SOCIAL JOTTINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 36, 10 February 1917, Page 16

SOCIAL JOTTINGS.

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The Prineese Mary rarely or never carries money. Mdle. Dussau, her governess, usually has charge of the purse, and does the paying for her Royal Highneee. As a matter of fact, Royalties carry money only under exceptional circumstances. Queen Mary's ready-mo.ney .transactions are always made by a - lady-ia-waiting. King George carries a little gold, chiefly for tha purpose of "tipping": but all his ready-money purchases, which"' naturally are very few, are carried out" on his behalf by an equerry. Mrs. 'Phillip Fox, -widow, of the eminent Australian artist, is back again in her Paris home', 65, Boulevafde ArgoShe writes to a Sydney friend that she is doing war work by Helping Mr. Daly, a pupil of her late husband, who is sending individual parcels to soldiers -whose people aro in the invaded districts. .Mrs. Fox remarks that things are. becoming shockingly dear in Paris—coal.is £6..a ton, butter and cheese are 2/ lb, sugar is 7d, and ham 3/4. On December' 2, at the parish. «Kurch, Hornchurch, -writer our London".correspondent, Mr. J. H. Taplin, Bon of the late Mr. Joseph VV. Taptin, was married to Miss Kitty Williams, youngest daughter of the late Mr. J. W. Williams, of Pakaraka, Bay of Islands, and Gisborne. The auburn-haired woman looks best in the browns that shade into the tones of her hair or in the rich dark greens. The yellow-haired girl can wear red. The greens, too, are delightful on her; also certain yellows and blacks. White is less becoming. Blues, particularly the pale and cold blues, are best adapted to ■brunettes, whose colour is warm. The woman whose hair is dull, and whose complexion and eyes lack brillancy, may still be attractive if she wears 'frocks that harmonise with her eyes and hair. Usually dull finished materials in browns, blacks, and certain ehades ot blues that inateth the eyes are kindest to her. Among the four_ 'bridesmaids who attended Countess Nada Torby upon her marriage to Prince George of Battenberg is one wh6 officiated in a similar capacity to Queen Mary. This is the bridegroom's only unmarried sister, Princess Louise of Battenberg, who was a tiny girl nearing the end of her fourth year when she first appeared as bridesmaid at a Royal wedding at the Chapel Royal. Couniess Nada's elder sister, Countees Zia Torby, &Uo supported the bride, and the other two attendants were her cousina, Princess Jse_n:e of Russia, the daughters of the Grind Diike and Grand •Dueheee George of Russia. Children's clothing fan Vienna has become ao enormously dear ac to constitute a- veritable calamity for large families.' A velvet suit for a five-year-old boy" costs .£2 10/, and a stuff drese for a'girl ,pf the same age £'3. And made of, good woollen cloth, the price would- be at least £4. Winter overcoats for-quite , small boys cost from 'JE3 to £5, and if made of the best, cloth tlie price ranges iro.m £7 tq £8..*:. Children's underwear has risen in price- from 50 to 80 per cent., and even' then 1 is hard to get. Aβ for boots and shoes, the prices are enormous. Nothing can be bad for less than £1, and boots for big boys cost easily £2, and are of very indifferent quality at that.

Mr. Stewart Dswson, accompanied by his daughter, is at present in Auckland. He is engaged on _ tmainefes visit to .New Zealand. „— - The H<m.t33. V, Waittingfcaai, accompanied by' Mies Whittingham' and the two —Use** Taylor passed through Auckland by the maii =te—oier en route to Western Australia. Miss Nellie Patterson, niece of Madame Melba, passed through Auckland at"the beginning of the week upon her return to - Sydney from Honolulu. Madame .Melba intends to return shortly. Ho wonder Melba had a few straightout words to say on the subject of the appalling number of girlo in their teens who wear false teeth. Australians eat too many sweets; in fact, some of them seem to make sweets their staple article of diet. Anyway, the sweet-inaking industry seems to be a good business to go in for. One well-known girl, who started sweet-making in quite a modest way," now makes an income of about £200 a year. She sells nothing under 5/ a pound, but her sweets are the most delicious bon-bons that ever tempted the ewieet tooth of woman—or man. Ye=, man! Tell it not that more than one hard-headed business man keeps a box of sweety in his office ffor the delectation of himself and friends who pop in on business bent. Quite long is her list of patrons who have a standing order for a weekly box. During the pact week the Red Cross depot has dispatched 57 caees to Wellington, where they will be shipped on the first opportunity. A small caae of children's clothing has been received. It is the gift of a country school, and was made by the children ac a cjift for soldiers' children at Southampton. On I>ecember 5, at Littleham, South Devon. Capt. F. S. Jameson, M.C., R.E., son of the late Col. G. W. Jameson, and of Mrs. Jameson, Earl's Court, was married to Miss G. W. Elkington, elder daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. A. G. Elkington, of Woodbrooke, Rawke's Bay, and of SMUingford, Oxfordshire. Lady Curzon, who is admittedly the most beautiful woman in society, now enjoys the added distin-etson of being the wife of the commander of tbe Queen Elizabeth, one of the newest expressions of our navaJ power, but, at the moment, not the last word. Lord Curzon, who was a commander in the itoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve at the outbreak of -war, scon went to sea as a regular, and saw his flret service when "Lizzie" formed part of the Mediterranean Squadron that bombarded the Dardanelles. Lord Curzon is Lord Howe's heir, and his wife is his cousin and tbe daughter of the late Colonel the Hon. Montague Curzon. They have two children; the Hon. Edward and the Hon. Georgina Oarzon. The oldest love letter in the -world date* from 3000 years ago. It was found not long since engraved upon a tablet. The ardent one writes: "Do write to mc! I h»v» come from Babylon, but 1 have not found thee there. This has greafly grieved l mc. It is absolutely necessary that thou sbouldst come in November. Mayest thou, for the love of mc lire for ever!"