MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 October 1930, Page 7

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

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(Notes by

Marjorie)

TRAP AMID JEWELS. WOMEN ENTICED TO SHOPLIFT. Scotland Yard has discovered a new type of criminal trickster —a man who entices unsuspecting women to steal worthless articles from his “shop" and then calmly proceeds to blackmail them.

A syndicate, with widespread activities. are said to have extracted hundreds of pounds from unsuspecting victims.

The scheme is simple. A small trinket shop is opened in a quiet street, and the window is packed with articles at ridiculously low figures. The crooks wait for the type of woman who is likely to succumb to temptation. She enters the shop, and the door closes silently behind her. Not a soul is visible anywhere, but all around on tables and stands are delightful little trinkets or pieces of bric-a-brac, temptingly displayed—just the sort of trifles a weak, foolish woman might pick up in a thoughtless moment and slip into her bag. Although site is not. aware of the fact, her every movement is being watched, and no sooner has she succumbed to temptation and helped herself to one of the apparently unguarded trjfles than there is a click near the door and the woman finds an assistant seated at a previously unoccupied cash de<sk. Other assistants appear, and the victim knows she has been detected even before she is confronted by the "stern" proprietor.

She may try to brazen it out, make a futile .effort to replace the stolen article without being detected or, in sheer panic, endeavour to run away. She finds the door locked. In the end she pays, and pays dearly. Shame and the prospect of scandal unnerve her, and when she finds the proprietor is willing to let her go, “on her word of honour never to enter the place again,” she gratefully agrees and pays the exorbitant price demanded for "the article she has stolen.

FOUR TIMES WED. A pretty woman of 21, Mrs Martha Triebe, must surely possess the wmld’s matrimonial record. She has married the same, man four rimes in the last, six months. On January 1!) she eloped Irom her heme at Woodcliff to marry Ernest Triebe, of Brooklyn. The secret wedding was performed by the Rev. Charles Truby. of the English Luth eran Church, Jersey City. A month later the minister, at the bride’s request, repeated the ceremony. - Some weeks after that she decided that ar even greater thrill would be to bo married again in some distant city. So the couple were married again at New Haven, Connecticut. Subsequently Mrs. Triebe, went through another marriage ceremony ar a chapel in New York. PRISON FOR A KISS. For stealing a. kiss from a pretty actress who had applied to him to be placed on the unemployment benefit list an official of the Munich Labour Exchange has lost his situation, and been sentenced to 12 months’ imprison nient. The actress left her identity papers or the official’s desk and he went to her home and told her he would give them back only in return for a kiss. The actress complied, but afterwards informed the police. The court declared that the official made an abusive use of his powers, and sentenced him to the minimum penalty for his offence. BISHOP AND GAY MOTHERS. The Bishop of Chelmsford, the Right Rev. 11. A. Wilson, said when dedicating a new organ chamber at Bowers Gifford Church, Pitsea, Essex. recently: —

"I agree it is a sorry sight to sec a smart young girl with painted face and nlucked eyebrows sitting in an hotel lounge, but, to my mind, it is a great deal worse to see her mother dressed up in the same way in an effort to look as young as liei daughter.”

THE ROYAL BIRTH. GLIMPSE OP FAMOUS DOCTOR. There is no more anxious oi responsible job in the world for a doctor than to be in charge of the birth of a Royal child, who may prove to be a possible heir to the Throne, wrote a. special correspondent of the London “Sunday Chronicle,” prior to the recent interesting event at Glamis Castle. Sir Hemy Simson, the famous obstetric surgeon, has brought more famous children into the world than any living doctor. He attended Princess Mary at the birth of both her sons, and he was present at the birth of the Duchess of York’s first child, little Princess Elizabeth.

Many children of peers and other little aristocrats owe their introduc ition to the light, of day to his skill and knowledge.

Before he attended Princess Mary's first-born much of his work was associated with the West London Hospi tai and the Hospital for Women, in Soho Square, where lie devoted the tsame painstaking care to the poorest of patients as he did to those higher in the social scale, and it was Queen Mary’s interest in the Hospital for Women that attiacted her Majesty’s attention to its skilful surgeon as a wise selection for attendance on Princess Mary. A tall white-haired figure with an alert slop, Sir Henry Simson, apart from his sensitive hands, impresses most by the depth of sympathy his eyes are capable of expressing. For his work in attending Princess Mary he completely won the confidence of the Royal grandparents, as evidenced by the knighthood conferred upon him.

His services are in such demand that lie has little time for social distractions, but lie is extremely popular in society on the rare occasions when he is able to appear. ■

He is a good golfer and brother of a. famous Scottish footballer ami athlete.

Typical of him is a recent remark of his that he is not in favoui of Staleaided hospitals, because- in such institutions “one never sees flowers or decorations in the wards.” He is the husband of Miss Lena Ashwell. the actress. BABY BRIDESMAIDS. No society or suburban wedding is row fashionable without a very, very young maid of honour, ami the bride "with a pretty baby sister or cousin can consider hei self in luck (says an English writer).

Sometimes the child follows the bride- to Ih • altar ’’n unshared glory. When the wedding is a small affair, which would look over-balanced with even a, couple of grown-up brides maids, it is an excellent arrangement to have just one child attendant. The bride who cannot decide, between half a dozen young friends and relatives without hurting someone’s feelings is also eagerly seizing upon the solution of one toddling bridesmaid. The bride who does adopt z the fashion will have the warm satisfaction of having good arrangements, for however the child is dressed, her size will make her seem cliafining, and even if she should falter ovtr her part it will be thought even more charming.

The difficulty of trying to div. -s a bevy of girls becomingly in the same colour and style is also solved by having a single small maid. Every has-been-bride knows what a state of distraction a, woman can be driver in trying to get half a dozen young creatures with different hair, eyes, complexions, and figures to wear the same dress. The frock that will please the slim young goddess with the honey-coloufed hair will be outraged by the pleasant but plump hitinette who is the bridegroom’s only sister, and who simply cannot be overlooked. Similarly, the young goddess will scorn to wear the dress that looks well on the plump brunette. When there' is only one little girl, her dress may be a. Lilliputian copy of the bride’s gown, or may be an entirely individual affair. But as it. is absolutely de ligeur for wedding gowns to be long now. the child's dress will usually be ankle-length too. Period dresses are most favoured for the tinies, especially those of the Tudor am' Stuart times, with their little yoke bodices and wide, full skirts. A lovely Paris model for the tiny bridesmaid at a summer wedding is copied from a picture of the young esl daughter of Charles 1., in royal blue taffeta. The child fairies a b.;libboncd bouquet of roses, and wears a little flat bonnet, without strings, to match the frock. Another enchanting model is made of yellow taffeta. in a simple Puritan fashion with a. large pleat al the waist, a bow of (he material at the back, and small gold buttons fasten the square bodice. Yellow buds are sewn all round the cream lace lappot and the small maid carries forget-me-nots. QUADRUPLETS. Four children which have just been born to the wife of a farmer in Texas have been made the occasion of pub lie rejoicing, as their advent in the world is the first recorded cases of quadruplets in this city of 40,000 people-. , As the parents. Mr and Mrs Philip Perricone, are in poor circumstances, a number of prominent citizens have formed themselves into a committee who will make themselves responsible for the- welfare, of the mother and her new-born babies. , ' G'fts in the shape- of food, cots, baby linen, medical, and other comfort.', have j. •-.•ed into the Perricone’s home from charitable people. . 'I he infants are known locally as •'A F- C D” because they have been christens, d respectively Antonio. Bruno, Carle, and Donaldo. Their father wants to exhibit them at a circus and charge to .'-'oe them, but the mothei said she could not bear to see her children be stared at by the curious. She hopes that they will all become musicians and travel round tho world us the only quadruplet orchestra in exist euce.