WOMEN'S REALM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 313, 11 January 1908, Page 3

WOMEN'S REALM.

HINTS ON THK HAIR. People are likely to take cold after washing the hair. To prevent this add a little eau-de4>logne or any other spirit to the i-old water for the final time. This closes up the pores of the ■kin, and there is le* likelihood of catching cold. After w.i.h ng-and, m deed, at any time—crimping and waving with hot irons is a mistake. -Not onl> does this practice dry the hair to an unnatural extent, causing it to break and split, but in time it destroys any natural wave whicn may exist. tew people jive enough time to the proce-s of rinsing the hair after shampooing Soap clings to the hair readily, and, Ir •idea being injurious if left to dry in. it robs the coiffure of much of its natural doss. A little borax in the last rins tec water will be found helpful; am-Bonia-in the case of blondes-should 1* .voided, M it tends to deaden and fade the hair, but a few drops of quinine will help greatly in counteracting any ten-

dency to greaainess. Only a few drops of scented oil at a tint ahonld be sprinkled on a finetooth comb, and this, if passed once or twice through the tresses, will impart a delicate aroma, which,, like the flavouring essence in French cookery, should not be prominent enough to be distinctive. Care ahonld be taKen to Tentilate the h«lr daily if it is to be strengthened and look glossy and beautiful. Take out all the hairpins and shake the hair free, then run the fingers through it until it feels light. Now life it lock by lock, fan it and brush it, but do not brush the aearp. A quarter of an hnnr of this will make the hair dry and glossy.

IS TRUE LOVE-MAKISG DKAD: " (By the JUroness dc Bertouch.) Perhaps deep down in a lew iiearts Uw iragrance ol old-wor.d courting still Bagel*, but these remaning instances ait only exceptions, and, »Ua, very rare ones, too. ine sweet love-making ol loag ago, which savoured ol new-mown hay and lavender, and suggested bo'-u pKUiro and poem, has Literally been (roamed out oi modern societyUs are mid-stream in an age when up-to-date youth disdains the grand old traditions oi chivalry and Uower-like parity. They preler the fever of an jjljfrii passion, or the eclat of one of those friendships called plalvnic, which an nothing leas than so many milestone* •a the downward path of life. As to the sanctity of marriage, our newspapers' dally record leaves us na illusion* wherewith to veil the fact of its desecration. Yet it is not on our youths and maidens that the lash of criticism should fall. They are only reaping the harvest sown for them by older and stronger hands. The art and literature of the day are the ealprits who should stand in the dock, not their rietims. Unless bj notable exception we never see wholesome krve-making portrayed on canvas nowadays never read it in our novels, never bear it in our plays; but in its place we get pictures teeming with morbid snggefttjoa, novels baaed on the breaking of the Seventh Commandment, and those absolutely degrading " problem " plays which by their subtlety and veiled offensiveaess are especially dangerous to young sands, Trae love-making can never be heard again until our men have more respect for women, and our girls a far keener tense of their own dignity, and for this, there must first be a strong undercurrent of reform among the pioneers of social ; legislation. Our painters, our novelists, and oar playwrights most lead the way, their ambition tempered by the thought : that what is termed their "gift u, after all, bat a precious loan—a loan the repayment of which will surely be required of them by a merciful but nist Judge.

muiuitai u e»iu w uo mat .adit= no» go out «&» unui ui an iti.ii-11,; iu»n ukv loimcrtj uiu, luug uioiui u»«»e» m ' lj* open air inducing «u lucuuawm 10 speuu UK reuiaißUei 01 lue iuy uu»«:U} tK«u«d eggs whKh atluere lo the shell are Wrt. A h™* <•»> * ,a waur. &Ule «gg» •" K'*»i sn,ooUl 01 (bell, Ine •■*" 01 . * lre4a *•* *"* * liac-liKe raiiace. ADoiled ejuj which m duni: and one* uuicluy on me eneli when taken iruui tue samepau » in* ji ode would be well dressed it must be remembered "that one weu-cu* aud peflvtujr-auiag gown made in advance et (tie laahiuu wul outlast aud look Ui ■tore stylish than three or lour badlymad* one* thai aim at being lashioned oa the style of the moment, but which to won goes out of date. r »il doses of cod-liver «il aje very usetul lor children who catch cold easily. Ihey should be given two or three lime* a day, directly alter food. It a a great mistake to give large doses of cod-liver oil; they are not availed, and really do more harm than good. batin furniture covering* are best cleaned with breadcrumb*, the aoft part of freak bread being employed for the Pbimm. Kill, it between the hand, until it i* thoroughly crumbled, then run K over the aatin quickly, changing the crumb* as won u they are discoloured; lan dust off the remaining crumbs with a aoft duataf* Ike pearl is nothing but carbonate •i lime, and vinegar or any other acid wul eat away the polished surface in a few moments. As for the opal, hot water it fatal to it, destroying its hre, and sometime* causing it to crack. Soap B a deadly enemy ot the turquoise. It a tarnuoise ring is kepi on the hand while washing, in a short time the blue stone* will turn to a dingy green. Who » the lightest Queen in Europe? This diitit**"*" belongs to the Empress of Bttseis, who only tarns the scale at let, the Queen of Holland is but a stone heavier, while the Queen of Ronmum and Queen Sophia of Sweden are respectively 71b. and alb. short of list. Xk* Queen of Greece is the heaviest Boyal lady in Europe, her weight being list 41b, Just 81b. more than that of the Queen of Portugal. It is wonderful what effect a brignt took or smile may have on one we meet. H we only knew just how much good It may do, we should always try to earn smiles along with us. A warm sails, a look of sympathy, are things that cost nothing, and we know from experience how just one may brighten a whole day. Ufe Is bard at best, so let n* do all we can to brighten the lives oi others, and so brighten our own lives. To keep apple* through the winter in a barrel, bore holes in the bottom and sides of the barrel and store on a dry platform a foot or more high. Where only a few apples are svailable for storage, a good plan is carefully to wrap them singly in paper. This will efTectu slly protect them against any drying in fluenee of the atmosphere. They may then be packed in layers, three or four deep, in shallow boxes or hampers, and placed in the coolest available position in the house or outbuilding. Alaska babies do not cry. Th"' try it and then give up the bad hal.it Irom choke. To this desirable end they aneently persuaded by their mother*. When a baby begins to cry the mother takes a pot of water, fill* her mouth with the liquid, and squirts it into the fsee of the weeping infant If the crv increases in force, so doe* the stream of water. No word is spoken, no Wow K struck, but the victory is sure. Very soon the infant begins to connect weep- • ing with the squirting of water in its face. Becoming firmly convinced that the two things are inseparable, it dc cide* to err no more.