COLUMN FOR WOMEN

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 116, 18 January 1915, Page 3

COLUMN FOR WOMEN

• COURTESY. ' Courtesy—-genuine, uniform courtesy —lts one of the gi'eateslass-'is osjc i-:\i: have in the business world. "It is so important," said an efficiency expert recently, "that too muck cannot be sale about it. for without it the higher ■success cannot bo made.'.' So closely , .illied to courtesy is. another quality cheerfulness —that they cannot be separated, and yet it is sometimes overlooked as being a part of the former. "Melancholy courtesy." as it has been called, is at a discount in the business world, for whoever heard-of a very successful saleswoman with a woebegone expression on her face? The girl worth while is the one who can smile when , conditions do not appear to be to he* liking and can put aside all thoughts of them in her interest in the business. A cheerful salesgirl will find her sales mounting much higher than will the one beside her whoso thought is wandering to unpleasant conditions and who permits a gloom to be expressed to the ct---tomers through her manner words, or 'looks. Cheerfulness is as important when applied to every other line of business, for it pays the dressmaker, the stenographer the telephone open ;o_r- — in fact, there is no worker who doe r,r-1 clo better and more satsifactory worl; by expressing cheerfulness. , tWhcthet one is at the head of the concern or cue of the errand girls, cheerfulness pays.— Boston "Monitor/'

DEPORTMENT.

In mid-Victorian days, when deportment was important in the routine of a sehoolgirl.'s life, the'graceful posing of arms.and hands was carefully considered. In those days to accuse a woman of holding her arms akimbo was to offer her deadly insult.' and if she really did so the attitude put her outside the pale of any social distinction; she was the last word in" vulgarity. To-day the active, sporting, busy girl, whose idef'l is work, despises her grandmother's restrictions, and a favourite pose is with one foot forward, as though she were ready for action, and an arm placed on her hip. Tt is merely a tenuis liah.it, ■and has no suggestion of vulgarity fn those who-recognise the type of girl: It is not so long since the correct attitude suggested the slightest suspicion of a bend forward: now it is decidedly backward A French woman has avn son for this. of course, as she-has fer everything else in the way of exhibiting her toilet. The fall of a tunics ; s something to be studied, and unless the wearer finds out the way in which it may be exhibited, she fails to wear the garment well. 1 The stiggstion of a lean back just throws the tunic border -lightly forward, and permits its edging to lie exactly as it ought to do. The value of the unbroken line is appreciated by the Parisian, and that is why the elbowslecve so rarely obtains in Paris, where sheaths that taper from shoulderd to wrist are always fashionable, i

A LOST WATCH

A curious incident took place last week, reports an exchange. A young lady was paddling at Palliser Bay, a lonely beach near the outlet to Wairarnpa Lnke, and discovered; on her return to her h6me,*she had dropped her little (told watch. Some time later, at a race meeting, a friend ashed her if she had lost anything, and told her that some chUdren who had been wading there had seen a shining object tosing about in'' the waves, and found the watch. For a week it had been in the watjpr, and yet had suffered no damage save a cracked glass.

ADVICE TO WAR WORKERS

The Duchess of Albany recently gave some sound advice to those woman who are.anxious to do,.something for the soldiers who are fighting the butties of : England and her Allies just now. Addressing a meeting i.n London.' a short while ago, she said: ''This is not a time' to get excited or to put Porward wild schemes. We .must learn jo be heroic, to be .calm and of good, courage, and to remain in the place where Gol has placed lis and to do our duty the.re. It is no use flying to the front, unless you know exactly where, you. will ...be useful. Volunteers who are not chosen by the authorities, are not much use. I would suggest that we pull ourselves together, work our hardest, and keep'C.opi, so that we do .not hinder, but help,, on men." Her Royal Highness added, one practical hint when she said: '.'Picas© let me plead that only those who are used to the'work shall knit socles. It is very important that it soldier should net get fore foot, and unless you are afirr.stomed to knit, and your socks .eun be worn with pleasure not for the .sake of those who made them but,because they are good), \o not try to. make them, but give your money to buy good socks." Another Sunt was to avoid using dyed materials.. Her. concluding words were' simply: ' r Let us work, let us be' quiet, and let) us'be strong,': ami they are' : worris (Tint iriay well be taken to heart'by all women who desire to do something in the"great struggle which the' nation is now experiencing:.