THE WORLD'S PRESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12654, 7 September 1904, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

! HOW WOMEN FEED. j BREAKUAa'r in bed, lunch with her hat on, tea out of doors, but, above all, an egg in the drUwingroom for dinner is the ideal menu Of the natural woman. Macmillan'* Magazine. EFFECTS OF THE WAR. The wax news, which is greedily absorbed by Persians of all classes, does much to reduce Russian prestige, and the Russian bubble is practically burst.lspahan correspondent of Pioneer, Allahabad. TOO MUCH TO ASK. The Russian military authorities cannot put restraint upon their operations simply because the Japanese Government neglects to take precautions for the safety of its soldiers.—Novoe Vremya, St. Petersburg. TOILET DISCLOSURES. Artificial eyelashes and eyebrows are now worn by countless people in society as well as on the stage. It is impossible to tell they are not real. These little additions will often transform a plain woman into a pretty one. —The Onlooker. RESTRICTED EMIGRATION. Suppose a law Were suddenly passed prohibiting every Englishman from spending; a holiday out of England unless he could pass an examination in personal knowledge of his native land—what would happen? A revolution, prftbably.—The King. IMPATIENCE.OF PARENTS. The habit of English parents of labelling every man who talks a few civil words to their daughter as an immediately prospective husband does more than anything else to scare prospective husbands from English homes.—" Frances," in T.P.'s Weekly. UNAVOIDABLE SUCCESSES. The partial successes of the Japanese, are unavoidable. Kuropatkin will not commence serious operations until he is convinced that he is running no risk, and that the consequences of an ovorwi'-imine victory will be correspondingly great.—Viedomosti, St. Petersburg. MOTOR " SHOP." To be the third of a company, two of whom are continually using such terms as "carburettor," •'third speed," ''ignition, " sprocket," and " sparking-plug, not one of which conveys the smallest notion to the hearer, is to be in a thoroughly lamentable position.—The Spectator. RUSSIA AND HER ALLY. By entering into an agreement with England and receiving from her, in exchange for real concessions, tho great but dangerous task of clearing up the Morocco muddle, Prance has undoubtedly played into the hands of the British Foreign Office.— Vremya, St. Petersburg. DOGS OF WAR. It seems strange that the British army should be behind the times in establishing training establishments for the employment. oF dogs in war for messenger and outpost service, as well as for carrying ammunition and increasing the usefulness of ambulances in succouring the wounded.--Army and Navy Gazette. . A CHINESE " INDIGNITY." The sending of the Empress-Dowager's portrait to the St. Louis Exposition is being unfavourably commented upon by the Chinese newspapers and mandarindorri in . general, and is considered to be a great in- | dignity, to the Empire Her Majesty at present ' represents.—North China Herald, Shanghai. ENGLAND'S ALLEGED ALLY. ' The prolongation of the war, possibly for years, would bo the most agreeable thing in the world to the Power which concluded tho alliance with Japan, for the simple reason that her trustiest, best, and only reliable ally has always been the spirit of discord, enmity, and hatred among nations.—"Viedomosti, St. Petersburg. COLLEGE WOMEN a MARRIAGES. About tho marriage of college women much arrant folly has been talked. If anything in the world is proved, it is that a j girl's going to college for four years docs not , affect 'her marriage any more than a man's ' going to- college affects his marriage.— i Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr, in Public ' Opinion, New York. . THE FEMININE ENIGMA. No man understands a woman, and the I man who thinks he does is either very young or very foolish. Each one of us is an enigma to ourselves. The illogical Character of woman is one of her greatest charms. If we were thoroughly reasoning and reasonable creatures, I doubt that wo should ever get a. proposal or a partner at a dance. — Ladies' Field. i . BEDIZENED BABIEb. Extravagance is spreading even to the | nursery. The bedizened baby has now be- • come a common sight, and rumour credits j one little society damsel with the possession of a single-stone diamond necklace in which she appear- at infantile parties. This casting of precious stones into cradles, so to say, is ono of the most distressing signs of the times.'file World. THE INEVITABLE "REVUE." I see no reason why, when a play has been j running for some time, the whole of the I plot should not be worked out in the first ' act and the second devoted to a review of ; current events. I have an impression thai an innovation of this soil' v'iMj'd be tcry successful, as tho public eertau?? demand that their entertainments shall be up-to-Jate. —George Urossmith, juu., in the Tatler. REVELATION ABOUT GLOVES. A size six jrlovc to-day is large than a size six glo/o live years ago, and this applies to all the sizes made. The explanation is that ladies' hands have grown larger than they used to be, through theiir practice of cycling, j golfing, hockey, etc., but they do not like to I admit it, so the plovemakers meet the new I conditions and yet avoid hurting the vanity of their customer?. —Westminster Gazette. "THE WOUNDED BEAR." - Let a warning be given to the Japanese what they have now to expect. The wounded , white bear will rise up again more terrible | than ever, his fur bristling as he shakes iff i the few drops of blood which might stain his robe, and throws himself on his p cy j with little thought of pity as a slight irrita- : tion near his heart reminds him of the first | bullet he received.— de Chine, Shang- j j hai. i . | COUNTRY LIFE NEED. 1 It is to be hoped that the post office will j before long organise a motor parcel service for picking up parcels of a considerable size and despatching them by train. The oldfashioned carrier and his wretched horse <\o most of the work, and do it. having no capi- j tal, slowlv. badlv, and clearly. A motor parcel post would add 20 per cent, to the convenience of ordinary country life.— County Gentleman. OUR INTERESTING CORRESPOND!': We all seem to have been very much mistaken in regarding Morocco as a backward country. Morocco is, on the contrary, quite up-to-date, for here is Rais-Uli himself writing to the press. "From the slave of God, Ahmed Ben Abdulla Shercef Rais-Uli, to the editor of the Daily Mail.' We congratulate our contemporary upon having drawn so interesting a correspondent. Pall Mall Gazette. LAW COURTS AND LOYALTY. Though heartily in sympathy with expressions of loyaltv to the Throne, we fail to understand why the King's Birthday should be celebrated in the Courts b\ closing the doors. This form of celebration is of itcent origin, and is justified neither by the example of other public departments nor by the .state of business in the Courts tiieinselves. An eminent judge once observed, before the rule of closing the Courts was established, that the most fitting way for a judge to celebrate the Sovereign's birthday was to administer justice to his subjects, and with this view, having regard to the accumulation of arrears in some of the Courts, it is difficult not to agree.—The Law Journal. r _y9BaS