WHAT WE WOMEN THINK

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 17, 7 November 1930, Page 33

WHAT WE WOMEN THINK

CLARICE CLIFFE, the clever young artist who created the famous , bizarre ‘pottery, is holding an exlibition of her newest designs in London. "Watching a child make a coloured paper cut-out gave me the idéa for my new pottery table decorations," she told. a reporter. "Flowers are so expensive for the table in winter, when one wants them most, that I decided to design these floral pottery cut-outs, which can be made to stand in a flower-put by half-filling it with sand." These new table decorations are realistic and colourful in the:modern style. Vivid-hued _ tulips with their-green leaves in a small pot of honey glaze (toning with the breakfast ware) would restore the appetite of a confirmed dyspeptic. s s- = RRXCENTLY 1 visited a bride, who \ had everything that money could buy. Theré were several visitors, so I tried to help my hostess with the tea. I suppose it was clumsiness on my part, any way, it happened-I upset a cup of tea on a new. "prayer"? rug. My hostess ‘wagn’t at all perturbed, and said there wouldn’t be a stain. showing in a day or two, because she always rubbed the stains with salts of lemon, and afterwards with a'‘damp cloth, and repeated this process until: the stains disappeared. . ™ Ld . "THOMAS ALVA EDISON, the wizard of electricity and its greatest pioneer, .rose from being a newspaper boy on trains to become cne of the most prolific inventors of electrical devices. We could hardly have reached our present stage of advancement without his won- _ derful brain, full of novel ideas; and his workshops and-staff of trained experts, always ready to set about the construction of model apparatus, by which his ideas were tried out. His first inventions were for his own convenience-a combination of clock and sending mechanism which would: send the Morse letter "A" once every half-hour. It appears that he became slack in his duty as train checker on account of working so hard day and night; consequently, the chief operator insisted that young Edison sent out this signal every half-hour. What were the use of his brains if he could -not- think of. something to help in this matter. Hence his little electric device, by using which he was able to sleep peacefully between trains-until one day he was found out and fired. oo s * e QNE_of the romantic things about Salzburg in Bavaria (says an Dnglish correspondent) is that one is liting in the hotels, during the musical festival, with all the great artists. In the lounge one will meet Figaro, whom he has heard singing an hour ago, prosaically ordering. railway tickets from the hall porter. In the lift one runs into Tedermann himself, Herr Moissi, who plays Bveryman in the great allegorical play of that name, which is performed at Salzburg every year. It is acted out of doors, in a huge courtyard, with the ‘magnificent barogue facade of the cathedral as scenery, continuous hidden’ organ, « orchestral and choral music from inside, and the bells tolling in the..tower as a _token of approaching death to. Tedermann. : Pd Bei gw, THE moulded silhouette isto sfay, so ‘gay the fashion experts,..but an effect of individuality will be: achieved by variations of the neckline and sleeves. There will be puff :sleeves,

ah: long classic fitting sleeves,.and many different types of elbow and cape sleeves. For dinners and. informal dances long-sleeved gowns in metallic or ordinary types of lace have a distinct charm that is not always appreciated by the average :woman. Yet the exquisite designs on lace and other materials are only shown to full advantage by severely cut sleeves and neckline. * s | * PROPER food means,a@.proper outlook on life. . Jaundiced and distorted views are in many cases simply due to improper dietary, writes Dr. D. L. Anderson, medical. officer for Doncaster, Hngland, upder the aus- ~ ae cz rr c ---- ama

pices of the Central Council for Health Education. "Feed the Brute" is familiar advice to the wife who values her husband’s affection, says Dr. Anderson, but "Feed him properly" is better. Overfeeding is worse.’: than underfeeding. Both .are bad,.~.-but overfeeding acts more speedily and is one of the greatest health-wreekers. = a HAS. anyone heard’ ‘of a benzine. ‘cocktail? It is sold in the bar of an hotel in Vienna, and is not a drink but is used for re-fuelling petrol lighters. e @ P Somebody says that it creates a spirit of friendliness when people ‘eat together. Hacept when they have a bone to pick. . * wag EUGENE YSAYE, the famous Belgian violinist and composer, has written an opera called "Les Mineurs en Gieve," which he considers the best of all his works, It is to-be first produced at Liege, which is the: birthplace of Ysaye. : HAT there are iin in these sophisticated days a few unappreciated art treasures scattered about the English countryside is proved by the following story. A woman in a Yorkshire village was discovered chopping suet on a Sheraton table. ~When her horrified visitor offered to buy the table and provide another ‘to replace it, she refused at first, on the grounds that the present table was. just the right height for chopping suet! Hventually, however, she was.persuaded. to

part with what proved ta- be. a firstclass collector’ SS specimen. | Two thousand miles New. York there is an enchanting island in the middle of a lake near the borders of Canada. -It comprises about five hundred acres of wild and beautiful eountry, and it was here, in a Chinese pagoda, perched on a ledge of rock, that Sinclair Lewis is said to have written his famous "Elmer Gantry." , * e = THD pyjama yogue, which originated on the Lido, and has now spread all over the Continent, is having its effect on the fashion-world. .Many of the women travelling on the "Blue TITTLE Zw

Train" from the Riviera wear pyjamas and merely throw a coat over them when going out on the platform. Moreover, pyjamas have more or less supplanted evening dresses on ‘the Riviera -at all events so far as dinner-dances are concerned. Nor is economy the motive, for so elaborate are the newest designs of "evening pyjamas," in’ the most delicate pastel shades, that they are far more expensive than the averare frock. e "NEW YORK architect has designed a remarkable house. It is to be peaceful, for the harsh noises of the. outside world will not penetrate its walls. In the summer it is to be cool, and in the winter warm. It is built on the principle of the vacuum flask, its outside walls being double and the space between pumped free of air. The building is thus rendered proof against the ineursion of sound, heat and cold. x * * Hinstein finds American girls the most beautiful in the world. The Americans find this theory much easier to understand than his last. . * s * WHEN a thrifty Scotsman dropped his purse overboard from a Continental liner he sorrowfully said good- bye to it. Burses falling into Davy Jones’s locker usually. stay there. But this purse fell into the clutches of a crab, which, though unable to find in it anything of value, kept it tightly clenched in its claws. It may. have been this very. greed which was’ the crab’s undoing; at any rate, it was

not agile enough to get out of the way of a Grimsby trawler’s net, and it was caught, purse and all, That is the end of the story, so far as the crab is concerned. The Grimsby trawler’s owner, more inquiring than the crab, found an address inside the purse, and restored it to its owner in Holland. Ld * ns THE first man to patent a special camera for taking a moving picture by means of a continuous strip of sensitised material, was the Englishman William Friese-Greene, who took out his patent in 1889, Nearly every motion picture camera in use today is based on the original design of Friese-Greene. His patents ran out because he had not the money to renew them, and he died poor. : Ed ™ _ * Now that we are actually making talking pictures in New Zealand, it is interesting to note that the. first cinema audience in England was composed of policemen. "One night in 1895," says Mr. Edward Cussy in his "Discoveries and Inventions of the Twentieth Century," the attention of the police was called to loud cries proceeding from a building in Hatton Garden. On entering, they found that what. they had suspected to be a grim tragedy to be a joyful demonstration, which attended the first successful attempt to show moving pictures on the screen. The show was reepated for their benefit, and they were the first people other than Mr. Paul X, a scientific instrumental-maker and inventor, and his assistants, to become familiar with this new invention." At a very early date moving pictures were shown in this country. : ¢ s s IR JAMES CRICHTON-BROWNHE, ~ a celebrated physician and mental specialist, observed that all Rossetti’s wom have long necks and a number of them suffer i:ore or less from enlargement of the thyroid gland. With the Roman woman, a slight degree of goitre was thought to enhance beauty; with Rossettii it seems to have been almost essential to his conception. of it. ea = 2 At Munich, where many music-lov-ers make their way every summer to enjoy the perfect production of Wagner’s operas, there is a Wwonderful bathing-place on the river and quite close to the town. In the cabins they have a clever device for keeping out thieves while bathers are in the water, There is a revolving disc inside euch cabin which discloses various ames in succession. When the occupant goes out he has to turn the dise opposite one particular name, and on his return this name as well. as the number of the cabin has to he given to the attendant, who verifies it

-_- before granting admission. An excellent idea this for our apvroaching bathing season in New Zealand. s * » ERE is. something to pass. on to your husbands, sons or brothers in order that they may prolong their lives. In order to ward off the ill-ef-feets of nicotine, consider well this remark: "A smoker who relights 4 pipe or cigar absorbs more poison than he would from ten ordinary smokes." s "THERE are many women living alone in places where there is scant accommodation for the storing of under wear. The following suggestion has the advantage of being at the same time cheap and effective. Obtain a good-sized box from the grocer and have the lid hinged. Then cover the whole box with anything you prefer, eretonne, or, better still, American eloth, which will keep out the damp. Next fix castors on it or domes of silence if your floor is slippery. Add a padlock and make a loose covering for the whole, and you have a box ottoman which will not only serve as a linen chest but afford you a comfortable seat by the fire. e ae GMALL bachelor flats for business women are the crying need of the day. Some are in existence, but not nearly enough to supply the demand. One such establishment which I visited some time ago tad twelve small self-contained flats, each with its own bathroom and kitchenette. Plentiful hot water was supplied by an electric hot water service, and there was an electric radiator in the: sitting-room, thus avoiding the necessity for cleaning up a fireplace. Cooking was done by electricity and the tiny kitchenette was replete with all. the latest electrical laboursaving devices: To business women who

are out all day, such an easily-kept flat is a real boon, affording, as it does, the comfort of a good hotel and the joy of a home. * * To win a £10,000 prize in competition for the best idea for a film scenario, was the welcome success achieved by Miss Fannie Hurst, who has just been entertained in London by a number of HEnglish novelists. She is said to be the best paid short story writer in the world. * * * LeONDon’s newest theatre, the Cambridge, will provide enterprising housewives with many interesting ideas for home decoration. Here are a few of the possible ones: Metal chairs with can seats painted to match the colour of the room, Silver, gold and bronze leaf in graduated bands of colour on one wall. British-made Wilton earpets having geometrical designs in variety of tones of a single colour. Similar modern designs in rubber flooring suitable for kitchens, bathrooms, and halls. Washable canvas for upholstered chairs. * * + KNOW most women clean their baths with kerosene, but why not make a paste of whiting, using kerosene? The kerosene is a grease solvent, and whit- ing is so mild an abrasive that it will not scratch the enamel. After rubbing on well, rinse thoroughly with hot water, s s s HA you ever spilt ink on a tweed costume? I have, and I tried everything I could think of to take it out. A friend suggested that I saturate the stains with turpentine (I’ve done that for paint), and let it remain for an hour or so. Then sponge the part clean with cold water. Would you believe it, it came out as easily as possible. . Ly s THERE are a great many ideas in circulation, and all of them good, for cleaning aluminium ware. Here is one, however, that I defy not to move the most stubborn stain. Mix finely sifted wood ashes with enough vinegar to make a paste, and rub until the stain disappears, * = ‘HE proper way to fold a coat for packing is to lay it out perfectly flat, with the wrong side down. The sleeves should be spread out smoothly and then folded back to the elbow until each end of the sleeve is even with the collar. Fold the revers back, and then double the coat over, folding it directly in the centre, and then smoothing it out carefully. " Fy * * R. TON MJOEN, of Norway, speaking at a Eugenics Conference held in Hngland recently, had some very pungent criticisms to make on the present education of women at the universities, which, he declared, were the graveyards of our best stock. The education of women should not be masculine, according to Dr. Mjoen. We should, in the training of women, teach biology-renewal of the family chemis-try-nourishment of the family; hy-giene-protection of the family, and Similar. sciences, which would attract the interest of our girls toward the home, instead of the present education, which is turning them away from the home,

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