WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 June 1917, Page 7

WOMAN'S WORLD.

PERSONAL. . Mrs: Davenport (To Kuiti) is. on a visit to Xgw Plymouth. .■ » « Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Parkinson (Hawera), paid a short visit to New Plymouth. ♦ # # » Mrs. Pope (Pungarehu) spent a few (lays in town this week. Mrs. W. H. Kelsey (Auckland) is the guest of her mother, Mrs. A .0. Fookes. * * ♦ • Mrs. Miles (Tima.ru) is the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. F. Blundell. Miss Dora Bedford leaves on Tuesday for a short holiday to Auoklasjd, •where she will (be the guest of Mm. A. H. .ColTile. t # • * * •Miss M. Casey (Auckland) is the guest of her sister, Mrs. R. Paul « # • • Mrs. Percy Lawson 'lias gone on a visit to Wellington. Mrs. Falnan has gone on a lengthy visit to Hawera, where she will foe the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Baigent. #•• # « Mrs. Duncan (Zlokitiika) is the guest of Mrs. A. J. Morton. Mrs. Haseler has gone on a visit to AucMand. * * * « Miss Jackson, who has 'been the guest of Mrs. Md/ean (Uruti) has returned to Wellington. * * • » Mrs. Jack Scott, who has been visiting her relatives in New Plymouth, has returned. *'♦ « * Miss Fabian has gone to reside in Wellington. » » » • Mrs. McSLaren, with her niece, Miss Round (Toko) is at present in New Plymouth. SOCIAL NEWS. Wedding Breakfast.—After the marriage ceremony of Miss Jean (Wallach to Mr. Sherwood Stanley (Butt, which took place in St. Mary's Church last Wednesday a reception was held at the bride's mother's residence. The dining room where the wedding breatofa&t was arranged was decorated with white and pale pink camelias, long festoons of these flowers trailing from the ceiling to the corners of the table and on which graceful flowers of the same shade rested in silver vases. Mrs. Wallach received her guests in a very preitty navy 'blue crepe de chine, .with a Iblack hat trimmed with lancer plmneg, and carried a 'bouquet of scarlet, 'berries; Miss K. Wallach wore a pale grey gaberdine costume, with a nigger brown silk hat lightened with scarlet; Mrs. G. IH. Parkinson, smart navy taylor made costume, black hat With feathers. Amongst the others present were Mesdamcs IPaul, H. Brown (Inglewood), McLean, Olliver, Percy Webster, V. Elliott, iB. Chaney, D. M'Allun, Alpe, Pope, Percy -Jackson, and Misses Pope, Brown, McLean, Alpe >l'Al- - Clcmow. Prtidge.—Mrs. J. Paul gave a small bridge party last Saturday evening in lionor of Mi®s 'Brawn, which resulted in Mrs. Heard winning the prize. Last Thursday afternoon Mrs. H. Russell acted as hostess to n most en joyalble bridge party, the guest of honor being Miss Brown, and the prizes which were won by 'Mrs. Newton King and Miss K. Humphries Were, in a graceful manner presented to Miss Brown. Amongst those present were; Mesdames J. E. Wilson, F. Blundell, Newton King, Jas Wilson. W. (Bayly, Percy Wehster, W. Weston, Medley, E. F. Blundell, Miles (Timaru), Aliases (Brad,bury, Stanford, Marshall, B. Bayly, Humphries (2). I PATRIOTIC WORK. The New Plymouth Women's Patriotic Committee acknowledges with thanks the following gifts:— For soldiers.—Mrs. Hurleston, sweets, rifle-cleaning material, old linen; Miss Godfrey, knitted sox, old linen, sweets; Miss fiobfon and 5 musical boys, 80 cards wool and thread; Miss M. Way, 21 pincushions; Mrs, Wilkie, 3 face cloths; Mi's. Held, face clothe and linen, Miss M. Howell, old linen; Miss Daisy Marsh, 6 pincushions; Miss Berge, 26 camphor bags; Miss Robson, magazines; Mrs. C. M- Hdl, old linen; Miss Patricia and Master Gavin Brennan, 0 bath cloves; Miss Fantham, linen and books; Mrs. Tiplady, knitted coat; Mr. White, !*ift of mendings; Miss Flight, Mesdames Coleman and Tolme, knitted sox; Mrs. Brockenshire, old linen; Lepperton Ladies' Guild. !) face washers; Mrs. Freeth, 33 bags rifle cleaning material for Trentham Camp; Mrs. Stuart, face washers, sugar; Mrs. Tolme, rifle cleaning material, bags old linen, tin sugar and cocoa; Master F.rle Coleman, 2 cans milk. Gift Parcels—Mesdames R. J. West and Sumner 2s 6d each; Mrs. G. Marsh (donation) nsj Egmont Village School children, per Miss Jones, for Y.M.C.A., £4. For Belgians.—Mrs. Walker, garments; St. Andrew's Guild, 145 garments; Mrs Handv (donation) £l. Victoria League.—Miss Godfrey (donation for hospital work) £1; tea donation 4s Bd. ECHO OF A FRENCH CAUSE CELEBRE MADAME STEIMHEIL MARRIES ENGLISH PEER. A London cable states that Madame Steinlieil has been married to Lord Abinget. During tne last half of 1908, and up till November 15, of 1909, France was engrossed in the mystery of the Steinlieil case. M. Steinlieil, a painter, and his wife's mother, Madame .Taipy, were'found strangled in their 'beds in their house in Paris on the morning of June I'. while Madame Steinlieil was foundbound and gagged. 'She told a circumstantial story! She said she was awakened at midnight) by a dazzling light, and saw three men and a woman. They tied her to the bed, and made her reveal where her husband kept his money. Two of the men then went into the rooms occupied by M. Steinheil and his mother-in-law'. /and strangled them with ropes which they had brought for the purpose. She stated that she recognised tlie woman of t.iie party as one of her husband's models, but later contradicted inat statement. The police for some time " on the statements made by

Madauio Steinheil, -but without success. Eventually, owing to inconsistencies in her story and other suspicious circumstances, she was arrested and charged with the crime. There apptar to be no doubt that 51. Stawhail was unable to mki' a living by liis art, and connived at his wife's infidelity. Amongst Madame Steinheil's acquaintances was M. Fauro, the French President, -who died of an apoplectic seizure in 1i89>9. It has been asserted since the arrest of Madame Steinheil that she was in his company just prior to his death, and the allegation has been made in puMie prints that his death was really due to poison—cyanide of potassium—administered Iby her in a cigar. So persistent were the rumors to this effect that M. iSaint'-Simonin wrote a book, "Prapos de Felix Faure," in which he discussed the question in all its bearings. He came to the conclusion that the cause af death was really Apoplexy. One witness in the case, M. Bprderel, a rich widower, and Mayor of a commune in the Ardennes, who visited and corresponded with Madame Steinheil, told the Judge that she had expressed to him the feeling of aversion with which slie regarded her husband and her mother. She had also gone so far as to ipwpose' that she should divlorco her husband.; and marry him, but he had declined this, offer on the ground tliat he wished to remain free, and must also think of his children. On the morning of May 30, on the night of which the murder was committed, Madame Stoinheil rang him up on the telephone from Paris, but, owi»g fc tp the imperfect condition of the lines, ihe Qiuy words he could distinguish were: ."At all events, I am glad I hear yotor Ypifi?!" followed .by a joyoua laugh. JJfSjrit lhftrning he received from the Count d'Anon, who had introduced him to Madame Steinheil in the first instance, new« of the murders. The case dragged on, and Paris could think off nothing else. Finally, when in Novemlber 16 Madame was acquitted, the populace abandoned itself to the wildest excitement, .'OtniparaMe to Mafeking night of Boer War days.