WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 151, 22 July 1909, Page 1

WOMAN'S WORLD

PRESERVE A SEAT APPEARANCE. From what I have seen of gii'ls in their various toilets —morning, afternoon und evening—it has 6truck me (says a London writer) that it is often the prettiest girls who pay the least attention to their appearance. They relytoo much on their looks for their attractiveness. The girl who eau boast merely of a good lignre and nothing besides is, in most eases, very neatly attired. The brisk, bustling, energetic, girl may generally be depended upon to be neat in her appearance; the pretty, stay-at-home, novel-reading creature is, on the other hand, two otten guilty of dowdiuess. Alany girls, for economical reasons, wear very old things indoors; but a girl can wear old blouses and old skirts, and yet look smart in them. A nice clean collar will make all the difference in the world to her tout ensemble. And then shoes and gloves. It j is absolutely a crime on Uie part of a I girl wJio dons a smart l'rock and hat to he remiss in this respect. After all, a girl can 'be neat and natty-looking on 'a very little nowadays. When a girl is untidy in her home circle, and her lover catches, her thus unexpectedly, if he is not altogether ihliuded by his affection, he will think: ''l suppose.she will dress like tliis when we settle down to bumdrum married life t" And, depend upon it, she will. Ways and means have nothing to do—nothing whatever to do—with being tidy. There is no excuse for a girl who wears curl-papers in her hair Jail the morning; there is no reason why a girl should leave the curling of her hair until the afternoon. Every rightminded girl should come down to breakfast spick-and-span, fresh and clean. Then she is an ornament to the breakfast- taible; then is she a picture to ibe copied; then is she a smiling reproof to her dowdy sisters. THE VALUE OF OXIOXS. One of the most useful vegetables hygienical!}' is the onion; yet, strange to say, but few people use it as liberally as they should. Hoiled onions usedfrer quently in a family of children will ward oil' many of the diseases to which the little one are subject. The principal objection to the promiscuous use of this vegetable is that the odor exhaled after eating it is offensive; but a cup of strong coliee taken immediately after is claimed to be excellent in counteracting this effect. Although for some time after eating onions the breath may have a disagreeable odor, yet when this has passed away, it will he much sweeter than before. For croup, onion poultices are used with success, providing the child is kept out of draughts and a sudden chill avoided. The poultices are made by warming the onions in goose oil until soft, then putting them on the child's feet and chest as hot as they can be borne. Except in very obstinate cases, when taken in time, croup readily yields to onions, This, although an oldi'ashioned remedy, is a good one, as any mother who has" brought up a family o'f children can attest. Onions arc excellent blood purifiers, and for eradicating boils or any of the 'blood humors are very efficacious. They are good for the complexion, and a friend who has a wonderfully clear and pure skin attributes it to the liberal use of onions M food. People suffering from nervous troubles arc much benefited by using the=e vegetables frequently .cither cooked or raw. When troubled with a hard cough, if a raw onion is eaten, the phlegm will loosen almost immediately, and can lie removed with very little effort. Those troubled with wakefulness may ensure a good night's rest often .if, just before retiring, they eat a. raw onion. There are few aches to which children are subject as hard to bear and as painful as earache. One of the best remedies 1 know is to take out the heart of an onion (a red one is the best, if it can be had, although lacking this kind, any other can be used) ir.ul roast it. When soft, put it into the alfected ear as hot as can ,be borne. Unless the cause is deeper than ordinarily, the pain will cease in a very short time and will not return. " WOMANLINESS." There is a certain something which, for want of a better nnnie. is called womanliness, and it is that which makes women attractive to men. A great many virtues go to make up this one grea't possession, and they are what men like in a woman. Men like, in th' first place, amiability in a woman. They like a pleasant appearance. They like the doing of little things that lire pleasant io them. They like the courtesy of the fireside. They like women whose lives and faces are always full of the sunshine of a contented mind and a cheerful disposition. They like an ability ' t o talk well and a knowledge of the virtue of silence. They like a motherliness big enough to understand the wants of the older as well as the younger boys. They like a disposition to speak good, rather than evil, of every human being. They like sympathy—which means a willing ear for the tale of sorrow or gladness. They like a knowing to grow old gracefully. They like knowledge of how to dress •veil, which, however, does not mean conspicuously. Men are most attracted by good material, plain draperies, quiet colors; not by showy colors or designs. They like intelligence, but they preferShat the heart should be stronger than the hrain. They like a companion—a woman who has sufficient knowledge of the word and its ways to talk well with them, who is interested in their lives and their plans, to give a cheering word, or to listen quietly, and by a tender look express the grief which the heart is feeling. They may sometimes say that children are a bore and a nuisance, but a man shrinks from a woman who openly declare* her dislike of them. A man expects tfic maternal instinct in a woman, and is disappointed if he does not find it. MISCELLANEOUS HINTS.

For Dandruff.—Rosemary leaves, a large handful, and boiling water one pint. Lot this stand for twenty-four hours, and strain. Then add one or two ounces of glycerine, a little borax, and the juice of three lemons; use often. To Whiten the Hands.—An excellent way of keeping the hands white is to be careful to dry them well after washing, and to rub in equal parts of lemonjuice and honey several timee a day, and at night-time to rub this well in. and sice)) with the bauds in ventilated W'instay Pudding.—Six ounces of suet, six ounces of grated cheese, six ounces of moist sugar, two spoonfuls of orange marmalade. Mix together with two eggs w<dl-.bcatc.n, and let it stand all -iiiffTTE; butter the mould, place these in' giedients in it, and boil four hours. Aromatic Vinegar.—lnfuse in two quark of good vingear, a handful each of rosemary, mint, sage, rue and wormwood. Let the jar stand uncovered on the warm hob for a week, then strain it, and add half an ounce of camphorated spirits of wine. A little of this poured into the bath makes a refreshing and invigorating addition to the toilet.