WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 138, 29 October 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen.") ' THIEF STOPS A WEDDING BRIDEGROOM ROBBED OX IIIS WAY TO CHURCH. Jlllc. Marie Rocher, a young- and pretty bride, had a most unpleasant experience last month. She was dressed in the traditional bridal robe, veil and wreath of orange blossoms. The equally traditional bridal carriage, with its pair of prancing horses, was at the door. The bridal party had assembled at the church. All that was lacking was the bridegroom. An hour passed. The bride began to grow hysterical, while the distracted father-in-law was telephoning all over Paris to obtain news. After three hours had passed the bride used the bridal carriage to make a tour of the hospitals, the police stations, and finally the morgue, but found 110 trace of the missing bridegroom. In the evening her fiancee, M. August Pasquet, turned up at the house of his despairing fiancee, fatigued and dishevelled, but happy. Half-an-hour before the time fixed for tlie wedding he had gone to buy a pair of white gloves. While in the shop he noticed an elegantly dressed woman who was making purchases at the same counter.

« When he went to pay for his gloves he found that his pocket-book, containing £40 —the money he was keeping for his honeymoon —was gone. Xot daring to face the bride with the disastrous intelligence that their trip to London was "off," he rushed to the Prefecture of Police.

He was able to give such a detailed 1 description of the pickpocket that she was at once recognised as Louise Pimaret. Two detectives were placed at his disposal, and after a day's hard work they ran her to earth. The ibridegroom, to his great joy, recovered his £4O, so that the next week M. and Mme. Pasquet were able to go through the marriage ceremony and take the train en route to London.

THE DOG CRAZE To colonial minds the extremes to which the dog craze is carried in London is offensive to a degree, for each year it becomes more and more apparent that many women are lavishing on these pets the affection, care and interest, not to mention time, that shpuld be their children's by right (writes a London correspondent). One has grown accustomed to meeting every second woman carrying a dog, the tinier the more chic; while, in every busy West End centre a woman out shopping minus her dog is • quite un-1 usual. He is always decorated with a huge satin bow to tone in with the color scheme of his mistress. Not so long ago many of the big shopping firms re-, fused admission to dogs, carried or on' the lead; but they were forced to see the folly of their ways; though in many cases there are nonces prohibiting dogs ■ from being brought inside .at many big houses. It is a sight of continued wonder to visitors to see the array of dogs, large and small, outside the Army and Navy Stores in Victoria street, in charg» of an attendant in uniform, who is there solely for the purpose of caring for them whilst their mistresses are shopping. In all women's clubs dogs are forbidden. The latest idea for these pampered pets is a "Dogs' Clubs," which was to be opened in Park lane this month, quite in the centre of Mayfair. It is announced that if Queen Alexandra gives her consent, the opening ceremony is to be performed by Caesar, the late King lidwards' favorite terrier. Perhaps it is a happy coincidence that Caesar is abroad with his Royal mistress, and will not return for at least six weeks, and thus saving a crowning absurdity.

WOMEN'S BUSINESS QUALITIES A number of women writers recently described the qualities which they .considered. made women successful in business. Tact or sympathy—the capacity for entering into the thoughts and feelings of others—was mentioned three times as often as any other quality. Next came patience, then judgment, courage, enthusiasm for work, and initiative. Curiously enough, very similar conclusions were drawn by Mr. Bryce, British Ambassador at Washington, who recently visited Australia and New Zealand, in an article published not long since in "The.Youth's.Companion" on the secret of personal influence. Mr. Bryce named i and defined four qualities', "two or more of which, he said, are always found in those who lead or inspire men. They are initiative, the power of thinking for oneself; tenacity,the ability to adhere to a decision once made; judgment, the power of forecasting the results of action; and sympathy, the power of entering i'nto the feelings of others.

DRESSES BY THE SCORE ' • York society is holding up its hands in assumed horror at the spectacle enacted at a fashionable ball at Long Branch, New Jersey, as the result of a wager started by two men as to which lady owned the 'largest number of evening dresses. Two ladies accepted the wager, and repeatedly went to their rooms and redescended to the ball room, wearing each time a different dress. After the 35th time the ladies made_ their appearance at longer and longer intervals (says the New York correspondent of the London Daily Mail). Finally, one of them declared that the 39th was absolutely her last dress. After a prolonged wait her rival appeared in a batliin<* suit, and on this the gown score was declared equal. The wagers were increased, and the judges were about to declare a tie when the second lady descended in a silk bath robe, pinned in two places at the bottom, roped in at the waist, and adorned at the neck with a lace collar hastily torn from a blouse. This was also adjudged a gown, and its

owner awarded the prize, on condition that alio wore it throughout the rest of the dance.

A WONDERFUL JEWEL The wonderful diamond .and emerald ornament that once adorned the bosom of Baroness Vaiighnn, morganatic wife of the late King Leopold of the Belgians, is now being worn in New York by ITattie Williams, the actress. Soon after King Leopold's death the Baroness Vaughan's second husband hypothecated the ornament with the Credit Foncier in Paris. It was sold by them at public auction to Cartier Freres for 7a0,000 francs. A New York diamond dealer bought it from them. John Jacob Astor is saicl to have been negotiating for the jewel at the time he met his death. ITattie Williams is now wearing it, and to those who ask where she got it from she exhibits a. receipted bill from the jeweller for £30,000.

THE LATEST HABIT. The latest habit of society women in American seaside resorts is drinking tea tJii'ougli straws. The veils are responsible. These veils, that cover the face, come down over the chin, and fasten at the back of the neck, cannot be lifted from over the mouth. They can, of course, be unfastened, but it a nuisance to unpin them, and, with the kimono sleeve, the back of the neck is difficult to reach. But, fortunately, the meshes of these veils are wide. So when tea-time comes there is a erv for straws. These are inserted through the meshes of the veils, and the tea or coffee is sucked up like lemonade.