WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 308, 23 May 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen.") I THE MODERN GIRL. Before a fashionable attendance the distinguished prelate Monsignor Henry 8010 at Paris delivered a lecture on "The Young Girl of To-day." France, he said, was passing through a crisis which particularly affected the young girls of the nation,'and whatever the outcome might he, in their delicate hands lay the secrets of the mysterious future.

ißetween the girl of 1000 and her sister of 1910 a great gulf lay. The modern girl was distinguished by an intense appetite for intellectual culture. ,She wished to study everything, and she indeed learned a great deal —enough to make her grandmother very apprehensive. Monsignor 8010 was not quite convinced that the change was altogether for the better. He did not like young girl authors or students-—"scared pullets among the cockerels"—any more than he liked those who nourished themselves on the garbage of cheap novels while making skirts which were trousers in disguise or hats which might serve for sentry boxes. His sympathy was reserved for the young girls"who wished to .breathe a higher atmosphere, and who refused to consider ttie domains of art, science, and literature as closed to them. The young girl of to-day deserved to be encouraged in her aspirations towards intellectual culture, and Monsignor 8010 roundly censured Schopenhauer for his definition of woman as "an animal with long hair and a short mind," and his declaration that her reading ought to he confined to prayer and cookery books. GENERAL NOTES.

A violet wedding was that of Mr Theodore S. Mason and ( Miss Violet Marian Goodhart, at Kirby, Kent. Violets white and blue, figured among the floral decorations in the church, and each guest was handed a dainty wedding favor of the same flowers. Then her five bridesmaids wore "violet" frocks carried out in violet satin, and they had large clusters of violets in their hats, and carried bouquets of the same blooms. The bride's dress was of white satin, beautifully hand-embroidered in silk with a design of violets. The "violet" idea was carried out to the very last, for when the bride departed on her honeymoon, she wore a costume of violet cloth, and a huge bunch of violets adorned her hat, while instead of confetti the assembled guests threw violets over the happy couple.

The Queen's taste in dress is very simple, quiet, pale delicate colors being' given the preference, and nothing outre or extreme being admitted, let the fashio of the moment be what it may. Although her jewellery is considerable, both in value and quantity, Queen Mary, has no very great love for precious orna-j ments as part of everyday attire, and] the two things she wears oftenest are! the diamond brooch given her by King' George soon :\fter her engagement to him, and the diamond necklace presented to her liy Queen Victoria. One of her most valuable jewels, says the Girls' Own Paper and Women's Magazine, is a chain of pearls presented to her as a wedding gift by the women (if twentythree English i (unities. for whHi seven thousand guineas were sulmi-rilicd, and which is treasured by her not for its intrinsic costliness, though that is great, but as a visible expression of the affection which is felt for her by women of all classes.

In the Illinois Legislature a representative has introduced a Bill prohibi-l ting the wearing of "hobble" and "harem" skirts, and providing fines ol ] 4s to £lO for violation of the law. A Bill is also before the Senate of Illinois I somewhat on the lines of the bachelor' tax introduced in the Massachusetts! Legislature. A tax, which is put at £'2| a year, is to be used as a bonus to wives who add to the population. In Massachusetts the corresponding tax is de-] voted to the support of spinsters. In Texas a representative has introduced a Bill in the Legislature prohibiting the use,,sale, or manufacture of false hair, false teeth, wooden legs, or "hobble" skirts within the confines of the State.

Tn order to fit women of the future to take a more important position in Turkey, efforts are now being made to improve the education of at least a certain number of Moslem girls. The movement has been set on foot, and is largely supported by Turkish ladies. The young Turks have, too, themselves reformed the Dar-Ul Mamlyumat School, which, although it is still meanly equipped, actually have as its chief teacher a noble Turkish woman who has done, and is doing, much to improve the lot of her sex in Turkey. The reformers of the Empire have, too, shown their desire to do something for Turkish women to send live girls to be educated at the American College.

Mgr 8010. the talented lecturer of the Koman Catholic University in Paris, who possesses a fame in Pasis perhaps only comparable with that of Father Bernard Yanghan in England, has lately been devoting his attention to the French jeune fllle. In the course of an article on this subject he remarks: "I am told that certain salons are frequented by young girls of good birth but bad breeding, who affect language and conduct which shock even the young men. The little creature with a shy laugh has disappeared from our natural history: another species is attempting to replace it, one which Schopenhauer would have called the 'monkey with the pigtail.' But because this young girl of to-day takes liberties like an American, flirt's like an Knglish girl, reads like a Norwegian, is omnivorous and versatile as a Hnssian. uses her eyes like a Spaniard, and to-morrow may be dressed like a Turk, this is not enough lo conclude I hat she is quite French, or even Parisian."

A weekly newspaper in Pari-; recently cniifliict(!il a prizo contest for beautiful noses. The judfres were men—artists, poets, sculptors, and art critics. They awarded the prize to a youn;; woman. Millie Dnmarcv. and their verdict wn< that she lias the most beautiful lose in Paris. They said her nose was -:re-

trousse," and that is French for "pug," or "snub," or "tip-tilted," or whatever you want to call it, all of which goes to show that there is beauty in the pug nose. In the Paris beauty contest it won first prize over Grecian,, Roman, and ether forms of classic noses. The Venus nose is considered too coldly perfect nowadays. Other noses may indicate excellent and admirable qualities, but they are not pretty. But the pug —the owner of the "pug" is piquant, coquettish and saucy; she has a pretty wit and a gift of mimicry. And that's the kind of a girl that never lacks admirers, or a husband if she wants one. So at least say the Paris beauty judges.

Mrs. Helen C. Brown, who died recently, was one of the best confectioners in New York, and had the credit of having made cakes for many of the most fashionable weddings in the last few years. Her last effort was the cake for the marriage of Miss Vivien Gould to Lord Decies. It was one of those known in America as a "sky-scraper." On the j day of the wedding it towered like a big architectural creation above ever) other item on the table. This wonderfa! erection was said to have cost £2OO. Although" Mrs. Brown was ill when the order reached her, she was determined to make this cake, and she succeeded in carrying out her scheme. About five weeks were spent over the task. An orchestra of cupids, each playing a brass instrument, ornamented the top of the cake. Mrs. Brown made some 501b of cake a day, and had orders from Chicago and even as far as from San Francisco. It is not surprising to hear of an American woman who had made a great'success as a baker of cakes. Every American housekeeper who wishes to be thought at all skilful in domestic management has a weekly supply made at home. Thus girls grow up with the idea that cake-making is a necessary part of the heme duties. They pride themselves on the quality of their cakes, and almost every one lias some specialty at which she is an adept, land.

Young women are now engaged a 8 caddies on the Aigle golf links in SwitzerAalberg, in Denmark, has followed the American example in appointing women, police. There the woman constable will wear ordinary dress, and her special duty will be to keep an eye on women suspected of being engaged' in the white slave traffic.