WOMAN’S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1921, Page 6

WOMAN’S WORLD.

PERSONALS. Mrs. H. S. Brookman is visiting Wanganui. Mrs. Leo Horrocks returned to Wanganui on Tuesday. Airs. E. Falconer left by Wednesday’s mail train for her future home in Auckland. • ♦ • • Mrs. W. H. Moyes has returned from Christchurch. Mrs. Keppel Archer is spending a short holiday in Wanganui. Miss Alison Greig is on a visit to Palmerston North. Sister Gill (Auckland), who has been staying with Miss B. C. Campbell, is now the guest of Mrs. Whitton. a • • • Mrs. Gifford Marshall, who has been spending a few days here, returns to Wanganui to-day. Airs. E. J. Carthew left this week for a visit to Hamilton, where she will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Norris.

Howard Christie (Wanganui) is spending a few days here.

Airs, and Miss Andrews (Wellington) are staying at Sarnia House. Mrs. E. C. Griffiths is visiting Wanganui.

Airs. F. G. Harvie is on a visit to Rotorua.

Aliss L. Reed (Wellington h is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Eberlet.

Airs. F. S. Johns was hostess at a fox trot party last Saturday.

Aliss Olivia Shaw has returned from a trip to Hamilton. Airs. E. Perry is on a short visit to Wellington.

OLD GIRLS’ MART. Next Saturday, October 1, in the Coronation Hall, some of the results of many months of work of old girls and their friends will be seen at the plain and fancy sewing stall. The holiday girl and the trousseau girl, the searcher for wedding and Christmas presents, the housekeeper and the elderly lady, may all find something to suit their individual needs and tastes. Underclothing of tarantulle, calico and crepe, hand-em-broidered, late-trimmed, or almost plain, in sets or single garments, will be found both serviceable and dainty, and in large variety. Kimonos in soft shades of saxe, grey, rose, salmon, henna, pale green and amethyst, have been hand-worked by clever fingers. Teacosies of silk and linen, very suitable for gifts, small embroidered silk bags to match summer costumes, large bags of burlap for shopping day. workstands, tray-cloths, doyleys, kitchen aprons guaranteed to wear well, tea aprons, and a host of other desirable articles, will be on sale. The aim of the old girls has been io select only those designs and colors that are artistic and up-to-date, and then to combine those with such material and workmanship as will produce something both useful and beautiful; something, in short, that is really worth having. WOMEN IN CHURCH. BARRIER TO MINISTRY. London, Sept. 10. The question of woman’s place in the Church was debated at the Ecumenical Methodist Conference. Miss Daisy Davies, an American Episcopalian, said that women raised thousands of dollars for the Church which men administered. The time had come to abolish sex barriers. She asked her hearers to picture a church without women. Mrs. Tirown, a Primitive Methodist, said that the ministry too long had considered women as mere money-making machines at bazaars. Airs. Nellie McCluny, a member of the Alberta Parliament, said she had listened to sermons when the preacher had referred to womanhood almost as a disease which the Church must do more than smother.

The Rev. Thomas Sutherland said that the subordination of womanhood was due to the masculine conception of the Deity.

He suggested special training for the regular induction of deaconesses.

SALVATION ARMY.

CHANGES IN COMMAND. London, Sept. 7. General Bramwell Booth has decided upon an important change in the command of the Salvation Army’s work in the United Kingdom and Australia. Mrs. Booth will shortly retire from the post of British Commissioner, to which Comissioner James Hay, of Australia, will succeed. Commissioner Hay has been instructed to come to London. The Australian command will be divided into two, and will be directed by two commissioners, whose headquarters will be in Sydney and Melbourne. CHANNEL SWIM DISPUTE. SUPPORT FOR MRS. HAMILTON. London, Sept. ]O. A message from Boulogne states that in view of the controversy regarding Mrs. Arthur Hamilton’s attempt to swim the Channel, the Boulogne Telegramme interviewed the crew of the tug which accompanied her. All declared that she entered the water at Griznez at 10.50 a.m. on Sunday and swam till 7 a.m. on Monday. A fog prevented them from estimating the distance from the English coast, which was probably four miles. Mrs. Hamilton then came aboard the tug. Three times during the swim, each time for two minutes, the crew passed a rope ladder under the swimmer’s arms in order to give her tea. Mrs. Arthur Hamilton has made two attempts to swim the English Channel, her second attempt having been made last month. A sensation was caused afjtor Jwr lost attempt by her refusal to

publish, her chart and log-book, and then her admission that she did not possess a chart.

Coincident with this sensation, the Evening Standard published an astonishing statement, signed by Arthur Porter, a prominent resident of Margate, in reference to Mrs. Hamilton’s swim on September 1 of last year, when she was alleged to have approached within nine miles of, the French coast. Porter said that Mrs. Hamilton, instead of swimming, spent the night in his motor-boat in Dover Harbor ,and added: “I cannot be silent any longer. Mrs. Hamilton hired my boat to accompany her on her swim, starting from St. Margaret’s Bay. Mrs Hamilton started to swim,” said Porter, “but soon said, ‘Of course, I shan’t be able to do it, but I’ll get as far as I can.’ Three-quarters of a mile out she complained of feeling tired and unwell. J suggested re-embarking, and Mrs. Hamilton complied. I. suggested landing, but Mrs. Hamilton said, ‘I cannot go ashore. I must stay out all night.’ We put in to Dover, moored to a buoy, and slept aboard. We returned to St. Margaret’s at dawn, and landed at Deal.”

A NOVEL RUST REMOVER. A small piece of type or ink eraser is one of the handiest things for removing spots of rust. All kinds of metal articles are liable to be attacked by rust and often the marks appear in slight depressions on the surface. These ! are very difficult to get at in the ordinary way. The type eraser makes the tackling of) the -spots an easy matter. By cutting the eraser into a point it is possible to twist it into any odd corners and rub but the rust mark. The grit is so fine in the eraser that it will never leave an ugly scratch behind as often happens when emery paper is used. HOUSE-CLEANING HINTS. Tapestry chairs and sofas will look better for being cleaned occasionally with bran rubbed on with a flannel. When the steel fittings of a stove become brown through heat, rub them over with a rag dipped in vinegar before cleaning in the usual way. The sweep need never visit you if you bum a little saltpetre in your grate occasionally. The fumes will free the chimney from soot.

The backs of pictures should be carefully inspected at spring-cleaning time, and if there are any holes in the paper fresh pieces should be pasted over them or dust may get in and ruin the picture or print. / After polishing brass-work with any good paste, apply a solution of a quarter of an ounce of shellac to a quarter of a pint of methylated spirit. Keep the mixture in a glass bottle well corked. Pour off the clear fluid and apply it to the brass with a camel-hair brush. This will keep the brass bright for a long time. Oxalic acid has been recommended for cleaning colored tiles, especially light-colored ones., About one part of oxalic acid to two parts of water should be used, and only about a cupful of the mixture used at a time, as it quickly becomes dirty, and needs renewing often. It - should bo washed off afterwards with clean water. Dissolve .half a breakfastcupful of shredded soap in a breakfast cupful of boiling water, stir in thro large tablespoonfuls of whiting and a few drops of ammonia. Beat this tiil it is a smooth jelly. Have ready some squares of old flannel or linen. Leave these to soak in the jelly and absorb as much as they will. Squeeze slightly and leave to dry. These cloths are really magic polishers, and a rub will take tarnish off silver or metals.