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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 57, 30 May 1927, Page 4

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Mr. and Mrs. W. Russell, of Sydney, are among the guests at the Royal Hotel Mr. and Mrs. S. Roust, of Tokomaru Bay, are at present paying a visit to town and are staying at the Central Hotel. # # # Mrs. Hay and Mrs. Turner, of Christchurch, arrived in Auckland this morning and are staying at the Hotel Cargen. * * * Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Emeny are among the guests at the Central Hotel. * * * Mr. and Mrs. E. Rutherford, of North Canterbury, are staying at the Grand Hotel. * * Miss Amodeo, of Auckland, is visiting Hamilton as the guest of Mrs. H. J. McMullin. Mrs. IT. Morton has returned to Hamilton after visiting Auckland. * * # Mrs. P. O’Neill and Miss O’Neill, of Wanganui, are at present visiting Rotorua and will later come on to Auckland. * * * Mrs. H. L. Wright, of Devonport, is staying in Christchurch and is the guest of Mrs. H. Pollock. Mrs. Colin Muston and the Misses Muston, of Auckland, are the guests of Mrs. Thompson, of Hamilton. Miss Jessie Alexander, of Auckland, is in New Plymouth staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Alexander. Mrs. A. E. Kitchen has returned to Wanganui with her son, Dr. Ray Kitchen, who has just arrived from England. 1 * * * Mrs. C. Ellis is an Auckland visitor to Christchurch where she is staying with her mother, Mrs. H. J. Otley.

COMING OF AGE PARTY

A charming party was given on Saturday evening by Mrs. Boles in honour of the coming of age of her grand-daughter, Miss Vivian Boles. Over fifty guests were received by Mrs. Boles, who was assisted by Mrs. A. G. Boles, the mother of Miss Vivian Boles. The drawing-room was daintily decorated with flowers and streamers and a cheerful Are glowed merrily as if to dare the cold air to whisper its tale inside. The supper table was so charmingly arranged with masses of flowers and streamers and the big cake in the centre, that when its twenty-one candles had been lit with due solemnity, and the other lights in the room dimmed, presented a veritable picture as of an elfin party. The health of Miss Boles was proposed by Mr. Donald, and that of Mrs. Boles, senior, and Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Boles was also honoured. Miss Vivian Boles wore a dainty frock of white satin beaute with filmy lace sleeves and a girdle of pearls. Mrs. Boles, senior, was in a gown of black crepe de chine. Mrs. A. G. Boles wore tete de negre silk marocain. Among the guests were the following:— Mrs. Plarold Boles in a gown of henna charmeuse trimmed with ecru lace. Mrs. Andrew Donald wearing black panne velvet. Mrs. Towers, navy crepe de chine and georgette. Mrs. Wirtz, black georgette with steel beading. Mrs. Hughes, beaded gown of ivory georgette. Mrs. Rupert Boles, beige crepe de chine. Mrs. James Donald, frock of black chiffon velvet. Mrs. Anderson, green velvet and georgette. Miss Enid Bethune, frock of rose shot taffetas. Miss Tracy, floral velvet frock. During the evening a number of charming vocal and musical items were given and dancing and competitions were indulged in. Each guest was presented with a quaint little memento of the party.

HAIR AND SEA WATER There are numbers of girls at every seaside place with dull, straggling, lifeless-looking hair. The reason is because they allow it to get wet when they bathe. Do not be one of these girls! Bright, shining hair is every bit as important as a brilliant complexion. Always 'wear a well-fitting rubber cap when bathing, for it is about the worst thing you can do to your hair to wet it rereatedly with salt water. If it is naturally dry it will become harsh and brittle, whereas if it is greasy a most exasperating stickiness results wTiich nothing but a thorough shampoo will remove. A camphor and borax lotion used every night keeps the hair soft and glossy. Dissolve half an ounce of flowers of camphor in a quart of boiling water to which two ounces of borax has been added.

To bleach clothes that have become a bad colour wash and boil in the usual way, dip in deep blue water and hang dripping-wet in the sun.

MUNDANE MUSINGS

PRE-WAR AUNTS Pre-War Auntie comes to Town “To frivol,” she says, “afid to shop!” In her last new hat and her Sundays gown (The front is short, and the bade dips down), Her shoes are blade and her stockings brown, And all unheeding your weary frown She’ll go until she simply drops! They come up from the country—summer being the usual migratory time for aunts—in droves, pathetically ready to enjoy themselves, and avid to see the sights. Their faces are generally weatherbeaten (in their native state they haunt gardens) and quite innocent of powder. They wear knitted “costumes” reaching to a modest cash-mere-covered ankle, and topped by a large crinoline hat trimmed with roses, and worn well on the back of the head. They want to go “everywhere,” t ipy say, “and see everything!” You take them to the zoo, to the pictures, and to some nice quiet play, reviling yourself all the time for the worst kind of snob, because you hate being seen with auntie looking as though she c.ime out of the Ark. The true, pre-war aunt still wears starched white petticoats and sensible boots, and is comfortably conscious of an inward layer of Jaeger. She still considers a shingled head well nigh immoral, and shudders when feminine lips are “polluted” by a cigarette. Nobody would mind her funny prewar ideas, of course, if she oily kept them to herself. But she doesn’t! She drops their insidious poison into the ears of well-brought-up-and-hith-erto-broad-minded parents. That’s where her harmfulness comes in! On mother her effect is generally negligible; but don’t let her get a ear father, if you value your peace of mind. All men are Puritans at heart —where their daughters are concerned, at any rate —and after all your care in bringing father to the pitch where he doesn’t get apoplectic at the sight of a ciga-

rette, nor blow up in wrnth when you go off to dances alone with the boy whose step is (momentarily) best suited to your own, it would be a thousand pities to allow he pre-war aunt to drag her mind back with hers to the antiquated mists where it dwells, the antiquated mists where it dwells.

Very few fathers can stand things being put to them bluntly like these aunts do without getting restive. And when once father gets restive —well, you know how awkward it can be. The best way to deal with the prewar aunt is to confide in her—tell her all your love affairs—she’ll adore it. Shingled hair, dances, cigarettes she’ll

swallow —with an Early Victorian gulp, mind you, but they’ll go down —if you’ll only make a confidant of her. No feminine heart—pre or post-war—can resist a secret, so tell her yours—if you can think of any that aren’t too old for her, and you'll make an ally of her instead of an enemy.

Who knows —you may even lead her to discard the starched white petticoat, the last stand-by of the Ecrly V'etorian and to buy a powder puff! Perhaps—who can tell? —in the faroff days when she was young, she was just as attractive, just as much s« ughtafter, as you are now. In pity for the “something that went wrong” and turned her from a laughing girl into a lonely spinster, be gentle with the pre-war aunt.

A CHARMING RECITAL

A maze of daintily coloured streamers, mingled in pretty fashion with festoons of lycopodium and fern, with a scattering of gay flags, had all been used with splendid effect in the decoration of Wright’s Hall on Saturday evening, when Miss M. Daly gave her annual recital and followed it by a cheery little dance to her pupils and their friends.

A delightful programme was contributed by the Misses Ruby Dawson, J. O’Gorman, Marshall, Watson, Morris, Grace, Melville, Mockin and Daly, and Messrs. Wright, Waldron and Williams. During the evening Miss M. Daly was presented with a beautiful posy of violets, and her assistant, Miss O’Gorman, was also the recipient of a dainty bouquet from the pupils. Among the many guests were the following:—Mesdames Kent, Johnson, Kleimal, A. Warnock, Jackson, Wiggs, Emmett, Williams, Clark, and the Misses Asher, Kleimal, Tobais and a number of others.

AVONDALE NOTES

BIBLE CLASS SOCIAL The Glen Eden Methodist Young People’s Bible Class held a social in the church on Tuesday evening last. The Rev. Dr. Farquharson Jones was in the chair. The following programme was rendered: Master and Miss Porter, duet, “Love’s Garden of Roses”; Miss D. M. Huatt, song, “At Dawning”; Mr. E. Turner, song, “My Task”; Mrs Clegg gave two recitations “Two Little Vagrants,” and “If I Were a Alan I’d Get Married,” which were well received. Miss G. Andrews sang “I’se Gwine Back to Dixie” with chorus by Messrs. J. Fraser, E. Turner and Airs. Fraser. Airs. J. Fraser also sang “To a Aliniature.” Airs. Fraser was at the piano. Games were indulged in followed by supper, and altogether a very enjoyable evening was spent. The proceeds, which realised £1 7s 6d were in aid of the new Sunday School Building Fund. The increasing popularity of the Fire Brigade “500” evenings was clearly demonstrated at the opening of the “500” tournament on Alonday evening last, when there was a Record attendance. The winners were: Ladies, Airs Culpitt, 1; Airs. Hamilton, 2. Gent’s, Air J. Alangham, 1; Air. Pink, 2. The tournament will be run for twelve nights, the best eight nights’ scores to count for the championship. Afternoon tea sets are being given to the winners, ladies and gent’s. The usual “500” card evening was held in the Forester’s Hall, New Lynn, last Tuesday, there being a large attendance. The following were the winners: Ladies: Airs. Sinclair, 3,370, 1; Aliss Carterton. 2,470, 2. Gent.’s: Air. Witham, 2.890, 1: Air. Riley, 2,610, 2.

EVERYDAY ECONOMIES

THE WITS-END CLUB A new novel may be selected by the winner each week as a prize for the most original household hint or recipe That has been tested and found to save time, labour or money. Many folk might be glad to have the benefit of your experience, so send in your suggestions, addressed to The Homecrafts Editor, Women’s Page, THE SUN. Auckland. SOME DISCOVERIES T use small salt bags for storing articles such as jar rubbers, corks, cooky, sandwich and vegetable cutters which are difficult to arrange in an orderly fashion in a drawer. I put a draw-string in each bag and mark on it plain the name of the article which it is to contain. The bags can then be hung in a convenient place or laid in a cabinet drawer. The contents are protected from dust and grease and are not likely to be mislaid. —Mrs. F.J. FRESH CHEESE Many a shilling may be saved by preventing cheese fro mmoulding and becoming too hard to use satisfactorily. Wrap the cheese in a cloth well saturated with vinegar and it will keep moist and free from mould. * * * A FLOUR EARREL Our flour barrel fits under a shelf in the pantry and is hard to reach. When mixing bread it was often necessary to go for a second supply of flour, so we made a platform to fit the bottom of the barrel and put it on castors. Near the top of the barrel we put a handle to pull it around by. Now it is no trouble to pull the barrel out by the kitchen table when much flour is to be used, or when the barrel is to be refilled, or the pantry cleaned. * Sc * WINTER ECONOMY Don’t throw away an old sports’ coat or jumper. Cut it off to the w r aistline, make it neat with some wool sewn over the edge and fasten down the front with some buttons or hoops. You will have a warm cosy garment to wear under your blouse or dress.—L.L.J.

CHEAP TRAVELLING RUG When you need a new rug, go to a draper’s store and buy l£yd 54in frieze or velour. Choose any pretty plaid or design you fancy; sttich across with machine several times, both ends of material, about 3in or 4in from the ends. Then unravel the cloth and make a fringe, or cut in fine strips with scissors. Then you have a grand rug. much cheaper than you would be buying from a store. —Miss R.T. * * * TO PREVENT FLY SPOTS To keep flies from marking electric globes, slice an onion and rub the globes well. —Mrs. M. S. * * * A DOUBLE RESULT Having a headache I tried rubbing the temples with brandy and salt. I found great relief, and in a few weeks I discovered to my astonishment that my hair (which was quite grey) was beginning to regain its natural colour, evidently due to the massaging with the brandy and salt. I tried it on the rest of my hair with the same effect, and besides stimulating and nourishing the roots, it freed the scalp from dandruff, it stopped the hair from falling out.-—Mrs. R. A.

STAINED HANDS When the hands are stained, use a handful of sand or sugar with salad oil and rub well. Then wash off with water. The stain quickly disappears, and the hands will be clean and smooth.-—Mrs. C. * * * A BETTER WAY A much better shine can be given to the kitchen range if a block of blacklead is powdered down and mixed to a cream with vinegar.—Mrs. J. B. JELLY MAKING When making jelly, fasten a pair of embroidery hoops around the top of the jelly bag or cloth in which the pulp is to be placed -while the juice is being extracted. It is easy to pour the fruit into the bag and the hands do not get stained so badlj^. * * * CONDENSED MILK Unsweetened condensed milk I have found much more economical for general household use than milk bought from dairyman. It is not economy to buy the smallest size can, as you get much more in proportion to amount paid in larger size cans, but small families may find it difficult to use a large can before it spoils. To overcome this difficulty, immediately upon opening the can pour it into a double boiler and let it heat through. Then pour it into a glass or earthen jar and set in a cool place and it will keep for days. This also takes away any taste of the tin. * * * SOFT MATERIALS When cutting soft, fine materials, it is well to draw a thread, as it is difficult to cut straight otherwise. It is also very difficult to put in hems by hand in chiffons and the like; for this reason many of the hems are done by machine-hemstitching or picoting. Always, regardless of the material, the style of the dress or its relative worth, it is advisable to put in hems by hand, as this gives a distinctive touch and differentiates the garment from the cheaper ready-made apparel. More and more, the better dressmakers rea•lise the importance of handwork, not only in the finish of dresses, wraps and blouses, but as an ornamental trimming in itself.

USING OLD CHEESE Old, dry, hard cheese can be made as good as new, for cooking purposes, if put through the mincing machine. Put it through the coarse part first and then the fine. Very hard pieces can thus be ground and put to good use. When fresh cheese is to be grated in large amounts, for rabbit, for instance, try this method and save a lot of time and energy. * * SOAP SHAKER Keep a soap shaker for wash day. Instead of shaving the soap into the boiler and running the risk of pieces sticking to the clothes, keep a soap shaker to collect the small pieces of soap during the week. Drop this in one end of your boiler and you will find that it distributes the soap very evenly. Darker stockings, even black, if they be ever so gossamer-like, are predicted. Perhaps someone or other is tired of seeing mud splashes on the light hose of those who do not wear Russians on rainy days. Gun metal, smoke grey, leaf brown, and deep beige shades will be worn where lighter shades were popular, and self-tones may be the order of the day with some gowns and some shoes.