WOMAN’S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1921, Page 11

WOMAN’S WORLD.

LOST IN THE BUSH. WOMAN’S TERRIBLE ORDEAL. Sydney, Oct. 5. The discovery on the bank of a dam on a station in the West, of Mrs. Stein, wife of a Well-known farmer, during the past Week, concluded a search in which hundreds of people in the Dubbo district had been engaged for the best part of a movilh. The country thereabouts is patched with large areas of virgin bush, and experienced bushmen carry compasses when traversing unfamiliar parts. But when Mrs. Stein left her home to visit her sister some miles distant she carried no sUch aid, and on losing her way she apparently wandered helplessly.

The bushman always shows at his best at times like this. No sooner had the news spread that the unfortunate woman was missing than men rode in from the -scattered farms for miles round, till hundreds were engaged in the search. But day followed day without the slightest trace being found. On all sides the bush was combed by horsemen, but in such wild country it is possible to ride quite close to an exhausted person and never detect his or het pre-

Night after night found the searchers returning disconsolate from their wearisome task. The pastoral town of Dubbo, which furnished hundreds of willing helpers. discussed no other topic: the whole community sought eagerly for news from the returning searchers at nights. Failure seemed inevitable —at any rate the chances of finding the lost woman alive seemed hopeless—when the town thrilled one afternoon by the news that, wasted almost to a shadow from exposure and want of food, she had been brought in by two horsemen and laid in the Dubbo Hospital. They had found her asleep by the side of a dam, and when they awoke her she could not speak coherently. Her first connected words were an inquiry after her husband and children, and. reassured, she never spoke again until slowly reviving strength enabled her to tell something of her story. She had wandered about by day in the hope of striking some habitation, and she had slept under bushes with the exception cf one night which she had to spend under a tree as some cattle rushed her and remained bellowing in the vicinity of the tree all night. Her food consisted of yams which she scratched out of the ground. Under the care of nurses she has made excellent progress.

"RIOT OF SENSUALITY.” ' OSCAR ASCHE’S “CAIRO.” STRONG CRITICISM. London, Oct. 15. Cairo,’ Mr. Oscar Asche’s successor to “Chu Chin Chow,” opened at llis Majesty’s Theatre last night. It rivals its predecessor in color and gorgeousness of setting. There was a packed audience, which started forming a queue at 4 a.m. on Saturday. The play attracted notoriety at an early date, owing to the censor’s prohibition of the former title “Mecca,” as offensive to Mahommedan susceptibilities. “Indecent both in conception and in execution,” is the description by the Daily Mail’s critic of a scene which occurs at the end of the second act. The critic says that the Prince summons his dancers to entertain his guests, and the dancers recreate all the lustfulness of Cleopatra's day. The scene begins quietly, *but works up to a riot of sensuality. The dancing girls madden both themselves and the men, till the latter seize the girls, paw them, and struggle with them in an abandonment of animal passion. They fight for them like wild beasts fighting for mates, twine their arms a*bout their limbs, and throw the girls over their shoulders. They are primitive, unrestrained, and unashamed.

At the end of this bachanalian picture of erotic excess the curtain falls, and rises on a stage full of swooning couples, scores of three-quarter-naked men and maidens lying in each other’s arms, huddled together exhausted. It is of no use, says the critic, talking about art, and history, and stage realism. It is stark sensuality. He expects that the censor will erase the scene. Apart from the scene to which objection is taken, the Dailj Mail and other critics describe “Cairo” as extraordinarily gorgeous and magnificent, though less tuneful than “Chu Chin Chow.” Mr. Gscar Asche denies that the men and women in his new play are half naked because naked arms are seen in the moonlight. “The critics,” he says, “object, but do not object to seeing them in the stalls. The characters are nothing like so unclothed as those in ‘Chu Chin_ Chow.' We play to the public, and they did not show disapproval, but cheered repeatedly. There are always critics who try to run down everything.”

Justifying the orgy scene, Mr. Asche points out tliat when he produced “Antony and Cleopatra” in Australia he staged an orgy on the same lines and with practically the same setting as in “Cairo,” and Australian audiences did not object. “The women in Cairo,” he adds, “wear more clothes than in ‘Chu Chin Chow.’ Not one dress has a cut below the waist.” COMEDY OF ERRORS. AUSTRALIAN AND HIS BRIDE. London, Oct. 1. Lloyd’s Sunday News states that with the marriage of ex-Sergeant Donald Thomson, a former Australian soldier of Melbourne, to Maggie Armstrong, a former W.A.A.C., of Durham, all ends happily. It was a veritable comedy of errors. The two met in France in 1919, and became engaged. Thomson returned to Melbourne alone, and then Maggie received a cablegram asking her to come out by the first boat to Donald. Maggie sailed, and Thomson a month later walked in to the cottage at Durham and inquired for his fiancee. He was amazed to find that she had sailed for Australia, as he had not sent any cablegram. Thomson sailed immediately for Australia. Meanwhile Maggie left Australia for home, and for the.second time the lovers passed each other at sea. Thien Maggie’s father intervened, and cabled to Thomson to come and fetch Maggie, which Thomson did. The couple will shortly leave for Australia to take up '|ife ou a skeep station. <

WEDDING IN LONDON, The London correspondent The Post', under date August 24, sends the following:—On August 17, the marriage was solemn jsed at St. Ashley Place, by the vicar, the Rev. R. A. Wyman, of Captain James Lloyd Findlay, M.C., Legion of Honor, second son of Sir J. G. Findlay and Lady Findlay, the bride being Miss Ruby Vkilet Finch, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Finch, of Trinity College, Dublin, and of Mrs. Finch. For the last two years Captain Findlay has been on duty in Ireland with the R.A.F., and his bride is a gold medalist and B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, where she has had a brilliant career. Captain Findlay served all through the war, from the outset, and for several years with the East Surrey Regiment, where he attained the rank of captain and early gained his MjC. He transferred to the R.A.F. at the beginning of 1918, and for more than two years he has been on duty in Ireland in this branch of the service. He intends to settle in the Dominion. Major Mairs, of the East Surrey Regiment, was best man. Friends and relatives present included: Sir J. G. and T.ady Findlay. Mrs. Wilfred Findlay, Admiral Sir Wilmot Fawkes, MisS Massey, Mrs. and Miss Michie, Mrs. C. B. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Riddell, Mrs. Dean, Mr. Dodson, and Miss Kate Park. There were also several officers who saw service during the war with the bridegroom. HINTS THAT WILL HELP YOU. Discolored piar.o keys can be cleaned by being rubbed with lemon-juice and salt. Use carefully and sparingly. To make lace curtains appear stiff when hung, add two or three teaspoonfuls of flour to the starch. When cleaning brass with metal polish, a more brilliant polish will result if the polishing cloth is sprinkled with dry whiting. Turpentine is useful for removing paint stains. Apply the turpentine with a piece of rag, and if the stain is obstinate, use a small quantity of ammonia as well. Polish for leather. —Take two parts of linseed oil and one of vinegar, apply a little on a rag, and then polish. This will clean the leather as well as soften and preserve it. White candles which have been painted over with ordinary water-colors in order to tint them, are not so likely to drip as ordinary colored candles. Varnishing the outside has the same effect. To make your own smelling salts, procure an ounce of rock volatile, and break it into small pieces. Put it into a bottle, and cover with eau de Cologne. It Will be ready for use in a few days. When polishing the furniture, always wash it over beforehand with a xveak solution of ammonia and warm water. This will remove all grease and finger marks, and the article will be much easier to polish. To tighten a loose knife handle, take the handle out, and nearly fill the cavity with a paste made of three parts of resin and one of powdered bath brick. Make the prong of the knife almost red hot, insert it into the paste, press it in firmly, and leave on otie side until cold.

Free movement of the limbs is as much of a necessity for a baby as is exercise for an adult to develop its muscles. Therefore light, warm clothing, which will not hamper its movements in any way, and will allow it plenty of room in which to kick about, is advisable. Black silk which has become dull and shabby is greatly improved by the following process: Brush and xvipe the silk well, then stretch it flat on a table, and sponge it with hot coffee which has been strained through a piece of muslin. Sponge on the right side, and when almost dry, iron on the wrong side. For paint-work and varnished woodwork. bran is invaluable. Colored goods usually fade when washed, but if washed in bran water they will not lose their color. It is excellent also as a scalp cleanser, making the hair glossy. Used instead of soap, it softens and whitens the hands. To prepare bran ■water, fill a small bag with bran, place in a bowl, and cover with boiling water. To clean Chamois leather.—Chamois leather may be cleaned by rubbing it with plenty of soft soap, and then lying it for two hours in a weak solution of soda and warm water. At the end of this time rub it until it is quite clean, rinsing it in clean, warm water, in which soda and yellow soap have been dissolved. It should then be wrung with a rough towel, pulled and brushed. This process makes the leather soft and pliable. Few housewives realise that the best time to rake out a fire is when the grate is hot, as all dust then goes straight up the chimney instead of flying out into the room. If possible, the ashes should be raked through the bars at night, leaving only the cinders in the grate. When this cannot be done, it is a good thing to hold a paper in front of the grate while the ashes are raked through, covering it as much as possible. The draught will drive a good deal of dust up the chimney.