Feminine Interests

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 858, 30 December 1929, Page 5

Feminine Interests

i HOW SHALL l MEND IT? 11 there a housewife among: us who has not at. om.- time or another hold up some badly damaged garment or household article with the despairing question» “How shall _I mend it?" Mandjn‘gproblems (“an be very difficult “a responsible for much worry. Their A"mgegslul solution lies in knowing exget]? how to tackle them when they arise. The sock and stocking problem, for mmee. need never be the nightmate business that it sometimes bec‘omes. A piece of net tucked over a M‘ hole, will make an excellent. foundation for the darn, which should “ways be made in wool which has previously been shrunk. Unshrunken wool is useless, for it will only make “.9 rent worse when the sock ls washed. The best way to treat new daming wool is to hold it in the steam at a kettle and allow it to dry slowly before an attempt is made to use it.‘ Glove Mending l Gloves are expensitfe to renew and} can be mended almost imperceptibly it the mender understands her task and makes a. point of using proper glover’s needles, which, together with mending silk, she can buy for a few pence at any good draper‘s. A torn glove should first be button~ holed neatly with small, even. stitches round its split edges. From! on old glove of matching material a any about a-‘quarter of an inch larger than the hole should be cut. This should be tied on to the finger and the ‘glove' drawn over in position. I! the glove is of the washing type, the piece should be buttonholed firmly into place; if of unwashable naturist such as doeskin or» reindeer. the patch can be set in with a little gum or cement. Household repairs frequently present greater difiiculty than personal belongings. lt'llnoleum wears into a hole and thgre are no oddments available for patches, triangular pieces cut from the four corners of the whole and fitted together will provide'the necesnry,matei‘ial-< which must be tacked flown. neatly with “lino brads."

' BLESSING OF HEALTH Rl-LFLECTED IN BEAUTY Health and beauty go hand in hand ‘—und health preserves beauty. This ,‘fact is too often forgotten by girls and fyoung women. Izaak \\'alton said: “Look to your ‘hcalth; and if you have it. praise God, ‘and value it. for health is a git-at Iblessing." : The blessing of good health is re—;ilected in a beautiful figure, a clear iskin, sparkling eyes, cheery manner. land, above all, a vigorous personality. [Lack of these gifts is almost always {due to the disregard of health, and. ‘imaybe. the sacrifice of it to some gpersonal vanity. l l Guard Your Health 1 All illness is ageing. If you would keep your youthful appearance, don‘t. neglect your health. Your good looks and fresh complexion will soon fade ‘with illness. The fairness departs from the skin. and leaves in its stead a sallow, muddy complexion. unattracv‘ tive, and sometimes resulting in pre-‘ mature ugliness. Any woman who values her appear—ance should pay much attention to the simple laws of health and personal hygiene, and rigidly obey them. Common sense, which every woman values with pride, after all is the secret of beautiful health. 5 Many women, in these days of; economic stress, give way to useless; worry about things over which they} have no atom of control. \Vorry is as; much a. disease as smallpox, and, in the long run, causes far more pre-g mature deaths. \Vorry ages sooner} than any other disease, and yet it can-t not be cured by any help from the doctor. ' I To meet worry one has to develop a] mind of cheerful confidence. This can ’ be done by meeting life with an un—i limited supply of optimism, for, after all, it is this outlook upon affairs which creates and renews life. Worry : wastes life force, and the person who will worry constantly about matters 0: relative unimportance is the one who soon finds normal strength ebbing, and when a real test of health comes, is totally unfit for the supreme effort. Cheerfulness is a Beautifier And after all cheerfulness is very -\

much a matter of habit; with a verv smail effort it is really just as easy o see things from the best point of view as from the worst—and the effect on health, and, through health, on beauty is simply amazing. Worry comes to most people, but don’t manufacture it for yourself and spoil vour liealtii and beauty. Good health is as much an affair of the mind, and more so, than of the body. A. woman with a cheery, confihofln" 1 w’ whlch in turn reflects in nei lo\able personality, is a livin" example of the beauty of good health’

‘ MAKING FLOWERS LAST! Florists constantly spray their blo; soms with water. This is a simple. but valuable freshener. Either a toy watering-can, which you can buy at a toyshop for a few pence, or a scent spray, forms a good means or giving this refreshing little shower. Flowers placed in a very sunny part of the room always open fully. and consequently fade. the quickest. if you want to prolong their life till a special occasion. keep them until then in the darkest room or corner you have. It‘s amazing the difference this makes. Most people know that half a tablel‘ of aspirin placed in a small vase, or; a whole tablet in a large one, Willi revive drooping flowers wonderfully; though only for a limited time. i

‘ ON WRITING CHEQUES WHY AND WHEREFORE \Vomankind may be divided illl‘J two classes—these who DOSSQSS '4 icheque-book and those who do 110'.:Many women are unbusinesslike in [writing their cheques. Some till in "the amounts so carelessly that they Ican easily be altered. No blanks ‘should be left. The word indicating :the amount should be written close to the left-hand edge of the cheque 31111“ the figure close to the Pound. 5 The word “Order" means that the ; person to whom the cheque is payable. [or his accredited agent. must endorse i the cheque~that is, write his name on .the back before he can obtain pay—imcut. If the drawer of the cheque 3‘ wishes to dispense with this t'ormality‘ ishe should strike out. “order" and Iwhite over it “Bearer." and sign or {initial the alteration. It‘ a cheque is 3 crossed—that is, if two lines are drawn ldmgonally across it—the meaning is ‘that the cheque can only be paid ithrough a banking account, which need not be that of the person in whose favour the cheque is made out. It it is intended that the cheque shall the paid only through an account at g a. certain bank, the name of that bank and its branch should be written be» tween the lines. \Vhen the drawer of the cheque knows where the person to whom it is payable banks, she should both cross the cheque and add athe name of the bank. The object ‘is to avoid misappropriation if the cheque is lost or stolen. Sometimes the words‘ “Not negotiable” are writ-i ten across the cheque. They do not [mean that it cannot be passed on by ‘the person to whom it is payable. "rho meaning is that if the cheque ‘is stolen and transferred by the thief to someone who gives value for 1", and who does not know it to have been stolen, that person gets no better title to the cheque than the thict‘. Safeguard Yourself Many women leave blank signed cheques with servants and others—~a delightful indication of confidence, but a. pernicious practice. If you must use a blank cheque, write in the top left-hand corner in bold letters, “Under Ten Pounds,” or whatever the sum may be. Many women never examine their pass-books—some because they believe that bankers never blunder. Bankers rarely make errors, but they do now and then. Therefore, passbooks should be checked with counterfoil paying—in slips. When paying into the bank always fill in the counterfoil, and also with the cheques drawn. Some women rarely fill in the counterfoils in their chequebooks. .This is unbusinesslike, but it is more important to enter up the counterfoils-in the paying-in books. The returned cheques which accompany the pass-book will speak for themselves.