Some Hints

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17013, 11 April 1923, Page 10

Some Hints

DON’T BE JEALOUS. THE LITTLE GREEN-EYED MONSTER THAI KILLS LOVE. “ Aud we will never be jealous,” says Jack. “ Aud 1 shall trust you always,” says Jill. And it lasts how long? A week, two weeks, perhaps I three, and then that little green-eyed monster creeps cunningly iu, and makes bay ait tlieir love nest. Suspicion is love’s greatest enemy. People say that jealousy is the greatest symbol of love, but they are wrong. Jealousy shows a selfish spirit, shows doubt, uncertainty. Perfect Love is never petty, it rises above those little Jc.ubts, it kill* the green-eyed monster straight away, and relies upon trust as its greatest aaset. We make a great mistake in ever encouraging suspicion. If you cannot trust your husband, or vour wife, why did you ever marry? Before you wed. aslc yourself firmly, once and for all, “Am I prepared-to trust this person implicitly through all my life?”If you are, then well and good, but don’t go back on your own promise to yourself the very first time opportunity occurs. Nine tames out of ten jealousy is landed upon some little and utterly ' ridiculoue theme, something unworthy of notice. He was late at the office, and Airs Smith up the road said it made her wonder; or she was not at home when' he came in. having gone to tea. with the Parkinson Smiths, who have that fascinating son. Why think the worst of each other? It; is foolish. Put your foot on the little green-eyed monster, and stamp it cut. LEMON AID. A FRUIT WITH ALL SORTS OF USES. If you- have a cold, you are toid to get to bed a* soon as you can aud drink a steaming cup of lemon-water. That is one oi the lemon’s good points but some people are unaware ot its many other uses. For lemons are excellent for chilblains. Cut a lemon, in two, arid sprinkle one-half with ordinary household salt. Rub this over the chilblain and it will soon cease to pa-in. Should you one morning find that you have run out of toothpaste, use lemon juice. It makes a fine substitute. Squeeze a, half-teaspoonful in a tumbler of hot water and use it as a toothwash. Headaches can be cured by the appl i oation of lemon. Cut a slice and rub it over the temples. It will ease the pain almost at once. ‘jf your hair has a tendency to fall out, rub the pulp, not the lemon, over tne scalp. Your hair won’t fall out eiter that A little lemon-juice squeezed in your bath water has a cooling effect upon tue skin. AJ.au y people are in the habit of drinking a cup of tea in bed early in I the morning. In the case of stout, j people this will not help at all in re- [ ducing their weight. Quite the opposite in fact; but if the beverage is changed t<> hot lemon, slightly sugared, it will act as a fat reducer. If you intend travelling by water when you go on your holiday next year, don’t forget to take a supply of lemons Tliev will help you against seasickness. The lemon, therefore, has a multitude of uses. Always remember, liowc\er. that when you use a lemon for any purpose whatever it must be a fresh one. not one that has been cut for •1 considerable time.

DON’T GET HOT I BAB TEMPER CAUSES TT.LHEALTH. Tt sounds a silly thing to say at this time of the:year, doesn’t it? Yet many people get into a white heat more often than thev realise.

Tlie fact is. we’re always losing our tempers over trivial things and getting into a passion when a little thought would prevent it and smo'oth things Of course it’s the most natural thing ia the world for some of us to get • huffy” because the breakfast happens to be burnt or something else lias gone wrong. And vet, what’s the use of being wild about it? It doesn’t mend matters. It really makes them Doctors sav that a bad temper causes ill-healtli. And it’s quite true." Only recently a woman was charged before a magistrate with inflicting injuries to her husband. The latter said that she had “ a frightful temper,” and that after a quarrel she would -‘lie in bed all day and complain that she felt il!.” When you feel like giving way to temper it is a good plan to go out and take a walk in the fresh air if possible. You'll come back with a better grip of yourself. Remember that half the trouble in many people’s lives is due to ar. uneven

PERSIAN COLOURINGS. T.ovely Persian designs in soft col°ming, interwoven with metal threarfi gold, silver and platinum or bronze—are being used for gowns, linings and petticoats. A chemise frook of the simplest cut, just draped slightly on each hip, was made of Persian silk with red predominating—a red called here “rouge ancien,” a shade that mixes particularly well \sth other colours. Its chjeff distinction, apart from the loveliness of the silk, was a cape-like arrangement made simply of about a yard and a half of Chinee© blue crepe georgette fixed straight across the back from shoulder to shoulder, caught into the w a j st . also at the back, and attached-to the wrist by a bracelet made of silk cord sewn on the extreme upper point of the length of georgette. THINGS THAT MATTER. Why do we get I*o indignant when it comes to our pars that someone has made a false statement about hr? i recently met a little woman who was almost in tears because she had over-heard a former maid, who had a grudge against her, say “ I guess she’* not so honest herself.” Of course there wasn’t the least ground for this statement. and so really there Ay as po cause to worry about it. If there had been any truth in what wa« eaicl, then it might have angered her. WHY HE WAS “WILD. I well remember the case of a certain clerk who was asked if he knew what had become of some money which had been left on the desk. He was wild at' being asked. H© talked loudly to all the others saying he wasn't going to stav in a plac© where he w» a looked on as a thief. As. a matter of fact, he had not seen the money, but the night befor© lie bad appropriated several of the firm’s stamps for his private correspondence. He was drawing on hi* imagination. and thought the “ bosses ” must know him for what he When another man was asked, ho replied. “ Oh, T guess someone has put it away for safety. Tt’ll turn up, don’t worry.” Knowing how guiltless he was, it never struck him to be angry, even if be thought he was suspected. Life’s made up of the things that matter and the things that don’t. The pity ip that such a lot of people worry about the thinge tl\nt don’t matter. I CLARE DIDN’T CARE. A certain girl was introduced to another girl. Not knowing the other girl had tile reputation for being somewhat fast, she went wijh her to a public plaoe of amusement. When her friends found out, they were ever so excited about it. “Oh, Clare,” they said. “ They'T! think you are ns flighty as she is. and it will make things awkward.” “ Why?’’ replied Cla-re. “ I’m not a bit like she is. «*> wKint- -does it matter if they do sav I pm? Tt takes me all T know to stop worrying a lion t what I dn do wrong”' Gossip does a lot of harm, but its power would be urently minimised if people had the good sense to weigh up the truth of the gossip and live value of the gossiper’s word.