Ladies Column.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 124, 21 January 1909, Page 3

Ladies Column.

| While I Am Here. 1 Save not the mfcp of your love for mc, • To place them in a gar'and on my bier; I shall not ne» d'them then, for death ?hal! cere ; My eyelids fast, sojthat I shall not see ' Their r. n dia::t beau.y, and their scent

will be But Kpmt for mo in vain: a sigh, a tear

Or two perhaps, is a!l I nsk thee, dear, When I .--hall pass across the crystal s<a. Now, now, while I am here, your tenderness I fain would know, your blossoms bright possess The glow and fragrance of your loving thought, For I while quick and warm do far more crave One tiny bud, one blue forget-me-not, Than countless roses heaped upon my grave. Louella C. Poole, in "Boston Transcript." Times Have Changed

The day of dictating to the domestic how she shall wear her hair indoors and how she shall dress out of doors is gone for ever. G. R. Sfcns.

Next to the Ballroom. It has been said that next to the ballroom the steamer deck ranks as one of the most frequent sites for matrimonial matches. "Throne and Country."

Am Art in Shawls Look at the Venetian woman. Her long shawl can hang loosely and sadly on her shoulders and give an expression of sweetness or energy, of languor or boldnes, in fact, express any shade of temperament. If dres must reflect the personality of the wearer,let ladies wear shawls. —'' Mattino,'' Naples. Disillusioned

A man loves to think a girl an angel beautiful pink and white right through, with no clockwork. The moment she complains of headache or toothache, or a chilblain on the heel, the angel game is off, and she's got to try and bold h#r own as a simple mortal. •

What a Woman Says The true way to success for the suffragist lies in the conversation of their own sex. As long as the great majority of women remain apathetic and indifferent there does not seem much hope of a change. Once the women demand the vote en masse it would be yielded to them next day.— "Rosaline," in "Black and White."

Her Risk There is too much talk about the women in one city or State being better than the women in some other city or State. Whether the man who is looking for a good wife seeks her in the East, in the West, or in the South, and wins her, he cannot make a mistake. She alone is taking the risk. "Inter-Ocean," Chicago. The Origin of Woman

A poet who bas been known to tell the truth recounts this story of his little daughter. Her mother overhead her expounding the origin of the sex to her family of dolls. "You sec, children," she said, "Adam was a man all alone, and was very lonely, so God put him to sleep, took his brains out and made a nice lady of them." Charm versus Beauty

The fact that many plain women have handsome husbands has often been a subject of comment. The explanation is not far to seek. Many women have that subtle quality known as charm without possessing a physical beauty. The fascination of personality outweighs that of a merely beautiful face or figure. Very slight things a tone, a look, the readiness to please by a trifling self-denial often capture a man's affection?. It does not occur to him to think whether the woman who attracts him is plain or handsome. Something in herself more auntie and less showy than her looks has called him to her. Our Feet An expert in character reading asserts that the feet are, in some respects, mor: expressive of character than either the hands or the face. The bony foot, according to this authority, reveals bad temper, while the plump foot goes with an amiable and easygoing disposition. A high instep marks a dignified and sedate character, while a flat foot indicates reliability. It is rarely, if ever, found with the imaginative and romantic type of person. Dulne.-s and lack of intelligence belong' to th<- possessor of clumsy and shapeless pedal extremities. It is worth noting. too, that the foot tends to correspond with the body, a shapely figure going with a shapely T 'oot, a tail figure with a long foot, and so on.

A Perfect Hand. The perfect. hand should have smoothness of quality, the skin must be perfectly even, like rr.nrble. In colour, which shou!i i>e according to the style of th" complexion white, cream, brunette, or olive. It ran also he pink, or rosy, hut r.rvc-r must it on any account i.<- rfd. Tbr- shajK: rr.ust, of course, l'f p"rf»Tt: the: ])alni mu::t Lnpiump, yet not podgy, and the fingers must be long and tapering toward the tops. The fingers cannot well be too long, nor too tapering; the longer and more pointed the better, so far as the bands are concerned. A perfect hand must be graceful; the fingers must act independently. Particularly should the third finger be inclined to curl a little, which is nlway.i a pood point in a hand. Compact, heavy, solid fingers arc never pretty. The wrist should be delicate, not bony nor too heavily veined ; it should be round, and without the wrist or knuckle bone. The fingers should also be round and not flat, and the naila must be long and curved, not round and sharp. Education in Beauty

If the British girls could appear before us with only the charm which characterises them behind the walls of their boarding schools, it would be their contribution to the international education in beauty.- "Le Soir," Brussels.