WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 195, 22 September 1909, Page 1

WOMAN'S WORLD.

ECONOMY IX HOUSEHOLD LINEN. Though the days are gone by when housewives put such abnormal value on their linen-jiresses and the lavenderscented contents, yet a good supply of linen costs no small sum, and one of the most effective of all economics is that which brings attention and care to bear on the household linen. "A stitch ;n time saves nine." Carefully look over the linen before it is sent to the laundry, and darn thin places, cuts, or tears. It is surprising how the supply seems to fail all ut once if this be done, just, too, when the housekeeping puree lias a strain On it, or visitors are expected. Regular and periodical purchases should be made, and as these can then be small, no big outlay is ever wanted to revive the condition of the linen cupboard. What, pray, can be more annoying than to find, when extra people arc to be catered for, that extra linen must be bought, especially when j the purso is a modest one? These are all precautions, and precaution ib the soul of true economy. But heie are some remedies. If possible, salt should bo p\it on a fruit stain at the time of the accident. When the cloth is removed, boiling water must bo poured through salt and stain. Sherry rubbed over a fresh stain of port wine, a.id then rubbed off with a clean soft cloth, will effectually clear away the blot on the linen. If "this be not possible, when the cloth is removed hold the stain in .boiling milk. Tomato juice will sometimes remove a fruit stain. Mildewed linen should he treated with a paste of equal parfs "of powdered chalk and Fuller's earth in milk. Cover the stam with the paste, and leave in the open air to dry. After a time wash off, and if any mildew still' remains repeat the process. Tablecloths and damask arc darned with embroidering thread. When ;i tablecloth is past mending, it can be cut into traycloths and inner napkins. These can be cut, when shabby, into little round or oval cloths for the bread or cheese dishes. Sheets past mending make best dusters. Old toilet-covers and rough towels can degenerate reasonably into housemaid's cloths and disncloths. And, finally—for there is still a final even to the linen now without a shred of wear in it, and with so little substance that it hangs soft and pulpy iifte,r washing—sec Unit it is pure aa'd clean, and send a roll to the nearest hospital or institution. There is no gi?t better appreciated by an experienced nurse and matron. Old linen is a standing want that money will not satisfy, for new linen and calico has dressing ih it that renders its use impossible, except for bandages.

THE WIFE WHO WORRIES. Some women never leave off worrying and fussing themselves and everyone about them. They are overwrougut and tired, Though they may not know it, and fret those about them because they themselves arc unhappy and want to make others • just as miserable as they feel. Another typo of femininity is the one which includes the conscientious unselfish woman full of household cares, who wearies her family in her efforts to make them comfortable and train her children to be good and tidy. She does not mean to be, but is undoubtedly a trial to her relations. •' Shallow, scllish women who love pleasure and shirk all responsibility rarely fret and worry. Their nerves are steady; they enjoy life and let troubles go. For that reason they are a great deal easier to live with than are the women who arc overwhelmed with a sense of their own responsibility. There is usually a cause 'for the worrying temperament. It implies as a rule being tired out and peevish with well-doing and over-heroic efforts to make home happy. Husbands are apt to be unjust in many cases. When a wife is cross or short in her answers her husband calls her or thinks her bad-tempered, when all the time what she is longing for is a little sympathy lovingly expressed, I and an acknowledgment in tender words of all she is doing to try and make the home comfortable. It is when a wife is overstrained that her husband should try specially to please her and give her a little pleasure so that she may forget her worries. He should, if possible, take her out somewhere for a day m the country, to the theatre, or a concert, which will please her greatly when she has been for a long time encumbered with much serving.

Monotony causes far more mervoi-j breakdowns, mental depression, ind melancholy th&a, pleasure and excitement.

WOMEN m BUSINESS. Miss Florence King, a. lady patent lawyer of Chicago, is reputed to have a practice which brings her in £IO,OOO a year. For fourteen years she 1 has held this, unique post for a woman. Miss King is proud of the fact that she has climbed her way up from a very low rung in the ladder. She will not hesitate to tell you that she was once a servant girl, and she glories that 6he ik "self-made," as the commercial phrase has it. A lawyer's life, particularly one whose business dt is to attend to patents, is generally supposed to be very matter-of-fact, but this lady manages to make hers quite romantic. From being a poor cobbler, one of her clients, through, his own inventions, protected by Miss King, has raised himself to be part proprietor of a large electrical works, and Miss King could tell of nuniy other instances of small inventions, almost trivial in themselves, which have led to great things. She ronsiders that there is n great opening for women to tarn large sums of money as inventors, particularly in the improvements of appliances in daily use ra the home,