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FOR WOMEN FOLK. r HOMELY HINTS AND DAINTY DISHES. The lower we stoop to do a kind-ness the higfc-er we rise. Lucky jade for a ring is set across in the form of a bar. Shoes for autumn show a more pronounced point to the toe. A lot of ornamental buttons are u&ed on the now autumn blouses. Housekeepers in Spain use the juice of oranges to elean the floors. The acid proves an excellent substitute for soap. They have lots of oranges in Spain. Try adding a little sugar to the soap when washing the hands. This greatly increases the cleansing powens, and will remove dirt, ahemical stains, &c. The creases can be taken out of velvet and the pile raised by drawing it across a hot iron over which a wet cloth has been spread. If there are pin marks over which the pile refuses to rise, brush it up with a stiff brush and steam it, repeating the operation several times. Headache Remedy IT your head aches or you are nervous, take off your boots and stockings and let your feet breathe by sitting on a choair and wriggling your toes or walking up and down the room. Biackberry Jam Jlenow out perfectly sound berries should be chosen, and they should be heated gently, mashing slightly. To each pound of pulp aUow three-quarters of a pound- of loaf sugar. Bring to boiling point, then simmer twenty minutes, being careful to stir frequently to prevent scorching. Bottled Blackberries After selecting and washing your berries put them on a cool part of the range until the juice begins to come freely, then bring the^kettle forward, bring to the boiling point; cook only long enough to heat the fruit thoroughly, then bottle and seal immediately. Theoe will be found delicious, having retained their full flavour, sugar being added at the table or half an hour before serving. Ruffled Shoulder Wraps There are some women who never feel that their toilet is complete unless around their shoulders is thrown some light fussy wrap euoh as a feather boa., a rufiie, or a lacy shoulder cape. It is not for warmth, not entirely for show that these are worn, but to add comfort, as their patrons do not feel "finished" without this trifling addition. All sorts of dainty conceits in this line are offered this summer, some being very much like the lamp shade ruffles of a few seasons back, with showers of flower petals and strings of dainty ribbons, or trails of flowers to drop down and adorn the front of the wearer's dress. Others are just flounces of lace put on to a shaped foundation, one fioance overlapping the other. Creamy colourings are most general, though somel will have the laces and tnlles arranged upon a coloured silk which glints at every turn through the filmy lace work. Em hroidered flowers, rather heavy embossed-looking deco- rations., are made to hang as a finish around the edge of the less ephemeral shoulder wraps. WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA. English women in South Africa may he divid-ed into three classes. The first may be reckoned as those who are visiting S-outh Africa for health's sake, or who wish to see the country of which so much has been heard, or simply to pay visits to personal friends. To the second belong those whose husbands or fathers hold appointments— military or civil; while the far larger num- ber, whCf may be placed in the third category, consist of women of ail ages who are deter- mined to gain for themselves, if not fortunes, at least good posts and positions in (}a,. Town and Durban, and in such busy inland centres as Johannesburg or Pretoria. The servant question is perhaps the most difficult with which the settler has to con- tend. Many white women have at first a great dislike to black servants, but after a few' months this feeling is overcome. and they -are forced to acknowledge that a native staff has a great deal in its favour. If treated judiciously, with a careful mixture of firm- ness and kindness, the black man or woman becomes a. most satisfactory servant, and is found to be an excellent and efficient worker, The lady colonist has to contend with another diffieulty in the problem of the education of her ohildren. The schools which have been established in South Africa are seldom of a sufficiently high standard to satisfy the requirements of the English-born parents, and it is rarely possible to prevent the children from acquiring a colonial accent, a trick which, once learnt, is nearly impos- sible to lose. Mainly for this reason children are nearly always sent to England to be educated, and, though the cost of such a step is a heavy one, a great many parents will- ingly make any sacrifice in order to secure a home education for their sons and daughters. The emigration societies are sending out a much better class of women than in previous years. A lady is always placed in charge of each outgoing party, and she spares no pains to look a-fter the interests of the girls who are confided to her care. In South Africa it is, of course, easy to obtain a situation as domestic servant, but girk are warned to be as careful in choosing their mistresses as are ladies a.t home in selecting their domestic staff. The hostels for women' which have been founded at Bloemfontein, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Salisbury, and other towns are always presided over by a capable lady, who undertakes to make the most careful inquiries before the girl emigrants are per- mitted to accept situations in town or country, and these homes also confer a great benefit, in providing accommodation to ser- vants when out of place, a charge being made for board and lodging.

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