MATTERS FEMININE.

Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 343, 25 August 1914, Page 2

MATTERS FEMININE.

DONT'S FOR MAIDEN'S.

Don't marry a widower —remember ais other wife.

Don't marry a might read your notes.

Don't marry a polished man—he might reflect too much. Don't marry a photographer---he is a negative creature.

Don't marry a melancholy man — his sighs will be unbearable. Don't marry a loud man —it's a poor exhibition of sound sense. - Don't marry an artist—you can't expect him to be a model husband.

IF YOU WOULD LOOK PRETTY.

Don't tight-lace; it will make your nose red. Don't fret and cry about trifles; it will wrinkle and spoil your eyes. Don't frown; it twists and lines the mouth and makes it full of corners. Don't cat in a violent hurry ; for this is also among the causes of red extremities. Don't dry your hands and face roughly and quickly—or your skin will bo coarse and "chippy" in appearance. Don't sleep with closed windows and read between the blankets; it may be cosy and ''comfy" to do these things, but also it is the royal road to an unshapely figure and a muddy skin. Don't lounge about the house when other girls arc enjoying walks and athletic exercises, or there wiil quickly come a time, when comparisons will be odious—to you. But, above all, don't neglect all the; laws of health and hygiene and think that you can make up for your folly by using drugs and tonics. THE STEENA BLOUSE. If you have a short length of checked jr striped material, no matter whether it be print, muslin, or silk, it will iciake a Steena blouse. The back can be cut with the stripe in a straight line, or put slightly on the slant of goods to c orm a V down centre back. An inso •- don lace trims it. The pretty frilli-ig

that is now sold ready-made can

used with good effect. This well-shapod blouse is excellent for the sporty girl who wants room in the armhole, as well rs the housewife, who desires freedom for her arms whilst she performs ner multitudinous duties that the home-iov-ing toman indulges in. BABY'S CRY. Our entrance into the world is ushered in by a cry. This is necessary in order that air may enter the lungs, and when baby does not assert himself in this way it is the duty of the nurse to slap him on the buttocks until he does. A Healthy Cry. The loud, strong cry of a healthy infant is nothing to trouble about, and mothers and nurses soon learn how to distinguish between a temper cry and a pain cry, the latter having an accompaniment that is not seen in the temper cry. The pain cry goes with wrinkling of the forehead and drawing up the 'legs. A warm hand placed on the child's stomach, or, if very bad, a miniature Int-watcr bottle, will give, ease and comfort, and the cry will cease. The Hunger Cry. In the prolongation of this cry there is fretfulness that to the practised ear is appealing, and resolves itself into "Stop the cause and the effect will cease." Feed the little mite and sleep proclaims that he is at rest. The Illness Cry. Very different is the wail of the sickly* child. It is here when true mother love is shown in the patience she exercises in nursing her whining little patient. But love overcometh all things and watches for every change and condition to report to the doctor, and thus emphasises that for children a good nurse is quite as essential as a good doctor. The Night Cry. Is usually sharp and disturbing. A clean warm diaper and his bottle generally soothes him to sleep without much further trouble. Tho Spoilt Child Cry.

This is an advanced cry that need not be worried about. Precocious children soon find out parents' weaknesses and simply yell for what they want, and woe be to the foolish parents who weakly yield for the sake of peace. There is no peace in weakness; it is simply making a rod to whip them to the observance of a duty which ought to have been dealt with whilst the child was young and ipliable. King Solomon had some pretty ifitrong opinions on this subject which lare still, applicable tb the same old cry iof the new age.