WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 210, 24 January 1913, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Comlueloil by "Eileen"). 1 EARL AS CO-RESPONDENT lii'.niirK experiences. London. January 1". iviri Cowley. whose matrimonial trouble- have previoii.-ly been before the public. is once move figuring in the Divorce Court. The Counter.- has Indeed a petition, seeking a. restitution of her conjugal rights,*"and besides this ease is another in whieh the earl is cited as the co-re-spondent. Earl Cowley, who is in lws 47th year, was first married in 1880 to Lady \ iolet Neville, daughter of Ihe first Marquis of Abergavenny, by whom, however, lie was divorced eight years later. In 1905 Ik married Millicent Eleanor, daughter of the first Baron Nunmurnholme, who had previously been divorced by Sir C. Ilartopp.

WON BY A NECK. HACK FOK A SWEETHEART. London, January lfi. A travelling show romance, in which two Australian cowboys figured, eulmin ated in a dramatic incident at Colchester. The two cowboys were both head over ears in love with the lady rider of the show. Mile. Bonitii Dressier. The lady herself was as much in love with one as with the other, and found herself in the most embarrassing position of being unable to make a choice. Finally she suggested that there should be a race on horseback to decide which of the suitors she should give her hand to. The race came off yesterday, and was an intensely exciting event. A large crowd witnessed the contest upon which so much happiness depended for the winner. It was a close affair, the winner getting home by just a neck ahead of his rival.

THE SMART SET USELESSNESS OF THEIR LIVES. London, January 14. Discussing tlio indictment that children of the present generation are following the gospel of enjoyment and comfort preached by their parents, the Times, in a leading article, writes:— "It would be idle to deny that the pursuit of luxury and ease occupies much time by a probably increasing percentage of our people, but we see little •u'dence yet that the so-called smart set is composed of persons who would have led useful lives in any age. ■'There are waste products in any fermentation, and social science is still baffled by the problem of froth and dregs. Its first duty as a teacher is to discover a child's natural aptitudes in the national interests as well a3 in liis own, and let him follow his natural bent."

A REAL VENUS OF MILO MODEL'S PERFECT FIGURE. London. January 14. A young woman of exactly the same proportions as those of the Venus of Milo, the famous Greek statue, has been discovered in London . • . Her physical charms quicklv caugh't the eye of a West End modiste, in whose showroom she is now engaged as a model.

The young lady lias been giving a few personal details of hersqlf, from which it appears that she enjoys swimming, cycling and dancing, and is very fond of chocolates. ller great ambition is to become a singer.

The famous statue of the Venus of Milo, which is in the Paris Louvre, is, perhaps, the most admired single existing work of antiquity. It was found in 1820 on the island of Melos. and in date appears to fall between the time of Phidias and that of Praxiteles, or about 40 B.C. The statue represents a majestic woman, undraped to the hips, standing with the weight on the right foot, and with the head turned slightly towards the left. The arms are broken off. and there is a dispute as to their original position.

OUR GOVERNORS .Lord and Lady Liverpool (remarki * lady writer in the Sydney Daily Telegraph) are.delighted with Auckland, and Kew Zealanders are equally pleased with their new Governor and his charming wife, who formerly belonged to that circle at Home that one hears comparatively little about as far as social doings are concerned. Although Lord Liverpool owns a London house in Grosvepor, Gardens, he and Lady Liverpool only entertain on a very quiet scale during the season. They, like so many other notabilities,. have' come to regard continuous entertainment as simply a weariness to both the flesh and the spirit. Tt is interesting to note that both Lord Liverpool's : half-sisters carved out useful •irather than social careers for themselves: Lady who took up the work of a hospital'hurse, married a doctor whom she met in hospital, and her sister. Lady Constance, now Lady Constance Hawkins. is the wife of a clergyman,, and is an earnest worker in all matters appertaining to her husband's parish."

A DISILLUSIONED BRIDE ' A Runbury, in Pennsylvania, William ilcox. a wealthy retired manufacturer, of Utiea. has just been jilted at. the-altar by his prospective bride, who refused to marry him when she found he, was 62 years old. Imir the last six months V\ ilcux ■ had been corrc.-poiidiiig with .'\li-is liella Miller, who is a native of Sunbnry. [Te made her acquaintance through an advertisement which lu: had placed in the papers in search of a wife. Wilcox sent" the girl, who is 20 years old. £2O to purchase her trousseau, and she had made all arrangements for the marriage. Wilcox arrived at Runbury according to the arrangement, and after they met for the first time they went to the ollice of the marriage license clerk, and then to the minister. When they leached the clergyman's home the girl asked Wilcox his age. He confessed to three score, and she refused to marry him. S'lie tearfully made her way -back home alone. She thought she had'better Stop before it was too late, she said. The riica man also took the next train home.