LIFE’S LITTLE WANTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 22 December 1927, Page 5

LIFE’S LITTLE WANTS.

Bumps! Phrenologist.: By feeling the bumps on your head J. can tell what kind of a man you are. Pat: It should give ye more of an idea what sort of a woman me woife is. *** . * To the Rescue! Daphne: Is that another letter to IDick you’re writing? Diana: Yes. But I thought he was engaged? He’s written me To say that his best ;girl has thrown him overboard, so I'm •dropping him a line. • • * • The King and Bahy Betty. The baby Princess Elizabeth, or ■“ Betty,” as she is known, is now at that charming stage at which infantile .•gurglings have begun to give place to •more or. less coherent speech, and has proved-irresistibly fascinating to her :roya?®l'.nndfather. She, on her side, •evidently finds him a most acceptable [playmate, as slie is apt to protest loud:ly when ho is called away to attend to :more urgent though less attractive business. The small Princess is no respecter of royal dignities, and thinks it no lees mnjeste to make a “cock-horse’ 7 ■of the King of Great Britain, Ireland, :and the Dominions, and Emperor of In•dia—who is always most graciously Tsr6ady to oblige his baby granddaughter. * * • • Trapping a Robber. The robber crab of Niue Island is' exceedingly fond of coconuts, and the islanders are fond of the robber crab "when a tasty meal is required. The crab scales the tall coco rut trees with ease, severs a nut from a branch :60 that it crashes on to the ground beneath, and then descends leisurely for The contemplated feast. When a keen-eved islander sights a up a tree he gathers some, makes a girdle round the trunk, about five or six feet from the rground. When the descending crab reaches the grass he apparently imagines that he is back on the ground, and an incautious step precipitates him the rest of the journey. The result is a •dislocated neck or broken legs —an in>capacitated crab ready for the gatherer. • * * * Women’s Big Tips. Although they are easily the most liighlv paid workmen in the country, There is a dearth of competent women's hairdressers in Paris. “I could find any number of hairdressers for shaving men,” said the proprietor of a city establishment employing 50 assistants, “but I cannot get the right men for attending to women.

“My assistants in the women’s sal--bon earn from £2 2s to £3 3s a day. They drive from their country homes in their own motor cars and drive home :again in the evening. “The charge for permanent waving is of which the assistant gets 40 and a notice warns custo- * jners that the minimum tip expected is 4s. But the Parisienne is so lavish that if she only has a os hair wash she gives :a os tip to the assistant.” * * * * Painted Glass. Painted glass is becoming increasingly popular, but the price is rather more Than the average housewife can afford. That is where the woman with just an ■ordinary ability with a paint brush ■comes in, for with a little practice this painted glassware is not difficult to produce. The designs are copied, the transfer or picture being pasted underneath the glass. The ordinary artists’ ■eolourman can supply special medium for use with ordinary oil paints, or transparent colours, according to whether opaque or transparent decoration is designed. Having chosen the article to be decorated, it must bo wcil washed in soapy water, dried without touching it with the fingers, and finally polished with a soft rubber and methylated spirit. Then paste the design inside the rglass. design may be outlined or not. Ifeontrast is desired it may be lined with a dense black ink. A prettier and altogether lighter effect may bo obtained by outlining in gold, a powder and a quick-drying medium being used for the purpose. When the outline is complete the article must be set aside till it has dried hard, when the rest of the design may be filled in by natural colours. Bright pure tones lire the most successful. Before the colour is applied it should be tried out on a, scrap' of glass kept at hand for the purpose. Neither must the decorator be parted from the bottle of methylated spirits. If a mistake or smudge is made a dab immediately with a rag moistened with methylated spirit will wipe it out. Plan the colours beforehand, and do not go over the work twice, or its clear transparency will be lost in a thick effect, A coat of clear applied to the design when itJs tiffand this gives permanence to if>if work.