Woman's World

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 11 February 1914, Page 6

Woman's World

A ROYAL BETROTHAL. The betrothal of tin- {''raid Duchess Olga of Russia, tin; Oar's eldest daughter, to Prince Charles, Rommtniu's future King, has been oilicially announeed in K()iimauia, but Hie (irand Duchess' opposition prevents its announcement in Russia. She has sworn to marry nobody blither cousin, Dimitri Pavlov-itch, son of the (irand Duke Paul, to whom she was sceniUy betrothed over a year ago. Dimitri Pavlovitch is only a "poor relation," but be may share thoßonianoll throne will) Olga.' There is a large party in fnyar of making them heirs apparent), sin«e the Czarevitch's health •is so bad and his irncle, (Irand Duke -Mickaul, rsfuses to be .bothered with .1 crown. The Roumanian match would, of course, knock this plot to pieces. THE SWISS HOUSEWIFE

The Swiss woman excel* in housewifely arts. Domestic help is scarce, and as comparatively few Swiss households keep more than one servant, a grb.it flcal of work falls upon the mistress. Ah a rule, she does the. cooking, and she. still makes excellent preserves of both fruit and vegetables for winter \\ae> after the admirable fashion of our grandmothers. lilio. winncn s?em hardly to exist in Switzerland. Even very busy housewives meet on«e a week, or oftener, to sew for charitable pirposcs. Something like £800(1 worth of new garments was sent away during the last eighteen months for sufferers in the Haiku n war. These garments were all cut nut, made or knitted for the most part by fully-occupied Swiss women. Feminist organisations exist, and are increasing in number, but the average woman hardly inclines to the feminist direction. One organisation, the Ccmeinnuetziger Fraucnverein, the most popular of all, does an immense amount of work, such as supplying pure milk to

the infants of needv mothers, looking after tuberculous children, establishing women's restaurants, combating alcoholism and certain forms of preventible disease. DRESSMAKERS' TROUBLES

The Paris, syndicate of dressmakers and milliners have addressed a protest ■to the Perfecture of Police against the intolerable abuse, as they consider it, \of the crowds of photographers who fre- ' qnent the raceeources for the purpose jof taking accurate pictures of their !sbow girls, who are habitually sent ; there dressed in the latest and most fascinating costumes. The petitioners ■.declare that copies of these photographs are sold abroad, where the models are exactly copied, to the great loss and the infringement of the law of artistic copyright. This is quite a now view of the case, as hitherto the publication of such pictures has been considered in the nature of a free advertisement. A CURE FOR LOVE. .

Tho world's principal recreation seems to be in danger. Women will re.tul with concern that a French scientist, Dr. .Jules Cheron, is reported to have invented a cure for love. Love consuming passionate love he declares to be ft ''passional intoxication," a condition of menial poisoning, comparable with poisoning due to alcohol, tobacco, morphine, or cocaine. The treatment for the love symptoms consists in isolation and speojjil tonics for the nervous system, liven if modernites arc disposed to welcome this discovery, they have reason to feel glad that their forbears knew nothing about it.