WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 50, 17 July 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen.")

A RESOURCEFUL WIFE lime. Dieulafoy, whose reputation •' world-wide, is the wife of a great en neer and explorer. 11. Dieukfoy w. sent in 1883 on a special archaeologies, expedition to the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates, and with his wife °did some remarkable excavation work at 'Suse. Whilst in Assyria Madame Jeannie Panle Rachel Dieulafoy found that the hundreds of native workers employed: by her husband treated her with far less respect than the}' did him, and she also found that skirts were not the most comfortable costume to wear for the kind of work she was doing. She, therefore, '"disappeared" for a few days, so that the natives might believe she had left the camp and returned to her country, and came back—a man! She had cut her hair, and put on some clothes belonging to her husband. Of course, she still had small feet and hands, but with a thick pair of boots and an old pair of gloves she managed not to be found out. For many months she assisted her husband, and wore masculine garb; and when she 'returned to France she found herself quite lost when expected to resume her feminine clothes. She at once applied to. the Government, and through the Prefect of Police—who is responsible for "order" in the streets—she was granted a special license. At first there was trouble. Whenever M. Dieulafoy and his wife went out they were mobbed, and street urchins would shout: "Which is which?" and even far more disagreeable remarks. Then gradually sarcastic remarks became rarer. Mme. Dieulafoy grew older. She was slim and wore masculine attire so natura-lly, so easily, that it became almost impossible to tell he! from a man. Besides, she wrote remarkable books, gave remarkable lectures, and was decorated with the Order of the Legion of Honor. And now hardly anyone smiles when she passes b}', walking briskly, an umbrella in her hand when it rains, a stick when the weather i 9 fair.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE The Empress Eugenie attained last month her eighty-sixth birthday. Fortytwo years of that period have been spent as an exile from the land to which she was called as Empress by Xapoleon 111., but, as in the case of the late owner of Wood Norton, outside London {the Due D'Orleans) her Majesty still clings in a limited measure to the etiquette that prevailed at the height of her rule in Paris. At her week-end parties her guests are expected to await her arrival before dinner, and, when she appears, after making one sweeping curtsey to include all her friends, she immediately precedes them all into the dining-room. USEFUL HINTS. When washing matting, add a handful of salt and a teaspoonful of borax to the water. This will brighten and preserve the colors. To prevent silver from tarnishing, after cleaning it damp a flannel in linseed oil, and smear it lightly over the silver goods. Then polish with a chamois leather.

Aluminium pans must never be washed in soda water. They can be perfectly cleaned in a lather of soap and water, and occasionally polished with plate powder.

A towel rail, which is both strong and cheap, can be made with a bamboo rod. Buy two brass cup-hooks to hold it. This will be found most useful in the household.

When lining a basin with pastry for a beefsteak pudding, cut a piece of the pastry away from the bottom about the size of a two-shilling piece; then put the meat in, and the pudding will take an hour less to cook than if there were no hole in the paste. Tea made with boiling milk instead of water will te found most nourishing. Pour the milk upon the leaves, allow it to stand three minute 3, and then pour off.

When making custards use the yolks of the eggs only. The whites should be saved. They add nothing to the flavor of the custard and will be found most useful for clearing soups. Before jam-making, soak half a cake of pipe-clav and rub the paste over the outside of the pan, giving the bottom an extra thick coat. Dry on the fire. This will save the jam and the pan. Don't throw old black stockings away. Cut off the feet, undo the seam, join the pieces together, running them neatly from the narrow to the widest parts. They will form an excellent petticoat top of good-wearing stockinette, only needing a flounce. After filling a rubber water-bottle with hot water, it is a good plan to press the side of the bottle before putting in the stopper. This allows all the steam to escape, and there is little danger of the scams coming undone, no matter how hot the water may be.

Salt is good for lustreless hair. Rub it well into tlte roots of the hair at night, then tie the hair up in a large handkerchief, or wear a nightcap. Brush out the salt in the morning. Several applications of this treatment will bring about a great improvement in the appear, ance of the hair.

Coffee or cream stains may be removed from delicate silk or woollen fabrics by first of all brushing the stains with glycerine, and then well rinsing them in lukewarm water. But the stain should not 1)!' !«r ,wed to dry in. Later, press the material on Hie ■„ , un;; si«!c villi a warm iron.

To cliyu eiiiuj-.scJ brass make a good lather with soap and a quart of very hot water. Add two tablespoonfuls of the strongc t L mid ammonia. Wash the i.i t!.;;, using a soft brush for. the chased work. Wipe (fry with a soft cloth.

To clean patent leather boots, first remove all the dirt upon them with a sponge or flannel, then rub over the boota or shoes a paste consisting of two spoonfuls of cream and one of linseed oil, both of which require warming before being mixed. Polish with a soft rag. ° Instead of lining the drawers in the bedroom with newspaper, give them a coat of good white paint. This is much nicer than paper, and when cleaning is necessary all that is required is to wipe them out with a damp cloth. Scorch marks, unless very bad, when of course there is on cure for them, may he removed from linen in the following way: Cut an onion in half, and rub the scorched part with it: then soak in cold water. You will lind that the marks will soon disappear after this treatment.