WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 186, 16 November 1910, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted in- " Eileen.") A HONKYMDnN 110TKL. 5 A hotel designed exclusively for new- 1 ly-married couples, to lie known as ' "Newly-Wed Hotel," is the latest Amer- 1 ican novelty. The new institution will ! be due to the enterprise of a New Jer- : spy hotel proprietor, who declares that , his experience of the embarrassment 1 suffered by young couples by the smiling attentions of clerks, and the other visitors at the hotels thev visit, has convinced him that an hotel catering exclusively for them is an urgent necessity. All the employees at the hotel will be recently married people, and positively no person married more than two weeks will be accepted as a guest. The originator of the idea is confident that the hotel "will be full of brides and bridegrooms long before Christmas." He is a bachelor, but announces his intention of marrying and appointing his bridu as manageress of the hotel. A HARD-HEARTED GENERATION. < Some writers are apt to deplore modern failings, and lament the ways oi' the "good old days," now long since over. Lady Dorothy Nevill's new book of reminiscences throws some curious sidelights on the past. Although we are now declared to be more extravagant in dress than when Queen Victoria went to a ball at -Stafford House attired in a simple nruslin dress embroidered in colours, and when £45 a yeat was Lady Dorothy's own dress allowance, she adds that we are more in sympathy with the poor, and that "in old days a good many of the wealthy had no more heart than p. stone peach on a lodging-house chimney-piece." She declares too, that "the physical side of life is far more natural and healthy to-day than ever before since the days of primitive man." In one particular, however, our ancestors seem to have had nicer methods, for she tells us that the older generation rarely spoke of two things—their financial affairs and their digestions. Both are now favourite topics. SEVEN YEARS AWAKE. Medical men at Budapest are deeply interested in the remarkable case of a woman who has not slept for seven years. Frau Bertha Hejemes, who is married, and has a little girl of ten, began her long vigil one night, when a gipsy woman attempted to kidnap the child. Since then she has not been able to go to sleep; neither has she had any inclination to do so. She is in excellent health, and has never hac. a day's illness, but as soon as she endeavours to lie down she is seized with a violent, nervous agitation, which compels her to sit up again. The woman declares that she is quite content in her sleepless state, as, with the whole 24 hours to herself, she is able to perform all her household duties as well as to do a good deal of reading. A curious fact is that since the beginning of 'her insomnia she has developed a great taste and ability for study, and has learnt three languages. Frau Hejemes is now 38 years old, and it is because of late she has been subject to irrepressible fits of yawning that she has' at last consulted a medical man about her condition. CHIT-CHAT. A feature of the new theatre which is to he erected in Chicago will be a smok-ing-room for women. Kissing on the lips is considered by women in Finland to be the greatest insult a man, including even a husband, can offer them. Society is composed of two great classes—those who have more dinners than appetite and those who have more appetite than dinners.—Chamfort. There is no active occupation which offers such dividends of happiness for a womanly woman as that of the cultures and tactful and loving home-maker.— Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Mrs. Mary Hughes, a widow residing at Solva, Pembrokeshire, has just attained her 103 rd birthday. She has an excellent memory, and still keeps a farm and attends to the cattle. The Yorkshire lady who discovered a brass pin, ly 4 in, long, in the centre of a yolk of an egg she was having for breakfast the other morning, is said to consider the jokes of some hens rather pointed. The fact that tombs of women warriors, wit.li war chariots and all complete, have been discovered in Italy, confirms a contemporary in the belief that there is nothing new under the sun—not even a suffragist. It is not generally known what an ' objection mice have to the smell of camphor, and that if pieces of it are put about the pantries and against any mouse holes, they will be sufficient to keep the annoyance away. Jane Avery, a feeble-minded woman, who has died in the Eastbourne (Eng.) Workhouse at the age of 89 years, has been an inmate of the workhouse since she was four years old, and had cost the ratepayers £IOOO. The bolero is one of the fancies of the moment, and is to be found on nearly all the models of the smartest dressmaking houses (says a London lady). It will be worn tight at the waist, or just escaping it at pleasure. Peers and peeresses are taking time by the forelock, and are arranging thus early for their robes for the Coronation of George V. in June, as ermine and other "imperial" furs are getting dearer in view of the expected demand. Jewellery, of course, is worn for ornament, but much of it is kept in such a condition that it is anything but ornamental. There is no surer sign of carelessness than to wear brooches, rings, and chains that require to be well cleaned. Twenty-two Japanese brides, who were married in Japan to photographs of men living in California, are being detained by the American authorities. If they are not claimed bv their husbands and formally married they will be deported. The well-mannered girl never appears conscious of her clothes; is never purpose! v rude; does not shirk her engagements because something more interesting occurs, nor is she neglectful of her | poor friends when socially important, .guests are present.

We not only take our fashions from 1 Paris—and very of?en spoil them in adapting them—but of late it has been . our craze to call them by French names, " which wc certainly cannot pronounce, g and probably do not understand.—Daily Sketch (London). | Women should insist upon understanding business matters. Fathers and husbands should not make a mysterv of the financial position of the family, but should see to it that their girls grow up ready to face responsibility.—Financial Review of Reviews. According to a Paris contemporary, | the ideal hero has during the past century successively been a hairy poet, a cavalry lieutenant in dazzling uniform, a broad-browed doctor, and later an engineer of genius. To-day the hero is merely one who can fly. The days of chivalry are not gone, notwithstanding Burke's grand dirge over them; they still live in that far-off worship paid by many a youth and man to the woman of whom he never dreams that he shall touch so much as her little •finger or the hem of,her robe.—George Eliot. A damp cupboard or larder may be improved—at least in its effect on the eontents—if a boxful of lime is placed there. This will absorb the dampness, but to be effective it must be renewed every few weeks, and of course the lime must be unslaked, as thus it draws the moisture to itself. When an aspidistra plant shows signs of decay, this hint will be found beneficial. Into a bucket of cold water put two cupfuls of soot, and leave for two or three days until dissolved thoroughly. Place tlie plant in, and leave for 24 hours. Do not water for about 10 days after this treatment. Being ill-dressed, unsuitable attired, in 1 an untidy room, or amid positively 1 nerve-racking and generally uncomfortable surroundings, is a sure way of see- | ing tli'hit's with a jaundiced eye and of getting the mind into a confused state, ' and the brain into an irritable condir tion.—Lady's Pictorial. ! The thoughtful hostess can often an- > ticipate a guest's pleasure and comfort ' by attending to a few small items. It is ! rare that guests and hostess are accus- ' tomed to the same retiring and arising r hours; the guest may like to arise early, 5 or she may have only a short time in her private domain; see that there are a couple of magazines readv, also writing materials for her use; they will be appreciated. It is not at all necesi sary to have a case full of books; just i one or two well chosen will be quite l sufficient. It is a real compliment to 3 a guest when the hostess shows interest , in her taste, and offers just what she i might like to read. Another thing, a p few dainty sewing materials in a dainty i work-bag are often what are most need--3 ed, for we know how buttons will come a off unexpectedly. While it is not ali ways possible, even with the best in- - tentions, to supply everything, these i little thoughtful attentions never pass - unnoticed.