OVER THE TEA-CUPS

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 153, 27 June 1908, Page 14

OVER THE TEA-CUPS

BISKS OF THE SILENCE CUEK ' Deprive the average woman of the delights of talking and her nerves, may be improved, but her temper will ituTer, and it mlmost to be nervy than cross.—Lady's" Pictorial. X ; :, ' :,.:- _; •: 34EN MARRY. .'. ■/ The Perfect Man Jβ a phantom, He has no bodily existence. It is because he is imperfect, incomplete, that he marrice.: By adding a bundle of,virtues to his own small stock, he minimises hie Weekly, New; YotW CA^LCUIATINGLOTHARIOS. The man who ■'writes love letters of the. "popsy-wop." description ie obviously, not: a designing villain. The~ really designing man never puts anything into black and white which could'be: construed' as a promise of marriage.—Weekly pis-; patch. BEAtfTY OF THE ELASTIC STEP. The only ■women in; Europe who canH #alk are the mountaineers,' but all Eastern women have a graceful and' elastic' step. If our'women realised the extra- : ordinary beauty proper movements give they wbukl carefully study the Easterners' gait.—Mattino, Naples. ' IN DEFENCE OF '^VTFEBFLY}'. ■ T&fe "butterfly," who baa apparently no- i thing to do but dress beautifully, is fulfilling her part, in Nature, gives' work, and pleases tie aesthetic senses oil those about her.. We should sorely miss I her, and the world would Jbe very, dull without her,—Lady's Pictorial. J. ...-.•■.'■ \.\ WHY PEOPLE MAKE FRIENDS;/ ■-' People are loved ri&t {for their goodness, their beauty; their wit or their wisdom, but : for their utility. "Can he or ehe be of any use to met", is -the;! question Which arises in the' minds of many men' and women when introduced, and, if the answer be in the negative, there is no continuance of the acquaint-: anceehip.—Gentlewoman. COQUETRY AS A TONIC, - When a woman becomes wholly indifj fcrent to her personal appearance, When ehe is no longer ■ susceptible .', to some form ef liattery, one may take it that »he .'. .i entirely loot her reason. To practk<3 coquetry: one need not necessarily flirt; but coquette in Borne .form-.one must, if one ie to keep a rightly-balanced mind,—World; • • ~ -, TRITJ3IPH: OF THE MODERN GIHL. The girl of the period gete more air and ia more sensibly dressed than her predecessor*. The feverish lives often led may militate against good looks in one way, but on the other hand there are compeneatione fax more numerous. Thie iB; an age when a: girl knows how to.Kyej Tip to now ehe liaa only been learning in ■ » difficult Melbourne. : -;../. , J'ASmON'S TOLL TO MOTOHINGI i" Is the responsible for encouraging won>ea to be slovenly in their dress?- In West End women; now do their Uhoppirig in doll-look-. i% motoring coats aud* hate tied on with gauzes. They ore growing altogether regardleee of the. fact th»t there is an unwritten law ©f dreas. wkki even enthu- ■ wem. for', the,.-fascinating automobile should not lead them into ignoring. THE ENGLISHWOMAN'S HOTji. I An Englishwcznah is best seen at home 'n the <jT*ning. There sac is superb. Sne wears her evening gown with great distinction; decollete suits her admirably, because the line of the peek witb. the ehouldere ift co beautiful. The head is ! always charmingly poised; the lwir and complexion are admirable.—" Pall Mail 'Gaaette." : _ '/;.'■'■' r ;.' ' ;■: CONVENTION STRONGER THAN ,'; ' " FASHION.V." ■ •. I Eccentricity has become fashionable. ; The curious feature of the fashion ie that jail its followers.remain conventional at i heart. There is no real unconvention&lity in, the English character. Perhaps that is why its desperate attempte to appear bizarre are bo unsympathetic— |."Lady.'V -. .; ' -.; i, ■"■:;'. .-. '" "■■. J TACTT OF THE BUSINESS WOMAN. Loyalty to her chief is the moat vahi< able of a woman's bueinese qualities. She :ie a pastmaater in the art of unostentatious silence regarding her employer's I private affairs, and she has euch good judgment generally that her opinion is : alwaya worth having in matters of moModern Bueinees." .• :...:-. SOCIAL TOUCHSTONES. ' Society in Paris i 9 much more-cosmo-politan, gayer, and more grateful for en tertainment than in London. Social gatherings everywhere are generally relieved from dulnese by a leaven of wit and' intellect Which the prominent role men of letters and artiste play in Paris sodetv ensures.—"Onlpbker." r ". \ ■■'■■;FA^ON;INFACEB; : ' c >'/ ; v The women of to-day frequently remind I us of certain pictures by Watteau or Lar- < feilliere. Pale, languishing faces are no longer the fashion; the hair is of a brighter hue, and co is the complexion. Dresaaa i have ceased to.be pasteUised. Everythine W T de«ded, not to Bay; violent, in tone.LAtties r leld." . ' y .-.., ■<<.

EMOTIONAL SIDE OF THE DOLLAR. The typical American is popularly supposed to be a shrewd, hard, level-headed manof business, and,that estimation is right-.asfar as it goes. But beneath these sahent characteristics lies a fund of sheer sentimentality and emotionalism which cannot bo beaten in any other country; You will find it in American fiction, and fw U * "* in the •'diate merodnHriris that still draw tears and cheers, sighs and smiles from American audieijcesU Ladies' Field."

PROFESSIONAIL WOMEN GOLFERS '''(NEXT, ~-',:,;: '•.,--•

What could be mpr e attractive, on a well-groomed green" than a fair lady .professional" golfer, surrounded by a host oradmirers (of the game), all eager tor that tuition which intuHion prompU them to seek (and pay for) whether they require it or not!-r-'-Madame.'*

, ; LOYALTY-.BEGETS LOYALTY.Men stand together, and women* frequently, stand by men; but if women were only loyal to. one another- such loyalty •would benefit tlie whole..'sex... If no woman allowed man to speak slightingly of women, -men would cease to be. contemptuous, for they usually'take, their cue women.—Mr. Neisb, in " Atbiuii.'T