LADIES WORLD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3217, 13 May 1911, Page 7

LADIES WORLD.

OLD SUPERSTITIONS. Never allow anyone else to put on your engagement ring, or trouble will follow that act. If an umbrella is laid on a table, a quarrel will, ensue. If you turn a. loaf of bread the wrong way, you will turn someone out of the house. If you cut your finger-nails before breakfast on Monday, you will receive a handsome present before the week is out. >• ITEMS OF INTEREST. Wedding rings were originally signet rings. The last wolf in Scotland was killed in the reign of Charles 11. The waltz was introduced 'into England at Almaok’s in 1813. The ancient Greeks supposed that wane drunk from an amethyst cup woud not intoxicate. . Formerly all English people started their dinner with pudding. b ■ ■ ■ Oranges 'were unknown in Europe before the time of Edward VI." It is rather difficult to imagine that within the memory of some still living, ladies went out to evening parties in Sedan chairs! BELGIAN’S KING AND QUEEN. The King and Queen of the Belgians are known, to take keen interest in medical matters, and His Majesty has recently, given the very handsome donation of five hundred pounds to the funds of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, with a message that it is in appreciation of the valuable work done by the Society in the interests of tropical countries. Belgium, of course, is largely interested in Central Africa. TO- KEEP FLOWERS FRESH. •Put the stalks of the cut flowers in water containing a very small bit of soap and a pinch of salt, to which, when the soap is melted, a little borax in powder is added. The ends' of the stalks should 1 be cut slanting and cleaned from time so as to allow the water to rise in the stalk. ’Another' method is to crush''.about an inch of the stalk with a hammer. The water ean then ascend better, and rcses can often be kept fresh for several days longer in this way. “ GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING.” Quite the latest thing in music-hall (turns has been, invented by Frau;lein' Mima Frohlich, a popular and charming variety artist, who is drawing all Berlin to hear her song to sleep, entitled “Good Night and Good Morning.” Fraulein Frolilioh’s turn is lavishly “mounted,” and is given in a bedroom setting.—“ The ‘Sketch.” LADY EILEEN KNOX. Lady Eileen Knox, daughter of Lord Ranfurly, is to be one of the four trainbearers of the Queen, at the Coronation. Hitherto tlie train-bearers have always been pages, but Queen Mary has introduced 1 an innovation by selecting four daughters of peers. Lady Mary Dawson, Lady Dorothy Browne and Lady Eileen Buller are the other three trainbearers

CHILD LIFE IN THE ALL BRITISH EXHIBITION.

The Council' of the Festival of Empire has just decided to include, in the All-British Exhibition, at the Crystal Palace, a section devoted exclusively to the welfare of children and! to all that pertains to child life.' A number of ladies to; whom the interests of our future citizens appeal most strongly arc co-operating to make this an. unrivalled display of science and cqahinonsense. in addition to a model creche and! nursery, where will be housed,' babies of the empire, the Child Life Section will embrace foodis- specially prepared for infants, clothing, toys a nd amusements, simple remedies for children’s ailments and accidents, domestic and school fur-

niture, apparatus conducive 1 to physical development, educational training in al its brandies, hobbies and so forth. A room will be seit apart, for lectures and conferences dealing with the wellbeing of the young. CORPS DE BALLET 1 . The whole of the Corps de Ballet from the. St., Petersburg! Opera House has been engaged to appear at Covent Garden in the height of thei season, from) the middle of June until, .the end of the term. These dancers number about a. hundred, and the two “stars,” Mile. Tamar Karsavina and M. Yeslav Nyinsky, have also been engaged, 1 . Six whole evenings are to be devoted to ballet. ' . PRINCESS CHRISTIAN. Princess Christian has recently appointed Miss Enid du Cane a Lady-in-Waiting. This lady is a relation of Miss Ella du Cane, the well known artist-. Miss Enid du 'Cane is a niece of Lord Wimbo-rne. A NOVEdTY. A novelty in. connection with the Festival of Empire at the Crystal Palace, which will open in May, will be “Moving Platforms,” which will be provided to carry passengers to and from the trains. -Special reduced excursion rates are being arranged from-various parts of the Kingdom, so that there will be no difficulty in getting to see what will he. one of the most -interesting- and entertaining events in connection with the Coronation. All the profits, by the way, are going to be devoted to the King Edward VII. Hospital fund.