WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 15, 12 July 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(9onducted by "Eileen") WEDDING BELLS.

A pretty wedding took place at the residence of the bride's parents at Oaonui on Wednesday, when Miss Rita Marie Holmes, only daughter of Mr. G. Holmes, Arawahata road, was married to Mr. George Bevan. The Rev. Fa tlher Menard performed the ceremony. The bride was given away by her father, and wore a dress of white chilTon taffeta, with silk insertion, panel front, and pearl trimmings, also the customary veil and orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of maidenhair fern and white flowers. She was attended by her cousin, Miss Mary liartlett, of Hawera, as bridesmaid, who was attired in a cream silk embroidered radiante, trimmed with silk insertion; picture hat to match, and also carried a shower bouquet of maiden-hair fern and violets. A sweet little maid in the person of .Miss Sylvia Lord, who was attired in a pretty cream dress, and car-! I ried a dainty posy, acted as flower girl. The bridegroom was attended bv Mr. Manuel George Holmes, brother of the bride. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a cheque, and to the bridesmaid a gold brooch set with pearls and turquoises, and to the flower girl a gold neck chain. After the ceremony the guests, numbering about one hundred, adjourned to a marquee erected for tke occasion, and sat down tn a sumptuous breakfast. The tables were tastefully decorated for the occasion with fern and white flowers. The customary toasts were honored, including that of the

bride and bridegroom, proposed by the Rev. Father Menard. Later in the sifternoon the happy couple left amid showers of rice by motor-car for Ilawera, en route for Christehiiri-h. where the honeymoon is to be spent. The bride's travelling dress was of pryne cloth, trimmed with braid, and white felt hat to match. 1 Tile numerous valuable presents, includin',' several substantial cheques, testified to the popularity of both bride and bridegroom. The many pretty dresses worn on the occasion are worthy of note. The bride's mother wore a black satin; Mrs. Kehely, aunt of the bride, black crepoline; Mrs. Hartlett and Mrs. Duggan, also aunts of the bride, wore brown and grey cloth dresses respectively. I

TEACHING OF HYGIENE. Tlioro is a proposal in England to make the teaching of hygiene compulsory in elementary schools. While many people object on the ground that already the curriculum is overcrowded, and this would only add to the list of subjects in which children get the barest smattering, the best health authorities are of the opinion that the teaching of hygiene is of foremost importance, even if it means dropping some other subject. These authorities consider that a small girl can learn to be a little mother in her school days. She should be given | a doll to care for. says one authority; or ever, if economy demands, a ninepin could be used, and 'would probably satisfy the child almost as well. The little mother should be taught to clothe | lier ninepin doll hygienicallv, and notl in pneumonia muslin and cotton. She should learn to cut out 'and hem her. dolly's garments, whilst prizes might be given for the best-dressed and best I oared for of the doll family. Simple! directions as to the care of a baby could also be given to quite young children, fo-r too often amongst the very poor the baby is entrusted to tho tender mercies of a sister not much past babyhood heTself. And, indeed, amongst the same class the mothers themselves are often so woefully ignorant that it is u wonder that any child survives their treatment. The time has happily gone by when a mother's love was supposed t-o take the place of knowledge, and those who are mast concerned with tiie welfare of the race realise that a girl cannot begin too early in life to prepare herself for the duties of motherhood, and to learn that a baby must be cared for in a proper fashion if it is to grow into a strong, sound man or woman. Thero are still people who regard such innovations as mere fads. "How aid our mothers and grandmothers manage?" they ask triumphantly, as a clinching argument. How did they manage'; Perhaps the infant mortality rate can answer that question better than anything else, says a London correspondent.

MOTHERS' RESPONSIBILITIES. Addressing a meeting of the Mothers' Union in Melbourne, Lady Dudley said: "To take my first point—our responsibilities as mothers. I feel [ must speak in all humility, for many hooks might bo written upon the subject, and yet, if we read them all, we should bo no wiser, for every woman must live her own experience, and oath one's is. perhaps, peculiarly hw own. But perhaps there is one salient point which stands out in connection with this subject as a great and living truth, and cannot be too constantly borne in mind. There w nothing so sure or so true as the instinct of a child; it goes behind every sham and uncovers what is real. There are no such merciless judges of faults anil failings as children. This, therefore, Li the truth: that it is what you really see that influences your children. Then let us take ourselves as the creators oi home life and influence, which we undoubtedly are to a very great extent. Again, it seems to mo that many books might be written upon this subject, because it belongs to the great primal elemental category of things. But again let mo try and seize upon the greatest living factor in its existence,' and hold it up for our remembrance. The most potent force in all the world is that which alone can create and influence a home —Love, and nothing less. It is irresistible. It influences and moulds character when nothing else will; it creates and maintains the home because it acts like a magnet, to draw each member of that home-circle hack to itself. And no one can diffuse this wonderful power of love like the mother, who is the central figure in the home. I often think children ought to be taught how

to love, because it can amount to a fine art, and not only does not always conic naturally, but is by no means easy to

acquire. People are not, I think, taught half enough the greedy hunger there is for love in human nature. If they realised this more they would realise the tremendous force they are dealing with when they make use of it, and they would use it far more than they do. The love that never fails, that endures all things and is kind, that is strong enough to move mountains; by tliis alone can we create and influence orr homo life."

THE USES OF SALT. Put damp salt on burns. It kills the pain. Dry salt and brush will take dust off velvet, plush «nd heavy embroidery that cannot be washed.

In making fruit pies, when they boil over, sprinkle salt in oven and it will not smell.

Add a pinch of salt to starch. It will keep the irons from sticking. Rub salt on griddle and it will not rnnoke.

A little salt under the tongue will stop nose-bleeding. Salt on fingers when cleaning fowls, moat or fish will prevent slipping. Salt sis a gargle will cure sore ill rout.

Salt in solution, inhaled, is good for cold in head.

Salt in water is the best thing to clean willow-ware and matting. Salt in oven under baking tins will prevent scorching on bottom.

Salt puts out a fire in the chimney. Salt and vinegar will remove stains from discolored teacups.

Salt thrown on soot which has fallen on the carpet will prevent stain.

SIX GOOD THINGS TO KNOW. 1. That milk which is turned or changed may be sweetened and rendered fit for use again by stirring in a little soda. 2. That salt will curdle new milk; hence in preparing milk jwridge, gravies, etc., the salt should not be added until the dish is nearly prepared. 3. That fresh meat, after beginning to sour, will sweeten if placed out of doors in the cool of night. 4. That clear boiling water will remove tea stains and many fruit stains. I Pour the water through the stain, and I thus prevent it spreading over the i fabric. /

5. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and other stains from white cloth; also from the hands.

6. That a tables poonful of turpentine ■boiled vvitli white clothes will aid in the whitening process. USiii'UL HINTS. Stains on Umbrellas. Rub a mudstained umbrella, with a rug dipped in methykated spirits, and the stains will disappear. A Window Wedge.—An effective and inexpensive window wedge may be easily made by splitting a wooden clothespeg into halves. The pointed end is inserted between the window frames, and stops all rattling of badly-fitted windows.

Squeezed Lemons.—Don't throw away squeezed lemons, but use them for cleaning. Dip them into fine whiting and they are invaluable for brass or copper. To Poach Eggs.—To keep eggs from sticking to bottom of spider and breaking, grease bottom of spider with fresh lard, add water, and when boiling drop in eggs, cover for a few seconds and steam will cook whites over top of eggs. If prepared in this way poached eggs tire much more dainty in appearance and hence more palatable. To Prevent Thread Knotting.—When using a double thread to sew on buttons,- etc., it will not tangle or knot if this plan is followed. Double the thread and put the two ends together through the needle's eye, then through the loop at the other end and draw up. This sounds simple, but it is effective.

Whei Peeling Onions.—When peeling onions begin at the root end and peel upwards, and they will scarcely affect your eyes.

A Washing Hint.—When washing redbordered cover? or quilts, dissolve a little borax in the water in order to preserve the color.

Making Quilts. —If the busy housekeeper who save the calico or other pieces in order to make into quilts will try this plan instead of cutting and sewing into special designs, they will save much of their valuable time." First press your pieees nicely and sit down to tho machine and sew, with just as little cutting as possible, into strips, the length of quilt and about eighteen inches wide. Sew your strips together and you will have a pretty quilt in a very sliort time.