WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16375, 1 November 1916, Page 10

WOMAN'S WORLD.

EDUCATION IN INDIA.

SCHOLARSHIP FOR GIRLS.

Xews of an important step forward us regards the higher education of girls in India is repotted in the official announcement of a Government scholarship of £200 a year; tenable In he United Kingdom, for an Anglo-Indian or domiciled European girl. The aim of the scholarship is to encourage such young women to take up th.' medical profession or to qualify for the higher ranks of teaching. Preliminary training will be directed to a sound basis of education in/either of these directions, and the system of selection will be that each local government shall nominate a candidate who has passed the B.A. of an Indian university or has taken an Indian degree in medicine. The Govern - " ment of India will decide who among these young ladies appears best fitted to hold the scholarship, which will extend over at least three, and, if desirable, four years. HONOUR FOR WOMEN. Since Napoleon founded the Cross of the Legion of Honour, on May 19, 1802. France has publicly recognised the heroism of some 20 women. Napoleon himself decorated at least seven women for distinguished conduct in warfare, the chief of these being Anne Biget, a Sister of Mercy, who earned the Cross of the Legion of Honour for her devotion to the sick and wounded, for whom she constantly risked her life. Another Frenchwoman who earned the cross was Mdlle. Dodu, a postmistress at Pitbviers, a village which had fallen into the Germans' bands. She destroyed a message which she had been ordered to transmit, and was. of course, court-martialled and condemned to death. On the arrival of Prince Frederick, however, she was released, the Prince himself commending her for her heroism. There was a Russian woman named Kirtshays, who joined a mounted regiment as a man to fight against the Japanese. She took an active part in an engagement with the Chinese, rescued several wounded comrades under fire, and defended them till the end of the battle. For this magnificent heroism she received the Military Order of the Fourth Degree. PERSONALITY. Carlyle said that only three men in the world's history had been capable of what he called." individual existence." Caesar, Cromwell and Bonaparte. Their personality was as great as their achievements, which in men of mark is not always the case- It is extremely difficult to arrive at the exact meaning of " personality." ■which we meet with in far less exalted individuals. Probably everyone is born with some distinctive inherited qualities. Children, for instance, are full of distinctive traits, but how often are these lost in the process of conventional education— where the aim in general is to turn them all out in the same mould, and what originality is left is obliterated later on by what is acquired in life. Their thoughts are other people's thoughts, they talk in quotations, and their actions are regulated for them by public opinion. But after all here may be some excuse for them, for. as a real personality has told us. " nothing is so rare in anyone as a thought of his own." THE FRUIT OURS If you are too thin, eat quantities of grapes, which are very nutritious and fleshforming, while oranges and lemons, without sugar, are well known as reducers of too solid flesh." Cherries and plums are particularly good for muddy complexions, and as the skins contain many of the beneficial remedies, the fruits should j be washed and not peeled oefore they are j eaten., AHhough encumbers do not agree I with everyone's digestion, the cool and delicately perfumed juice is invaluable for whitening and softening the skin. Here is a recipe for a home-made encumber lotion. Take half-a-peck of blossoms (rose leaves may be used alone or mixed with other petals, but best- of all are quince blossoms, for they have an extraordinarily whitening effect on the skin), put them into a fined saucepan, cover with soft water, and let them simmer for an hour. Cut two large ripe c icumbers into thick slices and pound them in a mortar, or chop finely., and stir the pulp into tho saucepan. Boil for five minutes, then strain the liquor through muslLi. When cold, pour into bottles and tie down. If you dab this lotion thickly on your face .and let it remain on for five minutes before washing in soft warm water, you will notice a marked difference in your complexion in a very few days' time. * CHOOSING GIRLS' CAREERS. How many girls start their business career without their particular abilities or inclinations being taken into account* So often they are pushed into the first job that happens to be vacant, and often too late they awake to the fact that they are toe old to start afresh, or that the years have taken from them the courage to move. Parents cannot ease their minds with the '' some-day-she-will-marry" cry when a daughter complains of her work, for. alas ! husbands will not be too plentiful in the years to come. Particularly nowadays do parents owe it to their daughters to see that . careers axe chosen where their girls have a. fighting chance of happiness and prosperity, even if thev change about before thev find their particular niche. It is the parents who matter —for they usually have the casting vote as to a daughter's career, and this responsibility ?s bicger to-day than ever' BOREDOM. A fart to which most of us are forced to make up our minds fairly early in life is that we all bore somebody. It' matters j not at all whether you are clever and good, cr wicked and fascinating ; someone is bored by you. Clever people bore other clever people, just as dulTpeople bore dull people. Doe-lovers and gardeners bore many; writers bore one another: Bohemia bores Suburbia, ju«t a* surely as Suburbia bores Bohemia. The unconventional sneer at those who live in respectable houses with basements, and make a mild religion of the immaculate doorstep; but the dwellers in these houses are sincere in their distrust of what thev are pleased to designate the " shiftless" ways of the irresponsible flat-dweller who orders his life as he pleases, and not as his next-door neighbour decrees that he should. It is not given to everyone to realise that brilliant conversation is ; not m demand in all circles; some people really enjoy talking about the price of " rood and hearing what yon dreamt about last night. Boreaom is relative, and vou .nay be sure that, to the people who bore you, you appear as a dull and futile IT son ot trivial ideals. Only the very vouth- • ful could be annoyed with th em for' doing CLEAN GLOVES WHILE TOU WAIT. : In these days when most of us aro ' keenly interested about glove economfe* I a method of cleaning which permits of - their being worn immediately after treat ' ment will be welcomed. It is TnecSfc ' intended for white kid glo^esTshav^ some pure white soap 'into water 1 add a hole pipeclay, 'and boil until ! both are dissolved. Pom- into L < jar or cup. When cold and thick the preparation is ready for use. PnJ the ' glove on, and with a soft cloth dipped fa < the paste.rub the soiled parts, afterwards « wiping with a clean piece of white silk 1 Despite the increasing number of coloured glove thrift lads, white gloves continue X I the most popular tor all formal wear-in i fact, they take but little more cleaning 1 than those of the rival biscuit, Cham™" and lavender shades, so the eenuiae » economist can hardly afford to be without r some sort of emergency cleanser. t

WORTH WHILE.

The real secret of the woman w}> breaks hearts at 60 is that she thinks everything in life worth while, trots food to flirtation, and that she ha? nor br-o too happy. The pursuit of happiness is as I said before, exhilarating, but th possession of it is apt to be a trifle vating. A woman doe.- not leach turning point in her career on the" dav she finds her first grey hair: she reach it the first time she asks herself whether it is worth while to wear her most becom ing gown.

TEE FUTURE OF WOMEN The war will put an end to the follv of higher education for v.-. men. Kittle mora than the Three R's will be r, !;il<? pr) ™£ Health and cheerfulness will he the modern things, and :■ <-r\ cooking in ii classes will be essential. Instead V pie, tired students (poor thin-?).' we shall have a race of jolly, light-hearted, ho,,„c! ins girls. The life nf woman m the. future will be more an affair of the heart than the head.