WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1919, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

PERSON ALc Mrs R. Smith and her granddaughter, Miss Mavis Thompson, of Masterton, are spending a holiday in Stratford. The engagement is announced of Miss Gladys Healy, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Healy, of Stratford, to Mr. M. J. Beattie, of Opunake. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. A (small quantity of whitening mixed with mythylated spirits cleans and polish?* piano keys splendidly. Blacklead mixed with turpentine instead of water gives a brilliant and lasting polish and prevents the stove from rusting.

Lard will be found much better for greasing cake tins than butter. The salt in the butter will cause the cake to ftick.

The addition of lemon juice to the water in which rice is boiled will increase the whiteness, and the grains will readily separate.

An excellent mixture for use when scrubbing may be made from lib each of sand, softsoap, and whitening, boiled with a quart of water until thoroughly mixed. A little of this should be smeared on the scrubbing-brush, and used with very hot water. '

"Water bottles and vases, if stained, should be half-filled with warm soapy water, and then a little raw potato, some tea-leaves, or a few pieces of blown paper put in. Leave to soak, giving an occasional shake, and then rinse out in clean water.

Steel should be cleaned with a paste made of bathbrick, powder and paraffin. This should "be well rubbed in with an old flannel, and the final polish given with a little dry powder sprinkled on a dry duster. If there is any rust on the steel, it can be taken off by rubbing it with a cork dipped in olive oil.

HOME-MADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. Here are three pretty little ideas which can be easily carried out at home:— A Wool Basket: For this is needed a round basket—a large strawberry basket will do very well—stained brown or green, a piece of brown or green satin or silk, and some ribbon to match. The basket should be slightly padded and lined and a satin slip stitched into the basket as though lining a hat. Before being fastened up the satin-should have a piece of ribbon run round the top, through which to slip a cord for drawing up the bag. This makes the prettiest little basket for a knitter, and would be a most acceptable present for many ladies this year. Dainty Book-markers: For those who go in for embroidery beautiful bookmarkers can be made from strips of wide ribbon; embroidered ' in various w.'ivs. Here is another marker which is both cheap and easy to make.—Cut two strips of stiff tinted paper, If in. by 7in. Paste or glue these firmly one on the othnr to strengthen, and when dry copy or originate tiny sketch at one end —a dog's head, say, a flower, or whatever you think would suit your friend best. Then at the other end put in Ink or colored, lettering the words "Book-marker" or "Ye Booke Marke."

. 4 Bedside Match-box: People sometimes like to have a fancy match-box by the bedside, and this is a very pretty one. Buy some cheap tin match-box holders—the plain ones that just fit vound the box; cut out a little piece of tinted paper to nearly cover the top, and paste this on. Then buy some little animals, such as those baby plays with in the bath; they should be small enough t.o stand on the match-hox case. Very prcttv little French modt-ls can be bought—bright goldfish, little grey elephants, greoii frogs, and many others; it will be best to buy the standing ones such as the elephants. Take thes« and dab the feet with seccotine, stanfl on the tinted paper square, and hold firmly for a few moments, then leave to stick. The effect is charming, and both a useful and novel idea.

A STRANGE INFATUATION. In the Divorce Court, London, Mr. Justice Horridge heard the undefended suit of Brigadier-General Albemarle Bertie Edward Cator, of the Scots Guards, who commanded the 58th Division with the rank of Major-General inFrance, for a divorce from his wife, Violet Evelyn, on the ground of her alleged misconduct with. Major Esme Arkwright. The petitioner, who appeared in mufti, gave evidence that he was married in September, 1903, at St. George's, .Hanover Square, and they lived at Street. W., and other places in London, and there was one child born in 1908. He knew the co-respondent., Major, Arkwright, who had visited his house, and was in the 2nd Battalion of the force which he (witness) was commanding at the front.

The marriage was happy until December, 1917, when witness noticed that his wife's manner had changed. ' She confession to him that she had formed an attachment for somebody else. He implored her to put the matter out of her head. In July, 1918, he was Invalided home from France, and since that date had been serving in England. In January last his wife suddenly left him, and in a letter og January 20, she wrote:—

"I am very, very sorry, but I do not think it is possible for oitr lives to go on as they are. I have decided to go away. I hope you will forgive me, and that you may be happy in the future. . . . I "beg and implore von not to separate me from Peter, but to be generous to me. I feel T can trust yon to do so. Please try to forgive me, and T hope and believe I am trying to do the right tiling for us both."

Frederick James fiarrad, valet to the co-respondent, gave evidence that in January last the co-respondent asked Tiim to pack up his things, saying that he was going to the Savoy to live with another ladv as his wife. Counsel: Not with his real -wife?— No.

On January 25. said witness, he took the Major's goods to a flat at Savoy Court, and there the Major lived with Mrs. Cator. Later the resnondent and co-respondent went to Dundonald Lodge in Scotland, and they lived there together until witness left his service.

Other corroborative evidence was given, and the petitioner »was granted a decree nisi, with costs, and an order for the custody of the child.