Woman’s World

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2167, 5 July 1922, Page 3

Woman’s World

Miss Eileen Boyes, of Whakaronga, suffered an accident on Monday evening- as a result of which she is now a patient in the Northcote private hospital, >vith an injury to a leg, shock, and bruises. It appears that Miss Boyes was cycling home when she collided with a motor-lorry near the cemetery and was thrown heavily to the grptmd. "The amount of human exertion in the towns is practically down to zero,” said hr Truby King, to an Ashburton audience recently. “People have forgotten the use of legs, and ride everywhere they want to go. The women have got the art off nicely. They have arranged their footgear in such a way that they cannot walk in any case. (Laughter.) Yes, they certainly have . arranged their footwear admirably. lam afraid I rather shocked a Christchurch audience when I remarked that if it had been an auction sale instead of a lecture hall, they were at, and all the ladies were put up as cab-horses, they would not have fetched a fiver a-piece.” (Laughter). “If you want to prevent baby developing adenoids, teach it to sneeze. A baby’s sneeze is a sign of health.” This was the message of Dr Octavia Lewin to the mothers of Southsea, where she lectured on the training of children in personal hygiene. The early morning nasal drill for baby, advocated by Dr Lewin, starts a sneeze on waking, to be followed by vigorous and repeated blowing in the nose. “If this were done regularly,” said Dr Lewin, "colds would be unknown. Every child should be provided with a handkerchief at the earliest possible age, with a breast pocket to keep it in, so that it will not fall to the ground and collect germs to be transferred to the nose.”

Following is a list of books added to the Palmerston North Public Library during the month ending June 30, 1922:—Alias the Lone Wolf, by Louis J. Vance; The Brightenei - , by C. N. and A. Williamson; Boy’s Book of Heroes, by Helena Peake; By Whose Hand, by E. Monk and B. Baskerville; Confessions pf a Well-meaning Woman, by Stephen McKenna; The Crooked Tree, by Sybil C. Lethbridge; Crossing Piccadilly Circus, by Ward Muir; Development, by W. Bryher; The Dark House, by I. A. It. Wylie; “Drag” Plarlan, by Charles A. Seltzer; Ditte, Daughter of Man, by Martin Anderson Nexo; The Elopement of Eve and Prince Playfellow, by Berta Ruck; The Green Caravan, by Oliver Bandys; The Green Moth, by J. G. Scott and G. E. Mitton; The Grey Room, by Eden Phillpotte; Helen Vardon’s Confession, by R. Austin Freeman; The Jewel in the Lotus, by Rosita Forbes: Love and the Locusts, by G. B. Burgin; Little Lady of Arrock, by David Whitelaw; The Man in Grey, by Thomas Dixon; The Man in the Twilight, by Ridgwell Cullum; Marrying Madeleine, by Eleanor Reid; The Matherson Marriage, by Ruby M_ Ayres; The Moreton Mystery, by E - . Dejeans; Mothers-in-law, by Baroness von Hutten; The Odds and Other Stories, by Ethel M. Dell; The Other Susan, by Jennette Lee; Peter, by E. F. Benson; The Pharisees, by M. Morgan Gibbon; Professor Aylmer’s Experiment, by A. J. Anderson; Purple Springs, by Nellie L. McClurg; Pamela Herself, by DesmOnd Coke; Road to Anywhere, by “Rita”; Sabine and Sabina, by W. E. Norris; The Seventh Wave, by Tickner Edwardes; Sembal, by Gilbert Cannan; The Stronger Influence, by F. E Mills Y'oung; Tangled Trails, by Mm, McLeod Raine; Two Boy Pioneers, by James A. Braden; What Woman Wishes, by Anthony M. Ludovicl; What Timmy Did, by Mrs Belloc Lowndes; What Became of Mr Desmond, by C. Nina Boyle; Where the Y'oung Child, Was, by Marie Conway Oemler; The Wednesday Wife, by Juliette G. Smith. A “CHIC” HEAD DRESS. A “chic” hair band can be made out of small pieces of coloured silk. Cut the silk into flour or fruit shapes and stuff with wadding. Sew them on to a band of coloured ribbon. A very narrow hair band made in this style 1 looks very effective worn around the forehead. Tie the ribbon ends in a bow, allowing them to hand in streamers down the back. “NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.” Are women truthful? Yes, as a rule. In ordinary everyday matters most women scorn to tell even “white lies.” They frankly admit a fault and some of them will not ever bother to find extenuating circumstances if it necessitates a small fib That they exaggerate is admitted—but that, is one of the privileges of the sex. They are inconsequent and contradictory. Perhaps so; but that is one of the charms of the sex. Suppose we told the unmitigatec truth to all our friends. Imagine the heartburnings and tears if we informed Mary that we thought hei a conceited, vainglorious little butter•fly, with just a. ferv good qualities foi which we loved her. It wouldn’t dc at all. Our love for her good qualities would not weigh in the least. Always there would ring in her ears our scathing comment on her vanity, and she would never forgive us. We tell Phyllis that we adore her foi everything but the paint on her face! Will she ever overlpok that? Another friend is a kind littie soul, and w r e admire her for her good heart; but she is not our intellectual equal, and we tell her so. No friendship could survive these truths. So we must employ silver-tongued speech if we would keep our friends, winking at their vanities, condoning the cosmetics, and making a.llowancfes for lesser intellects than our own. “There’s so much bad in the best of us,” and the thing to do is to look for the best in the forst of us, if we w r ant to sail smoothly on the waters of feminine friendship. After all, It is so easy to camouflage our opinions, to seek diligently for the best in each other. It is better to avoid the pitfalls of “plain speaking.” Though it has a lot in its favour, it may fatally Injure the fragile rose of love.

Collinson and'Cunninghame’s store ■will be open al 1 day to-day with sectional sales in lidies’ coats, costumes, frocks, hats, sldrts, Jumpers, blouses, etc. The whole of the windows are devoted to givir(g you some items from the vast bargaip. menu prepared. See also pages 1, 3p.nd 6.*

[‘‘Annettte invites correspondence on subjects of interest to ladies, such as social events, weddings, etc., or any other matters suitable for publication in the “Woman's World.”]

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

CIVIIj business. A sitting of the Palmerston North Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when civil business was dealt with, was presided over by Mr J. L. Stout, S.M. JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT, Judgment for plaintiffs by default was given in the following undefended cases:—W. J. May (Mr H. R. Cooper) v. Percy Peek, Palmerston North, claim £IS 10/6, costs £2 14/; E. G. Matthews (Mr Grant) v. A. A. Browne, Wellington, claim £lo', costs £2 18/; Manson and Barr, Ltd. (Mr J. B. Wither), v. G. Farmer, Manakau, claim £9 19/7, costs £1 17/G; Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd. (Mr Wither), v, Walter H. Wilson, Raetihi, claim £63, costs £4 11/6; H R. Waldegravc and others (Mr F. H. Cooke) v. H. Bourkc, Palmerston North, claim £5 S/4. costs £1 11/6; Chas. Pike and Co. (Mr Cooper) v. Prank W. S. Ellis. New Plymouth, claim £2O 9/, costs £3 1/; George Caddy v. Percy Peek, Palmerston North, claim £6, costs £1 13/6. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. Marshall Knight, settler, Palmerston North, was ordered to pay M. Palmer (Mr Innes) the sum of £29 6/9 forthwith, in default 21 days’ imprisonment in the Wellington gaol. Ada Ferguson (Mr A. M. Ongley) proceeded against A. Thompson, of Fellding, for the amount of £l6 10/. Defendant was ordered to pay the amount forthwith, in default 21 days’ imprisonment. DEFENDED CASE. Wackrill and Stewart, Ltd. (Mr Graham, Pending), proceeded against Andrew Guy, of Palmerston North (Mr H. R. Cooper), to recover the sum.of £39 1/6, being the amount owing by the defendant to the plaintiffs for work done and goods supplied. The plaintiffs also sued for the sum of 7/6, being the amount due by the defendant for the hire for two hours of the plaintiffs’ driver. The defendant contended that the amount charged for the labour was grossly excessive, and that the amount of £2O was more than sufficient to recompense the plaintiff company for all work and labour done on the car, and new material supplied. After hearing considerable evidence His Worship gave judgment for the plaintiffs for the amount of £36 1/6. being £3 less than the amount claimed. Court costs totalled £lO 7/6.