WHAT WE WOMAN THINK

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 26, 9 January 1931, Page 31

WHAT WE WOMAN THINK

A — ‘yr you want to look really smart wear a tailor-made suit. This ‘year they are most fashionable in shades of nigger-brown and dark oatmeal, and they should- be worn with darker coloured shoes and bags to match. The gloves: and stockings should match the suit. To make starch always seems an ef-. fort, so why use it when there is a labour-saving substitute? Would you like to know. the secret? Well, I'll tell you: what I do. I use a dessertspoonful of methylated spirits to each quart of water, and I use it in the last tinse only. This does more than stiffen ;-it also gives a gloss and brightthe.colour, Try it next time inMes of: starch, and give your opinion of wee * * pun ‘atext eccentricity of a St. James’ restaurant in London is green beer, the colour of creme-de-menthe (says a London daily). Surprisingly enough, this exotic: liquid comes from: an old Scottish brewing firm in Edinburgh ‘than which nothing could be more orthodox.. It tastes exactly the same as ordinary beer, and is, + believe, dyed with red cabbage! I suppose that, conversely, if you used green cabbage you would get red beer! oe =x =

A DELIGHTFUL New Year or birthday present which can easily be made at home is a picnic basket. Buy a luncheon. cane basket which fastens with a rod,-and paint this blue, or ) any colour you prefer, inside and out. Then buy for it pretty paper napkins to match, and eardboard tumblers and plates. Then: ask your chemist to supply you with very small bottles for salt and pepper, a larger one to hold sugar, anda still larger one for milk. To make your gift more attractive and artistic paint:the glassware with a bright ‘Cubist design, which can be traced on by using red carbon paper. The complete present ‘will be very in-"-expensive. e gS x [® you are so unfortunate as to get tar stains on your best silk stockings, try treating them with an organic solvent such as benzine, carbontetrachloride, or xylene... Rub the stain thoroughly, and then wash it in hot soapy water. If the stain is very . hard, rub a little lard into it as thorughly as possible, leave for an hour or yvo so that the lard can soften the ta Then give it an ordinary washingt Repeat several times if necessary. * og or SUCCESS in baby welfare depends greatly on punctuality and diet. Both are secrets of success where nursery life is concerned, You will notice that the modern healthy baby is not given soppy milk foods which are detrimentdl to its teeth and digestion, but instead it is given hard crusts and rusks. A one to two-year-old child

should be given for breakfast buttered toast, barley jelly or strained porridge. The mid-day meal--should consist of vegetables, with potatoes and breadcrumbs mixed with gravy, and milk puddings. To vary this menu, egg, fish, custards, baked apples, junket, fresh cream-never "forgetting spinach -make excellent health producing food. Stewed liver should be given now and then, as this is invaluable as growth food. With the care, study and thought that is being given to the first years of a child’s life, it is no wonder New Zealand produces-such a fine healthy type of men and women. OW that we have at last some real sun to burn and brown’ us we at once begin to think of some protective measures for the complexion. One of the best of these toilet aids is cucumber cream, and it very easy to make. Use six medium-sized cucum-

bers and clean them well with a damp cloth. Cut into slices about one-third of an inch thick, and- put these with six ounces of oil of sweet almonds into a jar. Stand the jar in a pan-of cold water, place on a stove, and bring slowly to boiling point. . Simmer for four or five hours, and -then strain the juice out through.a muslin cloth. To each 6oz. of the liquid.add. loz. of white wax and 2o0z. of lanolin. Boil up the water in the pan. and place in it the jar with the cream mixture, Stir well until all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Remove the jar from the hot water and keep on stirring rapidly until the cream sets. * uF a. HB present-day beauty parlours are aiming to give their clients a clear, transparent skin of glowing health. The healthy open-air look is being cultivated by means of "mudpack" treatments. Perhaps now the sun has appeared this will no longer be necessary. . HH newest designs for glassware, especially for the table, follow the simplest lines. Grotesqtie .‘shapes "have given way to dignified,: almost austere, designs. At dinner the other evening I saw a beautiful set of decanters, claret jug, glasses and finger-bowls, all. in the palest shade of golden amber, set off by table-mats:of delicate- lace.. For

those who still like a touch-of the fantastic, there is a new design of cutglass, on which quaint figures-are engraved by the revived method ‘of flinteutting, each glass having a different figure. Or again, colours appearing to be woven into the glass in waves and lines produce a rather attractive: effect, particularly on centre bowls and. vases. This is achieved by actually weaving bands of colour round the bowl while it is still soft, and the subsequent melting into the glass gives a lovely blending of colour. This very’ modern glassware is turned out by one of the oldest firms in Hngland, which goes to prove that English business firms are not so conservative as one is generally led to suppose. ge & * (THERE are very few people know what a wonderful difference it makes to bacon or ham if you soak it in milk overnight, before cooking it for break-

fast the next morning. It makes it de liciously tender and also takes away any over-saltin? that may exist. eo ie » TTPHE plumber’s shop window has_ become a thing of beauty. One does not pass by now without stopping, for some of the modern wash-hand basins are most attractive. They are not only’ to be had in white, but in primrose yellow, blue, green or pink. To match these, fascinatingefittings can be procured, such as porcelain shelves of the same colours. These basins with chromium-plated taps, or enamelled taps to match, make quite an artisti: accessory in the bedroom and a great improvement on the old-fashioned washing: stand. In all the modern hotels these basins are superseding them also. * = * NE glance at the railway signalling school whcih has been opened by the London and North-Hastern Railway Company at York would settle any boy’s mind that the ideal life is that of a railwayman (says a correspondent in the "Daily Mail’). Here. set out in every detail, not only. with signals and lines and points, but working signalling apparatus and the latest electric signalling lights, is a model railway true to scale. Although ‘it . would be a boy’s heaven, it is serving the useful. and serious purpose of teach- _

ing railwaymen to use’ the most modern signalling methods. By electrical connection with.a model engine it is possible to stage emergencies caused by weather or accidents. There is also a fully equipped signal box working. in conjunction with four other boxes, and instruction is given in fixed, hand and detonating signal working during fog, working station yards or level crossings, and such emergencies as out-of-gauge loads, There is also technical training with full-sized points and signals. The whole apparatus has been built by railway. experts. . % * a NEW nursery fashion in children’s presents this year (says a writer in the "Daily Telegraph") are un* breakable, stainless, washable and heat-proof trays with famous nursery tales told in pictures and words en>+ ey jed upon them. Princess Mary bought two, one a- Cinderalla tray and the other illustrating six nursery rhymes. : * " . * "THOSE of you who have tweed skirts, of which the coat haS shown signs of wear sooner than the skirt, will be pleased to know that it is again fashionable to wear plain cloth ‘coats. with the tweed skirt, but you must remember to have a belt for the coat of tweed to match the skirt, and points of tweed inlet on the sleeves and collar. . eS > * ISCUSSING the effect of electricity on ecommerce, an English’ writer states that the British Blectrical Development Association -has more thaa justified its existence. .The excellence of its results is obvious to all-results which have been brought about by very extensive and skilled advertising. It has made better lighting possible and thereby assisted commerce, for a brightly lit shop is its own advertisement. By so doing they increase the output in a hundred’ other industries, thereby improving the labour market. More con: sumption of current means more labour in the coal, chemical, and engineer-

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs, and ends in iron chains. The more business a man has to do the more j he is able to accomplish, for he learns to economise his time.

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ing industries. More electricity means more lamps and apparatus for its consumption, more cables, more generators, and more transformers, which proves without a doubt that by judicious and widespread advertisement the labour market is improved and unemployment materially assisted. * *. bd PHAKING at the dinner in Hyde Park Hotel, in aid of the Girton College building fund, Mr. Stanley Baldwin gave an account of his’ first encounter with a Girton girl. "My first acquaintance with a Girton girl," he said, "was rather of an alarming nature. It. was when I was 17, I Was very shy, and knew nothing of women. I met her at a dance, and she told ‘me that men: had no natural modesty. I had never thought about the subject before, but I felt instinctively that they had." In more serious vein he added later on: "For centuries we men have moulded the world, and we can see now what we have made of it. ‘We welcome the work that educated women can do." [tT is the very young with fair hair ' who can really successfully wear black. Jet for evening wear is going to be all the vogue; and nothing is more distinguished than a fine Russian mesh covered with sparkling. jet beads. If any of you ever contemplate bringing a jet beaded frock out from EDngland, be very careful what happens to-it during the tropics. I had one brought out, and the heat was so intense it took all the brightness off. the beads in patches. Next time Ill see it comes inthe refrigerator! ba *. -* EWELLERY made by hand from sheet pewter will delight the artistic woman. Very effective buckles for hat-bands or belts can be made from the unpolished beaten pewter, and when: set with semi-precious stones such as lapis-lazuli, cornelian or agate the effect is very smart. Coal brooches, jn which are encrusted square or rounded amethysts, are being worn at the neck on soft grey or black frocks. A novel New Year gift would be a set of jewelled pewter toilet table accessories, or for single presents a candlestick or: blotter of painted wood ornamented with beaten pewter would pe most attractive. /* = e FASHIONS in furs are ever-chang-ing. . At present the fashion is for snow-white ermine-rather beyond the purse of the average woman. There’s no denying that ermine coats cut in simple and graceful lines are more than. attractive for those who ean afford them. However, American women are all in favour of pale grey broad tail lamb with large collars and cuffs of dark mink. This. attire is also more within the means of millionaires’ banking accounts.

N the shop windows during our festive season were to be seen amus-ing-little dogs to add to the gaiety of the bathroom. There was one sitting up in front of his kennel beg: ging. Both he and the kennel were of coloured rubber sponge and their duty was to hold the toothbrush, Quite nearby, in the same shop, was a cata very beautiful one-sitting up and looking very superior with his head held high because he had a pink bow on. His duty was to provide sweet verbena scented salts for my lady’s bath, 2 s 2 Now that hot weather is coming to stay (we hope) nobody will feel like eating roasts of beef at the end of a long day, so the following recipe for fish in jelly may be useful: Cook any white fish, using only just enough water to cover, and flavour with a few peppercorns and lemon juice. When ready lift out the fish and strain the liquid. Measure this, season to taste, adding a little white wine or sherry, and dissolve in it an ounce of gelatine to each pint. Remove any skin from the fish, lift it carefully from the bone and arrange neatly in a china mould. Garnish with slices of hard-boiled egg, eucumber or. tomato, pour the jelly over and leave to set. Turn out and serve with mayonnaise salad.

ALISON