THE LADIES’ WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2639, 22 October 1909, Page 3

THE LADIES’ WORLD.

PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE

An ounce of prevention is worth pounds of cure. , There would not be half so many worn-out, fagged-looking women if we learned early the value of that ounce of prevention. 'With most of us prevention is like thunder —it Comes alter the clanger is past. So much of the misery of life is preventible that it is pitiful how rarely tlie effort is made. We lose our looks, and break down before our time, when we really ought to be in the full flush of living. Perhaps you are one of those persons who never take any rest. Have you the foolish idea that to stop a minute- to read the papers or to dip into a famous book is stealing time that should be devoted to husband or children Are you one of those misguided beings who think monotonus plodding is duty, and crush out young longings lor an occasional social outing lest you fail m some chimerical duty? If so, readjust things. Learn to look on these things as “that ounce of prevention” without which breakdowns are inevitable. It is continual plodding that not only makes life stale, but brings wrinkles and narrow minds.

FLIRTATION AS A TONIC. Everybody complains about this time of year of feeling “run down.” There is a new remedy for it which.l hasten to make known (says “Ambrosia’ of the “ World”), las-.it is witlnu reach of, ■all and just about “the easiest thing m the world to d 0... Instead of whirling through the country in a motor, climbing up mountains, boring oneself to death, in a hydro, all one lias to do is to start a flirtation with the liveliest man or merriest girl —as the case may he —who is availab.e. The effect on the general health is said to be wonderful. Dull care is chased away. Depression Hies like “a dream before tbe opening day.” Dyspepsia is routed the brain becomes more alert. You begin bv being a dull dog with doubts as to whether life is worth living; you end by feeling hilarious and absurdly young. A CONVENIENT KIND OF HAT. A leading Parisian milliner has just invented a liat which may lie adapted, for various occasions at will. It can be taken to pieces. When its removable brim is tucked away under tbe brow it becomes a close-fitting toque suitable for motoring, railway travelling, or for walks in rough weather, if its owner finds herself unexpectedly called upon to appear in evening dress she has simply to readjust her crown, and she is ready for any function demanding the greatest elegance. BUSINESS "WOMEN.

A striking feature of the unique exhibition of clothing held at the Madi-son-squarc Garden, New \orx (nio e the New York correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” on 25th August) was the large number cf women exhibitors representing factories which as the result of their, enterprise have sprung up all over the country within the last low years. , , • These women have m no case been entered in - the manufacture of womtui’s clothing more than three or tour years. The story of their success reads like a fairv tale. One of thorn—the daughter of English parents—was left some ten years ago with several small brothers and - sisters^ito• support. bhc entered the business house of Marsha. Field in Chicago, and three years afterwards found herself established in I oris as their buyer for ladies’ undorclotliin(r. s Throe years ago she'decided to maimfacture. in her own behalf. __ She with twenty workwomen. Now she em-" ploys 600, in addition to nearly a hundred agents travelling in every part of the world. Miss Leona Forster who has built up this enterprise, is still in the early thirties. She is petite ami as dainty as a rosebud. She wears Parisian gowns exquisitely cut and of charming simplicity. She tells. me tuat by living rationally and dressing comfortably she finds herself able to spend the day in her factory from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. in summer, and from 8 a.m, until 5 p in. in the winter. Miss Forster explained that her success was due to her entire devotion to her business. “English .girls,” she declared, “of the better'class make tlieir business a subsidiary matter to their social success. So many of them, pouring out by tbe hundred from schools and colleges every year, are seeking some genteel occupation which will leave them free to play tennis and attend unlimited numbers of afternoon teas. Few of them succeed in business in England because their liahits are not businesslike. With Miss Forster are exhibiting two Scotswomen, who are daughters of professional men in Scotland. They went to America to teach and have found a more profitable livelihood in business. One of these ladies lamented that so little-was done to further the emigration of women of the better class, lheic is a demand for them in America, she declares, because they are better educated and more reliable than the young women of America.

WHAT EVERY HUSBAND KNOWS. That it is wonderful how even the simplest gown has advanced in price, compared with what it was last year. That it isn’t safe to mention, even in a whisper, the altogether desirable and inexpensive place lie has se.ectcd' on Ins own account to have the family go this Gammer. ~ ,Y That the household expenses could easily be cut in half if lie only had the time to put his gigantic intellect and business experience. upon them. ~ That one and one make four or five. That there is always one room in the house that simply cannot wait any longer to be decorated. . . , That, the “little affair” m which a “few friends” are to be invited means in the end about two weeks’ hard work, a house full of people, and an cxpcnditure of hundreds. That his. own ideas about disciplining children are always too radical to be carried cut. .•

THE “LOTTERY” OF MARRIAGE. There are those who say that people “have no right to marry” if they wish to diverge on different paths a few years afterwards. But marriage- is a lottery, and? dike all lotteries, many draw blanks, while only a few get reaby valuable prizes. Undoubtedly, the careless and light-hearted way in which people rush into matrimony now-a-days is responsible, in no small degi ee, tor the multiplication of divorce cases. “Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities, .said Emerson, and this is especially true where marriage is concerned. Furthermore modern men and women seem to lack that stability of character and capacity for self-sacrifice, which are so necessary to domestic happiness.