WOMAN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 112, 17 November 1928, Page 13

WOMAN IN PRINT.

Dr. and Miss Ewtirt (Wellington) and Mrs. Gillingharii (Pail-lie) are visiting in the North.. ... Mrs. David Mason, Wanganui, has been visiting Wellington. Mrs. E. R. 0. Bo.veil, Napier, has been paying a visit to Wellington. Miss Ida Fraser lias returned from a visit to Auckland. Miss Joan Nicoll, Ashburton, has been a visitor, to Wellington. Miss Marjorie Reid, who has been the guest of Miss Kiver, Christchurch, has returned to Wellington. ' Miss Preston Stanley .left by the Ulimaroa on her return journey to Sydney. Miss Norah Watt, Dunedin, is the guest of Mrs. R. P. M'Cracken, Aurora terrace. -.'■';. Mrs. W. Shakespeare, Petone, is leaving next week for Hong Kong to join Mr. Shakespeare. They intend to reside there in future. Mrs. J. J. Cony has returned to Blenheim after a visit to Wellington. Miss Moira M'Nab is a Blenheim visitor to Wellington. Miss V. Denniston, who has been tho guest of Mrs. Woodhouse, Timaru, has returned to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Ward and Mrs. Bernard Wood arrived in Wellington from tho South to-day. Miss M. Stewart is a Wellington visitor to Christchurch. ■ • • Mr. and Mrs. J. Montgomery, Fendnlton, arc in Wellington en route for a tour in the North Island. Mrs. Quane, St. Albans, is in Wellington to meet her daughter, Mrs. M'Master, who is arriving by the Tai- | ntii. ■'■--'■ | -'. Lady Myers,- Auckland, has been I visiting the Franz Josef Glacier.' Mr. and Mrs. F.. Picot, Miss Molly Walters,' and Mrs. Y. Molloy aro Wellington visitors to Auckland. Dr. Sylvia Chapman, who has been the guest of Miss Allen at Dunedin, is returning to Wellington. Miss Beatrice Elliott (Mrs. M. J. Kilmartin), Auckland, left by tho s.s. TJlimarp'a'. for Sydney, yesterday to fulfil an engagement there prior to her return to America. Miss Bona Murphy, a pupil of Valeric Valeska, of Auckland, left yesterday with tho Fuller Grand Opera Company, having been fortunate enough to secure an engagement with tho company to tour Australia and the Bast with them. Miss Murphy has been with tho company throughout : their Now Zealand tourOlympic Games Stamps. Mr. H. Amos, in speaking' at tho Pioneer Club luncheon yestorday, raised a laugh as ho held up a paper of handsome scarlet and white stamps and explained that they wcro Olympic Games : stamps, specially struck to commemorate the meeting. Ho said that he had brought them to Now Zealand to give . as. rewards ,tp boy collectors, when they earned them. "You sco there are only two.gone/ ho added, and the inference was at once grasped by the gathering! Other interesting "exhibits" were some of the badges worn at the Games. Canada was tho most impressive. . They wore white garments, and a.huge maple leaf in scarlet.' South Africa-was also well seen in green aiid gold, with a large sjambok badge. The British representatives wore white with a Union Jack, which, however, was far too small to be effective or distinguished at a distance. Tho New Zealand costume had the same fault, being:of black with a small fernloaf which also was - quite indistinguishable a little - way off. - Australia was well seen in green, with the arms of the country in gold carried out on a large scale, A Carnival Entertainment. A successful dance was hold in tho Adelphi Cabaret last evening in aid of tho Transportation Queen (Miss Tiora Meadows) in- the forthcoming carnival. There was a good attendance, all the tables in the danco hall being engaged, as were also several tables for bridge, in the lounge. Tho candidate, Miss Tiora Meadows, who was wearing green georgette and silver tissue, welcomed tho guests on arrival, and very soon everyone was dancing to the strains of tho Cabaret Orchestra. The entertainment was arranged by tho queen's maids of honour, who aro Mrs. Pocock, and tho Misses I. Meadows, M'Carthy, Penty, Woodward, Brodo- j rick, Clark, Lowery, Miniflo, Liardet, D. Lewis, and Jean Montiplay. A Successful Contention. Mrs. Grant' Smith, of The Pretoria News'.' editorial staff (South At frica), has successfully claimed a rebate on income-tax. Her application was based on the contention that a woman occupying the. position of social reporter on a daily paper had to spend at least £100 per annum more than a woman earning a similar income in any other occupation. ; Her Claim was allowed to tho extent of £00 per annum. A Royal Romance. Behind the announcement that Aleka, of tho sports dress- section of a big departmental, store,, and George of the novelties section of the same shop, will be married shortly, lios a Royal romance, states, a Chicago newspaper. For these two shop assistants arc Princess Aleka Galifczine, daughter of tho late Princo Paul of Russia; and Princo Georgo Botislav, hophew of tho Tsar Nicholas. Tho mania-go will take place at the Greek Orthodox Church with elaborate ceremonial and old-time Rubsian ritual. Ruined, by Bolshevism, tho two young peoplo, Who met several years ago in London, - omigrated to America oarly.this year. Hoping to 10----triove their fortunes, thoy both becatno shop assistants in Chicago. Thoy will havo only a-threo-days' honeymoon. Then tho autumn sales <will call them back to tlioir respectivo counters. The Airman's Wedding. Mr. Litchfield, navigator of the Tas; mun flight, and his .bride, Miss Eena Holdsworth, had decided on a very quiet wedding, ■ but tho arrival of Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith and Flight-Lieutenant Ulni by aeroplane in Sydney aroused considerable public interest. The ceremony was performed by tho Rev. Mr. .Russell at St. James's [ Church, which was massed with beautiful roses, lilies of the valley, and carnations. The brido woro a tiered frock of beige laco, with a small sky-blue hat, and carried a huge shbaf of delphiniums, her Wedding ring being of carved platinum. Mrs. F. Marr, wearing a black and floral, georgette frock, a black Baku hat> and with v bouquet of largo golden, roses, was matron of honour. A great niany friends went round to tho "Wontworth" informally to givo their, good Wishes to tho brido and bridogroom. Tho wedding tour was round tho South Coast, of New South Wales. . - An Adventurous Girl. Miss M. B. Carstairs, Britain's foremost girl motor bont racer, has definitely decided to attempt in a motor-boal this year to boat tho timo of the fastest water passage Of the Atlantic. Her attempt was to bo mndo somo time in October. Sho is- credited with tlio ambition to do tho comploto trip of j 2835 miles in three and a half days.

Miss Una Castle." Many people are interested in the return to' New Zealand :of . Miss Una Castlo, M.A., of Wellington, who will arrive by'tho Tainui from Southampton to-morrow morning. : Miss Castle had a distinguished career In. her own country, and is well known in the educational world. After taking her M.A. degree with first-class honours in languages she was awarded the French Travelling Scholarship of tho New Zealand University, being the first woman to be. granted this honour. Miss Castle has taken every possible advan-

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tage of this scholarship, and has visited a number of countries with a view to research in languages. . In this way she has been able to obtain first-hand knowledge of people, languages, and countries. She made a four of inspection of the schools and other educational institutions, and gained a Special Diploma for the teaching of French from the Sorbonno. University, Paris. Among the countries she has visited ■■ are England, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, and Spain.