WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 275, 14 November 1908, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

The startling frequency with which Cupid is aiming his shafts at post-offbe employees at South Bend, Indiana, has made it necessary, says a Washington correspondent, for the PostmasterGeneral to issue an order prohibiting more than three marriages a week among members of the department.

It is said that ilis 3 Lizette Parke*, of the Beatty-Mcintosh Company, who is l(i years of age, is the youngest actress who has ever played " Nichette '' in "Camille," and "Kitty Clive," a roie she takes in the production of " Peg Woffington." The women suffragists in the United' States have obtained, says the Centnl News, no less inlluential an ally than the president-elect of Harvard University, who has aunounced that he favours the granting of the suffrage Ui all women who are taxpayers. The Duchess of ltoxburghe was -Miss Goelet, an American; she is a very brilliant woman, a great reader, and is alio much interested in riding and driving. She has no children, but js very much loved by the younger set in society, and her invitations are. eagerly sought. She is one of the royal hostesses, as they are called, which means that she sometimes entertains the King and Queen,

A Sydney paper writes thus: For si singer, the Empire gown must be nil ideal garment, since it is free from aav restrictions on the breathing apparatus Madame Crossley's dress was beautiful. From the jewelled corsage came the long, glittering tablier or scarf that falls to the hein of the skirt in front, and ends in a wide jewelled fringe. A very narrow edition of this Empire frontispiece goes down the centre of the bad: Her hair, dressed very high, had a white plume at the side. She certainly looked a very charming and graceful woman— Dr. Muecke, watching her with his heart in his eyes and a certain amount of nervousness in hi s lingers, will agru-

with this. Madame Crossley's cold was not very obvious, but it was there ail the same, in that beautiful rounded throat, which has been one of the world's famous gold-mines.

The purpose of massage is chiefly to the skin more supple it also keeps the stimulate the circulation. By rendering pores in better condition. I have not tried face-massage (writes Vesta in the Argus), but, if properly carried out, 1 cannot see how it could possibly fail to do good. The probability is that those people who imagine that there are ill-effects afterwards have relied simpiy upon, one course of massage to improve their complexions for allJjnie. It is advisable, I thiuk, to go to a good specialist at first, in order that the massage should be properly done, and the skin got into good condition. But the 'course with the specialist should be used as an object-lesson, and the massage regularly kept up afterwards. Massage is like exercise. I should as soon expert the effect of one good walk to last for ever, as expect the effect of one course of massage to be' permanent. If the skin i a to be kept in good condition, it is necessary to attend carefully to tli.; general health. Open-air exercise is absolutely essentjal. The diet should be simple and strengthening, without being rich. Good, sound sleep is also necsssary. Xotliing produces more wrinkles than broken rest and insufficient sleep. The masseuse cannot be expected to work wonders if these tilings are not attended to. Constipation, for exampl", has the worst possible effect upon the skin. A daily bath is another essential if a good complexion is desired. The skin of the whole body must be in good working order. A warm bath, at beltime, is, I think, the best.

When we consider that one-third of our existence is spent in our bedrooms, we must .surely realise that we mui: give ample thought to their arrangement ami comfort. In these <lays of fresh air and open windows we are paving the way to stronger lungs and better digestions, but even fresh air .. : l' be useless without scrupulous ele:inliiie>* and attention to detail. It is beuer to, have a sparsely-furnished bedroom than one which is so blocked by furniture and nick-nacks as to exclude the light ami .air, without which the most „ beautiful bedroom must be unhealthy. Aim at fixtures a'.id decorations in the simplest style; curtains are artistic, and make a room look dainty, but should only be of muslin or some equally washable material. Bedsteads should be stripped and left to air weli before making, and the washstands should have an early place in the day's work, and should be kept absolutely immaculate. It is well to occasionally giv> the blankets a good roasting on the Ihe on hot days, and mattresses, pillows, and bolsters are also all the better fur a sun bath now and then. In no way ! is the refinement oi the home better demonstrated than in the appointments and niceties of the table, and. a*» a rule, it is unreasonable to expert a general servant to give them the atteu* ! tion they deserve. Unless a parlour- ! maid is kept, a mistress will find it I desirable to personally attend to these ! little matters. Clean table linen, bright : silver, and glass, well-tilled cruets, au l a fe.w fresh flowers will make the simp- | lest meal more welcome and appetising, I and details such as these should be care- | fully attended to. Sever banish the sunshine too much from your house. There is no better purifier and disinfectant than the sun's rays. Our genenl health, and often our «ood temper, depend so much on sunshine, and must be considered before our carpets and curtains. On the other hand it is not pleasant to enter a room fully exposed to the glare of a very hot day, so after # the fearly morniug's good airing our rooms should be pleasantly shaded, though never so hermetically scaled as to make them stuffy and unhealthy.

SMALL SALARIES AND MARRIAGE. A LONDON CONTROVERSY. With rents and other necessities of married life what they are, young men in this part of the world would think it rather a joke if it were gruvely suggested to them that they should many on 255, 30s, or 35s a week. Vet, if a " Silly Seasoncorrespondent in the Daily Express is to be trusted., young men in "genteel'' occupations are doing il in London to-day, living happily, an-l saving a little money. We read of a man who brings up a wife and child on a week, and put s away Uo a year, of a married man with 33s a we»d*. who maintains that he lives well ami can afford a fortnight's holiday with his wife every year, and of a man who brings up six children on CI a \ve"k after paying l*2s (id a weeß "for real. Details of these balance-sheet* would be interesting. The Daily Express is delighted to learn that "so many people find the married state not only supportable, but* even ideal, on salaries which leave not the slightest of margins for the frivolities or life.' 1 and declare- the consensus of opinion to !><• thai " marriage on small pay i* not only possible. but also advantageous if only the young couple are united in their and compatible in their temperaments.'' There is much virtue in that " il7 ! The whole discussion arose out of an article describing the dismissal of a bank clerk for marrying before he reached the minimum salary— Cld<> a year in most establishments. Out of the <|iiestiou whether banks were justified in doing this arose a discussion on the relative value of the work of married and unmarried men. Some business houses seem to think that a young man married is a young man marred. One large establishment is said to greatly prefer ifingle to married men as employees. "The single men are keener and moie alert.*' a member of the linn is reporlied to have said. "They show more ambition to get on in the business. The married men. on the other hand, come to me with pitiful tales of doctors' bill* nnd increasing home expenses. Their responsibilities entirely unfit them /or work. The fault is theirs; they ha;e married on a small salary, and because they are worried at home they expect ail instant increase of salary." This man should have been asked it' In* had ever read " The Princess."

" Thy voice is heard through rolling drums That heat to hattlo where he standi; Thy face across hi* I'amy comes, I Ami give* flie battle to his hand*: J A moment, while the trumpets Mow. | lie sees his hrood about thy knee. | The next, liko lire, he melts the foe, 'And strikes liim dead for thine and thee."