WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 41, 28 May 1910, Page 12

WOMAN'S WORLD.

• WHAT A GIRL SHOULD KXOW. ,ofa these days of higher education for girls some very simple and useful accomplishments are apt to be forgotten. They are accomplishments that one need mot attend college to learn, and yet they are as valuable and as essential as anything taught in the most advanced seminarv. Without them no girl's education* is complex. Here is a list of things that every gin in the land should know regardless of '-er position in life:—_ She should ;:now that twenty shillir"" •make a pouim. She should know how to arrange room in the house. She should know how to say "i and mean it; or "Yes," and stick to ?fe She should know how to sew on In ' tons, darn stockings, and mend gloves. She should know how to cook aim gerve <a good, wholesome dinner. She should know how to dress for ihealth and comfort, as well as for appearance. IShe should know that tight lacing is not only uncomely, hut that it is injuri- ' ous to health.

She should know that music, drawing, and painting are real accomplishments jn the Jiome, and are not to be neglected if there be time and money for their use.

IShe shou'd know how to live up to the old rule. "A place for everything, and everything in its place." She should "know that it is best for her not to have anything to do with dissolute or intemperate young men.

She should know that the more she lives within her income the more she will save and the farther she will get away from poverty. She should know that it is best to regard habits and morals, and not money, in choosing her associates. She should know- how to dress within iter income, and to wear a calico dress like a queen. She should know how to embrace every; opportunity for reading, and how ito select such books, as will give her the most useful and practical information in order to make the best progress in earlier as well as later home and school life.

A girl who combines all tMs information with her regular school education will ibe well equipped for almost any [position in life. Her spiritual development should keep pace with her mental development, or life win he a failure under any condition.

'! (WINTER ENTERTAINING.

!Amongst the pleasantest features of tie winter season are the gathering to- > gether of friends over the fireside and the evening .parties on a more or less elaborate scale tflat are as enjoyable in their way as the summer garden party and picnic. At this season of the year a good deal of social entertaining goes on at home, and dances are "in the air." With many families, however, it is out of the question to entertain on any but the simplest scale, owing probably to funds or lack of accommodation in the house. Here, then, is 'a suggestion I have to offer to those to whom it may appeal. When the house is too small 101; home entertaining on a large enough \ scale why should not two or perhaps! three families 'known to one another give ' a joint party, and for the purpose hire a large room for the occasion- The expenses would then not be very heavy for either party, and the homes would remain undisturbed by the festivity, and sot suffer the upheaval that necessarily precedes the giving of a. party at home. The refreshment department should be entrusted to the care- of a good local •caterer who would give an estimate of the cost of a supper, or light refreshments, at so much a head. Practically all expenses, therefore, of •the party could be reckoned up beforehand, each hostess making out a list of the guests she intends to invite. Tn order to avoid disappointment by refusals, the invitations should be sent out a month or three weeks beforehand, so that the number of quests who are expected may be known well in advance of the date of the patty.

■ EMXCESS MARY OF WALES. The onlv girl among five brothers, Princess Mary of Wales might naturally stand in danger of being spoiled were it not that her mother is too sensible to allow such a thing. A* a matter of fact. Queen Mary is an example of common sense where the .bringing up of lier family is concerned. The princes and their one sister from babyhood have led bealthv and happy lives, kept early hours." and learned that pleasures must Ibe earned by attention to study. An instance of the firmness exercised over her family bv the Princess of Wales is showri in the following little story:—A year or two ago when staying in Scotland, Princess Mary visited a villase shop with her mother in order to make some simple purchase. On the counter lay a confectioner's tray piled with delicious, smoking hot. currant buns. Princess Mary, "drawing her mother's attention to them, expressed a wish to have one. The Princess of Wales gave her consent, whereupon the little wirl drew a pennv from the pocket of her coat, paid for a bun, and ate it with keen enjoyment. Then she said she would like "to buy another, but this her Royal mother verv promptly vetoed, and there was no second appeal. The youthful princess knew that .her mother's word was law. Like the Queen and her grandmother, the late Duchess of Teck. Princess Mary 'is extremely clever with her fingers. She knits and sews and works for charities, and has dune so for some years. Tt seems hardly credible that in "April last 'Princess Mary was thirteen. She is a fine-looking girl, with .pretty coloring and a somewhat, serious expression. She rides fearlc-dy. and is an excellent whip; and while, of course, she is being trained in feminine accomplishments.'she often plays boys' games with her brothers. WHERE OIRLS MAUI'.Y QUICKLY.

On the prairies of Manitoba. Saskatchewan, and Alberta are hundreds of ■settlers who arc eager to secure wives from the Old Country, but who, owing to the necessity of tending their farms, have been prevented from visiting_ the populous centres in -■■;-,-i-!i of marriageable crirls. To' meet this reipiir. ■!:!' nf. 'he Sal'.a-

tion Armv Emigration IVpavtmci.t. has established a marriage i.nreau. and Army parties are ncrsonalh conducted by an official, who.' while In- d""s not act as matchmaker, gives vain'.Lie advice on matrimonial affairs. Out of a party of fifty recently sent, out to British Columbia', more than half were wedded in a little over a year. Th" age of the lady, emigrants ranges from eighteen to forty, j onrl°thPv are'drawn from all classes—

small .private income.

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