WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 244, 21 February 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen";. SENTENCED FOR FRAUD. THREE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. It whs stilted in last week's cables that at the criminal sessions at the Old Bailey, William Joachim was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining from two ladies the sum of £SOOO. He claimed to be the late William Henry Vanderbilt's natural son, but evidence given at the trial disproved this. | When first arrested, Joachim was described a,s ''a well-dressed man, named Frederick Denneby Vandcrbilt, aged 48, an agent, of Marmion-road, Clapham Common." He was charged with having obtained by false pretences, with intent to defraud, five bills of exchango for £IOOO each, from Miss Evelyn Maud Taylour and Miss Helen Beatrice Taylour, at 10, Grafton-street. Prosecuting counsel said that the allegations were that the prisoner obtained the five bills of exchange from the ladies mentioned on November 7, that being the date upon them. In October last, the ladies, who were interested in a well-known West End club, inserted an advertisement in a paper to the effect tliat they were willing to offer a bonus to any person introducing capital to a going concern, they wanted the capital in order to be able to take larger club premises. In reply to the advertisement, there came a typewritten letter, stating that Mr. F. D. Vanderbilt, who was a philanthropist, could accommodate the advertiser with a loan, if the bona fides of the matter were established. He only helped in honorable and genuine causes, and was not a money-lender. The ladies called upon him at Marmion-road, and he asked for particulars, which were given him. He said he was much interested in the project, and would assist in obtaining the new capital. He went on to explain that he was a brother to Cornelius Vanderbilt, uncle to the Duchess of Marlborough, and related to Mr. Payne Whitney. He also said he was acquainted with the late King, and held a commission in the British Navy. He (counsel) thought he could prove that all those statements were false. As a matter of fact, his name was not Vanderbilt, but Joachim, and lie was an Indian by birth. On October ill, by arrangement, he went with the prosecutrices over the new premises and advised them to take them at once. He then said he would obtain a loan, and, if necessary, he would advance the first year's rent himself. On that occasion he gave them a letter to show the landlord to enable them to enter into the necessary agreement for the premises. Subsequently he called on them and informed that he had arranged for the loan of £ 51)00, and that they would receive £4OOO in cash, the remaining £IOOO to be retained by the lender for brokerage and interest. On November 7 he called again, and at his request they signed five bills for £IOOO each, three payable in three months and two in four months. On the same day he obtained 20gs. cash from them and signed a receipt stating that the money was for discounting the bills. A further charge would be preferred with respect to that sum. He failed to keep another appointment, and the ladies became suspicious. Information having been given to the police, he was arrested.

USES FOR EVERYTHING. Everything has its use to the ragpicker of Paris, according to an interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald. The way hair combings are used is simply startling. The cuttings from the masculine head and beard are worked into strainers for clearing syrups and jellies, while those from my lady's tresses are made into invisible nets, the shorter pieces being converted into sieves for milk and fruit. It is said that the clever rag-pickers find every night about one hundred pounds weight of hair taken from women's combs, which they sell to the hair manufacturer at the rate of ft> a pound. Old tins are much sought after, and help to make cheap toys and various other articles. Corks are cut down, and used for medicine, gum and ink bottles, and the fragments left from the cutting are pulverised and made into cheap linoleums and cork soles for boots. Bread if clean is eaten by the poor chiffonnier himself; but if dirty is ground down and sold to cheap restaurants fori frying cutlets and browning the tops of hams; and sometimes the dirty bread is cut up into tiny dice and served as '■pain roti" in the soup. Old sponges are turned into use for children's slates, inkpots and spirit lamps. Newspapers, street posters and magazines make dolls, imitation Japanese lacquer, boot buttons and pasteboard boxes. Old elastic garters, bands and men's braces come forth as rubber gas-tubing and gutta-percha toys, while gilt buttons, military trimmings and broken china give the chemist interesting work to extract minute pieces of gold from tliem.

:A PETKIFIED WOMAN. Whilst excavations were in progress recently at Pompeii, the petrified body of a woman of the Roman period was found. On her arms and hands were superbly jewelled ornaments, two massive buckles being fashioned in the form of bunches of grapes, each grape being represented by a large pearl. By the side of the body was found a casket full of jewellery and precious stones. The assumption is that the woman, who apI peared to have been of the aristocratic class, was flying from the Vesuvian eruption which destroyed the city, when she was struck down and buried under the streams of lava and ashes. TITLE AND WEALTH. liord Decies lias just been married to Miss Vivien Gould, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Gould, a couple "■ho arc in the front rank of New York millionaires. The bride, writes the Gentlewoman, is a charming girl, with all the smartness of the typical American. And her mother is .still a .young-looking, attractive woman, well-known for th« splendor of her jewels, also for her yachting proclivities. Most of these precious gems were the gift of Mr. George Gould, and include a high tiara, said to be worth £.'!0,ll<ll), and a diamond collar priced at C 23,000. Then Mrs.'Gould owns and.

often wears a wondrous bird of paradise, set with diamonds, rubies, sapphires and I'liicralds, and she has sixty rings, each of immense value, which she uses in all sorts of strange combinations. Mr. and Mrs. Gould once had a most trying experience. They were motoring near Lucerne, and while going along a country lane were mot by a rustic driving a waggon. This worthy seemed to take °a wicked pleasure in blocking the way, nn.l for some time effectually stopped their progress. At last Mrs. Gould, who is a most expert driver, saw a chance of escape by running up a small embankment. Her ruse succeeded, but the man [was so infuriated that ho struck her a | heavy blow across the shoulders with his driving whip, upon which Mr. Gould jumped oil' the car and gave him a smart thrashing. Then a number of Swi.ss peasants came up and joined in the fray, and things began to look black unti'l the timely arrival of a friend in another motor, who, with his chauffeur, quickly dispersed the assailants. The miscreant who struck the bl»w got a term of imprisonment.

BEQUESTS TO CHARITIES. M!<s .Varum Julia James, of West DevM!. Inulhead, Surrey (England), who died recently, leaving an estate worth over £92,000, after making a number of small bequests, appointed a trust to deal with the residue and apply the proceeds to the following purposes:— To provide, as the residuary legatees shall determine, suitable hostels or boarding-houses for the benefit primarily of educated persons or the professional or business classes and of limited means in need of a holiday or rest, in which such persons shall be able to obtain for themselves and their families suitable accommodation, with or without board, at inexpensive charges, and according to reasonable standards of refinement "and comfort. To assist, by grants of money or otherwise, persons of the class above mentioned in need of a temproary holiday or rest who are unable to afford the expense thereof in a manner suitable to his or her or their condition in life without assistance. To subscribe to or contribute to any hostels, institutions, or funds established or maintained for such purposes mentioned above. To provide, equip and maintain and carry on hospitals, convalescent homes, sanatoria, or other similar institutions where such persons or members of their families may be maintained during illness. To subscribe, contribute, and make gifts of money to or in aid of any hostels, as they shall decide, preference being given to hostels, etc., maintained or earned on by the Hostels Company, Limited. •"

NOTES. The city councils of Vienna and Budapest are trying to put down the deadly hatpin. Investigations conducted bv the burgomasters of both cities have proved that these formidable objects of feminine adornment are positively dangerous in tramcars, omnibuses and public placeswherefore the police have been instructed to proceed more actively against the evil.

Mr. Pett Ridge, the novelist, says that the solicitors of England will spend their last six-and-eightpence in preventing wo> men from gaining admission to the Bar of that country. But it has been found that in medicine women can be as candid as any ''mere man" practising in Harleystreet. In literature there was no one who could touch the women in describing either behaviour or misbehaviour. And there was even the prospect in the near future of ladies having to share with men the forbidding task of once every four years to a schoolroom and making a cross on a piece of pfcper. There was a strike recently among the printers at Montlucon (France), and while it continued the only paper that saw the light was produced' by a number of amateur female compositors, collected by the editor's wife.

There was recently brought before the St. Asaph Board of Guardians the case of a girl fifteen years 'of age, who weighs only 801b, and » only SOin in height. In place of having bones she has "soft formations She has never been able to work, but her framework is such that she has been able to move about on crutches. She is the daughter of a laborer in poor circumstances. The wife of a Parisian chemist, who «as treated by him in a most brutal maimer, having been sequestrated in a dark room for a week, tied up to her bed and subjected to many indignities, has at last obtained her divorce. She has been allowed the custody of her five children, hut the husband will be allowed to visit them once a month in the presence of a leiative He has to contribute £l6 „ month towards the support of the fam'l.v. In giving judgment, the Civil Court declared that the woman's life had been one long martyrdom

Mrs. G. Ogden, of Cincinnati (U.SAI >as given .t2OOO towards a fund which' "• to be used for tl, e protection of women slandered by their husbands. Sh» wants a law to be passed by the Legislature of Ohio that will punish any ma„ who falsely accuses his wife. Mrs. 0 ™n hocictj of Ohio, is much interested in the cases of women who have been illtreated by their husbands, and in ehi - ren who are affected by the delinquencies ot their parents. l withstanding the favorable reports at have bee,, circulated in regard to the health of the Carina, there is good ground for stating that her Majesty il ually in a very serious condition. She suffers from melancholia, and at times her attendants have the greatest difli2h'", ??« I,l ' r - u h tl,e custom to attribute tins depressed feeling to her |™« for the safety of her huslmnd an, not he forgotten that the complaint i s hereditary. 'here arc a dozen women barrister* Poetising in the law courts at Paris