Woman's World

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 33, 29 June 1914, Page 6

Woman's World

DARK-LIMBED GIRLS. CHICAGO SOCIETY SHOCKED. The revels of the Daphne Greek Pageant, in wlliiich many tare-limbed, airily-q'.ad girls and several anale dancers, in similar classic form of guard, took part, formed a much-discussed topic of conversation among members of the General Federation o! Women's Clubs. The pageant took place at an art institute, and no men witnessed it except those who participated.

All the members of the Federation agreed us to the autistic beauty of tlvj f spectacle, but there w.ii a considerable | variance of opinion as to the propriety ! of the proceedings and the lack of ] drapery which characterised it. One • delegate to the Federation decf.ared that the apparel of the girls in the pageant was it .odest in comparison with some of the fashionable costumes worn.

"SPOONING GROUNDS."

NOVEL MATCH-MAKING SCHEME. The establishment of recreation places for young people, which he terms "spooning centres," ij advocated (by Mr. Otto P. Tlium, Commissioner of Property in the city of Denver, Colorado. Mr. Thuro has advanced views on tihe subject. In a statement' he has anado of his phius for improving! the playgrounds and parks of the city he urged that a numbsr of places should be set aside where y(.-ung men and' young women might meet and become acquainted. He believed that the plan, if carried out under proper municipal auperviaion. would greatly increase the numbjr of happy marriages.

MARRIAGE LOTTERY. BRIDEGROOM DRAWS BIG PRIZE.

Misa Josephine Barjydcr has just been married at Racine (Wisconsin), and has thereby earned an inheritance of £l2, 900. Mr Stephen Cesnandra is the lucky man.

Miss Bar jydcr, who is 20 years of ape, recently received a cable from Bertin announcing the death of an uncle. He left the legacy to her on the condition that she should by July 1 file a certificate of her marriage in Berlin. She known Cesnandra for less than « year, but she did not hesitate to confide lie: - secret to him. He offered hi* serv.ces to 'icli> her out of the difficulty which her. uncle's will had imposed upon her, ami she promptly accepted tfliem. The coup e .made a harried trip to the office of one of the judges, a license .was procured, a special dispensation was granted, and the marriage was celebrated. A copj of the marriage certificate is now on ts way to Berlin. 71. will reach its destination in time to entitle the icrido to the legftcy. I OVERDOING DRESS.

The alit skirt was designed—who can uoubt it—for tile display of a well proportioned leg, with preferably an exquisite turn of ankle, but when fashion called to the youthful' and the shapelv. what 'Self-re-([)ectiii« d-.une or soinstci would advertise iher age (or her physical shortcomings) by refusing to toe ilie line? It is enough for a woman ivit'i aspirations to know she is 40 odd without 'having f,o add to 'her heartaches by confirming the suspicions of her friends. When the r.'ode order.) the collarless blouse, "sweit and twenty" (to que'-" the ca,ble). and "fair and forty" (again •we rpiv on the cable) are inextricably intermingled iii the rush for the modiste's eye. So mere man smiles behind his hand at an elderly "girl" displaying a neck that the years have furrowed sadly, and tiie cynics mock in secret at a dowager with more money than trying to emulate the ingenue in a Marcus Stone .robe of flowing folds. Fashion certainly adds to the gaiety of nations, but she must case many of her devotees, who 'have lost roundness of body, some rebellious thoughts in private.—Ohristchurch Sun. CO-OPERATIVE HOUSEKEEPING.

•New York, April, M. A novel experiment in co-operative housekeeping is announced bv the Feminist Association, which lias'decided to devote £IOO,OOO to the erection in Washington Square, Xew York, one of a block of flats for the exclusive use of families of married women who are engaged in professional occupations outside theiv own homes. The building will contain 400 rooms divided into suites of from one to foul rooms with baths. To enable wives to doVote themselves to professional duties during the daykjme, arrangements will be made to relieve them of the care of their children as well as all household drudgery. All the children in the building will he under a trained staff of iUtondauts aacl teachers, A school will be established on the roof. The tenants will have a staff of Cooks and servants 111 common and their meals will he served from a common kitchen hy means of electric dumb waiters. Trained staffs will be engaged to perform all laundry work and to attend to the mending and sewing required by the different establish men ts.

I THIRTEEN MISTAKES IN T LIFE. ! The following l-ulos have been formulated by Judge Rentoul, of the City of London Court:— 1. To attempt to set up your own standard of right and wrong and expect everybody to conform to it. 2. To try to measure the enjoyment of others by our own. 3. To expect uniformity of opinion in this world. 4. To look for judgment and experience in youth. .■). To endeavour to mo'.ild all dispositions. <>. .Vot to yield to unimportant trifles. ; 7. To look for perfection in our own | action. 8. To worry ourselves and others about Wilr.it cannot be remedied. 0. To help everybody, wherever, however, and bow we can. 10. To consider anything impossible that ive cannot ourselves perform. 11. To hidievc what our finite minds can g"asp. 1"2. Xot to make allowances for 'the weakness of others. ]3. To estimate people by some outside quality, for it is that within which makes the man.

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