RESTAURANT MANNERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 73, 21 March 1908, Page 3

RESTAURANT MANNERS.

The iucrea-e ~f cigarette-smoking among English women (according to an English paperi i- very marked of'recent years, leading t,> a change of .-mokingrooiu regulation- in Lomlou restaurants. Ten years .)•> -niokiug was not allowed in the dining-io-un beiore half-past S p.m., but now everybody -mokes all mer the place," -,, id a f'.'i-hionablo restaurateur. When cigai- are -cut up for t : ie lieu. C1g.11.-ttc- .He -elll up for the women as a matter of -oiii-c. (me only, among cafe-, f-.■rbid- iadic- to -iioke in tfie pulili- r-'Oiu-. offender, ate very politely giv, i to under-tan I tii.lt the other , 11-to' or- object. All e:.eeplion ' uc ea f ladies dining or . e. If a -mitary woman -light- up. walelmil waiter legs her to de-i-t. But it I- exception a! lor women to go cither -ingly or in two.- or three- to -mart rc-iauram-withoiu a male e-ioit. Ladies unacconiI panic,l bv such are often requested to [ leave. All the-e little awkwardnesses mu-i he smoothed over a- gently as possible, but the waiter is an expert, and that is what he is paid for. JAPAN EsF. US'ToMS. in .Japan a girl at, the age of nine, wears her hair tied in a red scan" uou id u.'otind the back ot her iiead. flic lot ■- tiead is left bare, with the exception ol a couple oi lock-, one on each side. V hen she is of marriageable age sue coiuos her hair forward, and make, it up into the shape of a fan or butterlly, aau at the saine time decorates it wan stiver cord and ball, of varied colours. Tui, meaus every thing, and is fully understood by the young men ol Japan. A widow who wishes lor a second Husband puts a tortoiseshell pin horizontally at the back of her head, and twists her"uair around it; while an inconsolable widow cuts her hair short and goes in for adornments of any sort. These last i are rare. By these simple means nuiin i confusion is avoided. A glance round a ■ ballroom suffices to tell the age and , status of every woman in the place.

PERSONAL AXO UEXEKAL. King Gustav of Sweden received from Madam* Boob, one of his subjects residing at The Hague, an album in memory of his late father, as the greatest promoter of the peaceful settlement of international difficulties. Madame Boon collected in an album the signatures and opinions of the Peace Conference delegates, which were written in Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Persian, and evenEuropean tongue. The. German delegates alone persevered in their refusal to write in the album.

Recently a man actually engaged one of the lew women eabdrivers to drive him across Paris. From the exchange of commonplace remarks: he fell in love with the driver, who is young and goodlooking, and two weeks later she left her box permanently to marry him.

Of all the imitators of Mine. DiilTant. the first woman driver, only two or three are now left, and even Mine. Duffaut herself is temporarily off the rank for a domestic reason. Mine. Lutgen, lietter known as the ••Countess Cabdriver,"' was persuaded by her relatives to abandon an occupation involving so much publicity, and h's found another war of earning a livelihood. Mr. W. .1. Palmer, of Dal-ton (Eng.). who died during December, bequeathed to his housekeeper property worth about ;£IO.OOO. together with his wearing apparel, portmanteaus, umbrella, and satchel, knowing that "she will rc.-p,■••( my wi~li that these latter articles shall i not tie snld."

An extraordinary Kis 0 of catalepsy is reported from Callico. in Calabria. For -everal days a woman named Concetta Micatco hid not been seen outside her house. Fearing that some accident had happened to her. the neighbours called upon the carabineers to break open the door, when the woman was found to lie sleeping tranquilly. The neighbours tried in vain to arouse her. and doctors pronounced the ease to lie a serious one of catalepsy. Mica=co -lept on for eight days, and awoke in perfect health. The strange event drew large crowds to fiallico. and the whole neighbourhood is enthusiastically rejoicing and congratulating the woman on having been 'restored to life." Miss Marr Crane, daughter of the Chicago millionaire ironmaster, is workin-' on a farm. The kite Mr. Wilkin'on Smith, lace manufacturer of Nottingham 'F.ngA. left befween a quarter and half a million sterling as .1 fun-J for relieving the dis'rci. o* gen'eel widows. HINT--. ia stoic .1 I'.ira-01.-11..1d the paia-o! b.:. op.-n. ~u , i .tuif it full with crumpled i.i--ue |u|>er. Place the parasol ill it, and -ti-iHUid it (rem a hook in the centre of ..t wardrobe or iiiptward. This method will preserve the parasol wonderfully, and n»xt year it will come out a- good as new. Table-napkin Kings—We -aw such pretty one, the other day, made of a twofold strip of white liueii aWit an inch and a-half wide, and long enough to pass round the table-napkin and fasten with button and buttonhole. -V handsome raised monogram in white or [ fj-t colour was worked on each, and when completed the band was stiffly starched.

To make suet pudding- right, try making them with part breadcrumbs and part Hour. One plan is to use one-third breadcrumbs and two-thirds Hour. We folloiv the same plan in making suet crust, for fruit or meat puddings and find it a gTeat improvement. A little dodge for keeping food for an invalid warm during the night i- to have a two-pound syrup tin witb a night-light in-ide and two metal skewers laid across the top. on which to stand the saucepan. It w cheap and mo-t effective.