HITHER AND THITHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 254, 27 October 1939, Page 10

HITHER AND THITHER

Inflated .Swimming Cap. ■ A new type of swimming cap introa i dueed at the American bathing *»• sorts during the summer season has an inflated section attached al the _ back near the neckline. This inven- . tion helps to keep the head up. Fascinating Jewellery. ’“Costume” jewellery has become one of the most important accessorios and handcraft workers overseas are creating the most fascinating adorn- ? | ments in enamel, metal and semi- ■ I precious stones. -om? of the latest ■ baubles are real work of art. Brooches and dress adornments of earlier I periods are also being sought in shops dealing in antique jewellery. inventions for the Baby World. Something new in the baby world is 0 a travelling basket with a window of r I cellophane to keep out. dust and fl | draughts. Baby need be only a few 'weeks old to be taken by his parents , for a drive in safety in. this basket. a I which has just been invented. When 1 ihe is old enough to sit up there is a i canvas chair which can be strapped to the front seat of the motor-car. c Someone is always thinking out a i new way to help mothers. A Study in Contrasts. s Not a hundred yards from the Post • ' Office on Wednesday there was parked a luxurious motor caravan that attracted the attention of many ■ passers-by. It was a beautiful stream--1 1 lined modern vehicle which contrasted i | sharply with a conveyance of earlier ' - years which stood close by. Very few glances were cast on the decrepit old j horse and more delapidated old--1 , fashioned cart. Io which it was har- ’ nessed. Teacher* on Exchange. . 1 New Zealand teachers who came . !to England on the exchange system . organised by the League of the Em- , pire are to complete their year in j this country before returning to the • I Dominion, states a London representa- , | live. No teachers will be exchanged next January, and the position of the . scheme is to be reviewed. Two New Zealanders here on exchange are Mr. .'and Mrs. W. J. Mountjoy (Wellington ). Mr. Mountjoy has been evacu- . i ated with a school to Guildford, and his wife with a girls' school Io Luton. Pink (iypsophilit .Makes Its Bow. I New flowers at the Royal Horticultural Society's flower show held al Westminster last month, were pink • gypsophila, named flamingo, bearing ; double blooms of pale rose, a splendid new hardy flower, heliopsis gigantea. bearing large yellow blooms, and many new dahlias. Some of the most popular types of dahlia to-day are the garden cactus, the small decorative, ■ the small peony flowered, pom-pom ' and the giant decorative. Tens of i thousands of dahlia blooms were shown, varying from the liny pompoms to others 12 inches across. ■ I Thornless blackberries wore also I ■ shown. Queer Inventions. j One of the most curious, of recent > inventions is the whipping of cream . I without the need of any effort on the i part of the cook. Laughing gas is 1 pumped into the cream along with i nitrogen and crabon dioxide. The gases are forced into the cream undei pressure, and when the pressure is released the gas bursts from its ' bounds and whips the cream. The lit ’ vontion is being used on a large scale by American pastrycooks. Among j other curious inventions patented in ‘ a single week are a vacuum cleanei j for home use which can be converted into a lawn mower by replacing one • of the brushes with a cutting blade, 1 a front door letter box which rings a bell when the postman drops in a 1 letter, and a thermometer on a ■ skewer which can be plunged into the • middle of a joint to show if it has been sufficiently roasted. . for three-quarters of an hour add five pounds of sugar, remove the ginger, and cook till the oranges are clear, or the jam jellies on a plate. Pot while boiling and seal down hot. If you have no oranges, buy a twopound tin of marmalade, and add that 'when putting in the sugar.