WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 106, 25 October 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(Conducted by "Eileen"). , MP,- { A GIRL BURGLAR. , UNDERTAKES A DARTNG CLIMB. Jeanettc Sehosser, the twenty-year-old daughter of Leo Seliosser, a New York leather merchant, was arrested on a recent night on a charge of burglary. It is charged that the girl stepped across an air shaft three and n-half feet wide four stories above the ground, and. getting in through an open window, robbed a neighbor's apartment of jewellery valued at £2(l. The complainant against Jeanette Sehosser i.i Katlierine Silverberg, a young woman of about the same age. Miss Silverberg says that about eleven o'clock on the night of August 7. after she and the other members of the Silverberg family had gone to bed, they heard a noise in the dining-room. She says that she at once thought that the noise was made by a burglar and did not cartto risk getting shot, so did not leave her bed.

A brother, Joseph Silverberg, she says, got up and went into the dining-room. When he returned he said that he had seen a shadow in the narrow air shaft, but that lie thought it was a shadow from the other side of the shaft. ■ The next day Mrs."Louis Frank, who lives on the top lloor of the building, opposite, asked the Silverbergs if they had been sitting at a window, as she had seen a girl step across 1 the air shaft. She said that the girl had stepped from one window to the other, steadying herself by holding to the open sash of the Silverberg window while she let her body slip through the opening. She said that her first thought was that it was someone walking in her sleep.

One da\. a week or two afterward*. Miss .Silvcrberg met Miss Seliosser on tlie street, and. she says, noticed thai the other wirl was wearing the missing watch and chain. .Miss Silvcrberg accused her of stealing the watch, but the other girl told her slip was mistaken, and passed on. Miss Silvcrberg then consulted the police and was advised to hang on to the suspected girl the next time she encountered her. ' The two met again, and Miss Silverberg grabbed the girl she accused, and told her she was under arrest as a burglar. Miss Scho.-ser fought her captor off and ran away, followed by Miss Silvcrberg and a crowd, which took the affair as a humorous row between two women and made no effort to stop the one who was running away. When arrested Miss Seliosser denied the charge against her. and said that the watch Miss Silvcrberg had seen her wearing the other day w;as the property of a friend from whom she had borrowed it and to whom she had since returned it. The prisoner's father went to the station-house to see her. He said that soon after the burglary he heard neighborhood gossip to the effect that his daughter had been the burglar, and that when this gossip reached his.daughters ears she went away and he had not seen her for two weeks until that night in the station-house. Tie said that the girl was one of eight children.

BEAUTY LADIES ON STRIKE. The strike fever penetrated to the English competitors in an international beauty pageant at the Victoria Pier, Folkestone. So serious was the Istate of affairs that Mr. Robert Forsyth, the organiser, gave instructions for no more seats to be reserved, as no beauty competition would take place. The cause of the trouble was as follows :—-A competition was held to choose six English girls to compete with the foreign competitors. Two girls tied for the sixth place, so that the English contingent would number seven. The foreign competitors who had arrived were 12. with two more to follow, so that the English seven would have been faced by 14 from various parts of France, Spain. Italy and Brazil. Thereupon Miss Kitty Darling, the winner of last year's show, who bears a wonderful resemblance to Xell Cwynn in the National Gallery picture by Lcly, presented an ultimatum on behalf of the English competitors that they would not compete unless there were an equal number of English and foreign competitors. Mr. Forsyth replied that it was too late then to alter all the arrangements made, and that several of the foreign entrants were travelling a very long distance, one coming from .Malaga and another from Naples". It would not be fair, after having brought these ladies so far, to prevent them from competing . The replv of the strike leadercss was'that they had come to their decision only after very careful consideration, and thoy would return to their homes by tlie first train unless Mr. Forsyth agreed by '.I o'clock that night to have only 14 competitors, made up of seven English and seven foreign ladies. Mr. Forsyth at first refused to concede to their wishes. He argued, pleaded, and heseeched, but all to no avail, and at 0 o'clock, rather than disappoint the hundreds who had reserved seats, he reluctantly agreed to reduce the number. The Algerian beautv (Princess ISelgandouze), 'who had travelled specially to compete, was to appear, and the remaining 13 competitors were to ballot to see who should stand down.

ALADDIN AT THfe CUSTOMS WOMAN'S £1(50.0(10 WORTH OF •JEWELS. Tlio dazzling spectacle of a beautiful woman carrying tlfiO.OOl) wortli of jewel:- was witnessed liy a large crowd when Hie Olympic \\a- docked at New York on September (5. Tlic rnvni'i' of this rare collection of gems i.-. Miss Emily i;ri<;.,by. the ward and beneficiary of the late Mr. Charles T. crkes. tin* railway financier. Shi' was tlic most notable personage, on board the Olvmpic. and it was curious to notice liow the army of interviewers, ignoring the exclusive members of Americal plutocracy. rushed to Miss Origsby in order to obtain her impressions of Kin« Oeorgc's roronation. Mi-- Crig-liy. whose eareer in England has been the subject recently of scores of newspaper despatches from London, shut herself ;„ 1,,,,. (~,],!„ all ,i ro . solutely refill d to be interviewed. Tn (his attitude she W;i- sujmortcd bv her lawyer. Mr. Ilaii'il'o" Cn-bce. whom she inlrodiieed to the Cu-tom- otlicers as her grandfather. It was when Miss Griirsby reached (lie Customs ollice that "the crowd obtained a »limi>se of her almost priceless possessions. Before (lie eyc.s of flip amazed officers and (lie struggling crowd outside, two cases tilled with jewels were emptied. Dressed in a plain tailor-made costume. Miss (irigsby almost nonchalantly held up for their inspection a heart and crown composed 0 f diamonds and a sapphire that alone was worth a fortune. This was followed by a flittering array of diamond necklaces, rubies, pendants, rings and pins which gave the Customs counter the appearance of a Bond street jeweller's establishment. Miss Origsby stated that every item of the princely collection had bppn registered in -New York before she went to London, and the inspectors were compelled, to their great chagrin, to admit that everything was free of duty. Miss

IGrigsby's triumph over the Customs is I the subject of eager discussion. She is ; said to have brought her collection to i the United States some years ago when | I she was legally a resident in Europe,! I and as a foreign resident her jewels were j privileged. PATCHWORK AGAIN Patchwork is again having its day, and yet more sought after than the silken quilt of many colors, worked in octagons, in diamonds and squares in the cotton and cambric and linen quilt of an early English date, figured with the collored flowers and simple arabesques. Quite homely of aspect are the thick white woollen quilts for children's beds, on which a retriever in black velvet or a cow in white and yellow-red velvet is appliqued. Simply delightful is the newest work undertaken for babies' layettes. The basinettes and baskets most prized are those quilted with softest white satin and embroidered with rosebuds, while the baskets are threaded with blue or pink ribbons and lined with white chiffon. A COMPLEXION DRINK Those women who have a regard for their complexion as well as for their digestion, have learned the value of but- • termilk as a refining and soothing agent. Tu warm weather, when cooling foods that are nutritive and refreshing, chiefly those that are cooling, are the order of the day, buttermilk is absolutely indispensable once its true merit is discovered. A taste for buttermilk, like olives, must be cultivated. The flavor, that to the uninitiated proves disagreeable, becomes extremely gratifying. Care should be taken to procure fresh buttermilk, as the other kind is far from healthful. It may be detected by a biting acid taste, while the fresh milk is merely agreeably tart.