WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16011, 1 September 1915, Page 10

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA. If there "were no war in Russia this season would see the beginning of many a happy wooing there. The night before the wedding, if it is at all possible, a dance is given which lasts all night, and on the actual day of the marriage the bridegroom "and his friends walk about the village playing musical instruments and throwing sugar to the children. In sunny Spain etiquette is so very restrictive in the matter of courtship that it is a wonder that young people ever manage to get- married at all. Even when." after many difficulties, the engage ment is accomplished the parents have a deciding voice in filing the date, and. as they "prefer long engagements, the J j wedding-day is usually fixed somewhere iin the dim future. The best man and • ma-id of honour are expected not only to j • fulfil the usual duties, but to contribute j sometimes very substantially—to the ex- i penses of the wedding-feast. Wedding- | cake i« unknown, but instead packets o! I sugared almond* are distributed among the guests and sent by post to those who . are unable to be present. j | WHAT TO TEACH GIRLS. Give vour daughters a thorough educa- j tion. Teach them to cook pre;>aie the food of the household. Teach them to wash, to iron, to darn stockings, to sew on buttons, to make their own dresses. Teach them to make bread, and that a good kitchen lessens the doctor s account. Teach them that he only lavs up money whose expenses are less than his income, and that all grow poor wno have to spend more than they receive. Teach them that a calico dress paid for fits better than a silkeu one unpaid for. Teach them that a full healthy face displays greater lustre than 50 consumptive beauties. Teach them to purchase and to see that the account correspot 'Is with the purchase. Teach them good commonsense. self-trust, sell-help, and industry. Teach them that an holiest mechanic in his working-dress is a better object of esteem than a dozen haughty, finelydressed idlers. Teach them gardening and the pleasures >>£ natures. Teach them, i: you can afford it. music, painting, etc., but consider them as secondary objects only. Teach them that a walk is more salutary than a ride in a carriage. Teach them to reject with disdain all appearances. and to use '* Yes" or " No"' in good earnest.

CARE OF THE HATH. It is only coarse, wiry hair that can stand and survive hard-bristled brushes and sharp-toothed combs. A soft, longhaired brush is best. You wouldn't polish silver with coarse emery-paper, would you? 'Well, ideal gently with your hair. Use, too, a comb with rounded points. And don't do your hair in such a fashion that when you comb it out you do comb it out! A daily toll of a handfull of hair soon thins the crop. Washing the hair too frequently makes it dry and brittle. Brushing is the natural way of cleaning the hair. When your 'scalp needs washing never use cold water. That is very bad for the hair. Warm, soft water, with just a small piece of ammonia or carbonate of soda is sufficient. Afterwards, as even this will take away some of the natural oil from the hair—its life and lustre —rub a little pure olive oil into the hair roots, and then brush the -hair wellThe oil will soon be distributed. Olive oil is excellent for dry and brittle hair at all times. It is also a harmless darkener and a promoter of growth. Fresh air and freedom ire Nature's two great hair tonics. Whenever you have a chance go hatless and let your hair hang loose or twisted into the slackest of big knots. Heated curling-irons and ordinary metal curlers break and ruin the hair. It comes out. the ends split, and the colour is spoilt. If you must wave your hair get some little round sticks, 3jin long and ; as thick as a threepenny-bit. Cover them with soft' linen and damp with glycerine, which is harmless. Quite an easy twist round will do the trick—no pulling is required.

ITALIAN MODES. Quite suddenly Italian, fashions have come into vogue. Especially Italian military hats. The Parisiennesa certain section of themhave gone craze® over the picturesque hat which in France is called "Le Chapeau Bersagliere." This hat. in feminine form, is made of dark green satin and trimmed with a great pout of green and black coque feathers, a velvet strap circling the chin. Hats to match the popular loose " sport" coats are made of taffetas and lined with Leghorn straw; these hats are of the cowboy order, but moderate in size. They are made in such colours as lemon-yellow, rose, grey, Chinese blue, and violet. leghorn hats are decorated with quaint | embroideries in fine wools. Conventional I flowers and miniature fruits appear in these embroideries, and the leading colour i of the embroidery is repeated in the crepeI de-chine lining. A rather expensive novelty takes the j form of an elaborate muslin or lace frock ' trimmed with narrow bands of mink. Pale j yellow shadow-lace is admirable in this ! connection: skunk can be used instead of | mink with equally good results. j MANTLES IN FASHION. Fashion has certainly made a very de- | termined effort to secure our affections for the mantlepure and simple—not the little-sleeved cape or the. jacket which, 1 upon inspection, turns out to have a circular arrangement at the back, held in with a small strap, and which 'we feel rather inclined to resent, as it has been deceiv-j-ing us in some way. A good, manv mantles like this have been seen. Some of the models are very handsome indeed, especially in black silk poplin, which, by the way, seems a popular material. For women not in their first youth and inclined to a generosity of proportions, the full mantle, gathered into a rather 'high collar, and drawn up so that the folds bans at the back in two tasselied ends, would be a comfortable and becoming garment. Many of these arc almost fulllength. and some have wide turned-over collars of heavy guipure. A very wide band of this is also arranged at the waistline. accentuating the gauging which draws in the silk poplin to the figure. Some others, again, are drawn in on a heavy piping, and open in front from the waist, being filled in with soft folded tulle ; and frills of white or ecru lace, which also falls over the edge of the high and j beautifully-curved collar.

j HEALTH FOE THE MIDDLE-AGED. J A noted physician has -written a little : book under the above tide -Methuen. Is), j -which contains much enlightening inforI n-ation as to how to keep Jit after the j age of forty—that age after which it. is | said that one is either a fool or. a phvsij cian. Some of the advice given is rather ! drastic—as. for instance, the remarks on. . diet, recommending simple dishes olain | boiled, roastel or stewed, and saving that* a cookery hook with directions* for j adding various ingredients to' the staple of the dish ' ought never to be consulted 'by healthy people who wish to retain ! their health. This kind' of recommen- . dation is easy to make. but. very few . people are so frail at forty as to find such simplification of diet an absolute neees.sU >" And. like most artificially " simplifying'' processes, it realiv means an elaboration of life. On© has only to reI member the effect of vegetarianism and ; other food fads on entertaining, with its appalling complication of domestic workings. to realise that the simplicity is attained at. the cost of other people's trouble. Until more people {yre content with boiled chicken and rice pudding it is well not to be too rigid a simplinanan. : The book has much to say on such subjects as ventilation, exercise, and so forth, which may profitably be laid to heart. by the middle-aged. But his temerity in iticg forty as middle-ago is .surprising in these days of young grand--1 parents and baby parents.

NEW TULLE FROCKS. - y'WgM There is i*> doi.ot but- coloured tailed dancing frock.® v.iil be in vogue this £tnn-<&lfllS mer. These tulles, which include fine - cctton nets, silk tulles and the larger if meshed kinds, are seen in tome of the lovliest models. One of theso gowns wat : s|§ of one upper skirt of green tulle, with two longer ones of a blue that harmonised ' and blended together. Each of th« three ; ' skirt- edges was pinked and tut into deep petal scallops. The was higij- '7 : ' waisted and the top was sleeveless, cot - so low that the rsajt- 'med more*s%s4 girdle than skirt. It was of ,-ilver and-iffelii green woven gauze, with flower vines & made of the gauze and tulle scattered artistically over it. Another one of these j tulle dresses had several raspberry pink tulle skirts with pinked edges " Th« j corsage was simply -• wide belt of satin : 4"- | held 011 over each shoulder by t-' o straps j that, approached each other at the shoulder ! t »|>. Clack tulle gown* *re worn 111 the i s-ti -: * afternoons and *re <• urn posed of | sup£-:].osed skirts c.r bounce; over » rather j tight satin skirt. Band- • : 'dark velvet ] ribbon about three in'he? w;d« -.fieri ed"« j and weight the skin or flj corsage part is a. slender ore rile jumper | shape with a black lace under-hiouse that j in turn is posed 011 white or flesh *-jjoured 'chiffon. White net frock? 'or atternoaa ; have little corded ruffies that f.rm z:~i zsgs over the skirt and • <-•; sace Dark ! blue net- afternoon frock.- '.are white silk ; braid encircling the skirt it. three or four rows and in or* tel.e st:aps ov»r th« ! shoulder. Two very narrow braids folj low these wider ones, placed just above. MARRIAGEABLE AGES. ! l-e marriageable age.- vary widelv in" j different countries. In Austria. according I to law. a male and a female ar»- supposed 'j to be capable of marrying and t-ondurthiz • ' ! a home of their own trom the aje of ! fourteen. In Germany the age must 'be at : Irist eighteen years. In France the man | lv eighteen and the woman fourteen; ;1 in Belgium the same age.-. In Spam the j intended husband must hare passed his fourteenth year and the woman her : twelfth. In Hungary, for Roman Catholics, the man must be fourteen years and the woman twelve: for Protectant? the* '< j man must be eighteen and the woman ' fifteen. In Greece the man must hare 1 j seen at least fourteen summers and the ■ woman twelve. In Portugal a bov of 1 fourteen is considered marriageable and a girl of twelve. In Switzerland men of fourteen and women of twelve are allowed to marry.