WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 49, 16 July 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen.") NOTES FROM LONDON LADY RELIEVING OFFICER.' A Miss B. Gardner lias recently be, appointed assistant relieving officer u tier the Camberwell Board of Guardians. EQUALITY FOR SERVING WOMEN. The Servian Postmaster-General lias undertaken to introduce in the Servian Parliament a measure entitling women post office employees to qualify for the same salaries as men and the same old age pensions. THE BEGUM OF BHOPAL has given £7OOO towards founding a girls' school at Delhi where Indian girls will be able to receive a European education that will enable them to enter the ranks of teachers.

LADY GUIDES, several of whom appeared in London a year or two ago, and seemed to be \ pioneering a profession at which women I would shine and be happy, have not been J a success. There is found to be practically no demand for them. " DOCTRESS." An anonymous surgeon writes to the Times suggesting that since so many women become distinguished physicians and surgeons, and are likely, under their present title, to be confused with male practitioners, the prefex "Doctress," thai was in common use in the sixteenth century, be revived. A WOMAN CONTRACTOR. A lady, Miss A. Durkin, has, after securing seve-al large contracts, one of which was the erecting of a large school which cost £IO.OOO, been admitted to membership of the Building Trades Association of New York. She is the head of a large firm of contractors. A WOMAN'S BANK. There was started in Berin, over a year ago, a bank not only for women depositors alone, but staffed entirely by ! women. It is owned by a co-operative [ corporation and was started because in j all other German banks women were I forbidden to open an account without j the permission of their husband, a serious drawback to business women. SHOULD MEN TEACH GIRLS?

A resolution was submitted, but narrowly defeated, at the National Association of Head Teachers held at Stoke-on-Trent in May, by a headmistress, urging that girls ought to be taught solely by women, and opining that men teachers neither understand girl students nor

i pupil teachers whom they have to instruct, the result being defective trainI ing. A motion that women doing equal , work to that of men should receive equal t pay, since women nowadays very often have as heavy responsibilities as men, was also rejected on the ground that it might tend to a levelling down and not a levelling up.

BONUSES FOR LARGE FAMILIES. ■So distressed are the French at the great decrease in population that a former Minister for War is proposing that a bonus of £2O should be awarded every woman for each child she has over the number of three, the money to be given as a bonus or an annuity. Explaining this, a French correspondent writes that the annuity will he paid according to the rules of the national administration, varying according to the number o( children born, the age of the mother at the time of bearing, and the time when the annuity would begin. For instance, a woman who hetween the ages of 20 and 31 had borne eight children could enjoy an annuity of a little over £2O from the age of 60.

i WOMEN NOT WANTJSU. There is a womanless republic on a I peninsula south of Macedonia, in Greece, where 10,000 men live, studying and praying constantly, and where policemen guard the coast to keep out women pilgrims and other persons who would ( mako undesirable guests. Professor Carpar Bene Gregory, theologian of the University of Leipzig, student of Biblical manuscripts, tells in his lectures of this most unique of all countries. "The place is Mount Athos, classic peninsula of Akte, the easternmost of the three little peninsulas below Macedonia. Professor Gregory explains:—"lt is called the Mount of Twenty Monsteries, and was used in ancient times as a signalling station to Asia Minor. It is a real republic. There are 10,000 monks there who govern themselves without interference from Turkey or any other country. There are, however, no government buildings, no president or other oflice holders. The only police force is composed of men who patrol the coast to keep out women and men who have no permit to enter the most exclusive of countries. Only those who have a letter of permission from the Greek patriarch in Constantinople are allowed to enter the holy place. The holder of the letter must present it in Karges, the village capital of the peninsula. Some reports have it," Professor Gregory said, "that this republic was formed in the ninth century. It is said that the foot of woman has not touched the soil of the place for centuries." USEFUL HINTS.

When steaming puddings or dumplings put a cloth over the steamer before putting on the lid. This will prevent the moisture settling and rendering the pudding heavy. Keep silver articles in green baize bags lined with flannelette, and in each bag put a small piece of camphor; then your silver will remain bright for an indefinite period. To remove fruit stans from the hands, rub the stains with a pirr-c of cut lemon before washing in soap and water. Tomato skins rubbed over the hands are also effective for removing fruit stains.

To prevent potatoes becoming black when cooked, put them into cold water, and when brought to the boil squeeze a little lemon juice in. They will then keep a good color and be of good llavor. To clean a porcelain kettle, fill it half full of hot water, and put in a -tablespoonful of powdered borax; let it boil. If this does not remove all the stains, scour with a cloth rubbed with soap and horax. Xew leather boots are sometimes difficult to polish successfully. When this is the case, it is a good plan to rub over the leather with a cut lemon. Allow tiie juice to dry thoroughly. Apply blacking in the usual way, and polish with a good hard brush. The following method is excellent for cleaning and polishing irons:—First of all saturate a cloth with water, wring, ■it partially dry, and rub some soap well into it. Rub the cloth well over the iron, and you will find that it will re-, move any roughness or marks that may have been there, and will leave the iron perfectly clean and smooth. It is a good plan, when making starch, to shave oil some pieces of soap and add them to the starch. This gives a beautiful glossy finish to collars and cuffs, and will prevent the irons from sticking.