WOMEN'S INTERESTS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1932, Page 3

WOMEN'S INTERESTS

i- ' •" . Jiirits from Jiome and Mhrcad.

OUR LOOKS, BE ACTIVE AND BUSY. Every woman should have an interest of some kind that keeps her active and busy. It will keep her young. , 1 /There is nothing so good for the haiiVas plenty o| sunshine and - fresh air: A Eat very little meat, some fish, but very good fish, much vegetables and fruit, no bread, lib 1 sugar, and 'a little milk. No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more than she can be witty by the help of speech. Do not neglect daily exercises in . the, open air; there is nothing “just ay good.” Do not invite infection. Keep a way from sneezing, weeping and coughing people. Do not eat without washing your bands; colds- can be caught by swallowing germs. A girl who has the reputation of looking, like a madonna can lose it by eatjifrig asparagus.—(From a London exchange.) CARPET-CLEANING HINT. An effective method of. cleaning carpets or rugs, and also removing the cat and dog hairs which ordinary brushes oannot cope wijh, is to tear some newspaper into tiny pieces—just as if one were going for a paper-chase—and soaks them in water until thoroughly soft. Then sprinkle the paper all over the carpet and sweep up with a stiff broom. You'will he astonished at the amount of dirt and hair you get off. The colour of the carpet will be greatly improved. GOING BRITISH. One of the amusing minor results r f the, “buy British” cry, is the rapid spread of English names instead of French ones over the little dressmaking' and millinery shops in London, that used to call themselves “Le Petit Magasin,” or “Maison Fifi.” - “Joan and Betty,” '“Jemima,” “Joanna,” “April,” and “Sarah Jane” appear instead. FADS AND FANCIES. It is very popular again at Home to wear three strings of medium-sized pearls. But each string is in a different tone and each slightly longer tliair its predecessor., . For instance, the first one will be. cream, the next one one beige and the third brown. Alternately you can wear one cream and the other two different tones of smoked grey. Another fad is to. have evening necklace and waist-belt to match.

The newest ones are made of plain white taffeta cut into simple shapes and sewn closely with silver sequins m patterns, These are' extraordinarily light and lie flat against the neck and round the waist.

For those who do not like the girlish garlands of flowers this is ideal. Hats are made to match coats and frocks in many cases.

One famous designer is showing simple hats and berets in prii l ,ed crepe de chine which are. stitched. HAVE YOU TRIED THESE? Chocolate Cream Buns. Ingredients—loz butter.j pi noth of 1 castor sugar, -J gill water, 1.1 oz flour, 1 egg, vanilla flavouring, whipped cream (for filling), chocolate icing (made from Bournville Cocoa). Method :—Put the butter, water, and sugar into a saucepaijrfjWhen the butter has melted and the mixture is boiling well, add the flour and-, stir quickly over the fire. Let it cook steadily for about 8 to 10 minutes, keeping it well stirred all the time. Remove to the side of the fire and cool slightly, then beat in the egg and add the flavouring. Put this mixture iu small round portions on to a greased baking slieet, using about a dessertspoonful for each.. Bake in moderately hot oven for 20 minutes; they should he just a biscuit colour. When cooked,, put on to a sieve and leave until cold. Whisk some, cream until it' stiffens, sweeter it with caster sugar and flavour with vanilla. Make a small opening in each bun. and put in some of the cream. Stand the Inins on a cake-rack over v dish and coat each with chocolate icing. Leave until the icing is set, then lift ca’efully cn to a .plate. Chccolate Toffee. Ingredients:—2oz Bournville Cocoa 1 tin condensed milk, lib sugar, ill’ butter. Vanilla flavouring. Method :—Melt ' the butler in ■' saucepan, add the sugar, and dissolve slowly over a low gas. Stir in the con densed milk mixed with the cocoa, bring to the boil, and boil for abo"! 15 to 20 minutes, until a small qua?’ hty when dropped into cold water he nines nude hard in a few seconds. V must he kept well stirred. When cock ed flavour with vanilla, then pour int< a buttered tin. Leave until sufficient ly set, then cut into squares with a sharp knife. ** * * Spiff Chocolate Pudding, Ingredients:—lh flour, . 6oz nuns' sugar loz Bournville cocoa, soz suet,

1 flat teaspoonful ,carbonate of soda, | pint milk, few stoned raisins. Method: —Well grease a basin and decorate the'Tjottom of it with stoned raisins to form a “cap”. Sieve the flour and cocoa together. Add the suet, chopped finely; and mix well with the flour, then mix in the sugar. Boil the milk, then dratvuto. the side and stir in the. soda. Add'this at once to tne dry ingredients, and mix all together. Put into the prepared basin; the latter should only be about two-thirds full. Cover securely with a paper well greased bn both sides, and isteam for about four or five hours. Turn on to a dish, and, if liked, serve with chocolate sauce. . '

Note: —The above recipe can also be used for making a good plain Christmas pudding by adding 2oz. each of sultanas, currants, candied peel, etc., as . desired. The fruit should be welt mixed with the dry ingredients before adding the milk, etc. * COLLARLESS COATS. WEAR FOR SUMMER. LONDON, April 20-' Coats are to have ho collars this summer. The rather voluminous affairs which are being worn on the frocks are to be inade to do duty also for the coats. So when she dons her coat, niadame will carefully arrange the knitted wool collar or the, cape of- her dress outside her collarless coat. The' “full-brown rose” silhouette which is so marked in the frocks with their straight skirts and puffed sleeves or ample capes, is repeated in the full . length coat.

Cut on lines that suggest breadth on the shoulders—a suggestion which is often further emphasised bv two small frills set at the very top of the sleeve—the coat is moulded to the bust and fastened, slightly above the natural waist line, with a bow of wide ribbon or three to four gilt buttons set closely together. Prom waist to hem, the line is perfectly straight—a device which imparts an air of demureness to the whole costume. With such a coat is worn a narrowbrimmed straw bat set very much at an angle andi trimmed, either at the side or at the back, with a bow of narnow ribbon or a feather. DECORATING ACCESSORIES. MATCHING THE WALLS. Have you had your rooms papered recently? You are sure to have a few remaining piece's which can be used tiff give your rooms such important, accessories as a new wastepaper basket: or blotter, a lampshade or a pretty and useful box for keeping, ties, handkerchiefs and gloves. Repeating the paper which covers the wall in this way is a charming idea and specially interesting, for it can be easily carried out in your spare time at home.

The blotter, for example, measures eleven inches by nine, and afl you need is a. sheet of medium white cardboard from any paper office, cut to -measure eleven inches' by eighteen. The' wallpaper is cut to allow an extra.inch on. each of the lour sides for turnings, and is fixed, in the inside, by passepartout, which may be bought in various colours. Blotting paper, to blend with the cover should also he 'used where possible, kept in place by a coloured silk cord to tone.

A bed-sitting-room could he made most charming by having all the accessories to match the wallpaper. A pleated lampshade, and requisites for the writing-desk are all easy to make' and will give a room an original and distinctive note. And books which may have become shabby will soon acquire new life if you give them new wrappers, besides looking most delisiht ful linked up with the scheme of tile room. Again, if the top of a. dressing-table has become, shabby, a piece of wallpaper used in the room, laid under a niece of sheet glass cut to fit, will look most attractive. COLOURED SCARVES. The newest scarves are worn loosely knotted round the throaty with the top end giving a wide tie effect. Crepe de chine is the material used for these “tie” scarves, which have a neutral coloured background and three different colours decorating the wide front.