Women's Realm

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11768, 15 October 1932, Page 11

Women's Realm

By “ Marie ”

ONCE RICHEST WOMAN

DEATH OF DAUGHTER Ob'

ROCKEFELLER

FAMOUS HOSTESS

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.

Mrs. Edith McCormick, only daughter of Mr. John. I). Rockefeller sour., died in Chicago at tho age of 60. She suffered from, cancer, hut made a series of rallies which astonished her physicians. Long known as Iho world’s richest woman, Mrs. -McCormick recently closed her. luxurious home arid moved into an hotel, stating that her fortune was much depleted owing to tint depression. ft is understood that gonerosiiy towards the tenants on her estate was .responsible for the move. Mrs. McCormick led a spectacular life. At the age of 26 she married Mr. Harold Flower McCormick, son of the inventor of the reaping m:icliine. She had four children, and when they grew up she became interested in a variety of social enterpris-

Drifting apart from }ier husband, she went and lived for eight years in .Switzerland, where she studied psychology, under the famous Dr. Jung. She returned to Chicago in 1921 and resided at iho family residence on Lake Shore Drive, her husband remaining ni. Lake Forest.

Later, after a- divorce, Mrs. McCormick throw all her energies into local interests. She sponsored the famous Chicago Opera, which became a. rival to the New York Metropolitan. She studied reincarnation, and astonished the American public with tho announcement .that, in a former existence. she was the wife of the Egyptian King Tuf-nnkh-Amon. When entertaining distinguished friends, including Queen Alfijrio of Rumania, the famous hostess would use a prized silver dinner service hearing the Bonaparte crest, "X”. If not attending the opera she was fond of going to a cheap cinema near her homo. Her income was so large n.i this time chat s}ie was unable io spend it. She bought a broadcasting station to advertise real estatp to file citizens of Chicago. MIDGETS' WEDDING. SIX-FOOT BEST MAN. The following extracts from a lotKathleen Griffiths and Air. Vivian Pascoe, both of whom were horn in London and are well known on the music-hall stage, were married at Si. Barnabas' Church, Mitcham. Thp bridegroom is -3 ft in height and Hip bride .3ft 10. Her 10-years-old sister Barbara, who is a foot taller, was one of the bridesmaids, and a 6ft brother. Mr. A. G. Griffiths, was host man. Both midgets’ parents, who are of normal height, attended the wedding, and so did Air. Fred Roper and eight of his “Tiny Town” midgets, of whom ilio bridegroom is the chief comedian. The hricle. was a dainty little figure in pink and wore a necklace of pearls. The crowd outside tlie church was so large that the police had to lift, iho couple into their mot-or-cnr.

SIDELIGHTS OF SYDNEY. The following extracts from a letter received in Welington from a friend who recently left for Australia, will he read with interest. “Australia, is absolutely a country of the survival of flip fittest —the poverty is appalling. It is pathetic to see the poor unfortunates hogging in the Sydney streets and .the most brilliant of museinns playing every few yards. You see a young mother with a baby in her arms and three or four little ones huddled np to her while the eldest holds out a hat to passers-by. There are so many like that, that it is impossible for onp to help as much as one would like to. [ went for a si,roll round Hyde T'nrk tho other afternoon to see how the unemployed live. 1 saw all sorts and renditions of living quarters built out of sacking or any other material, some consisted o!f holes dug out of the sides of flip harbour while others were merely coverings of shrubs. .1 believe that Sydney is the only place in Australia where there is no free residential unemployment building, therefore the police can not: prevent: the, unemployed from sleeping oid. Each person gets so many tickets entitling him or her to so much tea, moat, bread, etc. Since the new Government lias come into power everyone seems to look with a brighter outlook on ihe future and seems to think business will improve.

NOTES, NEWS and HINTS

“Fruit is very cheap in Sydney. At the present time you can. ge.fc about two dozen beautiful, navel, oranges for the modest sum of sixpence, and fqr the same sum from thirty to forty passion fruit.' Of course j hat applies to the fruit carts in tlie streets* fruit is slightly dearer in the shops and even then you never pay more than a penny lor thf* most delicious imported navels. ‘Mi heats me how the shop-keepers make a living because everything is so cheap, more especially In tjm footwear line. You can obtain, the latest in fashions for about half what you would pay in New Zealand. “The cafes, .too, are most reasonable. For sixpence or ninepence you can obtain a three-course meal consisting of soup, grills or si<*ak, chops and eggs, jiani and eggs, ihe choice of four or five kinds of sweets and a pot of tea. It seems incredible, but it is true, for I sampled a -iypieal menu and found it very satislying. “A. fa verity- occupation for men along the- road-side is ijie roasting id chestnuts which find ready sale. The men sit from morning &11 night round huge oil drums which they fid with coke; the chestnuts are kepi hot on a tray placed ovpr these coke fires.” “By the way, I haven’t seen a wood or coke fire since 1 left New Zealand.’

-MAGIC BISCUIT MIXTURE. ' This recipe for delicious flaky hot biscuits calls for 3 cups of flour. 2 teaspoons cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon or soda, ] teaspoon salt, and 2 heaping tablespoons of shortening. Sieve the flour, cream of tartar and sale into a bowl and mb in the shortening, taking care that the hands are cool. Dissolve the soda in the first cup of milk and water, as ii. usually takes part of a second cun for the quantity of flour. The dough, though soft, should be stiff to he lifted easily on to the baking hoard, the latter being well sprinkled with flour. Do not roll out, but pat with well-floured lingers until it is about half an inch thick; then cut into rounds with a cutter, or into squares with a wellfloured knife. Tf liese biscuits are fried in boiling lard like doughnuts opened with a fork and filled with jam or stewed fruit, they are unbelievably good. This rec-ipe serves for fruit shortcake or mock moat pie. If baked in layer cake iins it may also he used for hot pies, or if a little more milk is added, dropped into gem pans it makes delicious muffins. THE ALEX I AY ANT FOB AIY SON-IN-LAW. A FAMOUS NOVELIST'S THEORIES. 1 have two daughters n- sturdy, independent five-year-old, and n blonde, rather delicate little person of two. i shall probably have two son-in-laws. At: the moment they may he small, polite youths at their first preparatory school, or they may he running about backyards in ragged breeches and learning the rudiments of Ihe. from the streets.

1 wish 1 knew. Tint I rather hope it- will he the latter, believing as I do that thorp will be more room in the world of the future for them than for the public school product, writes Lesley Storm, the famous novelist. I am no match-maker. My wliolp position in this business of my daughters’ husbands will be that of "outside looking on." even though there may lie moments when. I shall look on every anxiously and scarcely ho able to refrain from interfering. .1 may ho driven to nsp every subtle device I can think of .to influence my daughters, if 1 see her on ihe verge of making an obvious mistake, but I shall do nothing to persuade her to marry anyone, however right 1 may consider him. MASKS -VXD FACET. To a mother who knows her world, n daughters adolescence, and youth must present many difficult problems. If the relationship between them >s easy and friendly, so that there is confidence on lie daughter's side and understanding on tiers, they may fly lightly over tho rough places, but if not. it is likely to ho an extremely trying time lor hath. Growing-up is n violent and exciting process; emotion runs strong and rather wildly. Girls who, as children, have been quiet, unobtrusive and quite amenable to discipline, find the discovery of tltpmselves as individuals a tittle too much for them. It goes to their heads. They can think of nothing else, look at nothing else and show no interest in anything else. From voting men they want little else than admiration. They have no knowledge of love and little desire

for it, but the flattery and attentions of youiig men fit well into this dizzy phase of self-worship. y When young men are narrowed down to one young man, then is tho time for the mother to don her spectacles 6r raise her lorgnette and ask herself what kind of specimen this may he.

ADONIS NOT WANTED. For myself, when that moment comes, a prepossessing appearance will undoubtedly count a lot. I should Jtevor want my daughter to be married to a .too-handsomo man. because l should immediately loook ahead for future complications. A too-handsome man js too attractive to women, and that, 1, imagine would make my daughter's path in life a little harder than I would have it. So I hope he will be ai pleasant looking, attractive person, but not. an Adonis.

All the time I am talking to a possible son-in-law, when I firsjt make his acquaintance, 1 ■Lid] be watching his face. 1 hut, 1 hope, will not be too obvious. Lnless his lace is u mask—which is highly improbable, he cause men cannot mask ilreir faces as women can—l shall discover, at least, whether he is intelligent or not, whether he lias the tolerance which comes of a lively mind and a sense of humour, and whether he is likely, when the physical attraction between them lias waned slightly, to add to or detract irorri my daughter’s happiness. I am firmly convinced ihaj- it is the man with the keen, sensitive intelligence who can make women happiest. For that reason .1 distrust your big, hearty lie-men ; so often i bey are such blunderers. It will influence me little whether he is rich or poor, provided I have confidence in bis brains and his ability to provide for rn.v daughter. LOVE AND LAUGHTER. ft is good for young people to stait together from small beginnings and to help each other towards a fruitful, constructive life. If she has to make a s.tart even hy scrubbing her own floors, I shall never say to her: “You ought not to he doing that. AA’hat is your husband Thinking "i to allow it" Bur on rjio other hand I should Icf.ithq it if I saw any sign of her becoming a domestic drudge, I should blame myself and her upbringing. 11' lie can laugh with her and at her 1 shall forgive him much. Because nothing, I believe, keeps love so sweet as laughter. And because now she throws her head back and laughs so joyously I should hate .to think that there might c-ome a day when she would no longer he able to. I would have him a little hit of a feminist; in that lie would think highly of tlie minds and abilities of women and he completely devoid of that die-hard patronage which can he so irritating. I would have him rather graceless, rather casual and not overburdened with virtues. But he must have ihe charm which almost- invariably goes with such a temperament. Of all the types of men I knew, that is the one which- can hold a woman until the end of time and which can touch her happiness with just sufficient anxiety to give it savourI would have him, of course, straight and upright in liis dealings with men. A good friend, too, jo whom men could turn in their difficulties. I would have him be the Perfect Alan. Poet, artist, bridge-builder, bus-iness-man and screen-hero rolled into one. and I would have him believe, above all, that the most beautiful and altogether most marvellous girl in the world is my daughter.

LATEST FASHIONS. AS SEEN IN LONDON. The following notes appear in the latest fashions seen in London: — The puffed sleeve.—lt has returned in every variety, with every type of frock, and has swept London oil it* feet. Brightly-colored silk blouses with balloon, sleeves almost to the elbow, little blouses and frocks cotton material with baby puffed sleeves- dresses of fine woollen material with long sleeves which puff sligluly at the top are among the favorites. The Pinafore Frock; —ohi and young alike are wearing ii : in line wool, jersey, gingham and linen. This is a fashion which Paris has not exploited, but which London has taken to its heart The Diagonal Stripe.—Never, have jltere been so many smart dresses in the popular diagonal stripe, either black and white or blue and white. Most of them in thick crepe do enme. Scarves. —These are to he seen round almost every throat. Tine stripes, wide stripes, stripes of two colors, stripes of twenty colors. Scarves plaited, scarves floating. Scarves to match dresses and scarves to make a vivid contrast. Pleated scarves, plain scarves, spotted, flowery. or chequered. Some of them are tied in a how underneath the chin, and others are caught up under otto ear in a soft loop.