THE LADIES'WORLD

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2605, 13 September 1909, Page 3

THE LADIES'WORLD

■; f " 'Ud'M AMY CASTLES’ MELBOURNE RECEPTION.

Thus the Melbourne lady correspondent of the Sydney “Bulletin” Mrs George Langridge—one of the earliest of Amy Castles’ admirers —gave a big crush to welcome the little lady home. It was at the Salon, with a musical programme dashed iri. Most of the guests got into the room—but just got there. They spent the rest of the time holding their own few inches of space. A fraction of the room below the stage was cleared for Miss Castles—just one scrap of high land in the flood of clothes and flesh. She has most beauteous frocks, that girl. The reception gown was a dilution of amethysts and sapphires, well mixed and poured evenly over her snug little body. Topping this were ermine furs and a most amazing hatr—black and large and velvet, with a ’ white feather like the one Gilbert, King of Cadonia, clips with his garden shears. ■Jdrs Auctioneer Langridge, •who held the guests up for inspection, was tailormade and smart in violet. Mrs J/C. Williamson held her own with an er-„ mine jacket. How do you expect “Johanna” to write in cold black ink about a; whole ’jacket of -ermine—the adorable sort of thing that snuggles on to one with satin lining find its enchanting ivory whiteness? That and a muff too. A sheath of white cloth skirt was all that appeared below this voluptuousness. Lily. Braytop looked like a copy of a Titianhaired lady much in evidence in the last important divorce case. A satin substitute for a frock clung about her, and a transparent lace coat hugged bat. There were sables somewhere in the middle distance in an escort’s arm, and the lady looked out of a cart-wheel hat. Miss Grace Palotta looked; Frenchily smart. You can’t beat black in a, crowd. Her black was the blackest, and a cunning little hat of black had a dull gold twist to its anatomy. She came with Mrs Clapp—a dear old lady, mother of the dressmaker Clapps. The Pinschofs were in force. Mrs Beatrice-Daniels-Roberts, that charming lady) with the much painted (portrait-paint-' ed) hair, wore black to the glory of her crown. Mrs Hogan had a beaming smile and furs. A few men strayed in. The Maclnerney lawyer-doctor was there, and his big Major brother, and Dr Felix Meyer with his Saxon-fair wife. The ,new' ! Russian Consul (when are u T e going to stop getting new ones?) looked sad and weary—mebbe because ,he was getting, squashed in a far corner. Another man was the Castles’ ' tenor,- Nicol Anderson, who came along with the Tait .Brethren. I think Amy Castles felt that she was welcomed home. ' A

ANY WHITE WOMAN LOOKS A . .: : . BEAUTY.

While there may be found here and there among the . native women of Africa one who has some claims to beauty, as beauty is understood by a European, i the vast majority are ugly, and even repulsive, in appearance. It is not wholly surprising, therefore, though it is amusing, to hear a white man .who has seen no other kind of woman but these for a year or two tell how his first meeting with a white woman affects him after his return to civilisation. A stewardess on- an Elder-Dempster steamer —about the usual run of her class for looks and personality—assured me, says Lewis R. Freeman in ihe New York “Tribune,” that she had averaged two proposals every Homeward voyage during all tß> three, years of her service, nearly every one of which, as coming from a man far above her in station, she had religiously made a jpoint of- accepting. . Out of all these men—l forget how many dozen in all — not one had ever come back for her after he had crossed the gangplank. Several of them had made return trips to Africa-with her without so much as vouchsafing her a nod, but one who had made tile voyage from Africa for a second time on her, steamer had repeated his proposals No, she never Brought a breach of. but a stewardess on another of the; Dempster liners had dpne so, only ..-to lose, her- case on. a rul-. ing by the judge to the. effect?* that a man who had not seen a white woman for two years was mot responsible for what he said to .the,first one he met cn his return.

THE UP-TO-DATE MARRIAGE VOW

“Ambrosia,” in .the “World,” discusses the attitude of the sex towards the .marriage service and the word “obey.” “Lives there the bride,” slie asks, “who never to herself hath said ‘I wish I hadn’t got to .say- it’-? I have seen the.,new form fdr the ethical marriage ceremony, and therein is no such word. The bride vows only ‘to love, honor; and keep him,’ , whatever; -that /may mean. Does it: imply that she has to pay debts, supply an income if she has it,, and so on ? ‘But the point of the service is the elimination of; l*th©v obicc tionstblol word, and that it brings, .as. a member of-the Ethical Society expresses it, * ‘the marriage vow'abreast of. the timee.’- ” GIRLS THEIR OWN HELPERS. The ways in which a girl may help hprself—her/future* if not her .present self—are, many, and each and all '<>t them practical to the last doing. The ■division of her. day , into asrbutirie'may .seem a matter of hut slight importance, , but the best divisioiyof the busy day ol a housekeeper, a business woman, or of the woman of large-social duties is of vast imoortanee and comfort or discomfort to-*its divider. A regular time for arising, which, will permit the proper dressing one’s-self, and the: undressing of one’s bed and airing ; of one s -room before' the; breakfast .hour, is a matter of .habit which , * when established in girlhood, becomes of the greatest use in later years. The apportionment of the morning hours—as these are least liable to interrupt : on—to domestic duties,, study, or- practice, and to any church or- charitable- work necessary, will; ,leave; the afternoon free for receiving or making calls, for outdoor exercise, and for amusements or duties which are only occasional. The 1 habit —for this is what it becomes—of constantly to make of whatever'placet girl finds hefself temporary or,-permanent .mistress, a tidy and pretty abode, occupies many minutes, but they are well-spent ones. TO WASH CHIFFON. To wash and restore chiffon tho length is folded and soaked in a soap lather, and the hand is occasionally drawn down it. while it remains therein. It. is also .patted between the palms of the hands until clean then removed and pressed between the hands in order to squeeze out the soap, rinsed in plenty of clean water and pressed as before, this ■ time ,to extract. all tho Water. It should never be wrung, but . be. folded flatly between.two. cloths and pressed under, a, wringing machine, .alter which it should be ironed immediately;;- >*• \ ‘V ' :. ' ■■ h//;