WHAT WE WOMEN THINK

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 42, 1 May 1931, Page 32

WHAT WE WOMEN THINK

Few things were more interesting, amid wealth of lovely objects at the Four Georges’ Dxhibition in London, than an exquisite tiny miniature of "Mrs, Fitzherbert’s Bye," which was painted for George IV, and enclosed in a small oval gold locket so that the devoted lover could wear it round his neck. A very beautiful eye it lookslarge, lambent, soft, quite in keeping with.all that we know of its owner’s charming disposition. How many lovers nowadays would think of such a quaint and touching conceit? bd * * qt is quite a problem to decide how much or how little hair to show under those revealing hats we all seem to be wearing. Sometimes one sees women with large faces who look grotesque with half their heads exposedjust a dab of material stuck on the back of them. Alas, it is given to fewwomen to have a noble brow, or, as_ the years go, a serene one. Much depends, also, upon the kind of hair vouchsafed by good or bad fairies at. one’s christening. s * * "BEAUTY is truth, truth beauty," re- ; . marks a contemporary, but the mayor of a town in the south of France who has, perchance, never heard of the "Ode to a Grecian Urn," has different views, and roundly informed the young women of his commune that "To exhibit your pretensions to beauty is to lay out your claim to stupidity." Possibly this mayor, like many other people, is sick of beauty competitions and the tooth--. some aspirants to notoriety whose irritating smiles have greeted readers of many newspapers during, the past deeade. So, being invited to look out for candidates for a competition of this nature, the doughty civic magistrate declared he would have none of it. It

may be, also, that he did not want to run his head into a noose such as that from which the jury recently electing Beauty. Queen of Paris had to extricate itself. The charming young pergon upon whom choice fell subsequently proved to have violated two of the conditions of the contest, in that she was not a Parisian by birth and was likewise the owner of a four-months-old baby! Hastily the lovely lady was deposed from sovereignty, but, on the strength of being "Miss Paris," during ‘the interregnum had well and wisely dug herself in as cabaret queen. After impassioned pleadings by eminent members of the Paris Bar in the court ease that eventuated, the judge unimpressively declared that, though the title of "Miss Paris" was debarred, the soubriquet of "Miss ex-Paris" might be retained, With which decision, no doubt from motives of expediency, the astute beauty concurred. * * * "(NITY LIGHTS," written and produced by Mr. Charles Chaplin, is a synchronised picture absolutely without dialogue, but with music and sound effects, and incidental music that is also composed by the world-famous comedian. The approximate cost of production is stated to be approximately £800,000, and in it the inimitable "Charlie" once more "tells the world"

what genius can do in the way of farce and burlesque that tickle the eyes and ears of the groundlings, with an oceasional subtle play upon heartstrings of those who are attuned to life’s deep pathos and heartbreak. ’ QWALLOW-TAIL ¢ coats for women are one of the startling notes of the mode. Worn by a six-foot mannequin at a recent London show, the coat was of black cloth, like a man’s, the swallow tails being exaggerated to the ankles. With it ‘went voluminous ankle-length pyjamas of black satin, so full that unless the legs were crossed one failed to realise that they were not a skirt. Curly -hair and pearls added feminine touches. In this show were included a Persian mannequin, and one whose youthful face was beautified by snowwhite hair. | ; ; * s THE for bridge accounts for more afternoons and evenings than any. other pastime, says one who knows. Of course, if you are not a bridge enthusiast, it is easy to underestimate its value as a training for the mind. ‘That is what they all say: "Tt ig such a good mind-training." It may be, but that is not why they play it. . They play it first because they like it, and then because they must. Some freely admit that it is a pastime, and as such it is entitled to

rank with the theatre, dancing, read ing, or any other form of entertainment. But there are few gulfs so wide as those dividing the bridge-fiend from her counterpart. They eye each other with a gentle pity. born of lack of understanding. | ‘ R. SAMUEL a hale and hearty resident of Ontario, aged 94, who has eight children, 47 grand‘children, 85 great-grandchildren,. and five great-great-grandchildren, has married his third bride, a widow of 63, the courtship being conducted by post. This enterprising benedict, who first entered the holy estate at the age of 20, thus advises: "I wouldn’t advocate everyone marrying early. Some young fellows are too wild. But if a man is willing to settle down and treat a woman right, then I say, the younger the better. My rule is always to give them lots of love." . ‘ A tells us fy t slowly, imperceptibly, a gréat change is coming over the homes of Hngland. In the years after the war women were restless and unsettled. They would do anything rather than stay in their homes and look after them. Now they are flocking back to the fireside, and the Englishman’s home looks like becoming his castle once more, Thousands of little homes are springing up all over the countryside, and they are being bought and lived in. Some of the mistresses who reign inside those four walls know all there is to be known about running a home, and ignorant ones realise they must get down to hard facts and learn how to make one shilling do the work of two. Hven the business. girl. has one great ambi-tion-to have a home of her own, even? if she hasn’t a husband to share it. If is years since there was such a "back to the home" rush.