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Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 81

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\ The l _ genial editor'^of -that somewhat stately-periodical, the Review, is suddenly, bjirsting out into lighthearted, gaiety//: arid'., WsitVsJ;himself, in its penultimate pages,-'otf, what' are considered in, America-j humdrouft; vtopicSi'-such^^fdr. , 'instance; " as^funer^ ,ahd .marriagesi -Being ( ■an American, th£;essayist r naturally yon- , siders that man 'has ;no' choice in the- ~ ■niatter-of his own marriage/- ithttugh' hi»^' own funeral may ber-^andv -\isually ' is — ' arranged precisely"- according to his rtastes v and ,' wishes. " ;^'.> : . . • -"- " An ; Englishm^jijV'li^n^ in an island *.j where there are", a", _; million' superfluousfemales, usually,^; wnenT; ihe *We subject of mating > .afe-%'ll7 : \vxites'r on ", ,jfe>w t» Choose a Wife." otfhe American knows better, and is quite ready-to acSmit that over there man is but a- timid, helpless animal when young Columbia-sets out to , hunt ' for a husband. He his fair compatriots to " capture' a" husbandwhile ha "is - ' stiv young, *" docile/ and plasticj" for, onjy tuider these' conditions can, he be "'trained . after the jnann'ejg/best, calculated to serve the convenience of ' her f or, whom henceforth he , must and should toil.'-',. .. <* . - ' •^ Particularly .does Colonel Harvey .caution iiis younger f emiaine - contemporaiies against confirmed i bachelors. , As 'bridegrooms /he will have .none of them. Unmarried men of over 35 are, he declares, "not only invariably trying,- but actually hopeless; and only too frequently commit suicide on the honeymoon^ to the 'intense annoyance' of the bride."* - i ' ', ', It will be seen that the standard of age - "is younger in -America than, here, -both for business and pleasure — if marriage can be so^>designated.,-' ; jln~ i Eondonc : --B(sciety' unmarried' men o£ 35, are called— and ■treated as— boys.\ , ' . . ' The fact "would .seem ,tp be tb,at mat? ' riages " are .largely unsuccessful "owing 1 td ; ! the-, inordiiia'te^pretensions * of* both parties in respect to each,; other's graces of mind, and body. ■ - , . " r A man, howeVer feeble and insignificant, iJiemands "from- his bride -the form of « the - • Venus . of Medici/. Ehe charm iJx df /^aSaine "- - Becamier, and' the 1 prudence of Hannah v More, Naifprally he does not get these ■ divergent qualities united in one'-flesh-^ and-blood girl, -and btis disa^pojnitm'ent^ sometimes " maKes Qim querulous ' and un-', reasonable. f ' ~, \ x. Women,"' particularly, bachelor- women^ and Widows, are more philosophical, and more moderate' in their" ldeals/'but it must , be owned that' " the / carefully ' brought up "_ young' person^ of immature age has sometimes extraordinary nptions of - what a • husband should be like. _^ _{ In the interests, no doubt, of the human race; there is a conspiracy among matrpns N not to let the young ones know how dis- " agreeable husbands can be in^the intimacy] of the home.— Ella Hepworth: Dixon, in .the Sketch. '~ "" " ' Hints ami Sugfcestions. 7 A few drops of - oik of lavender in a cupful of .boiling water'is a veiy efficient 'deoderiser.' ~ - / . ■ When blowing out a candle hold it high and blow upward, ' to keep the- - grease from.' running about. . Put a small bag of talcum -powder in a box with "-a cover and keep in the*' work-^ box to rub on the fingers when they gf ow " ■• hot and damp..; - '-*,"'• "' >. To string very fuie beads cut one strand of silk-thread' a -little -longer than "-the rest, -wax" and- twist firmly. This can be threaded through, fine r beads without using a needle. ,"• ' ' J y ■ Needles and pins never, rust in. a cushion filled * with coffee -grounds. , Pour the k coffee 1 from the "grounds, and rinse ' them' in cold ~ water!' Let them 3ry ' thoroughly before using. • " . ' To Remove Blo_pdT Stains. — Drop peroxide < of hydrogen on the spot \before blood i dries, and ajl colour immjediately- will dis- . i appear, leaving only a bit of foam. i -Glossy Table Linen.^-Tal>le linen, in , order to bring out the bright gloss that , makes it attractive, should be dampened ( considerabfy before being ironed. ' ' . After washing lace curtains' , lay a blanket on the floor in some empty 'room, spread the curtains on the blanket, stretch- ' ing' them .carefully,- and they will keep < their place without any. fastening until . .< dried. * - Pieces of old velveteen should be washed { and used for polishing. They are an , excellent .substitute for chamois, leather,, and -' may; .be ' washed as easily as an i ordinary duster. v ' " - New- flannel should be put into clean. { cold -water and kept there for a day or ] so, changing the .water frequently- • well in warm water, using .a little soap I , to remove the oil. ■- Flannel thu». gashed ,* t does . not harden "or shrink". "".'-. A good bath for tired, " swollen feet is "j to bathe the feet in. a bath with, alum, J one ounce; Tock 581t,.-tw& ounces-; borax, i two ounces, using one teaspoonful to each \ quart of water. Bathe the, feet in. this Water 4very "night for a week. ' " *] When "you have occasion- to use plaster i of Paris ' wet ''it "with vinegar .instead of . water ; then it will be lite, putty, and can. * be smoothed better* as.it will- not " e&b" j for half an hour, while plaster wet with i water hardens at once. -„'.'. < Cavrqts should be cut in slices instead . of cubes, because the outside darker part l s

is richer and better,* and if cut in slices it is more equally distributed. To open windows easily after stickingwith paint, wet weather, etc., brush over the inside of the frames with ordinary blacklead, when +hey will slide without the least difficulty. To keep starch' from sticking use flatirons that are perfectly clean — a. thorough wash in soda-water insures this, — and when making the starch add a large pinch of borax, and stir -with a tallow candle. To clean hair-brushes put a tablespqonful of soda in a basin of boiling water ; then place bristles" of the brash in the water, rinsing up and down. >. Warm water should be used with yeast, while with cream of tartar and aoSa, cold i liquids only are allowable. i A little milk added to the water in ' which .muslins and prints are washed will generally prevent their colour from ■ running. New, stockings should be washed before i they are worn. Washing causes the wool ' > to ,tKicken- slightly, aod thus increases its resisting qualities. ■' - - ... 1> Stains on biown leather shoes and boots __ :may- be removed by yan application pf ' 'methylatfeii spirits,, followed- by washing", "with: soap and. -crater. Then polish '"with cream" in the 1 ordinary way.- , „ ■■> v " .'Candle ends,, and ,meltea. f with an equal quantity off turpentine afdded, make an ex-., cellent polish tor floors, 'oilcloths', etc. This ■ polish costs almost nothingi-and is -often considered "superior to beeswax and turpentine.