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WOMAN'S WORLD.

HEE HAT TOO HEAVY FOR UEK. A telegram from .Munich recently gave details of what is described as "the first catastrophe of its kind ou record'' —the collapse in a busy street ei a lady of lasliion as a consequence of the hcaviJl4ps of her hat. Under the weight of a gorgeous creation, nearly three feet Ji diameter, the lady, the telegram stated, tank helplessly to the pavement, and recovered from her swoon only after Mng carried to a shop and relieved of her headgear.

PROFITABLE FARM LANDS. Miss Jlary Pinkey, who has died in New York at the age of !)S), left proKfrty which is valued at between £lu,#OO,OOO ami £20,000,000. Her vast fortune was derived from two Scotsmen, Archibald and James Watt, who settled in Harlem, then a rural village of New York, in 1801. Archibald Watt was stepfather to Hiss l'iukuey, and she lent him £BOOO, and received in return a grant of all his property. This included farm lands, which since have been gradually absorbed by the development of New York, and arc now of enormous value. Her nephews and nieces have been iier chief beneficiaries. She gave to each splendid houses and incomes. When her nephew, Commodore Piukncy, wanted a yacht, she bought him the America 'for £IOO,OOO, and gave him £OOOO .1 year.

MEMORIAL TO Ob'IDA. * The Bury St. Edmunds Town Council J have approved a design for a memorial I to Oudia, who was born in the borough. % 'Provided by public subscriptions given ■by admirers of the novelist, the memorial, which has been designed by Mr. ■ E. G. Gilliek, will be Bft ti length and flft high, and it is proposed to place it =:■' in Chequer-square. The model prepared I I shows a drinking-trough for cattle, and from its centre rises a column bearing on one side a medallion portrait of Ouida, with an inscription underneath, Und on the other side two figures in bronze, representing Sympathy and ■Courage. Some criticism was offered ~ ou the inclusion of a drinking-trough; tout it was stated that the subscribers 'had desired something of the kind as being in harmony with Ouida's wellknown love of animals. * 'MUSIC HALL STARS ADVENTURE. Miss Vesta Victoria, the well-known 'music ball singer, was arrested in New 'York, together with the assistant man- "' sger of the Lincoln-square Theatre, at which she had just appeared. The popular "star" was charged with violating ■the city ordinance regulating the costume to be worn by vocalists at concerts that are ostensibly "sacred." The detective had some difficulty 'n explaining to the. magistrate precisely ■what kind of a costume Miss Vesta •wore. The ordinance bars fancy costumes, and the officer said she wore pink stockings and a "little bit of a. skirt." • Miss Victoria recited the chorus of ' the song she had just finished singing -when she was arrested in the wings, i It ran, prophetically enough: 'E'll tyke me to the court, E's used to all its ways: : Larst time 'e got me pinched, Oi just dodged thirty days. Alter that the magistrate could do ' nothing else hut dismiss the case, which ' „ he did with his broadest smile. - J "Won't my poor dear mother be balmy if' she hears of this!" exclaimed Miss ' Vesta as she swept into her motor-car. '

ROIIAKCE OF A THRONE. Many European, kings have from time to time wedded uncrowned consorts. Such unions, where the rank of the -woman prevents her taking what would otherwise be her proper place in society, are called morganatic marriages. They are not at all bigamous, and never prevent, and may be made in spite of another marriage. A noteworthy ease was that of Rasmussen, the Belgian-bom modiste from one of the great dressmaking establishments of Paris. She was sent to Copenhagen for the purpose of conveying some dresses to the Royal "consort of King Frederick VII., and managed to fascinate that monarch to such an extent that he divorced his wife and not long afterwards contracted a marriage with Louise, whom he created Countess Danncr on- his wed-ding-day, 7th August, 1830. It required no. small courage to wed this prince; Htor his devotion to the brandy-bottle, resulting in frequent attacks of delirium tremens; his attempt to strangle his •first wife, Princess Wilhelminu of Denmark; his threat to poison hi* second fwife, Marian, daughter of the Grand iihike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; and his ''numerous other shortcomings would )have warranted his being put under restraint as a rank lunatic.

» Countess Manner, however, succeeded in making him behave himself after a fashion, and would have won goodwill for herself in this connection had it not Been for her insensate ambition for social recognition. King Fredericks Ministers and Constitutional advisers experienced the utmost difficulty in preventing him from elevating her to the rank of Qucea of Denmark. Thus disappointed in her hope of becoming Queen, she thereupon devoted herself to the arduous task of securing recognition »t foreign Courts as the morganatic wife of the King. But even this was lenied her, and it has been said that the insulting bitterness she displayed & the French envoy at Copenhagen ifter receiving an intimation from Paris ;hat Empress Eugenie would he unable ;o receive her at the Tuilieries was fcrgelv, if not wholly, responsible for ;he failure of Napoleon 111. to raise his Inger in behalf of Denmark at the time if the letter's di»a&trou6 war with Prussia and Austria.

j ACTRESS AS DETECTIVE. [The Theatre 'Mevisto is a little theatre [onsisting of a small floor and a smaller kllcry, half-a-dV.cn boxes, and a rainialure stage (says the Paris corresponlent of the St. James' Budget), I The kind of play there corresponds |ith the geographical position of the keatre; halfway between Montmarte jod the Boulevards, it tries to embody Bme of the special qualities of both. Tthe first performance of "L'Affairc » Varieties," one had a song or two [el as are sung in one of the "boites" I the hillside above set in the midst a detective drama, the fashion of the •ar "Sleuth the Detective," or his ; ench prototype, is replaced by a wan, an actress. In the dressing-room of a diva a •ret agent shows a diamond—the diaind—to a number of the actress' adrers It » the diamond he is going dive her. But before the stone comes ck to the actress' hand it is discovered St a paste imitation has been snbsti ted The secretary of an embassy. Im a '.icaty lies in a secret hiding «,, was one of those who hand -.1 r diamond. He is heavily m deM[son enough to suspect that he wishes sell tlie treaty. tat when the secret agent attends a rliv bazaar at the embassy and ah S the treatv when all others are I in, another room listening to he K< songs, one understands that t ETtlfufion was onlv a ruse of the ill agent To make another appear Eltr of what he commits. , «etre*s suspects and theorises. feel, o ft.tr«lr was to he carried K moment: the treaty is surren K,tfo scamlal is hushed: aid K; now becomes attache.! to tb ■L secretary to the emba»s> w,io unjustly accused.

)ME-MADE TTJUK.SH COFFEE. h KECIPE AXD RULE*. rkislt coffee has never hecn more pnable than it is this year, whet noire-accordlnsto French method* , certainlv had to give way before more recent innovation (say - 1 r in a Home paper). Experience r for much more, in cofree-maKin:. in other branches of cooking, an< newly-married and inexperienced %i running a trial trio with her sr-ra-law's promoted kitohennwd looK-general" is hardlv likely « ■more peace of mind under the ■ft influence than when lunch and ■ were emlogucd by a weak at■nt French coffee, ■tisli coffee is by no means easy >e R'ifie art of gauging the correct litios and strength being a matter ■he eye, and by no means caeily

settled by measures of gills and ounces, even the .professional took in the laud

luf its extracliou requiring a considoyable amount of practice before be can calculate on making an unfailing success of his brow. The Arab merchant who toercos an unwilling purchaser iuto si bargain, and settles the knotty point over a cup of his favorite beverage, knows probably as ifttlo how it is prepared as the most insular Briton, and depends entirely on the skill of the genius of the particular cafe he patronises, this professional "indi"oiie'' coffee-maker being, moreover, a true artist, whose watchword is deliberation, and who spares no time or trouble in its manufacture.

To secure the maximum of aroma, the rule is made of boiling the coffee three times, the cook commencing operations by placing the proportion of a small teaspoonful of coffee and tile same of sugar for each person in his eafetiere, sufficient cold water being then poured ou the top to supply the requisite amount of liquid, two extra cupful roughly speaking, being in addition allowed for evaporation. The eafetiere is then held over the ilaiue—a moderate gas or methylated spirit lamp being best tor the purpose—and removed quickly whenever the mixture boils, the froth which rises to the top being by every effort .prevented from overflowing, ;.'s this would rob the brew of its "chief excellence according to true Oriental gastronomy.

Whenever the coffee has subsided, the apparatus is held again over the ilainc, is withdrawn once more, and finally, the process being repeated yet agai:i, the brew is poured off into the cups. These must, of course, be Turkish in formthat is, in two parts—resembling, in point of fact, an egg-cup with a tinyupper handleless cup. To ensure that the coffee, when presented, is perfctly hot, the cups and their china or worked •metal stands are heated beforehand', everything being ready, so that none of the warmth or the creamy froth is lost in the moments which elapse in serving it.

d AMATEUR SHAMPOOING. f BLACK TEA IXFUSIOX FOR ~ BRUNETTES. | Much care should be devoted towards 1 ridding wet hair of soap when shampoo- ; ing it. If rinsing is not thorough, it i often happens that when the hair is j first brushed after it is dry a fine dust . of dried soap is apparent on the brush, and in a few days the hair becomes sticky and inclined to get into tangles, , while dust is readily attracted to it, and renewed washing is necessary within , a very short time. To obviate the accumulation of dried soap, not only should rinsing in fresh water be persevered in long after every trace of soapsuds has disappeared, but the juice of a lemon should be strained into the last basinful of water, and the head and hair thoroughly bathed in it until every lock has been treated. In addition to freeing the hair of stickiness, the lemon-juice will make it beautifully glossy and bright after it has been dried. An infusion of black tea is often prescribed nowadays as a hair tonic, the "brew" being applied gently to the roots of the hair with a small sponge. In the case of fair hair, it should, however, never be used, as in time the color of the infusion tends to darken the locks, and it is by far the best to consider it the prerogative of the brunette. Drying the hair after home shampooing is by no means an easy operation, even in cases where Nature has been far from generous in the matter of tresses, while coarse and thick hair is almost beyond the scope of personal treatment. Unless the hair can boast a naturally strong growth, it is a mistake to rub it with a bath towel in the drastic manner in which the nursery shampoo is only too apt to conclude, while "toasting" the dripping hair in front of a red fire, besides over-heating the scalp and causing the blood to rush to the head, is by no rrieans advisable, especially when the growth is inclined to be weak. By far the best plan when time permits is to let the hair dry of itself, shaking it well and lifting one lock after the other so that the air may reach each portion, thus ventilating as well as drying it. When haste, however, permits of no leisurely treatment, a successful method of accelerating the operation of drying is that of first squeezing out the water ' with the hands 'as ■ much as .possible, [pressing the hair against the scalp with 1 the fingers and rolling up a single coil ' at a time over a twist of tissue-paper until it forms a tight ball. This should either be squeezed between hot iron*, the tongs hi ing held until they cool and then reheated once or twice, or. as an alternative, excellent results may be obtained by hiving a hot flat iro:i ugain.-t the ball of hair.

CHAIN'S OF HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE. Every housekeeper should be amply provided with, dust-sheets, which cub lie thrown over upholstered chairs, sofas, iinrt other items of furniture when the rooms undergo their periodica! "turnout.*' Old. worn bed-linen is often used for this purpose, but when it is very thin and torn it ceases to lie a protection, and the dust filters through and spoils covers' and paint. Calico and print are much the best materials to use, and the initial expense involved in investing in a stock of these dust-covers is amply repaid over and over again. Two widths of the material sewn together and hemmed are sufficient for ordinary use, two yards square being of ample size for an armchair. When the covers are washed they should be well starched and ironed, the glazed surface being most effectual in keeping out dust. A saltspoonful of coarse brown sugar will be found invaluable in stewing a tough steak, while a little grated apple has the same effect in inducing tenderness.

A simple and somewhat old-fashioned test for an oven, but one whieh is nevertheless exceedingly efficacious, is to gauge the heat with a piece of white paper about every ten minutes. If the paper blackens or hursts into Haute the oven is too hot for practical purposes, while if it changes to a brown hue, a little darker than that of meat-pie crust, it may be considered at the right heat for small pastry. A lighter brown proclaims it ready for tarts, while the Iright test {or h * nl >l> lar S L ' mcat l,1(-'s-and pound cakes of a generous size is a deep yellow hue. For sponge cakes the oven' is hot enough when the paper is just tinged.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 17, 13 February 1909, Page 3

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WOMAN'S WORLD. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 17, 13 February 1909, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 17, 13 February 1909, Page 3

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