WOMAN’S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1921, Page 6

WOMAN’S WORLD

PERSONAL.

Mrs. and Miss Carruth arrived, from Whangarei yesterday, and are the guests of Mrs. W. Kerr.

MfS. Guy Cooper of Wanganui, is on a visit to New Plymouth.

Mrs. Ralph Palmer, who has been spending a holiday in Wanganui, returned this week.

Miss Dempsey returned to Wellington on Monday.

Mrs. Eberle t is on a visit to Wellington.

The Misses Bedford leave thia morning for Wellington.

Mrs. E. Perry is the guest of Mrs. Newton (Christchurch). Mrs. and Miss Mona Paget (Palmerston North) are spending a few weeks at their beach cottage (Ngamotu).

Mrs. Maine (Christchurch), who has been spending a holiday here, leaves this morning for Feilding.

Miss M. Maginnlty, who has been the guest of Mrs. Pritchard, has returned to Nelson.

Mrs. Ballance, of Wanganui, is spend-, ing a fe'w days here. Mrs. Gonville Saunders returns to Wanganui early next week. Mrs. and Miss Medley (Wellington) are the guests of Mrs. J. S. S. Medley (New Plymouth).

Mrs. Pritchard and family, who have been holiday making at Ngamotu, have returned to Dannevirke. Miss Pritchard has returned to Christchurch.

Mrs. C. Hawkins (Mokoia) is on a visit to New Plymouth. Mrs, Allen (Wanganui) Is a visitor here.

Mrs. Kfll-£Drewitt arrives from Wanganui on Monday for a short visit to New Plymouth.

Mrs. W. H. Moyes is spending a holiday in Wellington. Mrs. R. H. Quilli&m has returned from a trip to Christchurch.

Mrs. H. H. Mace has returned from a holiday in Auckland.

Mrs. Simpson and MissvDorothy Simpson have returned from Auckland. Miss Hamerton has returned to New Plymouth. Mrs. J. F. Bennett, who is visiting her mother, Mrs. Paul, returns to Blenheim on Monday.

Mrs. McKoy, Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. Ron. Pual.

Mrs. M. Fraser has returned from the mountain.

Miss Norina Collins, who has been on a visit to Auckland, returned on Tuesday.

Mrs. R. Renton and Miss A. Renton, who have been visiting Mrs. Oscar Blundell, returned to Dunedin esterday.

Miss Maisie Taylor, who acted as private secretary to the late Sir David Hutchins, is the guest of Mrs. Oscar Blundell.

Miss Gertie Bredow (Douglas), left last week on a holiday trip to Auckland, and is staying with friends at Stanley Bay.

The mothers and Wives of sojdiers are entertaining the women of the National Reserve at a musical afternoon on Thursday, at the Whiteley Hall, commencing at 2.30. Mothers will please assist in providing the afternoon tea.

Visitors at Chatsworth this week include: Mrs Harris (Palmerston North), Mrs. Jenkins (Auckland), Mrs. and Miss Shaddick (Wanganui), Miss Long (Manaia), Miss Feist, Miss Arthur (Wellington).

FASHION CHANGES AND FEMININE APATHY.

Speaking at an exhibition of arts and handcrafts a few days ago, Lady Astor, M.P., mentioned that she had recently strolled along Bond-street, and was dis. agreeably surprised in regard to the constant changes in women’s dress, in the ever-changing length or shortness of their skirts. Women should be more conservative, and imitate the men. “Wh'at would you think,” she asked, “if they changed the length of their trousers every two years?” (Laughter.) Women should learn the continuity of dress from men. She urged her hearers to go in for handwork, which was far superior to machine work. Reverting to the past, Lady Astor mentioned that her presence in the House was a fact of historical importance, and a cause for memorable pride—due, in the first place, to the work of the militant suffragettes, to whose energy and enthusiasm women could never be sufficiently grateful. At that time she was busy with a large family, or she herself would have taken part in those demonstrations. But now that they had achieved their purpose, what did they find? She, for the most of her time, was engaged in trying to do something for the benefit of womankind, only to be met with the most depressing apathy on their part. They would do very little for themselves. INEXPENSIVE HOME-MADE BLOUSE. The woman who is particularly fond of hand-made or hand-embroidered and whose time is so limited that she is unable to make them herself, may often buy a very sheer, sim-ply-made blouse with some touch of handwork, as hemstitched collar and cuffs, and add her own dainty work herself. Blouses which are entirely handmade aiy quite expensive in the shops, but. there are many pretty ones which, w’liile machine stitched as to seams, are finished with hand-work. A blouse of this variety may be improved by the addition of delicate sprays in front and on the collar and cuffs, so that it is reallv handsome. Even the business woman'can find time for such work, if she keeps it in a convenient place and picks it v® at momenta

WHY PUDDINGS ARE HEAVY.

“How do you make your puddings so light and spongy?” asked a newly' married cousin the other day, who had come to lunch with me, and at her special request I had provided a “gol- , den pudding.” “Whenever I try to make one they are sodden or heavy,” she continued. “Perhaps you make yours entirely of flour,” I replied, "though, they need not be heavy, even then. Still, breadcrumbs or stale pieces of bread do help to mike a pudding lighter. I use half bread and half flour, or £lb of bread to %lb of flour. It is a good way of using up stale bread too. And if you buy shredded suet, remember, as there is no waste in it, less of it is required than a recipe gives for ordinary suet. With 4oz to Boz of suet to ilb of flour, no raising ingredient is required, as the bursting of the fat globules aerates the pudding. If, however, but little suet is used, add baking powder. Another cause of a heavy pudding is”to add too much moisture. The pudding should not be so dry that it is crumbly; it should drop heavily from a spoon. “If you boil your puddings, see that the water is absolutely boiling when the pudding goes in, and keep it boiling the whole time. If it reduces much, more boiling water must be added. The cloth the pudding is tied in must ,be scalded and floured well. However, it is better to boil it in a basin, and to tie a scalded floured cloth over it. Make, a pleat in the cloth to allow of the pudding rising, or it #ill become heavy, “A boiled pudding must filf the basin, or the water will get into it and make it sodden. Therefore, if the pudding does not quite fill it put some pieces of breadcrust on the top before tying on the cloth. If possible, however, steam the puddings, as a steamed pudding is d.ier than a boiled one. The basin need not be full when steaming a pudding, but should allow space for it to raise. Cover the top with greased paper. The water must boil in the pan under the steamer the whole time, and more boiling water added if necessary. “I always keep these rules in mind: “1. Put the pan of water on before beginning to make the pudding. “2. Grease the basin and prepare the cloth or paper. “3. Gather all the utensils required. “4. Measure or weigh all the ingredients.

“5. Prepare the dry ingredients and mix them before adding any moisture. “6. Mix and beat the mixture lightly with a wooden spoon. “7. Put the pudding into the pan or steamer directly it is mixed. “8. See the pan 4 oea not boil dry, and that the water boils the whole time.”

INTERESTING NOTES. A sign of the times is the sensible and hygienic dress of many infants and small children (always excepting the poor mites, either boys or girls, whose mothers do not think it necessary to clothe the legs more than the upper portion of the thighs), whereas years ago even so many stuffy, starched garments were placed on the little ones, to i their great discomfort doubtless. Now thin silk or very fine woollen clothes I are used, being most, dainty in appearance and comf or t able to wear. The picturesque sun-bonnet, which used to I be inevitable;, was, when freshly starchi ed, a most “scratchy” hot and grueI some headgear, covering the ears, so that i when left off there was a danger of ear|adi*», and extreme]hot round th’ neck an' l throat a- wdl. The broad sun hat is far more sensible, and quite as oecoming. The sensible mothers, of today can make their children look charmir the materials at Muir command, while keeping the delicate parts of the arms and legs covered properly, and it is a delightful fact that they do so, and the half-clothed or ill-clothed child is quite the exception. The death is announced by a Wanganui exchange of Rawea, daughter of the late Mate Kingi, son of Mete Kingi Paetihi, a leading chief of the Wanganui tribe, and the first Maori member of Parliament. Rewea was married first to Mr. T. U. Marumaru, of Parewanui, a chief of the Ngatiapas, and after his death to Mr. E. .Sutherland, who died a year or two ago. The late chieftainess was a great worker for the welfare of her district, and gave a section and (Anglican) church at Rata, a handsome gift which has been greatly appreciated. She was a most popular woman, and one who upheld the beat traditions of her race. She was very much interested in sport and held some fine racing trophies, won about the year 1894 with a famous horse, Tuhiwai. Mrs. Sutherland could trace her descent from among the voyagers who left Hawaiiki for New Zealand in canoes, her mother, as well as her father having been related to famous chieftains. She had been ailing for some time, but her death came somewhat unexpectedly. Mrs. Sutherland will be much missed in the district by a large circle of friends and relatives.

Sir Robert Baden-Powell, in addressing a meeting, apparently touched on the method of choosing a wife, and a writer in the London Daily Telegraph refers to the fact as follows:—The principles of the art of choosing a wife must be surmised by the innocent as important rather to men than to women. Yet- even women may find it not labor m vain to study the rules by which men act, or believe themselves to act, in this matter. Any dictionary of quotations will supply you with a long array of maxims more or less appropriate from Solomon and more foolish authors. You may well think it difficult to say anything new on the subject. But that has been achieved by Sir Robert Badenpowell in expounding to an audience of women how he selected Lady BadenPowell for her present post. For years, said the Chief Scout, modestly, it has been his pastime to watch people putting their feet down, and in that way to judge their character. It was by this method of “testing and examination” that he chose his wife. But he does not seem to have stated precisely what was the evidence of character provided by Lady Baden-Powell’s feet. It may perhaps he inferred from the context, but we can take no responsibility for rash conclusions. Forty-three per cent, of women, according’to the Chief Scout's statistics, tread on the inside*of one foot and on the outside of the other, “which reads in the light of the rules of the trackers of the African desert, means that they are emotional and impulsive.” It certainly sounds lop-sided. Whether the majority of men would prefer to avoid these emotional ladies with a list to port or starboard you may not be at all sure. Whether for civilised life the “rules of the trackers of the African desert” art necessarily valid you may have your doubts. But a darker, a more confusing criticism involves that theory of choice. Who shall warrant that a man, yea, even a Chief Scout, really chooses for the reasons which he imagines govern his actions?