TIRELESS WOMEN.

Shannon News, 12 September 1924, Page 4

TIRELESS WOMEN.

"Men are so lazy in these days! i Dick says that for the next three * months he means to be in bed by ten « o’clock, and that lie won’t dance again till he is thoroughly rested. It j is so ridiculous! Why, he does not work nearly as hard as I do. Men are either incorrigibly lazy, or they’re tired out —goodness knows why.” ( Thus Mary, 28, capable, and in- j tensely energetic. I

Is the modern man lazy or weary? (writes Marjory Smith in an English paper). Compared with the modern woman’s amazing energy his powers of endurance seem pitifully small. She has an enormous capacity for working or playing hard all day long, and dancing all night, but in the ballrooms it is the man who wearies first; the woman radiates tireless energy. Yet in almost every case a comparison would prove that her day of work or play had been by far the more strenuous. n Throughout the ages' man has been the active factor, the keen pioneer from whose energies has resulted civilisation as it is enjoyed to-day. To him alone is due the evolution of civilised life from primitive beginnings.

In this supreme fight,- woman has had no active part. From the known beginnings of the world she has submitted to an enforced rest, and her energies, physical and mental, have been conserved for a future, perhaps still far distant, wlxen progress will imperatively demand that she in turn shall use her gifts for the good of mankind.

It is quite logical to assume that when woipan’s capabilities are suffi- - ciently developed man must rest while her superabundant energy is utilised for the progress of the world until she, too, expends her force and retires, •while he, refreshed, begins anew. And in view of man’s growing weariness that future is perhaps not so distant as the modern man and woman imagine. / __ HOUSEHOLD HINTS. When dusting carved furniture use a painter’s brush with moderately stiff bristles. Pipeclay for steps and hearthstones does not rub off, and cleans more effectively if mixed with milk. ' A piece of wire screening is a corn venience in the sewing cabinet. , The space between buttonholes, snap fasteners and hooks and eyes can be meas ured accurately by laying the screen on the material and counting the same number of meshes between. each fastener or buttonhole. ■ Madras and net curtains need no starch, and may be hung in place before they are quite dry. They wil then fall into soft folds without ironing. Curtains that- need starch will last much longer if they are quite dry before being starched. Soft dish cloths can be made from any discarded garment of cotton crepe Cut out fair-sized portions, and give them a good boil. They need not be hemmed but should be washed after use and dried in the wind. Bead blinds may be cleaned in this way: Wash the article in warm water and ammonia. Rinse i n clear warm water, then dry on a coarse towel. In cleaning bead blinds be careful to stretch the cords as they are drying, to keep the string of bead even.

To make fruit salts, take 2oz each bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, cream of tartar, citrate of magnesia, Epsom salts, and icing Sugar. All the ingredients must be quite dry. Mix well and bottle for use. Use 1 dessertspoonful or more to a glass of water. Grease may be removed from woollen goods by sponging them with cold, strong coffee. COMMANDMENTS FOR THE. NURSERY. Do not kiss baby, except upon the forehead. Do not nurse baby when suffering from a cold. Dp provide him with a cot to himself. Do keep his nursery window open day and night. Do not permit him to have a “dummy.” Do give him his day-time sleep in the open air. Do not pull tho hood of his perambulator right .»up and so exclude the air. . - Do provide him with a dark green sun canopy for sunny days. Do keep food and all utensils connected with it scrupulously clean. Do not feed him during the night. CATCH-STITCHING. In dressmaking and millinery it is often necessary to turn up a hem, so that no trace of stitching is visible on the right side of the material. This is always true of velvet, where no stitches of any kind should be visible. This special stitch is known as catchstitdh. The material is turned down once only. Commencing at the right-lia iid end, a stitch is made on the turneddown part without taking it through to the right side. The next stitch is taken slightly to the left on the material below, making it very tiny, and taking up only a single thread, so that' the stitch does not go through to the other side. The third stitch goes back to the turned ?down part, and so on till the hem is completed. Care must be taken not to pull the stitches too tight, and with practice it is possible to make a hem of which there is no trace upon the right side of the garment. THE OVER-DRESSED ROOM.

Do you realise that your room can look as over-dressed as a showy woman ? Each season brings forth fresh fashions in furnishings, and the temptation is great to indulge in one or other of the latest fantasies, It may be that some new idea in cushions or in rugs makes its appearance,

and immediately you go oft and acquire it. But that cushion or rug may create an effect as disastrous as extra necklace around a throat already lavishly circled. By all means let us keep our rooms up-to-date. But do let us endeavour each time we add some charming new note, to remove a cushion or a picture of which wc have grown weary.

Not every room can stand a multiplicity of decorations. Some are like the short and stocky woman who has to be careful about frills and furbelows, Others are of a colour scheme which will not brook the constant addition of elegant trifles; these latter are like women of rather rubicund countenance who need reticence and restraint in dressing. The tall, rather gaunt room, like the spare and lean woman, ' can stand „ a remarkable amount of ornament, but rooms of this description are among the minority in these days. The ordinary residence has to be on its guard against over-dressing. It must keep its windows fairly clear of draperies, and its tables and walls free of an abundance of photo frames.