WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 64, 10 April 1909, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

A SCHOOL KOK WIVES. A new " school for wives" had been opened in London, and when I fust uiv . eves upon the announcement my heart rejoiced that the blessings of edu«u.. should be carried at lust to a class who have hitherto laboured in the darkest depths of ignorance. The training ol women for matrimony has hitherto been haphazard and unscientific, lu the process of graduating for the alter there lias been an orderly and systematic course of instruction. The pupils have had to acquire knowledge as best they could, and though many of them have qualities as wranglers they have lamentably failed to graduate as .Masters of tile Domestic Arts. Therefore wuen 1 read that a school for wives had been opened i was glad, believing that even a post-gradu-ate course might be useful. " Elcetri. city," says the principal, " is a thiug of the future, aud we think that our students should be prepared for it and should know how to regulate an eua. mealy heated oven." Wliat foolishness is this? If wives were taught to regulate the supply of domestic electricity, and to shut off the switch when the current is approaching the fusing point they would learn something really useful, and be able to avert those electrical disturbances which so often cause the old man to smash the crockery and kick the dog. A little applied science of this kind would be useful to most wives; but to let them meddle with electrically-heated ovens is certain to cause many an unexpected shock. The whole theory of education for wives is erroneous. A wile should be taught not how to uiauage .1 home, but how to manage a husband. Now, if 1 were to open a school lor wives, I would introduce the course with an explanatory lecture in these terms:— "ily dear ladies : The proper studs' of womankind is Man. Mail is the animal •who pays the rent and settles the dressmaker's bills. Man earns the money and woman spends it. In the matrimonial relationship therefore success depends on the due and effective management of Man. Man does not appreciate ans 01 superiority in a woman. When he wants to take you for a walk don't propose that you should call on your mother. And if he suggests a visit to the theatre to see the performance of ' Maebert don't pout and say you rather go to a 'The Merry Widow.' In all likeliho he prefers 'Macbeth' because lie h got free tickets for the stalls. "Don't tell him you are downrigl shabby and must have a new rig urn once. Suggest to him that he used admire you in that tailor-made gown ai Paris toque you wore before you \vc married, and that you'd be a real crei to him if you could only get another li it. And that that jade, Mrs Browne, h been swaggering over you as though h husband were better off. Stroke his ns (if he has any) and suggest that he and always was the sweetest and be and kindest of men who always wants see his little wife look beautiful, and t( to one hell swear youH ruin him, ai leave you a cheque for the dressinaKi Man is not to be taken bv the front attack, but by gentle titration 011 t! flank where his heart is. " If you will heed these rules and wo on these principles you will learn howmanage a husband, and this is the who art of life. The real School for Wives marriage,, and you may leave elccti cookery and the science of heating ai ventilation to the hotel chef and tl plumber. Man is a jsreat and creature, but he is as susceptible to wil as a donkey to the allurement of a ea rot. You can lead him if you liumoi liim, but you'll make liim think you a a fool if you buy his neckties and pr sent him with a box of Pampas Ura cigars at Christmas. You win evei time if you persuade him to think he having his own way when you arc real! having yours ; and if every wife toe this course the judges of the Admiralt and Divorce Division would soon lia\ to retire on the unemployment pension " The School for Wives is now aajoun cd, and you may all go home and gi your husband's slippers warmed, f probably won't thank yon lor it, hi maybe lie will ask you what sort of gift you would like to have for yoi birthday."—Manchester Chronicle. HOME HINTS. Easy Knife-cleaner.—'Wlien a knifi board is employed jn lieu of any of th patent machines which represent s much saving of labour, it should alwav • be warmed in front of the fir" before i is used. This has the effect of considei ably hastening the operation of polishin the knives'. ' The Carpet Sweeper.—Once a week, a least, the carpet sweeper should be tiioi ouglily cleaned—the box wiped out wit a kerosene sprinkled clotli; the urus combed free of hairs, threads, etc.; .»n the whole freed from the dust and dir which are likely to impede its working This weekly attention to the sweeper w 11 only take a few minutes, and it is we] worth while. A Tight Collar.—lf you have a colla that is too small to be comfortable, sc\ a narrow ribbon at the top and bottoii and tie in bows at the back. If it be ; washing collar, sew on white eyes am run the ribbon through them. It cai easily be removed when the garment, goe to. the laundry. •Grease Spots on Silk. To extracl grease spots from silk, crape some Frencl chalk, put it on the gieasc-spot, am hold it near the fire or over a warn tron or water-plate filled with boilinj ■water. Tie grease will melt and the French chalk absorb it. Brush rul off. Repeat if necessary. To remove cream from Linen.—spot: of cream always spoil the appearand of an afternoon teacloth without acm ally warranting its despatch to the laun dry. If the spots are highly touehei with household ammonia and the staimx portion of the doth ironed over a pieo of clean white blotting-paper, all ti«c< of the grease should vanish. To dean White or Colored K"c Gloves.—Pour some benzoline into a basin and put about two pairs of gioves into it; squeeze them well, and whilt they are wet put them on the hands ami rub quickly over with a piece of clean white flannel. Take them off the hands and place them again into some uean lienzoline; soak thoroughly, and thee squeeze and place ill the air to dry They will then be found equal to ivw. To Preserve Jam for Years.—Dip a piece of ordinary white paper in a little vinegar and spread over the mouth ol jam or preserve jar. Next dip another piece in milk and spread tiglitly over the first layer. This will stick to the sides of the jar, thus making the jar quite air-tight. Cover with thick paper, tie tightly, and store. This method has proved most satisfactory. 'Sponge Pudding.—Half a pound of flour, three ounces of siugar, three ounfces of Ihut'ter, one tetispooniful ifcmall) of ground ginger, one teaspoonrut of carbonate of soda, quarter of a pint ot milk. Mix flour, ginger, and stfgar together, rub in the butter, then add the soda dissolved in the warmed milk, j Beia't to a soft 'batter, steam in a> ibutteiled Ibasio for three .hours. Turn out to serve] and your (sweet sauce round. Tea Buns.—Take a pound of flour and mix with it » little salt ami quarter of a.n ounce of 'baking-powder. Hub in quarter of a pound of buttcir or lard. 6ix ounces 0. casfter sugar, aind the tame quantity of suttanas with a little can diqd peel, sfeedded finely. Mix thc*e itrgrediewts together an'd make inlto a lltffle dough with one efgg well beaten up in half a pint of milk. Place iait» Jj'un tins, and' "bake in a- very .quick oven, for fifteen 1 cr:l/wetnty minutes. Sift a tittle, sugar ovefr the tans before serving- 1 French Tapiocfc fJustard —Soak two (SbleStpaanfuis of tfapiooaiu a. Tittle cold, -tvaior for an hour, tlien boil it in "milk for five minute's, add 'one ouiroe of sugar e beaten yolk of effg, and flavoring to ■farte. Btir 'over fho (fire a, minute or twfe longer, tlroi leave it to get cold. Take off any «kin flint may form. Wtir, in-la. little cteam if yon Ikivc it, then pour inlto a,gln&s dislh Gartiish prettily (md serve. (Sold. Prune Mintemeat. —If your first slipply of mincemeat runs out early, yon may be glad to try this, which is easily made. Mince well 1 one pound of stewed prunes and th'e stale quantity of aVid cooking apples, ad'd lralf a pound of finely-eWopped suet, the juice and grated rintt of a lemon, and a little spice. Mix tliese -ingredients iwell, and iplace in a. covtted jar, for use. A little Urandy will be an improvement. H»,rfeot Bean Soup.—Buy one pennyworth 'of fonefi, and put ftliem on to {/oil 'witUr two. large 'onions and 0 carrot <irxl six ppppe.reorti«. Let tlicm lioil for f{,*r Hnik then fltttiwi tine stock, and to three pints of it 'add half a ixiund of , haricot leans and a cup of pearl ttorlcv. Wt this Vffil foT Sn liour. 'then add a turnip &n'd sKne» larse potatoes, and cofik if or Waif an hour longer. Pass this ■lt through a sieve, pettfrn to the saurep«», season Vith peipiper and salt, boil «p. aatf serve. TWs 5s an economi«il MtJnourishraa «up. 'f-