WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 21 March 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). HIGH TEA. This plebinn meal is generally discountenanced by the profession as being an indigestible medley. Yet it has much to recommend it from a health point of view. In the first place, it is generally a lighter meal than dinner, and for most people this is a distinct advantage. Again, it comes earlier than dinner. The average man who goes out to business, and who has had but the lightest of lunches, probably benefits more by such a light meal when he returns, at six than he would by a heavier collation, for which he has to wait another two hours. Another advantage of high tea is that it is not so late as dinner. A common cause of sleeplessness is a full stomach, perhaps the next commonest to an entirely empty one. When the last meal is finished by 7 p.m. this former cause of sleeplessness will disappear, while the last can be prevented by a few dry biscuits or a cup of bread and milk just taken at bedtime. —Hospital. A YOUNG MAN'S SURPRISE. A handsome bachelor of the Missouri City has received the following note:— "Dear Sir, —We wish to have a word with you in regard to your courtship of Mr. -— L 's daughter. Whether or not your intentions towards her are serious we have been in doubt for some time. You have told her that you love her, but do you mean it? Young man, you have already frequented his home and monopolised the company of his daughter sufficiently long to make a declaration of your intentions. If you mean business, say so. If you are not serious, then graze on some other pasture. His daughter's welfare must he protected.—Yours truly, Parental Surveillance Association of North America." The communication is labelled "Form No. 1." The idea is to "suppress young men "who call upon girls and keep the gas burning until all hours." DOUBLY SOUGHT BRIDE. As told by the Japan Herald, the story is this: Tsune, a pretty girl of 21, took service in Tokio at the house of a peer. Her uncle, Bunzaburo, who got her the post, introduced to her »,t the end of her service, Sentaro, a young merchant, who sought her hand. Tsune, or rather her uncle, gave it. and the wedding day was fixed. But Tsune had an elder brother, named Kokei, who did not know of these things, and had promised Tsune in marriage to his friend Shojoro. He ordered Tsune to cancel the previous engagement. Bunzaburo protested, and went on with his plans. On the wedding day of Sentaro and Tsune Kokei arrived. He wished, he .said, to congratulate his sister, and then removed her in rikislia to the house of Shojoro. Here everything, to a bridegroom, was in readiness for a wedding and the ceremony began. Sentaro, with the police, discovered Shojoro and his bride. There was much wrangling and a sensational struggle, but the police insisted that Tsune was Scntaro's, in virtue of the prior attachment and engagement. So Tsune went of! to Scntaro's home, and was married all over a<min. BEAUTY IN TEN MINUTES After a long journey by motor car or train the woman who wishes to gain a sense of real invigoration should imitate the example of the Frenchwoman who, though she may only have ten minutes before she appears at table d'hote, invariably goes through the following practices:— First she removes her travelling dress and gives it to the femme de ehambre to be brushed. Then, dipping one corner of the towel in cold cream or white vaseline, she gently rubs the whole of her face, neck and arms with this grease; after this another corner of the towel is saturated with eau-de-Cologne and water and the cold cream is wiped off. Finally a rinsing of cold water is given, and the same process is then applied to her neck and shoulders. After a thorough drying with a .soft towel, a dust or powder is applied to the face, neck and hands, and the traveller feels a new woman. If there is time her feet arc also sponged and powdered, and the application of a spray filled with eu-de-Cologne to her hair will help to remove the' traces of dust. All these processes arc excellent for the hygiene of the skin, and the traveller only requires ten minutes to execute them all and thus to emerge from her room a smiling and radiant creature, with a glowing complexion and a sense of refreshment that has made her fo>'get all the fatigues of a long journey. THE SIMPLE LIFE. New and startling ideas, not devoid of logic, are constantly emanating from America. Not long ago it was the renunciation by a bride and bridegroom of a wedding'present of £400,000 offered by a steel magnate, and refused because the young couple desired to lead the simple life. Now a New Jersey doctor has pointed out that the ring now worn is a relic of barbarism and of the servitude of womankind, and that it is much more to the purpose that the lady who is to live with him on an equal as companion and helpmate, should receive the works of Ibsen and Bernard Shaw wherewith to ornament her mind. This is wholly admirable. We wait with confidence now for the appearance of the I prophet and teacher who shall ruthI lessly expose the barbarism of giving I wedding presents that are absolutely | useless. A QUESTION OF POCKETS. Women sometimes refer with envy to the number of pofkets which their husbands contrive to wear. Sometimes you hear cynical men declare (hat the sex which has never learnt to insist upon nn adequate supply of pockets in its clothes is plainly unfit for the franchise, A woman was recently charged with 'stealing from a shop the following articles:— ,")4 handkerchiefs, IS forks" and spoon, fi teaspoons, 12 jam spoons, 1 bottle of whisky, 3 blouses, 2 trumpets. 4 pocket-books. 2 pin boxes, 2 match'.

boxes, 4 dress fronts, 2 packets of cards, 4 lace necklets, 2 tape measures, 1 ink pot, 1 brooch, 1 pair of gloves, 1 watch guard. For all these articles she found room in her clothes. In her case at least the sneer about the-absence of pockets loses its point. WAR AGAINST LONG HAT PINS. ■ Buda-I'esth is the first European town to seriously wage war against long hatpins. The Buda-Pesth police sought council from the proprietors of fashionable establishments and fashion writers for the leading journals, and issued, after making enquiries, a strict edict prohibiting hatpins from being worn longer than the diameter of the crown of the hat, and ordering that the point of all such pins should be closed by a screw cap. Any transgression of the new edict will involve severe penalties. Placards will be placed at the entrance to all theatres, concert-rooms, girls' schools, etc., where long pins are so dangerous. The edict, which notifies £4 as the first penalty, came into force on January 24. FEMININE FRILLS. Many short trains are bordered with fur. Lace in every shape and make adorns the festive wardrobe. Dancing dresses are short, and show dainty footwear. In the new crepes appear the most delicate colors and designs. Velvet of all kinds make up rich theatre and party wraps. On many hats appear a beautiful bow of lace edged with a strip of fur. Crystal ball buttons mingle with those covered with delicate silks. Brightly colored girdles set off simple party dresses in white. On many big turbans of velvet and fur come decorated arrangements of velvet or satin in the form of butterflies. MILLINERY A London correspondent states that the new spring model millinery is extraordinary. Out oi fine straw all sorts of weird shapes are evolved, so neatly that one might almost hold an afternoon hat party, and give a prize to the one who guessed first what her fellow-guests' headgear represented. The latest shapes are in the form of fans, sugar-loaves, skull caps, even inverted canoes. Some have a tall point of straw standing out apparently aimlessly at the back. The straw of which these are composed is really beautiful—very fine, and of close mesh, like a good Panama. Very dainty little roses and buds of faded straw are now being used as hat-trimming. DEM HOBBLE SKIRTS. Vat iss it dot de vimmen vear, Vile goin.' here and goin' dere— Vat makes de bcoble shtop and shtare? Dem hobble skirts. Vat iss it dot for one brief shpace Make us forget a voman's face, And vatch her moofe with queenly grace? Dom hobble skirts. Vas iss it—yes—vat iss it dot Keeps,a girl from falling flat, Because of dot peach-basket hat? Dem hobble skirts. Vat iss it dot I'm askin' you, Dot keeps de girls—no matter who— From walkin' like a kangaroo, Dem hobble skirts. Vat iss.it dot mit all its frills Keeps vivos from goin' de pace that kills, Und pleases men vat pays de bills? Dem hobble skirts.