LADIES' GOSSIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 2758, 23 January 1907, Page 73

LADIES' GOSSIP.

— Every mm has his faults, but no man Ins as many a« his wife thinks he has. — British Australasian.

— Why do women of modest means wear feathersin winter time, when ribbon trimmings are so infinitely prettier? — '"Loina," in the British Weekly.

- — Parents must march with the times, and they mu«t not expect up to-date daughters to accept or even to listen, as one of them recently put it, "to out-of-print advice on prehistoric subjects." — Ladies' Field.

— Those girls that I would studiously avoid were I a mm are the lioaiding, miserly girl, the pleasure-seeking, selfish gir', tmd the innate flirt. aKo the overathletic- modern maiden, who cares for absolutely nothing but aolf and spoit — Mis Neish. in M A. P.

— Old maidt. axe dying out The term is now seldom oi iK'\cr heard; the ex-press-ion "bachelor aiil" has taken its pla.ee, and many and happy are the bachelor .girls in Britain to-day, with their independence, their little homes, and their own w ell-arianged lues. — Queen.

—Is tLe "Suffragette" agitation, we wonder, responsible tor the big demand we are experiencing in our patern dep-ut-ment foi ride astiide euestrienne garment<>? Every day there is a miss of orders and coirespondcnce relating to tins new form of riding habit. — Tailor and Cutter.

— The modern girl can talk of the weather with on expression of scorn and aloofness that would crush a thunderstorm. We can only hope that some artist will arise who will popularise the expressive female fare, the nifriy «-mile, the w iVioome look, and so on ; all the things, in fact, tint the CJib-on Gijl has nut. — Globe.

— I hope that eveiyone wall influence will do all they can to encourage the piesent tendency of young women <>n the lyric stage to use their own names instead of boirowmg artificial ones from the peei age. One young person took a fancy to the name of my eldest girl, and wore it with her tights for a **MSon or .'Wo, to the mingled amusement and annoyance of the faniilv — A Maichion.ss m tin* '1 In one.

• — The crying need of the day m woman's development i* a thoiough and comprehensive knowkdge of buoine^s. She should not expect, of course, that in a year or two she c.vi gain that full unde)standmg of a business transaction w hi< h men have had drilled into tliom since they were boys, but it is imperatise in the present civilisation that she have an acquaintance with the rudiments, at least, of the making of the money which gnes her a living, the ways of getting it, and the disposition of it.— Home paper.

— Nobody who ever had the pleasure of knowing her (says P.T.0.) cm learn of the death of Lady Selby without a suicere paiig of sorrow. She was the most lovable of women — the truest and bf-st Upe of the English wife and the English mother Throughout all hi<- c.ireei — which had its numerous vicissitudes, both of deep disappointments and brilliant successes— Mr Speaker Gully's wife was hu> be-t friend, his most \ehement, active, and successful pattiian. his most iheemig companion. It wus jn-t between tliem a o!dlaMnoned case of boy and gul love deepeninjr mtu that affec'ion which male two fcouls and two beings appeal ind"-M>!ub'e.

— King's County. lieland, is fid! of excitement on the rumom tiwt M.idame Melba i*. buying back the oil lainily property of (.iany Cattle as a weddn.g gift to "l.ci -o>.' li. tl.e .....z.lj.^ o£ her son and Miss Otwa\. Madame Melba La 1 - been a real fdii\ giving to hei stn a lm^e tiuel'mg moior. and to ilbs Otwjy ,m i-!e tnc cai . bt",idi». a suite of looms m Cunibeilai.d phi o, aii'l settlements w Inch w ill \ icld £3000 a y.tr.

— Woituh. as a mle. d<> not take kii.dly to the baie facto of a busmen tians>aition ; they do not h,.vf- the zest foi it that conic\ natmally m .< niau ; but if they vt tb> m-tl\<.s to woik with a will they \wll fjon nixl th.it to understand all the phasta of a d^-al. no uuuLc-i Lowsmall, is a great tati-ia. tion that will afford them an intere*t in lai^er \entuit-. Th»y will at least t«2 ba\t-d thf humiliation 'of the wi.m.in who w .- asked to endoi^e a cU^ue *ud wrote ua the W'.kL "I .Wish to s.iv; that I have cLe.tlt

with this bank for a long time, and have found it strictly honest and fair in every iespect."' — Lady Cro«sley, who is among the handsomest of youthful London hostesses, was one of the three daughters of the late Sir Patrick de Bathe. One of her sisters is the Hon. Mrs Harry Lawson, and the other the widow of the late Harry M'C'almont, whose connection with the tmf "up to the day of his death, two years ago. was well known. Extremely tall. A\ith a beautiful figure, Lady Crossley possesses beautiful eo'ouring, with golden hair, and is justly famed in London society for the perfection of her toilette*. Lady Orossley is also the fortunate possessor of some of the finest jewels in Lon don, her turquoises in particular being unique, and her favourite ornament the wonderful diamond sun composed of immense single-«tone diamonds, which ehe invariably wears.

—To natives of Cardiganshire the name of Xeuaddfawr is suggestive of countless spoiting memories There can be little doubt, snys the Country Gentlennn. that under tbe mastership of Mrs Hughes, the widow of the late owner, the hunt still laithfully follows its excellent traditions. Tall, erect, the pictuie of good health and energy. .Mis Hughe« must invanably impress her visitors as a typical Biitish sportswoman. She has now been master of the Xeuaddfawr hounds since September. 1902, and in that year she was the only lady master of foxhounds on the list for England and Wales, and although there aie now several others. Mrs Hughes claims that her position is still unique, as she keeps up her pack on the old '"squire system." with no subscriptions, no capping, and no guarantee.

— Princess Maud was always her father's favourite, and the madcap of the family. She and her brother, the present Piince of Wales, u«-ed to play innumeiable pi auks on their sisters and brother, who were of a quieter temperament. Time seems to have d-estroyed all the humour which used to bubble in the Prince of Wales, but Queen Maud, though a staid Sovereign has lost none of her sen^a of fun. Oddly enough, she was the member of the Royal Family who least liked speaking German. She has never been very fond of riding — though, unlike her mother, who always sat on the right side of the hoise, she mounted in the conventional manner, but, like her sister, the Princess Royal, she is an indefatigable pedestrian. — The Orand Duke of He^se Darmstadt i*, from a matiimonia! standpoint, an exceedingly difficult man to get on with. He like-^ to be considered an intellectuel of the first order, with an aiti*-tic temperament that requires sympathy and encouragement. He did not find his affinity in his til «t wife, but thought he lwd found it in his <-econd. The Giand Duchess Eleanor, however, does rot appear to have filled the bill in this direction any nun-" than did the Grand Duchess Victojia. Having found temporary contentment in arranging for divorce with his fii^t wife, he was. it is said, seeking for a similar contentment in a mutually agreed upon separation fiom his second wife. But the Czaritsa intervened. She chided her biother in #o hesitating terms as to his domestic disquiet. One divorce in a family was enough for her.