WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 174, 22 January 1914, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

RAISULI'S PRISONER MARRIED <AID MACLEAN WEDS A OKNKKAI/b DAUillTEll. Efforts to keep time ami l>'ace s< '" v were so far from bring si.cce-fol llw there was u large crowd at All S:unU Church, Norfolk Square, London to wit ness tlie wedding of Kaid Sir llenr Maclean to .Miss Jilia I'lcndeigasi daughter of the late ticneral Sir llarr I'renili'rgast, V.C. The actual gu»>«u however, were lew, only a limited mm Iter of invitations bc.ng issued to nea relatives and personal friends. The main reason lor the sccree shown was Hint Lady I'renilergasl, 111 mother of the hride, of Heron Lour Richmond, lias been recently bereave of her husband, and had, in conse<|iH'iic expressed a wish that the cereuion should he kept as quiet as ponsibi Further, the Kaal himself has a dee objection to publicity of any soi l. The """bridegroom motored lo tl Church. Seated in the driver's sei was the Kaid's giant valet, a Moor, wii accompanies his master wherever I goes. Uaiuijedo, as lie is called, w: wearing his loose trousers and ri zouave jacket, and surmounted by striking red fez. Me jumped Iron) tl box, and assisted liis master to aligli With the Kaid was his brother, M Archibald Maclean, the best man. A few minutes later the bride ai her brother arrived in a car behmgii to ex-King Manuel. To the astonis meut of the spectators, however, tl ear, after pulling up at the clum steps, drove oil' again round the s']iur Again did the bride drive lip to tl church, only to drive away once more. Then the real reason for this curioi incident becalms apparent. The hride mother Lady l'rendergast, had not a rived in time to precede her dsnjjhti to the church. lint at last the bridi car drew up again, and this time tl bride stepped forth 011 her brother arm and entered the church. She looked tall and stately in lu robe of silver brocade, veiled with eh foil, and her long tulle veil, edged wit pearls, covered 11 spray of orange llov ers in her hair. She wore a iliamon necklace, the gift of the bridegroon and also pearl and diamond ear-ring the gift of her mother, and her boi <|iiet was composed of lilies of th valley. In attendance upon the bride wet two pages, in Court, suits of whit satin—her nephew, Master l'rendergas who held her bouquet and gloves <lu: ing the service, and Master Norma Charrington, her godson, who held u the ends of her long veil. There wei 110 bridesmaids. The service was full choral. In the register the Kaid describe himself as a soldier, aged sixty-fiv The bride's age was entered as fort, two. Lady Premlergast, who wore det lilack, afterwards received her friem at the Alexandra Hotel, Knight bridge. Later in the day Kaid S Harry and Lady Maclean departed fc a honeymoon motor tour. After spelt ing several weeks in the Highlands tl bride and bridegroom will procei 'across the Channel, and motor to Gi raltar, thence crossing to Tangier, Kaid Maclefin has had an advent' roiis career. In 1870, while a subii tern in the British Anny at Gibralta he was invited by the British Minist at Tangier to accept the post of i struetor to the Sultan's troops. Jr resigned bis commission and went 1 Tangier at a salary of £7OOO a yea and became the Sultan's right-hand 111 a Ilis best-known experience was h capture by the brigand Raisuli whi carrying out peace negotiations for tl Sultan. For seven months he w; kept a prisoner, Kaisuli demanding big ransom for his release, hi the ci £20,000 had.to be paid before Ka Maclean was allowed to escape. INFLAMMABLE CLOTHING TERRIBLE MORTALITY A MONO SI CHILDREN. In an interesting note to the Lance Dr. W. A. Brend, lecturer 011 forens: medicine, to Charing Cross Hospital deals with the terrible mortality anion children due to burning, pointing on that after the age of three or foil years many more little girls are burne than boys—a circumstance which h considers due to differences in costum being very much in favor of the lattei hi reference to the ordinary clothing c the average little girl of the less wel to-do classes, Dr. Brend says that 'pre bablv 110 more inflammable arrangemen than this, consisting of layers of dims material separated by air| could be dc vised. The corner of a pina'fore ha only to become ignited, and, in a 111 c ment the little victim is a mass 0 (lames. On the other hand, the in ilaimnability of a boy's costume, consist ing of cloth knickers and a jersey o coat, is far less." I'rom this the im portant deduction is made that it i not so much the material as the styl that leads to loss of life, haphazard ai rangenients of layer upon layer of al sorts of garments contributing ver largely to the inflammability of the co? tunic. Considering the diiliculty tlier is in getting poor people to give up tli cheap and terribly inllanmiable flannel ette, it is a matter of urgent import ance that they should be educated i; the matter of wiser arrangements 0 clothing for their children if, as ap pears to be the case, the latter has Si much to do with the recurring tragedies Dr. Brend suggests the adoption of s costume such as is now worn for gym nasties and drilling in many schools urging that "this costume is becoming serviceable and hygienic, and does no subject the wearers to the risk of in jury or death in one of its most terribli forms. These are strong reasons In encouraging its use among the popre: classes in every way possible."

COURAGEOUS ESKIMO WOMAN A rare feat of courage and endurance, showing the highest virtues of humanity (says a writer in the Pall Alall ■(lazetle) was performed by an iOskimo woman in seconding her husband's efforts to save the life of a Herman explorer. Professor llautsch fell ill when many miles from the main camp. With 'him were one Kskimo and his wife. They dragged the sick man on a dogisledge for six weeks, till they reached the camp, where the. unfortunate professor died. All through the dreadful journey the woman was herself seriously ill, so that her sufferings must have been terrible. And yet it did not occur to either her or her huband to desert the sick man. That the Arctic regions should bring out the best and

Conducted by "Eileen."

[lnc.-t Hull is iii a 1111111 is abundantly iroved by Captain Scott's It* LI its mid ournals. This JCskimo woman is worthy it u place beside lliu heroes of An:l ic !.\ploiat.ioii. GENERAL I-lOTES Tliu Duchess of Portland, whose appointment us M stress of Hid Kobes b\ yueen Alexandra is announced, is we'll known in tin l world of charily. Shu ione of tliu tallest and most licautifu. of tlii; titU'il society women. and i.one of the nio-t distinctive ligurea al fashionable gatherings. Tlie Highlands can now judge of wo men's value as town councillors, sinet Inverness lias just elected Mrs. .lame.l*'raser to that distinction. Mrs. l-'rasei is an enthusiastic worker am reformer. Theatre managers in Thihulelphi; have been placed in a dilemma by a nev law under which no woman under tin ago of twenty-one may he: employed al ter nine o'clock at night. This mean Lhat many young and pretty ehoru girls must be replaced by older women The wonti n of South Australia liavi lately become eligible for election ti district councils, which fulfil tin; tunc lion of n»a<l bo-.mU in New Zealand The Woman Voter says it is liltingtha South Australia, the first Stale of thi Commonwealth to cilia iii-ipa tc its wo men, should lie tin' first to give thi. further proof of administrative con'id ente. At tin* recent, feather sales in Londoi the straight o-trich pinnies lll'IMI Ifll from ."ills to (ills a 111. Kighteen month: ago tile same ]>lnines were being; soli al os lid and 7s lid a lb, nobody want ing them. A London wholesale, hotisi had the good /online, to buy a grea quantity when the price was low, am it is now congratulating itself on ; handsome profit. It is exactly :iui) years ago since tin first cup of chocolate was consumed ii Furope. The event occurred in Spain An Italian rcstaurantcur stole the rc cipc and gave it to the world. Chocolate was originally an Aztec beverage and it is said the Fmperor Monteziimi; was in the habit of drinking lifty piteii el's of it every day, which says a gooi deal for the Aztec digestion. The vagaries of fashion are rcapon sible for many fortune. For two years for instance, the attempt to popular ise the knitted jacket, which is nov all the rage, failed, and the stocks wen sold at ruinous juices to clear. A far seeing London warehouseman liimgli up us many as he could, and awaited lii time, and lie has fince sold all he hai at a profit) of :iI)U per cent. The. newly-formed Women's Munici pal l'arty, London, which has been con ducting a campaign in favor of Mrs Cassidy's candidature on the Jsatter.se; Borough Council, gives an inkling of th ,sort of programme that women candid ates draw up when they want to sccur women's votes. These were some o Mrs. Cassidy's plans:—Free meals fo poor children: rebuilding of slums wit houses at rents which present inhabit ant could pay; large kitchens. In Japan, says the flraphie, men an women employees in the Savings Hani Bureau of the Communications D,'parf nieut have an annual "rcaily-ra-koum competition." One of tic posers thi year was'the following problem in men tal arithmetic: To add in one mimit fifteen lilies of ten figures each, writte on a scroll which was only exposed t view for a short time. A woman woi the contest. In forty-five second* sh gave the answer correctly, 111,34 0,147.301. Although the Hackney Coroner cm phatieally declared at an inquest ovc which be was presiding that Kvelyn li a boy's name, it has (remark's the Pal Mall uazette) been borne by scvera high-born women, including tic prescn Duchess of Devonshire. Other Christ inn names common to both sexes an Cecil, Christian, Clare, Florence, Hilary Leslie, Marion and Valentine. Xt fewer than three ladies who figure ii the peerago are called Sydney; tin (Countess of Radnor numbers Juliai among her names; and Miss Lawrence Alma-Tadema is named after her father