WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13725, 15 April 1908, Page 9

WOMAN'S WORLD.

"DON'S" FOR MARRIAGEABLE | MAIDS, , ' ■ . i Don't choose for a. hnstrtnd a man who is ! merely handsome. 0o«! took* »'« very I;tr \ from "being always the sign of » «**"! heart. | Don't clmk>*c a man because It* ihossMW j well, and appeal* smart. 'Ib& i* bts i. tailor's work, not his. | On ■general principle!* it i* always wwe to. . choose a man with a gtwsJ temper »nd * j kind heart. When troubles come,/and --.or- I row threaten*, there wffl .always be more j comfort to yon in a- man with a good heart ; and a temper that bears a strain, titan in the handsomest face, the cleverest brain, or the best-dressed figure. COIFFURE <UtXAMKN'IS. A coronet of violets made of 15 yard.* of ribbon is pretty for evening wear. Thw is mounted «>« wire and worn in front of the hair. Gold and silver tissue Hie threaded in and out of the hair and tied in a bow at the left side. For a young matron •< pretty hair decoration consists of three ostrich feather tip*. caught with a satin bow to two ribbonwound wires placed Across the knot of hair. Single flowers with a touch of velvet and a tulle rosette make attractive hair ornament!'. Forget-me-nots of light blue satin ribbon and maidenhair fern arranged in two clusters and joined by two satin-covered wire bands are placed at the back of the pompadour. Seventeen yards of ribbon are required. A butterfly made of yellow gauze mourned on wire or attached to shell pin is effective. "The wings" are decorated with spangles and gold thread. • ■■ i , — FASHION IN KINGS. Under that imperial fiddler, Nero, once prosperity had flung open the- floodgates of luxury and extravagance, , the torrent of fashion carried the wearing of rings to ridiculous extremes. Every finger was loaded, each joint. bearing its jeweiied garter. A certain dandy, one Charinua by name, is said to have habitually worn 60 at a time, and so proud was he of his jewellery that j he did not take it off when he went to ! bed. '•lore than one old gossipy chronicler : relates that Queen Elizabeth's beautiful hands -of which she was inordinately vain I --were usually weighed down with costly rings; but for number this ancient, fop must purely bo awarded the palm. Possibly it was Chariuus-- Beau Nash of his day— set the fashion of keeping light rings for summer and heavy rings for winter, just as we moderns regulate our wardrobe.

VENETIAN "POISON" GLASSES. The little island of Murano, hidden away from the busy life of Venice, has a. worldwide reputation for its glass works, which existed as far back as 1300, and which have produced specimens of glass, unique for their exquisite designs and beautiful colourings. One lovely make is known as " Vitro di trina," and consists of a gold network on clear glass; there is also the " Mille Hon." which has a chirk blue ground dotted with flowery spots. Most interesting of all the drinking glass, connected with the M'urano glass works, are the famous opal goblets which were known as the "poison goblets." In olden days, when Venetian hospitality was wont" to be treacherous, it was the custom when a guest accepted an invitation to a banquet for him to take bis "own drinking goblet, a . specialite made at Murano, which had the power of detecting poisoned wine by changing colon-, when poison was poured in it, and then broke into atoms.

I WHERE ARK MEN'S OLD COURTLY MANNERS! There is a growing complaint among women of the present day that men's manners are not what they used to be. Formerly, they say, a man's chiefest pleasure was "to wait on and care for his womenkind. Now that is all changed, and he allows them to wait on themselves and look after their own comfort while he looks after his own. No doubt a great deal of this charge is quite true, but who is mostly to blame for the change hut the very, women who are now complaining about it? In the independence that modern lifo has for a girl, she has despised the thought that a woman cannot look after herself, and in asserting her individuality she has rejected the civilities of mankind as showing that she is still considered unable to look after herself, not knowing that rejection of a thing means, in time, its ceasing to be offered." " Thank you, lam not yet an Imbecile, and am quite capable of opening a door for myself and fetching my own teacup," as a girl crushingly remarked to a polite young man lately. And she looked as though she had said a very clever thing. Men are just what a woman expects them to be. If she expects homage and politeness from them, they are certain to give it her; if she is rough and brusque, they treat her as she treats them. Men are only too glad to show the respect they feel for womanhood, but if the women themselves reject it, what are the men to do? Certainly not keep on offering it, only to have it flung back to them. BRIDAL LORE AND SUPERSTITIONS. It is not quite clear why the particular month in which a girl marries should affect her wedded career; but there still regain many quaint superstitions on this point.—especially in country places. An antiquary who has a passion for folklore has gathered some of these into a table, which may be reproduced for the benefit of those who still believe that the difference between marriage in December and January can make a wife either "prudent'' or "extravagant." A January bride will be a prudent J housekeeper "and very good tempered. A February bride will be a humane and affectionate wife arid tender mother. A March bride will be a frivolous chatterbox, somewhat given to quarreling. An April bride will lie inconsistent, not very intelligent, but fairly good looking. A May bride will be handsome, amiable, and likely to be happy. A June bride will be impetuous and generous. A July bride will be handsome and smart, but a trifle quick-tempered. An August bride will be amiable and practical. A September bride will be discreet, affable, and much liked. An October bride will be pretty, coquettish, loving, but jealous. A November bride will be liberal, kind, but of a wild disposition. A December bride will be well proportioned, fond of novelty, entertaining, but extravagant. THE TOILET. One of. the best cleansing agents for the J hands is to take one tablespoon fid of corn meal (yellow) and lour tablespoonfuls of vinegar, rub well into hands for about two minutes, then wash off in clean cold water, dry carefully, and the hands will be soft, clean, and velvety. Sour milk can be used in place of vinegar with just as good results. When tired and weary after a day's outing or travelling, it is a great mistake to plunge the face into cold v.at;r, which really acts as an irritant, whereas tepid water produces quite the contrary effectAfter washing off .the dust on face and cars, a little buttermilk, or, failing that, rosewatcr dabbed on, *■ i!! mm he and whitI en the -Kin and take away the feeling of irritation.

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