WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 359, 9 April 1910, Page 9

WOMAN'S WORLD.

ll,i\V !\Ki-11' HHCIPKS. ■An old housekeeper said that at trie time of her marriage, years ago, siie wan predated with a hanging recipe.bouk that was invaluable to lier. it wa» fattened on the idLcheu dour, atiu leaves could be turned back and a recipe could be found at a minute's notice.

Someone stole this treasure, and it cauld never be replaced. A irieml, knowing how it was mi-.->ed, improvised a book that was even more of a treasure, as it had tried recipes from siohi'ccs Unit could not i:e found in any printed book. * She had cut a number of sheets of »tili' yellow paper thai would not easily tear and soils j, -s ilian while paper. These were indented on one edge, as an alpn.-ibelcii I >ot• k. inn. i.i-teau of ie;ter«. the divisions wele bread. scone>. salads, soups, sandwiches, emergency dishes, and s„ n) . j£ach. housekeeper can make her division suit her special needs. Each sheet was supplied with recipes typewritten in pmpli! ink on white paper, the title being done in capitals in red ink. The recipes were then grouped on the page leaving a »iin margin at sides and luttcm niid two inches at the top, to a'llmv Tor the sheets being thrown back. Tlu>v were pasted with photographers' paste. At the same time where the sheets were ent they luul five hcles puneiiea across the top of each sheet a half-inch below the upper edge. When placed together, red cords were run through these holes, and the book was fastened in five places to a strip of wood supplied 'with_ five screw hooks opposite the cord loops. In this way the book could be kept firm, yet turned back like a hanging calendar. ' ■ One of the groups was invaluable 'both to housekeeper and servant ■was entitled '"'Table Service.* Under it was grouped the proper way to ?c. a table, down to sniall?=t (letssl?; rules j of service, and al*o snogeM-ions f,ir table ! decoration for different occasions The housewife later ail '?d another list, including her own china and the uses to which it was to be put both for formal j and informal occasions. . i Another useful grouping was "Clean- j ing Hints." These included trustworthy j recipes for doing ovrv all sorts of house- , hold belonoiners, washes for laces, mus-1 lins, spot remi ving. doing up fine lin- j gene and renovations of every descrip-, tion. . I "Still another division was "Household , Heirs." filled with useful suggestions. to lighten labor in every department of housekeeping. ! ■ Bv tieinsr the sheets together, instead of fastening them, new rm"s could be ' added as needed. To provide far this emergencv, with the book was given a • number of blank sheets, out the proper ' size and punched ready for the pasted ] Tecipes. j

SOAt-BUBBLE PARTIES. tf| SOCIETY'S LATEST CRAZE. It is surprising what artistic effects be obtained with sotip-ll'.ihbles, and the latest idea; in London is to entertain one's friends with bubble-blowing parties. And a very attractive form of entertainment it proves, additional en-tliusi;;-ni avoided l>v prizes oll'er- ; ed for the best bubbles blown, not for- ' getting a "booby" ' prize for the blower of the worst bubble of the even- j ing. j For a soap-bubble party a large table ; should !>'■ provided. "covered with a | rubber sheet so that it may not be damaged by the soap water. Blowing , material for each includes one or | two straws, a clay pipe, cue or two ' 1 funnels of Jill'en'nt size?, and a ring Biade of <i twUtol piece cf thin wire around a boille. Much of the success of the party will depend 011 ths way the soapv wntcr is Th3 best way is to take a howl of slightly warm water and rub in it a piece of g?od soap until a strong lather ish lornied. Here arc a few tricks which guests may trv. The -poached egg" is a good ( trick to bc-iiii wi!h. First pour a thin film .of the soapv solution upon a sheet. of glass. Then dip your straw and blow upen liie -s n uooi;-' '■ '"'l I'ei.- . cal bubble. Xext a pull is taken at the end of the pipe or cigarette while the straw is being re dipped, and the second • bubble is blown within tha first, the. second one being inllated with smoke instead of air. The result is a beauti- , fill while, solid-iooking hemisphere, •within another shining with all the col- 1 ors of the rainbow-. Much of til 3 success,of the ''poached ecru" depends upon the steadiness of the Mild and eve. After tha first large hi'ie.i-e* ;; ' i I''!';' i'i* '.'Mjh ' the sheet of glass and the straw has , been withdrawn f.or a first dip, it will rci|uiii' s'iiic n:'ive Vj thrust the straw ; boldly through tile side cf the big bubble : in order to be allowed to blow the I smaller smoke-filled biil/bls inside the j larger one. j it is casv to place a .soap-bubble upon - a liowrr 11 y "!!;•■ the nrev-ou- > ; '' r " j <if ,'! e'j ill: 1 llmvrr «.iii J the -iOU-e -nltU>'»!». uiii.h ovide.-'. -0 to ; speak, a foothold for tile bubble. ; The w>re ring can be brought into ; play with si niewhat astonishing re-' suits. An ordiu:'iy hemispherical wunble , is blown up with the ring to form a J r-vlint-'.'f. of cin"--". the rimr nuiM j first be dipped in the solution, when it j •will be found to adhere tenaciously to : the outer surface of the bubble. I By blowing a bubble with the pipe, j throwing it in the air. and then catch- • ing it with the two rings of shaped -wire, I tlr ''iibb'o ran be milled into a barrel shape. x 1 To blow a bubble over a flower or ; some other snvll o!<t 'et. by pih-.- 1 inir the !'• ivrr noon the sheet of soapy . "lass or in a shallow saucer containing a little of the s ili>: : 'd Over the llower put a funi'e 1 cf infill'" size, aml start to blow aenlly down lb" lube, meanwhile Vi'Wtnr I'i v-'i-e I !"■ funnel verv gradual) t ■ 111 T • ■ lo I 'ow 11 n1 i 1 ' sufficiently b'-i !-•"'■ k,, i "led. I 'e di=en"'i"e '! from th- fnimfl bv fullv "t 11 rr 'l".' the -al iL'tlt ansb-v the finger l>" ! nvr Jn-i'M I<> the of the tube to prevent the o-cnn" <■' f,M„. 0.-.-.-h," „f the ImM.V. One mnv vmiv thi~ triek b\ blowin<j" a ■bubble over a small = tntnette or other ornament. ;