A Worthy Ambition.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1126, 13 May 1911, Page 11

A Worthy Ambition.

As to the artistic capabilities of the Australian girl the manager-spoke- in the highest terms and it is pleasing-to nuto- that the extensive- premises which nro being erected for trie Flower Manufacturing Company arc just on tho verge of completion. Tho buildings will comprise.'all modern improvements both with regard to facilitating their already large output and the comfort of their staff, which it is estimated will then beabout seven hundred workers. That such an industry • should prove a success reflects the greatest credit on Australian enterprise. To bo able to successfully compete with the outer world should be the one aim of ill Australians, that our Commonwealth is capahle of producing products equal to tho Old World cannot now be denied. Our climate and soil can produce the raw materials and our people havo theintellect to use them. Who then shall Bay but- that in the near future the hum and whirr of large factories will bo heard throughout all tho leading cities of our vast Commonwealth, thus giving full employment to all our own .Australian people.

■ Mrs. Rolleston, Hair Specialist, secured when in England and America nil .the Latest Appliances for Hair and Face treatments. Shampooing, Hairdressing taught, Electrolysis. Diploma U.S.A. Only address: 25G Lambton Quay. Tel. 1599,-Advt. ■Miss Dora Harrison, of Evergreen, Long Island, U.S.A.. has walked 1100 miles—from Now York to Tampa—to get thin and win a bet of ,£2OO. She intends to return on horsobact Floral Tributes.—Gifts of rare and choice Flowers aro always acceptable for friends or relatives. Designed and arranged artistic emblems aro always to be Been at MISS MURRAY'S, Vice-Regal Florist, 3G Willis Street. Tel. 263. Wedding Bouquets and Designs 6ent to any jart of Dominion.—Advt. NEURALGIA. Tf the affected parts are bathed freely nith Chamberlain s Pain Balm those stabbins burning darting pains will soon disappear. .Rub the Balm well in several limes during the day, keeping Iho patienl warm and out of th«.cc-'.d wind. .Dozens of paopio' siill'ering from neuralgia have Iweu oiir-ail by Ui? use of Chamberlain's l'<iih'Ba!ni> '

EMPLOYMENT—SAME STORY.

MANY CALLED, FEW RESPOND,

Again the "Labour Journal" tells us the same old disconcerting tale—"tho demand for labour far exceeds the supply." In "Wellington, during tho past month, the following applications were received from employers: —Generals, 65; charwomen, 43; housemaids, IK; housekeepers, B; lady helps, '5; waitress, ] ; bottlewasher, 1; parlourmaid, 1: cooks, 10; seamstresses, 2; miscellaneous, y; governess, 1; pantrymaids, 2; total, 188. From employees:—Generals, 19; charwomen, 27; housemaids, 11; housekeepers, 9; lady helps, 3; nurses, 3; waitresses, 4; bottlewasher, 1; cooks, 6; .seamstresses, 2; miscellaneous, 1; pantrymaul, 1; married couples, 2; total 89.

Out of tlieso tho following engagements were, made: Generals, 18; charwomen, 26; cooks, 4; housekeepers, 6; housemaids, 5; lady helps, 3; bottlewasher, 1 ; seamstresses, 2; pantrymaid, 1; waitress, 1; nurses, 2; total, 69.. Considerable difficulty is experienced owing to the fact that both employers and workers do not realise that their applications stand good on \.he hooks for ono week only. After t,he lapse of that time applications must bo renewed, cither in person or by letter. This fact is impressed upon all callers at tho office, and the fact remains that many are disappointed —employers especially —when thry find that tho requirements have lapsed because of failure to notify the Department within the time specified. The oversea vessels Tainui and RuapeTiu wore met and all information afforded the passengers as to tho prospects of employment in New Zealand. i JOHN OLIVER HOBBES. . A LONELY SPIRIT. More than a tinge of sadness colours tho letters of Mrs. Craigie ("John Oliver Hobbes") in tho volume of correspondence just published. "Through the whole," says one reviewer, "runs tho tragedy of a lonely spirit, seeking rest and finding none—lonely, but so alert, sensitive, and tireless that it often exhausted the beautiful body which was its temporary'home. Apart from her work, life—tho mystery of it all—gripped her. No one," the wrote to a friend, "was ever meant to See life as plainly us I sre it, and remain in it." Though, in mingling with others, sho seemed vivacious enough, she wrote:— "I have had to whip myself, as it were, into society, and the loneliness of it all has been terrific." The most pathetic sentence in the whole book is perhaps the confession, in a letter dated from her Isle of Wight residence on February 21, ' 1905, "I have never been at home in tho world." But above this quiet tragedy there was an indomitable energy. Mrs. Craigie kept two secretaries . busy, and her private correspondence was voluminous. She rushed about the country, attending rehearsals, reading, _ working, lecturing, entertaining, and being entertained, until one feels no wonder at these sentences, penned in 1905:—"For some wars I have been trying , to cheat exhaustion; my mind is ns active as ever, but I can't struggle against this fatigue." Then conies again the wistful note:—"My life has been sad and eventful. I have lived two lives in one; I take everything to heart, and have thought far too much." Later in l the same year, and early in 1906—the year of her sudden death—there is a letter which might have presaged tho end :—

"No one has ever longed for death more earnestly and calmly than L have longed for it. For me it has no terrors; indeed, my wish lor it amounts at times to a constitutional instinct! I fall asleep hoping never to wake, and this is not becmisa.l am melancholy or abnormally discontented, but because life, as I see it around inc. is such a hell and such a fatigue. ... I have found nothing to outweigh the griefs of existence. I know the view is narrow and personal, but there it is. Art is probably a menial disease—nil artists arc peculiar, at any rate. The isolation of the individual soul is the terrific thing in life." She was always a very nervous woman, and this nervousness was once curiously shown at a meeting in Lincoln's Inn Hal!. She had been invited to take part in the annual ladies' night debate of the Hardwieko Society, and, as usual, a largo and distinguished company assembled. On beinrr called upon to speak "John Oliver Hobbes" produced a number of small type-writtc-n sheets, which she proceeded to read. By some, mistake her speech occupied only fivo minutes instead of ten, and she finished before the audience realised the fact. A disconcerting silence ensued. Tho lady remained fncing the otill expectant company. Turning , at last to someone whn sat be?;dp her on the platform, she said tremulously, "I have finished. VThal had 1 b-ttor do now?" A friendly hint to sit down was immedinMj- accented, and au-awkward cause ended.

THE INVALUABLE LEMON. SOME OF ITS USES. .There are few fruits which contain so many domestic virtues as the lemoni and-yet, apart from its uso as a flavouring medium as applied to one of tho many branches of culinary arts, the familiar yellow fruit meets' with but scant appreciation by women of this country. The extracted juice has invaluable soothing qualities for persons suffering from throat and chest troubles. One (if the homeliest, but not on that account to be despised, remedies for a cold is to drink a glass of lemonade as hot and strong as it can be swallowed when in bed at night. A profuse perspiration follows,. and provided tho remedy is taken in time it is a famous cure. Lemon juice and honey arc beneficial for coughs. The ordinary method _is to mix the juice of the fresh fruit with equal parts of honey, but the better plan is to bake a large lemon in the oven until it is thoroughly soft, then add sufficient strained honey to the pulp to produce a thick syrup. This should be kept warm, and a teaspoonful taken every quarter of an hour will greatly , relieve the patient. Pure glycerine may be substituted for the honey. • ' • An old still-room recipe for the alleviation of an obstinate soro throat is as follows:—Strain two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice into a- wineglass, add the unbroken yolk of a new-laid egg. then more juice, the whole to be swallowed ,i-ithout beating thn mixture. _ ' Golfers and women "'ho in' 1 -'"" ■■-■>> outdoor , exercise are often worried with tired and swollen feet. 'J.'lio.v wili ucrive much relief if they rub their skin with equal parts of lemon juice and alcohol, well blended. A small bottle of fresh lemon juice should bo kept on every toilet table. It is useful' to- allay irritation caused by the stings and bites of flies and.insects. A dash of it in water forms an excellent mouth wash, whitening the teeth, preventing the formation of tartar, and sweetening the breath. Tho following is a simple recipe for a shampoo:—Extract the juice from two lomons and boil' this, with the peels, for ten minutes. Strain the juice on to two ounces of salts of tartar, add two quarts of warm , water, and a few drops of any. approved perfume. Use as an ordinary shampoo wash, and note the beneficial effect on tho hair and " Women who are inclined to ho "too f.olid," or who suffer from rheumatism or tornid livers, should tako the juice of half a lemon squeezed into half a tumbler of water (without sugar) every morning instead of the customary early, tea. Two or three slices of lemon m a cup of hot tea (without the addition of milk) will often cure a nervous or sick headache, and many people find that munching a lemon is an oxcellcnt preventive of train or sea-sickness. Tho lavish use of lemon juico need not, necessitate the waste of the peels. Thinly sliced and boiled in the same way as arc oranges for marmalade, tho result is a delicious and refreshing preserve for the breakfast and tea table.