Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-09-15
|OF INTEREST
| TO women

THE Big Sister Movement" was
discussed In an interesting manner by
Miss Maynard at a meeting of the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Central
Union church at the home of Mrs. J.
d. Anterior on King street this after
noon. Miss Maynard recently came
from the mainland and her review of
the work was most In eresting. There
was a large attendance. a pleasant
hour over the tea cups = following
Miss Maynard's address.
The Princess Polignac. formerly
Miss Winnaretta Singer, has just
opened In Paris the Foundation Sing
or Polignac, an apartment house for
sixty-four families. These are de-
signed to give healthful living condi.
tions for the poor. The buildings arc
OF brick and iron. A room and kitch-
en- may be had for $44 a year; with |
dining room in addition, $50; with two
rooms and large kitchen, $72. and
as the height OF luxury, two rooms,
dining room. kitchen and bedroom,
$50. Thus all rents are below the
800 rate, where taxes begin. A gar
den cost 81 year In addition.
UNIFORMED persons probably would
assume that the begun of Phopal is
a man. Her appearance at the coro- ,
nation, however. revealed the fact of
the femlninity to the English speak
Ing world. The English newspapers
report that her highness was some
what shocked at the height and-to
her mind-masculinity of the English |
women. She has horror of large
extremities and was delighted to
learn that Queen Victoria was a very
small woman. The begun rules over
little Indian state having a popula-
ton of 665,OOO.
Mrs. Willoughby Cummings Is the
first woman to receive the honorary
degree of doctor of civil law from
Kings college, Windsor. Nova SEQ
tia.
Woman school teachers In the high
er schools of Russia have been put
on the same wage schedule as man
teachers, with the same rights in re-
spect to pensions. Wherever discus
sion of the matter took place there
was strong feeling that women
should receive equal pay with men
for equal work.
II you leave white silk ribbon In ,
lingerie when It Is washed It soon
turns an ugly yellow. Pale blue rib
bon will not do this; It washes white /
and stays that color. Marrow linen /
tape can be substituted for ribbon |
In lingerie. II will not wear out so |
badly as silk and keeps its color as
long as 1t is used.
Ginger bonbons are readily made |
by taking oblong pieces OF preserved |
ginger and inserting these In the hol-
lows of fine large dates which have
been stoned. Draw the date together
and roll in powdered sugar.
IL a mayonnaise dressing curdles IN |
the making 1t need not be thrown
away. Set 1t aside until the next day
and when the oil has completely sep
arated from the rest OF the mixture
pour of every drop. gradually beat It
In again, drop by drop Have every
thing very cold and beat quickly. The
work may not be a success, but very
often is. and It is worth while to
make the attempt.
Miss Julia Bracken Wendt has won
the prize offered by the Los Angeles
Political Eqaulity league for the best
poster In favor of equal suffrage. Miss
Wendt's poster represents Justice
seated with her hand on a shield en-
blazoned with the words, "Intelli-
gence Has No Gender" This device
Is to be used on the stationery and
the literature of the league
When the club season opens In New
York club women will be asked BY
the New England Woman's club of
Boston to indorse the resolutions
passed by that body In favor OF in
ternational peace. Mrs. william Cum
mings Story, former state president
and leader of the d. A. r. work. and
publican club, says that 1t is pre-