A Column for Ladies.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 March 1910, Page 4

A Column for Ladies.

SPRING FASHIONS,

Tt is probable that tbe long coat will not be so favoured next spring if one can judge by rumours from Continental fashion centres (says an English newspaper). For instance, in Vienna, now regarded as tbe birthplace of tailor-made anid two- ' piece suits, coats just to the waist f line are being worn by tbe women - whose costumes count. The charm of this little coat would be greatly f enhanced by a good lining, linings 1 playing a very important part in all .sorts of coats and wraps this winter. It is no uncommon thing 1 to see a perfectly plain exterior enriched with encrustations of lace, 1 appliques, dimante insertion, etc.. ] on the side which is usually regard- i ed as being of small account, as it 1 is seldom seen. ( 1 The same authority observes that there are two styles of toques being offered at the present moment which the woman who has to study economy will do well to avoid. One is the heavily-draped "Tndian turban" toque, with its swathings gathered together in a large rosette, and held by a huge cabnchon; and the other is that remarkable confection more resembling an inverted cako tin covered Avith material than a liortion of a Avoman's toilet. T oese ultra styles are all very Avell wlien 1 their possessor has no need to. wear : than a very few times indeed, and can pick and choose her millinery according to tbe precise feeling of the moment; but anything more unbecoming to the average Avoman Avhen "feeling out of sorts," or othenvise discontented with life in general, it would indeed be difficult to find. Both these styles, moreover, are likely to die exceedingly quickly, and then the Aveariaig of thejn would be a positiA-e crime. WHERE HUSBANDS ARR EXPENSIVE. There .are 5,000 schatchens (JeAA'isb marriage brokers) in Xew York, and assert that the old scale of doAvers no longer attracts the HebreAV young man into wedlock. The "New York Times" quotes a scshatchen as saying the common uneducated man .in" business, at a salary of not more than £o a week, can iioav reasonably exnect to get £100 Avith his Avife. Saloon-keeping ranks about the lowest of all on tbe schatchen's list, vet, only a Aieek ago, a young man, "tAvo years out of Russia," an assistant' barkeeper, "refused even to look at a match Avith £200." He expected .CfiOO. The schatchein declared this to be exorbitant, for, she explained. CfiOO is the regular price of a medical school graduate. An ordinary callege- graduate now commands £100 Avith his bride. A medical, legal, or dental beginner, wifli no practice at all can obtain GfiOO in tbe marriage market, aaliile one with an established business expects to receive anvAvhere from £1200 to £.*),000 through the scliatchen. ECCEXTTH 0 COUNTESS. The late Countess of Baugelct, who was buried recently at Benjiiiiont. near Clermont-Ferrand, has established a claim to eccentricity by her will. The countess avlio Avas 77, left £22,000 to tbe town of. Riom. as a mark of appreciation for M. Clementel, its Mayor. M. Olonieiitel, who is one of the vicepresidents of tbe Chamber, is .also a deputy of Riom. The local band was paid £-(0 on condition that it played Chopin's funeral march in every village and before every inhabited house, ou the route covered by the funeral procession, a distanceof tAvelve miles. The band earned the gratuity by taking the funeral march in relays, playing it lil'ty-seven times in all. The musicians were suffering from physical exhaustion Avhen the graveside Avas reached. v The deceased, notwithstanding that she Avas a widoAV, in her Avill insisted that she was entitled to the mourning coiour, white, usually observed for young girls. Sho accordingly ordered that the coffin, its pall, the fhnvers placed upon it, the hearse, and the horses, should be white. All the conditions, Avith tbe exception of that of the horses, Avere complied Avith. Only one white horse was to be found in the Avliole district, and this animal Avas harnessed to the funeral car. The tombstone also is to be of white, and after the usual inscription is to be a notification that the countess Avas a maiden lady. THE MAX IX XEEI). Th.s dirj'.'tor of a matrimonial ageucv says the young girls ask only "Who is he?" "The young AvidoAvs: ""What is his position ?" The old AvidoAvs: "Where is he?" HUSH CAKES. Taice ill) i'our, 2lozs butter, Jdj sugar, 3 eggs, a small teaeupful milk, 2 tablespoonfuls baking pow- ■ der. .Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; then add yolks of eggs one by one, beating each thoroughly out i of sight. Next add milk and Hour * alternately: the baking poAvder, and s one of the Avhites, very stillly beaten. I'our into a carefully battered • tin, and bake in a quick oveoi l'or ■ about lialf-an-liour. Turn out; « when cool split, and put half of the ■ following mixture between and half ' ou the top Mixture: ill) grated I chocolate, ill) icing sugar, 2 whites a little vanilla essence. .Rub the sugar through a sieve; put into a basin Avith the chocolate., thou add the Avbites Avell beaten, and the Havouring. Spread on cake. MUCH-MARK lISD MULLER. Quite a lively spectacle Avas presented in Hobokcn, New York, recently, Avhen a man named Emil von Mueller, Avho posed as a German baron, Avas brought back from California, Avhere he Avas captured by the police to amsAver the. charge of bigamy. Mueller's record as a bigamist very nearly equals that of tbe famous Chicago "Bluebeard," Joliann Hocli, avlio Avas hanged at , Chicago a few years ago for murdering ono of his numerous "Avives." ' There is no charge of murder ; against Mueller, but bigamy and SAvindling. He apparently is the j hero of between fifty and sixty matj rimcnial alliainces, and for the last j dozen years or so Mueller has made a very comfortable living by the ' practice of "marrying" various j Avomen and afterwards decarilping r with their money. ] bike other bigamists, ho declares that finding Avomen to marry him is "the. easiest game in the AA'orld," i and in his case it certainly has prov- . Ed so. He has been known under I different names, but the best knoAvn 3 are those of Yon Mueller and Yon dor Hagen, and he has probably committed bigamy in fifteen or twenty States. He Avas brought back from Cali- |. fornia on the direct charge made by j a NeAV York Avoman, Miss Verheli mann, whom Mueller married in . Hoboken. It seems that the big- . amist lived Avith this "Avife," AA'ho, 5 as far as the police can ascertain, . is number fourteen, for a Aveek or j two, and, having persuaded her to ! draAV from the bank all her money, ; which amounted to about £600, he . made off with it and. left her desti- > tute. "When Mueller, escorted, by 'the police, arrived at the Jersey City

railway station, Miss Verhelmann and two other women wliom lie liad niso victimised were present, and on sight of the bigamist they made a rush for him, and for a few minutes there was a scene, of great disturbance. "SAW IT JN THE PAPER!" i lie other day, little Mrs Golightly was talking to hor husband, juid happened to mention that she had seen in the paper that Aldcrnvnm Jones had died on Sunday. "Yes, bub.it was a mistake, love," said her husband. "Mr .Tones, poor fellow, died 011 Monday." "l?nt the paper said Sunday." "J know it did," said he, "but it was an orror in the print." "Yes, T thought so, too, at first; but T bought seven copias of the paper, and it was the same, George, im all of them. They certainly couldn't have made the same, mistake over and over again."