WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 159, 14 October 1910, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(Conducted by '•Eileen"). WAITARA~NOTES Last Wednesday evening Mrs. E. Wickham chaperoned a surprise party of young people to Miss Cowles' residence. The evening was pleasantly passed in and pianoforte music, with a ("iiessim' competition, which was won by Miss ('.Tuilbert. Mrs. Barford, of lnglewood, is on a visit to her mother (Mrs. JohnCanreron). Mrs. Bluck, of Avondale, is visiting her daughter (Mrs. Fred, l'rosser). Some time .back a Ladies' Reading Club was formea, the meetings being held at the homes of the different members. ! .Pleasant evenings have been spent reading and discussing tehaikespeare's "MerLchnat of Venice" and '•Midsummer I Niaht's Dream." The members are Mesdames Harrison, liaseler, Lund, Wilkes, I Mfees Jay, Cowles, Gilbert and Stoddart. All our'jouy dances and Bowling Club socials arc over, and everyone is get ling ready for tennis, croqma ant bowls. Fine weather is hoped for mxt month for the oiieni'T» da,-a at the various pleasure jl * .. _i.l-.llH>! I'" *!■••» «"f*l groundi. "•-"' ■ ' ' "- ' Miss iiennie has gone to Wellington ,or a short holiday. Patrons of Mr. ltennie's establishment will miss the smiling face of Miss Belle Xithois, who has lelt to be married to Mr. Powell White, of Wellington. This lady has made herself very popular with her kindly attentions and courteous manners white she has been so man}' years with us. Everyone wishes her 'the best of health, wealth and prosperity in her new sphere of life. A STRANGE TRAGEDY.

YOUNG ITALIAN WOMAN'S FATE. Paris, 'September 27. Romance, tragedy and mystery are strangely blended in the story of a murjder that came to light yesterday in the little village of Villauris, in the department of Alpes-Maritimes . The victim of the crime was Senora Corradini, a young Italian woman, whose body was discovered lying in front of the residence of Senor Cotta, an Italian orchardist. That the girl had.been murdered was evident at a glance. The mysteryenveloping the murder is no less than that that which surrounded her whole life. As an infant, only a month old, Senora Corradini was discovered on the steps of a foundling asylum in the seaport of Oneglia, on the Gulf of Genoa, 41 miles from Nice. Pinned to the child's clothing was a card, on which was written, "For Nina." There was also a bundle of banknotes to the value of £30,000. The foundling, of course, was taken into the asylum, and there the child-grew into womanhood. No trace of her parents was ever discovered, and the only name by which she was known-was that of Nina'. The girl remained at the asylum until 18 months ago, when she eloped with a workman named Corradinni, who was employed at the institution. The couple found their way into France, and settled in Villauris, ten miles from Grasse, famous for its flowers and perfumes.

While at Villauris, (Senora Corradini met Signor Cota, a wealthy fruit-grower. Cotta is a widower with two children, and he fell desperately in love with his young countrywoman. Of the murdered woman's movements on Saturday night nothing is known. She left home without her husband's (knowledge, and that was the last seen of her until her mutilated body was found. MISS ANETTE KELLERMAN. CHAMPION LADY SWIMMER. iMisß Annette Kellerman is the champion lady swimmer and diver of the world. She holds records from 100 yards to 26 miles, and is the only girl that has ever attempted to cro3s the English Channel. She has won every race she ever entered, and had defeated most of the best male swimmers in the world. Professor Dudley Sargent, physical instructor of Harvard University, proclaimed her the most perfectly-built woman in existence. Annette Kellerman is recognised as one of the greatest vaudeville attractions in the world, and as itJhe greatest artist in iher line of work. She has been the theatrical sensation of Great Britain and the Continent for the past two seasons, and lias played longer than any other artist of theatrical production in New York. She holds the record of attendance in every theatre she has played in during the past season. Miss Kellerman's work is done in the spotlight, so that not a movement of the fair diver is lost, as she rushes up the i springboard, poises for a second and flashes through the air. Her two remarkable dives are named '"Hie Front Back" and "Dolphin." The tank used on the stage is 10ft wide, loft long, 6ft i deep, and is shaped like a huge barrel.! When filled with water it weights 261 tons, and while one of the smallest tanks ever used by any diver, it is thoroughly I adequately ' for her requirements, al-1 though she has to be very careful, for it is on account of its small size that the insurance companies have refused to issue a policy on iher life. KAISER ON WOMEN'S MOVEMENT. The Kaiser recently seized an opportunity of ventilating his views on the feminine movement, and the general trend of his utterance has been made public, presumably with his Majesty's permission (says the Berlin correspondent of the London Daily Express). He views with profound sympathy the general movement proceeding in all the civilised countries of the world for the amelioration oi the position of women, including higher education. His Majesty believes in technical education for women and the invasion of different businesses and professions by women, holding that in the present numerical proportion' of the sexes this is inevitable, and could not be denied to women without grave injustice to them. Consequently, women

lawyers, women doctors, women dentists, and women in many other blanches of activity may count on the Kaiser's approval! In'brief, the Kaiser is a supporter of every phase of the new woman movement, with the single exception of its political aspect. Ho is a resolute opponent of woman suffrage. He abhors the idea of women in political life. The introduction of woman suffrage in any country appears to him to lie an unmistakable sign of hopeless decadence and decay. Women in politics would, he thirties, be the beginning of the end of any country. Consequently, his Majesty has an aversion for the eccentricities and extravagances perpetrated by the extreme suffragists in various countries.

FASHION NOTES FROM LONDON London, August 2G. -Shops deserted, save for Americans, counters crowded with end-of-season goods, windows with endless rows of hats at the same price, a few autumn goodssuch are London shops just now, each of them a silent advertisement of the fact that the world in general is at the seaside, on the moors, or disporting itself far from the madding crowd of shops. There is an atmosphere of laxity in August and early September that communicates itself to shops as it does to newspapers and amusements—a rather weary i inclination to "fill in with anything" in I this "off" time.

One feature of millinery of the day cannot be overlooked, however—whatever else they use :: trimming, milliners don't seem to be able to think beyond wings, and the shop windows of an up-to-date modiste very closely resemble rows upon rows of fowls roosting on perches. Every hat, no matter what,its shape and size, has a wing somewhere upon it, or clusters of feathers, tips, or marabout. Quite half the models have huge wings such as I described a few weeks back laid flatly across the front, and these are both serviceable and smartlooking. Toques of most fantastic shapes are just as fashionable now as large hats, and these also, if not actually made of plumage of some kind, are trimmed with it.

It is difficult to describe the shapes of the newest toques, for they are moulded apparently without rhyme or reason. Certain it is that one might justifiably wear stiffened headgear—for they are stiff—in any shape, and yet be in the fashion. Some are like box irons, others have two distinct crowns, some have double rows of narrow lace, which hang down over the hair, nightcap style, but all have a tendency to stand up stiffly oft' the face like the helmet that used to be worn by the Royal Marine Light Infantry in the Crimea, and is still worn, I fancy, by some German regiments. Many of the large hats have the crowns and half the brims covered with soft satin or silk, and a point to be noticed is that there is no overloading of trimming. Sometimes the hat possesses one immense grenadier plume, with a group of smaller ones arranged at the base. These, | are, perhaps, the most popular in black, for the ibladk hat this autumn will cer-. tainly be extraordinarily in evidence, as 'fashion decrees that it may be worn with any kind of gown. Shaded feathers and those of the striped variety are in vogue, and a combination of color is the brilliant blue feather with the black hat that is especially becoming to brunettes. There is every sign that black and blue will be a favorite combination this autumn, as evening dresses, house gowns, and even feather boas, as well as hats, are being made by large firms of these two colors blended. ©lack velvet hats will be much in vogue this season, for the furore for black velvet has reached a positive craze. Sometimes the hrims are of gathered chiffon with a full velvet crown, while I the hat may be draped with a white lace eil that falls in cascades at the back. Americans, it is noticed, always wear veils, often two—one thick and worn like a motor veil, the other thin and spotted, over the face. There is, so far, no sign ithat millinery will be anything but gigantic—when it is not very smalt—and some of the new felt models measure 80in .round. Scarves go out of date reluctantly, and the latest phase is exceedingly hideous in that it allows them to be made of lumpy plush and edged with marabout—an idea that is never likely to become popular with the woman who likes to look trim and well-gowned as such a scarf cannot help but have an amateurish atmosphere about it. Buttons of suede and buttonholes edged j with sue are dainty additions to coat and skirt. *From the Shoe Manufacturers' Monthly comes the following note:—"'The men who know' say that the pump shoe and the low-cut ankle tie, with and without strap, will be the feature in wpmen's goods for next spring. Nothing looks smarter and neater on a welf-turned ankle." Very few people will be found, I fancy, to ajgree with "the men who know" on this matter of pump shoes with ankle ties, and "neat" is an adjective that serves only to describe their effect when quite new. A good many women in the West End were wearing them some weeks ago, and they looked anything but neat and smart for street wear, and had not not the effect which women naturally appreciate of makin» the feet look small. ° Wash colored stockings before wearing them, and to set the color add stronS salt water to the boiling water that is employed for the purpose of washing. Some dyes are not good for a sensitive skin. It is said that silk stockings last much longer if they are washed before being worn.