OF FEMININE INTEREST

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 8, 2 September 1932, Page 24

OF FEMININE INTEREST

By

Patricia

SOME handy hints were given by Mr. Meecham, secretary of the St. John’s Ambulance, from 2ZW when he dealt with various forms of. unconsciousness such as those derived from sunstroke, fits and hysteria. Sunstroke is possible even in. New Zealand, although not frequent, but it is nevertheless essential that care should be taken to see that neither the head nor spine is exposed to the glare of the summer. sun. In the case of fits. see that the mouth is kept open by something that cannot be bitten through, such as a piece of wood, so that the patient does not bite the tongue, at the same time loosening all clothing and allowing ample freedom for the respiratory organs. In the case of a woman who develops that type of hysteria which was at one time considered a woman’s proclivity, the advice is to offer no sympathy, display no interest; in fact, totally ignore her; in fact, complete disinterestedness is the best corrective. A few remarks were made in connection with clothes catching on fire. The advice is not. to rush into the open air, but get a blanket, rug) or similar covering, wet if possible, lie flat on the floor and endeavour to smother the blaze. Failing to have a blanket handy, burning clothes can often be extinguished by lying flat on the floor immediately and rubbing out the flames with the hands. e . a MANY and varied are the lecturettes we listen to over the air, and one that will interest many of my Own sex was on "Corsets" given from 2YA. It appears that women are being carefully catered for in these garments, which to-day are more than ever neeessary if we are to have the correct figure on which to hang the almost skin-tight dresses that are the present vogue. = * = A GHNERATION ago woman had +4 one conventional form, no matter

what mould her anatomy decreed, and that form was willowy with bulges totally unlike anything in nature. Relentless fashion demanded the. mode, and manufacturers made iron-clad stays with strong laces with which to draw in and compress Venus into a figure somewhat resembling a wasp. Since those days the artist, the medical faculty. and anatomists have insisted that the dress-designer shall recognise the five foundation conventional forms: of woman’s figure, and corsets have been made accordingly. To each type there are thirteen variations, and it is therefore possible for every woman to retain or enhance her natural figure without undue discomfort and harm. In spite of physical’ exercises few women are developed so that corsets are unnecessary, and expert advice ghould be obtained if possible when buying these garments. % x 8 "THROW in your weight and pull for the shore was the theme von which Canon Taylor dwelt when appee

und beat well; stir in the flour, etc., adding milk as required. Lastly fold in the stiffly beaten whites of eggs and essence. Pour miaxture into shallow well-greased sandwich tin (6. inches in diameter), and bake in @ moderate oven 80 to 35 minutes. * Fs * . Date Filling-Soak 60z dates in 4 little warm water, remove stones, chop and mix with whipped cream. — Split sandwich in two and spread the top everyone, young and,old, no matter how little their strength, shall pull their oar, so that the boat may, out of the storm and chaos of the waves, reach the shore in safety. His appeal, I feel sure, will not go unrequited. : x % * Waar promises to be a series of interesting recorded talks on "Melody" was commenced from 2ZW on Monday night, the 22nd. These talks are by Sir Walford Davies, whose pianoforte illustrations, played by himself, and those on the violin by Miss Marjorie Hayward, make the subject om

even more fascinating and should be of great assistance to all students and everyone who is interested in music. u : AGAIN listened with, pleasure to Mr. Burrows’s talk from 3YA on an "All Black’s . Impression of. South Africa." It was like going over old ground for me. ‘ This week he aid not speak so much of the places visited as of the people themselves, and he conyeyed the impression that he was not particularly enamoured of the Dutch element. It is a calamity to be greatly deplored that the Dutch are so antagonistic to the British. Ot Mw vd * WER. BURROWS related somé=humorous incidents in connection with native servants, and ‘these, although they would appear to be far-fetched, do really happen. I think the lady Mr. Burrows visited in Zululand was very lucky to have such a thing as 2 washhouse with a copper, as these utilities are scarce even in some of the cities of Natal. I know several péople in Pietermaritzburg who in every other respect have beautiful homes, whose laundry work is done by a native woman in the garden, the clothes being boiled in the ubiquitous kerosene tin, lodged on bricks over a wood. fire. BS s s ‘THE story of the Kaffir servant in Port Elizabeth who, while sitting on the door step cutting bread and butter, had the loaf on his lap, and a lump of butter stuck on his toe, is quite feasible, but this would. not alarm the ordinary South African housewife. She gets used to these things. ‘In spite of these little idiosyncracies, the native, especially the Zulu, as a rule .makes -a good domestic. He has, however, one failing, and that is that periodically he feels it incumbent to go home to his kraal, where he stays for three or four months, and although he usually arranges for a deputy to. take his place, the custom is not always convenient to his employer. * % = Me. BURROWS also told how the Dutch were hated by the natives. It does not need an acute. observer io see this, and probably one of the reasous why the Boer hates the. British js hecause the latter demands that the native gets a fair deal, and is treated like 2 human being. e z * DVICE of the utmost importance was given from 2YA by the representative of the Department of Health with regard to dogs and communication of hydatids to human heings. On an average one death per month occurs in the Dominion, through this disease, generally among young persons, which has been contracted from the dog. The complaint arises from swallowing :the eggs of the tape-worm, which the dog gets from eating uncooked offal. In human beings the disease may show no obvious signs, and may lie dormant. for twenty years. Begs may be carried on the hair, or on the nose of the dog, and transmitted to vegetables in the garden, such

S cabbages and lettuce, and even to atereress. It is therefore essential that all raw vegetables that could be contaminated should be thorough!y cleansed, Very often through ignorance children are allowed to play with dogs, which lick them, and rub against their -mouths, thus allowing hydatic eggs to be absorbed into their systems, and so Jong as it'is not known if a dog is absoIutely free of worms-which he might have contracted in playing with other _dogs-the practice is in every way inimical to children. Dog lovers who ‘lesire their pets to be well ‘and healthy, should see that any offal eaten is thoroughly boiled, that they have clean bedding, and their kennels scalded regularly. Even these precautions are not always enough to free a dog of contamination, as it is impossible to prevent his association with other canines, and a drench should be given him three or four times a year, even if he is not suspected of harbouring hydatids. ye we *

ANY people have been through the "New Forest," that lovely corner of Old England that still retains much of its ancient glories. The name has never been altered since William the Conqueror had it*planted and reserved for the’ Royal’ hunting ground. Mr. — James Deane, president of :the New Zealand Forestry League, gave a delightful talk (8YA). on this natural and national fréasure. There are 60,000 acres of forest, where oaks, beeches, and elms predominate, and though the evergreens of New Zealand have. @ beauty all their own, the deciduous trees of our English forests, with their seasonal change of colouring, are the. glory of the countryside. In the spring, 4 primroses, bluebells, and violets grow ‘ wild in profusion in these lovely woods, while in the winter the scarlet berries of the holly lend a touch of. colour to the sombre greyness of the leafiess trees. For hundreds of years charcoal burning has been one of the chief industries of the Forest, and this highly specialised trade has been handed ‘¢own in families for many generations. There are ruins of churches, abbeys, priories, ete., that date back to the Norman Conquest and before. A stone ‘of great interest is the "Rufus stone," which marks the place where the redheaded king was struck by the arrow wwhich ended his life. These and the ‘queint villages with their thatched cot‘tages dotted throughout the Forest are ‘sights that should not be missed by _those who visit the Old Country. a % cr PROM 2YA Captain Galloway gave an interesting talk on the efforts of Albert Calmette and his confreres ‘to eradicate tuberculosis. With Pas- ’ teur as guide, philosopher and friend, etna vy early discovered that tuberculosis| was mainly contracted by the . digestive tract, and with: untiring en- : ergy promulgated bacilli of bovine type from cattle which had become immune. : His work was interrupted by the Great i War, but upon resumption he was able to demonstrate that his theories were correct, and practical immunity from attack was: achieved when newly-born infants were given his B.C.G. formula to swallow. It was noticed that the mortality rate decreased in this instance from 15.9 per cent. to 3.4 per eent., which is undoubtedly a very encouraging discovery to make. % THMPORARY setback which the method received through the recent. calamitous Lubeck experiment was dissipated when the German Gov-

ernment after exhaustive investigation announced that the catastrophe was due solely to the accidental administration of a culture of human bacilli. Romantie biological discoveries of the great pathologists of all nations make extremely interesting broadcast talks, and I never listen to Captain Galloway without thinking how many hououred names are commemorated in thought only. We always expect to hear of ‘immense numbers when anything appertaining to America is broadeast, and. it was truly astounding to hear that by the efforts. of the Junior Red Cross in the United States the bakers had undertaken to supply with Government flour ten million pounds weight of bread per week for the unemployed, and that 90 per cent. of the bakers were co-operating in the scheme. With this instance of com-

munity service one. will have no doubt that the ultimate aim of the Junior Red Cross to have a ten million membership will have actuality within a very short period. LADY who recently entered the Columbia Broadcasting System, New York, for an audition, asked to be allowed to sing duets, because said she; "my voice is too strong for one person." oo sod * * * HEN travelling with children, whether by car or. train, mothers are well advised to substitute some "pillows" for suitcases. All that is needed are square pillow covers in dark casement cloth or gay eretonne, lined with white or light-coloured fabric, and provided with reliable press studs. Into such receptacles woven at-

tire, underclothes, bathing paraphernalia, dressing gowns, hose, and any soft-odds and ends can be packed, ‘the "nillows" being used for tired little backs and heads throughout the journey. . The idea, where a. party is concerned, relieves those in charge of all trouble in sorting at the journey’s end, as each child can have a case, and if sufficiently grown up be responsible for its transit too. mE * & BASEMENT and other concrete. floors that are uneven can be satisfactorily covered and made even by this method: Fill the cracks and crevices of the floors with cement, and when this is dry and firm overlay the whole floor with a compressed papera substance nearly a quarter of an inch thick, treated with tar. This will resist damp, cold and all the disadvantages of rough, low flooring. Cover, if desired, with linoleum. , * x [zt is interesting to observe that the Gommission on Cultural and Hducational Films recommends in its comprehensive report, "The Film in National Life,".that the cultural future of the English kinema shall be safeguarded by the formation of a National Film Institute on lines similar to the B.B.C. Both kinema and broadcasting can command a national audience. The British system of broadcasting has preserved the programmes from the contact of commercial and sensationalist minds, and the suggested National Film Institute will be designed to free the film from utter slavery to methods of production and exploitation based upon the lowest possible estimate of public taste. It is designed to inspire the *making, the exhibition, and the preser‘vation of films in which the medium of the screen is used for scientific, cultural, educational, and documentary purposes, as well as of pure works of kinematic art. Broadcasting was fortunate to begin in its present form, while the kinema has suffered from thirty years of commercial exploitation. The first and natural reaction will be to suspect its sponsors as being "busybodjes’? who desire to sweep the commercial film out of existence. The report calls for nothing less than the mobilisation of the best brains, resources, and materials of the country for the gigantic task of "national projection," which is in danger of being overlooked in the profit-making schemes of commercialised theatre proprietors, * % % GLASS stoppers that have become wedged can be quickly removed in this way: Wind a piece of string once round the neck of the bottle, leaving both ends free. Pull these ends quickly, one ofter the other, and in a few moments the friction will have warmed and expanded the neck, and the stopper will be loosened. % % * DZDESPITE the generally supposed unpopularity of women announcers, many are still being engaged for the office at several’ important European stations. One has been specially engaged by the Oslo station for the daiiy broadeast of the evening news bulletin. Toulouse V.T.T. now has on its staff Madame Phalibbot, who, apart from her usual studio duties, will be responsible for running commentaries on local events. The Radio Luxembourg has, for for its international publicity transmissions, already engaged the services of 4 woman announcer who is fluent in five Buropean languages.