WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 169, 26 October 1910, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). THE 1910 GIRL. VICAR'S CAUSTIC COMMENT. Outspoken to the Last degree is the comment of the Rev. W. J. Stobert, vicar of Carisbrook, l-slo of Wight, on the seaside girl. "Writing in the parish magazine, the rev. gentleman says: "For some weeks past we have enjoyed the presence of the summer visitor, but who devises their clothing? We can remember a time when the English girl was a most attractive creature. Look at Leech's pictures in the old numbers of Punch; pretty, tasteful and bright, they were a pleasure to look at; but the 1!)10 female seems either to be wrapped up in a bundle of rags with the least clean one spread over her hat and tied under her chin, or else she discards as much of her clothing as she can. Leaves her hat at home and gets her head full of dust, exposes her chest to every wind that blows, displays ankles that show the solidity of her understanding, runs about the island half-clad, crumpled and dustladen. Is it .to convey an impression that they, have all travelled in motors?" asks the'elergyman, ''because some of the rushing motors gives one the suggestion of a heap of crushed humanity, females and children, lying in a heap. The motorist, however, deserves a line for himself. He represents th'J vast arrogance of wealth; lie comes hooting, bellowing, squeaking, tinkling, roaring or whistling with a piercing scream, to tell everybody to get out of the way because the road belongs to him. He and his rush through the loveliest scenery and the exquisite peeps of land and sea at the pace of a train without time to look at anything. He in goggles, his females in folds of material. Why don't they keep to 1 Brooklnnds? There is a beautiful course, smooth anil properly graded, where they could put their heads in bags and fancy themselves in Scotland, or the Isle of Wight, or Devonshire, while . circling round and round the course."

BARBARIC WEDDINGS COUPLE WHO HAVE COME FROM FORMOSA TO BE MARRIED. London, September 8. There are probably few couples who have travelled so far to be married as Rungays Rugigashella and Sarongai Busabiree, who have journeyed all the way from Formosa to be wedded under the united sway of the Mikado and King George at the White City to-day. The couple have been betrothed since childhood, the bridegroom's ftither selecting the young lady many years ago by piling a heap of human heads at her father's hut. She is 21 and he is 24.

Last night the villagers began to decorate their houses in honor of the event, hanging clusters of corn and bunches of leaves over their doorway, and hanging on the posts and lintels bows and arrows, old flint guns, and other implements of war. To-day rites will follow the ancient customs of the race under the aegis of Puegos, the god of dreams. The ceremony, which is to take place in the centre of the village under a temporary awning of leaves, will begin by a procession of the bridal party and their friends clad in bright-colored clothes and decorated with beads, medals, and small mirrors. The couple will first ascend a small, dais, and, after bowing to each other, will descend amid the plaudits of their friends, who will immediately surround them and commence a ceremonial wardance to the accompaniment of shouts and native music, followed by a display of feats at arms resembling the Arab power play. This concluded the important part of the ceremony begins by the bringing in of a live pig, which is first saluted and then slain by the entire company spearing it. The crowd, still dancing round it, will hew the carcase in pieces and Hing them into two iron pans, where they will be cooked over charcoal fires and eaten. After the meal bride and bridegroom drink simultaneously a liquid made from wild rice from a double cup fashioned out of a single block of wood, and resembling a ladle with a bowl at either end of the stem. While they drink they repeat in Formosan the words, "We are now one. We love each other." After the ceremony there will be a procession of the natives through the grounds.

CHANGES AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE Some changes will be made in the personal apartments of the King and Queen when their -'.Majesties go into residence at Buckingham Palace shortly (writes London M.A.P.) Their Majesties will have the same rooms for their personal apartments as had King Edward and Queen Alexandra, which consist of ten rooms for the .Sovereign and nine for his Consort. King George and Queen -Mary will, however, both give up two rooms, and the four rooms will be converted into the nursery, which will thus immediately adjoin Queen Mary's personal apartments. The Princess Mary, with her governess, will occupy the rooms used by the' Princess Victoria, which consist of five apartments. Queen Mary went very carefully into these arrangements before the Court moved to Balmoral. It was originally intended to have the nursery in the rooms at the eastern end of the Palace, which had been used as such in the reign of Queen Victoria; but had this' j been done, it would have necessitated a' complete alteration in the selection of! the personal suites for their Majesties, which are situated at the western end, for Queen Mary insisted that the nurserv should adjoin her private apartments. There are several alterations to be made in the State apartments. One is the abolition of the Green Drawing Room, which will probably be converted into a morning-room for 'the equerries in attendance. This apartment is upholstered and furnished entirely in green, but, fine though the furniture is, the general effect is inartistic, and it has alwuvs been

regarded as the least beautiful room in the Palace. An additional waiting-room for callers on members of the Household on business will be provided at the equerries' entrance, for whom at present there is [ only one room, too small altogether for its purpose. KENNEL MAID'S ROMANCE MARRIES RICH YOUNG AMERICAN. The marriage of a rich young American to the girl keeper of his sister's kennels has just taken place at St. Gregory's Church, Beckington, Somerset. The bride was Miss Maud Armit Hall, and the bridegroom Mr. Frederick Sturges, junior, son of a wealthy New York financier. Miss Hall was engaged several years ago by Miss Mary Sturges to look after her kennels at Fairfield, Connecticut, where several famous Pomeranian prizewinners are kept. I Young Mr. Sturges, absorbing interest in his sister's kennels, the New York Herald states, became a subject for remark months ago, when he entirely neglected Newport and other gathering place of society for Fairfield, and was a constant visitor to the pretty home on the Sturges' place of the mistress of the kennels. Their engagement was announced recently to friends, and Miss Hall immediately returned to her home in England. The only family opposition to young Mr. Sturges' choice which was expressed was the lament of Miss Sturges at losing so valuable a head for her kennels—her pet • enterprise. Mr. Sturgesa graduated at ■ Princeton University in 1897.

HOME TRUTHS FOR THE YOUNG. Ideals are essential to happiness. But thev should be woven out of the Material of Life, not from a Fabric of Dreams. When you feel particularly old and disenchanted, be comforted. Twenty is a great age; at forty, one renews one's youth. Do not expect perfection in a lover. You won't get it. Moreover, variety is an enduring charm. If you must be a wallflower, sit on the sunny side. And smile. However weighty your own concerns, try to recollect that older people have a right to existence. If you are very intelligent, you may even realise that they, 1 too, are human. Never judge a man by his letters. There is not one person in a thousand whose pen correctly indicates his character. I If you marry a pretty face and figure, don't show your disappointment when you find your wife possesses no other attraction. They vvKo choose an empty house should not grumble at lack of furniture. Never pretend to be wiser than you are, except when away from home. Then there is hope that you may be taken seriously. ■Be indulgent to the youthfulness of your parents. Remember they, too, were once world-wise and pessimistic. The best way to know a man is to "walk out with him." When this arrangement spreads to the upper classes there will be fewer mistaken marriages. (Note—To '-'walk out" is a passive verb, not a binding engagement). Few women understand men, and no men understand women. To think you know another's complexities is not to comprehend them.

At seventeen, do not reject with contempt the partner of thirty. Remember that difference in aee decreases as life goes on. This is a difficult saying, but a true one. Platonic friendships, where one or both parties are heart-whole, end in marriage or disaster. - ° When you shiver at the spectre of middle age, be comforted. It wjll bring with it a great compensation—friendship.