SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. J. Craig, who has been visiting Wanganui, has returned to Tauranga. Mrs. S. R. Turnbull, Wanganui, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Stuart Cassie, Okato.

At a committee meeting of the Mothers’ Helpers Society, Mrs. O'Grady was appointed as the first visiting helper for the society.

Miss Dorothy M. Blackie, of Wai totara, left yesterday for Christ church, where she will enter th< Teachers’ Training College.

Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Keegan, Mangaonoho, who visited Christchurch for the marriage of Mrs. Keegan's sister, Miss Lucie Harecourt, to Mr. Raymond Bell, have returned home.

Mrs. D. Christie, Putiki, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. P. Markham, Motunau. Canterbury, intends returning home during the

Mrs. E. P. Bunny and Miss Agatha mny, of Lower Hutt, who are visitg New Plymouth, will later come on Wanganui to stay with Mrs. A. atrick. St. John's Hill.

Miss Dorothy Phillpots, Okoia. who ,s passed her midwifery examination id completed all her hospital exninations, has left for Gisborne for ur months to act as district nurse.

The engagement is announced between Mary, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. H. Scott-Barrett, of Kingswood, Surrey, and Colin William, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wyatt, of 14 Cavendish Square, London, wrote a London correspondent on January 9. Mr. Wyatt, who is ski-

jumping champion of England, made many friends throughout the Dominion when he lectured on ski-jumping there nearly two years ago at the invitation of New Zealand ski clubs. Since his return to London he has lectured on several occasions about the Dominion’s ski grounds and scenic attractions. HINTS AND ‘SUGGESTIONS Milk can be prevented from boiling over by the use of an outer saucepan containing water. «... Add a little sugar to the water in which old potatoes are boiled, and their flavour will be improved. Young beetroot leaves are a splendid substitute for spinach, cooked in a similar way. The following is very helpful to those who suffer from perspiring hands: —Cologne water, 4oz; tincture of belladonna, ioz. Rub the palms of the hands several times daily with a bit of gauze wet with this solution. A housewife who arranges to cook rice on the day she is washing should be careful not to throw away the water in which the rice has been boiled. This Ts a splendid stiffening for light muslin articles and handkerchiefs. If you want to economise eggs in a recipe which a>ks for several, use half a teaspoonful of baking powder, and two tablespocnsful more liquid for each egg you leave out.