WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 59, 31 August 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

l (Conducted by "Eileen"). I J>o WOMEN UNDERSTAND COMFORT! A AIERK MAN CONTRIBUTOR SAYS "NO." If a ibusiness man happens to return home unexpectedly for dinner there is one thing which he certainly will not find —that is, his wife sitting down to a comfortable, properly-cooked meal. No, the chances are that she has something on a tray, probably an egg with some toast and tea. The tea is inevitable. No woman could enjoy her middfey meal unless a cup of tea were forthcoming. The tray is also inevitable.

To the masculine mind there is something singularly unsatisfying about such an apology for a meal. A man likes to settle down squarely in a chair before a well-laid table. He likes to feel he is having a meal. H he says this, the prompt retort is that he is a greedy fellow who thinks of nothing but eating, and all arguments to the contrary are vain. For that leisurely enjoyment of a well-laid taJble and a proper cooked and served meal is a thing tha<t ninety-seven women out of a hundred don't understand, and the three per cent, who do understand it have learnt to do so from their husband*.

When a woman marries, her first idea is to make a drawing-room. She takes the best room in thp house, fills it with pretty and expensive gimcraeks, and keeps it shut up six days a week.

On the seventh she ni's it when her neighbors come in to discuss weak tea and bought cakes, and to talk scandal.

| Her husband's sitting-room is always ra bone of contention. She -envs it i» so inntidv. The iwk of blackened vires, the pile of newspapers and numazmes, I the littered wviting-tible, and the decn ann-clnir with its well-worn cushion* are a constant grievance in her eves. | She regrets that she cannot ri'diwe this room to the nrim orderliness of the rest of her ?ncrod apartments. . No thought of the rest and comfort to be enjoved in this secluded sanctum ever enters her head. To the woman it is the one eye-sore in her otherwise faultless home—to the man it is the only comfortable retreat. A man looks upon pleasure and comfort as meaning the same thing; but even the wealthy woman cannot comprehend this point of view. She will be perfectly happy if slip is tdressed in the latest fashionable gown, but she will not be comfortable. Pleasure without comfort seems natural to a woman. LADY CODIVA. Miss Viola Hamilton, the 'Hendon lady I who is to impersonate Lady Godiva in (the Coventry Coronation Day procession, is a young actress of many accomplislijments (says an English paper of recent date). JJo-n in London, she came early in life ir 'ouch with the theatrical profession. Her parents were interested in "Buffalo Bill's" Wild West Show at ©lympia, and there she was taken almost daily. Miss Hamilton was then only seven years of age, but, as she puts it, she "became fascinated with the cowboys and the show and the horses. T became the pet of the cowboys, who made hujre fun of me and taught me how to ride. I have been used to horses all my life, and can ride a horse without a saddle."

At the age of 10 Miss Hamilton, besides being a competent violinist, had developed a good soprano voice, to which she attributes her success on the musical comedy and music-hall stage. Miss Hamilton expressed her delight at having been selected out of over 160 applicants. "The citizens of Coventry," she said, "asked Messrs. Henry and Kingsley (the well-known dramatic and musical agents, of King street, Covent Garden), to find them a Lady Godiva, and Mr. Henrv sent for me and asked me if T -would take the part. As I am awfully fond of horse-riding you can just imagine how I jumped at the offer. . My photograph was sent to Coventry, anil I went to interview the members of the committee, which was <-o~ nosed of memfwrs and ,officials of lb.. City Council.

"They \vre vary nice to me. and asked me ' f J objected to the costume, which they explained was to consist of silk fleshings, with chiffon cape, to be fastened at the shoulder with a Saxon fibula or brooch. The committee thought that the colors'of the costumes in previous years had not harmonised, and that historical accuracy was lacking. "I shall not ride bareback. As a matter of fact, the horse is to have most elaborate and beautiful trappings. I am designing my costume myself, both as regards style <and color, and I go to Coventry on June 21 to try the horse and rehearse my part."

HOUSEHOLD HINT?. A cracked, egg may be boiled by placing a teaspoonful of salt in the 'water. This prevents any of the white from boiling out of th« crack. You should never leave flannels near the_ fire to dry. If you do they will shrink. If you cannot dry them out of doors have them hung in a. warm room. Cords to sasli windows should be rubbed with a v. rv oily cloth ait least onw in six .months." Tt makes them last mueh longer. «i:d the windows ran more easily. If a shoe pinches in one place put a dropor two of sweet oil on the stocking just in the place where the pinch comes, and also apply a drop to the outside of the boot at the same place.' The oil softens the leather and helps it ( n stretch. Nice White Doorstep: Put some size and whiting with a little washingildue into hot water, and stir until the size and whiting arc dissolved; then use in the onlinsirv way. This will last some time if washed over with a. clean flannel and cold water. To deodorise saucepans -after cooking onions, cabbage, or fish, trv this plan? Wash and dry the pan, then place a piece of thick brown paper on the stove, set fire to it, and turn the saucepan over the blaze. After a few moments remove it. and the odour will not be noticed.

THE MARRIED MAN'S NEW MAGNA CHARTA. ABSOLUTE " BOSS." New York, July 5. American suffragists are up in' arms against Judge Long, of Springfield, Mass., who, in dismissing a suit for separation brought by a wife against her husband, laid down five axioms as constituting man's marital magna charta. Judge Long declared that— The husband is lord and master of the exchequer. He is entitled to his meals at any time lie wants them. He may select such food as he desires. If he and his wife cannot agree on food, the husband's decision . must prevail. A servant to whom the husband objects must be discharged. He who pays the household bills can run his house as he likes.

Judge Long based his decision on the J laws of Massachusetts, and other jurists ( declare his interpretation is absolutely . sound. Miss Edith M. Whitmore, who, j besides being the editor of the Woman j Voter, the official organ of the American suffragists, is also the 'representative of the fourth generation of suffragists in her family, roundly denounces the new declaration of independence. She says: "It seems distinctly greed for man to want to be the head of the household and its stomach at the same time. If man and woman live together on a food basis, they had better make a pre-nuptial agreement on the subject. Such a decision is a good one, for it calls attention to the laws of absurdity of the ; Massachusetts laws. Why, it was only a few days ago that Massachusetts still had on its statutes a law forbidding a man to kiss liis wife on Sunday! It has always seemed to me that Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sprat were the model husband and wife. Though he could eat no fat and his wife could neat no lean, though there was absolute dissimilarity of taste between them, yet perfect harmony prevailed. The hero and heroine of that old nursery rhyme should serve as shining examples to married couples, and Judge Long should repeat the verse to himself before he announces his decisions. I am sure it would improve his. mind and his point of view."