WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 173, 21 January 1914, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

•HOUSEHOLD HINTS. •To remove fruit st tins from the hauls rub tlicm with the juice of ;i tomato. Canl'.fiowers sliou.d lie bailed with the. stolk uppermost tit jii-i-vint Hi-; scum from discoloring tin- llower. , To prevent inmilil from forming on top of tli:; liquid i:i which pickles tin' kept, put in ii few pieces of horse-radish foot. When making n boiled puildmg I'«' sure to lill the basin quite full, otherwise tinwater will get in iiu.l the pudding wiil lie heavy. Hair brushes shoulil not be .cleaned with hot water and ,o.ip, as this softens the bristles, t'se soda dissolved in cold water, as the soda will remove t! * grease and dirt. Do no!, dry in the sun or hv the lire, but stand .on the handle in the shade to dry. It is not generally known that a l.tr.nt■ho'wl of water placed in the gas oven. . after the joint is removed and the g.t-: turned out, not only eools the kitchen, but is almost at boiling point for the ■washing up when the meal is finished. Plum fritters.--Mix two tablespoonfills of Hour with one of nrlk to a smooth' paste, thin add the well-beaten i \olk of an egg, whisk the white stillly, aijd stir into ihu batter. Hemove the stones from the. plums and skin lliem, dip each inlo the batter, fry in deep fat, ami dtt-t with castor Hiignv. Cream P.O.- One pint of sweet en-am. a tabiesponiirul of llo'ir, sugar to the taste, and llavor with nutmeg, line a good-sized pie-dish with a paste, lill with the cream, and bake in a stow oven; this needs no eggs. Serve- cold. ROMANCE LATE IN LIFE LOVE IX A COTTAGE AT 7(J. A maiden of 70 was led to the altar >.froni the workhouse the oilier day liy a widower of 77. To he sure he was blind of an eye. but in every other respect he was sound and sane. The old pair, seeing little but the four walls of the workhouse kifore thetn, agreed to pool the : r pensions and die in a cottage of their j-o\vn. The guardians of the ponrhouse .'•behaved handsomely. One gave the cottage, another the ring,-and another the trousseau. The vicar married them for nothing, the village butcher provided the wedding meats; the grocer the tea . •and sugar; the baker the cake. The town subscribed a motor to take them away, and the old cron'es of the bride tied a pair of baby booties to it for hick. j The police had to light a way up the ' aisle for the happy pair, whom everybody wanted to see. The groom answerj eel in a weak voice, like all grooms, but ! the bride—it was her first experience, too, spoke her vows loud and strong, iler bouquet trembled in her th'n old hands that it left a little pool of petals on the altar steps. The groom had dillielilty in getting the ling over her linger knuckle, but at last, aided by the clergyman, he drove it home. The couple were covered with confetti, and sped away to . their cottage home in the motor with the baby boots swinging in the wind. It was a cruel touch. The wedding breakfast was set out in I the new home. One cold roast chicken, ■ the iced wedding cake, and a bottle ot - gin to warm the cockles of their old hearls. The bride was too liashful to cut (lie cake, so the workhouse master did it for her. and also toasted the pair. • Tim bride responded with: "[ am sure that 1 am delighted to . have such an oid gentleman for a husband.*! . - The old geullcnian sa'd nothing. When ■ _the guests had departed the groom went . fust asleep, and the bride set about , sweeping up the confetti. Then she tiptoed away and put the baby bootees deep in a. drawer with the bridal bouquet. Only the late October sun saw the-pucker deepen about her mouth. Poor old girl! All her life Dan Cupid j bad passed her by, only stopping to play I'll joke one day when it had' nothing better fo do! Well, it all goes to show that the old proverb is right: It is never too late to—wed-—Kit in Toronto World. ALLEGED SECRET BRIDE AND DIPLOMAT. Mr. Charlemagne Tower, a former United States Ambassador to Russia and Germany, figures in an action 1m damages brought as the traditional wealthy parent interfering with the course of true love, lie is being sued fry a woman who claims to be his daughter-in-law. for alienating the affections of her husband. An alleged secret marriage between •Mr. Charlemagne Tower, jun. a student son of the wealthiest man in Philadelphia, and Miss liurdick, known to her friends, as ''Dixie'' because of her pronounced southern accent, lias repeatedly formed the subject of newspaper gossip. There is strict rule at Vale University that .students who marry while in the university must leave. ' When circumstantial reports of his marriage were first circulated two years ago the exAmbassador's son was summoned before (he faculty and questioned, lie indignantly denied the truth of the reports. 1 -Mr. Tower, junr.. graduated in June last, and on October liith "Dixie.'' all reasons for secrecv having vanished, made Mr. Tower (he defendant in a law case. She declares, however, that she -locs not want money damages, hut recognition of her status as a wife. The alleged secret wedding took place, according to her, on June 7th, l!)ll, at N'ewhavon. In August of the same year the couple went to New York, where "we lived happily until the beginning of Mil 3, when it became necessary for me to undergo an operation. It was then that the former Ambassador became acquainted with his son's marriage, lie summoned the wife to Philadelphia, and announced that he "would not recognise the marriage and threatened to disinherit his son." The plaintiff states; "Chassie proved a loyal and true husband, until April, when be staled that his father had cut oil his allowance, and that he. tlieretore. was unable to support ■me."' Young ■Mr. Tower, in obedience to his father! (hen left her and relur-ued to Xewhaveii •lo continue his studies. 'Hie plaintiff's statement end, with the declaration: "1 ask for nothing but the love and friendship of my husband." BEAUTIFUL OLD WOMEN. We occasionally meet a woman whose old age is as beautiful as the bloom of youth. We wonder how it is lias come about—what her secret is. Here are a 'few of the reasons:-She knew how to torget disagreeable things. She kept her nerves well in hand, and-inflicted them on no one. She mastered the art of saying pleasant things. She did „ 0 t expect too much from her friends. She retained her illusions, and did not believe all the world wicked and unkind.

*K- I'oi'icvoit ttv. miserable ;-nl vni:p»"jiiscil with the sorrowful. .-V- never forgot that kind words au.i a -u.iio ; o. : nothing, but are prVcb--., n:-,-■.,■••, in the discouraged. She did uu! ■ oilier, as she would be done by. rud uhvv I hi; old age his come to her. and ibero is a halo of while hair about her boa I ,1 e G loved and consider, d.