FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 293, 20 May 1915, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK.

" BY EILEEN."

" Eileen " will be glad to receive items of interest and value to women for publication or reference in this column.

nosiAfjcr; and tragedy \ I'ALLKN" AUSTiIALIA.V OF!' ll'Llb Associated with the !i;V of Captain Charles Kdward Leer, wlm was anion;;-t the Australian oiiicors to fall in tin; preliminary military operations at tin- lAirdaiicllcs, is a story which- begins in romance and ends in tragedy. For niiiiiv rears Captain Leer had ln't'ii a teacher'in the New South Wales Uparlimmt v; I'ublic instruction, and it was while stationed at the Ltockdale I'ubiie School that he met Ike lady wim was to become his wife. She was a pupil at the school, and ill one time was in the class taught bv him. An attachnicHi, sur.ne.' no between the pair, hut suHcus-eUv, wlii'.v the capf-iiks dv.C.o* tool; liin.. to aunthir schoob ihev (b'lCed a. art. lb entually, however, they nod again, and wove married- The romance 'ol' iiici;- courtship conliiuied through a portion of their nianied life, and when ill" i.'.jii.'uii, then an ordinary lohiier. went to South Africa to light, in lb: jhur war, lila wife and bihy girl tojk up iiiiir riddencc near the scene of hostilities.

It was Hie next wiir ill which (lir Kmliiro was involved which was to the ion-otic ..'ncr c.f Captain and Mrs. Leer to a close in a succession of tragic c.cius invulvi'.i-,' them both, as well as the captain's mother. Captain Leer li:i<l mil been in camp lon<jf before his wife became i'l. It wan a serious illness, s".:i«l Mrs. I.: it, realising tiiat there was :io possibility of recovery, expressed to her relatives ike belief that it would not 1a: loi»; before lier husband would be sent a!"t:r !;<■;• by an enemy bullet, and there, would be ;t happy reunion hereafter. A short time afterwards, or about a fortnight before Captain Leer sailed, she died: and now, after a lapse of less tluu i-ii.'-t months, her husband Ims been kiliid. Captain Leer went, away a wry ejief-stiiekeu man, because the sorrow of the death of his wife was accentual! d bv the loss of his mother a week bier. '

"MOTHER'S DAY. - ' • '•'Mother's Lay," in the first place au 'American innovation, has spread to Australia, and in a lesser decree to New Zoa'and. It is an idea of universal appeal, and for those who do not know anything about it, the from the Kvdncy Telegraph may be of interest:--" "This is for nnivver," said a small boy of apparently three summers, poi'it injr tii a white flower in his coat on last Mother's Day in Sydney. There were many sweetly pathetic incidents on that day, but this one seemed tiie saddest of all, for the dear liU - ;- chap was motherless.

Mother's Day is an annual festival celebrated on the second Sunday in May. It calls forth an to our highest ideals of wroiiviiiVio:!, and contributes to the sanctity of the home and motherhood.

All are asked to wear a wl.iU- flower, preferably a white carnation, on tliat day as an outward and visible sign that their mother is not forgotten. The white carnation was specially chosen for the purpose because its whiteness stands for purity, its form for beauty, its fragrance for love, its wide field of growth for charity, and its lasting quality for faithfulness. Jjut the wearing of a white flower alone is not sufficient to commemorate the occasion. 'Many of the churches hold special services, and all are asked to pray for their mother, also to do some special kindness either to their own or somebody else's mother. This year there are many, sad hearts aching for their sons who are no more, and these need specially to be comforted by love and sympathy. It is customary on Mother's Day, with some whose mothers have passed away, to place white flowers on their graves. But whatever way the day is kept up, one will always remember that the duties of the present-day mother are multitudinous. There is neither beginning nor end to them. Bhe must, moreover, bo possessed of much general knowledge in order to successfully cope with the ever-increasing problems of life.

Strange to say, it was a spinster— Miss Anna M. Jarvis—who founded Mother's Day in America in 1(1(11), and since then it lias taken on an international meaning. H is, however, not necessary to be a mother to have a mother's heart, and some of the finest movements in the cause of humanity have been inaugurated by women who never married.

THE DANGEROUS AGE. At no time does a woman need to take more care, of herself than when middle age is approaching. It is the most critical period of a woman's physical life. If these, years are passed safely, one may look forward to a healthy, happy future. On the other hand, if the danger signals are neglected, worse than ill-health may result.

Forty-five to fifty is a trying age for the iiiollicr who has brought up a family. She now begins to find that little worries irritate lier more than formerly, and that her growing s,ms ;lll| l da lighters are a great responsibility. One luidiße-agod mother' who began to find her temper failing and her nerves getting aged went to a doctor, and his advice can be taken by many other women who begin to find the years tell upon them. "If only women of your age would make it a rule to have a short rest every day," he said "even if it is only an hour's rest every afternoon, it would put years on to their lives and looks." Loosen the corsets and let the body have absolute repose. Try to sleep if possible!, but in any case get the brain calm.

Then your eyes. Have them seen to. These have probably been overworked mid need rest or sight glasses. Headaches and heart troubles are often traceable to defective eyesight. And your teeth. Dyspepsia, depression, indigestion and 'internal troubles, often arise from nothing more mysterious than bad teeth. Visit a, rel'mbhs dentist and let him put your mouth in proper order. You must face the fact that you are not so young as you were. Determine to rest as much as possible during these critical yeajs, and ytm will save, yourself much weariness and others auxietv.

m THE CASE. j.;.-Vj;.;i]' ;„ i v e.e:ay.aac.,t' aiuaiumvil b-'.V .-,0. Mr. Neil Vrimrose, biberal t'lider-Secrctary for Foreign Allah's, and Ladv \'icteria Stanley, only ilau:/!itor of tin, Karl of Jjcrbv. CnionisL ■ ,;,i..fiain in ike Norih of hki^laiid. (inailer prominence eeli'd hardly p nv ... |, ; .,, n ..;-,,.., if (|,e Russians had capiured \en and his stay'f, or if the Kaiser bad repented of findevil ami his works. Kvery paper ha; ''•two hi-donc houses." Mr. Neil Primrose has no ureal fame c.Ycept that i;e is the yenm,cV s.m of ibe Karl of Uo.-.i----i.'a-v. Lord r.o-M'berv married info the tiothschi!:! family, and his yoinn.M- s;a inheriled from ' lib. »reat-aunt, Miss Lucy Cohen, a fortune of lUyillO and bm' house with its eenfci-U in (in at When war broke out i:e was a lieutenant in the I'.e.v'kin.uhair.'-bire Hussars, a rather swanky, rnddlaeril rea ; - inert, and he was jeuet'tod captain oi Scplombor, because (-very Comimmer is considered equal to a captaincy. He served on Sir .John Freaelks si:.IV Comma weeks and then he was appoint':! Under-Secretary to the Foreign (Mlic in succession to air V. I). Acland. JJv tradition the Rosobory family ha-: ahvays been Liberal, and the iicrby family Conservative. The two houses ha\e hei-n diametriea'.ly opposed to caili other for "enerations. Lady Victoria Stanley, as !.li» cnly daughter of the Karl, has ligurcd conspicuously in Unionist ilr;iwi't-.■-rooms, hut as the wife of the UnderSecretary to Sir k'dward Crey, who is not married, she.wi;.' for the future have to be a leader of Liberal salons.

NATION OF STOICS. Th;' " Telegraph" correspondent pays a fine tribute to the llolgiau character. The silence, the stoicism, with which these country people go amazes me, lie says. If you talk villi them you discover they have the most terrorising conception of Herman soldiery. lint they do not, in my experience, " ivai! or 'knock the breast." They simpl\ take up their bundles and move on. And the women do not for the nest part weep, though there is much there for tears. PAPKIi CLOTHING. " 'Kamiko,' as paper clothing' is called in .lapau. is made of Japanese paper manufactured from mulberry hark. The paper has little 'size' in it, and though soft and warm, a thin layer of silk, wadding'' is placed between two sheets of the paper mid the whole is nuiltert. The only drawback to this clothing is that it is not washable. A company is supplying large quantities of paper shirts to the Kussian army. Jt states that paper clothes are extensively manufactured in Japan. The garments are made of tough, soft fabric, strong enough to hold buttons sewn on in the, ordinary way, and are said to be very serviceable."