THE LADIES’ WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2714, 20 January 1910, Page 3

THE LADIES’ WORLD.

OTHER DAYS. OTHER FIGURES'.

OH, ■•where are the maidens of yesterday, With their shirt-waists white and peek-a-boo? “They are gone,” we lament with

glint of a tear, And their hasty departure we cannot but rue. Oh, where are the visions of nineteen eight, With their chic waist-lines and elbows slim? They too are far and away out of date, But we sigh for a glimpse of their forms so trim. Arms browned by the sun no more oo we i:ee. Nor shoulders so dainty and white’and fair; For sleeves by the yard are now iadi.ion’s decree, And man and old Sol are both in despair. For summers ago no the heart or is pines / When Helen’s neat figure was s econd to none; For now, in a gown with all vertical lines, She looks for the world like the numeral one. —Littell McClung. SUMMER AND SLEEP. The reason that summer is wearing on many persons is that more ule-cp is lost than is realised. Hot nights easily induce late hours. One dislikes going to bed at 10 or half- I , past 10 o’clock, as is the habit in cold weather, and sits up several hours later than she- is accustomed to do. On hot nights sleep is broken, and the early morning light curtails slumber at the end of the day. For a week or so this makes very little difference, but by the end of three hot months the continued loss of sleep makes itself felt. The woman who wishes to get the best rest out of her summer will go to bed early, whether she feels so inclined or not. If her room i s stuffy, she will do everything to get a current of air. Many 'women swelter at night through cowardice. Fearful of robbers, they lock doors rather than leave thorn open for a cress draught. Much more to be dreaded is fatigue from spending hot, restless, often sleepless nights. When boarding an open door is possibly out of the question, but try to induce the landlord to put up—or let you put up—the slat swinging doors, much used* now in country houses. These fix in the door jam, give privacy, but escape floor and top of door by live or six inches, enough to give a current of air and keep out intruders. Keep a. light fan by. the bed, one that can be used with little effort. Five or ten' minutes’ slow, regular fanning will generally woo sleep on the hottest night. Outwitting early daylight is a harder problem for the woman who wakes easily. To shut out the sun means shutting out air. With slat shutters the difficulty is more easily regulated. Without them have dark green shades that can be pulled down and fastened to the inner edge of the sill. This prevents blowing, lots in air, but sensiblv darkens the room.

One woman keeps a darlc green shade such as isjworn to shield the eyes from electric fight. When the sun shines on her bed in the early morning she dons the shade and quickly hills asleep again. The chief cause of sleeplessnes on summer mornings is less sunlight than Hies and mosquitoes. Screens in the window are an economy, if only to give, an extra nap each day. If you cannot afford regular screens, anyone can tack up netting outside the window from top to bottom. Remember summer is more healthful and more endurable il vour sleep is not disturbed. TWO TYPES OE WOMEN—THE

ONE WHO KNOWS

She lowers the gas full half as soon as tho food is boiling, knowing that the lower heat will keep it boiling. Spends her dessert money lor iruit or custard (puddings instead of costly pies. Utilises every scrap of food, turning soup meat into croquettes, breadcrumbs into scalloped cashes, cold vegetables into salade, and cold cereals into batter-breads or into soups. Uses sweet beef dripping instead of butter for cooking wherever possible, realising that it will furnish fat just as wholesome and many times as cheaply. . , ' Pares her potatoes as thinly as possible, remembering that the only really valuable part is next the skin. Bakes her own bread, if possible, and, if not, keeps enough ahead to supply her family with it twcnty-foui hours old. Makes her butcher send home the bones from the roast she has bought, and pops them in her stoek-pot. Buys only seasonable food. THE'ONE'WHO DOES NOT KNOW. Leaves' the gas burning full until the food is eoo'lccd. Buys oysters for her husband, in the belief "that she is giving him superior nourishment. Puts time and money into indigestible pics. Throws away left-over food. ' Uses butter in cooking when dripping could be used instead. Pares her potatoes carelessly. Buys fresh bread every day. Lets the butcher keep the bones from the ro-ast she has bought. Gives her family food which is “out of season” and costly.

RECIPES. ALPINE EGGS. Four new-laid eggs, 6oz of grated cheese, loz of butter, one dessertspoonful of vinegar; pepper and salt to taste. Butter a shallow disli and line it with nearly al] the cheese, pour vinegar over, and break the eggs on top very carefully, not breaking the yolks; season with pepper! and salt. Take the rest of cheese mixed with a little chopped parsley, and sprinkle' over eggs. Put butter in small pieces on top. Place in a hot oven and bake for ten minutes. VEGETABLE PIE. One. teacupful of carrots, cut into small squares, one teacupful of French beans, two teacupfuls of sliced potatoes, a little light-colored stock, a teaspoonful of butter, and seasoning. Put the carrots, beans, and potatoes into a. pan; almost cover with stock. Add seasoning and butter, and stew till tender. Put the mixture into a medisli, and add a few small smogs of parsley, and some choked onions. Have ready four or five potatoes, boiled and mashed ; add to them two teaspoonfuls of butter, a little pepper, and a teaspoonful or two of beaten ego-, and milk. Mix well together, and cover the top of the pie neatlv with potato mixture. Marie round edge and brush with egg and bake brown.