WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 10 August 1910, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

THE GIRL FROM RECTOR'S. The other day we published the strictures of Revs. Grbb and North on "'The Girl from Rectors," now being playid in Wellington. Hear what the local papers say:—

The Wellington Post, in an editorial, Says • "Several ministers of religion, stimulated 'by second-hand evidence, have bitterly decried the "Girl," ana they have interviewed the Minister for Justice with the object of securing a prohibition order I against the piece. These gentlemen who have warned the public have now aj duty to the public, The rntte-s have placed themselves unde/ an obligation' to see the comedy staged, and decide] whether the work really fits in with their advanced impressions. If the picture is not so 'bad as it has been painted by them, it will 'be their part to modify! their strictures." I

The New Zealand Times, in its report of the comedy, said: "There is much fun and glee, some broad farce, and nothing whatever to complain of on any score. The writer has the greatest respect for Mrs. Grundy, and the bread and ibutter cut will not disagree with any young person." The Dominion's report stated: "Anything actually immoral or indecent cannot be read into the play by ordinary people. Hundreds of comedies have been ibuilt upon such a plan, hundreds more will be written on the same lines, and the world will go on laughing, because the joke is an intensely human one, and in the hands of capable players can, as in the present case, be made a source of much merriment."

A DESPICABLE LOVER. ' Much excitement was Tecently caused in the eastern part of Glasgow by the strange events which preceded a wedding. A young man had for some time been keeping company with a young woman residing there. The marriage date had ibeen fixed, but in the interval the young woman's father became so seriously ill that the marriage had to be postponed, and three months later the father died. The young man thereafter continued his visits to the home of hia sweetheart, and was most sympathetic with her mother in her bereavement. The young woman, who is describ-1 ed as tall and good-looking, was employ- \ ed in a warehouse in the city, and when l she arrived home in the evenings shei

generally found her young man in the house. His frequent visits during the absence of the girl continued for some time, and began to he commented upon 'by the neighbors. The young woman never suspected anything, but matters reached a climax when, on arriving home one evening, some nine or ten weeks after her father's death, she was l informed that the young man and her mother had been married that day before the Sheriff. The shock to the girl was very great, and she rushed from the house and .sought refuge with friends, where she was taken seriously ill, suffering from the effects of the shock. It was soon I learned that the newly-married ciraple were arranging to leave the city, and it! was stated that with the irisnralice money which came to the woman when her first 'husband died, amounting to close upon £2OO, the pair intended going- to Canada. When the time for their departure came known the neighbors, mostly women, gathered in large numbers. A hostile demonstration followed. When the pair tried to get into the cab in which they were to drive to the station;, they were pelted with stones, sticks, and' other missiles, and both were repeatedly struck. It was with difficulty that the eab got away, and for a time the utmost! esreitement prevailed.

THE FRENCHWOMAN. JTr. A. W. Butherford, of Amuri, Can- ; tertnwy, who is now -abroad, writes of his visit to Fiuwc:—"l luive been under the illusion that all French women were sylph-like, eighteen-inoh waists, 'No. 2 boots, daintily dressed, walking with mincing steps, but the Marseilles type is the reverse of this. They are all stout—many of them immensely so; and. they don't walk, they waddle. Most of the poorer classes go bareheaded, not because of their poverty, but for the purpose of showing off their grand heads of hair. They have fine eyes, and are goodlooking, in a Maori girl sort of way, and they don't paint, as the sylph whom I, subsequently saw in Nice and MonteCarlo, does. 'There is a large number of soldiers stationed in Marseilles, and they ■ must be of many regiments, judging by the many different uniforms to be seem, in the streets. The French foot soldier I is a dirty, untidy, slouchy animal, altogether inferior in appearance to our volunteers; but many of the officers are smart, well set-up fellows. I saw some smart cavalry, ■with good horses, im Paris." '

PARIS FASHIONS. WHAT PASHIQNiABLE WOMEN AKE WEARING. Colored embroideries are fashionable. In the new hats rounds crowns, are fi«en.

Foulard is eoming in for something of | its old-time popularity. I Linings must be as soft as they can 1 be made and as clinging. | Black and black and white both promise to be fashionable veiling colors. I The popularity of the embroidery robe is more marked than ever before. I Tiny white linen buttons are used on the new linen suits and bouse <ro\vns. Fine grasses and big vivid colored I wheat groups are used on the new hats. Wash laces, used on combination with embroidery, are strong for summer wear. Maillots or tights are modish, made of Jersey or of silk or woollen woven ! goods. Ad smart dresses, waists and suits are trimmed in the new Russian side effects. Marquisettes, linen, homespuns, all now appear in checks, 'both gUn club and shepherd. Hand embroidery and pretty laces aT4 the dominant notes in many of the new blouses. An odd fancy of the moment is the use on dressy toilets of 'belts of varnished leather. A new lace grenadine, more otten called net than grenadine, is shown among the new materials. The soft serges and cashmeres are used to build travelling costumes for the warm spring days. Narrow silk fringe is used to edge many of the new straw hats, the effect j being to soften the face. 1 Nets are again much liked for transparent undei'slceves and guimpe purposes in the summer frocks. Billows of fluffy materials and cob-l webby laces enhance nearly every lin- ] gerie frock now ibeing shown.

3 A CLEANING UPHOLSTERED r FURNITURE. k | It is not always possible to tarke apholI stered furniture into the open iof a ■ i thorough beating and cleaning. Hef# is 7 . a simple plan for freshening upholstered " i furniture without moving it from its atf* I, customed place: r Wring out of warm water a cloth that is large enough to cover a large portion " | of the chair (or other piece of furniture) •Ito he cleaned. The cloth should not be r "linty" and should be just damp, hut not 1 : wet. ! Beat the cloth well when it is laid over II the furniture with a rattan heater and ■ when one side has become dusty the I cloth can be turned. \ Sometimes it will he necessary to use [ several icolths on a single piece' of furni- ■ ture. Continue this treatment till the cloth 1 is no longer soiled when laid over the I furniture and 'beaten. , I The dust sticks to the wet .surface of ' the cloth, and the furniture is freshened ! by the process. If the color of the furniture is not [ very delicate, the cloths used can fte wrung from hot ammonia water, to still further brighten the covering. it" the heating has not removed all the dust from the cornel's of upholstered l chairs, etc., a stiff tooth brush should be employed. Better still, use two such brushes, first a dry one, to remove the greater part of the dust, and then another juiJt moistened with hot water, to . act like the damp cloth. Rememter" to use only moist, not wet, cloths, otherwise your furniture may be .' streaked and' spoiled. [ When the upholstery is clean rub up . the woodwork- with a good polish. ,

TO PRESERVE A SILK SKIRT. Do not choos* a. silk that has much dressing in it, as it cuts much more quickly. Do not fold it in: a box or chest ol drawers, as the creases will quickly .cut. Hang it by strips attached to the waisthand. Put a silk shirt ■ on a narrow hand; pulling it on a draw string, besides giving greater ibudk, cuts £he material. One woman says her skirts wear longer if she hangs them upside down by loops placed on the under side of the ruffle. Do not save a taffeta.- petticoat. It will very possibly cut from hanging too long in a cupboard, so ft might as well be worn.