Women the World Over

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 815, 8 November 1929, Page 5

Women the World Over

SPEED attempt to cover thirty thousand A « in as many minutes was success- ““ carr ied out recently by two girls, Misses Violet and Evelyn Cordery, rto accomplished the feat in a car tie Brooklands track, London, began the first test on June 13, ,° d completed the thirty-thousandth mile on August 19. SCREEN STORY-WRITERS Most of the best known and most ' ly paid screen story-writers are and some of them earn even ”” er salaries than the stars for thev write. Among them are Frances Marion, Bess Meredyth, Agnes Christine Johnston, Dorothy Farnuni nl Lenore Coffee. Agnes Christine tahnston adapted “Daddy. Longlegs,” t r Mary Pickford and made “The nitine Lady” into a screen play for rsrlnne Griffith. Lenore Coffee was MDonsible for "The Volga Boatmen" “The Night of Love” in which Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky itarred.

IN UTAH Recently Mrs. Susa Young Gates, daughter of Brigham Young, the famous Mormon leader, made her radio debut at Salt Lake City when

she gave a brief history of her father’s life and his work among the Mormons. Incidentally Mrs. Gates was chosen as the representative woman of Utah for the Library of Congress. Mrs. Gates has written a number of Mormon church books and pamphlets, features and articles, and is included in the book, “Twenty Famous Women I Have Known,” by Ida Clyde Clark.

A MEDICAL MISSIONARY Dr. Edith M. Brown, who went to India as a medical missionary about thirty-eight years ago, is now the principal of the woman's Medical College at Ludihana, Punjab. Under her supervision Indian girls are being educated to act as doctors and nurses among their own people. Two hundred doctors have already been trained and many other girls have passed examinations for other positions. IN THE SOUTH SEAS Lilian Eiehler, the author of “Stillborn,” and in private life Mrs. T. M. Watson, has left England with her husband on a holiday visit to the South Seas. While there she intends to write a second novel and a series of short stories. FROM CHINA Miss Jennie Hsii, who was the first girl to be admitted to a Chinese University, Is at present in the United States completing her “Dean of Women” course at Columbia University. Next year she will return to China. In 1928 she took her M.A. and is now about to take the Ph.D. degree. On her return to China she intends to establish the Summer camp system, so popular with students in the United States.

A VARIETY OF LEMON SWEETS Here are some unusual recipes for lemon sweets which you may like to try: Lemon Sponge Put three-quarters of an ounce of isinglass into a pint of cold -water and let it stand for a few minutes before dissolving over the fire. When dissolved, add three-quarters of a pound of loaf sugar, the juice of three lemons, and the thinly-pared rinds of two. Boil all together for five minutes, strain and leave to grow almost cold. Beat the whites of two eggs to a froth, add them to the sponge and whisk for about ten minutes. This sweet will look like snow if it is put lightly into a glass dish. Lemon Honeycomb Sweeten the juice of a lemon to taste and pour it into the dish in which you intend to serve the sweet. Mix the white of an egg with half a pint of cream and a little sugar; whisk well and, as the froth rises, put it on the lemon juice. Prepare this dish just before it is to be served. Lemon Solid

Squeeze the juice of a lemon into the dish in which it is to be sent to table; flavour a pint of evaporated milk with a couple of tablespoonsful of lemon jelly powder; boil it for a few minutes and put it, while boilinghot, into a china teapot. Pour it from some distance Into the dish, so as to make ft froth up. When quite cold, stick the sweet with blanched almonds, and serve. Lemon Moonshine

Dissolve three-quarters of an ounce of isinglass in a pint of boiling water; add half a pound of loaf sugar and the thinly pared rind of two lemons; boil for ten minutes and strain while hot through a hair sieve; add the juice of the two lemons, and, when the mixture is nearly cold, whisk it till it looks like snow. Put it into a mould, and turn out next day.

EASY WAYS WITH CURTAINS WASHING AND CLEANING METHODS When you take down lace curtains for washing, shake them free from dust and fold each one to about threequarters of a yard square. Keep them folded while washing, and the weight of the water will not break the fine strands when they are lifted out. Muslin curtains will retain their colour if rinsed in alum water. If they are very soiled, rinse them four or five times in plain water, finishing with the alum solution. Hang them out to dry in lllq open air, keeping them quite straight, after which they may be replaced at the windows without being ironed. Two ounces of alum to a gallon of water Is the right | strength. Artificial silk curtains will last l longer and their sheen will be im- : proved if you allow at least three days [ to elapse between the completion if drying and the beginning of ironing. Water weakens artificial silk to the level of soaked tissue paper, but, ) given time to recuperate, It will re- > gain its former strength and lustre. 1 When putting up the curtains, see that 1 they hang naturally, without undue i strain on any part. Unlike lace, linen . and other materials, artificial silk does ! not “give.” Strain or uneven weight 3 will result in the snapping of the fibres.

Tapestry curtains brighten considerably under a salt and water treatment. Well brush- the fabric, lay a damp dusting sheet over It, and beat with a small cane. Wring out a duster in cold .water In which a handful of sajt has been dissolved, go over the material with this, and follow up by rubbing it lightly and evenly with a duster wrung out in warm, soapy water. Take care to have the dusters well wrung so that the curtains do not become too wet, or they will require a long time to dry.