WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 118, 9 November 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(Conducted by "Eileen.") KINDERGARTEN TEACHING. The Home Journal gives hints.for kindergarten teaching. It asks: —Has anyone ever heard of :t child who did not like to string things? Those who live win-re. eucalyptus trees grow may have j wo'iilereil of what good all the lilusstmi \ .•up.-, arc. The youugst-ers will gather ' enough for it year's work in no time, and they will 'break the peaks oil' the caps for you. Then there remains in ■ each a little hole through which a needle] may pass. These may be strung in different ways: each may he put on in the same way. every other one may he reversed, or a certain number may he one way and the next certain number another. Or when strung with hits of gilt and colored paper or cranberries they make pretty Christmas-tree.decora-' tions. Popcorn is our usual Christmas standby; but few of us think of starting the children at work of stringing ■long enough beforehand to have our minds free of the subject when the busy season arrives. In almost all localities, iiy seeking diligently, some natural objects may be found which may be strung —berries, acorn-cups, nuts, pretty leaves, something. One teacher T know lives where clav abounds. She is fortunate. Clay is an excellent, medium for modelling all sorts of things. Her children grow very excited over shaping it to resemble Indian beads. When the bits of (day have been strung and thoroughly dried the children paint them or mark, them with colored chalk. Sometimes before they 'ace drv the children press bits of bright stone or beads into them. Txixcs of glass bends, which may be bought at, toy .-hops, are cheap and maybe ikiil over and over again. The stores al-o oll'er straws cut in different lengths, packed in boxes with pieces of colored paper of suitable size to string with them. Macaroni broken into short length- is line and lasts ipiile well. A good way to keep the ''stringing things" in order is to place each child's material in a separate box or in a light wooden tray. Whether the work is to be passed around or collected at school or packed away at home it will thvn be in a convenient form. Then, too. when the children are busy the bright hits will not go rolling oil' the desk into j every nook and cranny. To aid in i teaching geometrical form, such as the circle and square, cut the .shapes from cardboard and write the name on cacli. Cut I'iieh form into several pieces and enclose in separate envelopes. When these are given to the little folks they match the piece- together, making the desired form. When this task becomes easy enclose two together, one circular and one rectangHhir. The circular forms j alwa>s should be cut with a bit, of the curve showing on each piece, and the rectangular along straight lines. This keeps the characteristic outline before the eye. Writing on the board is a welcome relief from long-sitting. After it little patience the youngsters learn t» he as (jiiiet as mice. Of course at home such restraint is not necessary. A model may be written in each child's place, or the li-t of spelling or reading words 1 may be placed on a prominent hoard. Then each one tills his board with copies and takes his seat, thus avoiding the use of j-rasers. which .sometimes proves disastrous.

BELTS AND GIRDLES. j Given the ability to run a sewing ma-] chine with the same degree of straight-! lie*< us does a tailor, any girl may | quickly make for herself an indefinite I number of belt- and girdles that add so | much smartness to a summer frock. The prettiest, of morning belts are of plain heavy linen, slightly wider and shaped to the figure at the back and trimmed with four quarter-inch stitched bands, which give a tucked effect running the entire length of the strip. This belt looks best when fastened with a pearl buckle of the harness order. Fourinch wide belts of the firm but flexible Japanese white grass linen are usually hand embroidered in a white crysanthemuiii design, and if expense need not be con-ideri'tl .should fasten with one of the Japanese "good luck" buckles of <olid -ilver. Another smart type of belt, which, however, must he cleaned with naphtha, is a two and a-hit If inch wide stripe of white glace kid. stitched thrice along the edges and secured with a kid-covered cardboard of buckle shape. The same model is dull finished cherry-colored kid is very new and very attractive, and goes well with a white linen tenuis blouse and skirt or with a white flannel vachti iug frock. THE ART OF SILENCE. It i- to he regretted that among the dozen and one unnecessary things which I the modern girl is taught, some deepthinking person has not added to the list, tluit most necessary thing for a girl to leant- the art of silence.

•Silence is it tremendous power in this dav (if talkative women. Besides it. is inlinitcly nieer to have some depths which every passing acquaintance lias nut .-minded. The girl \vle> confides to yon tlie story of h,. r past flirtations and the secret hope her heart, is set upon tin' second day of your acquaintance will -non liDi-i' yon. if -he does not actually disgust you. TheV" is no .subject in the world that eannol he di-cusscd with propriety with til' rk'ht pcr-nn and under the right condition.,. |;n; few j»irls seem to posse-- the eye of discrimination for these two facts.' I In I he contrary, they fro-, ijiiently seem rather to pride themselves on discussing the wrong .subject with the wronu pcr.-on. VALUE OF REMNANTS. Tiii, i, verily a season for the use of i-i-iniiaiit-. Scarcely a gown is seen that doc, not introduce with wonderful eU'eot little remnant, of embroidery, little scrap, of lace, odd pieces of garniture. to -ay nothing about the dresses themseUe-, which are invariably of two or more materials. When remnants are in hiind it should not 1m- dillicult for the home dressmaker to plan an up-to-date gown. An excess of oiie material can fiinii-h the trimming for a hat. or too little can be supplemented bv lace or garniture to match that found on (lie cliapeau. The fancy for bows and posies bring to all kinds of costumes just what is needed to set oil' a toilet,' and the tailor-made girl as well as the dame of ••liill'oit might note the dress value of this. In, t. r of artificial [lowers. BLUE AND GREY. The charm of grey combined with a lather bright blue never scents to lessen. Dull grey voiles and tine eloths are taking blue taffeta, blue chiffon velvet or blue chiffon a« a trimming. For the business girl this combination is on' only interesting, but very serviceable. Light hats dyed grey, or faced with that color, will have a big bow of blue in a bright vet soft and artistic shade; eollarless chemisettes of the blue ura most offot-tive when the grey eoat or corsage

straps once or twice across the front; / then with little touches of the. relieving color on the sleevos the remaining part | of the gown can be of the plain ■■ gpiy,' trim iiml very smart. t