WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 24 October 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(Conducted by " Eileen ") SOCIETY NEWS. XFAV PLYMOUTH.

A Garden Party.—l ,ast Friday afternoon a garden party \va.s held at "Brooklands" (kindly placed at the people's disposal by Mr. Newton King) in aid of the local branch of the Society for the Health of Women and Children. Tlie decided day for this function was Thursday, but owing to the stormy conditions of the weather, it was postponed until the following day, which, although a decided improvement, was still cloudy and so prevented many from attending who would have otherwise if the day had been bright and sunshiny. Amongst those present were: Mrs. Newton King, black silk, heliotrope coat, black feathered hat; Mrs. McKellar, slate grey costume, .brown toque; Miss Godfrey, brown tweed costume, saxe blue floral toque; Mrs. Douglas, black coat and skirt, black hat; Mrs. Hurle, brown flecked tweed costume, pretty purple hat: Mrs. Johnson, navy blue coat and skirl, saxe blue hat with roses;. Miss Collis. white silk blou-e and dark skirt, navy hat with quills; Miss r.ead. dark grey coat and skirt, vieux rose hat: Mrs. Walter Bayly, navy costume, black hat with pink and blue roses; Mrs. Marks, pretty vieux rose costume, black and white scarf, black hat with pale pink roses; Mrs. Matthews, brown coat and skirt, black hat; Mrs. ISewley, dove grey costume, black feathered toque; Mrs. Ranison, purple costume, cream lace vest, hat en suite; Mrs. Home, clephaat grey coat and skirt, pink floral toque; Mrs. Standish, black toque; Mrs. Broughton, grey costume, black hat; Mrs. J. Wilson, grey tweed costume, black and white hat; Mrs. Ambary, black costume, tussore coat, black feathered hat; Mrs. Anion, tweed costume, black toque; Miss Ardcu, moss green coat and skirt, hat to correspond; Mrs. Claude Weston, slate grey coat and skirt, smart black velvet hut. caught lip with jet buckle; Mrs. Foote, black costume, purple coat, black hat; Miss Foote, sage green costume, cream lace vest, hat en suite; Miss McKellar, grey coat and skirt, black hat; Mrs. Butler, brown tweed costume, brown hat with roses; Mrs. Raikes (Stratford), black costume, toque en suite; Miss Matthews, navy blue costume, black hat with magenta roses; Mrs. Ward, sage green costume, saxe blue hat; Mrs. Haworth, cream costume, nattier .blue hat; Miss Curtis, slate grey

coat and skirt, black hat; Mrs. Atkinson, black; Mrs. Fookes, dark green cos-' tunic, black bat; Miss Kyngdon, dark] green coat and skirt, brown hat with' roses; Miss Rlundcll, sage green costume, I black and white hat; Miss Morgan,' pretty heliotrope costume, pale grey hat; | Mrs. 11. Russell, navy costume," black| hat with pink roses; Miss Stanford, darkj grey costume, black hat; Mrs. F. Wilson, cream costume, pale grey hat; Miss I Douglas, cream coat and* skirt, blackhat; Mrs. W. Newman, prunelle colored costume, black and white toque; Mrs. Addenbrooke, green costume, black and white bat; Miss D. Bradbury, sax* blue costume, hat en suite; Mrs. Johns, brow* tweed costume, saxe blue hat; Mrs. J. Morey, grey coat and skirt, black feathered hat; Miss Tidy, navy costume, black hat; Miss Saxton, moss green costume, black bat with pink roses; Miss Sole, dark green coal and skirt, pale blue hat; Miss Taylor, national blue costume, putty colored hat with large emerald green bows; Mrs. Waugh, navy coat and skirt, black hat with red roses'; Mrs. Law. electric blue costume, black hat; Mrs. Chancy, navy costume, floral toque; Mrs. Hirst, electric .blue costume, black hat; Miss Putt, brown coat and skirt, black hat: Miss S. Thomson, cream costume, black bat with pink roses; Mrs. Murray, saxe blue costume, hat to correspond: Mrs. Buxton, electric blue costume, black hat; Mrs. Cook, | black coat and skirt, black and white | hat.

A Dance—The annual dunce in connection with Misses Hallett and Bedford's dancing and deportment classes took place last Friday in the Brougham street hall, and was a greater success than it has ever been. The floor whi given over to the wee mites until 10.30 p.m., when the adult:- monopolised it. The supper table was one .blaze of pale pink azaleas, and being massed with all the dainties of the season it was a very pleasing siidit. especially to the younger ones' mind. The ball 'was opened with the Grand March I<<] by'two tinv mites, representing a "Fairy"'and a "(ioHiwog" (Miss Peggy and Master Peter Griffith"). Amongst those present were: Miss Hallet. pn<tty pale green satin, veiled in shell pink ninnn. tunic interlaced with green satin ribbon; Miss Bedford, black silk net veiling, emerald green satin corsage finished with sequinned net; Miss D. Bedford, oyster pink satin charmuese; Miss Clarke, white book muslin, inset with lace: Mrs. Griffiths, cream chiffon taffeta; MNs O'Callaghan, very pretty green and brown shot ninon over rose pink, silk decolletag" finished with beaded trimming: Mi's. Home, .black and white silk muslin over a white silk foundation: Mrs. Hollo, black silk; Miss Brewster, pale pink ninon, tunic braided with lloral ribbon over shell pink silk; Miss I. Fitzlierbert. vieux rose satin, with ninon tunic lightened with silver; Mis-, Bcwlcy. pale blue silk, with ninon tunic; Miss Corric cream silk; Mrs. Marks, black silk; Miss Kyngdon, rose pink silk; Miss Blundell, moss green velvet; Miss XV. Webster, cream chiffon taffeta; Miss Glasgow, pale blue silk, with ninon tunic; Mi-ses Bennett (-2), white muslin: Miss B. Oliver, pale blue crystalline: Mrs. Hooper, black silk; Mrs. Kebbell. pale niauvn silk, with tunic of silken net; Mrs. Kyngdon, black silk; Mrs. Corric: Mrs. 'Heard: Mrs. MeKwan. black satin. ,eipiinned berthe; Mrs. .1. Clarke, black chiffon taffeta; Mi-s Kit McCtelaml. Court, gentleman:] Mi-s .li—ic- Home: Mi-s Xancv Pott; Miss Greenwood: Miss B. Corric, Butterfly: Miss Zeita Braiind. Folly; Miss Bramid. Dutch Girl; Miss Rita Hampton, Child of the Sixteenth Century: Miss Peggy Griffiths Fairy: Mi's' Eileen Hooper, Spanish Maid: Miss Mollie Heard: Miss I'. Ardeii; Misses YVinfield! (2): Miss I. P.lanehard: Miss G. Shaw, pale pink satin, veil,.,! in ninon; Miss| \1"!lir I'rmidr. licmLay; Mis, M. Corkill.i white muslin and lace; Master Tom Cor-! kill. Cricketer: Mn-tcr M. Kebbell; Masters Blundell (:',): Mioses Hollo (2); Master Stewart Hollo; Master Claud Kv.ngdon: Master T. Pope: Master Petor Griffiths. A Golliwog: Master Bob Campbell; Miss Elsie Campbell; Master M. and Miss)

Mary Robertson. Bridge-I, a-t night (Monday! a most enjoyable bridge party was held at Mrs. Chaney's in aid of the Plunket Nurse Fund, a fuller description of which T will give you later. On Friday next, Mesdames Bradbury and 11. Russell are giving a bridge party, in May's tea-rooms.' PERSONAL. Miss Wade has gone for a short holi-i day lo Auckland accompanied bv Nurse! Brow.ii. " J Dr. IVimefl paid New Plvmouth aj short vi>it. hut has now returned to Blenheim.

WEDDING BELLS.

) A marriage took place at St. Cuth-1 ■ bert's Church, Manaia, on Wednesday I last (the Witness reports), the contracting parties being Mr. George List, of the Taranaki Daily News, and Miss Lowe, eldest daughter of Mr. F. Lowe, of Manaia. A large number of people, mostly ladies, witnesed the ceremony, the. ' officiating clergyman being the Rev. • Mr. Stent. The bride, who was attired , in cream, with the usual wreath and ; veil, was attended by Miss lOlsie Lowe, her sister, and two flower girls—Daisy L«vre and Emily List—and was given away by her father. Mr. Bertie Lowe , acted as ,best man, and at the conclusion of the ceremony the wedding march was played by Mrs. Hunt. Subsequently an ''At Home" was hold ai the residence of the bride's parents, at which a large number of friends were entertained. A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Something over a dozen years ago there arrived in Paris a young Polish woman. Marie Sklowdovskn by name. Forced to 'cave her native country on account of political intrigues which involved members of her family, the young woman turned her way towards republican France, says a writer in Hampton's Magazine. She had no resources other than immense courage, about fifty francs in money, and an extraordinary knowledge of chemistry. Tn an obscure quarter of the city she found a bare garret, furnished with a cot lied and a chair. Her food was black bread and blue milk. She lived on this diet for so long that, as she has confessed she had afterwards to cultivate a taste for meat and wine. The one ambition of this girl's life was to gain admission to a laboratory as a student assistant. After long persist • ence the doors of a great laboratory were opened grudgingly to her. She | was admitted because they were in need l of a cheap assistant to prepare furI naces and to clean bottles for chemical | experiments. It was, in fact, a kina .of expert janitress service. The young , Polish woman had not been in the laboratory a week before Professor Lipenann, who was at its head, discovered that she possessed a knowledge of science 1 and an originality of mind far above the average. Rather tardily it became known that she was the daughter of a I scientist of note in his own country, ' and that she had grown up in his laboI ratory. They found someone else to J wash the bottles, and gave the girl a special table and full facilities for work. The young Polish woman was 'afterwards Madame Curie, who, with I her husband, Pierre Curie, discovered and isolated radium. PUBLIC WORK FOR WOMEN.

I Xo less than forty-two societies were I represented on a deputation of women I who recently waited on the Actingj Premier of Victoria to further the claim , of women to representation on the new charities and apprentices' hoards. The I iiret request made was that the decision i to appoint tlvree men only on the chari- ' ties hoard he reconsidered. It is felt j that at least one woman should sit on the board, especially as women have so much to do with charitable, institutions. Or. Constance Ellis pointed out that it was not a mere sex question, hut one of efficiency. The benevolent societies, creches, and kindergartens were admin- , istered by women. The number of cliari- . ties of which men only had charge was I sixty-one. Those in the hands of women , only numbered sixty-five. A good sug--1 gestion was made by Mrs. Hughes, "that the charities bo:ird should consist of five members, of whom two should be I women." Dr. Edith Barrett stated that I with regard to the apprentices' board, statistics showed that there were 34,288 ! women in factories. 14,753 girls under ' twenty-one years of age, and 13,155 boys. I The claim of women, therefore, to be represented on the board was obvious. In j this matter, the Acting-Premier gave hope that, as the hoard would consist | of eleven members, it might be arranged to permit one or two women to sit, but .he would make no promise in regard to ! the charities board, as during the pioneer I stages he thought men more fitted for | the work, as the first twelve months' work would be the most critical. . DIVORCES IX BURMAH. ! One has always been led to suppose ' that divorces could be obtained nowhere so easily as in the United States of America. But a still more lightning ; method comes to us from Burma. There, when the husband and wife have quite 'made up their minds that life apart j would be better for both parties concerned, the wife goes out awl buys two 'small candles. These are specially made for similar occasions. The candles are of exactly the same size, but each has a different murk to distinguish it by. One is intended to represent the husband, and , the other his wife. Both candle* are ] lighted at exactly the same moment, and I the unhappy couple sit down to watch , them burn. At the precise second that ; the first candle ceases to -burn the dij vorce is complete. There is. however, I one condition. The owner of the first candle to go out must leave the house at once, with nothing but what he or I she st-inds up in. The blissful owner jof (the (second Oongeslt-burning! 'candle remains in full possession of the house I and all the articles thereii.

LEAVING AMERICA IN DISGUISE, F-rankly proclaiming that America is I too crude and the American people too .selfish and inconsiderate to enable a per- | son of intellectual tastes to live in that 'country, Mrs. Anne Warner French, the [popular authoress of ''The Rejuvenation lof Aunt Mary," and other stories, has shaken the dust of her native land ifrom her feet and departed for England. For years Mrs. French has been the pride of the town of St. Paul, Minnesota. Before her departure the interviewers her if it was not possible to establish in America a state of affairs sociallv resembling England. "Quite out of the question." Mrs. French replied. "Even if such model servants were procurable here—and they are not —there are other difficulties. ' The women in America arc petted and pampered as nowhere else, hut they are not expected to enter the real' world of affairs, and the men do not take them seriously. English girls, on the con-

itrary, are trained as their brothers are, so that when they are mature they take an earnest, active, ami intelligent part in social, political, ami economic affairs. When T am in London I am entertained delightfully by people who can talk most interestingly on a variety of topics, but who do not indulge in mere per-

sonalities. Here conversation is meaningless and frivolous." Mrs. French's complaint in America is that her friends do not allow her to work, selfishly encroach on her time, and deprive her of repose and calm. "The European sense of manners is more delicate," she says, "because it is less selfish and more considerate. The European is willing to jmake way for another, while it is characteristic of the American that he remains thinking only of his own pleasure, often I inconsiderately inconveniencing manv J others." Mrs. French adds that if she ■ remained in America she would merely ! offend the friends who fail to understand < her need of seclusion.