WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 286, 30 May 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen.") ' LADY WARWICK'S PHILOSOPHY, j TELLS AMERICAN SISTERS HOW SHE KEEPS YOUNG. Lady Warwick, prior to carrying on a lecturing tour in the United States, has been taking a host of reporters into her confidence as to the secret of her wellpreserved beauty. The Countess held a levee of pressmen and "sob sisters" (lady reporters) at the , Ritz-Carltoii Hotel, New York, on a recent Sunday, and next day the papers were full of the charm and glamor of her personality. 'The Sun said: . "When one looks at her beautifully chiselled nose and her unwrinkled eyes one thinks of that Kipling line about the 'pink-and-white girls of England.'" When the reporters arrived at the hotel they found Lady Warwick in a room sweet with roses and violets. She wore a blue picture hat and a blue gown, and was very vivacious and happy. "How, do you keep so young?" was the first | question asked the Countess by her interviewers.

"ißecause I believe in throwing away the calendar. If a woman'does not keep track of her years she will not know how old she is, and will reckon her age by her mentality. Women who keep in touch with everything in the world cannot j grow old. "When my hair began to turn grey I looked at the peroxide bottle for a long time, and finally decided to let Nature take its course. I left peroxide alone, and I am glad I did so. "The best time in life is always after 30—better than that, is after 40, and best of all is after 50—which is my age. I am having the best time of my life. They say that youth is optimistic, but when I was IS I was pessimistic. Now, because of my knowledge and experience, I know better how to enjoy living. "Women under 30 are only occasionally interesting and worth while, but any woman over 30 has some personal tangible interest. It comes from sorrows, joys—what you will, but it is obviously there. Take the late Countess Somers. The Countess died three years ago at the age of 83 years, and she was one of my youngest friends., because she took an active interest in life, and forgot almanacs."

The Countess had to break off owing to the arrival of a detachment of "sob sisters." In answer to these the Countess admitted.

"The oldest of my four grandchildren is almost the exact age of my youngest child."

I "And how old is your oldest grand- | child?" queried a lady reporter. ; "Seven years," was the reply. ■ j Asked to give her views on the women's suffrages movement, Lady Warwick said the real reason for it was the desire of women for the same moral, mental, and human freedom as men. "Women do not care particularly to put a ballot in the box, but they want to become independent human beings. Marriage will be revolutionised through the' economic independence of women plus the ballot. I, fortunately, have economic independence. I have my own income; my husband has his. "I believe that it is better for a woman to live in fine comradeship with a congenial man than to prostitute the sacredness of the relationship by living as most married women do now—simply as the spouse of a man who pays for the bread she eats. "Don't misunderstand me; I am not advocating what the world calls immorality. lam happily married, and lam glad that I am."

THE HOUSEWIFE'S HOUSE The domestic help problem has been solved, it is claimed, by a Chicago architect, who has produced a house that needs no hired labor. The mechanical contrivances that have been introduced make it possible for the housewife to , do all her own work without imposing any severe strain on her time and energy. The house appears to be small, but this is merely an effect produced by the elimination of duplications and unnecessary parts. Every woman knows of the saving of labor that results from an absence of passages and an abundance of cupboards and shelves. The Chicago architect has studied these matters deeply and knows just how to arrange all the details. A large sitting-room occupies a central position in the house and a doorway leads to the kitchen. The wall that divides the two rooms appears as solid as any other wall in the house, 1 but really it stands on a turn-table. The dining table is found in the kitchen, close to the shelves where the plates and dishes stand and within reach of the sink where the washing-up is done. It is prepared for a meal without the housewife being required to walk from room to room, and beside it there is a cabinet that will contain clean plates and silverware, puddings and dessert. When all is ready, the turn-table is swung round mechanically and the table appears in the sitting-room, which becomes for the nonce a dining-room. After the first coarse has been eaten, used plates and dishes are slipped into the cabinet and the clean ones taken out. At the end of the meal the table .returns to the kitchen, where the washing-up process can be undertaken with a minimum of effort. The kitchen is full of labor-saving contrivances, including glass-fronted cupboards which no dust can penetrate, and an ingenious shute that keeps a constant supply of coal within reach of the fireplace. The mistress of this house i* satisfied that she need never again search for a domestic help. EAT MORE HONEY BUT LET IT BE PURE. Honey is the subject of an interesting article issued by the Agricultural Department in the form of a bulletin. It is pointed out by the writer (Dr. 0. C. Miller) that it would be greatly for the health of the present generation if honey could be at least partially restored to its former place as a common article of diet. The gastric risks attendant on sugar in the case of some constitutions is pointed out, and the advantages of honey eating in such cases are emphasised. The adulteration of honey with glucose is also referred to. It is pointed out that manufacturers "buy up dark honey and put in 50 or 75 per cent, of glucose, and then the same is labelled pure honey, farm honey, and scores of other innocent names. Dark honey is preferred because it will stand more glucose to give the mixture an appearance of honesty, particularly so if pieces of honeycomb are put in. In this case. the comb may be entirely dry or in broken pieces such as the mixers buy from commission houses."