LADIES' COLUMN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13650, 18 July 1908, Page 3 (Supplement)

LADIES' COLUMN.

■.;.■•■ HUSP.AND-OETTERS. rTtUihand-get ting is a subject"which has Iven engrossing the attention of an indefatigable statistician. He divides girls of. the non-butterfly type into nine-classes with--respect to their chances to get husWnd.«. 'These are nurses, typewriters, servants, - shopgirls, factory girls, school teachers, telephone operators, dressmakers, and. stay-at-home girls. Among these the nurse, he says, is an easy first. There is an indefinable charm ybont her that cannot be gainsaid.- Siteis dressed neatly, with her little white cap and starched apron. She treads softly, and her touch is gentle. To a man. just, coming out of a siege of fever, when, he has t<-> lie for days at a time merely gaining his strength, the coming of the nurse to smooth (he pillow is something to b.> - looked forward to for hours. Second on the list is the typewriter. She is a girl of come education, refinement, and culture. Her dress is neat, and she holds her ,iee well. In the. average office she .sees and comes to know many Ms week. The eon plover himself- often falls in love with her. The servant comes third on the list. There is an old, old saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. This is verified every day by the number of cooks who tell their employer that, they are going to bt! mistress of a private table for two. Like the nurse, the servant lias the additional charm of a neat costume.

The shopgirl comes next. She meets a reasonable number of marriageable men. She has many chances to pick up a certain degree of culture. By watching women of refinement, their giammar, pronunciation, and mannetistcts, she is lhe gainer. Jm>t these little things put- her in a class above girls who seldom come in contact with persons of better education.

The factory girl comes next, and as a hard worker she is seized upon by the single young artisan. Strange as it- may seem, the school teacher comes sixth in the list of nine. •She ias many comforts and privileges rhai are denied orher working girls. She has a better education, has shorter hours, can improve herself in .general reading and in culture-. She has more time to devote •to her dress. She can hold her age better, travel more, but withal that she has fewer opportunities for marriage than many another girl. The telephone girl has not the easy sailing that she- is often said to have. She, too. is separated from the men, few of whom she. ever meets face to face. When the telephone was new there may have been an additional charm ■to the girl •who sent her voice over the wire, but since "th?y. are so common all the romance has gone. There is only onn small chance, and that is with a cl.ies of men ti'bo fall in love with a voire. j THE AVERAGE HOME. As a. rnle. the whole tone of a home depends npon the woman at. the head of it —the average home, not the povertystricken home or the wealthy home. In this average home, whether sunshine shall enter the rooms, whether the parlor shall be used- and enjoyed, whether the table shall be invitingly spread, whether brightlights .and bright fires shall give warmth and cheer on winter nights—whether, in brief, the home shall be an agreeable or disagreeable place 'm usually what the ■woman rfeterminrs. Men are powerless. "VISITIXO INVALIDS. The visitor's manner should correspond to ier attire. She should he bright without »being -flippant, sympathetic and tactful, 'and by all means hopefnl, -without in anv V?ay minimising the pain or weakness of"the "patient. There'ate well-meaning women, who"-hurt sufferers keenly by felling them how very ill and changed they anoear: titer* are others who insist thatth£ patient i; 'looking so well that the poor th'ng is tormented by the idea that they are thinking she is something of a fraud. ' Equally trawise are those who assume. that the sufferers have become quite accustomed to a life of invalidism, and.that- it is no great trial to faith or patience to lie meekly in - a backwater while the tide of th>i~r busy little world tinws quiekly on, unheedful of them or of the.part, they played at one time in its concerns. Any item of. interest,, the announcement of "an engagement or a. wedding scraps of kindly gossip about old Jriends and their families, are all acceptable as sunshine to the "shut in one." who* momentarily forgets her aches and pains in the pleasure of listening. She ntav r»t ba able to talk much, hut tinless *be>- Jj seriously ill it will do her no' harm to listen, more especially if the voice is "'soft, gentle, and low," and >ts possessor df*s not consider it fit and proper to talk in whispers. If the patient is inclined >to tmbnrden her soul by recital of her symptom*, and the wearisome details of her. illness. th?n the visitor must exercise patience, express sympathy, and taeffiillv a*tenant to divert the eonversation into other and cheerier channels.

Wer.k borax water is a good dentifrice A little whiting pub on a damp cloth -will clean paint eas'dv and well. To prevent bilious attacks take a p'assof hot water every morning the first thiro-. . . Never wash combs: clean by brushing ,-ind pulling a piece of cotton through the teeth, alwavs changing it as it gets soped : then rub with a. clean cloth. Nai's used in bathrooms and kitchens on" which damp cloths, and fowls may rv hwnsr should be dipped in enamel, so that rhev mav not leave rwty marks. Silver can be cleaned verv satisfactory hv- putting it in a pan of sour milk. Piriallv wa*h it, in very hof. soapv water, containing a few drops of ammonia . The. odds and ends of the linen cuphmrd can be turned to account in nvuiv different ways. Old tablecloths which .have become" too worn for legitimate use -will furnish excellWit fish or souffle napkins the worn parts cut. away and the remainder formed into neat snnares. The edae3 shonld be turned in with a narrow hem. The threadbare portions make excellent plate polishes. Velveteen ■ which has served its purpose a*'-.a dress op-blouse should be preserved, and vjnade into polishing cloths. In this connexion, velveteen ■is almost as go*,d as a nhamois leather, .'ind cannot only .b~ r«--ed for obtaining a. fine polish on satinwooiT • and mahogany ' 1 nmiture, but as a means of brightening - silver and plated goods. -, When soiled, "the velveteen may be successfully cleaned by yaxhing it in a soapy-.lather.