WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 223, 19 March 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eil«en.") TO BE BURIED IN HER BRIDAL GOWN TRAGEDY OF A VILLAGE COURTSHIP. London, February 1. There will be a remarkable scene at the funeral of Lydia Tyrrell, who was found at the Haselmere inquest on Saturday to have been wilfully murdered by her sweetheart, William John Bysh. By the desire of her mother, the girl will be buried in her bridal gown. The bridesmaids will wear the dresses that had been prepared for the ceremony, but with black hats. The girl was a servant at Holly Ridge, Maslemere, the residence of Mr. George Whitfield; and Bysh, a widower, was head gardener at the same house. Bysh shot her dead in the boot room, after writing to his employer a letter in which he stated: I am writing to explain to you how Lydia made love to me and then after a time deceived me. It was at the flower show that she first started. After that, when she had been out, she mod to wait for me by the church and call out to me. Then occasionally she would leave a note in the potting shed for me to get something at the shop. She would begin with "Dear William," and end "Yours truly, Lydia." This sort of thing went on until Christmas, when she enticed me to kiss her under the mistletoe, which I did for a joke. But she made a lot of it. Finally we were engaged, and the wedding day fixed (Easter Monday). But I believe she has been deceiving me. She started joking to me about Mr. Smithers, the rnilk boy. I didn't think much of it till one afternoon I was going into the yard, when she was sitting at the window She had such a nice smile on her faee, but it soon went when she saw who it was. The milk boy came in just afterwards. In a second letter, Bysh stated: I have now proved that Lydia is deceiving me. lam afraid 3he has gone too far this time. If I let her off she will only laugh and tell people how , clever she was. After the inquest Bysh was remanded at Goldaming on the charge of murder. FREAK PEOPLE AT A FREAK DANCE HOSTESS DANCES WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR. New York, February 2. The craze in New York society for eccentric dancing, which so astonished the , Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia during their recent visit, reached a climax last evening at an '•'Apache" party given at a Chinatown restaurant by Mr. Edmund Russell and Mrs. Allen Sommer. The guests included Mrs. Jackson Gouraud, Baroness Adele von Groyss, Baroness von Rosenthal, Mr. Francis Potter, a nephew of the late Bishop Potter,- and two hundred others. A Chinese supplier of birds' nest soup, sharks' fins, and other Oriental dainties opened the proceedings, after which the ball was started in a manner nearly causing a panic, as the guests had not been forewarned.

One of the guests in the secret walked up to Mrs. Sommer and kissed her hand. Another guest, pretending jealous?, struck the first in the face. Both men drew knives and began what was really a dagger dance, but what most of the guests thought was a real duel. They were about to interfere when the lights were switched off. When the ! lights were switched on again, they rej 'ealed one of the men lying on the 'ioor, apparently stabbed. But as the I quests gazed in horror on the victim, he | arose and bowed gracefully, the band l began playing "Everybody's doing it," j and the guests immediately recovered j their composure and the ball was con- | tinned. I All those present were in fancy costumes. Dances of every clime were performed. Exponents of Egyptian, Japanese and Indian terpsichorean art vied with more Occidental experts, who exhibited the "Turkey Trot," the "Bunny Hug," and the "Grizzly Bear" with unconventional vigor. t The climax was reached when an aged trained bear was led into the room and Mrs. Sommer danced the "Grizzly Bear" with the muzzled animal, creating deafening applause at what was described as the "apogee of aestheticism." There followed the "Vienne Wriggle" by the "Princess Sithadevi" from India, which almost rivalled Mrs. Sommer's "Grizzly Bear." The "Princess" declined to participate in the "Apache" waltz, which succeeded, declaring that she considered it vulgar. Police Lieutenant Tierney was assigned to attend the ball for the purpose of seeing that the Chinamen were not terrorised by the revels and did not run amok. His services were not required, however, as the Celestials were too much astonished to do anything but gape and stare and wonder if, after the republic is established in China, home would be anything like this!

EDNA MAY THEATRE HAS NO MOKE LURE FOR HER. Mrs. Oscar Lewisohn, formerly Miss Edna May, the star of "The Belle of New York," took her first look at New York on Friday, January 19, after an absence of some years. Mrs. Lewissohn was in capital humor, and laughed gaily when she told of her hujband's objection to her being interviewed. Oscar always.says: "Why do you consent to interviews now that you are out .of the public gaze?" and I am, you know. We live the most quiet life imaginable, and I'm so happy in it. We live in London in the spring, and in the summer we go to Scotland. My husband is very fond of shooting and fishing, and we have splendid times together. In winter we always go to the South of France. When we leave New York we are going to visit friends at Cannes: '•Do you ever think of going back on the stage?" queried the scribe. "I should say not," came emphatically from the former stage favorite. "The theatre has no more lure for me now than a mud puddle, except that I like to go and watch others do the work. While I was ia the work it was delightful, and my three years with 'The Belle of New York' were happy; but now I'm so much happier that I find that all the old lure has completely vanished; and, oh! I don't have to be photographed any more. Do you know, I've only had two photographs taken since I was married. When I was acting it seemed that the camera was an ever-present eye, and I g"oTso bored with it; but I had to yield because I was under contract." The reporters agreed that the former , Miss Edna May was as beautiful as ever, and did not forget to say so. GIRLS' USE OF COSMETICS The Mayor of Oaklands. California, complains that in the high schools of that city the girls are powdering their faces, roughing their cheeks, and wearing false hair. The president of the local Board of Education is opposed to paint

a»d powder, but lie thinks the task of abolishing those cosmetics lies with the parents. If such abolition depends on the disciplinary powers of the American. parent, the Mayor's complaint is not likely to have much result. It is estimated tlwit last year America imported two and a-half million dollars' worth of ooaKiitics.