, and rinidad and duanita Japp.

Rosemary Oirde-Bnowne, Domini Papalexopoulo, and Peter Morgan were the youthful attendants, and Mr. William Feat-nicy Whittingstall, the barrister, acted as host man to big brother. Among the guests wer the Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Lord and Lady French, Lady Wavertree, Lady Crosfield, Sir Patrick and Lady Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. J, H, Thomas, Mr. Ronald Squire, Miss Margaret Bannerman, and Miss Betty Nntball. The honeymon was spent in Paris. WASHING WOOLLIES.

Woollens need not bo shrunken and discoloured if they are washed carefully. If you have difficulty in washing woollies without pulling them put of shape, try putting an ordinary enamel colander into the bowl in which th© article is to be washed. Drop th© wet article into this and knead very firmly. Thi s gives a firm surface .to squeeze against, while the holes let the water away freely, so that the garment can ho pressed dry without spoiling its shape. If you have difficulty in preventing woollens from shrinking during washing, use water as hot ag you can

bear, with plcntly of good soap jelly, and gently ■squeeze the article until thoroughly soapy. Now rinse with Avater quite as hot as that used for ftho washing, and the goods will come out soft and white when dry, without shrinking at all. PROTECTING THE HANDS. Always slip on a pair of loose gloves when you are dusting, gardening, or doing anything that will stain or roughen the hands. And another thing, before gardening, scrape the nails over a cake of soap ; it, will keep the dirt out. . Keep a bottle of glycerine and rose water near the wash-up sink, and directly you have finished the dishes and cleansed your hands* rub some in. FURNITURE FACTS. Do you know that ink stains on a polished table can bo removed by applying nitric acid? A few drops should he put in a teaspoonful of water and applied to the stain with a feather, taking care that none of the acidi touches the surrounding woods. You must bo careful, too, to go over the stain with a wet rag as soon as the ink disappears, or a white mark will bo left. Polish after this with any ordinary furniture cream, and there will bo no trace of the stajn.

Scratches.—Sponge all scratches on your furniture with a mixture of parafin and vinegar (about equal pruts), a>nd they will ho very much less no-tice-able .Slight scratches will often disappear altogether. Bruises and dents can be removed by wetting the bruised parts and then all owning tb© water to evaporate by placing a piece of brown paper or blotting paper over eacji bruise and holding a hot iron over each damaged part in turn. Repat until the surface of the wood is level. It is every annoying when someone is thoughtless enough to- iron a frock in a hurry on the dining room table, and when, upon removing the cloth, you find that the heat has penetrated and left a mark. But en marks like this can he removed by applying spirits of camphor, and leaving it for an hour or more. Then polish ig the usual way.