A UNIQUE INNOVATION

New Zealand Mail, 29 January 1902, Page 19

A UNIQUE INNOVATION

Considerable comment is being caused in Godaiming through an innovation of a unique character at a marriage ceremony. At a wedding celebrated at the parish church it is stated that the bridesmaids appeared without any cov. ering upon their heads. It doe s not appear that any protest was made by the clergyman who solemnised the mai’o l’iage, and his name has not transpired. The vicar of Godaiming, the Rev. Lt. JdL. Burrows, is a churchman of very broadminded views, but he is, nevertheless, a rigid adherent to the rules and regu» latiens of public worship. At the Dia» mond Jubilee celebration service he cordially invited the Congregational minister to read the lessons in the church, a striking instance of the amity which exists between the members of opposite religious creeds. A local resident lias raised the question of the lc 0 gality of women being uncovered in churches, and has also quoted the Paul* ine injunction to the Corinthian Church. St. Paul, iu 1 Corinthians, xi., says that “every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishon# oureth her head,” and later, “Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?”

It is said that the late Empress Frederick lias left behind her a full and complete record of her husband’s life and reign, and that unless the publication is checked bv the intervention of people in very high positions, some sensational and curious revelations may be expected. The Empress was very fond of writing, and as she was plain_spoken with her tongue, it is probable that she did not mince matters with her pen. Artificial manures are made by treating some insoluble natural' substance in such a way that it may become soluble in water, and thus available for the use of .the plant. Generally, insoluble phosphate of lime is made into what is called “superphosphate” by the action of strong sulphuric acid. Bones are ah 1 © treated with this substance, and thus made more quickly available for the plants when dug into the soil.