WOMEN'S WINDOW

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17088, 17 July 1926, Page 12

WOMEN'S WINDOW

MANHATTAN CELEBRATES SOME THING LIKE A WEDDING.

AL SMITH'S DAUGHTER WEDS,

GUESTS ARRIVE BY YACHT PLANE, AUTO AND TRAIN.

ALBANY, N.Y. June 5

There have 'been invasions of this capital city before, but nothing' in a great many years to compare with that which .was reaching its flood last night, crowding the motor roads and every point of the compass, lo attend the wedding to-day of Governor Smith's ,L'l-year-old daughter, Emily. By yacht, by airplane, by automobile and train they are coming, a gay crowd, bearing gifts.

Already the number of their wedding presents has passed the counting point. The second and the third floors of the old executive mansion are filled with nothing else. The overflow threatens to engulf the small rooms of the modest home in Hudson avenue, where Major John Adams Warner, superintendent of State police, and his bride will set up housekeeping after the honeymoon. Only is it possible to make the vaguest; approximation of the worth of. the gifts, 350,000d015. It may far exceed that figure. GIFTS ARE VARIED. Sonic idea of the extent and nature of the gifts already received may bo gained from the following incomplete list: Twenty-one chests of silver; fifty. sets of imported china; fifteen sots of gold decorated china; ti diamond and sapphire brooch; a diamond and emerald bracelet; two diamond bracelets; a diamond circlet; a sapphire bow; clocks; picnic sets; silver service plates; a dozen Oriental rugs; books; n set of old English, silver from a Dublin ensile; twenty-five lamps; a Chippendale chair; tapestries of great value; a combination radio and phonograph, and a patchwork quilt, the gift of a State trooper. His Eminence " Patrick Cardinal Hayes,, of New York, has arrived to conduct the pontifical wedding ceremonv.

WOMEN WORK IN DEPTHS OF COAL MINES.

TERRIBLE CONDITIONS IN ORIENT.

REVEALED AT GENEVA CON FERENCE.

GENEVA, June 5

Eighty-three thousand' Japanese women wt>rk in the mines and 48,000 of them labor in the darkest depths, Japanese- representatives -told the International Lail>or Conference lier.e.

This admission followed an assertion of Miss Margaret Bond/iejd, British Labor worker, that working conditions in Japan, China and India were "intolerable." She urged Japan, to ratify conventions agreed to by other nations barring night work for women. Japan, she said, ranked second only to China as an offender against humane labor policies. EARTHQUAKES ARE FACTOR.

The Jitpanese delegates who replied, Narasaki and Meyeda, said that of the 83,000 women workers, 700 were girls* under the age of 15. They regretted that Japan's Parliament, had been slow to enact progressive Labor laws. MWe have been obliged to slow down slightly on some labor legislation," said Mayeda, "because of the earthquake disasters in Japan. But we are not delaying such measures unnecessarily. Japan's labor conditions on the wliple, are bolter than those of any oilier Asiatic country."

LONDON WOMEN NOW IGNORE BAD LUCK REPUTATION OF OPAL.

LONDON, June fi

The opal is becoming: one of the most popular goms of London. Women, who have always been superstitious ab<mi opals, are now buying them in great numbers. The old tradition tlmt opals bring bad luck to thp wearer appears to have vanished. Women customers who formerly wonld*not accept an opal as a gift, are now buying them in preference to diamonds and pearls. The opal was given its bad name by the Rabbi Benono in the fourtoonfli. century. For 000 years it has be.cii regarded as a stone with a curse, fatal to love, and sowing discord between giver and receiver. X.Z. LADY TRAVELLER. WANDERINGS' INT MANY COUNTRIES. Miss Ethel White (Auckland), who arrived in England two years ago, has been travelling extensively since thou, her wanderings having been in seventeen different countries. Miss While has travelled everywhere alone, with the exception of her tour of Italy. She has lately travelled through the whole of the l)iVee provinces of North Africa oveMand north, south, east, and west, as well as round the west, north, and east coasts. She hail many interesting adventures, but found tint the most difficult venture she had undertaken, owing to Iho lack c? meeting anvoiie who could speak English. Most of'this travel was done in the Postal Service bus. ami her companions geuor•nlly were Arabs. Owing to the heat. of course, the journeys arc nearly all ! done in th" early hours of the morning. Hostilities having broken out in Morocco, that country was even more interesting. Miss White saw the aerodromes, ammunition depots, the mules, camels, etc.', and soldiers on the march, and she dined in the same room at .Fez as the French commandant and officers. She was strongly advised by a naturalist, when on her way io the desert, to turn back and not to carry out her plans. He felt sure that she was in great danger. However, she did not omit any of the itinerary which she had mapped out, and she cventuallv arrived hack—certainly verv much the worse as regards her health, for the intense heat at the end of April had the most disastrous ofVecl on her, complicated by the drinking of some of the water. Miss White will spend a few months in~England, and she hopes to visit i South Africa en route to New Zealand next year. I" August she will go io Geneva.—Post coriesppnd.ent.

MRS. BALDWIN PROW) OF HER IirSRAXD.

CLACK OF GOOD WILL AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP."

LONDON. Jane 2.

" I have received hundreds of lettors, and in all of them the writers say, ' Yuu must be proud of .your husband,' " said. Airs. Baldwin, (he Prime Minister's wife, speaking as the guest of (he Ladies' Imperial Club at luncheon yesterdav.

" 1 can't say honestly that I am not prouder of him than I have been every day of the 32 years that I have lived with him.

" Wo have been through an extraordinary, history-making time. It has been a. time of great difficulty, but the feeling we both have is one of thank-fulness-that a,s he was called to his big position there has been given to him the wisdom and the inspiration to lead England higher and higher for the glory of his fellow-countrymen and of England i I self.

"We have had' our lead. It is for us to follow, to take up the gage which lm has thrown down —the gage of good will and good fellowship."

TOP HATS FOR WOMEN

PARIS, Mav 24

A new type of hat, called the "Spanish sailor" which i.s expected to be the great feature of the season, made its appearance' at Longchamps to-day. t It resembles an ordinary iup hat and is at present made cf .straw, but will soon appear in felt. The crown is very high without any pleats and with a straight brim a. little bmader than the brim of a man's hat.

WE CODE BY'EARRINGS

SIGN OF THE ENGAGED GIRL.

Ano.thel' American fashion among women lias invaded l the Homeland. It is described as the earring love code. This verse, which accompanies the fashion from the other side of the Atlantic, explains matters:

One .she. loves, none she's free, Two means she is wed': Pearls for gladness, bells for badness Thai's what the earrings said'!

If you .see a pretty girl inMhe street with an ornament attached only to her right ear, you may assume that this is her method of " telling the world " that she is engaged. WHEN "THEY ARE ABSENT.

If you observe two earrings, pass on, young man ! She is wearing one for herself and the other for her husband. T,he absence of earrings, on the other hand, indicates that she is neither engaged, nor in love, but is quite willing to be both.

Ear ornaments of ropes or circles of gems mean, in America, that the. wearer is quite happy and needs no new acquaintances; while hells as ornaments indicate that a girl is finding a lot of fun in life and has no desire to be " attached." The idea, is said by some to have originated in the minds of .subtle women in Teheran. Osiers say that it came from Paris. Wherever if came from, if has found followers among those of London's debutant's who are always ready to adopt a new craze.

STAND STRAIGHT.

NEW HULL; FOR BEAUTY AND

HAPPINESS

The University of Boston,. Massachusetts, has discovered that beauty and intelligence depend on standing up straight., and that a bent bad; never carries happiness through hie. Dr. George B. Emerson, head of the department of physical education in the university, leaches his students how to grow tali, bow to be ambitious, how to stop '' thai irritable feeling." and, above all, how to obtain a ICO per cent efficient brain.

"Be intelligent; and look it. Stand up straight." "Be healthy. .Stand up straight."

" Make a success of life. Stand up straight." Slogans such as these, it is claimed, are adding inches to the height of Boslon students. No figures are yet available concerning beauty or happiness. •' Habitual incorrect posture results in alterations lo personal appearance, especially cast of countenance," states Dr. Emerson. " There is always a feeling of independence and capability associated with correct posture. " Lack of ambition, yawning, stretching, irritability, all of which arc portrayed in facial expression, are often associated with retarded function of vital organs." The doctor's theory is that incorrect, posture results in the incorrect functioning of vital organs.

MISS MELLON'S WEDDING

£2.000,000 CHEQUE AS PRESENT.

NEW YORK, June 4

The most notable wedding in Washington seen since President Roosevelt's daughter became Mrs. Longworth 's) years ago took place yesterday, when Miss Ailsa Mellon, the only daughter of Mr. Andrew Mellon, Secretary of tlie Treasury, married Mr. David llruee, the son of. Senator Bruce, of Maryland. Seldom lias the national capital seen such a gathering of dignitaries, both American and foreign, as attended the reception after the couple were married in the ]sethlehem Chapel of the national cathedral of St, Feter and St. Paul.' All official and social Washington was there, including the President and Mrs. t'oolidgc, and even European Royalty was represented by the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden. Three hundred relatives, close friends and officials attended the wedding ceremony, which was most, impressive, the old Episcopal service with the word "obey" being read by the Right Rev. James Freeman, the Bishop of Washington. The wedding breakfast and reception were held in the great marble columned Hall of the Americas in the beautiful Pan-American building on the •hanks of the Potomac river. Two thousand guests offered their congratulations and good wishes. The bride, looked lovely in a gown of point d'Angleterro lace over cream satin. Whe carried a huge bouquet of white orchids and lilies of the valley. Interest in the Bruce —Mellon wedding was augmented not only by (lie fact that the bride's father is acknowledged to he one of iho most, distinguished secretaries of the Treasury the United Slaies has ever had, but the bride is one of the wealthiest young women in America. Mr Bruce, a young lawyer of aristocratic birth, is just entering the United States diplomatic service in Italy, where the couple will spend the honeymoon. The wedding presents have been' kept secret, but a Washington rumor had it that Mr Mellon, who is rated as the fifth richest man in the world, gave his daughter a cheque i'pr JU2,OCO,OCO.

\ MODERN (URL ON If Fit MOTHER.

SHE FAILS TO INAIT.L OCR CONFIDENCE"

Why (In many girls not confide in their mothers

An American woman's magazine lias recently conducted an editorial inquiry into this question, and' has received a Hood of answers from all parts of the United States.

A typical letter from a twenty-year-old girj states: " It seems to me that the main reason why we of the younger generation fail to confide in our mothers is because the mothers .fail to invite our eoniidencs.

" We yearned to talk things over with our mothers, but what was the use'/ They would fuss and fume and worry and warn us against vague dangers which they would not or could n 0,5 define. "No nice oirl did this. That was a foolish thing to do. No sympathy—just admonitions.

" We bob, powder, rouge, wear short skirls. We are lively as rubber balls. Undoubtedly we seek attention, mostly of the masculine kind. " W'hat of it? Our mothers raise horrified eyes heavenwards, and wonder what this world is comiucr to. We are impudent, shameless hussies! " They forget that twenty-odd years ago they did the some things themselves, and thai had they not done so they would never have landed oiw dads."