WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 210, 4 March 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileea.") HOW TO KEEP FIT A London medical man in an American paper thus describes the way a woman may keep "fit":—"Every woman should allow herself at least two hours a day out of doors, one hour in the morning, and one. in the afternoon. Or if her circumstances will only permit one hour a day, let it be divided into two equal parts, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Try to get your exercise periods into the sunlit hours. Walk briskly during the hours out of doora. Or play briskly at whatever you are doing. I approve of all out-of-door sports for women, except hockey. That i» too violent. Remember that the weight of the body must be equally divided between two legs. Don't make tha right leg do the work of both right and left. The legs should be helpmeets, not shirks. Hold your body so that the weight settles upon the balls of the feet. Kedp your knees straight and walk witii a long free stride from the hips. Throw the weight upon the bones and you will not tire. It is only the muscles that grow tired. An indoor exercise that will help to keep you fit', is the imaginary motion of lifting a piano and the other of drawing a cork from a bottle. Hold the bottle between your knees and pull at the tightly driven cork. Both of these contract the muscles j of the abdomen, which in most women are flaccid and fall, giving them a i balloony appearance. Another exercise for this purpose U to hold the knee firmly by both hands, drawing it up on a level with the waist. Stand thus far as long as you can. Then shift to the other foot and repeat the exercise. This, like the two foregoing exercises, makes the muscles of the abdomen firm, forming a natural corset and giving a naturally straight front. Also, they reduce the hips. Walking and the exercises I hare described, combined with deep breathing and free use of the bath, and plenty of rest —every woman knows how long she must sleep to awaken refreshed —will keep her beautifully 'fit.'" A ROYAL EXAMPLE The young Queen of Spain, states the J Sydney Sun, has set an example to the world as a mother—not'only by having three babies, but by nursing them herself. If King Alfonso succeeds in escaping the wave of revolution that threatens him, it will be largely on account of the maternal and domestic virtues-of'his ) wife, which furnish continual pleasure j and edification to the whole population jof Spain. Queen Victoria has set at de- ! fiance the hide-bound traditions and etiJ, quette that hamper the acts of queens, I and especially the acts of the Queens jof Spain. The Queen of Spain finds that It is not a hard task to nurse her own children, but the greatest pleasure in life. She takes the greatest pride in the fact that she cares for them herself, and she has just been photographed in the gardens of her palace, Le Granja, pushing the badies in their perambulators, fondling them on her knee, and performing other maternal acts. The Queen has three children. The oldest, Alfonso, Prince of the Asturias, was born in 1907, ■ I the second, Don Jaime, in 1908, and the ■ j third, Princess Beatrice, in 1909. An- ' other child was born dead last year. All the three children are practically babies at the same •&!»£;• aiid/givc the Queen a great deal to do. The Queen is' particularly careful to bathe her babies with her own hands. As everybody knows, this is a most important feature in the f modern science of baby culture, but its importance was not much understood in Spain. Twice every day, or more often j i the hot weather requires, the Queen I j bathes each of ' her babies. She has j studied how to do this from the most j up-to-date English and American authoriI ties on baby treatment. She handles j them in an expert manner, so that their j little backs and necks are never strained, j as happens so often when careless nurseJ maids hold babies. The Queen washes t them all over thoroughly and dries them and powders them with equal care, so that they may not in early life lay in the seeds of skin disease and rheumatism. The x Queen, of course, has plenty of nursemaids, but they only help her. They fill the bath-tub, hand her the soap and towels, and so forth. She doe» the really important work. HOUSEHOLD HINTS To fresh black raoire ribbon,-brush it' thoroughly, and then sponge with a solu* tion made of a quart of coffee and a teaspoonful of ammonia. 801 l the rib- ■ bon over a bottle, and while still damp press it on the wrong side with a hot iron over a white muslin cloth. A hair-fluffing Shampoo.—Required: White soap, half a bar; soft water, one pint; toilet water, one teaspoonful; and three eggs. Shave the soap, and boil it \ in water the consistency of jelly. When cool stir in the toilet water and the eggs well beaten. To .prevent cakes sticking to the pan, turn the pan upside down, and lay on the bottom of it a cloth wrung out of water. After about five minutes the cake can be easily removed. As new potatoes look nicer when served whole, test them while cooking with a • steel knitting needle or skewer. This makes only one hole, whereas a fork makes more holes, and is thus likely to break the potato. Throwing salt or powdered brimstone on the fire in the grate, and holding a board in front of the fireplace, is a good remedy if your chimney catches fire. Anyone who is convicted of cruelty to his own animals is legally deprived of their possession. In the first century the ancient Romans recognised and enjoyed the healing qualities of the waters of bath. In Vienna a law has been passed by which it is illegal for a married man to make an aerial flight without the full consent of his wife. Two pieces of tissue paper, one yellow and the other green, placed inside the crown of one's hat, form a good preventative from sunstroke. Surplus milk may be used in many ways. Skimmed milk answers as well aB fiill milk for soups and doughs where fat is also used. Even if otherwise likely to curdle in heating, th.e addition of a little cooked soda makes it possible to scald the milk, and then it may be used for custards, puddings, etc Sour milk is available for dough 3 and cheese, and cream may be substituted for butter in simpler cakes and cooking. Another i method of using sour milk is to strain it, when it is quite thick, into a small muslin bag. Tie a piece of string around the top of the bag. and hang it in the air to drip. At the end of three or more days, according to the quality of milk used, you will have an uncommonly dainty cheese, produced without effort, i