WOMAN'S WORLD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLII, Issue 12823, 15 April 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

WOMAN'S WORLD.

"Tili We Meet Again." It wins olil history now. hut tin? story of nil Kiigiish g.ivciiie.-sV reply l,; .1' l'rn>.-i:i:i uliicer at tin- beginning .-.l tin- war may stdi hp worth giving l--.-iv> tin* London correspondent oi the Ma"iu-he»ter Guardian). The officer came to see her and her friend off to London after the outbreak of war. He said to titcm, "Anf wiederschoii (till we Meet again) —>n Kuglaml." Tile ''-''S-li-ii ;iii : l replied. "Hut in TCiijthind I don't think we're allowed to vsr*ii. prisoners.'" The reply was none the a."* effective from tin- fact that it was not intended as a wore, hut was given in .-.11 -nod faith.

Canal Trip that Costs £6OOO. The aterage •'ocean greylioiind"' will iavi- t<i pay t!SO.W» in tolls to pass chroiisli the Vaiiam.i Canal, according to a Sew York dispatch to the Toronto fcicsiiug Telegram; which adds: —Tin's, at first glatav. seems in be tlie most expisnstve fifty-mile trip ever taken by a great steamship. Yet, on the basis 01 Time and fuel mi veil, it represents an actual saving to the shipowners ami cargo .shippers alike. If tlie vessels nail to- taKe the long route, at least twenty days more would he. consumed, at a cost estimated at £'o(K) a day.

Hotel for Ministry of Munitions. 'ilie Hotel Metropoie, Loiuiou, which Mr Lloyd Ceorge lias taken over'fm' the Ministry of Miiuitimis, is well known on account of the popularity ol its Whitehall rooms for public and semi-private banuqeU. The mere fact that a dinner is to be yiven at these looms is a guarantee of its importance ■ rom the standpoint of publicity. As a social rendezvous the hotel docs not attract so much attention, but its reputation for residential purposes is second io nolle. An idea of the size and importance of the establishment may be gleaned from tlie fact that it pays well over £'6o*X> per annum in rates alone. Tlie Metronolc owners, the Gordon Hotels, possess nearly a score of livstclass hotels, and the company has a share capital of close on £2,000,00!>.

Canadian Fish for Canadian Troops. Major-Ucncral Sir Sam Hughes recently announced that arrangements 'liad ween made to provide the lighting meu of the Dominion with Canadian fish, wiiieii will probably form an article or tlie soldier's diet twice a week. The Jish will be landed in England and distributed under the supervision of Major Green, of Saskatoon. The Hon. J. D. Hasten, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, lias promised the co-opera-tion of his department in arranging for the shipping and distribution ot the fish from the Caiiadan end. Canada possesses the most extensive fisheries in the world, with a total catch valued last-year at over £6,600,000* more than 100,000 men are employed in the industry.

The-womanly Woman,

Xo mutter how much is said to the contrary, the average man still prefers the old-fashioned womanly woman to the more modern specimen, writes a "Gallery Girl" in the Star. This was clearlv "shown to me by tho reception of Mr Eden Phillpotts' little one-act play. «-'A Pair of Knickerbockers," which Mr Arthur Bourcliier and Hiss Kyrle Bellew are now v producing at the 'Coliseum.' There the pretty young wife insists upon . wearing tweed knickerbockers for a cou'ntrv walk, and the husband (who apparently married Nellie for her sweetness and docility) rages. Tho men in the audience sided completely .with the husband, and were obviously' delighted whcnMie played tit—-for-tat and insisted on wearing one of her frocks. as long as she wore the knicltofoockers. And when .she weakly gave.-in you could see by their faces how very right and proper they thought., "she.was in so doing. " J

Bandeaux in Hats. Kvery little while in millinery modes the pretty fashion of iinderbrim trimming' reappears. This style, which has been" out of fashion, for nearly a decade, seems to be coming bacli again with the large .sleeves, high hats, mid other old-fashioned dot-nils.

One way this trimming has reappeared is as a bandeau of silk, covered bv roses, closely placed and encircling the hair like a wreath. Another trimming is seen in the now poke-like hats, which are turned tip nl the back am! made to tip over the nose a hit by a liiiiiiT which is placed at the back and covered by (lowers. Massing llowcrs on top of the crowns of both big and little hats gives them extraordinary height without making tliem look bizarre. In the hats whicn iiro very high crowned and narrow brimmed, the height is broken by big bows massed at one side to modify the stovepipe effect they would otherwise have. Rococo Iwhs, with their twists and turns of ribbons, are wired to stay in" their zigzag curves.

in sport hats of tin; finer type a tailored style of trimming, consisting of ribbon folds flatly laid against the hat- and Hat star-shaped bows, is generally the exact color and shade of tlis hat". In some cases the crown is swathed with wide wrinkled bands o! two-faced satin ribbon., softly rather than strongly contrasting in color, and tied in flat bows at one side. Sometimes only the knot is used with ruffled unds.

The straws are hemp or soft satiny braids. The hat is often the color to the sport suit or jersey coat.

Playing with the Children. What is play for the children, is. likely to mean work for the grown-up--: for tliar reason the children are often deprived of the intercourse and the exercise that they need. The mother lias domestic cares and social obb'gaI tions. and in her spare time may want diversion that is really recreation for -herself rather than for her children. So, too. with the father; he comes home tired or preoccupied, and wants at once to take his comfort in the easy-chair, with a newspaper or a book. The claims of the children are ignored unless they become clamorous, and then they are rebuked. The children are. told to be. quiet, or to go ' off and amuse themselves. If they are very young children, they are petted, and kissed, and tossed for a few moments: their appetite for fun is stimulated, and then they are expected not to demand any more attention. When, as is usually the case, they do demand it. they nronse irritation, and receive either a grudging indulgence or a scolding. Parental discipline is often exerted on the child when the real subject for it should.be the parent. If parents were always willing to sacrifice their momentary inclination for.rest or entertainment, or even for studr. to the (remands of the young child who wants to he played with, they would reap a considerable reward: not immediately, perhaps, hut in the growth in the child of a disposition siinnv and sweet instead of sullen or petulant. As the years passed, the need of disciplinary measures would become less; best of all. the parents, bv learning the-self-control and practising the unselfishness ' that comes from meeting the child's demands, w/)iild gain a .capacity for sympathy that would malse thenffaetter men and women. " .'