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Life’s Bargain Basements

Choosing the Best

Many women have cultivated to a fine art the ability to discover a rare bargain almost at a glance. Experience lias taught them that price is not invariably a guarantee of quality. They are not too snobbish to delve into the “bargain basement" of their favourite shop; nor aro they too tired to undertake a journey if at the end of it they find the frock or hat they desire. # « * # If a little of this zeal were diverted into another channel—into the “bargain basement" of life on a higher plane—what ■wealth}’' women we should during sense, acquiring bargains that would never fade or wear out, but be! Wealthy in the best and most en-

SALTED ALMONDS Pour hot water over the shelled almonds and allow it to remain only until the skins are loose, or the nuts will become sodden. Spread the nuts to dry in a warm place, covering them carefullv to keep free from dust. In about twenty-four hours the almonds will, be dry and crisp: but this part of the business should not be hurried. When the nuts are quite dry, take the whito of a fresh egg and beat it very lightlv—just enough to break it. Moisten the tips of the fingers, or a camel hair brush, with this and rub or naint the nuts on each side, using as little egg as possible. Bust over with fine table salt, and brown in a slow oven. Almond, thus prepared will remain crisp and never turn rancid. a 9 do those soaked in butter. When selecting melons, remember that the better fruit is heavv in proportion for its size; and that the finer the interlacing of the netting on the rind of a musk-melon, tho finer the fruit. , , ~ . If possible, the melon should be placed on ice fox* twenty-four hours before using; this enhances its flavour and makes it much more refreshing. Here is a simplo but delicious way of serving melon: Cut tho fruit in two and remove tho seeds. Sprinkle the inside of the pulp with orange juice and sugar and let it stand a cool place all night. Lemon may ne used instead of the orange juice, or the melon may be stuffed with seeded grapes, or sliced pineapple, peaches or bananas.

which would be enriched in quality with the passing of the years. If we made up our minds to see good plays whenever possible; to linger amongst the masterpieces of literature, to attend a fine concert occasionally—we should soon know the joy of bargaining in a sense as yet undreamed of. *#‘ * • We can only get out of life what we put into it. And if we put into it nothing but crepe-de-chine and chocolates, wo shall soon grow surfeited, and our spirits will sicken for lack of real nourishment. Thousands of women are suffering from that sort of sickness! They don’t know just what the trouble is. They only know that life is very disappointing, and that nothing seems worth while. But once let the mind be lifted out of that limited sphere of cloying femininities—once let bargain-hunting be extended to spheres other than material, and life will soon take on new colour and charm. The bargain-hunter in the bookshop, at the theatre, in the world of friendship, will continue to put more and more into life, and so will continue to get more and more out of life. She may begin her new bargain-hunt-ing as a duty, but she may he assured that it will be carried on as a pleasure. • * » • And with every new bargain she makes, her capacity for discriminating between the false and the true will increase. Gradually she will educate herself to choose the best in literature, in drama, in intimate companionship, so that her bargains will never disappoint her. They will stand the test of time and repay every moment she has spent not only in acquiring them, hut ill caring for them. Because the finest acquisitions must, of course, be well cared for if they are to endura; the book must be truly read; not just placed proudly on the bookshelf. The drama must be made deliberately the vehicle of individual thought. The frind must be cherished in sorrow as in joy, if the full flavour of friendship is to be tasted. • • • * Only by really living with your lifebargains can you ensure that they contribute to the joy of life. marriagelaxims WHY THEY ARE IGNORED! (By Evelyn Vivian.) No advice is so liberally broadcast and so wholesalely ignored as axioms

on marriage. The about-tobo-marxied persist in their obstinate intentions, despite the monosyllabic warning of Mr Punch and the long-winded fulminations of the philosophers. Witty shafts, cynical bludgeons, sophisticated shrugs, leave them unmoved. • • « • They know all about it, bless their valiant hearts! Or think they do, which is the same thing, onlv more so. They know that it’s nil a terrific lottery. hut they’re willing to take those individual risks that neither sermons nor satire can mitigate. o * * • Who wants all this precious pathMnoothing serenity', anyway, when the blood flows warm in the veins and life spells adventure! Wbo wants to miss the fun of the matrimonial fair! Who wants to escape the penalties any more than the delights of adjusting one’s character to a. beloved personality. oven though the adjusting must sometimes take place with tears no less than smiles! Who wants to be robbed of an experience that has just, got to lie most intriguinglv different in each individual case! Who wants to be denied the psychological discoveries Hint only one close relationship in the whole wide world can provide! Who wants, in short, to miss cither the heigbfs or the deeps of an experience that all tho maxims on earth can never make tame-

ly safe for adventurous humanity. • * » • Not those about to he married! You may spare yonr breath in regard to affinity complexes, tho new comrade-

ship standard, the vital need for mutual interests and enthusiasms. Love puts this marriage business on its own separate plane, and the success or failure of the partnership is determined by none of these modern considerations. Love doesn't feed on logic, even if it is labelled 1926. It is nourished, now as always, on that elusive quality we call sex attraction. That is why the marriage maxim-makers, can go on talking until thev are bine in the face without making the faintest impression on those about-to-be-married who have succumbed to if- lure.

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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 15

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Life’s Bargain Basements New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 15

Life’s Bargain Basements New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12621, 4 December 1926, Page 15

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