WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 256, 8 March 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). MARTHE STEINHEIL BECOMES A CARMELITE NUN. Paris, January 18. Millie. Marine Steinheil lias retired from the public,gaze for ever. Yesterday she took the veil, and the gates of the Carmelite convent at Troyes closed behind her. A few of the girl's intimate friends were present at the ceremony, but her mother was absent, and it is only | through the newspapers that she will learn of the step her daughter has taken. Since the revelations at the famous Steinheil trial Marthe had peiaistenly refused to meet her mother, and it will be remembered that she broke off her betrothal engagement because she did not wish to bring disgrace on her fiance's name. Her decision was expected by all her friends, and yesterday when she pronounced the words which sever her from the outride world until her death, her voice was clear, and she seemed radiant with joy. ■Mdlle. Steinheil, who has been accus- j tomed to every comfort and luxury since her childhood, has chosen the order where the greatest austerities are prac-1 tised. Carmelite nuns wear the coarsest of robes and never eat meat. Their only 1 breakfast is on Christmas Day, and con- ' sists of milk and dry bread. REMARKABLE STORY OF A VIENNA COURT BALL Vienna, January 17. Much comment has been caused in Viennese society by the absence from the Court ball last night of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his consort, the Duchess Hohenbcrg, who remained at their Bohemian seat. The Keichspost, a Clerical paper, which is generally supposed to be closely in touch with friends of the heir-presump-tive, suggests that the anomalous Court position of the Duchess was the reason for the absention of the former Countess Choteck, who was first made a Princess and more recently a Duchess by the Emperor, but still ranks in the table of precedence after the unmarried Archduchesses and Princesses of the Royal houses. Two years ago she had to enter a ballroom at the tail of a Court procession, which her husband was leading, and alone, without a cavalier. "It would be natural if the Duchess avoided a repetition of such a painful situaron/' adds the Reichspost. It will be renumbered that the last time the Emperor William was present at a;i Austrian Court funstion he requested that the Duchess should take her place with the rest of the Imperial family, a request which, of course, was acceded to while he was here. I ROMANTIC MARRIAGE MILLIONAIRE AND PRIMA DONNA. New York, February 28. The matrimonial affairs of Mr. R. W. Chanler, a member of the Astor family, whose marriage last year with Mile. Lina Cavalieri, tlie famous Italian prima donna, created such a stir, are once more before the public. It is reported that Mr. Chanler has paid Mile. Cavalieri £IO,OOO to release him from all the contracts info which . he entered previous to his marriage. ! The next announcement expected is that the parties have agreed to a legal separation. [lt was cabled some little time ago ; that a remarkable pre-nuptial agreement between Mr. Robert Winthorp Chanler and Mile. Cavalieri had been filed in New York. Mr. Chanler proposed and was, accepted by telegraph, the publication of i the messages in the American newspapers heighening the interest which was felt in the union of a leader of New York society and one of the foremost actresses. The marriage took place in Paris on June 10. Under the agreement between the parties Mr. Chanler assigned all his real estate and the sum of 20,000 dollars (£4000) a year to his wife absolutely in consideration of the sum of one dollar and the fulfilment of the marriage sontract. Mr. Chanler was previously married and divorced. A report was recently published that Mile. Cavalieri had gone into a convent.] DIVORCE IN MISSOURI. One divorce to every four marriages is the yearly record in Kansas City. In the entire. State of Missouri there is each year one divorce to every eight marriages. The divorce problem is as serious in the country districts as in the cities of the State. Statistics bearing upon the question of divorce, which Dr. Charles A. Ellwood, Professor of Sociology in the University of Missouri, has collected, are of great significance. His comments upon the statistics are important and striking. "For a long time,'.' said Dr. Ellwood, "the United States has led the world in the number of its divorces. Already in ISSS this country had more divorces than the rest of the Christian civilised | world put together. Twenty years later j the United. States had more than kept | its load over the rest of the world in the matter of dissolving family lies. "The latest statistics show that the United States has annually GS.OOO divorces, while the rest of the Christian civilised world has less than 40,000. Moreover, the divorce rates of the different countries tell the same story. In France there is only one divorce to every thirty marriages; in flennany one to every 44 marriages; in England but one to every 400 marriages. Even in Switzer- J land—which has the highest divorce rate of any country in Europe—there is only! one divorce to every 22 marriages. lii I the United States there is one divorce to every 12 marriages, and in Missouri and Kansas one divorce to every eHit marriages. Kansas City, M., has tho unenviable reeord of one divorce to evenfour marriages." PRIEST DENOUNCES WOMEN'S DRESS "Present-day fashions, making the dress of our women scandalous, and, in fact, solicitous, is responsible for 'the downfall of many men," said Father Ig-

natius, a Passionist priest of Cincinnati, Continuing, he said: "Women and girls appear upon the street, in street cars and public places in such attire that their appearance is an invitation to men to commit sin. And yet these womer call themselves ladies. "The flirt is one of the most diabolical agents in existence. Parents, who by their bad example, their neglect of religions, lead not only their own children, but others, away from Christ, arc emissaries of the devil. The reason that so many of our men and women go to the dogs to-day is because of the bad example set by their parents. "Married women not only do not try to control their own children, but teach their evil practises to others." COOKERY TERMS Masquer, is to cover anything over with any sauce. Paillaisc, is grilling over hot cinders. Lasser, is to stir and work with a spoon. Vanner, is to work a sauce well with a spoon, by lifting it up and lettim* it fall. Entires, is the first made dish course. Eutnmcts, are the second course dishes following the joint. Gril a Tirage, a grill with close and narrow ribs used for drying caramel and crystallised fruits and flowers.