WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 200, 2 December 1910, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). PAMPERED HUSBANDS. There are few brides who do not start their married life with the laudable resolve that they are going to make themselves absolutely indispensable to their husbands, and * prove themselves the sweetest, the most loving and perfect of wives. , All this is, no doubt, very charming [sentiment, save that the dear men in--1 variably get most terribly spoilt in the process, and a spoilt husband is apt to develop into a somewhat exacting male. For instance, a pretty young wife who had attained the dignity of a three-year-old wedding ring, and who possessed an adorable infant (quite the most wonderful baby in Christendom, of course), confessed that she would give anything to be able to live over the iirst few months of her marriage again so that-she might treat her husband in a different manner.

"I spoilt him most dreadfully," she said, ''and waited on him hand aiid foot .with the hundred and one little attentions that foolish wives make the mistake of lavishing on their husbands. Of course, I was quite enthusiastic over it at first and loved to think I was able to look after my big husband so well, but now he looks upon all those little services as his rights and he expects mc to [do them."

This, perhaps, is the experience of a good many young wives who do not realise that too much adoration is not good for a man, and that too much •'run-ning-after' would spol the most angelic of husbands.

Husbands, naturally, have a right to kindly attention, and no wife ought to grudge working hard and giving up some of her okl pursuits to make the home attractive and comfortable, but she shouldn't overdo things, and, above all, she should not fall info the mistake of offering attentions, which are likely to be irksome a few years hence, when the little strangers arrive, for husbands are just a trilie inclined to take all hard work and self-sacrifice for granted. After the novelty of having a devoted little wife to fuss over their comfort every minutes of the day has worn off, the great majority of married men fail in appreciation.

Xow appreciation is the breath of life to the average woman, and she should insist on getting it. Of course, a man cannot be expected to be praising and complimenting every time the occasion offers, and no sensible woman expects it, but there are a good many wives who can safely say that, through the whole of their married existence, their husbands have' not said a kind word about their .cooking, looks, or anything else that gives a great deal of satisfaction to the feminine mind. Married life means hard work for thewoman as well as for the man, and tiie woman being the more sensitive and subject to ''nerves" needs most kindly pra;.-;e and appreciation. But it is wonderful how a reserved man's bump of sympathy can be cultivated by a clever woman, who should gently insist, at the very beginning, that it is necessary to her happiness that he should feed her enthusiasm occasionally. Another point in the spoiling of a husband.is permitting unpunctual habits.

Said a young wife the other day: "It took me three years to realise the fact that my tears and cross looks over my spoiled-dinners and his unpunetuality were useless. I must have wept barrels of tears before I learnt that my husband, though dreadfully thoughtless/was a reasonable man, and that I had only to explain sensibly and quietly, without tears, that it would be better for us both, and I would have a far better chance of managing my house capably if I could depend on him to keep time." It is a woman's own fault if her husband is irregular in his habits; and in the ordinary household, .where the man has his fixed business hours, punctuality can always be gently insisted upon. THE CLOTHING OF WOMEN.

■ Dr. D. A. Sergeant, in the course of an article on the physical development of women, says that, in order to ascertain the influence of tight clothing upon the action of the heart -during- exercise a dozen young women consented last summer to run 450 yards in their loose gymnasium garments, and then to run the same distance with corsets on. The running time was two minutes and thirty seconds for each person at each trial, and, in order that there should be no heart excitement or depression following the first test, the second trial was made the following day. Before beginning the running, the average heart "impulse was 84 beats to the minute; after running the above-named distance the heart impulse was 152 beats to the minute; the average natural waist-girth being 25 inches. The next day, corsets were worn during the exercise, and the average girth of waist was reduced to 24 inches. The same distance was run in the same time by all, and immediately afterwards the average heart impulse was found to be 108 beats per minute. "When I state," says Dr. Sargent, "that I should feel myself justified in advising an athlete not to enter a running or rowing race whose heart impulse waiT 100 beats per minute after a little exercise, even thqjigh. there were not the slightest evidence of disease, one can form some idea of the wear and tear of this important organ, and the physiological loss entailed upon the system in women who force it to labor for ever half their lives under such a disadvantage as the tight corset imposes. This is a new proof of the injury which even moderately tight corsets may produce; as such, it should be laid to heart by my lady readers." ENCHANTRESS OF VENICE j TRIES TO UPSET COXVICTIOX. A message from Rome states that the Court of Cassation has dismissed the appeal of the Countess Tarnowska, who is now under sentence of eight years' imprisonment for the murder of Count Kainarowski. The countess and two accomplices were convicted in Venice in May last, after a trial that had extended over about two and a-lialf year-. The '-'Enchantress of Venice," as the Countess was called, is said to have exercised a ■fatal fascination, and many men of noble family fell deeply in love with her.

j Twelve years ago she married Count Tarnowska, and had three children, two .' boys and a girl. Her husband divorced her in 1903, She met Count Paul Kamarowski. a Russian nobleman, who was induced to execute an insurance policy for £20.000 in her favor. He was sho't dead in Vienna on September 4. 1007, by a young Russian, Xaumoff, who had fallen into her toils. It was contended that ho was incited to this deed by Prilukoff, the lawyer who acted for the Countess in the divorce proceedings. The maid Perrier was alleged to have assisted in the plot to kill Kamarowski, but she j was acquitted. Prilukoff and Xaumoff, however, were convicted, and were sentenced, the former to ten and the latter to three years' imprisonment. EMPIRE FASHIONS. The London newspaper, the Sketch, says that Empire high waists are undoubtedly returning to fashion, with the waist-line preserved towards the front, ' but .the back near the shoulders. The ' stage is a good indicator in such mat--1 ters, and graceful Miss Evelyn Millard's ■ gowns in her new- play show this ten- ! dency. Her evening dress of golden yel- ; low brocade is draped with a lace scarf, held in to the figure by a band of gold ' and jewelled passementerie, forming a ' belt curving up against the shoulders ' behind and sloping well down to the > front. Another of her dresses is in bis- ' cuit-colorcd satin charmeuse, the tight skirt draped over with a tunic of ninon- ' de-soie reaching to the knees; through this transparency, 'wide bands of silver 1 and biscuit embroidery that are laid - right down the back of the gown and round at the level of the knee are visible. ' Such veiling of the trimming, as well as : of the under-dress material, is very fashionable, and produces a graceful effect. ) ' THE CIGARETTE HABIT.

The cigarette habit does not seem to be confined to lads and grown-up males, if what was seen in a ear of the Bluff train the other day is to be accepted as a criterion (says the Southland News). Two girls, between sixteen and eighteen years of age, who were passengers from the port to town, entered a first-class smoking compartment and, taking a seat, asked a male occupant for a match. Curious to know what they wanted it for, he complied with the request, and was surprised to see "each of the girls place a cigarette in her mouth and light it. Remonstrance had no effect, and-the pair thoroughly enjoyed their smske until the guard entered, when they were require:! to change to a second-class car where smoking was not allowed. It is stated, however, that shortly afterwards they took a second-class smoker and resumed their worship at the shrine of Lady Xicotine. -■■ AGONISING FOOTWEAR.

Amnnu'-t the comparative few who went to Fl, mington (reports the Melbourne Age) and did not enjoy thr-m- - a couple of thousand ladies, v.hav pleasure was sadly alloyed by their boots and shoes. One fashion of the day prescribes patent leather shoes, with toes like spectacle-cases, perpendicular insteps, aiuf heels almost as long and as thin as clothes pegs. To be quite up-to-date these shoes must be two or three sizes too small; but even if they are two or three sizes too large they represent physicad agony. The'interesting 2000 occasionally took deep breaths through their teeth, stood first on one foot, then on the other, and trod; as daintily as finely-bred terriers. Amongst the crowd who thronged the lawn was a well known social reformer, who had come to collect ideas for future addresses. His opinions of the brilliant, gathering were most tolerant. The ladies' shoes attracted his attention especially. He could not take his eves off them. "I estimate," lie said, "tliat the pressure brought to bear by these beautiful patent leathers represents an amount of energy sufficient to drive a 40 horsepower engine or supply electric light to a fair-sized town. Corn salve should sell after this like old boots. But after all there is in this particular fashion an indication of the heroism of the race. A woman who can stand for four hours in tight boots, balanced on stilts, is comparable to the mother of Gracchi. 0, let us be joyful!" NOTES

The following is an cxr-ev:)t published by the Manchester Chronicle from the report just issued by the Medical Officer of Healtli for Belfast:—"A woman was observed embroidering small dots on cushion covers; there were 30S dots on each cushion, and for sewing these by hand she received the sum of "one penny. She said that for a day's work of this sort she would have difficulty in making sixpence. Nor is this an exceptional case! Our inspector was shown handkerchiefs •which were to be ornamented by a design in dots; thes"e dots were counted, and it was found that the worker ha] to sew 384 dots for one penny. Then take the finishing of shirts. In each shirt six or seven buttonholes have to be cut and hand-sewn, eight buttons have to be sewn on, and four gussets made. This work is paid at the rate of sixpence for one dozen shirts." Miss Olive Milns is a young English woman, the daughter of a British army officer who was killed at the battle of Spion Kop in the late Boer War. She •went to New York ten years ago without any business training or experience. Jier capital consisting of letters of introduction from the Duke of Argyll and Lady Victoria Campbell—relatives of hers by marriage—and a determination to succeed. The letters she buried in the bottom of her trunk, because she wanted to win through merit rather than birth. The determination she placed in active operation at once. She is now one of the best-known advertising managers iu Greater New York.