Social Moods.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 410, 17 March 1904, Page 7

Social Moods.

, DO 1 to a degree, and rightly used, jl«lf senßxtivoneas is a good quality fmtwt ohe to be cherished; '* But :•* [j >;' every fine quality has its defect, however, and the* defect' of an' undue sensitiveness is morbidness. Neve? tor-. tare yourself by wondering if on this or the other occasion -you made' yourself appear ridiculous. If, you wrote a foolish letter, let it go at that. If you made a e ' silJy speech,! Bel comforted. People will not remember it long. If there was ft olever thing, you might have said and did not, remind yourself that there are more days to come and other chances. : =, ■ ; ?.; Don't worry deafe, you went somewhere too earlyor s'ayed too.late.'; Si>;tiiat you . keep your jj engagement' punctiliously, . ' minor Considerations do not matter much. Never imagine that people discuss you when your backis turned: They do not. They are'oeonpied with their own affairs, Be above noticing pin-pricks of neglect. People in general are very kind. They do not mean to be intrusive, officious, or brusque. If they seem indifferent it is because they are : bußy o£ preoccupied. : , ,G6. anywhere' carrying the" sunlight in your face and. music in your.voice, and the moods of those you meet' Will be • responsive to your own. -' -'% VICTIMS TO VANITY. , My lady, as she powders, her-face, may. ~,, pef haps think that, her puff is not the ' right eize, or that it is getting worn out, or possibly something else concerning it, hut probably she does not think of the birds which provide the fluffy down of which that puff is: made. ; "- %•■ ■ Twenty thousand young swans—oygnete, as they are csdlea—are killed annually to provide this down, as well as innumerable young birds of the eider-ducfc and wild-goose kinds. Tfee great number of these are imported: the swans and geese from Norway,. Sweden, and the islands of the Baltic; and the eiders from regions farther north. /■ Twelve average size puffs may be .made from the down of one oygaet, and as that . down costs little over a shilling, it is clear that powder-puff making is a very pro*, fitable business..; ", v .'. , , . " V ~';'..■• The small quantity of down needful for a puff, and the immense number of birds that are sacrificed^or" their 'manufacture, - shows how; many women seek to add to thair charms byrtheuse'df powder.r' ~: ?>;-/• The greatest: demand for puffs comes from Paris and Vienna, and' it is probably not due go much to the women of those cities being vainer than elsewhere, ; but to their fastidiousness in casting aside their powder puffs directly they have lost their pristine freshness. ; ; THE 3&OYAL BABY.: J'« The birth of the baby Prince, the first child of the Prince and Princess of Den- •■ mark, was received with general rejoicing. The happy parents have, made themselves excsediagly popular both in England and in Denmark. This is unsurprising, for, the Princess has always been noted for ■■' the great interest she takes°in all current events. She enters with great spirit f into ' every womanly amusement; Quite early in life she learnt how to putt an-oar* jwou '3 >ik perly and how to skate. She has a splendid seat in the saddle,. and, is t a graceful and spirited rider. She, is a 150,,, an enthusiastic eyolisb. At one time'she took a great iaterest in the model dairy at Sandringhani, and learned the art of butter-making and all the other duties of . a dairymaid. Her bus sand is one of a happy family of four boys'and four girls. Like our own Soyal Family, the Danish Princes and Princetsas were brought up ; in the simplest fashion, As first cousins . the young couple had • known each other from childhood before"... they were betrothed. The Prince is a lieutenant in the Danish Navy, ■ ',