WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 33, 2 August 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

( (Conducted by "Eileen"). ' i THE DOHERTY SISTERS. 1 The Doherty sisters will be the j "Duleic" and "Prince Hal" of "Jack and ( the licajivtalk" at New Plymouth on ( Monday evening. "We have appeared , before the present Czar and Court seven j times, which is rather wonderful, don't ( you think?" This from Miss Lily . Doherty who, with, her sister, features ; in "Jack and the Beanstalk" as the two • American "Ginger Girls." "One of the leading 1 Russian Princesses is an American you must know, and..she took an interest in us. We could not spell a word of the language whan we first went to Russia. At the station a group of bearded mm met us. They looked like "stage hands," but turned out to be the directors 1 of the theatre. What an awful rehearsal it was. We could not instruct the orchestra., and they played so that we were nearly distracted. Our position on the bill was midnight. You know the fashionable theatres begin at 10 p.m. there and finish at 2 a.m. The directors were so appalled at our first rehearsal that they put us down to open the programme. Fortunately for us the audience was in a good humour and they kept us on the stage for nearly an hour. We stayed four months instead of one. We have travelled a good deal, and have played in every continent of the globe." Miss Lily Doherty made her first appearance as a child actress with the late Sir Henry Irving in Amerioa. CARUSO'S LOVE LETTERS. STORY OF AX ITALIAN" ROMANCE. It is reported from Rome that a Milan shop girl has .commenced proceedings against Signor Enrico Caruso, the famous tenor, for £IO,OOO damages for breach of promise of marriage. The amorous correspondence is ■ said to be j voluminous, anil a copy of it has just been secured by an enterprising New | York newspaper. Seen at his London I residence bv a representative of the I'alll Mall Gazette, Signor Caruso gave a very interesting account of his relations with' the fair lady who is now threatening to make things unpleasant for him. The letters referred to, he said, are 50 or 60 in number. "This is the fourth time that she say she do this," Signor Caruso exclaimed, indignantly.. ''About two years ago I offered to engage the girl as housekeeper, but she did not accept . That was when I was in Milan. After that I came here, and while in London I received a cable from her saying, 'I am ready to follow you. Come and fetch me.' My answer was, 'I have no time beci'M-e of my tour in England,' but after that a correspondence began, and it became a little 'intime.' After two mouths I thought,. 'What are you doing the correspondence was so 'intime,' so affectionate. I said, 'Come with some of your family.' I had sent her a lot of money, 10,000 francs. She cam" with her father, and when I met thone people, I quickly saw the mistake I was going to make, .because the people are very ordinary. After that . she stayed five days in Berlin. Then I left Berlin for America. She left Berlin. I gave hen .2000, marks. After that I wrote a letter from Bremen and I say, 'I am very sorry I tell you what I "got to say. • Our correspondence was 'intime.' I cannot have a woman like you, and if you are a good girl, you give me back my letters and I give you back yours, because I cannot be married with anybody.' '

"After that I not write any more letters. She continued to write for about six or eight months. Last year she was in Paris when I went to Paris to sing for the Italian season. She came to Paris with her mother . The first thing the mother say to me was, 'Here is my daughter. Ido not want to know anything about her. I bring her here to you.' I said, 'Madam, I do not want your daughter. There is the door; go away with your daughter.' Then I say ,'I am a gentleman, and I do not want you to think badly of me. I will write to my lawyer to fix something for my letters.' I give her 1000 francs, and then these people have then go away. After that my lawyer wrote these people, asking, 'How much for the letters?' They asked for 250,000 francs. My lawyer said, .'This is ridiculous, because you cannot do anything against Caruso by law, because the law protects, him in this, case. Perhaps, if the request is a little less, I will write to M. Caruso.' After that these people do not reply, but made a big scandal in Milan. That wae, in June or July,last year. After that I) hear no more. Last January I received a letter from a lawyer in America, who said he had the case of this Milan girl | to go against me for breach of promise. I sent my lawyer to this lawyer, and' I do not receive any notice about it." j Signor Caruso explained that the Italian i law in regard to couples who are| "fiancee" is quite different from the I English or American law.

A ROYAL MARRIAGE The marriage of the Princess Elizabeth of Roumania, daughter of the Crown Prince, and Prince George of Greece, eldest son of the Crown Prince and grandson of King George, will take place in September. The Princess Elizabeth inherits the wonderful beauty and vivacious temperament of her mother, wjio before her marriage was her Royal Highness Princess Marie, of Great Britain. Among tliq Royalties of Europe she has been considered the most noted beauty. Now the name falls upon the small shoulders of her daughter, who is only 17 years of age. The ex-Empress Eugenie] has been called a harmless flirt. At all' I events,"officers who had no other merits' than that they danced at the Tuileries and were good-looking received promotion at tho suggestion of Eugenie. But the Crown Princess of Roumania, who is one of the most happily-married women in the reigning families, has surpassed Eugenie's record and recalls the f days of Marie Antoinette (says a writer in an exchange). Tho charming Eliaabeth is an outrageous little flirt, and since her dresses were lengthened to her shoe-tops many handsome young officers have been abashed before a sidewise flash of her beautiful eyes. George of Greece, who is heir-presumptive to the

tottering throne of Greece, was enraptured with the charming princess, and( the love match fitting in with the political desire to bind the two countries, which have often been at odds, with a close tie led to the engagement and plans for the marriage of the young princess. He is 21 years of age. Now the Princess Elizabeth, who has such a little time to have fun, must be becoming dignified and quit breaking the hearts of handsome guardsmen. By her father's side the Princess Elizabeth is a cousin of William of Germany, and by her mother's side she has the blood of George of England. The mother is a daughter of the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, a brother of the late King Edward, and from her father she inherits a great fortune. When a child at Windsor, the Crown Princess was called "Marie of Edinburgh." She arrived in Roumania full of life, and found that the country needed her youthful spirits and vigor. Not a woman in Roumania knew how to ride horseback or knew anything of out-of-door sports. She changed all this. At first Roumanians were aghast, but. later they admired, loved and applauded (.heir Crown Princess. The Princess Marie's beauty has appreciated with the years since her marriage. She lives in splendor and wears wonderfully beautiful gowns. She is fond of fancy dress, anil oftentimes arranges fancy-dress balls in order to gain the opportunity to appear some historic or fanciful dress. Her daughter, Elizabeth, is an exact counterpart of her mother at her age, and has inherited not only her beauty and vivacity, but her exquisite taste and the knack of getting the best effect out of her gowns.

THE QUEEN'S JEWELLERY.

Probably the jewel Queen Mary prizes most is the diamond brooch which was King George's first present to her after they became engaged; at any rate, she wears it, and the diamond necklace pre- i sented to her by Queen Victoria, oftener 1 than any of her jewels. The necklace | has the foremost place in her affections' for a similar reason, Queen Victoria having given it to her on the occasion of her engagement to King George. Another highly valued piece of jewellery in the Queen's collection is the chain of pearls presented to her Majesty, on her 1 marriage, by the women of twenty-three English counties. Six thousand pounds was subscribed for the purchase of this beautiful gift, but its actual cost wss £SOOO, and the balance of the money was, at the Queen's request, presented' to certain charities. These pearls are often worn by Queen Mary in the evening. PAPER-BAG COOKING. A professor's wife well known for her interest in domestic economy, writes as follows to the Sydney Morning Herald:— I don't know whether you are interested in the paper-bag cooking; if you are you may like to hear of one of the many experiments that'are being •md.i. To-day I (not having the proper bags) had a try with the grease-proof kitchen paper. I pinned the paper roughly into bags. Into one I dropped an egg to poach, into another I slipped a sausage, into another an apple, and popped them all into the oven (pretty hot), and left them for about five minutes, then took out the egg. It was perfectly done, but stuck a little on the paper. la twelve minutes I took out the sausage. It was a bright brown, and cooked perfectly; indeed, the good man who was watching the experiment in the kitchen and chafling a bit, declared, with very visible surprise, that it was a better flavor than one I had just cooked very carefully for him in the old styleJ The apple took half an hour, and was all right, but the kitchen paper was not proof against the juice, which dribbled through and made the usual mess on the oven floor, which I cleaned' up with wrath. Thus encouraged, I made a wider flight. I peeled a potato, two! onions, and an aged white turnip (which had been condemned as too old and tough for use). These I sprinkled with salt and pepper, and pinned up as well as I could the paper, and popped them into the oven. Then I made two meat pies, turn-over style, pinned them up in the same way, and put them in by the side of the vegetables, and left thein. Unfortunately a friend came in just then, and we began to enjoy ourselves chatting, and I forgot to take the time these took to cook. A meat pie was brought in for her to test, and was pro- , nounced a great success. The maid left I the vegetables in till they were wanted, and that was longer than the usual time, much longer, but they were delicious, especially the old soldier turnip. It seems necessary to have the oven very hot to start with, and to slack off the heat_ almost as soon as the things are | put in. Ido not think this plan would save the gas much, as a baking oven is | needed that is heat above and. below, i but the flavor is much improved, none of | the food is wasted in cooking, as it is in ordinary cooking, the oven is clean and [ not in need of scraping and washing as is so often the case, and there are no saucepans or baking pans to wash up after. This is a distinct savin" of labor, though it does not save all. °Any new thing which saves us work, and therefore brings us nearer to the' time when we can do without outside help 1 (without at the same time ruining our health), is worth while to adopt. i shall be much interested in hearing other women's experiences with paper-barf cooking. . . 0

TAKING THE MEDICINE! > Lord Russell was once on a visit to Prince Bismarck, and in the' course of the conversation asked how Bismarck managed to rid himself of the inquisitive tattlers who assail all men in High positions. "My method is very simple," replied the Prince; "my wife manages it for me. When she has recognised one of the troublesome callers, and thinks the interview has been long enough, she always finds some excuse for sending him away." Just at that moment the study door opened, and the Princess said softly: "You know, dear, that it is time for you to take your medicine. lam .waiting to give it to you." ,