WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1916, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL NEWS. (By "Eileen.") Mrs. Newton King is on it short visit to Ilawera. Airs. F. (1. Cnrthew is the guest pf her mother, Mrs. J. S. l'erry. # # * # -Irs. Arthur Ilenipton is the guest of iier sister Hiss B. Bayly. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd (Pahiatua) are the guests of Mrs. H. Stocker. # # # # Miss Corkill, who lias been holidaymaking in New Plymouth, has returned to Wanganui. Miss Coe-Smitli, who has been the guest of Mrs. Baker, has returned to Aucklard. Mrs. Coxhend spout a few days in New Plymouth last week before returning to Wanganui. « i» » S Miss C'holwell, who has been on a lengthy visit to Auckland, lias returned to New Plymouth. Mrs. Alee Williams, who lias been < isiting her mother (Mrs. R. Cock), has returned to Palmerston North. Mr. and Mrs. Tj. Hansen, who have been the guests of Jlrs. f!. F. Robinson, the iatter's mother, have returned to Christehurch « * « « Mr. a.id Mrs. Creswell (Gisborne),wlio liave been holiday-making in New Plymouth, left for Auckland on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. 0. Pott, who have been on a visit to Wellington and Nelson, have returned to New Plymouth. r Mrs. Pi. Cornwall is at present in Hawera 01 account of the health of her mother, Mr Rogers.

Mr. and Mrs. M. Fraser, who have been on « visit to Wellington,, spent a few days ii; Wanganui before returning to Xew Plymouth. Miss E. Pawson left New Plymouth on Friday for Hamilton, where she will be the guest of her brother, Mr. E. Rawson. Mrs. J. F. Brodie (Wellington) with her sister (Miss liita Moss) motored through to New Plymouth last week, but on their return Miss Moss remained e few days in Hawera, where she was tin g test of Mrs. Nancarrovv, before she joined hc-r sister in Wanganui. NOTES. The engagement is announced of Mfe •lessie Milne, daughter of the late Dr. Milne and Mrs. Milne, of Masterton, to l ieutenant K. G. Smith, of the 13U Heiniorcements. The engagement is announced of Mi*Helen Bredon. daughter of Mrs. F. W. 1! liredon of Jvaupo Park, Douglas, to Mr. Claude (Jack) Belts, eldest son of Mr H 11. Belts, of Stratford. A London correspondent, writing under date of Mav H. savs that Sister Berthi Duke, N.Z.A.K.S., of Christchureli, had arrived in England on leave from th< 31st General Hospital, Port Said, as have also Sister M'Gann and Sister O'Callagjan. The 'Hgugi nient is announeed of Miss l)uk-ic Itnvliittlc, daughter of Mr. W. Ilaybiitle, of Wellington, to Private E. 1,. Herb' rt. only son of Lieutenant-Col-onel am! M 's. Herbert, of Eketahuna. Private Herbert is a member of the 15th Leinfor. 1 nients.

it is slated Hint in one scone of the World Film Corporal' n pi oto-pl;iy "The Dragon." tliere is displayed £IO,OOO worth of frowns. It ia probably the most sensational society story ever screened. While depicting tlie style of life indulged in by ihe c\tremely rich residents of New York, it introduces a number of society women choosing the latest modes at a fashionable millinery house 011 Fifth avenue. The storv has a cumulative interest, and not till the last moment do the audience realise what will happen. The reconciliation of husband and wife at tlie finish of the play gives it a eharir> ind leaves a sweet ;fiid wholesome recollection. ''Tlie Dragon" will be shown tonight 111 tlie Theatre lioyal.

Prince Oorgo of Battenberg, elder son of i'rin-c and Princess Louis, is (says an exchange) engaged to be married to Counters \adejda Torby, youngest daughter of the (irand Duke Michael ■Miehaehiiev tch. and a brother of the (irand Duchess of Anastasia of Mechlen-burg-Schwerin. Countess Torby is the ■laughter of Prince Nicholas of Nassau, vho contracted a morganatic marriage with Mme Patalie Pouehkine, and who was erf a ted Countess du Merenberg by her husband's brother-in-law, the late Prince of WaJdock and Pyrmont. Prince George of Battenberg, who was a sublieutenant on New Zealand during her world cruise, and who was subsequently promoted lieutenant, is still, as far as is known, serving in that ship.

Writing from London 011 Hay 11, a correspondent hiatus that the marriage is to take place shortly of Captain Lancelot C'. Pitman, Royal Engineers (elder son of Mr. IT. H. Pitman, of Christchurch. N.Z.), and Mrs. K. K. Meiklcjohn. widow of the lite Lieutenant Kenneth Forbes Meiklejohn, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, and only daughter of Mr. J. C. Stewart, of Kinloehmoidart, Invernessshire, and Mrs. Stewart, Yet another marriage which was to take place was tint of Mr. (.'eoffrey,.Sunderland, seeondiientena»t 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment, youngest son of the late Mr. J. \V. Sunderland of Poverty Bay (N.Z.), and Mrs. Sunderland, of (irafi'ham, Sussex, and Vliss Grace Lillian Taylor, youngest daughter of the Rev. S. B. Taylor (hon. secretary of the Bristol Board of Mission); and Mrs. Taylor, of 2G Downs fark West, Bristol.

LET'S HELP MOTHER The United States Department of Agriculture has started a movement to place a woman county agent in every community in that country. And why shouldn't it? Mother needs help just as well as father. The woman county agent is to do for women, girls, and the home what the farm demonstration agent docs for the men and the boys on the farm. The aim in each case is to ge done some definite worth-while things, which teach a lesson land inspire to greater achievements. Tn the girls' canning club work tile girls are instructed how to grow tomatoes and other vegetables nn one-tenth of an acre, and how to can, preserve, pickle, and in other ways utilise the products. Winter garden clubs and poultry clubs liave naturally followed the work in eanniae and

summer gardening; Breadmaking and many other forms of home-improvement work have also been taken up. Thin work trains girls to become efficient home makers, develop the resources of the farm, to improve the quality of the country life, and to become economically independent. From the girls' garden to the mothers' kitchen and the home is a short and easy step. The work with girls has opened the way for systematic home economics work in tin? rural home, and has developed the logical organisation and method for doing this work.— Kansas Star.

WHAT WOMEN ARE DOihv,. France is setting the rest of the world in arms a fine example. In Paris social life of every kind has been banished for the nonce; and no one dreams of holding a function, no matter how trivial. The majority of the women in France are engaged in some form of labor required to assist the men at the front, and they work either in the munition factories or in the fields, while women of the nobility and leisured class are to be found in (he hospitals or engaged in activities that soften the lot of the wounded soldiers. There are two women mayors in the United States—one at Illinois, the other at Saultcllo, near Los Angeles. Mrs. Ellen Fronch Aldrieh is the lady whom the citizens of Raultello have just elected as their chief magistrate. If the electors of British Columbia, at the forthcoming referendum, endorse the Women's Suffrage Bill of the Bowser Government it will come into force on ■January 2 next, and from that date forward all adult women in the Province will he added to the voters' registers. Under the measure women are made eligible to sit in the provincial Legislature. On April 10 last *the constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in the State of New York passed the State Senate bv a 3 to 1 vote, but it Auist be voted upon by the 1917 Legislature as n whole before it can come before the people for confirmation.

HOW TO SPOIL IT. To spoil a rubber water-bottle, fill it with actually boiling water, or after vou have filled it stand it in front of a blazing fire to keep -warm. To spoil a slew or boiled joint of meat, put it on the fire and let it boil hard in stead ot simmering. To spoil a magazine that von are "pushing on," cut bits out of it. There is ■milling more exasperating. To spoil cretonne covers, wash them in vater "li which you have "not" put a 'ittle salt to set the colors. To spoil mirrors and pictures, ban? iliem o:i the outer wall, and the damp i icfirly sure to mildew them. To spoil knife-handles put them ii< water; or to spoil oatmeal, buy it ii' large large quantities—it goes rancid. To spoil aluminium utensils, clear them with soda, instead of using a damp cloth dipped into the ash under the grate. To spoil jam. make it in a very thin preserving pan. The least trace of 1 burn ing spoils the lot. And when vou'vr made it. *<■ 't in a damp cupboard Various*—pnil your husband'.temper, giveiiQ ' badlv-cooked dinner, uid find fau I '' h (lie tradesmen, the ■ljildren, atlitl e 'mills all the time lie is catir.g it ! Fo spoil your children, never tench t £>o amuse themselves.nrovide an". < s for (hem all day long. Tr ''i i friend's temper, leave iier Ml* ■' '7 jll the latest possible women' ' r you will or will not 'o whet 6 masked you to go some- ■ where.

..oJSEHOLD HIN'XJs A ' soap nibbed on the hinge of " prevent tlieni from creaking. | p i. .iling a cracked egg. rub salt [ i'ct tin- hell. This prevents the white >i; "r- ling out. I T« el?,in copper, rub it willi lemon li|n'j Jin salt. Rinse in clear hot water ' r with a soft cloth, ■ >)■ made of white soap and millis 11 ' Jfl excellent for cleansing cliili. ,-M white kid shoes. Ti. remove the rusty appearance from ilack sncde shoes rub with equal quanitv of olive oil and black ink. Vinegar will remove flyspecks from almost anything—windows, picture frames, .voodwork, etc. The white of an egg applied to a burn is a more efficacious remedy than camin oil or collodin. To clean silver or plated ware that is very dirty rub it with salad oil, using a soft flannel cloth. This removes lark stains from silver. To remove finger-marks from wallpaper. Lake three cnpfnls of flour, one cupful and a half of water, and three tablespoonfuls of ammonia; mix to a stiiT paste, then rub the walls and the paper will look like new. The most difficult of all stains to take out are those made by cofi'ec. With care, however, the stain can be removed from the most delicate silk or woollen fabrics. Rub the mark gently with a little pure glycerine, then rinse it in lukewarm water, lay a cloth over the damp part on the wrong side, and press with a cool iron until dry. Do not wet more of the material than is absolutely necessary. Delicious Fig Pudding.—Mince very fine half a pound of suet and the snme quantity of tigs, then mix them with lialf a pound of finely-grated breadcrumbs, a little sugar and enough golden svrup to make a nice paste. Butter a mould, fill it with the mixture, and boil or stoam for one hour and a-half. Then turn out, and serve plain or with whipped cream, or with treacle-sauce. The latter is made by flavoring a little white sauce with lemon rind and a teaspoonful of golden syrup. To freshen a shabby carpet, damp the carpet, a small portion at a time, with a cloth wrung out in strongly-salted water. Then rub dry with a clean cluster. This will revive the color wonderfully.

In order to prevent lumps from smoking, soak tlie lamp wick in strong vinegar and dry throughly before using. It will then burn freely and give much better satisfaction for trouble taken. Cayenne pepper is excellent to rid cupboards of mice. The floor .should be gone over carefully, and each hole stopped up with a piece of rag dipped in water and then in cayenne pepper. A good many people have lately been making slipper soles out of carpet, with '.he pile side down. The edges need close oversewing, with strong thread, or binding with furniture binding:. An insole of soft, warm, fleecy material can be bought from any shoemaker, and, if placed Inside the slipper, will increase its comfort. With a last, a fine punch and a sharp knife, leather soles can be made. The father of a family would lind these a very profitable investment. If hands are very grimy through dding house work or kitchen work, before you wash them rub them over with a. bit of dripping or oil of some kind. Ther wash them in warm water, and they wi)' not harden, as one's hands so often d' and the grease will also kaa» ioris whitM,.

ACTRESS AND ZEPPELINS. A vivid description by a well-known actress of the scene inside a Midland theatre during the Zeppelin raid was given lately by the Liverpool Evening Express. The writer says: Bang went a bomb in the distance. Our stage manager thought it was a gas explosion, but I knew different; 1 had been through it all before. The act had just started, when crash came another, and I thought it hud come through the roof, for plaster was (lying about somewhere. In the confusion two of the artists ran oil' the- stage, but one of the actors begged the audience to keep their seats a.s they were much safer there than in the Streets. The band struck some discord, ana ive started again, but the audience were nervous, Some women had fainted, and there was an ugly rush for the doors. I invented patter quickly, the one thought in my mind being to avert a. panic. The company were very brave, and oue member deserved a V.C. I was 011 the stage some fifteen minutes, and during that time twelve bombs fell. I counted them, for a dreaded thirteenth. The seventh seemed to crash on my head, so terribly loud was the report, and a shower of something that seemed like all the theatre fell on me. For a moment my nerves left me. A horrible sound as of rushing water filled my cars. .. My head swam, my legs shook, .there was a suffocating feeling about my throat, and my heart thumped so loudly I'm sure the audience heard it. People were rushing out. I felt done. However, order was restored, and we kept up till the end, the bombs sounding further away.

BRAVE DEEDS BY WOMEN IN THE FIRING LINE The splendid heroism which Russian women are displaying in this war is shown by some striking examples quoted by M. Liudovic Kaudeau, the special correspondent of the Journal at Petrograd. By the Russian military regulations no woman is allowed to serve in the ranks of the army. But rules are made to be broken—by the Czar, by influential relation, special circumstances, a»d the like—w'liich explains how Mile. Apollovna Isoltsev came to be accented as a volunteer in the regiment of Colonel Tsoltsev, her father. In the midst of battle the colonel was mortally wounded. and was left dying in a burning cottage. Apollovna dashed through the (lames, discovered her father's body, and curried it under a storm of shot and s'hell hack into the Russian lines. A similar feat was performed by Mile. Maria Bieloverskaia, also a volunteer, who, seeing the major of her battalion fall, severely wounded, rushed to his assistance and carried him out of the first line to a place of comparative safety. I'or this gallant deed she was awarded St. George's Cross, class 4. Soon afterwards she was promoted to the 3rd class for detecting in t'lie course of a reconnaissance a telephone in a loft which was being used by the enemy for intelligence purposes. Mile. Kokovtseva has also won the St. George's Cross. Enlisting as a volunteer in a Cossack regiment at the beginning of the war,] she lias taken part in the most daring! reconnaissances, and lias been once se" verelv wounded.

Mile. o]ga Sergnieevna Sehidlowehaia belongs to a family of soldiers. Her eldest brother, Paul Schidlowsky, of the 102 nd Regiment, was killed at Soldau early in the war, and her other brother, Alexander, was severely wounded. Olga herself obtained leave from Headquarters to enlist in the 411 i Hussar,s, the regiment iu which another heroine, Alexandra Dourovna, fought against Napoleon in 1812 as a cornet. With elose-c-roppcd hair, she serves is Oleg Schidlowsky.