WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 323, 9 June 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Uraaucted. by "Eileen.") ORANGE BLOSSOMS. HAXSOX-ROBDsSOX.

Yesterday afternoon a very pretty but quiet little wedding took place in St. Mary's Church, when Miss Myra Robinson,"only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. ' Robinson was married to Mr. L. Hanson, j The ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. G. Evans, assisted by Rev. J. ' Wilkinson. Mr. R. N. Renaud presided at the organ. Mr. B. Chaney acted as| best man and Messrs A. 11. Johnstone and W. Weston as groomsmen. Very cbarming the bride looked in her picturesque gown of ivory Liberty satin. The transparent yoke was of lace, and there was a turtfc of ninon, wiui a deep border of Honeton lace. From a wreath of orange blossoms fell a lovely embroidered veil, and with an exquisite shower bouquet, a most bewitching toilet was completed. The bride was attended by three bridesmaids, the chief being Miss Nina Capel. The other two were Miss Russell and Miss Von Dadelzen, both of Wellington, and they were charmingly robed in rose-pink satin chaimeuso, with tunics of pale pink crepe de chine, edged with a deep silk fringe, finished witla tucked chiffon yokes; pink silk hats, with helmet-shaped crown, veiled in brown gossamer, encircled with brown beaver, softly finished with brown silk roses. They carried lovely bouquets of autumn leaves and shaded hydrangeas.! The gifts of the bridegroom to the bridesmaids were gold brooches and pendants. After the ceremony the bridal party drove to the bride's' parents' residence, where the wedding breakfast was served, and at which the usua! toasts were drunk. The happy couple | left by the afternoon train, en route for, Auckland, where their future home is to be. The bride's travelling dress was a grey tweed coat and skirt, cream sflk and lace vest, hat to correspond. Mrs. Robinson (the bride's mother) was robed in a black silk mervoilleux, white silk vest, black and white bonnet, with white ospreys, with bouquet of heliotrope Argentine sweet peas; Mrs. Brewster, black crepe de chine, banded with silk, white feather boa, black toque; Miss Brewster, cream serge costume, with apj»!iqued lace yoke, black velvet hat, trimmed with white silk and wreathed with blue shaded r»sos; Mrs.j Chaney, navy blue oostume, purple velvet toque; Mrs. F. Fookes, rich black striped eolienne. cream lace yoke, lightened with pale blue, black hat, wreathed with pink roses and lined with pale blue, whites hower bouquet; Mrs. 0. Samuel, very pretty Maejc satin-striped chiffon •over white silk, black feathered toque; Miss Skinner, dainty mole-colored volvet, black bat, lined with cerise and trimmed with cerise roses; Miss L. Skinner, daintv (love-gre.y eolienne, smart blick hat, lined with white, black beaver furs; Miss M. Fookes, cream cloth costume, black hat. wreathed with palo pinkroses; Miss G. Fookca, pale blue shantung, cream lace yoke, black velvet toque; M ; ss Starfttfsh, brown striped tweed. bv.Avn hat, lined with white silk and massed with brown shaded roses; Miss Roy, smart Hue and blaek striped tweed coat and skirt, white feather boa, black velvet hat, shower bouquet; Miss Webster, crenn costume, black hat, with pale pink roses; Miss S. Capel, very dainty nattier blue shantung, sleeves and side panel profusely tucked, cream lace yoke, black feathered hat, lined with pale blue silk, shower bouquet; Mrs. L. Nelan, very smart black chiffon taffeta, cream lace vest, block hat, lined with white silk, scarlet bouquet. i LUCKY BALLET-DANCERS. '

Tt may not be generally known that children trained to become ballet-dancers in Russia are educated, clothed, and fed at the expense of the Government, and retire on a pension at thirty-five. The ballet-dancer of Russia begins early, and leads a strenuous life. At nine years the child —boy or girl —is presented to the school, and, df the candidate pauses the easy entrance examination and satisfies the physical requirements as to growth and development, may he accepted. A considerable portion of the pupils are the children of dancers, but' the school is open to all classes. Parental responsibility practically ends here. The child is entirely brought up at the cost of the State, and receives a very fair secondary education, is well cared for and looked after, and is thoroughly trained in the art that is to beoouie the work of bis or her life. Four hours a day are devoted to dancing during the eight years the pupil is at school. Any child who proves incapable, or who grows too tall or does not grew enough, may be sent away without right of appeal. While still at school the pupils frequently appear on the stage in dances created specially for children. They also take part in the "crowds" in operas where children are needed, as in the first act of Tschaikovsky's "Dame de Pique." At seventeen they must start their careers as members of the corps de ballet.

Every pupil can count on an engagement, and after dancing eighteen years retires with a pension at thirty-live, only exceptional artistes Vicing permitted to continue after that age. In the small country houses, to which all Russians of any means resort in the summer, dancers will cause bars and ropes to be put up, and practise for many hours daily during all the months the theatres are closed, and they desist only when every detail of the difficult technique is thoroughly mastered.

POTTED NOVEL. London—evening. Street—brilliantlylit shop-windows—gay crowds—rushing taxis —theatres busy. Lucy Kairface wandered all alone —crowd—sweet, sad face, wistful eyes. Five years before Jack (loodrnan —betrothed to Lucy Bailed away—lndia—ship lost—nevor heard of—total wreck. Lucy held on to hope and her sewing-machine—never would niarn —pine away, etc. Jasper Badboy—rich, corrupt, dissipated mortgage on Lucy's mother's house foreclosure. Away, villain! Rather poverty, crusts, etc. Turned out of doorshomeless. Down by the dark river about to make the fatal plunge—did plunge. But just then the ship with

Captain Goodman on board, which had not been lost at nil, came sailing up to the dock. Captain Goodman saw Lucy struggling in the water. He fished her out with a boat-hook. ''My Lucy!" "My Jack!" Conk dries her at the galley stove. Lucy soaked with water, but fresh as a daisy. Two weeks later, wedding bells.

WIVES PLEASE NOTE. The times have changed in many ways since knights wore duds' of tin; the modern wife has too much woe which gets beyond her chin. She. whoops and wails, and rants around, for love has grown »8 cold, and hubby does not kiss her oft' as in the days of old. Ye wives, yet down and thank your stars that you're alive at all; to talk about a frigid love! You have a bunch of gall! Way buck in 1328, when steam heat was unknown, fat kings did only what they pleased or else kicked down the throne. A monarch in those gory. days would cop a lovely femme, and turn the Church and State about to keep his precious gem. But when her hair grew short and thin, when lips had lost their red, he'd cull an executioner and amputate her head.

Full soon he'd east his lamps about to catch another wife, whose looks would get his Royal goat and share his Royal life. He'd get one, then grow tired of

her, and then some summer day he'd walk into her gold boudoir and speak his little lay: "My dear, you've been a dandy pal—the one spot of the deck—and, though I hate to see it done, you'll have to lose your neck. "It's true. I have another bells, who's down-stage in my eye, so since there cannot be but one, it's better that you die." He tells the ancient coroner to send a fancy hearse, and into it he'd slide his wife, for better or for worse. Just see, you modern kicking wives, what lives your sisters led. You want to moult a lay of thanks; you're not completely dead!

HOME HINTS. The best way to clean a rust,y wire mattress is to brush it all over with a strong brush and paraffin, then scrub it with soap and hot water. When it is perfectly dry do it over with whito enamel. A second coat improves it, but is not necessarv.

Flat irons should never be allowed to get red-hot; they will not retain the) heat so well after, and will lose thQirl smoothness. When ironing, sprinkle a ] little salt on a flat surface and rub the - irons upon it whenever they seem rough I and inclined to slick to the fabric.

The piano ■diould always be kept closed to prevent d'vV from entering, and even then it eug'it to be eovered up while the room is being swept. The keys should never be washed, as that discolors the ivory. If they are stained, rub the stains out with a little lemon-juice and salt.

Stains on water-bottles will be removed quite easily if you stand tealoaves and a little water in the bottles (ill night. In the morning shake the bottle* well and wa*h them. After draining, polish with a soit cloth. Another method is to put potato-peel into the bottle and proceed as above. A mixture of pipeclay and water wiH be found Most efficacious as a moans of cleaning white paint which has become much soiled. The grain of the wood should always be followed in applying the paste, and the same rule shmild bo adopted in polishing afterwards \vi»h a dry chamois leather or soft duster.

If two pieces of carpet are to be joined together, it is a great mistake to make a seam which causes an unsightly ridge on the right side. The patterns shmild first be matched, the carpet then reversed, and each edge buttonholed firmly with flax thread the color of the groundwork. The two pieces should then be drawn together firmly, so that a perfect joint 13 the result.

Garvey ivory ornaments, toilet accescessories, paper-knives, etc., can be cleaned as follows: Make a paste of sawdust slightly moistened with water and lemon-juice. Spread the paste on the ivory and allow it to dry thoroughly, then brush it off carefully with a soft brush. Smooth ivory-backed brushes, ct<?., are best cleaned with a small piece of clean flannel dumped ami dipped in table salt.

Pickle or mustard spoons of bone, which have become brown and discolored, may be easily restored to their original colors by means of crushed egg-shells. These should be rubbed on the surface of the spoon with a piece of rough flannel, or half egg-shells may be used, the broken edges being worked against the stains until .they are removed. The same procedure can be followed with regard to old-fashioned bone egg and salt spoons or other bone articles in use in dining-room or kitchen.