WOMAN'S WORLD.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8452, 21 October 1905, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD.

Queen Alexandra of England: is, like mosf women, ill at ease as a publio speaker. Her roice is low amd sweet, with, just a suspicion of foreign accent about it. There is p.n almost pathetic note in< its tones that lingers in the memory hauntingly.

Professor Lauteri holds the opinion that women, sculptors tire more original and construct better designs than, men, but the faculty of adequately carrying them out and embodying them in marble is a gift possessed only by the most gifted among them.

Mrs Belva Lockwood, the only woman who ever ran for President of the United States, is a member of the District of Columbia Bar. The last American mail reported hex as being engaged in t/he Cherokee Indian cose, among the most important that ever came before the United States Court of Claims.' Mrs Lockwood is an ardent admirer of President Eoosevelt, whom she regards as the greatest living statesman.

Miss Fiances Baker is a young American girl, who, though only twenty years old,, has accumulated about £5000 during the last tfhree years by working as a d'ivcr. She is the daughter of a famous diver, and had longed to follow hear father's profession from early childhood. Miss Baker is wall educated, highly popular, physically robust, andi has ■won the reputation of being one of the most fearless and resourceful divers along the Grealt Lakes.

Miss Margaret B'askervilLe is a young Melbourne woman, who may reasonably be expects to do great things in sculpture. She has for gome mmc been one of the moat brilliant students at iihe Eoyal College of Act at Soutlh Kensington. Professor liau'teri, who is the best master of sculpture in' England and the Continent, speaks very highly of her work. Miiss Baekerville's present intention is to return to Melbourne and start a sdhool of sculpture.

The Duchess of Newcastle is a great rider, driver, angler, shot, and judge of dogs. She is the daughter of a (horseman well known in has day— (Major "Sugar" Candy, of the 9th Dancers. She could ride a horse almost as soon as she could! walk. To-day she can handle almost any combination in harness, double, tandem, or four-in-hand), with equal facility. Her Grace has the unusual experience of 'being •called " master " of a pack of hounds.

"Woman teachers marry so quickly in .South Dakota that Ifaere is a great dearth of touchers, and many public schools have been closed because young ranchmen have married the teachers. So virulent has been the marriage epidemic that the school authorities have decided! to compel the teachers to sign contracts promising mot to marry for two years, and also not to receive attentions from men. Even thia agreement has failed to stop iihe epidemic, as the zanchmen willingly pay the forfeitures to secure brides.

Lady Dorothea and her sister, Lady Estella, Hope, sisters of Lord Idnlithgow, are perhaps the chief Shetland . pony experts of the world. Some years ago they started a pony farm on a delightful estate in Kent, and there tihey have proved themselves most sucoessful breeders and trainers. They are both first-rate whips, and have many kinds of miniature vehicles, including a apidier buggy and a tiny four-in-hand. From all over the world, people desirous of purchasing perfect poniea send to Great Hollenden.

A Berlin newspaper draws attention to the fact that lit© ex-Empress- of France has-, for tihe first time since her fall, put foot on German ground. ' In accordance with the advice of her medical adviser, the Empress Eugenic takes a yachting cruise every summer, whioh has beem hitherto restricted to the Mediterranean, whereas this year it has •been, extended to tho North Sea and the Baltic, so thait for the fir^t time in all ilhese years she has visited Germany, landing at Hamburg and Kiel. Now, the Empress, who is unfortunately not in. very good health, hae fust returned to Farnborough. Fate has willed that the •nidow of Napoleon 111. should be comforied and bended) in her old age by a friend and companion, who is the fhrafb cousin of the present) G-erman Empress. The near relationship of the Countess Von Gleichen, tihe faithful and' constant attendant, who rarely leaves the side of the Empress, to the Consort of Kaiser William 11. is explained by the fact tihat iihe father of the Countess was a. brother of the mother of the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.

Queen Victoria, until her husband's death, which changed* the whole current of her life, used to spend ait. least an hour a day romping with her children and sharing their games. Che day, in 1858, when Lord Palmerston called at Buckingham Palace to anr ounce (his defeat over the Conspiracy Bill and to hand in his resignation, he was kept waiting quite a> quarter of am hour for hx3 interview with the Queen. When at last sihe appeared, flushed and smiling, it was with a pretty apology that she had • been playing charades with the children., and she " simply couldn't get away earlier, though, she had tried' so hard." Queen Alexandra, too, -as is well known;, has always been a great lover of a rompi, and was never too busy to join her children in, their games. Indeefl, among the pretties* photographs in her album 1 are two, in one of which she ia carrying one of her little daughters on her back while PrinceGeorge fo driving her with a pair of reins and! a formidable whip; in the other she is standing, bat in hand, at tfie wicket, while h«r gira.nd!son, Prince Edward, is in the act of bowling.

Countess Lonyay, the ci-devant Crown Princess of Austria, is once again' in difficulties. She and her husband' have expensive tastes, and ifheir condition is on© of chronic imoecunip&ity. From her father, King Leopold, she, of course, has nothing to expect but her father-in-law, Francis Joseph, has over and over again corns to the rescue at the request of his little granddaughter, Princess Windisohgratz. for; whom he'rraa a very soft corner in his heart. The refusal of the lairtcr to interfere any further in her mother's affaire has brought matter* to a orisas compellMiir "to® counters to the ' disparate re^ sort of selling airher- jewels by public auction. Chammot, of the Eve Richelieu, Paris, has been entrusted wHh the sale. «« it was feared the BoyaJ relatives in England would not opptovo of its taking place in London. The jewels are maig'mncont, araj are said to te wortlh over 1.000 000 frames. One set of rubi«3 «nd diamonds, tiara and necklace ia estimated at 150000 femes. These are splendid sapphires and diamonda. and one beautiful emerald, which cost 180.000 francs, and a long pearl chain At 270,000 francs. Tihe PririCess'B wedding veil._ ;h% rift ct the ladies of (Brussels, is also fo b* n«