THE LADIES’ WORLD

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2421, 9 February 1909, Page 7

THE LADIES’ WORLD

WOMEN and genius. / Professor Schmitz, of Berlin, lias iuC to the conclusion that, while fhcro arc not as many women geniuses . men geniuses now, there are more as nl „ ca inclined to genius, than men. m, iavs:-“It could he proven by rorhlevide statistics, I believe, that l ,i ero arc more women of superior inV c t .approaching genius than men. f Tte are more poetical women than a among the men, there are fewer L men . apostles than male apostles, but more pious souls belonging to women than to men. There are more celebrnted male and female physicians, l )U t there are more female nurses that do a world of good than there arc male physicians of prominence, I ho-, nestlv believe that the amount of brain's apportioned to womanhood ‘ U a!s that apportioned to men, but in women the division of brain is more communistic. Among men there are more brain-capitalists than among women, but it should be remembered that’the number of mental proletarians among men is much larger in proportion than among persons of the opposite sex.”

NAGGING. A young woman recently murdered her paralytic aunt because, she said, "she nagged the life out of me, quarrelling. quarrelling from morning to night For years every mouthful of food she ate I fed her. I had. to undress and put her to bed, mud all L received was abuse. It drove me ■ crazy. Goaded to desperation, and not realising what I did, I killed her/’ The nagging spirit which we so often see in households does more to destroy domestic comfort and happiness than any other evil. The husband nagging the wife, the wife the husband, and both the children, shuts out sunshine and turns what should be a happy home into a hell. HAVE PRINCIPLE. Vo have all met the child who is "oing to do great things when he has grown to man’s estate. Those of us who have the boy's welfare at heart point out to him the possibilities of the present. In like manner, if we school ourselves to act on principle in such matters, when momentous decisions have to be settled, w© shall take the right course from force of habit. He who would remain silent while a friend’s honor is ridiculed, might be found amongst the .ranks of traitors to his country. And he who would take an unfair advantage in a game is of the class who are found in our prisons. Disraeli once said: ‘'Principle is ever my motto, not expediency.” I 'know of no motto, the carrying out of which would bring a man more absolute satisfaction. THE BATH AS A BEAUTIFIED. The greatest beauties of the world •have been tlie most zealous and presis-_ tent devotees of the bath. The time, kind and temperature of the bath are matters of such varying opinion that they must be left to individual choice. The frequency admits of no controversy. Poor, indeed, must be the health and meagre the opportunity of the woman unable to take her daily tub. « . .. When it is considered that each of us has about fifteen thousand square feet of skin to look after, with nearly three million oil and sweat glands, the imperative need of keeping this immense system of bodily sewerage unclogged is readily understood. Friction is necessary to remove head cuticle. Alan sheds his skill daily, but almost imperceptibly. The epidermal cells of the outer layer must be constantly removed to allow the new skm beneath to form, fresh, white beautiful. Of the value of the Turkish bath there can be no question. The woman who has never indulged in this most potent beautifier has an unexpected delight in store foi her. If sacrifice must be made, it as "wiser to deny one’s self a few trinkets than to abstain from a moderate indulgence in this' refreshing tonic and rejuvenator. GOOD THINGS TO LEARN. Learn to laugh. A good laugh is better than medicine. Learn how„ to tell a story. A mUtold story is as welcome as a sunbeam in a sick room. ~ .. + „ Learn to keep your troubles to yourself. The world is too busy to care for your ills and sorrows. Learn to stop croaking. If cannot see any good in. this world, P the bad to yourself. Learn to attend strictly to youi own business. Very important Learn to hide your aches and pa* under a pleasant smile. Lo o whether you have the earache,, h ache, or rheumatism. . ui, a Learn to greet your Uiciids with smile. They carry' too nianv li on us ni their own hearts to be bothued any of yours.

FRESH AIR AND WOMEN

Women, as they grow ol r de^ apt to live much lncloois. -j the fat, flabby, paunchy woman, vh ther purple or pale, with table heart and ‘inadequate k neys, is usually the vaetim. ot re breathed air. It must, ]: think, som or later be recognised that the increasing ills whic 1 “hurry the fashion to charge on the M J and brain fag” incidental to the i state of civilisation and the large J> pulation, are in reality due to tne greater coiitammatio xi of that heath* by the of tot population, and that toxin ted by the lungs will m tune rank among these as both poten insidious. If this should c .p a^on thp present ideas anent mihilc, must be abandoned as nt ei y and the need will be felt, ting a little air m, but of letting w products out. _ ■*