WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

1 WHAT U')YE DOES. I If love never blind* at any other time, I it 'invariably does vo 'When a girl "h<--i'oiiics fiancee's appearance to her dearest friend is generally enough to rouse envy in the breast* tvl all lier acquaintances. "Von know, my dear. 1 don't .sec how he over came lo fancy me," .-'he will couf<*s. "He is one of those tall, line-look-ing men—the sort that everyone looks at twice. No; 'he luiisirt the tailor's dummy features' at ail, but lie U most

distinguished-looking. Ami )u v has such wonderful ta*te in dress—'his clothes never look like the ordinary man'.*;—it'a really wonderful. And he's so brave, .so absolutely fearless/' And rso on, and ?o on.

Vau picture a delightful mixture of Romeo, Heau Urumtuei, and Richard Cueiir dc Lion. And when you meet him you are naturally surprised to see a human bean-pole with a homely., gnbd* natured face. A.s for taste in dress, it

is an ordinary blue serge suit, and you would call hit? magenta tie a fright if yon dared.

The girl in love wears ro.fe-colorud glad's, and, seeing rser sweetheart without any perspective, he makes a splendid siio'wing.

WO.UKX MHOWIXC TALLER. iVotesKor Karl Pearson lias come to the conclusion that women are gaining, on the men in size. Others have arrived at tlie same conclusion. Women are j not only gaining in height, but thev are gaining in strength. It is averred'that shoemakers have had their attention called to a pedal growth of the female : ' bev need larger sizes. The same ■ thing is alleged in the ibathing-hous j The women demand larger-steed suits I i than their mot'lior.s called for. In civilised lands, under modern eon-1 (litions of life, there seenw to bo little i doubt that mankind is increasing in' stature. Tlie .knights of the 'Jlfdfle Ages were terrible fellovre for size in their own eyes, but the suits of armor that tliey ieft for the admiration of tutnre times show that their wearers could not have been remarkable for stature. • In France it in alleged Hiat not only are the women growing faster t'lian tlw ! men, tat thirt the latter are dwindling I

un muling. I becientaTy occupation Ijy the men as I igainst plenty of outdoor exorcise bv .'he women is one of the explanations ■nered by Professor Garret I'. S'erviss.' n England recently 1379 young women I uflmntted to physical measurement, and fact came out that they were all loticealily larger, taller, and stronger han their mothers. According to these ) tatistics the ciliange has come about.' "ery fart. In 1875 .the average EnMish I ;irl stood sft Sin; to-day she stands I 'ft oin. And, on the other hand, the I taturc of man, within a hundred years,' ia B fallen off three-quarters of an ineli n Europe! Dr. A. T. Sehofield has gone so far as | o declare that the reason why women j ire gaining and men losing is because I 'J 10 nmli! seems to have reacilied a !

limit, at least in the Old World. It is near the top of its development, because it has (had the field practically to itself ■while the other sex has 'been held 'back' Hut now the .situation .has changed; women iltfcve tin; chance to develop themselves as never before, ami. in accordance with a law which manifests itself all .through nature, they are gaining while their former "oppressors," having reached the acme of advance, are proportionately falling back. But their is another disquieting fact, for men to contemplate. The same authority ihas alleged that the women are giining in .brain development as fa«f as in bodily stature. To be sure, Dr. Seliofield adds the remark that there is an i essential difference 'between the minds

of men and those of women, with the implication that t'lie male variety is superior. | Artists likewise have noted that their | models and their sitters are larger. Mr., John Hassal, the velUknown poster ar-' ti>'t, has predicted tiiat in the year 2000 1 women will be so much larger that a | stature of flft (iin will not be exceptional. It is electricity on which lie I particularly counts; Hie many laborsaving devices-which it renders'possible will exempt women rrnni occupations w'hieh now tend to ke t -.,! back their pilysiea; development. THE SECRET OF STYIiE.

"Good carriage." says a loading authority in addressing a London audience lately, "is the whole secret of style. Learn how to hold your body and 'how 10 wtolk. and you can snap your lingers fti the ehun<jes' deereed by those who make the fashions. (Jive tlie woman with a had carriage the latest creation from the Rue de ia I'aix, and she will yet look a frump, while the woman who moves with head erect, straight and 'easy/ will look smart in a cheap cotton gown. T'Uvve are many even ibctter reasons for <a woman 'holding herself well. A nerve specialist maintains that the matter of carriage is essentially important. The irritable, nervous subject who resolutely determine*' to walk well very soon reaps the benefit. With tin; expanded chest comes proper 'breathing and a gradual bettering ot' many physical it!* incidental to walking 'anyhow.' The old-fabhionctl plan of walking for lifteen minutes a day with a »niall book set somewhat forward in the hand puts the wliole body into the .best possible position, and if this position is maintained one will not >only look and feel smart, but will develop a carriage as healthgiving as lu is becoming."

THE MATERNAL OIIAUACTKK. ft is perhaps too seldom recognised that the maternal character of women if> inherent in womanhood itself, and depends not upon actual motherhood. "We may see it exemplified in many a little girl, while the most casual observation of ordinary people and their homes cannot but lead up to the conclusion that a woman may bear many children und vet prove Jierselt" deficient in motherlinoss. Indeed, the power and range of j fcbo maternal instinct differs greatly n different women; and the dividing line between those more and those less endowed in ; tliis respect does not by any means* run between married women on the one hand and the unmarried on the other. Sucli u division could only be . brought to pass if, in choosing their | wives, men looked fir.st und foremast to ; the strength of this peculiar quality. , As it is, they fall in love with, or are \ otherwise prompted to many, a woman by reason of quite other attractions—and it is not uncommon to see, out of u group of sisters, the truly maternal one unmarried, 'while the losls maternallyirjfted are wives and the mothers of families. To the individual household this may now and then involve a something less of happiness, but to the community at large, as we hope presently to aliow, it is ratlfer a gain than a loss. For the development of latent maternal eharader to it- full capacity it would seem ihat it is not the bearing, but the rearing of tho child, which matters), Throughout the whole animal kingdom we can trace the evolution of the i mother-spirit advancing in direct eorroi spondeiice with the length of infancy j and degree of dependence of the oflI spring. Nay, where, as in the bee, the functions of hearing ami rearing, usually united within one individual, are sundered. the maternal spirit is evinced, not by her who gives birth, but by those who give nurture. If this be so. it follows that the mo-t. tvulv incapacitating deprivation wJjioh a woman may suffer! is not that nf remaining unmarried, but | thut of never having, at any time, been responsible for the welfare of 'lmuran being.-; 'weaker and less capable than herself—responsible, in particular, for their daily ;ipd hourly comfort and security. As n matter of fact, practle'ally the whole womankind of the world is made, in one way or another, at some period of HiV, to undergo this training, whilst men jire practically exempt from it. Combined with that peculiar bias of the nervous system, who-se grand object is maternity, this gives women their distinctive womanliness'. Here be sought the explanation both of their qualities and of the defects of their ijurtlities. Florence Uayllar in the Westminster Review.

I'SIXd tl> ODDS AM) EXDS. DEO 111 ATI V E ACt'ESSOIIIKS Ft If, l/RI'WS, Willi the present fashion of wearing blousCn of tucked net and silk, jabots of la<v are still the necessary accompaniment. In order to possess as many of Ihese as possible, every women .should look into flier '■remnant" bag where, she keens odds and ends of hu'e and ribbon. Very probiilily she will find daintv little pieceis of colored ~ilk and lace that can ilie utilised for making frills and collars and jabots, Perhaps there may be a piece iif vo;(| lace that has been put jeiva v as I k'iiju too *mall to be of nay ( prictic'll value, but ('his i.- mow the time to n>'e it for fashioning a smart bow or collar for the Mouse,

A charming jabot of laoc will give | ttu> blouse quite u different appearance, • and creates a now note of din-oration. I A little .piquant bow of Irish laeu <*au , be made, a* well as a kmuM lace collar, j I and a pleading finish to this may be given bv sewing into the top of the cot' | lar a frill of pleated lace. | Odd* and end* of velvet rilvbon can be utilised by making t'hoee smart little tie.- formed of a hand of colored velvet j ending in a natty little bow. If you j 'have a small pirn- of narrow gold braid i you may vise this by ,ju>'t edging the bow ] at the top. Purple, green. and black velvet are specially in favov for these bows, and are very usefui for wearing, with the neat morning hhirt. I,

l v ieces of silk or ribbon may be made into those folded neckband* which «ive such a decorative touch to the collar. They are sometimes finished with a riinall rosette, or they may be made to 'hook and eye over at the back, and are finished with a frilling of pleated net. A couple of large buttoiN found in the remnant bay: may be covered with satiu to match or contrast with the blouse, and can be finished with a pair of tassek. These are also worn at the throat to lini*h the collar, and make dainty little accessories at an infinitesimal cost.