WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 249, 18 October 1920, Page 9

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS. Lady Stout ia visiting Rotorua, and will later pay a visit to Auckland. Mrs. Edward Chiidleigh, of Auckland is the guest of Mrs. Garrett. Victoria Struct. Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs. W. Painp arrived from Dunedin on Friday, and arc staying at Stonehuret. Mrs. MacOormick and her sister, Mrs. Burke, from Wanganui, left for Wellington laet evening. John Wilkinson and her daughter, of Dunedin, are amongst the guesta at Stonehurst. Mr. and Mre. Dudley Murray, who have been staying at Stonehurst, have taken a house in Mount Eden. The Government has commissioned Mrs. M. E. R. Tripe, the well-known Wellington artist, to paint the portrait of Lieut. Frickleton, V.C., for the National War Museum collection. Mrs. Beatrice Wilkie, of Mow Plymouth, arrived in Auckland on Saturday, and is staying , at Stonehurst. Miss L. Bechan, of Auckland, daughter of the late Hon. W. Bcehan, M.L.C., ia visiting- Christchurch. The Christchurch Women's Civic Group is agitating for a municipal milk supply on account of the children of the city. The Victoria League, of Wanganui, is endeavouring to assist the overworked mother, and to that end has engaged a nurse to visit homes when children are eick. Mrs. Warringrton, who arrived from the Islands by the Talune, is staying at Stonehurst with her daughter, Mrs. A. F. Parkee, of Wellington, who is paying a visit to Auckland. The engagement is announced of Mice Janet Rutherfurd, younger daughter of Mr. F. W. Rutherfurd, of Wairama Downs, Auckland, to Mr. 'Malcolm Gordon, eldest surviving eon of the late Mr. J. B. Gordon, of Parnell, Auckland. The Rev. Mr. Carey, from tne Baptist Mission in India and the descendant of the first missionary to the East, and Mrs. Carey, -who have been staying in Auckland, have left for Rotorua in company with Mr. and Mrs. D. Carey, of Sydney. They ■will return to Auckland later. A Taranaki resident now travelling in the United, States, writing to a friend, says: "Servants are Tjecoming very scarce here, and people are building smaller houses and going in for all kinds of labour-saving devices, such as washingup machines, which are a huge success." It appears that a School of Citizenship exists in Edinburgh. Miss Forbee, speaking at the town-planning meeting, said that the 'building was divided into etoriee: One where citizenship iteelfwae studied; others were devoted to Scotland, Europe, the JVorld, and so on. Hill cities were studied, eeaeide cities. and others with special characteristics. occupations, and customs, which all differ greatly. Last Friday at the State School, Takapuna, Miss Lytton, who hae been on the staff for nearly four years, and is now leaving and going to Cambridge, was the recipient of a presentation from the pupils and staff. The children gave her a yery (handsome travelling bag, and a pair of bronze vases, and the staff a silver serviette ring, suitably engraved. The presentation wae made by Mr. F. Collins, the chairman of. the school committee. The vacancy on the staff made by Miss Lytton's removal has teen filled by the appointment of a second assistant-master, Mr. Harris. The Women's Civic Group of the Chrietchurch branch of the National Council of Women are not only a practical and live body, but are evidently gifted with* Tne saving grace of humour. At their last meeting the absurdity of "charging" infants and children with being destitute was discussed, and it was maintained that some more enlightened method of dealing with unfortunate or sinned-againat little folk should be adopted. The State's responsibility in the matter of attempting to reform, and not merely punish, girls who had offended against the law, was also affirmed. A fine collection of garments was received by the 'Ladies' Auxiliary of the Navy .League at the recent gift "At Home," and they are now 'being packed and forwarded to England in time for Christmas. The gifte include underclothing, children's garments, some of the charming knitted dreeses with hoods to match, boys' en its, and a lot of infante' clothes, besides a collection of very good eecond-fcand clothes for the mothers of the little ones. Parcels «une from as far apart as Tauranga and Kamo, Taumaninui and Cambridge, and eren from Taranaki. The Red Cross has tbo given some knitted goods—mittens, balaclavas, and scarfs —which will be fpreatly appreciated in the cold of the English winter. Many women are worried to find their , hands getting rough and unpleasant with ] doing housework. A little trouble will obviate this. Rulb the hands with spirits of camphor three times a day for one week; thie will harden the outer ■kin or cuticle, which is really the only portion of t)ne skin which euffers from ■ hard usage. The next thing ie to rub the hands well 'with camphor ice each night before retiring, and wear a pair of kid gloves about two sizes too large. Whenever the hands are used in soap and water, as soon as through, take vinefar and water, half-and-half, and rinse the hands; this counteracts the alkali in the eoap, which is the cause of redness and roughness. A very charming form of society entertaining is at present the fashion in Chriatdh'Uroh, where the first of a series of operatic interpretations by Madame Oower-Burns and Mr. Sydney Hoben took place at the residence of Mrs. F. H. Pyne, in Park Terrace. The opera •«i«et*d for interpretation was FrancoI*oni'e "I/Oraeolo," taken from the play "The Cat and the Cherub," by C. B. Fernaud, the scene of which is laid in the Chinese quarter of San Francisco. Before entering on'the real business of tie afternoon, Mr. Hoben gave a brief Humane of the history of the opera from the time of ite ibirth in 1880, through its many vicissitudes, until 1915, when it came into its own, and has eince been performed every season in London. The artist then told the story of the opera with much dramatic intensity, ' illustrating, Iby pianoforte, interpretations of the main themes and airs, the great bewty and weirdnese of the composition, while Madame Gower-Burne interpreted the soprano soli with her wellknown artistry. Massenet'e "'Manon" b the opera choeen for the next recital, which is to take place at Mtb. Bernard. Wood's home in Papanui.