WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 275, 11 April 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). CHOOSING HUSBANDS AND WIVES ! BY THEIR HAIR. "One hair of a woman can draw mors than a hundred pair of oxen." —Howell. If a girl wishes to select a husband she should examine his hair very closely before accepting him, because it is a fine indication of what his disposition is. Men with fine, light hair are smart, conceited; and if they do not marry until late in life arc apt to grow cross and selfish.

Men with fine brown hair, light or dark, make the best husbands. They are quick, thoughtful and less apt to bp selfish than their very light or very darKhaired brothers.

Those whose hair turns grey prematurely are nearly always good fellows. Tbey are a little nervous, but are brainy, s mpathetic and very honorable. The lnir turns white from being over scrupulous in money matters and friendships oftener than it does for grieving over one's shortcomings.

Nearly all red-headed people are smart, I whether the hair is coarse or fine, but when you do run across one that isn't he is the stupidist person under the sun. The women with' pale blonde hair, or' the colorless, ashy kind, are impulsive,! loving, fickle. They are not to be depended upon, but are usually good comipany while they like you. On the contrary, those with dark brown hair are very loyal. They are full of sentiment, and are easily affected. They enjoy keenly, and suffer in proportion. Women with fine, black hair are high strung, and those with coarse, black hair, if they are smart, are nearly always mean.

All women with dark hair are more tempestuous than those with light hair. The dark eyes and complexions that go with the different shades of dark brown and black hair denote strong feeling. They are also more faithful than lighthaired women.

Men who are bald are not desirable as husbands unless they have money.

FRENCH POLITENESS. ■ When M. Andre dc Fouquicres, the Count d'Orsay of modern Paris, saul fouri months ago that French pfiliteness was. decaying there was a cry of alarm as well as surprise, but M. de Fouquicres found I so many to support him that the question is now accepted as one for common discussion. Now a newspaper has opened an enquiry on French politeness of the past. Men of letters, actors and actresses, men and women of every rank and station are asked to give their opinion. "Gyp," the most famous of all French authors, leads off in characteristic incisive style. "French politeness?" she asks. "It is long since they have forgotten the shape of that good lady's nose. "Will it revive, like the Phoenix, from amidst its remains? It is not likely." , M. Marcel r.oulan?ev —one of the best known of the younger men of letters, with the reputation of a modern and more sporting Beau Brummel—writes-.—-"Politeness, in my opinion, is ill. In the end it will die out altogether. Hut have no doubts about this: It is above all because of the women, especially elegant women, whose ill-manners have no limit." Mile. Marcelle Lender, the actress, gives the same diagnosis, but she has better hopes for to-morrow. Me. Ghent, one of the leaders of the Frenoh Bar, also agrees, and blames womankind. "Politeness still exists," he says; "but its very existence is threatened by women, who seem to have no wish for it. By imitating us in everything and exploiting for themselves every one of our callings they will lose the privileged position of being regarded as apparently inferior, which assured for them the sweetest superiority of all. Then farewell to politeness, which is only the effacement of the strong in favour of the weak." Comte Robert de Montesquiou, another elegant dilettante, is also pessimistic)

USEFUL HINTS. Fish with white flesh are more easily digested than fish with reddish flesh. Save the vinegar left from bottles of pickled walnuts or onions. It will be found excellent to flavor stews and hashes. Eggs are most easily digested when the whites and yolks are thoroughly mixed before cooking, as in custards, scrambled eggs, and omelets. The best way to keep boiled mush from being lumpy is to stir up the meal with enough cold water to merely wet it and then stir it into the kettle of boiling water. A good housekeeper says that chicken croquettes may be economically made by using one part of young unsmoked ham to two parts of chicken. It is from the tender flank of a young pig, and really adds to the flavor of the croquette. , Not every housewife realises that a good soup may be made, in a few minutes from beer extract, hot water, pepper anil salt, with a dash of lemon juice. By taking more time, and stewing the cubes of the ordinary soup vegetables till tender, then adding a pinch of cayenne when the soup is in the tureen, a very good imitation is secured.

Raw cabbage is much more digestible than when cooked. A cabbage salad, made from a raw, fresh, crisp head of cabbage, and served with a French dressing, is much improved if garlic is rubbed in the bowl froiji which it is served. Cabbage with onions is made much more delicate and delicious by being cooked in equal parts of sweet milk and water. Skim-milk, if sweet, will answer. It will not distress the most delicate stomach if cooked in this way.

Vinegar put into the water in which fish is boiled makes the fish more solid, and also improves the flavor. It will make stewed meat or poultvy move tender, and hastens tho boiling of tousrh poultry. One tablespoonful for fish and two for meat.

Referring to Lord Hardvvicko, whose onyitrcincnt to Miss Nellie Russell, eldest daughter of the lute Mr. James Russell, and Mrs. Russell, of Auckland, is announced, a London writer mentions that 1 ho bridegroom-elect, wlio succeeded his father two years ago, has had an advcit-

turous and picturesque career, and was once —as he himself is proud of narrating —a miner in the New World. He saw his 1 41st birthday last November, and he holds a title that has seluom descended from father to son. His only sister is Lady Susan FitzClarence, one of the most gifted amateur actresses in society, and Lady Alington and Lady Magdalen Bulkeley are his cousins.