WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 255, 7 March 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). j i

FUNERAL OF MISS ELLA COLLINS J The Hill Street Bascilica, Wellington.! was crowded at 10 a.m. on the Ist inst. I when solemn Requiem Mass was cele-| brated prior to the funeral of Miss Ella Collins, eldest daughter of Colonel E. J. Collins, Auditor-General, and a former resident of Taranaki. The celebrant was I tile Rev. Father Peoples, tie deacon the' Rev. Father Creagh ; the sub-deacon the Rev. Father O'Sullivau, and the Master | of Ceremonies the Rev. Father llickson. i Archdeacon Devoy, and the Administrator (the Rev. Father O'Shea) were also in attendance. The service was fully choral, the Rev. Father lvimbell presiding at the organ, and the Rev. Fathers Ainsworth, Kennedy, Menault, LeCroix, Gundringer assisted in the choir. As the coffin was borne from the church, the Dead March in ''Saul" was played by the Rev. Father Kimbell. As the cortege passed along the quiet ways of the Karori Cemetry, the clerical | choir chanted the hymn ' In Paradiaum' very beautifully. The service at tin;' graveside was conducted by the Rev. j Fathers Hickson and Peoples. The respect and love in which the deceased lady was held was evidenced by the large, number who followed to the graveside. | The chief mourners were her father,. Colonel R. J. Collins, and her brothers, ! Messrs. Robert, Reginald, and Cyril'] Collins. Sir Joseph Ward attended the J service at the Basilica, and Lady Isling-I ton forwarded a beautiful wreath.] Those present included Colonel Robin and th» officers of the headquarters and defence staffs, most of the heads of the Government Departments, and a large concourse of friends. Among the floral tributes were wreaths from His Excellency the Governor and Lady Islington, Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, executive of the Dominion Rifle Association, officers of the Audit Department, council of the Northern Bowling Association, president and members of the Wellington Orphans' Club, officers of the First Wellington Battalion, Audit Inspectors, Auckland, members Wellington Savage Club, Officers of the Treasury, etc. POISONED KISS.

FATE OF A BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM. New York, January 10. A baffling poisoning mystery involving the tragic death of a bridal couple on the eve of their marriage is puzzling the people of Maryland. Mr. Charles Edward Twigg, a wealthy young merchant of Cumberland, visited his bride, Miss Grace Eloser, a few hours before the time fixed for their wedding yesterday for the purpose of presenting her with a new motor car.

The two were heard laughing and chatting happily in the drawing-room when the telephone bell rang. Miss Eloser answered it, gaily telling her friend at the other end of the wire about the final arrangements for the wedding- Half an hour later her mother entered the draw-ing-room and saw the couple sitting hand-in-hand on the sofa and gazing, apparently, into each other's eyes. The smile with which the mother approached the couple changed to an expression of horror as she noticed their rigid attitude. Both the bride and bridegroom were dead. An examination showed that the lips of the lovers were burned. Apparently Mr. Twigg had taken poison and tlhen kissed his bride, killing her in doing so. After careful investigation the coroner has given his opinion in these words: "It is a case of double murder, not double suicide." In the mouth of the bridegroom was a piece of chewing gum, which, it is believed, contained cyanide.

POLITENESS. The days are far away when all children were required to address their father as "Sir" and their mother as ''Madam." It so far is all for the best, as "Father," "Daddy," "Mother," or "Mum," appear much more natural and much more pleasant to all of us.

Have we, however, gained anything by avoiding the ceremonious manners of the past? We think not. It is not many days since we heard the head of a great and successful undertaking make the remark, "There is no time for politeness in an ollice." If this is the real truth, why is it that there is always time for rudeness? Rudeness certainly requires more time and more energy than politeness, and never, never brings back a return in value.

Serious tJhings in a home as a rule mean little. They only tend to draw hearts closer to gether. It is the small, the trifling matters of everyday that destroy the easy working, and the wheels drive heavily.—Baby's World. ON CHEEK

We believe that there are many geniuses born into the world, many boys and many girls capable of initiating great movements for their brothers and sisters, whose powers are paralysed and their efforts nullified owing to tht cramping and destructive influence of their early home and school training. Cheek may mean courage, and impertinence is possibly an early sign of wit. Are we doing right when we "correct," and by punishment reduce all our children to a dull "level of propriety," or as it might possibly be said, "stupidity"? A genius differs only from the ordinary boy—tile ordinary girl—inasmuch as he has something a little extra in his endowment. It may be that his cheekiness, this pevtness, that you are attempting to destroy, is the exhibition of a quick and alert mind, able immediately to grasp the conditions with which it lias to deal. On the other hand, this same discourtesy, as you may call it. may be simply the result of the vitality to which Mr. lulison referred when lie said, "Genius" is hard work, stick-to-it-ivencss, and common sense." CORSETS.

If a corset is worn at all, the only one permissible for young children is a loose bodice, simply assisting in the comfortable support of the clothing and exerting 110 pressure, later on a narrow one, practically without bones, may be used

for the same purpose (writes "A Gymnastic, Instructress" in the February number of the Baby's World).

It is, however, wise to state, and state plainly, that stays are absolutely unnecessary. They arc simply the relics of swaddling clothes and the like absurdities. There is no reason at all for the superstition that the body of a young girl requires constraint and her back support, while her brother can go free. It is perfectly true that if the support is given for a long series of years the lack of it will be missed, but there is no need for the practice ever being adopted. It is quite impossible to think of Diana the Huntress in stays, nor could one with equanimity imagine a corset on the Venus of Milo.

Especially to be avoided are the fashionable corsets of the present day. They are anatomically incorrect, and produce a hideous figure with the supple grace of a stove pipe. The only tiling that can be said in their fnvor is that they are fashionable, and for that, I suppose, it is right to sacrifice health, comfort and beauty. Surely with our present corsets, our sheath and our hobble skirts we make sufficient sacrifice to the ugly god of fashion, and can afford at least to spari> our children. I CORONATION DEBUTANTES

Chief among the debutantes of this (Coronation) year will he Princess Maud, younger daughter of the Princess Royal and the Duke of Fife. Princess Maud attains here seventeenth birthday in April, and is two years younger than her sister Princess Alexandra, who will be nineteen in May. The Princesses Alexandra and Maud have a unique standing among younger members of the Royal Family, inasmuch as they are descended both from Queen Victoria and William IV. Other distinguished debutantes will be Lady Rosemary LevesonGower, Lady Barbara Wilbraham (second daughter of the late Earl of La thorn), Lady Honor Ward (eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Dudley), Lady Diana Manners (third daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland), the Hon. Sybil Cadogan (grand-daughter of Earl Cadogan), and the Hon. Monica Grenfeil (eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Desborough). There is a good deal of popular misconception, by the way, regarding the cost of a presentation at Court. Extravagant debutantes have occasionally j been known to expend as much as £ 100Q I on their outfit, but a moderate £2OO or j so is nearer the average, and a debutante [ has even been known to make a £lO j note cover the whole expenses of her Court attire.

THE QUEEN MOTHER'S HOBBIES. The Queen Mother has resumed the practice of her favorite occupations—photography, water-color painting, and needlework. Iler Majesty i 3 rarely seen abroad without her camfera. Among her subjects are hundreds of European royalties and celebrities, many of them in delightful inconsequential posc3 and attitudes. Her collection fills a score of big albums, while numbers of the photographs have been transferred by the Queen herself to porcelain. Queen Alexandra also continues the art of watercolor painting. She excels, too, as a needlewoman, and takes a special pleasure in embroidery. Her Majesty's renewed interest in her former pleasures has naturally given the greatest satisfaction to her friends and the members of her household. Her health in consequence, has taken a decided turn for the better. ;&■ ;:V ' NOTES.

Cardinal Gibbons, speaking at Baltimore the other day, made a strong attack on the laxity of the moral code in the Lnited States. In the course of an impassioned address the Cardinal said: "The steadily growing divorce evil is eating as a cancer' into the very vitals of our Government, and is one of the foulest stains on tile body politic and the fair name of America. There are some respects in which the United States is retrograding as a nation, and the chief of these is the 'divorce mills,' which are slowly but surely disintegrating families in our fair land."

Lady Helen Ferguson, in opening the new School of Cookery at Edinburgh, declared that it was inipossible to exaggerate the importance of the teaching 0 of domestic science and to over-estimate its effect on the national well-being. Brains and character were as much required in the home as in the more public walks of life, and there was no more important asset to national prosperity than good housekeeping. She deplored "the fact that so many women undertook the duties of the home without any previous trainin", knowing full well tliat, however, incompetent, they could never "lose their job." The militant suffragettes are as tricky as a circus clown. Their latest device for advancing their cause is the sale of peppermint rock specially manufactured in the familiar white, purple and green—the colors of the party—with the words "Votes for Women" running through the condiment. USEFUL HINTS. Never allow meat to remain in paper, or it will quickly taint. ■Uncooked potatoes fried in fat purify it better than anything else. Raisins are easily stoned if first steeped for a few minutes in boiling water. ' Stains on knives may be removed by rubbing with raw potato dipped in bathbrick dust.

Tlour baked till it is well browned makes a very good coloring for gravies. A picture screen needs a good coat of picture varnish, otherxviso the small scraps and pictures will peel off. When peeling apples, put them into cold water lo prevent their beeomhi" discolored before being cooked. ° When sweeping a Turkey carpet, or one with a thick pile, always brush the way of tike pile, and it will wear much longer.

To thread a necklace, get some catgut and thread jour heads on it. It will last ror years.

Boots hardened with the; wet should be lightly rubbed with vaseline to make thorn pliable again. Copyinw-ink can lie made at home by dissolving a dessertspoonful of moist sugar in half a pint of ordinary writinaink. *

Save all old pieces of string, and knit closely into squares for dish-elotlhs. Tlicv cost nothing and wear splendidly.