NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9138, 6 May 1908, Page 7

NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

FRUIT FROCKS. London, March 20. ' A new evening- dress is claiming the attention of artistic women. The “bloom.gown” is its name, and the idea originated in the mind of a wellrhnown artist This idea is to simulate the bloom either on fruit or flowers by fashioning a gown of layers of tulle. “The scheme is not exactly new in one sense,” a West End costumier to an Expiess representative]yesterday. “The same idea was carried out in the ‘rainbow’ frock, where layers of different coloured tulles were used.

“The ‘peacock’ dress —another example—was built of brilliant green chiffon under blue tulle, but it remains for this season to introduce the ‘bloom’ gown on the same lines. “The bloom of an apricot is copied by covering white chiffon with an over dress of pink tulle and veiling and that again with yellow gauze or chiffon. “The bloom of a rose can bo most successfully copied by an under dress of silver tulle which is almost entirely hidden beneath layers of rose-pink chiffon, only a glint of the silver being seen. “The grape bloom is imitated by first a layer of white tulle, then black, and finally dull purple. “These ‘bloom’ gowns may seem rather eccentric, but if carried out with care the effect is wonderful,”

A FOOLS’ ADVERTISEMENT. New York, March 13. All New York to-day is talking of Mr Richard Read, a graduate of Cornell University, who, despairing of getting suitable employment by the usual methods, owing to th,e slack times here, advertised that he was “an utter fool, a seven-year failure at business, ” and that he was now looking for an easy job. He received quite a large number of answers. Here is his advertisement: An utter fool, mediocre at college, and a seven-year failure at business, seeks an easy job, with short hours and high pay. Last salary £8 a week; . was not wouth-that or would be still getting to now. Wants £l~ a week, as times are hard. Equally incompetent as general office manager, advertising director, and magazine man. Write to-day, stating colour of eyes and nose, and if you live at home. Advertiser will call if not too tired. —R.R., Bos 131. Interviewed to-day, Mr Richard Read said he at first pursued the usual methods of searching for employment, and tramped all over the city. “Then,” he says, “I tried my novel advertisement, and several keen men who interpreted my words in a businesslike way, have written to, me offering me a suitable job. Of . course many of the answers were not serious. One offered me a position as valet in a stable, and another that of a dishwasher in a cemetery.” EMPEROR’S LOST MARRIAGE LINES. Berlin, March 13. One of China’s most sacred public documents, the marriage contract of the reigning Emperor Kwang-hue, dated February 36th, 1889, lias been discovered in Germany and formally handed over to the Chinese Government. The document has been missing from the archives of the Imperial Palace since the visit paid to Pekin by the Allied Armies in the summer of 1900. It is supposed to have found its way to Germany in the keeping of one'of the Kaiser’s subjects, who happened to be present when the various representatives of Western civilisation helped themselves to all available “souvenirs” capable of removal. The marriage contract consists of a gorgeous piece of silk some four feet in length and a foot wide, which folds up in a curious manner until it assumes the form of|a fancy wallet. It is richly emblazoned with dragons and other artistic emblems of the Chinese dynasty, and recites the solemn conditions of the sacred pact in Oriental terms.

Ever since the disappearance of the document Chinese diplomatic representatives in all parts of the world have conducted an exhaustive search for its whereabouts. For nearly eight years it baffled discovery, until it was located a few weeks ago in a village in Southern Germany in the possession of a tavern-keeper, who had not the slightest notion of its tremendous import, and thought it looked as well"as any multi-coloured pill advertisement. EX-CROWN PRINCESS’S LOVE AFFAIRS. Private advices from Florence state that serious disputes have arisen between SignorVToselli and who was formerly Countess Montighoso, the ex-Crown Princess of Saxony. Mme. Toselli is said to thoroughly regret the marriage, and to be determined to obtain a divorce in order that she may marry the latest object of her affections —a young author. According to the Berliner Zeitung, the quarrels between the _ Tosellis began soon after the wedding, and. frequently assumed a violent form which developed into • serious scandals. Several times Signor Toselli’s relatives intervened to restore peace between the husband and wife, but the differences them have steadily grown more acute, with the result that a separation will take place shortly, to be followed by a complete divorce. One of the causes of the matrimonial quarrels was the recent scandal at Warsaw. Almost immediately after his marriage Signor Toselli signed a contract to give a concert at Warsaw, part of the agreement being that bis wife should appear by his side on the platform..; Mme. Toselli refused to go to Warsaw, however, and when Signor Toselli appeared alone he was loudly ' hooted and mobbed by the disappointed audience. Signor Toselli re- ' turned home and upbraided his wife for leaving him in the lurch and - exposing him to public insults ’as well as serious financial loss for breach of contract. ‘‘This announcement will, of course he energetically denied by the ; persons concerned,” concludes the Zeitung,” “just as their . marriage was at first denied. Not- ; withstanding this, we declare our statement to be true, as will be proved by facts in the near future. No one need suffer from indigosy tion. Take Pearson’s Pepto-chlor, | E . All chemists Is, 2s 6d and 4b.