WORMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 318, 18 February 1910, Page 6

WORMAN'S WORLD

FASHION HULLS. | Triiorne hats in fur, cloth, satin, aud velvet are now to be seen. For the full pull' crowns oil turbans moire antique silk taues first place. The sailor jersey is delightful for morning wear. Large and fancy-shaped buckles are covered with puckered metallic tissue. Sequined net scarves tinish with a brilliant fringe or heavy tassels. Elizabethan bodices coming down to I long points, back and front, come over gather-skirts. Metallic gauzes used as scarves and tied with hanging ends are the sole trimmings for mauy of the large rough beaver hats.

Iu contrast to the sober tailor-made costumes for street wear Cue graceful indoor gowns arc more striking than ever in color.

Relief work in gold and silver thread placed over richly-colored satins is used in many ways for trimming hats and gowns and as vests and waistcoats. On large fur hats, waving trimmings fastened in with a bejewelled button ■ near the front come at the right side. Long overdresses of transparent net embroidered at the lower edges find still many admirers. The coloring is the same as the gown worn beneath, though the shade may vary. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. '' An interesting bequest was made to Queen Alexandra in the will of the late Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester, whose estate was sworn at £324,86tK The clause of Her will relating to the bequest read as follows:—"I bequeath free of all duties to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra my ruby and diamond bracelet, which I ask her fo graciously accept as a token of my respectful affection and regard for Her Majesty." Mrs. Terence O'Grady (nee Gertrude Arnoldy) married at St. Louis. U.S., the "human ostrich" becaus'e (as she declared) she had fallen in love with O'Grady when she saw bim eating tacks as his "turn" at a local show. "I thought I would like to cook tor a man, like_that! He can't fuss at What I prepare for the table." The couple were married by Justice Moore. Mrs. O'Grady says that her husband has promised to teach her the art of eating tacks and glass. Mrs. Gertrude Athei'ton, the American novelist, has precipitated a war of words between the jealous inhabitants of Chicago and New York by declaring that she would rather go to Hades than live in Chicago. This opinion, expressed on her arrival in New York from her home in San Francisco, was formed after spending a few days) in Chicago, where men were fighting to amass fortunes out of wheat "corners" and pork combines. "Chicago," says Mrs. Atherton, "is gloomy, ugly, dirty, aild frightful. IU is money mad, and vulgarly and disgustingly rich. The buildings are crude and covered with advertisements, while the private residences are hideous architectural hodge-podges. New York is beautiful, and has great love for the fine arts and architecture. The people are not money mad. Conditions are charming in comparison." Twenty years ago, or little more, women golfers were almost unknown, but now perhaps they are more known than, appreciated. So says a cynical contemporary.

Mrs. Oscar Heller and Mrs. James Walton, who are sisters, were driving a spirited horse recently, when the animal became frightened and overturned the buggy. Mrs. Heller and Mrs. Walton were dragged along the rough pavement for half a block, and the large hats worn by the women protected their heads from injury. Neither was seriously hurt, although their headgear was ruined.

Mrs. Mary Coleman, in a suit for divorce from her husband, Paul Coleman, says in her bill she was forced at late hours of the night, at the point of a revolver, to read to her husband "gruesome and horrid" tales of Jesse James and other outlaws. Her husband, the bill sets forth, lay in bed smoking cigarettes and toyed with a revolver, and threatened to use it if slie ceased reading. The Duchess of Manchester has bought the biggest jigsaw puzzle in the world. It consists of pieces, each piece being shaped like an animal, and it will take about a month to work out. A well - known Brooklyn "millionairess," who has acquired a pearl necklace said to be worth £40,000, has just appointed a stalwart young man of excellent family to act as her bodyguard and to accompany her to all receptions whereat s"he wears this splendid ornament. Some people s'ecm to tUink that if women in England ever did get the vote they would not make any difference to parliamentary affairs. But if you will say so to a suffragette she will tell you about Mrs. Alma V". Laft'erty, a very pretty and brainy woman, who is the only female member of the Colorado State Assembly. Yet she has introduced fifteen Bills into that legislative body, and the last of them has' just been passed by that House; so that, at all events, there is one woman in the world who possesses constructive ability of some merit.