WHISPERS OF EVE

NZ Truth, Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 18

WHISPERS OF EVE

Cops— But More So A HUMBLE suggestion, from a male member of the party, makes its way into our ken. Since, says. he, we're all so keen on the lady policeman, why not arrange for lady traffic cops to direct, misdirect, or m some 'way dispose of, huge volume of feminine traffic which flows along' ; bur footpaths on Friday nights? .' s .:..■•; A ;man (says he again) is pursuing as fjeaLceable a way; as may be expected of anyone on pay-day and is suddenly confronted by- a vast bulk of feminity,, which, instead of stepping neatly to left or right, dodges, hesitates; stamps wrathf ully upon ' his ■ toes : and finally turns into an iceberg, from the depths of which issue : the petrifying words: "Young man-r-can't you look where you are going?" . • . .Then again, rafts of sweet young things frequently link,;arms and. waft light-heartedly along the pavements, leaving a trail of human wreckage m their wakes. - And by most fair-minded, people it will be conceded that the; woman who pushes a double perambulator along the streets on . Friday 'night- may very justly claim to be- the {curse of /the century. Have twins* , if you rhust-^ but at least keep them indoors during these crucial moments. . „ ..:. Or, failing this sweet spirit of' reason lon the part of our womanhood, follow the original suggestion and introduce: 'uniformed, hawk-eyed lady "cops," who will , preside .over the welter of- pedestrian traffic. . '■'...' ",■.••- * * '. ■•*■. Remember N.Z. "r . [TSUALLY, "souvenirs" / of .this, our 1 ' country, can't , acqurately\ be.; described as things of beauty and joys for ever. The eternal kiwi and the übiquitous fern -leaf become a trifle i wearisome, when used without any particular skill or novelty of design. I ■■■The showcases of the New Zealand | Souvenir Art Company, which has just opened a, Wellington depot and is soon to have branches Jn many parts of the cpuntry, will be eyed with much interest. , ' \ ' ■

The idea is to advertise New Zealand by means of those countless souvenir tfifles which are picked up by tourists or by those present-hunting for friends overseas— but with v a difference. The company is to use none but New Zealand materials and New Zealand workmanship — and the showcases display real skill' arid originality. " '." .'■'■

Bits of gleaming pawa shell, polished till they shine like, opals, are used for the bowls of quaint spoons whose twisted silver handles end m tikis— these last, like every detail^ of the,, designs used, being faithful cpiiies/of ; Maori originals. The "stock pattern*, tiki has its', replica' m one presented ito George IV. m New. Zealand's longr^go days. ■■■•..' ; . . : ■$■.. ■ Silver canoes sail on greens&yne water. The greenstone (which is rriihed and polished, here m New Zealand) is used very effectively also as a tablelamp, the light shining through a burnished mountain of green-stone; with red wisps of smojke curling round the top.. • * '■; !:;■'*{■ ' \--'^Vv -0.

There are also greenstone Egmonts, silver-peaked to represent snow, and to each article Is attached a description explaining the significance of whatever, it stands for. •/

Pawa sfiell, too, are the dainty 'cruets, with their small greenstone spoons. New Zealand woods are effectively used m other souvenirs. The young: Wellingtonian who is doing most of the manufacturing 1 work has been successful m inventing a solution which prevents the tarnishing of silver m sulphur air, and has opened depots /m Rotor ua and at Wairakei.

Another bright ■ idea is -to have "sports souvenirs" : — silver swordfish for the tourist who would a'-Zane-Grey-ing go, greenstone alpenstocks for the mountaineer, silver stags among greenstone trees for the gun and camera men, and so on. The biggest part of the idea is an ideal— the desire to further New Zealand's reputation" as a country possessing both beauty and the intelligence to represent its attractions m lasting form. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. * ' - . ■■ " • "Home Brew" (Dunedin) : Take .2 gallons ground malt, 6 gallons water at 142 degrees heat; stir well together and let it stand two hours. Then draw off as much of the liquid, as you possibly can and put 3 gallons more water on the malt. Let it stand two hours and draw oft the liquid again; ' repeat the operation the .-third time; then take all the liquor together and boil it with 2ozs. hops; beat up the white of an egg to a froth, and pour it into the liquor; run it through a filter of flannel while' hot and cool it as quickly as possible. Then stir m % pint of yeast and let it ferment a f eSv days. Keep it well bunged up. r :'. ■ If- you have no gallon measure, use a quart or pint jug. v Put the egg white m while the mixture is hot. The. hops are not boiled with the malt; they are boiled with the mixture which is drawn off the malt and; should be placed m a muslin bag before being put into the liquor. ' ; .-'•'■.