WOMENS' WORLD

Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15314, 15 August 1923, Page 8

WOMENS' WORLD

(By "Gypsy.")

Miss Blanche Carroll, of Hairini, loft by the Wellington express last week for a long holiday.

BIRTHDAY DANCE AT TE AROHA.

The Te Aroha Masonic Hall presented a picturesque appearance on Friday evening when Mr and Mrs F. W. Bliss entertained some 60 friends in honour of their son, Mr Harvey Bliss, attaining his majority The principal form of decoration was yellow and pink streamers suspended from a circle in the centre of the hall and extended to the walls on each side. The guests were received by Mrs Bliss and escorted to the dancing hall. A programme of dances progressed until 2 a.m., a cessation for supper for an hour being the only break. After the supper adjournment the Master of Ceremonies, Mr A .T. Burrows, suitably extended the thanks of the guests for the happy occasion of their meeting. The host and hostess are among the most popular- of Tc Aroha residents and it was little wonder that there was a ready response to an invitation. Votes of thanks and congratulations to Mr Harvey Btiss were carried by acclamation. Mr .1. Harbidgo presided most efficiently at the piano.

/ COMING OF AGE,

A social gathering took! place at Morrinsvillc last Friday, when Edna, second daughter of Mrs Farrell, of Morrinsville; attained her majorityThe reception was held at the residence of Mr and Mrs George Wilson, of Coronation Road. There were about 30 persons present. The interior of the house was most artistically decorated for the occasion with streamers and greenery. The hours were spent in dancing, song, and music. At the supper table, upon which were a large number of appetising dishes to please every palate (including an elaborate birthday cake, illuminated by candles) Mr George Wilson proposed the health of Miss ■Edna Farrell. Mr Empson, replying on behalf of Miss Farrell, said he hoped.the young lady would always be as happy as she appeared to be that night. 'lt was a strange thing," said Mr Empson, "that when a young lady arrives at the age of 21 she seemed to remain at that age - for many years to come." (Laughter). Abiding by an old custom Mrs Farrell (mother) handed to her daughter the key of the house, and in doing so said she hoped she (her daughter) would never have occasion to use it except between sunrise and sunset. (Laughter). Merriment continued into the early hours of the morning, and prior to departing for their homes the guests joined in singing, "For She's a Jolly Good Fellow." The numerous beautiful presents received signified the popularity of the recipient. The guest of the evening (Miss Edna Farrell) looked charming in a beautiful black silk dress with gold trimmings. Mrs George Wilson received her guests in a dress of black silk and georgette. Among those present were:—Mrs Farrell, black silk and ninon; . Mrs Colin Wilson, red silk, beaded trimmings; ' Mrs Taylor, navy taffeta, beaded trimmings; Mrs Petrie, black georgette; Mrs Humphries, pink silk, beaded trimmings; Mrs Empson, black taffeta; Miss I Farrell. black silk and lace; Miss Casey, flame silk and ninon; Miss McKenzie, pink shot satin; Miss Warner, white satin, gold trimmings; Miss Temple, pink georgette; Miss "Stevens, pale pink silk and net; Miss L. Stevens, White silk; Miss RVerner, pink satin and lace.

THE BLUSHING MAID.

"How prettily you blush," said my friend the doctor to the little waitress at the hotel where we had lunch. . " I wish I didn't" she returned, the flush on her cheeks deepening as she spoke. "I would give anything to stop blushing." "But," said the doctor, "you should be pleased that you blush. Some girls can't blush. Idiots and habitual criminals never blush. Blushing is often a sign of a refined and modest disposition." There is a Spanish saying, "How can those be trusted who know not how to blush?" Darwin described the blush as the expression of "a sensitive regard for the opinion, more particularly for the depreciation of others, primarily in relation to our personal appearance, especially of our faces." The blush is an extremely interesting,emotional manifestation. It is the evidence of "an organic turmoil." A thought or a glance is sufficient as a liberating stimulus to a sudden and profuse rush of blood to the skin surface of the cheeks. This curious phenomenon is often accompanied by trembling of the limbs, increased heart action, dizziness, singing in the ears, and nervous agitation. Women blush more readily and more frequently than men, because they are more affcctable and emotional than "Iho sterner sex." It is a curious fact that short-sighted girls are more liable to blush without their eyeglasses than when wearing them. Very young children rarely blush. The blushing age Is youth. We associate "sweet seventeen", with the habit of blushing. At this age selfconsciousness induces timidity and shyness. Shyness brings the blush to the cheeks, and the blusing maid, conscious she is revealing her emotion by her heightened colour, continues to blush, because she is blushing. If a young man is ridiculed by a girl companion his emotion is expressed by a blush. Lovers value each other's admiration very highly, and persons in love may find themselves blushing for the first time in their lives. Abnormal blushing is a source • of much suffering among supersensitive young folk. In some cases the habit proves a real handicap in Iho battle of life and causes mental distress and inefficiency. Frequently the blush is a symbol of a severe emotional conflict. The chronic blusher may be cured by unburdening her mind to a wise and sympathetic counsellor.

BEAUTIFUL STAGE FROCKS.

Women theatregoers will be interested to know that in "Rockets," now showing at the New Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Tools and Lonia Pounds display the, latest fine raiment l'rum Bond Street, London —one of the great fashion centres of the world. Always smart dressers, these young comedy stars have brought a wardrobe, the like of which has never been seen on the Australian stage before. Just before leaving London for Melbourne, Lorna and Toots Pounds went through all the most exclusive salons of Bond Street's modistes and selected frocks, cloaks, and hats of ravishing fabrics and design. Special interest attaches to two exquisite cloaks which the Pounds Sisters wear in the production. They are of silver tissue, identical with that used in Princess Mary's wedding gown, and were made by Revellr. of Bond Street, who, after completing the Hoynl bride's dress, had sufficient material left to make the cloaks, which are lined with jade

green georgette. Another striking garment, is an apple green satin Cupid's dress, also by Hcvclle, which is worn by Tools Pounds, when, a. beautiful figure of youth, she graces the top of a huge wedding cake in one of the .spectacular interludes of "Rockets."

This costume, what there is of it, is a blaze of diamond trimming with pierced silver tissue hearts.

BATH PERFUME.

A delightful compound to soften and ] perfume Uic bath water can be made ' in this way: Mix in the proportion stated the following ingredients:—Fine oatmeal 5 parts, powdered orris root t part, almond meal 1 part, and half a part of dry Castile soap scraped to a powder. The mixture should be put into little bags made of cheesecloth or similar material, which has been cut in squares of about 4in. Move the bag about freely in the water before entering the bath, and the water will be delightfully soft and fragrant.

SPARKLING EYES.

If you would have bright, sparkling eyes, clear and limpid, you must be prepared to follow a few simple rules for their care.

Always sleep in a perfectly dark room. Nothing is more injurious to the eyes than to wake up in a bright light. Never read in bed, especially while lying down. It is a luxurious habit, but very bad for the sight. If it is absolutely necessary to read after retiring to rest, prop yourself up with pillows to a semi-sitting position. Never work in too poor or too glaring a light. When working or reading under artificial light, sit in such a position that the light falls over the shoulder on the book or work. Don't read in trains or 'buses. It is impossible to keep a book perfectly steady, owing to the motion of the vehicle, and reading under such circumstances is a great strain -on the eyes. Every morning give the eyes a bath af warm boric lotion. Get an eyebath, or eye cup, as it is sometimes called, from any chemist —the price will be about is—and apply the lolion in it, using fresh lotion for each eye, and rising the bath out before refilling it. To make the lotion, place a tcaspoonful of boric powder in a clean bottle, holding about Boz. Fill with warm water, and shake till the powder is dissolved. When required, half fill the bath with the lotion, and add sufficient warm water to make it the correct temperature.

WOMEN'S HIGHER WAISTS.

GRAND PRIX DRESS PARADE.

The race for the Grand Prix, won bv Filibert de Savoie, at 10 to 1, at Longchamp was blessed with the first real summer weather this year. The sunshine made the racecourse a glittering show of dresses. There was a glut of novelties and a rich variety of all colours, ranging from the most airy muslins to silks and velvets. There were draped frocks and hooped skirts in plenty, new styles,in coats and mantles, hats of novel shapes and of strange new materials.

The most obvious feature was the raising of the women's waist-lines by four or five inches. Dresses in organdie and the flimsiest of muslins were worn by about a dozen mannequins from different houses. They stood out with a becoming hooped effect from the hips and swayed as their wearers walked. One was of palest green with a pink slip, which produced a ■ sea-water effect. This organdie dress was embroidered in, [rococo-effect flowers. Torque bonnets of Early Victorian style completed the picture for this and other dainty muslin creations. As the hoop effect is the new fashion of most muslin dresses, so pleats and simple dresses have been imposed on dresses of shot silks and crepes. There were pleats everywhere. They are worn horizontally, diagonally and vertically.

LOVERS OF THE FILM.

By Valentine Williams.

When are motion picture producers going to realise that if there is one thing the world loves better than a lover it is a pair of lovers? How long is such tender and delicate screenwork as Lilian Gish and Richard Barthelmess gave us In "Way Down East," to remain an oasis amidst a desert of grotesque and often gross love-making?

Again and again one is struck aghast by the utter nonchalance wherewith producers select the types who are destined, in the final "fade-out," to bo left in one another's arms. Again and again one is amazed at the mentality that assumes that any thinking person will, for a moment accept the possibility of this pair "living happily ever after."

The system, I suppose, is ultimately responsibility for this state of aifairs. The producer has his "star" as Mr Vincent Crummies had his hogshead, and as the play is his second thought, so the cast is his last. The "star" system in the United States flings such a halo of inaccessibility about the leading man or woman that often no role other than the character parts is allowed a serious chance. If a woman be the star, the leading man must not be too presentable iest he should "hog the picture," or too expensive, Jest the budget, already knocked lopsided by the star's salary, should not i balance.

The result is that in a fragrant 'love story played by one of those sweet and child-like "star" actresses who are so delightful on the screen the lover is all too often fantastically inappropriate, not only in demeanour and carriage but also usually in dress as well.

The explanation is perfectly simple. If you pay a second-rale price you get a second-rale article. If you hire a aheap provincial aclor he must be expected to pick up his ideals of masculine deportment and dress from Coney Island Beach.

For another thing the indiscriminate internationalism of screen "stars" plays the dickens with the love interest. Mixed marriages—in the sense of marriage out of one's own nation — arc, as everybody knows, the great exception. Like is drawn to like, and Anglo-Saxons find their mates among Anglo Saxons. It therefore shocks my sense of plausibility to find a sweet and shrinking girl of pronounced English or American looks and demeanour expected to choose as a suitor a frankly Continental youth of the gigolo order, willi eyes lhat are leery rather than loving, and such a wealth of passionate gesture as would give most healthyminded Anglo-Saxon young women the

The question is one entirely of fitness, which is another way of saying good taste, against, which, alas! the changing crudncss of so many modern films is a perpetual offence. If only producers, who, after all, are imaginative beings, could have the imagination, or even the commercial sense, to understand that a charming pair of lovers will save a poor story whore Hoods and fires and runaway engines will not.

SOME RECIPES.

Delicious.—You can make tasty cocoanut biscuits with 2oz desiccated cocoanut, 2oz castor sugar, 1 teaspoonful flour, 1 while or egg. wafer paper. Mix the coconut in a basin with the other dry ingredients. Whip the white of egg to a stiffff froth, and bind all together with this. Put small squares of wafer paper on a dry baking-tin, arrange a tcaspoonful of the mixture on each, and bake in ja slow oven for half an hour.

Using up Cold'Meal. —Delicious meat pios can be made from the remains or cold cooked meat. Tlie moat may bo either cut in thin slices or minced. You can use two or three different Kinds of meat in one. The meat should he moistened with some good gravy or sauce. White sauce should bo used to moisten white meat, such as veal, rabbit, etc. Yob can add cooked vegetables, such as rice, macaroni, potatoes, etc., to your pic if you have not enough moat to (ill the. pic-dish. Hard-boiled eggs, cut in slices, sliced tomatoes or a few mushrooms also add to the tasliness of the dish. The pastry should he rolled rather thinner than Tor a pie made of uncooked meat. Tasty Salads. —Most people like a salad, whether it be of meat or vegetables. Here is a homely recipe which may prove helpful to the housewife. For potato and beetroot salad you will require four or five cooked potatoes, I cooked beetroot, I tcaspoonful finely chopped parsley, I teaspoonful finely chopped eschalot, and some potato dressing. Cut the potatoes (which should be rather waxy, not mealy) into neat slices and trim the slices with a round cutter. Peel and slice the beetroot, and arrange it in a salad dish in alternate rows or circles with the potato. Sprinkle with the parsley and eschalot,, and pour the dressing over. If preferred, a little grated horseradish may be mixed with the dressing and some watercress used as a garnish. Always be careful to servo salads perfectly fresh and cool. Celery Cheese. —Take the odd bits of celery and boil them in milk till lender. Add some grated cheese, a pinch of salt, and thicken with a little flour: Bring all to the boil and serve on buttered toast. A very tasty dish for supper. Cheese Fingers.—Three ounces of grated cheese, 3oz flour, 2oz butter, half-teaspoonful baking powder, salt and cayenne to taste. Mix these ingredients to a stiff paste with very little milk, roll out and cut into strips about 3in long. Roll round and bake on a tin in a brick oven for five minutes to a very light brown. Walnut Cakes.—Beat Alb butter to a cream, add Jib castor sugar, then Jib flour mixed with two teaspoonfuls of baking poyder; mix thoroughly, then add Alb chopped walnuts (with their skins removed), a teaspoonful flavoring (lemon, almond, or vanilia), and four eggs well bealen. Bake in a quick oven; when cool cover with icing, and drop a few hall walnuts on |ihe top.

Camp Pie.—This Is a very convenient way of using up the remains of a cold roast joint. Cut the meat in small pieces, and again mince it finely. Season with salt and pepper, and add a large onion, minced. Break the bone small, and put it into a saucepan with a slice of ham or bacon, and just enough water to cover it. Boil slowly for an hour, strain it, and mix it with the meat. Put all in a pie-dish, cover with a thick layer of mashed potatoes, well-seasoned, and bake for an hour.

A Dainty for an Invalid. —Peel, core, and stew two good apples with a little sugar and a grate of nutmeg. When quite tender, mash them up smoothly and put into a pie dish. On the top put a layer of thinly-sliced sponge cake; boil a cup of milk, stir into it beaten yolks of two eggs, and one dessertspoonful of sugar. Stir until it thickens, and pur It over the layer of cake. Beat the whites of the eggs to a froth with a little sugar, and spread it over the top. Stand the dish in the oven to set firm. !