LADIES' COLUMN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13490, 11 January 1908, Page 3 (Supplement)

LADIES' COLUMN.

KANSAS t.'HU.S AMIUIM-N. A pi'' gra'iuat- wbo ba.l W.n given th«' 'I""' ' ' iAij.. 1< 'f prom-ttpite-l t'i- foll.-wtni;:-Jriit'r eare ;t <enf whether iMiv ii -s- b' Volld the AI|W or tile I ,1.. notexi-t-' t tt> aei the I IV-1- >ll tire w«th 1,11 future carter. I am ghtil that i have j;mnl ettue.niott. bill. I atu not -"in- t» tutsus.' it by writing p»fjtn" or -s.-ay: oti the future womtiv.

" It will etutble in-- to comet the grammar i f any lover I ittity h;sv« :-tioulil h---..peak »E ' Ih>rg*' in my prtcenee or • <n a Jii.kn.* It 'Wtil ei'lo in han-Iy wh' ii f want to Hgnre out how muiy potttuf-s •>f .-oap a woman ir.m get for three tloz n •>f egg* at. the grocery. S > I do n"t b.gnitigt* tlie time I in :«i)uiring rt. Unt mv ambition}' do not tly v his;h.

••I jttst want to many a man who rati Itek anybody of ht> weight in the town :>hip r who can run an eightv-aere farm, and who h;«* no female relatives to come are and and try to beet* the- ranch. I wilt agree to cook <iiniKi-> for hint th-it won't -end him tt> an tatty grave, and upon him it whcilcwle alitftioiu to ses» that his razor h;e not Iccw »••>! to cut brootu wire when be wants t<t shave. •' |n view of all this I do not care if £ a tittle rusty on the rute-of-tliree and kindred thing* a."« the yea re. go by.

-MY PEARLY QUEEX." Mus Ros?j- Forsyth, aged twenty, living at Northampton, sued iu the I»onduii Court .\{r Krwtit Smith, a draper's assistant at ISrighton. for breach of proniiiw of marriage. It win* ttatetl that when Mis* Forsyth met Mr Smith at il dancing ch'-.s at NerthaJiipton in 10C2 they were introdnced. Titeir friendship ripened into love, antt in 1904 tley baeante engaged. A uttmb- r of love 1.1tet:> from Mr Smith were read by eonnsel. In one be said:— My own .darling Murlfjeatt. tf atest. I long for you to b.* by my si'l •. ! mitis yon at every tuni of my h;»nd. In another he remarked : [ lung for the tint - when I 'rut i alt vou my very own. btrt when no one «ii! have a right to vou but my own .*eltt"h "-If- " Mr |>e;»rty 'jnt. n. if onvy we < oit .1 get. married I :®hotjtd feet much h.ippier. I do not like to think of other talking to yon. ! hope we .shall have our holidays together: if not I shall go home and bnry myself for a fortnight. Deatvst love, my darling, do not be angry with me. Only try to make tue a batter boy that I may be more worthy of your love for me. Then the defendant went from Northampton to Brighton, and his hive cooled. So lie wrote : IVar Ro.v\—! Imv> come to tin' con etna ten that it i* bert- for yt.rt and my .-elf that we: should break off the engagement. I dou't think, after serious c.r,--tiler.> t.ion. that, wi- are stti'.erl to ot>».- nnotlr:r. After it inhort retirement, the jury found for phiintitf. and awarded Ikt £268 damages. KN'tiLAXIt'S - JSLACK STAIN." Alderman Benjamin ISroadbeut. who n hen In* was M;»y: r of Huddtfctiefd itt.••ugtjriited tho schenre for the prot' cti"n of infant, life- which has now had more than a yearV trial, o. partictilarly eneotiraged by the rcsntts. "ft in I>" esp.'ained to an interviewer, "tint hav*:\ praeticafly sjieafciiig. siived thi.Uves of twenty-s>s infants within a piriod »f thirteen weeks Nor iU tii.'.t ittf. W»■ li.-j,ve created a pabfic opinion that i- keeti •■ft» fostering and preserving infpnt life. We- have no powi r of entry int. > th.- • Itonrct*. itnd in ««i» rate ca.«::s we obtain it blank refusal. Oar lady visitor, are told that tlu-y are not i'n|uiveti. They do not. [ «{ttnition th - d'ci'toti. but take care tliat the- inspector of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. ;ii» welt as the polio-, is inform -d of such instances. When thofi- in charge of a Mirs»e-child appreewte tlie fact that M>me•■ne- Is watching them a little one liav a. chance of Irving. At present we liav.- a lil.tfe misunderstanding with the medical prof>-s«iuit ctmcuning the notitii-atioii of births. From feelings of professional etiouette the- doctors •jislikv Ireing inclnibd

in the !vt of p*r->on» call- d on to notify tb- birth- Itrit it iiiirst Ik- riiK'mber.d [bat tbfcv duty i>-> only impsed on I!»*in trr tin.* event of threr other jiersoiis' failntrf t» perforin it." The Hudderstifbl ><heme has attracted attention in all parts »f the British speaking world, and its Effect wilt l>>- amtrrstofxl by thiMt* who I)»vj troubled thenirwivea to read and ponder Mr.' wuiarbbV '-ert-es of articles that Mr •J. IS. Sim* has contributed to th»; I.otidoti "Tribune * under tb;- title <>t 'TlijBlack Main." A FAMOUS WOMAN". Seii-nee lias had its coim>ditt». its tragedies. its romanct: and never has there tV-un ;t more romance than That surrounding the discovery •>( radium. At tht> opening of the Paris Exhibition In 1900 a. diligent seeker might Lave disv»vt r.'tj. among the- other ch+niital exhibit?. a watch tilled with powder, marked, " Radinnt. discovered by Madame t'urM-." For tht.- actual discovery of radtiJw it set fwas dn<r to Mailaii'- O'li'. though in the subsequent investigation* which niadi- thtt discovery an acknowledged hcientitic fact she and her husband, whose recent, tragic death ii- so gr-eatfy t» be lamented. laboured together. Madame Curie i-> a I'olt* by birth, anil gained conJUtk-rabte distinction at College •it' Warsaw. Shir afterwanls removed to I'aris. and took a |w-t as lecturer in a girls* rvho'il in Versailles. Then in Ikt anxiety to continue Iter studiiis in sconce sb_- attended tbt v Municipal School of I'hysicj» and Cheniiatry in I'arr*. at- which M. Curie directed the labatory. She became his assistant. and afterwards his wife. It was Madame Curi-> who first formd. in tn-vn-.tiga.ting the substance known pitchb'enik-. that it contained something with far more radioactivity than uranium u»eff. of which tie- radal power bad be:n tiEr'-overed by M. If-in* Pac»j»ien-I. Then ioflowed tho«e joint investigations whieli v.»-re to have >neh a ntacvellotrs rliiii**-. • tl« r wcrk has added largely to human advancement. L consid.r tadiuni tlw mo-r wcnderM discovery that the- scientific world will know for many ytanO

the- right of Jkt sex to vxer- »•{.«• fh'- fraticliiw. a woman wttt> tt» « (frf-h-iiu; pnp»r t - Tfw- l>ert> wmi' ti th.it [ know irili vote. Th-ey an- the n-oimn tvFio. keeping C milk pif.t.dier:-: srruptitously \rrir aNo b< artsrnn- U> I>e'(> determine and control the tfutM that utrvtmiul that. milk K fort 1 it reache:, lli ir pti I'Mvis ; wti«» not i.uly W «Mi«l cloths th«ir own children Fiygi-'DieaHy in happy li'imt's. .bar will by tfi~ir v»t a-» fur rity ordinances ni;ik« possible. >*.*? that thf liumps of other children are tsmitary. ami who. while ga.therin£ their orvn children rormd tii.rri at night. will '>m inh-T great. liifleou> evil »f child fabour. and help t." abolish it."

WooH-n in Great Britain art: largely teprtyvnred in the fivi>E*'S.;l'>rK and t i tii"-' anil aboat 4.SQO.CCC fain their own living Tlwre are' 124.000 teacher?'. IO.OCO bookbindecst. ov.-e 3.000 printers. .'*tnl ntariy 000 I'Jitoi*- •'•'id •■onifiHcrir: i:? 00 at'.' «"i-

gaged ill photography. Civil S'lvio- clerk:iiN!itl> r 2.. r .00: ,>.» CO ar*- rmr*~r <• •" . :il m>rk ituiMiii;: aim' 8.r.1 women la pri-iugl--" 'aig- iniinb.-ri are b!aek-»iint! In Aiitiiia lie'* .1-v, li«|un 'ir of t'i • Children'- Crtcli • '.-• b.-ing xprimntd with. Tlti-- i- ■' night mir>ery. t lii- i t :if rt ili' tl I- I" < nail,' - I'Mlrllh of modi-rate • rr.-Ttnt.iiin ■-s 1" spend an eveii'iig ■ ufwithout having to hire caretakers for tli % ihildten. 'Hi- plan that .w.iai taniilie.-- .-hail i"iit togeth: r (•> support a night iim»'iv. so that tlr expense tor each wi'l be greatly ami tin rvice 1» • brought uirhin tin- reach uf p."ple »»f ino-ler.it.- m» alls. Ihe salary 'f lit • tfaili'j'l mil:-: and i"-'m r-lit shall b- di-vld-.d b. t« >•> it :> ii "l" a dozen "I In- ehr'dr-n rai: l> ■ k« J-: ov. might. if d<fired.

!!• I:i Mitigtn. a ninetc-n year olii lionin iui.t'i brirl,-, eomuiil t'•! s-tii'-id- in front>.f tlie altar during her wedding al a ehtn eii at .fas- y. Slw; hail b-di forced to rerioiiii'-• her lover and accept- a.-- li-.r Imshaiid one Deinttr-i- (trmiza. When thf pri.'St b»'gan the c<t. inoiiy the girl buir-t into 'rar.-. arul. drawing a ievoiver from hvr pock-.t. -shot herself through the heart.

Mrs. Fvans. of Kiehmond (l.ondoli), i-iaims t» It- the only woman in th.: Kmentitled to wear the Alma, JSalaclava. and Inkerman lntdaM. A coticf.'.-ion to' w>ar these medals was granted t» licr on thv death of J;ev husband. lVnsimier ilvan<. late of thv- 4th (King's Own! Regiment. Mrs. Ilv.it.-j braved the dangers of the Crimea to be near her husband. She \i -is often tinder tire, and fied ftx-iiucntly to cany htr lnwband'r. gun when on the march, while >he went regularly down to tiie trenches with liiui to break the long wacthes. She is a pensioner on the Patriotic Fund. Dreva Isay-3 a writer in London 'Sketch' has now a mania—almost ;i form, of dfc-:eas/.>. We know wouien who cannot a hat shop, ju-t as a tipjiler cannot p:>.v a They buy. they I;now no: whv.

put to it to dress properly o;i htr liu-bnnd's sal.irv. tin wife of an as . istant. >t age manager in I'iiri;: hit upon in: iiig'.-nii'tr-i eclutic.-. In th:- -.-mall theatresin that city plays, in which horrors. mtir • i -rs. and suicidev pit domiuai .- are favourites, mid f«ir holies to faint during ibe perforiuanee is- t.n Ihe uiiinageis the viltct-t sign of Miiecin,. The assistant stage ni.ntiigir'.s wife saw li-r opportunity, iind hired hers-.lf out to faint iu theatres at the proji r nt nient. Spect.itors would go hour- siiyittg the pi ay was* so blood-curd-ling that, a lady was overcome ami had to b; carried out. Such an advertisement cnongh to till a hour:-.

If thirteen i» a harbinger of ill-luck. Mr and Mi: ; . IJeorge Marble, 'jf Worcester (Ma-.5.). who were united iu wedlock r.bon: ;t year ago. ought to tie I Ik- most unenviable couple isays au article in the

' Widt* World Magazine for it was on the I3th of the nit'iith that tln\v firs-t niff. tiny b came engaged on the 15th, and they made known their rngageinent to their on lli-.- 13th. Ihe first day the truly din '»t at tti.- bridegroom's home was on a 13th. and th-re were thirtten at the table. The on the hour:-; of both families total 153. They wen- married at *ix. and had a i>i:eption at 7, giving anothr 15. There were thirl eon in the bridal |i:»rty. bsid.'s the coaplc t hem

:.Iv?s. The iiiaid-«>f-hoiiour carried 15 rosew. and each of the bridesmaids lo titrnatiotft.