WOMAN'S WORLD

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2775, 17 October 1923, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD

Mr J. Linklater, M.P., and Mr, Linklater, who have been staying in Christchurch, returned to the North on Saturday, Mrs Linklater has now gone on to Hastings, where she will be joined by her husband to-day.

A jolly little dance in aid of St. Patrick's new church fund was held at the Foresters' Hall last evening. Mr Rosanoski was M.C., and the music was supplied by Messrs. Paul and Cosgrove. Miss Spllman played extras.

A good deal of comment has been made of late about the number- of v mar. ned women who are in the education service. An inquiry at the Wellington Educated Board offlce elicited the information that out of 715 teachers l*. the service here, about 75 are married women. It used to be the rule in Prance that no important position in a primary school could be given to a single women, although information is not available as to what has beet, done in that direction since the war.

"If anvthing is ever going to oust the popular knitted dresses and costumes'it will be alpaca," is the verdict of one of the far-seeing French dress designers. Already the most exclusive French tailors and dressmakers use this material for attractive coatfrocks and tailor-made suits. Little alpaca sports dresses of toilettes for seaside wear, made in shades of red, rust, oeige, or Royal blue, completed by dainty shoulder capes, are already having a great success| Alpaca is also being used with the new foulards with good effect. Foulard pleated skirts with alpaca coats are worn in the country. White alpaca tailor-mado and white alpaca dresses are also being exploited.

Every morning a girl opens a nar-row-fronted shop in Kensington, and immediately gorgeous moths and beautiful butterflies that had no existence when she left the shop the previous night flutter about her. This daily miracle of nature causes Miss Gertrude Rosenberg no surprise, for she manages the shop for her father, a naturalist. She breeds moths and butterflies on the premises and in the window by hanging up the cocoons from string. - Small boys, who call Miss Rosenberg " the moth girl" and •the butterfly girl," watch the marvellous process of nature with their noses flattened to the window} Miss Rosenberg who was her father's short hand typist before the war. and has been secretary to an M.P., and with a shipping company, turned to and man aged her father's big business else-r where when he joined the army for the war. Now it is her profession. The silken "tombs" in the window about the size of a thimble, gradually open before the eye, the chrysalis emerges, grows wings, takes gorgeous colours, and flutters about. That is the hourly miracle. s

TWO-COLOUR FOOTWEAR. Right on the mark this Spring is two-colour footwear. Illustrated is a shoe on French last with Cuban heel, the golosh of black patent leather, the top of coloured suede with novelty punching. Ideal race wear though equally suitable for walking. ACCOMMODATION AT SPRING SHOW. Members of the Manawatu A. and P. Association committee all agreed yesterday that a room for the comfort of ladies and for the care of children was quite necessary at the forthcoming agricultural show, but what caused a long discussion at the meeting was the question'of where to put the room. A letter was read from the president of the Palmerston North Plunket Society Mrs. L. A. Abraham, asking that space be allotted to the society during the show for a room to be used for the convenience of mother* and the care of babies. The writer asked for a structure that would withstand the effects of ttw weather. The secretary stated that it. had been proposed to grant a space 40ft. by 30ft. in No. 3 annex, and this recommendation was contained in the report of the finance committee. Mr J. Bett opposed the granting of this portion of the building, declaring that it would interfere with the space allotted to motor-car exhibits. It had been understood that this space was to be reserved for late entries of motor vehicles. Mr. J. M. Johnston spoke strongly in favour of granting the suggested space to the Plunket Society, contending that the matter' lay in the hands of the association and not with the motor people. Mr. J. A Nash, M.P, said the fact was obvious that the association would have to provide 1 accommodation for the, children, as lack of facilities in this direction was now keeping numbers of ladies from attending the show. He moved that a committee consisting of Messrs. J. *M. Johnston,

S. R. Lancaster and J. Bett be appointed to deal with the matter and to find somewhere in the grounds, a suitable place for the room. Mr. Buchanan seconded the resolution, which was carried.

« CG?uFOKTAIiLES."

In American households an eiderdown is considered just as much a luxury as it is in this country, but on every bed, no matter how humble the circumstances of the owner may be, a " comfortable " is to be found.

It is very easy and inexpensive to make one at home. As the name implies, it provides a great deal of warmth. Two or three thicknesses of bleached wadding form the foundation of a "comfortable" and these arc placed between pieces of thin material such as mercerised lawn, cotton and silk eolienne, of Japanese silk? The outside edges of the material are sewn together, and then with silk or wool to match a line of running is taken about three inches from the edge all round the cover. Six inches inside this another line of running is worked in, thus forming a border. The running should consist of big stitches carried through to the opposite side, to keep the wadding in place. The inside panel of the cover can be finished with, diamond shaped quilting if silk is being used for the work or can be tufted with wool. To provide ventilation two or thre e small eyelet holes, worked over with buttonhole-stitching, can be made at intervals. 'On an unpatterned cover these eyelet holes could be made the centre of a flower or other design. For a baby's cot such a cover is ideal, and can be made with the wadding only in the centre, leaving a generous Border W unpadded material to be " tucked in."

• HATLESS CHHDREN. Although the present day young mother is so sensible in the ment of her little ones, there is one thing that she persists in ignoring—that is the danger of allowing little children to b e In the full rays of the sun hatless. It is appalling the number of tiny mites one Bses wearing spectacles nowadays, and the argument is that more attention is given lo their e yes than was given to the ?yes of children of a past generation. But it is not natural that the eyesight of the young should be bad, any more than that their hearing should be defective, and the* probability is that the chief reason one sees so many little people with glasses is that the muscles round the eyes were weakened in babyhood by being hatless in strong sunshine. Young mothers should know that the ultra-violet rays present in strong sun-shine have a very bad effect on the eyes and will often .start a bad headache. Then there is the mistaken idea that strong sunshine is good for the hair. To expose a fair-haired child to the sun will tainly keep the hair light, but.it will also drain away all the natural oil, leaving the hair brittle and lifeless ) after a time. In fact, strong sun on the hair has much the same effect it ha 3on grass. It makes it lifeless and dull. But apart from the bare-head-ed child running great risk of sunstroke in hot weather, it will never have such strong eyes or such wellnourished hair the child whose head is sensibly covered during a heat wave.

COarPULSORY POLYGAMY.

CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN PROPOSAL.

Compulsory polygamy, to make good the loss in population caused by the world war has been unsuccessfully advocated in the Czecho-Slovakian Parliament, states the International News Service in the Sydney "Sunday Times." The proposal, which was introduced in the form of a bill by Mile. Betta Kerpiskova, a woman deputy, nearly caused a riot. The President of the Chamber had to suspend the sitting after Mile. Kerpiskova had several times unsuccessfully tried to finish her speech. In her Bill'Mile. Kerpiskova proposed to compel every man in the country to take to himself two wives, no matter what his personal inclinations. Heavy penalties were to be imposed on those who shirked their responsibilities. "The war caused the death of thousands of our men folk," said Mile." Kerpiskova in presenting the Bill. "The nation has become weakened, and there are great gaps in the population waiting to be filled. How are we to do this? It is quite simple. Distribute the surplus women in the proportion of two to every man, and the problem is solved."

Married and male members stood on the benches and cheered and applauded long and vigorously. Hardly had the cheering died away when there came a storm of protests from the gallery, where the' wives of the deputies' were sitting.

Burlington "La France" pure silk stockings are, we believe, the best value obtainable anywhere to-day. Wide double lisle tops, reinforced lisle feet, woven full in leg and snug in ankle. White, black and colours 18/6 pair, from Collinson and Cunninghame only.*