MATTERS FEMININE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1221, 7 June 1919, Page 3

MATTERS FEMININE.

CYNICISMS. '"""Nothing hurts a woman so much at wfcan • man won't give her the opportunity of saying 'No.' " "To ask & woman what she means ia almost as unwise as to ask her if ahe has any." "A woman without a past should be be happy—but she isn't." "Usually when a woman tells her lorer to 'got' ahe means 'go—and coma back!' » "Some women agree with- their husbands—in name only." "Too much letter-writing has been tha death of many a love affair which started out with flying colors." "It isn't so much that a woman wouldn't, but she hates you to think she would." "A woman is nerer so happy as when she refuses to forgive." REGULATE THE READING. It ia a very bad plnn to allow childran to read overmuch. Some children if they are given a book will sit curled up in a chair aTT day long reading it. Tha habit is exceedingly bad for the eyesight. "While children are growing thay should be encouraged to run About and stretch their limbs out of school hours, as ordinary lessons are quite enough strain on the child's eyes and mind. When lioys and girls are older, too, it is not wise to encourage overmuch reading. A child who reads too much sometimes ceases after a time to have any originality of thought, and, without knowing it, is always voicing as his own the opinion he had read in one or the other of his books. THE RADIUM UNDERBODICE. In addition to the front and back Views of this liglitening-spced made bodice, our artist has also shown the shape as it looks when cut out. It is wonderfully simple to make, and will fit most all figures. There is a speciality about the shoulder that conduces to its perfect adjustment. It fastens on each shoulder with one but-

ton and buttonhole. Consequently it depends upon the wearer's choice of whether she prefers a \v«re or a narrow arm hole. It is also most useful to ladies who go out much in the evening and wear very low bodices—the button can be unfastened and thf shoulder left uncovered. Independently of embroidery or feather stitchlng"> if plainly made can be produced la half an hour; 2yd. 30-inch.

LONG ENGAGEMENTS. Lore's young dream, unduly postponed in its realisation of its ultimate ending in marriage, is apt to become commonplace and lose much of ,tlie charm and romance that should surround the days of courtship. Lost Bliss. The victims of too-long courtships, even when marriage does come, are robbed of much ideal bliss by reason of a too familiar and prolonged intercourse resultant of a lengthy engagemeat. Youthful MarriagesAre not to be commended unless both parties have known each other sufficiently long enough to be sure lliat it ia a love that is for each other and not for gold, position or social advantage. Even then, when their parents think there are circumstances wherein it would be better to wait awhile, it is wiser to look facts in the face than to shut the eyes and afterward regret the blindness of their own making.

Marriage a Lottery. Whenever any one begins to discuss the marriage question and says, ' Marriages are made in Hea\en," there is quite enough evidence amongst the the gentrality of married con pies to which lieaven? If Heaven is uithis us, it goes without saying that there must be a union of tastes, nicely blended temperaments and proper arrangements provided for the hou.-ing of "Two Bears"—««W and the fm>ur —otherwiseis not at hand, but very far off. Now, girls, you need to look before you leap. A well-educat-ed, evenly-balanced, clear-headed 20th century girl ought to show more common sense in accepting a partner for life, that the divorce court recitals given by our daily press reveals.

High Ideals

Marriage is undoubtedly an ideal state, where the parties concerned are mated as well as married. The moral is: Be engaged long enough, to judge the character of your Adonis, but not too long to wear all the sentiment threadbare, for when that happens ideality Is supplanted by the commonplace, and there is an end of it.