MARRIAGE FROM THE DOCK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 8 February 1907, Page 4

MARRIAGE FROM THE DOCK.

ROMANTIC ENDING TO AN ASSIZE TRIAL. There was a romantic ending to a ciiaige of attempted murder that came before Mr Justice Phillimore at Salop As-ives. John Writrhl. a moulder, of Ironbridge, forinerlvin the Scott's Hoards, and who had served in the South African campaign, was indicted for attempting lo murder his sweetheart, Elizabeth Dyer, a barmaid, and also for attempting- to commit, suicide. Wright cut the girl's throat with a razor, staling, "1 love you. If I don't have you, no one else will." From the dock Wright said that the. girl has visited him in prison, mid his desire was to reform and many her. Recalled af.er the prisoner had been found guilty, and asked by the Judge if she reallv meant to marry Wright, Dyer said, "Yes." The judge: And vou are not afraid of him aLer what he has donc»-No. The judge said that Dyer had shown much tenderness and sympathy to give/ the prisowii a chance. If ha would not uiilv main DviT. but behave belter, he would be "bound over on both charges.

A PERFECT WQbIA?!. Tin! dimensions of u perfect woman are .he.-c: Vivo i'.'ct live inches in height, Weight, Wit hundred llll'l twenty i-1141 pt pounds; aims, extended, sllolll.l nice-lire. I'rolll tip lui .ip (if ciicli middle linger, ju-t live feet live inches, the same as'her height. The length (if her luuid should) l;e oinij .tenth of her height, her foot one seventh, mid tiie diameter of h.T cliest omeriiiUi. From the thighs lei the ground sue should measure just the aiiiiie ;is from her thighs to the top of her head. The knee should come exaefiy midway between tiie thigh and the heel. The distance from the elbow to the middle linger should be 'tr.<! same as from the elbow to the middle of the che.-t. I'l-Min ih.. top. of the head to the chin should be just the length of the foot, and tiie wune distance from the chin to the armpits. A woman of this height should measure twenty four incites around the, waist, 34 about the bust, if measured under the arms and forty-three was measured over them. The upper arm •shoul measure thirteen inches and the wrist six inches. The calf of.the leg should measure fouvtivn and a half inches, the Ihight twenty-five, and the ankle eight. 'J'ne evils resulting from unnaiuial slinmess of waist are too well known to need discussion. Leaving out of :w:c'iunl t'he liygic'uic iispod of the i)iiestion, a rigid waist is not 11 beautiful one. (stillness is incoinpatib'o with grace, for undue compression resuits in disproportion. Any garment which prevents .lc.li breathing is U: foe to health and beauty. A figure dependent entirely upon tiie corset for support is apt. to be deficient in strength in the waist, muscles. The figure can be so shaped and sti'engthene.l by exercise that the corset will become a dista-teful and superlluou.v device.

A natiir.il method of reducing the size of tlii' waist, wliii'l). at (lie saint lime, promotes the genera] health, ii by a simple system of free gymna.s tics, practised 1(1 or 15 minutes night unil morning. The old methoil of trying to touch tin- lloor with the tips of the lingers without bending the knees is a good exercise. Have (iie, room freshly von tda.i'il. if too eo'.d to keep the window open, licforc beginning nny exercise. Tike, n long, slow deep breath between each movement.

Stand erect, heels together, kneca rigid. Itai'se (he hands, palms front, high above the head. llcnd body forward, without, lvhtxing hives, until finger-tips are near the lloor. Raise, breathe deeply, anil repeat. Kacli day the bodv will beeome more supple, until you'can touch the lloor with eas:'. Another wni-t exercise is this: St .-mil heels quite clo-e. but not louching. Kxtcnd anus horizontally. Twist the body around at the waist so tlint the right arm i, as far to the left as possible. Kepoal ill 111' op posite direction. Stand wilh hands upon the i.ip-li.-ial i.li • boly el the wni-t due as falls possible.. keepillM Ihe knees stiff. Hend to righ.-t..' left--then Inckv.Y.i.l. il-p-al e.leh of tae-e cvu-i.-.-as -lowly until -lightly fatigued.