WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 173, 20 January 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen") SOCIETY NEWS. PERSONAL ITEMS.

Miss Alice Brewster, who lias been visiting relatives in Wellington, is expected back early next week. Mr. P. J. Easther, of the National Bank, Auckland, and late of New Plymouth, is spending his annual leave in this town. Mrs. Roy and Miss Gladys Roy are leaving for Oamaru some time next week. Mrs. and Miss Ganaway, of Wellington, are visiting New Plymouth. Mr. Bob. Frater, of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. Quilliam, New Plymouth. Mr. Paget, of Stratford, is staying with Mrs. R. Cock, New Plymouth. Mr. Renaud, who has been on a visit to Auckland, has returned to New Plymouth. Mrs. Moore (nee Miss Florence Dixon) of Johnsonville, has been on a visit to New Plymouth. WEDDING BELLS. HARE—KILMINSTER. On Wednesday, 17th January, a wedding took place at St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth, when Miss Margaret Hare, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hare, late of the Wairarapa, and now of Omata, was married to Mr. Albert Kilminster, of Hunterville, fourth s(m of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kilminster, of Wellington. The ceremony was performed by Rev. John Wilkinson. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a simple but charmingly graceful gown of white hand-embroidered Indian muslin, trimmed with real Indian lace, with finishings of white satin, and a beautiful embroidered veil, and the customary orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses and maiden-hair fern. The two sisters of the bride, Misses Elsie and Miii'iie Hare, attended her as bridesmaid, both wear-, ing pretty frocks of biscuit colored shantung silk, made tunic fashion, and trimmed with bands of paisley silk, the yoke and sleeves being filled in with heavy guipure lace. Their large; straw hats were lined with lace, the crown being mounted with lace feathers set in pink roses. Their .bouquets were of pink shaded sweet peas and fern, fastened with long pink streamers. They also wore the gifts of the bridgegroom, a gold and enamel wrist watch and a gold bracelet respectively. Mr. T: Kilminster acted as best man, and Mr. T. Mackay, of Hastings, as groomsman. After the ceremony a number of friends and relatives were entertained at the Central Tea Rooms, where the customary speeches were made and toasts honored. Mrs. Hare, the bride's mother, wore a costume of green silk warpu taffeta, relieved with champagne colored braiding, and a green toque with touches of heliotrope. Mrs. Kilminster, the bridegroom's mother, was gowned in handsome black silk taffeta, trimmed with cream over-lace, and wearing cream silk straw toque, and black tips. They carried bouquets of heilotrope sweet peas and maiden-hair fern and heliotrope streamers. Among the many costly and useful presents received was an Ivorybacked prayer book, the gift of the officiating clergyman to the bride. The bride's travelling costume was of tussore silk and black picture hat trimmed with ostrich feathers. Mr. and Mrs. Kilminster left by the afternoon train en rtute for Rotorua, where they will spend some weeks, later returning to their future home in Hunterville. A WOMAN'S PRIVILEGE LIEUTENANT'S LOVE AFFAIR.

The example of "Ruzzie Lamb" Griswold, who sued a wealthy society lady in America for breach of promise, and was ignominously laughed out of court, has been lost upon Eduard Starz, described as the scion of a wealthy family and a lieutenant in a crack Austrian cavalry regiment, who has filed a suit to recover £SOO damages from Miss Helen McMurray, the daughter of a wealthy American manufacturer. Counsel for plaintiff, when questioned by reporters, emphasised the distinction between the action of his client and that of "Ruzzie Lamb." The latter had received many presents from his wealthy ,'patroness and lost nothing, whereas Starz would be able to show that he had suffered actijal damage, not only -of heart, which any jury professing regard for the equal rights of man and woman must respect. Counsel said emphatically: "This isn't another 'Ruzzie Lamb' case; there is no question of another Siegfried and another Brunehilde." The Austrian lieutenant is described ,as having met Miss McMurray at a race meeting in Vienna in August, 1910. The American girl was then 22, and her ad- ! mirer 27. Within a month, says complainant, Miss McMurray promised io be his wife. Starz says that his love affair compelled him to incur heave expenses, and he had to dispose of his stable and horses at great loss. He became run down physically also, and was obliged to go to a sanatorium. Jlis absence from the army cost him his promotion to a first lieutenancy, and :iloO 1 his year's pay as second lieutenant. Lieutenant Starz still professes love for the lady, but since last July he has not 1 been able to see her. His friends and relatives in Austria, he declares, kiuw of his attentions to Miss McMurray, and, as a gallant cavalryman, he fee'.'s that he cannot return home without being made the object of ridicule. The father of Miss McMurray, interviewed, declared that a woman's inalienable privilege was to change her mind. He and his' daughter, he said, had now agreed to fight the case to the end, and no threats of a lawsuit would secure a single cent by wav of settlement. NOTES Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, a widow, aged 89, has resided at High Wycombe (Eng.) all her life, with the exception of three years that she lived at Beaconsfield, six miles away. She has never seen the sea, and the farthest she has travelled has been to London, which is 29 miles from her home. She had nine children (of whom four are living), and has 105 lineal descendants. She is able to describe vividly "Dizy's" first Parliamentary election at High Wycombe. The French lottery prize of £40,000 has this year been won by a widow, Mine. Audoin, who bought the lucky ticket for 25 francs. She had to fly from her native town of Thouars to avoid the army of journalists who sought to interview her. In future, only lotteries for benevolent purposes will be permitted in France.