A Section For Women

By "Therese"

On Keeping Cool

THE problem of keeping cool is always one that troubles tropic dwellers.

There are so many things to be taken into consideration: clothes, food, skin, hair and entertainment, too.

The clever woman takes time by the forelock and says, “Now is the time to bother about my appearance.” When people see her, they say, “Isn’t it amaz ing how Mrs. So-and-So always looks so cool and well dressed. She must be one of the lucky ones who doesn’t feel the heat.” But Mrs. Sp-and-So feels the heat every bit as much as they do —but she takes measures to combat it, knowing that half the battle lies in preparing for it.

After you have had your morning bath, rub yourself down with toilet water or eau-de-Cologne and, of course, a sprinkle of lightly perfumed dusting powder. When cleaning your face, be careful to remem ber your skin tonic, as it helps to keep the muscles toned up, making the skin feel new-born and fresh.

Brush your hair smoothly behind your ears and cut down on the curls. Fussy hair with lots of fringe and ringlets makes you look hot. Have a neat nape clean lines are cool lines.

Wear a light make-up. Heavy rouges

and lipsticks are not consistent with heat, and dark powders cake and grow Veliow in corners.

Be just as particular about the cut and fit of your washing frocks as you are about the more expensive dresses. The simpler you keep washing frocks, tne cooler and smarter they look, and they have the added virtue of easing the laundry problem. Frills and flounces or anything fussy on a light frock are apu to look hot, which is well on the road to feeling hot.

WE are all apt to get tired of pastel shades, however charming we think them. So if you have always worn light shades why not have a change?

Wear thin dark materials; with light accessories they look unbelievably cool and two tone shoes enhance the effect.

Try a navy linen or shantung, a voile or a washing sheer, and add a pale yellow collar and buttons: or wear brown with lime green or a black linen with white pique for afternoon.

Red, purple and bright blues are not suitable for hot climates. Dead white is not good either; it is too dazzling and shows every crease and mark. Off-white is excellent and is a delightful back ground for touches of colour and con trast.

Be more than a “change-daily girl”.

Change twice a day and see that your lingerie is fresh and immaculate—it is most important for your comfort and ap pearance. Change your stockings twice a day too, your dress as often as you can and your shoes equally as often. In the privacy of your room, wear spotted muslin negligees or house gowns of voile or dimity.

Don’t wear tight sleeves with tight fit ting armholes; high fussy necklines; tight shoes; warm colours; or heavy jewellery. Don’t wear patent leather, it scorches in the sun and draws the feet.

And don’t say, “Phew isn’t it hot?”

In Step With Comfort

CARE of the feet is all important in the tropics and you should give them as much coddling as you do your hands.

The result will be well worth while—your disposition will be better, your face will lose its strained look, your walk will be come graceful and your health improved.

Begin with your shoes. Be reckless and throw away every pair that pinches and presses. Get new ones, long enough and wide enough to let you wriggle your toes in them freely, yet fitting enough to give you support. See that they are close fit ting in arch and heel. Buy different models for different purposes, if neces sary.

Don’t fall into the habit of wearing the same shoes all day long. Wear low heeled broad-toed shoes for walking and practi cal work, and save your high heels for formal occasions. Be sure to keep your shoes always in good repair. Worn heels and broken down shoes are the easiest path to discomfort.

It is difficult these days to find a woman who hasn’t a corn or two. Tem porary relief is made easy by use of one of the correctives on the market; but once the pain has been stopped and the hard kernel removed don’t be tempted to go back to the short narrow-toed shoes which caused the trouble!

Callouses on your soles are a sign that your weight is not evenly distributed on your feet. Perhaps your posture is at fault, or you may have a weakness in your foot structure. It is a good idea to consult a chiropodist next time you come South; he will find the cause of the

trouble and advise you how to overcome it. In the meantime, it helps a lot to rub the horny spots with pumice stone each day after your bath.

STOCKINGS, too, are a big considera tion in foot fit should be perfect, not Just approximate.

There is nothing more uncomfortable than a stocking that twists at the heel and drags into the sole of the shoes. An ill-fitting stocking simply discounts the most careful choice of shoes and can cause equally as much foot discomfort as a badly-fitting shoe.

When your feet are swollen and aching and the soles burn, prompt comfort is what you need. Here are some simple ways to get it. Take off your shoes and stockings and lie down with your feet higher than your head. To relieve ten sion in feet and ankles, remove your shoes and arch the left foot until it is limp, then repeat with the other foot several times.

Aching feet enjoy massage, so rub •cream or soothing lotion all over them.

Brace your thumb on the instep and work deeuly into the ball of the feet, kneading 'between the bones qt the in step. Finish by stretching each toe. Then remove the cream with witch-hazel.

Summer Salads

SALADS are aways good fare for tropic climes, so he?e are a few that are different.

Crab and Cucumber Three-quarter cup sliced cucumber, I cup vinegar, 14 cups boiling water, I cup cold water, flaked crab meat. I teaspoon castor sugar, 2 tablespoons gelatine, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, pepper, 2 table spoons chopped parsley, I teaspoon salt.

Season cucumber with pepper and salt.

Cover with vinegar, saving I cup for jelly. Soak gelatine and stir until dis solved. Cool and add a little green vege table colouring if desired. Strain on to cucumber mixed with parsley. Pour a little mixture into individual moulds; when set, add sliced cucumber dipped in liquid jelly and arrange in pattern on layer of set jelly. When firmly in posi tion, add another layer of jelly and leave till set. Then add flaked crab to taste and remainder of jelly. When quite firm, turn on to a dish lined with lettuce leaves. Serve with mayonnaise flavoured with tomato sauce, ‘well beaten in.

Salmon Salad One tin salmon, 2 hard boiled eggs, some mayonnaise, capers and lettuce.

Remove sxin and bones from salmon, but do not break up. Place in a dish and pour a good mayonnaise over it. Sprinkle with capers. Arrange lettuce leaves round the dish and garnish with hard boiled eggs, cut in quarters.

Pineapple Salad Line a bowl with lettuce leaves. Put in a mixture of finely chopped pineapple and cubes of tomatoes and finely chop ped onion. Season with salt and pepper and cover with salad dressing. Quantity according to size of family. 1 omato Salad Take six even sized tomatoes. 3 table spoons grated cheese, 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts, 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion, 1 teaspoon chopped pars ley, 1 dessert spoon whipped cream (tin ned cream will do), mayonnaise and let tuce leaves.

Cut off tops of tomatoes and scoop out centres. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and a little castor or ordinary sugar.

Mix tomato pulp with cheese and nuts,

onion, parsley and cream. Season with salt and cayenne. Mask top with a little thick mayonnaise and set each tomato on a lettuce leaf.

Original Recipe

The following original recipe for grana dilla butter has been forwarded by Mrs. E.

S. Absolon, of Rabaul, New Guinea. 2 eggs well beat"n, two tablespoons butter or Merra-lea, I cup sugar, 1 cup granadilla juice (or seeds).

Method: Mix all ingredients, put in a jug in a saucepan of water for about half an hour. Let it boil until it thickens.

Stir occasionally.

Mr, T, Russell, Resident Magistrate, re turned to Fiji in July, frcm leave.