Woman's World

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 86, 7 September 1914, Page 6

Woman's World

;■ - ,-, r r>r! , c;rj'|i r ; . ~ Ml- C2AZE P'isH^feWEß'tiLdtrik^

The failure of a well-known pond an.l "U<S e .pt", toi'ftfi)fy?n, jiVlf'fcriowfo to w&-i'meri-'dl all nationalities and particular - | ly to colonial's,, and famous for their fnc underclothing and f.ilk petticoats, el: 1 ., has.causcdiinuch com:r.cnt in;feminir.c clrc'es, especially when one of the .;;:c;s for .failure .put ■■forward by th,' '.iiunajr.-r. v.'as (lie- enormous loss owi>>g t- ti.i present-day fashion of nojpettivatr, and dainty "i,.'i:l;es". being 1 worn ■■•;'' i;.-; a London correspondent). We

:. n g-.cven further than that now, for o,Ui th.tiu-.s grow s' '.ntler, but their cost •.:;.,ijl-es, .a. problem, whi.-h pcrpleves

any. A year.ago a eorrjrspomk'ut of the Times, wrote:— "Certainly there i>' an orgy of undressing going, on, and it allows no sijyi of- abatement. And what is.to 'he the end". .H is dillicui.t to see; but o'ovieu.-ly when you have.gone on undressing for a certain time, you eo;>ie to. the'end of what there is to.take off, .ind the; only .thing to,do is to.put your clothe,, on again." We a:? not putting on our clothes again, tie ''orgy" has gone on sisuo, and one.. , .'..is. being asked how far the . e woman's craze for

.■'undress'' is go„ig,. and how long it. is likely to last. La.-t .summer women | baud .their throat and. ankles.; Sinee then their gowns have got lower and lower —tec winter had no ell'eet on them. Under fur coats the most flimsy gowns were worn, the throat and chest well bared, and the poor ankles cried in vain for proper protection. fiov.m have been slit, petticoats have vanished, stockings have.become, so diaphanous as to he cm-barras.-ing to the observer, whilst coverings for the.upper.portion of the body have " . fist discarded—if you can call a iul!e or ninon a covering. According to the leading designers in autumn fashions, there is little, sign of a return to more garments or fuller ones. Xo! For once, woman is determined to have her own sweet way. She has found that she can.do without petticoats; she says she is much more comfortable without them, and—which is the iiioiit important point that she has a better figure without all these bunches of material hung round her. Undoubtedly i;ie particularly hot summer we are experiencing has largely accounted for the lightm;-:s of dress. According to an expert opinion, "i'ou cannot have much .less -than eight ounces in a gown," and it is not because the gowns are not lined that they are transparent, but because so little is \vorn underneath.

The shedding of the petticoat was a deliberate matter worked out gradually. First, it was ono, instead of two, then a light thing -hung on a tape instead o! a band of lYtersbam/io support sonictiling weighty. Can anvoiiv bianie >.s If we prefer the .lightness and comfort of a slip of Japanese silk or crepe do ehinj to those starched and frilled abominations of twenty years ago? By the way, it.would i« rather interesting to hear the views of the starch-makers on the present-day fashions; surely, there must be a dead loss to them since the fashion for making pasteboards of our underskirts, blouses and linen skirts has departed! , After all, it is not in the (liiantity of A-lothing that warmth depends, but certain it is that some revulsion must take p'acu before long against the fashionable woman who is garbed only in stockings and gow'ns. Yet prophets of a revulsion again-t the scantiness in dress are confounded by the fact that women seem determined not to go back to ill? heavier and more enfolding costume-'. To those who point out that the lack of garments-to-day would lr.ive given Victorian women a fit, the fashionable; reply that their dress is comfortable, and tlry intend to stick to it.

TALKS ON HEALTH

(liy'ji Family Doi'tor)

A SIMM: TIP IX I'IHST All).

Sometime, small mutters which have, been overlooked lead to paw con.se(iueni'i's. so I inake no qioloßV for r-'-..on of cm- simple tip in first aid. \Vhenyou areliclm'n;," a wan who •las Initl a move or les< serious accident to his arm. remember that you must take the uninjured arm out of tlie eo.it and other raiments iirst. and the injured nnn can ua.-ily he taken out .'ccond. In dressing tin- man Hi" reverse is true. Put the coat on the injured anil lirst.

WHAT -MAY HAITI'N"

I hav M'cn kindly but uuinstnict.'d Mp.'is wiih *'"' sl, ''' vt ' ui ti, ° iiijiiv.-.l arm. ami fjivim: tin- puticiit nuicli miiiHT.vary ].;iin by Iwislin.LS t!'.«' arm in -cttin- On .tat off. Thi- bwom.'s a v.-rv >. iio'.i- t-'ir-sis'-- i» U»- <-n-<- of » ljni't'.irr. Tii.' broki'ii i'H'l »f 'i l; »ii? r.-iiy be a* sharp a- a knitV: U«' *kin mnv br .ban,! titf.l »irr this knif"c,;-'.' in II).' to lb.' mat ol.\ ami Ib.' skbi may b.' cut or I>imk-tui-d. Tbis mab.- tii.' fnu'tniv "voin|.,,.l].,r' ;i:i'l ii>l:oibi.T- an add.'d 'bin- .,,,.„< ,„•;,., ri,.i.. lb,, air pit into the wound. If '.oir'lo ii.-.i kirn..' w'.iat tlir injurvk always tak, lb, bb.k,',t view until ■..,'.! liii'l-oiit; if lb." arm is only ;.,,.„;.„ .'|. ~,i, lmrm i- <b.m> by Ircatin;; it ■I, t:„.H< it '«•«"'•'■ fi-f-.-l-.li-v.l- I'" 1 ' o yoa l'T.-t a !ra.tur.-.l arm as tbuii»b it umv ..nly l.nii-fil, in'i'purubK" harm may 1... .l.nii'. Do not take the injured man's v.-or.i lor it. lie. may be ]>ln<-ky and sav Is. is all riiiiit, bv. aus- I',.' dors not want ■(,, n:ak,". a f;is-. (ar.'fully remove the ,-\,i!;e> so liiat you "ft a k0.,.1 look, a-.id Hii'ii .0.1 haw. at any rat.', iloiu- yoar best.

wound. I a'ways adopt the i>i:m of wash.ng under the tap'. Tii-. ■•tinning water washes away tlie disilrargei »'Jf yoiij.if.jr! a basiri,.tihe;p>isoii■Jai germs' t.'.-ii ni flamed the wound or caused the abbess are Moating iabout in' tho wiiter all the time, and ;,pu are, only stirring thfcm'up aii'd biuiinglyyinr hands'in ' th"m.'' 'llndcr" the <a|p " tlife wretched germs are violently swept l'j perui,tion, ami a pood thing, too. Kllll- - water, is always the cleaner. 1 have seen outside the thc'sipies orjp'aces of worship in Eastern l-nvns fountains

\o: running water.; The degrade)! heathens who worship in Eastern Rowns heathens who; .worship there do not feel lit to enter before their god unless their hands and feet have beers ■■'•ashed, anil their lips dcansjcu-. with the, s;reamh:£ water.; Over here—butlnevcr: mind! . .. . ■ ■■. . ,■■ ! .

WHEN' A MAN'S DSL^N'K.

I knov.- you are never drank'-yourself, uiit you may !»■ a good Samaritan and go to h:!p a drunken man who has fall-'n down. X'ow a doctor relics on his patient to help hi.mdry describing his symptoms ; a veterinary surgeonH", colw-doe: tor-docs not expect any help from the ;>tor .beasts. , The, drunken man is .for the moment, on .a level with the.beasts, although I confess I have.never seen a ow" drunk. Hut what 1 mean is 'that the nuin who goes to help a fellow-mor-tal who has been celebrating, his birthday at somebody else's expanse cannot expect any useful information from th> inebriated-one. I always examine a drunken man with more-can; than il do a sober one. Remember, it is not merely a question of whether he is drunt; or : dying; lie may be both drunk and dying. In falling he may have struck his head' sharply on the stone kerb. Look, for blood running from the inside of' the ear. Do not mistake blood that has come from a cut on the scalp and has run down into the ear. I mean a trickle of blood actually running out of the ear—that U a danger signal.

SVMI'TOMS DISGUISED.

Kv.cl every limb in turn, and every joint. Tlii! drunken man will not inform you that his l--.fi. ankle is broken; he is too muzzy. :And if yon lift him up and try to put him on his feet lie may put bis weight on (lie broken ankle and make it ten times worse. hi my police work I have many drunken men to examine, and I don't mind telling you that I dread that olio day I way put a drunken man in the cells when I ought to send him t-j the hospital. Drunkenness disguises tiie symptoms, and, it is easy, to be deceived. It nm-, be tru? that he. has been, drinking heavily all the evening, but the drowsiness may be dne to a hemorrhage of (he brain all the same. Take my advice, and never accept responsibility for the can- cf a .dr.unken man who has fallen and injured -himself > the injury may seem very slight to \ ou, but if you in re wise you will let a doctor see him. :.

HOW TO AVOID XKUKALGU.

Two of tho commonest onuses of neuralgia arc inflected decaying .teeth and eye-strain. It may be that no one partkular tooth is. badly decayed; ther-i may be no actual toothache that tin? sufferer can point .to as tin.' reason for those shooting pain's about the cheek or jaw, wliieh lie endures almost nightly. Xovertheless, in about (i( l per cent, of the cases the teeth are at the root of the- trouble. Clearly the dentist in such cases is the right doctor, and as a rule 11 medical man will send hi.-s pa- | tii nt to the dentist. .Many people whose neuralgia is due to eye-strain arc not conscious of anything the matter frith their sight: i;t m?.) 1 he :on!y When they seek medical lUlvice 'tliat'.ihe suggestion of eye trouble is made to them; they go to the oculist, glares arc proscribed, and the. neuralgia disappears. We may he in a certain physical condition which renders us particularly ready for in uralgia, •the scale being turned by, such a comparatively Minil)' thing as a draught on a few damp, cold days, such as are common enough at this time of the year. The slight d;bi'.ity due to lack of fresh-air exercise and want if sunshine; over-fit tigue; worry, sometimes over trifles that could be altered, by a little arrangement: thes; are all predisposing causes of neuralgia. The general health must be."built up. The dietary should include plenty of fat foods, for unless the. nerves are protected by a layer of fatty tissue against cold, they are curtain to he attacked on every occurrence of chilly weather, besides Vein;,' susceptible to any chane.s draught. 'Unfortunately, many people who suffer from neuralgia dislike fatty foods, but they must make every effort to overcome this dislike. Plenty of butter and cream should be taken whenever possible; these are generally borne- Well even when a patient will not look at the suet puddings or bacon that would do him all the good in the -world.Draught.-, must he carefully guarded against, and a screen should he placed round the head of the bed. Fresh air is a necessity, for without a plentiful supply poisons will form in the blood, and a condition will be set up which is likelv to give rise to neuralgia instead of cur'.ng it. A silk handkerchief tic] jl.oul the head at night is often a safeguard against chills u-hii'h bring on neuralgia in the head, face or back of the neck. When an attack of pain com« 3 on. no matter where it may be, the best remedy for the moment is heat. This may he applied in various ways. A hol-walcr bottle or a salt, bag may belaid ftguiu-i the skin; a wad of plain cotton-wool made hot and hound in place by a bandage, or a stimulating lotion of cream may be rubbed on the skin. -In some ca.-es the pain is so intense -that the patient cannot bear .this -.diet .form, of treatment, and where the. face, is the

seat oi pain it is not advisable to risK. making a blister or otherwise, diidigurin; tho skin. Drugs are of litU: ai: ! -it >is $10)' thfi&<xjaa/ti{- H qHVto ..edatives.

The sufferer.' from neuralgia should eon-' suit a diictoJ-, and do his bi»,t, fortius: ■owil '|)a!Ht,|tji |qo^:jli:ea!tji,:: : «it: ; ing wisely, getting as much freshjair as may be, wearing woollen clothing & little, thiekei; tlujn.AyiiS, w:o)n in the sii.".:mor, and taking no risks of exposure tfc cpld,.

•HbME-HiSTS j

.'■ Toh't-iiroViH-gg-ftaihs'-da'say, front table linen, soak in eo'ld! water before pj'a|ciiij in hot soda and. soap. j

■■ Vt'hbii making Yorkshiroipuddlngk and pancakes miK the [Hoar i with water:, iih stiad .of imilk, break the egg'infti ; tht! basin, arid .heat all I together thoroughly, it Will be found much light?r.and ijheap•ly lets mill: being required. • |

To roiiiove tar 'marks, rub a |lit*!i« butter on the spot, aiid 'allow it to itaml till the tar is Softened, whin it] wid wash out Willi warm water and sr.ujp.

' To clean n ligl'.jt colored cost:::::e,lt:ike ■i'ljiial parts of-oatmeal lirad wiiffiingj and; with-a pad of clean white- llaniieli rub well into the material. • -.Leave for a t.hoi't time, then shake out and uresis.on ihe side. ■ ; I ' '

- To dean.a white late- blouse, rub thoroughly with'block magnesia, leave in an aii-tight box for a"day, then sbakej out and press., r ; ■

To clean a dark ibstiiime' sponge ivith cold,tea to which -a small 'iuiup 1 -of laintnuriia lias been added. Tills f-lso; answers 'admirably' iiir men's and boys' =utM- ■■'■■:■■■:;■ :■--/

Damp newspapers, torn , lip, or teai.eiU:,es,':spririkied pyerijthe target; before sweeping, will prevent the dust i'iom

Do Jiot dip your hand in 'baby's bath :o find out if it.is.too hot. Your blind

is tough and wot a gc'od indicator of heat for baby's tender skin. Put ypur elbow iii the water; if'jiot too hot ;fpr mat it is safe■for baby. ; '

If, instead of throwing away used corks, they are kept in a jar with a little parailin, they will be found ii great help when lighting lires. -sAlso orange and lemon -peel, when dried, quickly ignites,- and there is not so uiuch wood' needed.

Choose a soft broom and sweep lightly. .Many a carpet 'has been worn out long before it should have been throii-jh hard sweeping.

When sweeping carpets with a pile, brush the wiiy of the pile. This will lengthen the- life of the carpet.

: When..sweeping out.a, Toom make short' strokes and:;;,raise-the:'l>rbbm : as selrom as possible. Sweep towards the door.

After sweeping, wring » cloth out in wafer to which ammonia in the proportion of one tablcspoonful to half a gallon of water has been added. Hub the carpet over with this. . H will brighten tiie colors.

UKDSTKAJJ CLKA^IXO

firass bedsteads' may be cleaned by rubbing them with a cloth slightly. : Ic.oisto-it'd-.reilU.s)ve{;t oil, and. then polishing theiii 'with-'a soft, dry duster, and, lastly, with a chamois leather. This will, if done occasionally, keep them in good condition for years. Wooden bed-" steads should be wiped over every three' months with a cloth moistened with turpentine to keep them clean.

hiiwerye your stores.

If sponges are to be kept in good condition they should not he allowed to lie in soapy water, the soap, should be rinsed out of them at once after use. Whenever .possible, sponges should be hung up to air, and not' be left lying in a damp condition. To clean sticky, soapy gouges, let them stand for seventl'hours in soap water, or in strong- ammonia and water, and then rinse in clean, cold water.

lIAKING JOISTS,

A piece of beef or mutton weighing more than JJ'/.lbs must be baked twenty minutes to each pound,'and twenty minutes over for luck, .lit'order to know whether the joint is done,' stick a fin>, long skewer into it. Juice •will flow from the stab made -by the skewer, and, from the raw or cooked look or the jtuee, -on can judge if the joint is ready- for the table or not.

DKAf.lNfi WITH MIi.DKW

Mildewed linen should be treated afoliows':—Mix some soft s'oap -with starch powder, half as much salt and the juice of a large lemon, lay the mixture oiv.bolh sides of.the linen over the discolored part with a painter's brush, and let the article stained remain on the Brass till the stain-is-removed.