WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 287, 27 April 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen''). ORANGE BLOSSOMS. PRICHARD-LEATHAM. St. Mary's Church was the scene if a very papular and pretty wedding yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Percy T. Prichard, of Danuevirke, was married to Miss Ethel Maud Leatham, eldest daughter of Dr. H. B. Leatham. The church was charmingly decorated by Miss. K. Hamerton and Mrs. Lennon, and Mr. R. N. Renaud, who presided at the organ. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked very charming in a gown of rich white satin with front and back panels of white ninon, edged with a deep fall of handsome silk point lace and sil-

ver net. Her lovely Indian lace veil was arranged over a wreath of orange bios-1 soms, and she earned an exquisite' shower bouquet. The gift of the bridegroom to the bride was a handsome' pearl ring. The bridesmaids were Misses, Constance and Keitha Leatham, who were daintily robed in shell pink charmeuse, veiled in silk fisher net, bodice ■finished with rich silk insertion, Juliet caps finished with tiny pink roses, and 'they carried lovely bouquets of pink cosmos and chrysanthemums. The Rev. F. G. Evans officiated, assisted by the Rev. Wilkinson, W, Saxton was best man, Mr. A. Bewley acting as groomsman. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was held at Mrs. Bewley's, the bride's aunt, the wedding cake being made and beautifully decorated by Miss Gwen Bewley. The happy couple left by motor-car en route for Wellington, where the honeymoon is to be spent. The bride's travelling dress was a dark nattier blue striped cloth coat and skirt, braided with black, cream silk

blouse, and hat finished with Oriental cord and loops of ribbon. Mrs. Leatham wore a handsome robe of dark amethyst silk eolienne, trimmed with silk embroidery, yoke of a lighter heliotrope tucked chiffon, heliotrope crinoline straw hat trimmed with shaded brown ospreys, and carried * lovely bouquet. Miss Maginnity (Nelson), rich bottled

green velvet, braided with a lighter shade, bolero finished with same, re-1 lieved with tiny cream lace yoke, green straw hat, wreathed with rose pink roses, pink shower bouquet Mrs. Wylie,' prunelle colored costume, cream lace, vest, toque en suite; Mrs. Bewley, very j handsome black satin charmeuse, braid-1 ed, cream lace vest, pretty saxe blue hat; Miss G. Bewley, cream cloth co»-j tunie, inset with silk lace inser-] tion, cream chiffon scarf, coronation blue hat; Mrs. Saxton, Wedgewood blue silk, braided with narrow black braiding, black feathered hat; >Miss Saxton, silver grey ninon over cerise, with touches of black and bands of cerise velvet, mole colored hat trimmed with swathings of lace; Miss Blundell, reseda green eolienne, black hat lined with white, scarlet bouquet; Mrs. Pridham, mouse colored velvet, cream lace vest, finished with cream and green flowered guimpe, black turban toque; Mrs. G. KebbelJ, prettv amethygt peau-de-soie, veiled in AW: fisher net, over-skirt with narrow ruching trimming, black hat with wings; Mrs. Newton King, brown satin charmeuse, cream net vest and undersleeves, pale blue shoulder scarf, brown and cream hat; Mrs. Rogers, black silk; Mrs. D. Cornwall, - heliotrope cashmere de soie, cream lace vest, black hat; Mrs. (Dr.) Fookes, black satin striped eolienne over a silk foundation, trimmed with silk lace insertion, lightened with pipings of pale blue, white lace scarf, black feathered hat; Mrs. Whitcombe, black and white striped muslin, black feathered toque; Miss D. Whitcombe, cream silk, burnt straw hat, wreathed with cherries; Miss Stanford, saxe blue shangtung, black hat; Mrs. Wingfield, black silk, cream lace vest, white and black hat; Mrs. Cowper, French blue eolienne over taffeta, faced with black, black feathered hat; Miss Lepper, pretty heliotrope silk, cream tucked net yoke, black feathered hat, shower bouquet to correspond; Mrs. Kyngdon, black chiffon taffeta, cream lace vest, black and white tulle toque; Miss Kyngdon, rose pink satin-striped voile, cream lace yoke, brown hat trimmed with a darker shade • of velvet and pink roses, pink shower I bouquet. . ..,

A WOMAN'S CRIME. EXDEAVDRS TO BLAME IXXOCENT GIRL. Decision was given by Mr. E. C. Cutten. S.M., at the Poliee Court, Auckland, on Friday, in the case in which Madeline Graham (Dr. E. D. Bnmford) and Dorothy Buckworth (Mr. R. A. Singer) we're charged with the theft of about £4 of the moneys of Miss Hilda Bennett.

The case was heard on Wednesday, and the prosecution stated that the two accused went into the Auckland Dining Rooms for lunch, and sat down at a table, a seat at the said table having been just vacated by the complainant, whose companion still remained. The complainant left her purse, containing money, on the table.

After outlining the evidence at length, his Worship said he was satisfied that the elder accused (Mrs. Graham) took the purse. She sat down at the complainant's place, and immediately got up and suggested going to another table. The young girl could hardly have reached over the table and taken the purse without having been observed by the other girl at the table and the elder woman. The presence of dirty plates on the table was certainly a sufficient reason for leaving, but unfortunately in this case there was another suggestive reason. There was only one dirty plate, and accused could quite easily have seen this before she sat down. In any event, this accused was lying, continued his Worship, when she said she didn't .see see the purse, because if she didn't see it herself she would have seen the j'oung accused take it, had she done so. The girl, too, gave a reason for the elder woman urging her to leave which was ingenious if untrue, while on the other hand the elder accused gave no reason. It was al-o impossible to believe that the first the older woman knew of the purse was in the jeweller's shop. There i was no room for doubt that the elder stole the purse, and knew it was | in tlie eirl's lw«. "She will be convietI ed," said bis Worship.

I "The next question," he continued, ! "was what part the girl had. The stolen [purse was found in her bag, and the ( presumption is she stole the purse. The evidence,'however, showed that she did not do this. She also says she was highly surprised when she found it in her bag. However, the having of the purse was a matter for her to explain, and she did this in a consistent manner. There was an opportunity for the elder accused to put the purse into the girl's bag, and there was motive for this. Finally, \ the girl's conduct and story had been quite consistent right through, and only L contradicted by the other accused, who ,' had been shown to be lying throughout. '' As I have said, the girl's story lias been \ I quite consistent throughout, and there is r| nothing else to show her guilty. The i'charge against her will be dismissed." j I Sub-Inspector Hendry said the conj vieted woman was well known in Auck-

land, and occupied a respectable position. She frequented racecourses, and betted occasionally, probably more than her circumstances warranted. There was nothing known against her character. Dr. Bamford, in asking for leniency, said the woman would feci the matter of the conviction aione very hard, ner relatives occupied good positions in Auckland. The theft was a mean one, but dona absolutely on the spur of the! moment. Mr. Cutten: "1 am afraid, in view of the defendant's lying story, and the fact I that the lying would probably cause an ' innocent girl to bear the punishment for | the offence which she herself had committed, and also her conduct in putting [the property into the girl's bag, prevent 'me taking a lenient view of the matter. ' It is no doubt that, the circumstances | are such that the imposing of a term of I imprisonment, however short, will be • very hard on the accused, but it is impos- ' sible in a case of this description to do ' otherwise. She will be convicted and ! sentenced to three months' hard labor."

TAX ON BACHELORS. The legislature of Massachusetts is about to consider a Bill for the imposition of a special tax upon bachelors. It need hardly be said that the Bill was instigated by .suffragettes, who are probably aware that the plan has been tried over and over again in various parts ol i the world and has always been dropped I because it produced neither revenue nor I husbands. It is obvious that there are I not enough bachelors to pay the cost ol collecting the tax, while it is equally j certain that no convinced and eonscien tious bachelor could be frightened out oi ' the only liberty left to liim by a men . revenue collector. He would pay the | tax gladly, giving three cheers, and chear ' at the price, too. But it is la-mentalilo ".>at our legislat ing sisters should nllow tVn:»elves to bt led into this inconsistency. How manj times have we been assured that oui abominable system places wman in r position of dependence where »lie is fore ed to marry in order to get a living, ii other words, where marriage is compul sory? The theory that there are i large number of women who would re main single if they were economical!; able to do so is a favorite one with tin

suffragette, and it says much for tin courtesy of men that they rarely laugl visibly or audibly when they hear it But surely if it is unjust to compel tin woman to marry it is equally unjust t( compel the man, and not even an un married suffragette would maintain tha this Bill is other than a compulsory mar riage Bill. Moreover, if bachelors ar« to be taxed why not spinsters? It is useless to argm : that women have to await the advance of a man and are therefore hot frei agents, for this negatives the whole prin ciple of sex equality. The consisten suffragette must maintain that womei have the same rights of initiative a men, and the spinster is therefore guilt, I either of a selfish preference for th pursuit of her quarry. In either cas . she ought to be taxed with her felloi I culprit the bachelor, and who know i what might follow such a community o | misfortune? But the theory that wo'me i cannot take the initiative in marital mal l ters is so thread-bare that it should I) I abandoned. It is the woman who take I that initiative nine times out of ten. 1 is the woman who selects her mate i accordance with the law that holds swa in every department of nature. A GIRL'S EDUCATION.

A girl's education is most incomplete unless she has learned To sew, To cook, To mend, y To be gentle. ,' To value time, To dress neatly, "'; To avoid idleness, ~ : To be self-reliant, To respect old age, To keep, a secret, To darn stockings, To make good bread, To be above gossiping', To keep a house tidy, To make home happy, To control her temper, To take care of the sick, To sweep down cobwebs. To take care of the baby. To marry a man for bis worth, r To read the very best of books,* To take plenty of active exercise, To be a helpmeet to her husband, To keep clear of trashy literature. To be light-hearted and fleet-footed, To be a womanly woman under all circumstances.