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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3113, 26 January 1889, Page 2

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Mr Basil Gray, an old Victorian raomg man has a long letter in Tho Australasian of last relative to turf reforms, whichle intends moving at the of tho Yjctona Racing Club. One will that the stewards at all meetings and the committeo of the club shall he required to investigate all suspicious cases brought befoie them eithei by anyone caring to do so oi one whoso interests havo snffered by any such malpractice, or where matters shall > come under their own notice, suoh as horses not being meant to win, now .- talked of as matters of comso byA owners, trainers, and jockeys undejfl the very nosrs of the officials, that m investigations shall be with open-doors —that is, the press and all members to be adniuted , that very much heavier penalties where any serious fraud is provedshallbe'enforced;that' no course shall belesSfthanone milo'. and a quarter in'oiroumferencej with. no dangerous turns: that one of'the'y committee, someone acting,under them shall 'see to. the condition ■;. these,'; coursesare.kept in;;that all such;: clubs employ the y.R.C: handicapper,,, whoselmnds-shalln'utbe tied in anyway; arid paid by the T.R.0.; these,. clubs, contributing such: a salary "as • , will insure a good man;. 1 with means at his disposal -to, put"■ 7himself, in.■'•■:/ possession of the very .best information obtainable; that' no -two-year-old, raceshall.be more than three furlongs: . until the Ist of January'; that. : mk weights shall not be.:-oyer. 7st; ,ths|p there be no penalty attached to winn- , '■ ■ ing any. two-year-old race until after the Ist of January, and then not more than 71b.; that all, two-year-olda; bo started walking up; thot: there shall' bea maximum weight in all handicaps; that in all nominated two-year-old races the nomination fee be the only \' payment forfeit or they balance of:the sweepstakes shall he'. paid; that no special; stakes shall, be •■ provided for geldings;. and that 'hosteeplechase shall-fle run : 'after Nov-' ember or,before Mayi ■ .;',>■ ~

Beautiful, ffomen.'/ -V, The New York Herald hasvthe ; following:—Though" Mrs Potter and Mrs Langtry find the beauty show ' more profitable in America than in ; . England, Mary Anderson found her", type oi loveliness a great card in London, and it is said that it is considerably more important and profitable. to look well on the, English siagiH than to act well.'' Thousands flockeM night after night to gaze --.Eti Misfl Anderson on, her pedestal mione or see her;dance.as-Perdita.-, ; It was a pccttliar.ienture of the reviyalof the ""Winter's'Tale":that M ' audience fluctuated .''in size!during ' the evening. The curtain often rose '■ toa-poor house, which began to fill : upjust before"theatrial scene com- ; menced; this would increase before;: the curtain wentur/ forjhe until there• was not,even room, anywhere. Itmelted .away a:,;' good deal when that was done, ancu a third conlingont would.ooine' in the pleasures of-- seeing, the most;; beautiful piece of modern sculpture in flesh and blood standing clothed in drapery so rich and. beautiful that for the. first time the garments of the women On the Parthenon pediment are rivalled; Miss'Anderson herself is a great worshipper of beauty iin women, and has been to see all tW stage, beauties over whom iiond|§A raves. She was talking about theism to a friend thej'other ,day, anlsaid: "Dorothy Dene is the prettiest ofthem all. She ..is exquisite, charm--, ingj You have seen her 1 photographs'. here, of course, but no black ; and' white reproduction could give-: you • any conception of how really beautiful she ia. I. met her first at a reception at Sir Frederick Leighton's house. He was painting her portrait at the time, and was enthusiastic over her;.indeed, it was he who' made her fame. He-exhibited her portrait at the Royal Academy, had, people to meet her. at his Louse, and. continued to praise her until everyone .joined the chorus. You always: feel with Dorothy Dene that shejis 'too good to be true,' She looks like an. ideal head which some artist had painted, dreaming of a beauty he never hoped to see realised. The head is faultless.'' Her>figurej| not so good, rather below meditw height and somewhat broadly matieT although she is thin, but her head 1 is charming. The brow is wife'and;-', the eyes are wide apart, andthert the face goes down to the chin in, a narrow oval, very narrow'indeed, and this, with jhe, big grey eyes, gives her a strange, fairyJike look., They say she might sit for the Fairy lady atShalot. Her hair is alight, soft : broivn, and she keeps it cut short, so that the delicate curia and waves of. it stand out around her brow like an'' aureole. Her skin'is very fino arid delicate, and she ; has lovely teeth." She novor ..uses.•cosmetics, hairbleachers, or anything thst would belikely to injure the freshness ani charm of her loveliness.. Of-course; ftttimbs slio must use a littlo M' paint, and sometimes; white—one's parts require it, you know-but She always goes to a.Kussian batbnext day aud has the last trace of itsteamed out. She is. vory fond of Roing about in the:rain, too, and '.I letting it beat'on her face. • ShA told me sho never takes : anythiri™ after a.play but a cup of hot bouillon l,! ind a biscuit, that sho' never eats: 1 :' uandies,'and that she gets nine hours i sleep out of every twenty-four. Ihat istho way .she keeps herself tosh and beautiful. Kate Vftiighaa' beauty. She iaalso of these fragile, airy creatares ' English people admire bo .ictuch. She is married to the Hon. Freieriok ■ ffollesley,' but it's a mistake'to say .hat shewill one day be/Duchess of - Welhngton—tbe two families are •' luiet distinct. Phyllis Broughton is ■ mothetv very pretty lonian. Bhe' ias,tlie prettiest ;hands and feet and ' he whitest shoulders and throat! • iver saw. She' was engaged, I lelieve, to Viscount.Dangan, who is • - t nephew of the same Colonel Mesley who'married KateVaugian, but / the ' .was. iroken- and Mies Broughton went _ nto'the oourts about:at,-;Connie';»" lilohriat is no; ;V onger I : aT : ',tell me, : . n^many^spMts^w^ )i'omin'ent-X)f theistagehoatttie^but-4 ;t; vvbuld; focomingV quj&'ast muck a"heaut}- ; Si oying:w:asithVltMiaW.S : ;^*S i ; :