WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13701, 18 March 1908, Page 9

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MARRIED FOLKS WOULD BE HAT?PIER [i tm»y tried to be as agreeable as in ' courtship day?. , If they kissed and made up at once after every quarrel. If each would Ivy and be a real support and comfort to the other. It' household expenses were ajways pro- • portioned to receipt?. It" women were an kind to their husbands as they were to them when lovers. It' each remembered the other was practically a human being, not an angel. If men were as thoughtful lo; their wives as they were for them when sweethearts. If both parties remembered that they were married for worse as well as for better. 11' there were fewer silks and velvet street-costumes, and more, plain, tidy house dresses, ami street ones, too, for that matter. If there were fewer "please, darlings" in public and more polite manners in pri- , vate. SMOKERS -AND COURTESY TO LADIES. A woman has a right to be offended if a man in passing her in the street does not remove his cigar or cigarette from his mouth before saluting her. A man should never smoke in the presence of ladies unless given their permission, '.inhere are awkward moments when a, man finds a lady occupying a smoking compartment. Perhaps he has waited all clay for the comfort of that smoke, in which lew puffs he is to forget the hurry and worry of the city. If he is a real cavalier lie will refrain from lighting the cigarette unless she offers permission, but any woman with a heart will say, " I am sorry I was obliged to intrude; please smoke all the same if you like." 1 have seen a look of most intense gratitude in the eyes of a man to whom such courtesy had been shown, and any woman who seriously objects to smoking has no right to enter a smoking carriage. If she is obliged to do so, then it is her duty to sacrifice herself rather than to compel the rightful occupant of the carriage to do without his weed. When paying visits, it, is bad form for anyone but the. host or hostess to pass cigars. Some men have, in a spasm of misguided generosity, taken out their case and offered to a neighbour a cigarette or cigar, but the host has a right to accept ! this as an insult.—The Lady's World. " HIGH MILLINER .Many methods of giving height to the figure seem to have occurred to the milliners nowadays, in spite of the fact that far less necessity exists for adding to the •stature of the majority of women than was the case a generation ago. Crowns are visibly increasing in height, and in instances where ostrich feathers are introduced the stems of these are placed on the top of the crown radiating from the he centre, the ends curling over the brim. This adds some inches to a short figure without the suggestion of an abnormally high hat, such as those in which the feathers are placed upright at the sides or front, and which almost defeated their ! 1 end by presenting too sharp a contrast j j with the proportionate size of the wearer. I Even the small hats are being trimmed ! i with huge flowers, and a natural-sized I rose, pansy, or dahlia is far more of an anomaly -where millinery is concerned than one of giant proportions. Chrysanthemums in rich deep tones take the place in many instances of the popular velvet rosettes, three simple blooms, each oJf which is carried out in velvet of a contrasting shade, being introduced in the front of the hat, laid side by side, and encircling more than half the hat by means of their huge bulk. HOW FASHIONS ARE SPOILT. Everyone knows the. way in which a pretty mode becomes vulgarised before we are really tired of it. but it is not everyone who has considered why this should be so. There are various reasons. First, of course, stands tiie tact that whereas in our grandmother's days fashions never became common, becauso everyone dressed according to iheir rank, and never dreamed of aping their betters, in our own times there is a dead-level of monotony, brought about by the "I'm as goo,] as you'' theory— theory which has much to answer for in destroying the pictutesqueness of modern life. Beyond this, however, there are oilier causes still. Why is it that a fashion which looks admirable on a duchess, or on a real, lady of whatever degree, becomes absurd when transferred to a pretty shop girl or factory hand'.' Probably we all have one theory on the subject. ' Personally. I think the reason lies in immutability,* as when a long train is used for a walking or working gown, instead of for drawingroom and carriage wear, and partly from bad j taste, which imitates expensive productions ; and parodies them in cheap and tawdrv ! materials. j One must confess thai the barnyard idea, ! which has recently given us hats full of > all kinds of hen feathers—often stuck about : the headgear with itndiscriminating zeal—shows little beauty to begin with. yet the beginning of this fashion on the head of Lady Vere do Vere was at, least innocent, of offence. The difference between a hat where smooth, sleek plumes carefully chosen harmonise with themselves and the rest of a costume and one. where rampant feathers, badly dyed, and often draggled and,|broken, reign supreme, gives an eloquent, if silent lesson, on the degradation of taste .It is a, very good rule in regard to cos- ■ mine to make up one's mind that- all exagi geration is bad. We have all seen moun- | tains of hair—l saw one the other day which ■' must have been at least half a foot high piled up beneath a kit much, too small for ! them; over-trimmed "fussy" gowns' on | small, insignificant people who could not ; carry them off; tight, pincushiony bodices I and skirts on stout, short women; plain, i angular dresses mi thin ones; and hosts of j similar mistake;:. It is to be supposed that I the perpetrators do not seo themselves with : other people's; eyes, and' one really gets alarmed sometimes lest with, the same unconsciousness we mav do such things ourselves. It is not a bad plan to keep a note-book, entering in it first our own personal charI acteristics tall or short, dark or fair, etc.. and then to keep a bright look-out for, and note down, the mistakes in drees into which sin physical doubles of these things whom we happen to meet fall into. The idea would at least, guard against- a good deal, especially for those who cannot trust., their own taste, and to these only I commend it. I THE WAV TO BLOW THE NOSE. The Lady's World gives the following advice :— In ordinary health conditions nose, i blowing is not" requiredall thai is necesi sary being an occasional wiping of it. When, however, exposure to dust, or as a I result of cold, leads to increased secretion, nose-blowing becomes necessary. Yet, few people know how to do it. I All of us- are, familiar with the old I gentleman who, during mi impressive pause in the church service, takes out his bandana, and applying it to his nose, makes the rafters ring, and the congregaI tion litter. He does more than that, for i he congests the delicate mucous membrane of th«°thi'oat. and increases the deafness ito which he is already a victim, That is because he compresses both nostrils simul- ; taneously. He thus increases the pressure, ■ but. fails to remove the irritation. I Now, the proper way is to close one . nostril'and blow, then to close the other ' anil reneaf the process. Much injury to the car will be prevented by I'.m -l\ re nicnibrancc of this hint.

THE PROPER USE OF PERFUMES. The girl of to-day is a delicate perfumed 1 creation. Her mission is to carry the .scent of the flower garden wherever she goes. She male's a study of scents, ami manages to make all her belongings smell of her favourite llowcr or perfume. _ Tin: lovely ro.se smell, tie violet whiff, tho jasmine perfume are all her willing slaves. There is no n.«o trying to scent one's wardrobe in a day. .Scent among clothes is like spice in the cake; it takes days and days for it to ripen and weeks and week*) tor it. to mature. There are only a, few scents that are good in a hurry. Orris is clean and sweet and desirable always, and the ready-made perfumes are always available, but the girl who is going to carry around with her a lot of garments, all beautifully scented, raitfct manage in some other .manner. In all her jackets are tiny pockets, and in each pocket a sachet bag. The bags are usually made of Japanese paper, and are very tough, yet allow- the perfume to readily penetrate* he material. Her dress skirts have countless little, bags, which hang suspended from narrow ribbons, as one would make up a shower bouquet. The sachets for the dress skirts are all tilled with a rose preparation, which tho girl should make herself. There, is a, drop of rose geranium, a grain of musk, and some spirits of cologne. They are all put together on some cotton and enclosed in a piece of cotton sprinkled with orris. If makes ,i very penetrating scent, such a scent as one would like to have in one's skirts. It is far from being nauseating, it tills the air as oik- walks, but is not heavy, as if ii wen l on the kerchief. For perfuming the hair a. charming cap has been invented. It is made of either pink or blue taffeta and lined with soft white silk. . It is gathered up like the caps of our greatgrandmothers, The cap is softly wadded and perfumed, and leaves the hair delightfully scented for days. It may be, worn for a short time in the afternoon, or before going out to a dance in the evening, and the hair will be sufficiently perfumed. To scent the skin take a jug of water and put sonic perfume in it. Then pour in some boiling water. Let it cool and use the water for a face hath. Lot your hands soak in it. Perfume your skin with it.—Chronicle.