WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 383, 7 May 1910, Page 9

WOMAN'S WORLD.

THE MAN ALL WOMEN LIKE Women's tastes on the question of masculine attractions differ as much as on everv other subject, and I do not think that any hard and fast rules can be laid down" as to the type of man which is most likely to lind favor with a woman (says Miss Nance Price, a well-known actress, in an English journal).

Generally speaking, it is the strong man who'appeals most forcibly to a woman—strong and straight, and yet gentle with women and children and kind to animals.

A woman invariably likes to feel that she has a master, someone stronger and more reliable than herself, in her lover or her husband, and then, as you all know, a very strong man is always easier for a woman to manage than a weak and blustering sort of fellow.

A woman's ideal man is always a man of action, and that is why soldiers and sailors are generally sure of a warm welcome amongst women. I have lived long enough in this world, however, to know that the ideal man, which is enshrined jiway somewhere in the heart of almost every woman, is seldom the type of man she marries. We admire physical perfection, and yet we marry short men with no figures, bald men, and men with all sorts of physical infirmities. The ideal and the real are far apart, and perhaps it is as well that it is so, for it saves one the pain of disillusion.

It was once said by someone much wiser than I that if Dante had married Beatrice she would never have been immortalised in his poem, and I am inclined to think that there is a great aeal of truth in this. It .would bo decidedly unwise to marry the ideal, for once one's ideals are shattered half the pleasure has been wrenched from life.

I would advise you to enshrine your ideal in some distant corner where no one else can find him, and keep him in a haze of 'mystery, but never to attempt eating bacon and eggs with him—the experiment could not fail to end in disaster.

After soldiers and sailors, I should say that the actor comes in for the greatest amount of hero worship, and this is not so much on account of his own personality as through admiration for the character he portrays. Modern literature doos'hot deal very extensively with the character sketches of its heroes and heroines; the novels of to day are mostly taken up with social problems, and so the young girl has no model upon which to build the character of her hero from the works she reads, and so she is forced to make her choice from the drama.

We instinctively worship all that is good and pure, but it is undeniable though l a sad fact that the men .who have worked the greatest havoc in feminine ftearts Have too. often been the greatest villains, and as Far removed as possible from the ideal, man.

I do not think she could be advanced as a proof that to succeed with women a man must be a villain, but rather that a woman's aim is always to reform the villain, and while she is engaged on the great work of reformation she runs the risk of losing her own heart. The idea that a woman's standard of manK perfection is always her lover is rather exploded in these days. Far more often than not it is a brother or her father or even some man friend, and not the man she eventually marries. To be fond of a man, or even to love him, one need not make an ideal hero of him. For it is quite possible to be exceedingly fond of a person whom one knows (although one would never confess it to anyone) to be anything but human perfection.

I should feed inclined to say that the parts played by Fred Terry in "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and "Henry of Navarre" come as near to the woman's ideal of what a man should bo as any other character I know, and it is chiefly on account of the heroic and manly parts he generally plays that he is so great a favorite with all theatre-going women. ;

Like other actors, he appeals largely to the feminine portion of 'his audience through the character he represents, which is generally that of a strong, reserved man, kind-hearted, and yet with a touch of cynicism and an utter disregard for all personal danger.

Courage, strength and kindness—these are generally the most prominent characteristics iof the hero .whose part he takes, but they are certainly the three which appeal most strongly to the average woman of the present century.

PRETTY GIRL HINTS. To avoid a double chin cultivate the habit of keeping the head un and not burying it in the neck. Rubbing.'the elbows .with rough salt and rinsing them with cold water often helps to make them smooth and takes away that unpleasant redness ' with which somq are afflicted. Because it matters little how light her hair becomes a blonde may wash her hair more frequently than a brunette. A shampoo in borax .water once or twice a week will soon lighten the hair. If unable to take a cold bath every morning try a salt one. Take some handt'uls of salt, wet .with cold water, and rub .briskly over your body. ¥ou will then feel a fine glow all over the skin, and will be invigorated for your day's iwork. This rubbing should only take a. few minutes.

Red noses and cold feet generally so together, and imperfect circulation is often at the root of both. Exercise in the open air., such as long walks, and a nourishing Mit plain diet should correct them. 1 For tircill swollen feet, lemon-juice sprinkled inl> the water is a pleasant means of allviation. An easier way is' to apply a mi lemon to the soles by rubbing genii. The hard skin may be removed byljaniiig oil' the- rough .surface with piffice-stone. Ice is till View cure for complexion ills. Tt is il'd to harden the muscles ! of the face Bid prevent sagging, and il will produce! tine glow if rubbed gently on the cheell It is also extremely ellicacious in ■(' ease of wrinkles and neglected anl shrunken -km. lowing a toB-.s'reniioiis day. a s:uin!e means of iillvniion i< to remove the soaking (hc»eet in wafer as hot as can be bonß The blood is nuicklv j drawn to tlnH'eet and the brain is thus i relieved of Assure. A tea'poonful of mil-tar.! ,-iddK to ilie water will ell'ect a relief wheißv former method fails.

HINTS FOR THE HOME. Panes of glass may easily be removed if soft soap be laid over tins putty and left for several hours. A vegetable brush should be found in every kitchen. Roots may be cleaned more readily with one than with the hands.

After baking a cake always let it remain in the tin for about live minutes to give it time to settle, and then turn out on to a sieve.

A child's room should, if possible, face south. Sun is as important to their growth and well-ueing as it is to that of a plant.

To broil bones, separate each bone, rub it with mustard, pepper and salt, and broil over a clear lire. Serve with a little thick gravy in which a few capers have been stewed.

A strengthening hair-wash—Mix together one ounce of tincture of cantharides, one and a-half ounces of olive oil. one ounce of rosemary. Shake well and rub into the roots of'the hair twice a week.

When frying potatoes, cut the raw vegetables into slices or ribbons, and dry them thoroughly in a cloth. S(> o that a blue steam is rising from the fat before putting in the potatoes. Drain them on paper, sprinkle with salt, and serve hot.

Vour table knives need cause you no anxiety when stored for six months if you follow this method: Clean the knives thoroughly, and then wipe over with vaseline. Wrap in brown paper, one knife in each fold.

When stewing, use only as much water or stock as will be required to prevent burning and too fast cooking. The juices of the meat and vegetables will be in the gravy, and if the pot is kept closely covered the flavor of the meat .will be retained. Shake constantly to prevent burning. Metal paste.—Powder a ball of whiting, and carefully sift it. Mix it smoothly with a .wineglassful of sweet oil and a teaspoonful of soft soap. When thoroughly blended, add enough methylated spirit to bring it to the consistency of thick cream.

Coal dust is. wasted unless the mistress sees that it is burned, and yet it makes beautiful fires. Have a galvanised iron scuttle for the purpose. Add sufficient water to the coal to make it moist. When a fire is burning brightly, bank it up .with this wet dust, and you will have a clear fire which will last for hours.

DAINTY DISHES Cold rice pudding makes a delicious sweet treated thus: Cut up the remains of a pudding into slices, and lay them in a glass dish .with jam between". Scatter chopped almonds over and cover with custard. _ Run butter is a very simple and delicate sauce. Melt some fresh butter in a saucepan, flavor it with a pinch ot pepper and salt, and in ease there is a milky sediment, strain the butter into a hot sauceboat, adding, if liked, a fewdrops of lemon-juice or anchovy sauce. To make Sally Lunns, take a pound of fine Hour, two dessertspoonfuls of yeast, with a little warm water; this must be set to rise for half an hour. Put two ounces of butter and the yolk of an egg in as much new milk as will make the whole the proper stiffness. Knead all together in a warm basin and put into tius. When risen, bake in rather a quick oven.

•^'^i 0 ! ■ illl| i 'l've pudding—Wine and "put a little ' butter into a deep piedish, then a layer of rhubarb, then a deep layer of plain boiled rise; Scatter sugar thickly owa\.4?hen have anoth'eT'layer of rhubarb, and' so on till the dish is full. Scatter some breadcrumbs on the top and bake in a moderate oven. Serve cold with custard.

Steam fish instead of boiling it. Set a fish-kettle, or large oval boiling pot, on the stove, with water a few inches deep. Let the water boil up, set a cake tin in it and on it a jilate, to raise the fish out of the water, and allow it to cook by the action of the steam, taking care that the water does not touch the fish. In this manner of cooking the full flavor is retained and the appearance of the fish is perfect. Lemon Buns.—Mix one toaspoonful of baking powder .with half a pound of flour; cream two ounces of butter with two ounces of castor sugar, and add to them a beaten egg; grate in the rind of a lemon, then sift in the drv ingredients working all into a stiff dough, adding, if necessary, a little milk. Bake in greased tins till a golden brown color and thoroughly cooked. If liked, cover with lemon water icing. Savoury pie is a delicious and economical dish. Beat one egg, and add to it half a pint of ,milk. Pour over four ounces of breadcrumbs and leave it to soak for an hour. Take one pound 01 cold meat, or poultry, chop it very finely, season with pepper, salt, a" little chopped herbs, and lemon peel. Add the mince to the breadcrumbs, and beat all together. Line a piedish with short crust, pour in the mixture, put a few bits of butter on the top, and bake till the pastry is cooked, or the meat brown. Ham is a great improvement to either meat or poultry.

Fisji Macaroni I !—.A most appetisiii" dish is made with fish and macaroni in the following way: Boil i/,lb of macaroni till tender, in salted water; chop it in small pieces, and mix it with °lb 01 any boiled fish free from bones. Take 3oz. of grated cheese, and mix in half of it; then butter a pie-dish, fill, and put the rest of the cheese on the top with a few pieces of hutter. Bro.wn the fis'h, etc., in the oven or before the fire. Sardine Eggs.—Cut some hard-boiled eggs lengthwise, and remove the yolks carefully, so as to keep the whites whole. Skin and bone some sardine's, chop them finely, season with a fewdrops of vinegar, .pepper and salt. Fill the whites of tJic eggs with this mixture, and scatter the chopped yolks on the top. Serve on lettuce with" a ■■•ood salad dressing. *"

A Quick Uesert.-Plixoe a laver of canned fruit, such as peaches, pears or apricots., in a 'serving dish; over this sprinkle a layer of Force or some such preparation, and on the ton pile lio-htlv sweetened whipped .cream. Iced Oranges.—Skin the. oranges, remove as much of the .white pith'as possible without injuring the fruit, and pass a thread through the centre of each orange. For the icing whisk the whites of two eggs wells, stir in 111, of icing sugar, and heat thoroughly for a <|itarter of an hour. Di>. the'oran«cs in tins and tie them to a slick. ]'] M ~ t ;],i s stick across a very moderate oven, and ' let the oranges remain until drv. , Heart Calces,—Work VAh of butter to a cream .with the hand, put in four yolks of eggs and tun white, well beaten!.vll> of sifted sug'tr. '4ll, drv flour, the usual ,|iiantn.v of baking powder, two -poonfuls „f orange-Mower water. i;.lb "I nin.iii.-. and loz. of candied orni"o and eilron. Ileal till the Kikes go i n J l( , oven. This M uaniity v ,ill lil\ "eighteen middling tins. Savoury Surprises.—Take j ~;,.,.,, „f ! «>'-oii about 4in long, roll insi,!,.' minced 1 nei't. chicken and parslev. penner and \ salt to taste. l'„t in rolls on a'skewer d:p m batter, and frv a no]dim brown