WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 104, 29 May 1909, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

CHARACTER BY THE VOICE. There in no greater revcalcr of charae- ' lor iliau the Human voice. In suite oi all efforts it is the no to of the soul, and the indicator both of nature and of cm- ; lure. \\ iiellier we urn aware of the fact or not, ill:- voice is the first thing that strikes us in a stranger or in a new acquaintance. If it has that spontaneous ring of truth that no training can iin]mrt, we recognise its appeal for confidence and generally give it. On the contrary, there are'some voices th.it have the jar ef falsehood and are as fu.l ot warning aa the hiss of a serpent. But whenever we are attracted or repulsed by u human voice we may acnept Clint impulse as' one having ils'foundatiou in tin- depths of our' eonseiousne-is anil worthy ot credence and attention. H is true that we all have our compu invoices which we put on with our Inst dresses; but this assumption of special tones and inflections on special occasions'! is no more a piece of insincerity than i-, the putting on of a piece of finery. It is the unconscious natural voice that is to in- regarded as the index of character. This is remarkably evidenced bv the - stutterer. \o person of prompt, decided character ever stutters, or lias a loOiC, , lulty voice. Even if a quick-witted man , lets; Ins words drip and drawl there is a | Ha «' somewhere. To qieak promptly and , positively is generally to act promptly , and positively; to speak politely is to ; act politely, and to sIK , a k gruffly and rinlc.y is „ good way to make rude action easy. The cultivation of the , voice p„ g |,t to be « part of education. -Nobody- can estimate how great an m- <] mience distinct, harmonious, clear speech would have in determining direct harmonious, clear feeling and action. '

A WIFE'S BKST WEAPON. ••Woman's host weapon is; her tongue," ■say* an okl' (iiiilueoplicr. Mot at .ill. &ne mis a iar better one, and the wisest woman is she. who in wifehood has uZ- . USe "• Tuttt wea P°« J» « sweet temper. It i s wonderful how it lakes all tin, flavor out ol a quarrel if LI t0 " * woe '-t<"npercil to answer .. ~. an 1S « aggressive creature—- ■» "Siting animal by instinct. Some men ?ml„ ,r° '' tlmt the J' are " ot ia PPy there is nobody else to attack, the wife o onesjhosom always comes in remarkably hanuy. M the most pugilistic of 0 f .";."«"'* neither amusement. ior a at.sfacKm to be got out of it, and 11 W ' th " sweet ten) Per Kan not ing can provoke is' a feather bed of i t ,T '"ndevcr invented. other laic, rather cold, very eroes. He Imseuthi elf j ha ;. I ™Hr,.JT> 8h He is aware it is! en irely Ins own fault, and that he las on y ten ni.nutcs in which to breakfast, and h lB S1 , t soluHon to There ie his wife ready l to hand w h y , vns the holy state of matrimony invented IT not to ZJI !&»«, for husbands' SV 1 * «•*» and say« it is weak : ™ds it I7ft ><! murmur fi is wit ! *nds it out to have fresh made. The d^s».t' S ,r rdone; . 6hl! wiil see ""at i come ToT" T),e pa P er hasn 't if « ■ C SUrc lfc hasn '! sh <> wi» #> fr w "\>™ ry mornin e and *»«>* s rate witu the newsagent. If she would onlyretort or tell him it was hi s own< fault, or weep, Or.anyffing reasonable, he could pick a very promising quarrel and leave h.m«lf ample margin to get to the station afterwards, ffeling consideraMy better. Now, how 2f» he inane with a woman who wort D e quarrelled with! That perpetual Li\l no Z, reduces , ( him *° Wm sham I c fees himself a brute instead of to work with a fallen crest and dragging . U at^"' ,MtMdofwitl '* tri^

BRIDEGROOMS BY FORCE. mJSIV 0 • Wrlter in thfi Travel•viagaane there is a country in which omen propose. The Hopf IndVn ml'd „ I nv 1£ ! ' a " C< ;' l Wolßta wh ° not only invites her chosen o„ e to undcrtni 1 ma trmiony, but if necessary brings hi, «Wlms selected her Tictim, ■ -ia-js this authority, 9 h e simnlv eal's o»ci. It the old lady lend* a vi \l m „ . t;;:^n ssett,ciforttai "'' a «''« jouig man has no course left open .x oopt.ng to b„w to the incvi ablT At in f u ° I" 18 an ""Willing you'll neorn d" " Sat,s, ? rti '"' <* the women law for a period of thirty days, while he man l 3 SPt to work to weave Is "hire bride's wedding garments A ho expiration of the thfrty-day perio the ceremony takes place P '3 ooking for a husband. Flihtis the only hope of the bachelor nnw lit to be wed, for the mothers are so ealou the prerogative of their sex thoUW arcly interpose on behalf of «„.„*. wdb-.g son, and the fathers are not con-

WOMAN'S RESERVE FUND. W'hat a comfort a reserve fund is in p bank or money-W. How the thought 3L n " Snm lhßt lics ""toucßed to rail under the'ban of deprivation. It may only bo a little *,»„! but it but tresses her from.worry many and many the! 0 ?" *•''? {ire U P t0 and %ontfl thou- financial resources are scarcely ver at.peace. They do not know"Z it is to rest and be thankful for tlpir minds are always searching for ways and means to pay bills-or to put off thei payment of them. 1 '

Some women Jiave no troubles of this knd,an(lyctitish. S ta 3 neee iS aryC them to start and maintain a reserve mid as for thei r poorer sisters For there is a reserve fund that is mental *nd physical, „ well as one that t represented by tard cash, If women were machines incapable oi breakage they could afford toilet the maintenance of a reserve fund, but looking round and observing the nine ambitions, wrecked lives, and bad Zl the fo,r ,' dlk '" , f" kdow,ls of liealth.l the foolishness of squandering vitalihbecomes plain, " VUJ "-. 1 d-,v 0 i t f V i^ m,ld ! tim , ci6l,lkcno,lt » f « <'«} if halt an hour',, rest is snatched from the daily ronnd. To stop work ami to stop play, too, even when othV 1 affairs pres.,', wlicn the strain of goin« .ami doing ls getting unendurable, would seem only common, « nsc and T ' et j " many women know'when to stop' 2"!' and famous man who wioer Mentally able and physically weak would ,„ake a good epitaph „ t te , tombstone of many \ iailure."' Cco n . serve strength is the secret of dS good to other, a ,,d to one's self *

WOT WOMEN MUST WORK.

That marriage is by no means' a lifelong provision for the average woman «Js. the intwestiug theory put forward Z'L 7 "11 1 °} l,c Ro - vnl Still "»«d SoMav. y S • L - llutc, ' ins °" I«U> thafo,^" 1 '' 1 "" 3 I)rov<H ' statistics wori-^-T ni r 8 , ,ll<,rea,c """mum ™' C " ,I !" > o the I'ißb ™«le deathate. L, Cll ,„ „ 1D fiV0Il( . ()f niari . ia woman can only rely on being nrovid'ed for . urnig a period of twenty year. me disproportionate number of IT 4 '%"" 1 1 i,,, J-.-i'«' "' «l'oir lower death rnte.' m Umr snil ,_ ,-,,,„, ninnher ot boy., born exceeds the numwr of gir s by about :« to 40 per 1000. but inor.H,oysdieal birth or soon after mere are l;!.i „omen old enough lo i M'm an old-age pension to every 100 men. J

.'"''»"' '" ""t n Ine-long provision ■or the average woman. It is only a pn.y.s.on tor the, l>est vcars of lifo■Unsc years, in fan. iu which a woman s oi-.lmar.ly capMn,, of Inlcina care or herwlf. 'Hi,, hatband U in many c°s°« "vept off in middle life, and in Win(Mistrial classes he has usually not had very much chance of saving a competence for his widow."