WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 11, 6 February 1909, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD.

HIXTS FOR THE BUSY WIFE. A Simple Method of Cleaning Knives. —After washing and drying in the usu.il way take a piece of liu-: enury paper, about two inches sijuare, and ruO liar knife up and down on.both aides, wliicii is easily done by simply doubling the 'emery paper. When perfectly bright and dean wipe over with tbe leather. This process takes only a few moments when washing up, and you have you •knives always clean.

To Prevent Draught. Many people who would otherwise adopt the healthy habit of sloeping with open windows will (not do so beeauw thej *r« afraid of encountering a draught. A simple way to avert the danger it to eut a piece of line muslin the width of the window, end about six inches deep. Fasten it to •the top aud sides of the window with drawing-pins, and then open it. This does away with all fear of draught, as •the air is slowly filtered through the muslin, and the most delicate person may thus enjoy a supply of fresh au during the night. It also keeps out the dust.

Pencil Marks on White Paint,— Peucil marks on white paint can sometimes be removed by gently rubbing them with breadcrumbs in the \lirediou of their course (not across), or •by rubbing with a slice of lemon or raw ■potato. In more obstinate cases all ■traces can be removed with a soft piece of linen moistened with pure turpeutiue or bt4r.iuc, takiug care to wipe it off •quickly with a rag afterwards. The 'polish eau be restored to the surface by lightly rubbing with a soft rag dipped iii a very little pure linseed oil, or by 'just polishing with a little whiting. If tlie pencil has left indentation marks •they ean be got out by laying a piece of 'felt that ha 9 been wrung out of water 'over th« plaee, then pressing a very hoi ■iron over the felt.

A Delightful Bathroom Mixture.—An excellent thing for every washing-stand 5s a perfumed flannel soap-bag, which VraTi be hung i\p on a nail or in a string fcponge-bag over the washing apparatus, fend can be used for cleansing the hands. The bag should be filled with a mixture *of a pint of bran, half an ounce of 'almond meal, half an ounce of orris 'root, and a little pure white soap 'shredded down finely and sifted well 'through the powdered ingredients. This ■makes a delightful mixture, deliriously •perfumed and wonderfully soft for the •hands after exposure to the sun iu hot •weather, the bag being tied with n v piece of tape when filled, and dipped in the warm water in which the hands are •washed and rubbed over the backs and palms till a soft, glow is experienced.

JAPANESE BRIDES. The behests given to Japanese wives on their wedding morning by their mothers are known as "The Twelve Commandments of the Bride," aud read ■as follows: The moment you are married you are no longer iny daughter. Therefore you •must obey your parents-in-law as you once obeyed your father and mother. When you are married your husband •will be your sole master. Be humble and polite. Strict obedience to her husband is the noblest virtue a wife can •possess. ; • Always be amiable towards your i ®iother l in-law. Do not be jealou£; jealousy kills your husband's affection for you. Even though your husband be wrong, do not be patient, and when ihe'ha&cajfrfeddown speak to him gently. Do not talk too. much. Speak no evil of your neighbors. Never tell lies. • Rise early, retire late, and do not sleep ■in the afternoon. Drink little wine, and ■until you' are fifty take no part in •public assemblies nor mingle in crowds. . Consult no fortune-teller. »Be a good manageress, and especially be economical in-your household. Although you may marry young, do not frequeut too youthful society. • Do not wear brigh-colored garments. •Always be neatly but modestly dressed. Do not pride yourself on your father's rank or fortune. If he is a rich man, never allude to his riches before your friends.

THE TURKISH GIRL OF TO-DAY. The Turkish girl, as far as the majority of English women outside the Corps Diplomatique are concerned, is a mystery—a romantic figure shut in behind tlie padlocked grille of Oriental convention, and shut out from all interests, except an infantile pleasure in sweetmeats and a love of petty scandal and gossip. Even in the old days of close seclusion matters were probably much exaggerated, and the Turk had no doubt a better opiuion of womankind than he was credited with in the average French novel; but nowadays when so much is being done by all grades

of society in Turkey to open out the lives of the coming generation, the little M-oslem girls of enlightened families in the capital are no longer the petted babies of even fifty years ago. Nowadays the Turk is all for reform. His house" is no longer double-locked against intruders, and his one wish, on the contrary, is to widen instead of circumscribe his children's horizon, and remove the baa which in the case of Mohammedans at one time forbade the daughters of the Faithful to have any intercourse with Christian "unbelievers/' As a matter of fact, although the Turkish woman has always held an assured position legally as regards her».propertv. she had. little property under the old Teginte of using her privileges. A large number of Turkish girls of the present day, however, are being educated after English methods, apd are receiving as good an all-round training in every particular *as is given to girls of a like standing at Home, an "English education" being highly- valued at the present

day in Turkey. There aie, in addition to several Trench schools for girls in Constantinople, an academy managed by an American lady at Scutari, and an English school at Pera, which are patronised by Turkish people. In the excellent English school at Pera the -numbers of Turkish pupils have increased considerably of late. There are, at the present moment, three Turkish boarders, who are in every particular —with the exception, of course, of religious instruction —following the general curriculum, and making classes as well in dancing, gymaasties, and physical culture like the other students. They are not, naturally

enough, sent to school in the first in- i stance with a knowledge of nothing but own language. From their earliest Infancy the children of parents who fololw the modern trend of thought in Constantinople to-day are provided with governesses who speak trench and English. nnAr-ikaflssiblc, German, as well. Turkish girisj. however, leave school at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and return home to be where a private governess takes their education in land. An English duenna in a position of this description has, of course, a great deal of influence-- with lier pupils, especially in cases where- their ideas liave already become widened after a few years of intercourse with small English girls of their own age, and in a school where there are girls and govcr-

nesses of various nationalities. 1 -^ In point of fact, everyone wbo lias any opportunity of judging of tile life inside of n modern Turkish faiiiily is struck with the difference betweeji the and cloistered woman of a'few years ago and the highly-educated, wellread litteraire they meet nowadays. x An enormous interest is taken by the young ivomen of the day in national affair* A few minutes' talk with a girl of the mew school sullices to show that she Tias more than an average grasp of the position of affairs of the day, and that her reading, even as a daughter at home, is hardly kept even wXtfUt the straightened limits of a yrenck girl of the old regime. Girls wfes attend the excellent school «t Pera as day pupils are, of course.

always personally conducted from home, a servant or an etderlv governess or «Jiaperone taking them in the morning and fetching them later in the day, although they do not differ in this matter from tlie English children, who, in a city •Jike Constantinople or its suburbs, are caturally not aiiowed as much freedom AS in London. In oho respect Turkish pupils differ from their schoolfellows. Instead of hats, they adopt caps or Jioods, which they wear most picturesquely oa their soft dark hair, while some use a scarf instead, draping it round their heads in quasi - Eastern fashion. As Friday is not observed by Moslems in the strict manner in which • Sunday is regarded in a Christian country, no rearrangement of class lists is necessary for the young Turks.