WOMAN'S WORLD.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8309, 6 May 1905, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD.

The German Emperor has a very curious bobby. He ia fond of coLlec-ting neckties and scarves of alt ages and all countries, and is said to have no fewer than. 18,000, some of a very glaring description. Lady Carlisle at one time instituted a euston. at Naworth Castle which, recall, the Admirable Orkhton. She had oil the servants .tp dine daily with the family in the great hall, aa was- tihe custom in the ' olden days. This, hov-ever. soon fell, into abeyance, ao it did nob increase the comfort of either ride. The Canadian. Arctic goldfields have one lady Government official, Miss. Ryan. For seven years she has held the^post of.lnspector of Gold Dust. Her principal duty is that of lady defective. She has to examine departing fema_e_ and see that no gold is taken out of the country without payment of the prescribed royalty. Every Siame.. girl who reaches a certain age whheut marrying ia 'ticketed and labelled end "placed in a privilege-.' class under the __;e-i»l care of. the King, who binds himeeif to find husbands for them. all. His method is d-ligfhif ully sinrpl-. A prisoner in any of the Siamese gaols may find' his pardon and release by marrying one of the ineligible c'a-s.' . The Duchess of Devonshire has a great belief in. the duties of a. mistress towards her domestio servants, and considers it to be one of them to keep in touch with them socially. She. of ten reads aloud to them in the servants' hall, and plays chess with them, and sh_ does not hesitate to ask her guests to aid her sometimes by th^, exercise of their musical talents. ' During her recent visit te Dublin Mrs Humphry Ward was '"entertained at Dublin Castle -i arid accompanied I___y Dudley to a zr eetLeg. of the Royal Dublin Society, with the object oV establishing a bureau to help the en.pl.yment of women in Ireland. Mrs Humphry "Ward's speech was moat interes-t---ing Lady Dudley also ©poke in her charmingly earnest way. v The Japanese nurses are perhaps the best iii the whole world. Their sweetness of temperament and! their patience are' marvellous; and -."{curiously enough) they are quit, in-differer-t to suffering, they are always calm in difficult; circumstances. I have seen them assisting in the, most cruel operation, with quiet movements, smiling faces, and incredible presence of mind. Mdme Patti. who recently celebrated her sixty-second birthday, may be said to have .draccvered ■the secret of eternal youth.. "I •wilj be young as long as I .ive,". she is said to have declared as a child, .nd. few have kept a vow with more fidelity than she has. Perhaps the secret of her youthful appearance ■and; unimpaired vitality, is her love of fresh air. and her careful dieting. In' winter and summer she is always, out for three hours daily," aud the element's possess no terrors for her. Mdnie Adelirwt, Patti is a great admirer of the Jewish people, and always (wears what is . Irnown _a. a Miessou-sah, a Jewish 'medal v.hiciv bears the ten Commandments in Hebrew chexoatexa, . and was given to 7 her by IHa. ds S-ria. Princess Margaret of Connaught is one of the most' popular of our" young Pr__c_fl_e_She is tall and graceful, and devoted to coun. try life. and spOTts. She ia iust over twentythree years. of age, and cane out nearly five years ago. The eldest son of the rCrown Prince and Princees of Sweden, to whom she' has become : engaged, is younger by » ten ' months .than the Princess, who is . a good 1 musician, has considerable artistic ability, and been taught to, take a thorough interest in housewifery and in the dairy ,' ac well as in- -be ge_*ral management of doftiestic affairs- !T_ie young couple recently have seeu | a of each other, as Prince, Gustavu. ! Adolt'h'tta was travelling in Egypt at tho same [time that the Duke __d Duchess of ConI naught and their daughters were there. .