WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 48, 15 February 1908, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD.

EPITAPH ON A BUSY WOMAN. Here lies a poor woman, who always was busy; She lived wider pressure that rendered her dizzy. She belonged to ten clubs, and read Browning by sight, Showed at luncheons and teas, and would vote if she might. She served on a School Board with courage and zeal, She golfed and slw kodaked, and rode on a wheel; bhe read Tolstoy and Ibsen, knew microbes by name, Approved of Msartc; was a "Daughter and Dame." Her children went in for the high education, Her husband went seaward for nervous prostration. One day on her tablets she found an hour free— The shock was too great, ami she died instantly. TEN COMMANDMENTS TOR THE HOME-MAKER. 1. Make your household one harmonious whole, no matter how small the scale.

2. Use only what you can comfortably afford, a good quality and ample quantity. 3. Let your home appear bright and sunny. It is not easy to be unpleasant in a cheerful room.

4. Treat your servants wisely and kindly, and it will be impossible for them either to oppose or impose. 5. Have time for everything and be never in a hurry.

0. A certain formality is necessary to save everyday life from triviality, and freedom from looseness. 7. Do not forget that " society " is the death of home-life, hospitality its flower. 8. Know how to talk and how to listen, how to entertain and how to amuse. B. Have many interests and no ies--10. Do not forget your home should not only be a well-conducted dormitory anil boarding-place, but truly a home, the centre and focus of all interest, pleasure, and happiness for everybody connected with it. HOUSEHOLD NOTES. Art muslin curtains should never be washed in warm water. Put them into a lather of nearly cold water. If the curtains are green add a little vinegar; if lilac or pink, a little ammonia. Saltwill set thc colours of black and white muslins.

A little pipeclay, dissolved in the water employed in washing linen, cleans the dirtiest fabric thoroughly with ahoiu one-half the labour, aud saving fully oti". hnlf id' the soap. The clothes will he improved in colour, equally as if they had been bleached. Clean while satin shoes as follows: Rub them lengthways of the satin wiOi si piece of new white flannel dipped in spirits of wine. II slightly soiled, you mav clean them by rubbing with stile bread. White satin slipper- should be kept in blue paper closely wrapped, with coarse brown paper outside.

Nursery furniture should never be up. bolstered" as it creates and holds dust. A rug is also an unnecessary article, and an endless source ot falls. Have the coiners of the table well rounded off, place the lamp in a high bracket, aud have a higli fender if you wish your children to escape many of the usual nursery accidents.

Every hat, however simple, should be assigned to a particular box, and placed in it directly after it was removed from the head and properly brushed, unless il has been subjected to dampness. In that event fill the crown and brim with tissue paper to prevent them losing their curves, and be certain that the hat has thoroughly dried before puting it away.

A good idea, particularly in the win-ter-time, when the washing of windows is always unpleasant work, is to fre-'pi.-utly wipe off the inside of the glass with a dry'cloth. Ii is surprising to find how much dust and dirt can be removed. In cleaning the. windows, if a tilth' wash-JiK'-soila and a tal' l ''so"onfnUit'"iilniili<iiii treTidrfed to each j pa« oi "'titer, the glass "wiil-bo much\l"ightcr.

ltsoemsthatlr.tn^= ofum, ; ri ; ll:lS ; , T 1 sunshades are elaborately jewelled that a ease of epii^" 3 " 1 ", is required for their care amr 1 !!^ 1 -' 1^1 ' tion. These cases are .moss-green morocco, pig-skin, or bun* cowhide, and lined with velvet. They will hold six umbrellas or sunshades, and arc fitted with two locks and a handle, so Unit they are easily portable.

In many of the newest gowns the long slope of the shoulder has disappeared, to give place to a long, close sleeve which reaches well down over thc hand. This sleeve is furnished with a small pull' just at the lop, and the effect is narrow and high-shouldered in comparison with,the .wide, sloping Japanese modes. This is, perhaps, the most important note among the various ichangos the autumn has ushered in.

\ N be prettier than the i%v ribbons md^teL el ' < ; d silk - «' ,lk ' n "K\ so fashionable .old-world "oAzzing-glass" or for tF fanc y mll/1 ' The!*, ribbon-chains are at'*?« raade m Wad;, and half-inch ribb,,/', ls tlie c ' ol '- rect wiath; they arc fin{ shod ofr Wllh tiny btfckles of small diai llunds on ouo side, and on the othef some 3 P ee,al charm -&■ a miniature latter i,|6o in diamonds on in Ull ' sanle stones a, ,().«, e \ am , f i

The lik,., ~n d ai3lik( . 3 \J children are a source ofiperennial W r -' M l ,° mother. one little majn '"'f' 1 , i,,wA ' meat; a sv.e o „„ objects ,P ev: il third has a., unreasoning •'" ? *!" u •<> vegetables. j )ut w)lorp jt, W lty who turn, away fro'm ,! '° -' l, \' ra '' tl currants from nl^^^Hk 7 Happily for every and medical are and "there can lie reason for restricting- the sunrJMl' « fruit that as nutritious and ea3H»ligested in thief of time. It is also^B&* rl ** r "1 of opportunitv. of wealth.^H^ 01 all th('iWi--i i ,-jffffaned gratiluw- .. '■,,,■,ij|^k«i'ils. If you wish your photograph to wWaf a natural cX]ire.ssioi; yon muAtrv \to forget where you are. • 'hoV snap-shots are so V He prompt with home repairs, aim i l lc lions,, will look ten times smarter t an when little daumges are permitted ••.> be in evidence. If your hands are inclined to per- j spire, wash, them occasionally in warm water ill which u little lwrax has been dissolved. Elnse in clear water. Dry, and rub in a little lemon-juice. Don't use the borax very often, as it will make the skin dry and inclined to crack.

.Mine. Kirkby Lunn, the famous opera singer, re.sembles Miss Terry in her rules as regards eating. On the days that rihe sings in public she fasts, as a ru'e, from half-past two in the. afternoon until the conclusion of the opera in the evening. On rare occasionn between the acts she partakes of aoi egg beaten up.