THE GENDERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 13 July 1907, Page 4

THE GENDERS.

The l omic Kiigli>h Oamnuir tay«: "The still is said to be masculine and (lie moon feminine. lint lor our own pni;(, and our view is confirmed by the discoveries of astronomy, we believe that I lie sun is called masculine from his support - ing ami sustaining the moon, and finding her the wherewithal to shine away as she dw-i of night, when all (piiet people are in bed: and from his being obliged to keep such n family of stars besides. The moon, we think, is accounted feminine beiause she is thus maintained an 1 kept up to her splendor, like a fine lady, by her husband the sun. Furthermore, the moon is continually changing, on which account alone she might be referred to in the feminine gender. The earth is feminine, tricked out, as she is, with puns and flowers. . . Time is masculine, because lie is so trifled with trifled with In- the ladies."

A DUCHESS ON COOKING. The Duchess of Sutherland, distributing the prizes on April 16 at the Trenthain National Schools, said she had obsewed in Scotland that while girls wanted to do clever things, they often died young. One of the reasons of this was because they were not properly fed. The mothers had not learned to cook properly. and bought tinned and cooked foods from the shops. When illness came, children fed on such foods were not strong enough to battle with it. Rlie herself liked to see strong healthy children. ami it is generally to lie noticed that such children came from homes where the mothers cooked their own food.

A BARONESS'S SERVANTS.

The possibility of keeping servants even in this degenerate age Is illustrated by the experience of the late Baroness ,Burdett-Coutts. Iter personal maid had been thirty years in her service, and now received a pension of Ua week for the remainder of lier life. The house steward and the head gardener held their places for forty-two years, and the upper housemaid spent sixteen years ill her service. These records speak volumes not only for the faithfulness of the servants Tmt also for the kindness of the inislrcss. Unlike a considerable number of philanthropists, it is evident that Lady Burdett-Coutts must have displayed at home the same qualities by which she lias distinguished abroad. Til accordance with her wishes, all of her servants have now been pensioned by her husband. TRUNK COVERS.

A useful novelty (says an exchange! in bedroom accessories is the trunk cover. The trunk is far too useful an i'"»n —V<j the b">.rooni, even if a box-room happens to be available. But it is not a thing of beauly. Tin- modern trunk cover is of linen or drill. The pari that rests on the top of the trunk is embroidered with peacock blue and bronze, may lis mentioned as looking particularly well. At either end. that strip ol niatcrWl from which Hie cover is made is tuned up to form pockets. In some cases small pockets are arranged right around the cover. Naturally these are only for the reception of light and compressible items. It may be mentioned incidentally that trunk covers sell with exhilarating rapidity at bazaars.

SOMETHING USEFUL.

j freaking hinges should be rubbed wilh a feather dipped in oil. This simple treatment will at once slop the unpleasant, nerve-jarring noise.

Busty llatirons should be first .slight iy heated and then rubbed with a cloth dip ped in paraffin. Bub well with a dean, soft duster to :• -nove all traces of oil.

Common aalt plays three great inn,--tions in the body of a nun or beast. I'irst. it furnishes him with gastric juice with its needed acid. Second, it furnishes him soda for his bile and blood. Ihiid, it assists iu the passage of the di gested food into the lymph vessels, and into the blood vessels. It assists in the passage of till-.food elements from the blood vessels into the tissue*."

A whiti* Mouse. if you intend il lo lie washed Intel- on, should never lie cleaned. Clen'i >,l liloimcs tuni yellow when phiecil In Hie \va4i tuli. AVJiile .--ilk Monies must never have so:ip vuliheil ii|iiin thft'ii, hut should l, ( . svaslied In eleiin, warm suils, lnaile liv mldimr a little so:i|i jelly or jiow.ler to a liasin of v aii I-, Wash in two or more lots of .-lids until perle.-tly eh-au. Uu-u I'iiis,. thoroughly in "lear warm water to wliieh ii lew drops o! iiietliylateil spirits, to make the silk h;ij;hf. have lieeil aihleil. When washed the hh.nse should he hrnij

m t'u- air t-.'C :« lew ;ninul;»s on ihm' inn liof iroiN. A vfj-y hoi iron bends :iu.l niiikes Hi,, silk cockle h\k even if it n«i? •corcli it.

Tit IllnHl jM'Ople ])orpoi>r '|M ■'ll i'h' of diet iv sill acquired taste, hut it m. iievertii.-!cs>. frcdy used by crowi of foreign sailing A\'iieu a p.»r- -- caught, it is cut up by its capi«n> into >h-aks, and uj> on deck !•> dry in tin- opm ; -ir. Pilot \Vil!i>. win, iHiard<'d tin- Norwegian >hip (hown t f oiinMc the Heads i'sa\>> tliO Melbourne was enjuviii" <\ l»n»jiLfa-t of pnrpoUo. i:i tin- bolii-1 il„it 11 was a pie- vof suefiih'lit beef. \"n f« r< imately. !io vcver. whilo in l |„. ln j,;. die of tin rt'pasj. J|<. Ihl f ; ,H ( - )mi pi|. lin.-inary remark upon (ho merits of the beef, whereupon bi> hn-d expaillcd that pfiin por|)'ii-e. not be<'f. d' 4 'eu--ion |

In the eouvs" of n recent pork poison in;r ease, whi-h An- Justin* Hucknili v cenliy heard i'i lmdon. l)r Forbes east sonie aspersions «»n frozen meat—pork and veal. Km muHon and b.mb, he added, never poisoned anyone.