WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 219, 21 October 1909, Page 1

WOMAN'S WORLD.

,i VOTES FOR WOMEN. <i ;; STRAIGHT TALK FliOM LADY sjroua\ London. September 10. i To an interviewer in fur-oil Shetland ; the wife of the Chief Justice of New , Zealand lias been offering some very ca'i | did criticism of British standards and , ideas, apropos of woman's snllra.ro. i "lu Ureal Britain," said Lad? Stm,'. ; \von seem t» be afraid of giving tih. , vote to women. 1 can assure you. speaking trom personal experience, that your ; tears are entirely groundless. The , amount of good done by women in Nev i Zealand through the polling-booth has J been enormous, and in your case the re- [ suit would be the same. > '-Of course, you have an old country ; with centuries of customs and prejudices , to uproot. The bourgeoisie class-thc ; class that cringes to the rich and crushes , the poor—are more numerous with you , than with us. You have more conde- ; scending show of politeness, to women , than we have, but you have none of th» r«al courtesy' of comradeship that we have though you talk about your reverence for women more. "Our women attendjiolitical meeting in greater numbers than men, and aia always treated with consideration and attention. Here it seems that men may ask any stupid question and receive a civil re pi r) but if a woman asks a simple and direct question she is at once hound,ioWa' e J ected from tn « meeting From our point of View such treatment i 6 evidence that all your civilisation only put a superficial veneer on the brute that lies below, that is ev«r ready when met by intelligence and unanswerable argument to exercise thetyranny of physical force to silence onposition. But you will have to get rfd ?f your prejudices, your sex war, your insular ignorance and aloofness' JJ v • giving the vote to women a great deal ' may be done in this direction i Wonien's sympathies are keene-, < then intuition truer, than those 0 f mcn ' < and the sooner the franchise is granted 1 ! to women the better it will be for he - nation „ot only now-, but for the genera' ', tions that are to come." , , The Shetland Newg, from which this < mterview is quoted, describes Lady Stou ', as a lady who combines with i mos t < charming and attractive personally a ' keen intelligence, a thorough and exact 'i knowledge of all phases of mnniripd paimmentary, and 1 social government' J a wide knowledge of literature and art hl| Wh T 0 !' t?00k 0n ' life >< as be™ * .broadened ond sweetened by actual con *i tac w,th people i„ all grades of socieTv i MADAME BLERIOT. *

THE HAPPIEST FRENCHWOMAN ALIVE. ' . Jl ; l . (,i ™ P'pf'ot is a prominent figure m tlie rejoicing i„ France over th* Conquest of the Channel. " She is a good-looking woman, courageous and sensible A corespondent of the Dailv Mail who has had an interview with f„ i ? } 'i , S ?- VS sho is a jwvtlv. healthy-looking woman with the luxi, riant tresses, the frosh-eoloured cheeks und an expression of superlative happiness. ll

•1 have gone through the bad dav ivitlt my husband when he toiled and struggled,'' she said, -and I am now iroud to share the honours showered ■ipon him. lielieve me, the douiest'c 'iile of air aviator's wife is not a bed oi roses.

"You think I look extremely well foi a woman who has gone through so many hardships! Of course. 1 am tie happiest Frenchwoman alive, and I have been ever since I heard that mv husband had safely landed at Dover. I have forgotlen the difficulties „f tinpast, the terrible emotions I have experienced, the shocks 1 suffered whenever >.f. Mlerint had nil accident or even Hew successfully, and, above all, tie fuel Ilia! ever since we wen; married that is for eight long years, I have M.-.l 111 a ii-verisli ulih.isp.ieve, „cal'd (>, ■lolhiiig luit aviation, dangers', experi-

"I ciin suv I..Tilt for eight vears in our Imine ul Vi-iiillv. near Paris, 'my husbail lias never spoken to mc except abo.it aeroplanes. I used to play the piano before I was married, but 1 have, never touched a note since 1 became M,-s. ISicriot. I almost hated his maclihe, and really my children—J have thr.e daughters and two sons—dreaded it as much as ]. They once saw—l heard—■papa's propeller,' and they ran away screaming. They have never wanted to see their father fly.

••Hut 1 have—time after time! Waen M. lileriol Hew from Ktampes to Orleans above villages and mil way trucks 1 followed ill a motor tar and tremble u as long as the flight lasted—before ami even, afterwards! After all, I am only a woman, and a mother, too. However, since that eventful flight' I have been nervous', and 1 can scarcely, say that on Sunday morning, when I followed my husband across l the Channel o-i board the Eseoptte, 1 felt almost brav \ Ami now I think I will never tremble again. I am cured.

"I don't think much, of a girl who does not pay sdnie attention to her dress," said Mrs. Neligan, wife of the Anglican Bishop of Auckland. "A girl should take a reasonable pride in her dress. A girl should be well-dressed, according to' her looks and her circumstances. She should be womanly, and select colors which are (suitable. Uirls should get fewer dresses, and let the dresses they do wear lie of good Mate-

rial. They should avoid wild, weird fashions. Why should you wear a color that does not suit you simply because it is the fashion? 'it is a great nity girls cannot be more indepeildenT-mind-ed. And, after all, dress is of minor importance compared with many other great big things. Never let dress become your taskmaster."

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