WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 229, 10 January 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen")

WEDDING BELLS. On Wednesday afternoon a quiet but very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, New .Plymouth, the contracting parties being Mr. Arthur Smart, of Dmiedin (late of Edinburgh) and Miss Lily Blanchett, of Xew Plymouth. The Rev. S. >S. Osborne ofliciated. The bride, who was given away by her fatlur, was attired in'a panelled dress of satin-striped taffeta voile, trimmed with embroidered net and insertion, and wore the orthodox veil and orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of white carnations and asparagus fern, and was attended by her two sisters, Misses Daisy mid Dorothy Blanchett, as bridesmaids, the former wearing a semi-princess <lr;ss of coral pink satin-striped delaine, trimmed with net and chiti'on insertion, and pink hat to mateh; and the latter a princess dress of light bl.ue shantung, with silk insertion trimming and cream silk hat. They each carried shower bouquets of carnations and sweet peas. Mr. Neil Mcfsaae performed the duties of best man. The "wedding March" was played by the organist, Mr. McGregor, and during the service the hymn, "How Welcome was the Call." was sung. Relatives and friends were entertained at afternoon tea at the residence of the bride's parents. Amongst very many valuable and useful presents received was a beautiful silver cake stand, suitably inscribed, from the teachers of the Sunday School, of which the bride hud lieen a member for some years past. The. happy couple leftby the afternoon train en route for Dunedin, their future home, the bride travelling in a pale blue linen costume, with blue hat trimmed with pink and white roses.

NOTES FROM LONDON.

WOMEN DRAMATISTS. London. November IS. "Jlifore you arc live years older," said Bernard Shaw in last Sunday's Observer, "three-fourths of our most popular playwrights will be women. It is extraordinary how they have mastered—or mistivssed —the stage lately.'' .Miss Cicely Hamilton certainly can lie classed as one of our ''most popular" dramatists. She has a comedy, 'Just to Oct Married,' running now under Miss Kingston's management at the Little Theatre; a new play, 'The Home-coming,' being produced at the Actress.es' Franchise League matinee, at the Aldwyoh, this afternoon; and a new three-act serious play which is being heard first in Norway, but will later be produced in London. Miss Vera Drtice, who is "Henry Seton," the dramatist, has a new play written in collaboration with Mr. Morley Roberts, and called "False Dawn," which is to be produced by the l'lay Actors at the Court Theatre in a few days. These same two authors have, also just completed a new three-act light comedy.

GENU'S IN A GARRET. | A prize, amounting in money to about! £2OO, is given every-year by the Gon-j court Academy in France, for the bestj novel of the'year, and has fallen this time to a seamstress named Marguerite Audoux, for the first bonk she. has ever written, and probably the last book she will ever write. It is called "Mario Claire," and is her own history. The story of the publishing of the booh, in the first instance, is as follows: —One day, sitting at a frugal dinner in a little restaurant where, tenpence bought a meal, Marguerite Audoux heard some young men talking about books. Her eyes were giving her trouble, at the time, and she was desperately poor. She told one of them of the story she had written. He was amused, and .said that he would like to read it. He read it, wondered at it, and took it. to Octave Mirbcau, who was charmed with it, and had it published for the author in the Grand Revue, and afterwards in volume form. It has appeared this week, and Paris has gone mad about it, and when the Goncourt Academy holds its next meeting in a day or two, the first prize of about ;C2OO is to be given to the author.

A WOMAN'S OPERA. To-morrow there is to lie produced by the Leipzig Municipal Op;ra, which is one of the finest in (iernmny, "The Talisman," a grand opera composed by an Englishwoman, Mrs. Adela Maddison. Mrs. Maddison is a pupil of Gabriel Faure, of the Paris Conservatoire, and has spent tile past three or four years in Germany. She has chosen the vehicle for her maiden composition the drama of "The Talisman." by the well-known Liulwig 1' ulda. who in turn borrowed his theme from the fairy tale popularised bv Hans Christian Anderson and Grimm. The management of the Leipzig Opera has given Mrs. Maddison's production a first-rate caste, and an exceptionally fine mounting, and German critics await its initial performance with tile liveliest interest. Leipzig was the scene of the oe.lv Other English opera ever produced in Germany. Miss Snivthe's "The Wreckers," recently seen at Covent <!arden. It is considered an interesting coincidence that both "The Wreckers" and '"The Talisman" are the work of English women, i'.y the way. Miss Maude Yalorie White, who has long been regarded as one of England's best song writers, is now engaged in writing an opera. GIUL STUDENTS' FIRE BRIGADE.

Among those who took part in a iirecxtiimuishing experiment at JJangor recently were two girl students, members of the amateur lire brigade at tile North Wales Training College. WOMEN'S NOVEL MOVEMENT.

The "Hand-shake Employers' Employ-, ment Association," which is to come intoi being in a few weeks, is being started by a number of society men and women, and the primary object of the association will be to promote a better understanding between employers and their employees. "We believe that any person employed, whether male or female, should be paid the full value of the work he or she diics." Lady Florence Bourke, one of the originators of the scheme, said this week: "The association will use its influence with employers to gain this end, and al-o for the purpose of finding work 'for men and women. There will lie anj 1 orjjanwetl system whereby out-of-works 1 j of all classes will be passed on to places

where labor is wanted. This will not be in i.ivalry to the National Labor Exchanges, but in co-operation with them. Then we intend to encourage thrift by raising a sum of money to be spent purely on labor, and good and careful employees will be paid small sums through a banking .system, the details of which have been drawn up. Wo shall enforce sobriety for economic reasons, but there will be no tinge of charity in the help we give employees. According to the amount of their own savings they will receive aid from us, but in 110 other respect. Jt is our intention also to put employees in communication witli employers in the colonies, in order to assist emigration when, owing to failure and other causes, large numbers of hands are thrown out of work here."

" REAL MEN" IX THE COLONIES, '•'lie knows he is a rare creature,'' says "Mrs. iitill," this week, of the average Englishman of to-day. "lie knows he is in demand, and being human (very mueli so) hu puts his price upon himself; and it's a heavy one. Mow scornfully he refuses to dance at your parties. He will not even dine without an air of condescension; and the patronage of his remarks upon your golf-playing, and your ideas and doings generally would lie funny if it were not pathetic. Only two things are left which temporarily subdue him—beauty and wealth. But beauty is losing its power daily. Soon only money will keep him in his place. When he reaches that degradation he will eease to be. a man. and the matriarchate will rcallv have arrived. If only in the cause of man, our girls and women ought to go out to the colonies and marry real men, and bring up manly soils, who will push this dreary idiot and his pomposities into the corner they deserve." TAXIXO THE UXMAIIKIEIJ.

From St. Petersburg came the news last Monday that the Financial Commission of the Duma has approved of a Bill imposing a tax 011 all young people 01 marriageable age who are single. The tax will take the form of a percentage 011 their incomes. Last year Bulgaria imposed a tax of 8 s 4d a year -upon her 27.0110 bachelors over thirty years of age! 111 England and Wales there are I.4Sl,is:jH bachelors and 1,743,178 spinsters over twenty-one, and a daily paper points out that a IDs tax would bring in enough money to build a new Dreadnought each year.

USE OF LEMON SKINS "It lias always been a grief to inc.' writes a wrrespondcnt in a London paper, "to see the pile of lemon skins left apparently useless after the lemonade has been made for a children's party. I hate waste, even of lemon skins, and tried ranking marmalade, and using tliem up in puddings, but my ellorts did not earn the approval of my children, who unfortunately are rather dyspeptic and liierefore not to be blamed il they are rather 'faddy' in their tastes as to food. So 1 have had to reconcile myself for some years to seeing the leimm skins go into the lire. But 1 have just received from a dear old lady, who N a specialist in by-products of the kitchen, a recipe which uses them up, and which lias delighted my children so much that now tliev want me to buy lemon-; for the sake of the skins. It is -imply a svrup, resembling in appearance golden svrup, only not quite so liquid, and is used in the same way with bread. Put the skins in a. basin, and cover with water. Let this stand for a day, then put all 011 in a jelly pan. and let simmer for several hours. ' Strain, and put one pint of liquor to lib of sugar, and boil quickly till it syrups, about two hours. A little -ground cinnamon, mixed with a little dry sugar, and added to the syrup when boiling is a great improvement. Twenty-live lemons make about t!VI; pints of liquor, and require ll'/dbs of sugar and one tablespoonful of cinnamon.

TOILET HINTS. Never use a skin food before going out, for tlifi skin only burns more easily from the previous use of the cream. Instead, wipe the face over with this lotion: One pint of distilled water, enough simple tincture of benzoin to make the water milky. Add the benzoin drop by drop till the iiquid is opaque, This is a most refreshing lotion. It is astringent as well, and will prevent that disagreeable shininess of the face, while the whitening properties of benzoin are will known. On coming indoors again apply some eldeillowcr water or some fresh cucunibcrjuiee, both of which remove tan. Failing these, a little buttermilk has the same benelieial ell'ect.

When going to bed, a good cream sekin food gently patted into the cheeks and neck is very necessary to replace the natural oil that has been taken away by the heat of the sun. Lemon-juice is a well-known cure for sunburn, but if you use it let it be diluted with half the quantity ol water or milk to make it more emollient. When washing the hair try salt; of tartar. It makes the hair beautifully soft, clean and glossy.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS An economical sauce to have with stewed fruit is made by 'boiling half an ounce of finely crushed sago in a pint of milk till the grains almost disappear. Sweeten and flavor to taste, and let it get cold before serving.

Tf too much salt has been added to any dish, a little sugar and just a suspicion of vinegar will often rectify the mistake.

When peeling apples have, at hand a pan of cold water to which a few■ drop-> of lemon-juice have been added. As they are pared drop the apples one by one into the pan. They will not then brown. Apples should, when possible, be cut with a silver knife. Here is a favorite hot weather way of using up dry crusts. The crusts are cut into small squares, ordinary lemou jelly is made, and, while still hot, poured over them and served with either custard or cream.

Plushotte curtains can be washed at home in water in which bran has been boiled. Tf shaken occasionally during the drying process they will look almost as good as new afterwards.