OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Waikato Independent, Volume XL, Issue 3678, 9 March 1940, Page 7

OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

(Continued from Page 6). QUAINT SAYINGS CHILDREN CAUSE MIRTH Many smiles accompanied the judging of a recent competition for which cnildren's quaint sayings were asked for by the Melbourne "Sun." Of the many hundreds of entries the amusing sayings and piquant phrasing of a sentence revealed the fact that the minds of children, are far more active than we grown-ups sometimes give them credit for. A great percentage of entries showed an amazingly logical turn of mind wherein the obvious conclusions prove the most amusing. Such are the vagaries of our English speaking tongue which to our adult intelligence seem laughingly funny. To illustrate this point, the following entry was received: "My little boy, aged three, was on a visit to his grandmother's for the first time. Waking in the night in a strange room he became frightened and cried, 'Nana, match the candle, the dark is getting in my eyes'." Among the amusing entries the following story won first prize: "My son, aged three, was watching me chop up some wood. I was complaining to him about the necessity for me having to do this man's work when he said, 'Never mind, Mum, you won't have to chop the wood when I grow up.' I said, 'Won't I, Son'?' To which remark he replied: 'No; I will make Dad chop it'." A consolation prize went to a reader for the following story: "Frank's mother was working out how much it would cost to give' an

afternoon tea-party in the city. Said Frank: 'Why do you ask how much a head? I'd say, how much a tummy!'"

Such are examples of funny little child sayings which every mother cherishes in her heart long after her tiny ones have grown up, and which can be brought out like the family snap album years later and laughed over afresh. MARRIAGE TO FOREIGNERS NATIONALITY PROBLEMS EXPLAINED A statement defining the effect on nationality of marriages between British subjects and foreigners was issued by the Australian Minister for the Army (Brigadier Street) at the instance, of the Department of the Interior. In general, said Mr Street, a Brit-

ish woman who married a foreigner lost her British nationality upon marriage. In certain countries, however, she might be permitted to retain British nationality. A foreign woman who married a British subject, either natural born or naturalised, acquired British naitonality. A woman married before April 1, 1937, whose husband was naturalised before that date, was a British subject, A woman whose husband was naturalised after April 1, 1937, did not become naturalised unless, within one year from the date of

her husband's naturalisation, or with such period as the Minister for the Interior in special circumstances allowed, she made a declaration that she desired to acquire British nationality. SOME HOUSEHOLD HINTS | i If a fire has gone very low and you are short of wood, a teaspoon of sugar will likht it up at once. * • # Tarnished silver can be quickly cleaned with a cloth sprinkled with bicarbonate of soda.