WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 July 1918, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mrs \V. H. Moyes and Mrs'G. KcbSell, who have been on a short visit to Waugauui, have returned. I » • * • Mrs J. Clarke, who lias been on, a visit to Blenheim, has returned. * » • • Miss K. Leatham, who has been ou a visit to Auckland and Dannevirke, has returned. » • • • Mrs J. S. Perry has returned from a visit to Hawera. Mrs G. H. Russell is visiting her relatives in the South Island. Mrs Vt. H. Skinner* who has been vißiting her relatives in New Plymouth, returns to Christehureh on Monday. • « < * ' Misß C. Leatham, who is at present the guest of Mrs Cole, Parnell, returns to Mew Plymouth next Tuesday. « • * » Mrs TV. Thomson (Awakino) is at present in town. SOCIETY NEWS. It is anticipated that the sum of £CO will be available for Red Cross funds as a result of Thursday night's performance which was given by the "Limbs of the Law" in the Good Templar Hall. There was a good attendance, in fact, too large for the hall, winch was full at 7.30 p.m. and many who arrived later had to be turned away. The items in the first part of the programme were mainly vocal and instrumental, but the second half took more of a vaudeville tone, and the ragtime songs and dances being especially bright and sparkling, they were keenly appreciated. The stage was very prettily arranged as a drawing room, the credit of which was due to Mesdamea T. Anderson, D. Blackley, P. Fitzherbert and Fair.

FACTS ABOUT MEtf. That a man is always perfectly williD? to protect a girl from any other man. but . . . himselfThat girl who throws herself at a man's head does not always make a hit. That it is only the unwomanly woman who has cause to complain, of the scarcity of manly men. That no man wants to ibe tied for ever in his wife*s apron strings however adorable she may be. Sometimes he likes to get away by himself for a long tramp, a fishing expedition, or a game of patience. That the ideal lover is not easy to find. But very often a good second test makes an ideal husband. That the man will fieht for a woman and risk his all for her. Nevertheless, he will lose his temper if she eives him lukewarm sharing water. That brass buttons, a '-pip - ' or so. an.l a Sam Brown belt, can camouflage the most unattractive man into something .smart and passing fair. It's a wise girl who insist on seeing her future hubby in his civvies, or a straw hat, or his slip". pers, before she lets him slip on the ring that matters.

That the man who dislikes children, dogs, cats, and inordinately fond of pretty flappers; is sot to be trusted.

That I lie man who is wood looking anil is not aware of the fact, has not yet been born. Often the wenkeft point in masculine armour is . . . vanitv. That all worth while men arc like big, strong, overgrown boys. But, unlike the latter, most of them can staud a good deal of fussing and petting. That every man hates two things in women. A cutting wit and a musculinc taste in clothe?. He also dreads being made to look or feel a fool. That a man's love should always be taken seriously. Few of them marry for ulterior motives. That is why women are nearly always to blame "when the matrimony applecart gets upsetThat jealousy m a lover is often a compliment. In a husband it is an insult.

That tlie husband without a, job that keeps him busy from nine till six is like a fish out of water and can get as stale. The girl with a "do something" man has a greater chance of matrimonial happiness than the one who is joined to a man who doesn't have to svork NOTFJ«T~ The people who are most troubled afoout the effect of the luxury tax are, curiously enough, the theatrical managers and producers of 'revue" (says a llcndon writer.) Already the cost of theatrical costumes is three limes what it was before the war. Silk which cost 4s a yard now costs 12s. A typical principal dress costs £8 Bs, while the dress of a "show girl"' cost from six to seven guineas, apart from hat, stocking*, and shoes. The costume of a "star" sometimes runs up to twenty guineas. One manager who has ten revues on tour, says that productions that costs £10(10 before -the war now cost £3OOO, and he recalls that a revue must be redressed three or four times a year. In any case, the Exchequer has benefited laTgely by the theatres; the entertainment tax last year brought in £5.000,000. This is what the theatrical managers say. A Melbourne lady in London writes.— "I do not think standardisation of dress and boots is going to be a success. Standard dresses are not to «ost more than four guineas, and they are not well made, as they fall to pieces after a little wear. An ordinary coat and skirt (ready made) can be bought anywhere for three guineas and it lasts too. A curious outcome on the restriction of paper is that confetti has been banished from weddings, and a good job, too, as it. was a ailly custom, almost aa bad as throwing an old shoe at the bride, which had to go, as one bride was struck a severe blow over the eye. The confetti-throwing was also dangerous in wet weather, as in masse s on the pavement it became as slippery as orange-peel."