TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 19, 25 November 1927, Page 6

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

jachieve wisdom. The poor wretch 3 They Say: That at the receut garden fete, held for a good cause in the grounds of Balmoral Castle, Royal George and Mary the Queen, the former in Highland garb, ' the latter in pale grey, acquitted themselves tight nobly, and proved themselves two Best Sellers! That people are speculating as to: whether our Mr. Sidey should be inade a Knight for flooding New Zealand with daylight! ° That some bewildered artists’ models, to say nothing of weary habitues of reccut exhibitions of the painter’s art, will echo the opinion of the witty Mr A. P. Herbert in "Plain Jane" :- TI should not presume .to express any view Of the Modernist Movement in Art; But I’ve studied the works of Elizabeth Bine, And this I ean say frora my heartShe can do what she please With her houses and trees, And I shall not attempt to advise ; But I do not believe That the dauchters of Eve Have such very triangular thighs! a Ba e From Dunedin. The wide circle of dwellers in_the Domizion by whom Mrs, W. H. Reyvolds is loved and revered will be glad to know she has recovered from a recent hout of illness, and has been recuperating at Macandrew’s Bay, where her two danuchters have built a house amid the clear sunshine and lovely vistas of this most beautiful of bays. 2 ® * Miss Gladvs Statham, sister of the Speaker of the House, is at present mm Wellington. . * * Miss Pearl Hamilton is visiting the Scottish town, where she lived as 4 child, and has many friends. ~ * * Reflections. The advantage of youth is that in vouth von see so plainly other people’s folly; unfortunately it is given to but , few of us to die young. j Some people are horn wise; others who has it thrust upon him deserves svinpathy. 4 a

Foreign Languages and Wireless. The growth of wireless must enormously facilitate the closer understanding between all peoples Inevitably one of the immediate results will be a keener interest in the acquisition of forcign languages, more especially perhaps among the young. What an incentive it must now be to the young scholar to know that when he has mastered his French or German lesson he will be better able to understand and enjoy what he hears when he "picks up’? Berlin or Paris! Hére is an immediate reward to labour, instead of having, as in the days before radio, a vague notion that one day in a dim future he may possibly have a chance to use his knowledge in a visit to these respective countries.-Viscount-ess Vrleigh. ? * Ld The Living-room. Happiness in living in these modern times does not depend upon the number of rooms in which one lives. Much more important is the question ofwhere ote can exercise free choice. The modern living-room is becoming more and more the scene of the social activities of the family. Architectural tradition and the demands of modern living combined can produce room which may serve as a jiving-room-dining-room, and be so arranged that one may spend all the twenty-four liours within its walls. The livingroom, as the name implies, is a place of decided informality in distinction from the drawing-room, It affords a field of much greater latitude for emphasising a strongly personal and individual note tn its equipment and in its arrangement.-Miss M. Puechegud, 4YA.

SE A ER The Washing of Linens. iow many realise that there is 2 scientific side of washing linen.~ Were we a scientific nation, they would have learned long ago that the iextile fabrics, dinen, jute and wool differ considerably from one another, both structurally and chemically and require totally /lifferent treatment in the laundry. Wor instance, cotton will stand boiling with washing soda, without being injared, while for linen this means gradual destruction, and the fibres come away :n fluff. Lhe linen becomes steadily thinner until it goes into holes. Under ro circumstances should washing soda be used with linen, and soap powders are best avoided. A mild neutral soap is recommended and with this a seald will do the linen no harm. Now linen sonietimes turns yellow after washing-this, as a rule, is not the fanit of the nen, but is the result of not properly rinsing out the soap with clean water. Under the heat of the smoothing iron, chemical action takes place between the soap aud the natural gui of the flax. Embroidery should be washed in lInkewarm water, then pass through a cold bath wrung out in a cloth and stretched. Tron while stiil wet, but be sure to keep a piece of muslin or cambric between the material and the iron till it is almost dry, the muslin can then be removed and the naked iron-not too hot-used till the embroidery is quite dry. A great improvement on starch for doing-np linen is the following "stock." Dissolve one ounce cf gum arabic in half a pint of warm water. For use, add one tablespoonful of this solution to a quart of water. The secret of Keeping linen white is to use as mild a soap as possible and immediately wring it out again and again with fresh water till the soap is absolutely removed.-Mr. A. R, Stevens (from 2YA.) * 2 * Superhuman, The hharassed-looking man was being shown over some works. . "That machine,’ said his "does the work of thirty men." The man smiled glumly. ‘At last," he said, "I have seen what my wife should have matrricd,’"*