WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 39, 26 May 1910, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

WHY SHOULD MEN MARRY? Munsey's Magazine has an engagingly frank paper by .Miss K.iitlierine Kggleston. From Miss lOggleston's article we make a short quotation. Why, she asks, should a man marry? Why should a bachelor give up his liberty lie can always escape to seclusion, free from the possibility of pouting lips and annoying household worries. Why should he sacrilice this independence? ''lsn't it the plain, unvarnished truth that a mau who contemplates exchanging his undeniably .blessed singleness by asking him 'to be doubled with some fluttering and uncertain female ought to Ik examined for the symptoms of some mild phase of insanity? Isn't there room for a suspicion as to the quality and kind of his grey matter? "The single man enjoys to the fullest the indulgence of his small proclivities. If he likes riding, he hires a horse, with no worry about the price. If he cares to lish, lie leaves the ollice early on Saturday, spends the next day angling, and conies blissfully home to a house in order, no questions of morals or money pending. "Unmarried, a man has only to feel a longing and have the price. There is just one person on whom he really ought to spend money—.that is himself! Afterwards!—well, he has to light with ms conscience or his wife before he can waste good cash on the foolish unneces-J sary, but delightful desires which, before he married, to feel was to gratify. "My sisters, it's not a question of right, .whether all this is hest for the unmarried man. whether he ought to do it. lie just docs it before marriage, and he just does not get the chance to do it after—and that is all. These privi-1 leges are not so much to have, perhaps; but they flro a big thing to lose, wnen you are used to them. After they are lost they have an increasing value—one that works woe in the comfort of a man's make-up. He can never quite forget them. "The woman who made the single man think he presented the sum total of her ideal "begins to make over as soon as sne acquires right and title. By a process of petting, pinching, prodding, poking, patting, and pretty —or otherwise—p:-o-testing, she .begins to make him what he confidently supposed he mas—the man after her own hear.t. lie must perforce be her ideal—or a disappointment. He would choose the latter, as heing easier, if he had a choice, but he has not. Every place was his, if lie cared to make it so. Enjoying a conscience reduced by careful training to an acquiescent state he was at home anywhere. "Acquiring a wife, he is at home—nowhere except at home! It's the only plaee where he really ought to be, .wnen he is not an his office, earning the wherewithal to pay .for the cage. He even feels bound to continue one of the bad habits he cultivated in the dreamy days of first possession—he telephones and apologises for oeing late for dinner, or for dining away .from home. Every ] hour brings its proof that he has given up his freedom. And for what? For one of us. "It may sound jocose, all this talk about what a man gives up;,hut it is no joke for him What makes mm pay so big a price for you? ... A home? Yes. one that costs him a good deal more than he had, and that must be run 'to suit two ipersons instead of just himself. And he gets you? Well, of course, that is something—from his prenuptial and prejudiced point of view', at least. You may repay him in many ways. Rut do you compensate him for all that he gives up?" HOUSEHOLD HINTS To Keep Lemons.—Lemons will keep' for weeks if kept in a jug of cold wa.ter. Change the water about once a week,, ■and the lemons will be tound qiwte tresh when required for use. To secure books from effects of damn. —A few drops of any .perfumed oil will secure libraries from the consuming effects of mould and damp. Russian, leather never mildews owing to'its being perfumed with birch-tar. All closed bookcases should be let open occasionally to admit the air. To Keep Cream.—To keep cream sweet add a little white sugar to your cream and heat it slowly, and it will keep for a 1 long time. To Renovate and Glean a Mackintosh. —Spread iit out flat on a table, and with a housemaid's scrubbing-brush and yellow soap scrub it all over. When the dirt is removed dip it into water to get rid of the suds, Unit do not ring it. Hang it up in the air, or in an airy room far from the fire, to drain and dry. Use for Glove Buttons.—Save your pearl glove buttons. They are useful for fastening lace yokes or babies' frock*. As for old silk gloves, they should he kept and slipped on when doin!g light dusting work. To Soften Wetted Boots.—To soften boots and shoes rub castor oil thoroughly into the leather. This will renew the elasticity and life of ithe. leather. Any ordinary oil will answer the purpose, hut castor oil is the (best. To Economise Worn Tablecloths. A worn tablecloth, if cut to tit the table, may he used for a long time for breakfast and luncheon. Tablecloths invariably wear at the edges, while the middle part remains good. Cut the cloth to tit the tap of the table and hem it. A silence cloth of proper size may he cut from an old blanket. A Floral Hint. —In arranging flowers in bowls, and also in tall vases, it is a good plan to make a network foundation almost as loose as a bird's nest of privet, box, cedar, or any still' green branches or twigs that may be available. Let this foundation be wholly under water, nna .prepare it before putting a single Hower in the water. Even if it shows it will look pretty. With such a foundation the shortest-stemmed llowers may be arranged with ease and'grace in the tallest vases or deepest bowls. Another Travelling Hitat. Envelopes used in packing small articles will be | found better than boxes, as they take up j less room. Stout collapsible envelopes, which may be bought where oflice supplies are sold, will be found satisfactory, liloves, handkerchiefs, neck arrangements, etc., may be kept nicely in such envelopes. Easy and Quick Relief for Burns.—An.p]y glycerine to a scald directly the accident happens, and cover it 'up with strips of rag soaked in glycerine. If the glycerine is nut at hand, apply salad oil in the same way. To Remove Stains from I'uniiture.— To remove the discoloration caused by placing a hot dish on a polished wood table, rub with wood alcohol and then with linseed oil. Putting Away Furs—Hang them in the sun. beat them with a stick until free from dtH, and leave them lor several days in the sun to air before packing away. To Clean Leather. Leather-covered furniture can be cle.i.ied with pure mils and rubbed on with a piece of flannel. Rub it gently till it is dry.