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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 268, 2 February 1928, Page 8

For Health —for Recreation —for Comfort Mm.

A Page .of Summer-time Hints —Where to Go What to Eat What to Wear —To Keep Cool

For Removing Sunburn Useful Remedy to Relieve the Sting A cream that is perfectly harmless, so harmless, indeed, that mothers need not hesitate to rub it on infants’ faces, has the juice of strawberries as a principal ingredient. The formula is: One half ounce of- white wax, one half ounce of spermaceti, two and one half ounces of oil of sweet almonds, three-fourths of an ounce of strawberry juice, three drops of tincture of benzoin, two drops of oil of rose. Be sure that your druggist gives you only one half ounce of the wax and of the spermaceti. More than this will make the emollient hard and crumbly. The correct amount will give you a cream of perfect consistency. Take large, fresh strawberries, wash and drain thoroughly. Macerate and strain through muslin. Shave the wax and spermaceti and put in a porcelain kettle over a slow fire. When they have melted add the almond oil. Heat slightly, remove from Are and pour in the strawberry juice. Fluff up quickly with an egg beater. When the mixture begins to cream add the benzoin and the perfume. Put into little jars and keep in a cool place. Apply at any time. Excellent for tan, sunburn, or rough skin. Bananas for Fresh Fruit Possesses All Foods to Maintain Life It is rather surprising to remember in these days when the perennial banana is perhaps the commonest of all fruits to be seen on sale in this country, that a little over 30 years ago it was almost unknown in Europe, says a writer in the London “Daily Telegraph.” At first a few bananas were brought to England by sailors as curiosities, in the same .way that they brought monkeys and parrots, as souvenirs of their travels to outlandish parts. Not until 1901 was the importation of the fruit to England from the West Indies undertaken as a commercial proposition. Since that time, however, the popularity of the banana has advanced in a way never equalled by an exotic fruit. For years huge quantities have been reaching England from the Canary Islands, the West Indies, and Central America generally, and recently the product of Br il has been added to the better-known varieties. So great is the demand that a .fleet of steamers convey to England every month over 1,000,000 bunches. Notwithstanding the high position the West Sunshades for Beach Wear Raffia and Cretonne are Latest Fashions This season floral cretonne in rather large patterns is the favoured covering for holiday sunshades on the kind that are used on the seashore or when boating. Besides being decidedly useful, they make a pretty picture at a seaside. Some of them are printed cotton with a coloured border, and little tassels at the end of each rib. They have carved handles of the stumpy variety. Most of these sunshades are imported from Japan and appear to be an attempt at improvement upon the original paper umbrella. ' They are certainly more durable than the latter, but, although pretty, lack the picturesque look of the familiar paper sunshades. But the Japanese move with the times and are enterprising enough to use cretonne for covers. Beginning as rather simple river and garden parasols, raffia sunshades have been elaborated recently into such original and beautiful styles that they are suited to be carried with the daintiest frock to the most popular beach. One of the smartest new designs this year, for. instance, has big

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PICNIC STAINS Picnic stains have ruined many pretty summer frocks, and the following information will be found invaluable to our readers. For butter stains, sponge with soap and water. Warm soapsuds alone will often remove butter spots from white woollens, too, and will also reduce tea 3tains on white linen and cotton. Sponging with a bleaching solution, made by dissolving a teaspoonful of bleaching powder in half a cupful of cold water, is more effective for tea stains. If they are persistent, moisten with vinegar which has been diluted with equal volume of water ’fore applying the bleaching solution. When the. stains have disappeared, all traces of bleaching must be removed by rinsing in clean water. Bloor stains should first be soaked in cold water, then washed in warm, soapy water.

Indies and Central America now occupy in the trade, however, it has been argued that the plant is not natural to that region. In the past considerable discussion has taken place as to whether it existed in the New World before Columbus. The suggestion has been put forward that the original plant was carried to that land by ocean currents; on the other hand, its growth there is said to be traced to a single plant taken to the mainland from Martinique about 80 years ago. Others have contended that the origianal of the banana plant was in India or Southern Asia. There is certainly, a species of the same genus to be found in China. Whatever the origin of the banana, however, its fame has spread to the four quarters of the globe. And rightly so, if the claims of the scientiest are accepted. It is a well-known fact that the banana is an “all-food” fruit because “it possesses—as no other fruit possesses—the power to maintain life of itself.” A scientist experimenting

pale pink flowers and green leaves ol silk taffetas applique on the raffia cloth parasol, with beautifully blended shades of pink and green raffia strands. The raffia cloth under the silk is then cut away, so that the light shows through. They are quite indifferent to rain these raffia shades, and will stand any amount of knocking about. to ascertain its value in vitamins, of which there are three classes, demonstrated that the banana, alone among fruits, contains them all. He also found that, in addition to being nearly a quarter natural sugar, it contined cellulose, potassium phosphate, potassium carbonate —all for one penny! But in should be pointed out that in order to obtain the full benefit of the banana it should be eaten ripe, without a trace of green on the skin, and should yield to slight pressure by finger and thumb.