WOMAN'S PAGE.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 January 1932, Page 3

WOMAN'S PAGE.

CARMEL LEROY i wm

WOMEN AND FINANCE. Nothing is more remarkable than tile alteration of outlook on women ana finance which has taken place in recent years Women in business are a very modern innovation and one oi the newest plauks amongst intellectual women in England is that th© vote is of small use without a financial backiii<r in industry. In a series oi articles some years ago, Professor Winifred Oullis writing in “Time- and Tide” laid before women the great necessity they were under to acquire knoweldge of the working of the economic laws. Recently Lady Rhondda has returned to the subject, on which she is so brilliant an exampler, for she not only edits “Time and Tide,” the brilliant women s paper owned and managed entirely by women, but is director of » number of large- companies. An American statistician has calculated tlna if women maintain their present financial ascendency, all the wealth of the United States will be in their hands in less than 100 years. In proof of this surprising statement he gives some surprising figures: \\ omen are beneficiaries of 80 per cent of the £19.000,000,000 of life insurance policies in force in the United States \\ omen pay taxils j on over £050,000,000 of individual income annually as compared with £950.000,000 in the case of men. Income tax returns show that women millionaires are as plentiful as men. Women are receiving 70 per centof the legacies left by men and 64 per cent of the legacies left by women. Eight and a half million women, he states, are “gainfully employed.” Sixteen more women than men paid taxes last year on incomes over £IOO,OOO per annum (139 women in all.) Forty-four women paid taxes on incomes of over a, million dollars a year, as against 42 men. And in some of the largest and most prominent industrial concerns women are in the majority as shareholders. TATTOOING CRAZE. " The craze for tattooing is leaving the ranks of the army and navy and invading fashionable beauty parlours, (says a London exchange). Ths tattooist has been inerhasingly in demand during the past year. Probably the only thing that has kept women from trying this form of decoration in the past is the fear that once having been tattooed they could not he untattooed. This idea is apparently a fallacy, and traces of a tattoo design can he removed on revisiting the tattooists. The imprinting and the erasing of the design would probably be rather painful, but since it is perfectly safe and hnnulchs many women will be sure to follow this intriguing new fashion.

PARISIAN FASHIONS. Tn Paris, states a correspondent, brown glace kid and bronze shoes are beiiur worn, the former for walking in tile morning, the latter for the afternoon. Plain court shoes are the favourites. Very fastidious young women who can afford it have their shoes made to match their dresses. To wear with a grey and green dress the shoes are grey kid piped with green lizard. Navy blue and white go with a dress of the two colours, and with tlux.many red frocks now worn the slum,. may he in black and red. Plain bl-g.p shoes are much more usual. Black sjit* ll evyn, 'ng shoes trimmed with a clayjj () f onyx aiiij brilliants are in good ta^ (J an 1 crepe de chine are put tog ( , t | R .’y in sonu evening shoes. The sandal s^li) P e ,s popular. The excessively ],igh heel is not worn, either by day f )r ; r i the even ing. The easy, short, pui|_ m er glove in reindeer or suede is the l 1( style l . I'lu colour may he dark or light. Washing gloves arc the rule. \\ few dress designers have tried to brif 1 ? ' n gl° ves of fantastic cut, hut they do not become popular. There are ey ( .Tjing gloves made of metal thread, and there an gloves made of velvet, wi of the same material as the dress with which tlioy are worn, trimmed with fur. Pur gloves too. are sometimes worn, the latest fashion in them being shaved lamb light or dark, white, beige, brown or black. The wide flared gauntlet made of dress material is pulled in at the elbow to form a puff. This is designed to go with a melon-shaped muff. Welldressed women avoid too fantastic gloves.

TILED HEARTHS. ft very often happens that when you want to change the colour scheme in a room, you are hampered by the tiles in the hearth, which do not match or even tone with your new colours at all. Or perhaps you move into a different house where the existing tile's elasli with everything else 1 you have in the room. However, you can easily re-colour them by painting with a good quality cellulose enamel. You can get this in a large range of colours at most oil and colour merchants. Hive two or even thro" Uiin. even coats, letting each coat dry thoroughly before t.he next is applied. in preference to one thick one. In tic latter case the‘paint, is very apt to “run” in places, and to spoil the finish, od effect. Ordinary paint and enamel cap also he used on glazed fib's. I"' 1 ’ viding they arc firs| given a rout .d met alli am . This form a “key” lor the imint, and when it is dry a coal, of paint should he applied, then a coat ol enamel of I lie same colour When Oh' l ' hearths are treated in this way. the surface just in front of the lire itself must he protected, for if hot cinders

drop out they will burn and spoil the paint. SLIM HEALTH. “'Phis dieting; business,” this living a miserable existence for the sake of abolishing that, merest ripple of flesh that threatens to appear, is now beginning to lie looked at with sane e.ves by women. True, the slim figure is still the admired one, and efforts will be always made tb keep it- so, but no longer are women worrying furrows into their foreheads at the same time as they peel the flesh off. Before thirty-five, it little matters what the figure is like. It is bound to be sufficiently attractive-, for it is generally only after those years that fat begins to make its appearance. It readily attacks persons who are inclined to obesity, through inheritance, but it rs more often the price paid for leading an inactive life and eating/more than is necessary, without regard to food values. In cases of slight obesity, when a person is otherwise healthy, there is no need for any special reduction treatment. Al] that is necessary to prevent further development is to cut down the amount of sugar and starch eaten. Plenty of physical exercise should be taken, and the best is brisk walking. This is within everyone’s reach. If horse-riding were imperative it would be excusable if she world were peopled with fat ones, for only the fortunate can have a horse at their disposal. Walking is cheap. It is pleasant when you have caught its spell and it is most beneficial, if you cannot find the time to take a definite walk of a. couple of miles either in the morning or the evening, make up for it by walking to your work. Walk to see your friends. Walk everywhere. It becomes an interesting thing to do, for there is so much to be seen when you are walking and not hurrying by in fleeting vehicles. An effort sljould be made to perform exercises for a few minutes every night and morning. Five minutes is better than nothing, a)id it is just a- lack of control and will-power tlnu lets a woman who is interested in herself jump into bed without a few exercises first. Exercise is the secret of good health. It has two effects upon the system. It either oxidises or burns uj) excess fat, or puts a thin person in a condition to be nourished more easily. No system of exercises will reduce weight permanently unless accompanied with a system of diet, for it is food that fattens, and it is lack of the knowledge of food values and foods in general that keeps thin persons under weight, and makes others unpleasantly weighty. Diet has a sinister ring, hut nowadays, thank goodness, it does not connote a slavish adherence to a bran biscuit, but an intelligent realisation that the right food must be eaten and that quality is better than quantity. PRETTY SHEETS. Pastel-shaded embroidered sheets and pillow cases appear in the most modern bedrooms, states a London paper, ana these may be seen in a variety of attractive shades. A top sheet of palest pink has a scalloped edging of duck egg blue, to match a pillow ease of similar colouring, and arranged inside the edging is a design showing a calm sea, with tiny ships, birds and fishes worked upon it, while a blue buoy appears ill each corner. This design is' worked in blue to match the edging.

TAFFETA COATEES. Velvet and brocade have both been popular for evening coatees for som' 1 time, and now taffeta is a material chosen by many. One attractive example is carried out in printed taffeta in a shade of apricot with a dainty design worked in gold at intervals on the surface. The coat fits closely at the waist, with a narrow frill below forming a bolero, while the sleeves finish at the dhow with a frill. A row of tiny gold, md glass buttons ornament the front if this fascinating evening coat. HAVE YOU TRIED THESE. Marzipan Potatoes. -Jib icing sugar. Jib ground almonds white of 1 egg. Put the sugar and ground admonds into a basin and mixwell Then add white of egg and mixwell again. Make into small balls and roll in cinnamon or grated chocolate. ** * * Cake Without Eggs. Uh flour, Jib hotter, 11b sugar. Jib raisins, 1 teaspoon soda. Rub butter and raisins. Mix pretty stiff with milk ** * * Vinegar Cake. Ill) flour. Jib butter in a saucepan. Beat nil the yolk of 1 egg. A wne-glass of anchovy. Mix with the butter and boil for 2 minutes, stirring all the time' ** * # Aberdeen Sausage. Ilh minced meat, J cup bread crumbs ',lh fat, bacon, 1 nutmeg (grated), good sprinkle of th.vmc, sail and pepper to taste. Put all into a howl and break n 2 eggs, mix with flic hand well. Penn nto s}iiis;iir<‘ sinrj put in rlotli. Boil t? hours; when nearly cold take out of cloth.