Women and the Home

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17012, 10 April 1923, Page 10

Women and the Home

CONTRIBUTIONS BY SPECIAL WRITERS

I A BACHELOR GIRL’S REFLECTIONS. When a widow comes in at the dao-r, n debutante’s chances ily out of the A girl takes a man for better or for worse but a widow merely takes him lor granted. Hanging on a man's word may flatter him, but hanging on his neck merely frightens him. There never was a man too nearsighted to see the look of admiration ni a pretty woman’s eyes. A good woman inspires a man, a brilliant woman interests him, a beautiful woman fascinates him—but the considerate woman gets him. When it -comes to making love, a girl can always listen so much faster than a man can talk. bore, the quest : marriage, the con quest ; divorce, the inquest. F ALLING IN LOVE. There are only two kinds of perfectly faultless men—the dead and xhe deadly. One reason why a man’s life is so much fuller than a woman’s is because bo spends nearly three-quarters of it in hunting up things for a woman to do. A man falls in love through his eyes, n woman through her imagination, and then they both speak of it as an affair of the “heart.” A bride at her second wedding does nor, wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting. Always try to be the “ guiding star ” of a man’s life, but never make the mistake of fancying that you are his whole planetary system. When a man says he loves you, don’task him “ why,” because by the time he has found his reason he will undoubtedly have lost his enthusiasm. Wanted: A wife who can broil a. steak with one hand, powde** her nose with the other, rock the cradle with her foot, and accompany herself on the harp.—(Signed) Everyman. A man always asks for “just one kiss ’ —because He knows that if he car get that, the rest will come without asking. A bachelor’s idea of “safety first” consists in getting tangled up with a lot of women in order to avoid getting tied up to one. Somehow a bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy for ever. In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns—and turns—and turns! If there were only two women and one man in the world the man would marry the brunette and then spend the rest of his life peeping over her shoulder and trying to flirt with the A man never knows how to say goodbye ; a woman never knows when to s*y it. Adam was the first- man to “ misunderstand ” a wornau. Some men are born for matrimony, some achieve matrimony—but most of them are merely poor dodgers. TAKEN WITH SALT. A woman wastes more time dreaming over a past flirtation than it would take a man to start a half-dozen new

There are many times when a woman would gladly drop her husband if she did not feel morally certain that some other woman would come along and pick him up. The man who takes a kiss “for granted ” doesn’t stand a chance beside the ma-n who takes it before it is granted. A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man and takes a grain of salt with everything he pays to her. There are only two ages at which a man faces the altar without a shudder ; ao twenty, when he doesn’t know what’s happening to him, and at eighty, when he doesn’t care. ENJOYING LIFE. (By DAISY E. FOX.) There are some women who seem to radiate sunshine wherever they go. And there are some who come into a room and you hardly notice they are there. “ I love asking Winnie to spend an evening, or do a theatre with me. She

always manages to enjoy herself so thoroughly. It does me goed to see her face ” That’s the secret of some women’s charm. They have mastered the art of enjoying themselves. It is an art. It calls for concentration, single-heartedness, self-control. It’s so easy to go to the theatre and take Peter’s lost football boots, Peggy’s unsatisfactory school report n*id Grandma’s rheumatism with you! Or accept Uncle John’s pressing invitation to spend the week-end at the new bungalow, and pack with your luggage that heavy dentist’s hill and cook’s oppressive threat- to give notice. It may need a little strong-minded-ness to push all those disag eeables to the back of your mind, but if you’re

I taking «n wening’i relaxation m week-end. why not an joy it to tha fnllf Troubles have a habit of looking sov* eral sizes smaller when viewed from the radiant standpoint one is apt to bring back from a few boors "o# duty.” What is more, Uuole John like hubby— -is only human if he appreciates the woinan who will enter with him into the joys of hia real oak paeelhng and all-round verandahs, rather than she who gives him half an ear while she inwardly muaee on her own affairs. What wonder if future invitations are given or withheld according, ly! If you go away from the dsilv rou. tme, whenever possible give the wellworn subjects a rest. What is more, set out to do the things you are not in the habit o t doing. Feed Uncle John’s prise bantams, go out to the Stable and make friends with Aunt Polly’s fat grev donkey. Accept the local praotitioner’s invito that you go to his house for a game of whist. What matter if you haven’t played for years. You can admit aa much and promise to do your best. It’s astonishing how readily folk appredate the woman who is anxious to take an all-round interest in life. The men call her a “ sportsman ' J —it* their highest form of compliment. The women recognise her as one who walks on the sunny side of life and they're anxious to rub shoulders with her and learn, if possible, the secret of her radiance. CLOTHES MADE FROM IRON. STRONG MATERIALS USED BY TAILORS. In childhood days we read of beautiful princesses who dressed in cloth of I gpld. New we have cloth of iron! Iron cloth is used for making the i collars of coats set in the fashionable manner- It is manufactured from steel wool by a new process, and looks as though it had been woven from horsehair. Wool which was never on the back of a sheep is being used on the Continent for making men's suits. It goes by the name of limestone wool, and is made in an electric furnace. Powdered limestone, mixed with a certain chemical, is thrown into a furnace and, after passing under a furious blast of air, is tossed out as fluffy white wool. After coming from the furnace the wool is dyed and finallymade into lengths of cloth. ROPE SUITS. A pair of trousers or a. coat made from this material cannot be burned or damaged by grea.se, and is as flexible as cloth made from the wool of sheep. Some time ago a British clothing manufacturer succeeded in making a fabric from old ropes. He obtained a large quantity c-f old rope and cordage and unravelled them by a secret process into a- kind of rough cloth. A suit of clothes made from it and worn by the manufacturer himself proved strong and kept its colour well. It is said that a. number of goods sold by some London tailors at low prices are made from old ropes.