WOMEN'S WORLD

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 264, 5 November 1923, Page 11

WOMEN'S WORLD

SOCIAL JOTTINGS. ° a Mrs. and Hiss Monteath, of New Plymouth, arc visiting Auckland. r Mrs. Oswald Hemmingway, of Eltharn, s is paying a visit to Auckland this week. ( Miss K. M. Wilding lias returned r from a. short visit to Miss Barwell, at Hamilton. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward and Mr. T. E Y. Eeddon and ilrs. Keddon are the ♦ ouests of Mrs. Bernard Wood, Christ- j church for Carnival week. Miss Estellc Nolan, who is on a visit { to Auckland from England, is the guest , of Mrs. H. 0. Nolan, Portland Koad. " Miss D. Nolan, who has been on a visit to Taraiiaki, has returned to Auckland. ! Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Reid, who have , been visiting Giaborne, have returned to Auckland, and taken a flat in f! raft on Eoad. Mrs. H. Worsp. of Wliangarei. is the guest of Mrs. Mackay Grant. Mountain Boad. Miss Motion, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Hall, in the South, lias returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Clutlia Mackenzie, of Auckland, are paying a. visit to the South, and arrived in Christcliurch on The marriage took place at the Church of St. Michael and All Saints, Christclrarch, of Miss Elsie Howard, youngest daughter of Mr. E. J. Howard, M.P., of Cliristchurch, and Mr. Thomas Lament, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lament, of Napier. In attendance upon the bride were her sister, Miss Mabel Howard, and Miss Winnie Adcock (niece), and Mr. Fergus Large was best man. The Canterbury Women's Club was gay with tamarisk aud red roses, states a local paper, when one of the rneinbsrs, Mrs. Carey Hill, gave a lecture on her recent visit toJapan. Mrs. Carey Hill visited parts of Japan at the foot of Fujiyama that are not usually seen by Europeans and was carried by Sedan chair up the mountain as well as to the ice caves. A successful dance was held in St. Barnabas' Hall, Mount Eden, on Friday evening, under the organisation of a committee of pupils of the Howe Street Girls' Grammar School —Misses G. Brierley, D. Garratt, L. Brinaden, A. Thomas, M. Rifkin, and M. Blakey. About fifty were present, and the net proceeds, amounting to several pounds, are to be given to the Karitane Home. The chaperones for the evening were Mrs. H. T. Garratt, who wore black crepe de chine, and Mrs. W. Brinsden. black and white sponge silk, ably assisted by Mrs. E. H. McCallum, black silk with gold lace. An outstanding feature was the artistic decoration of the hall, in blue and gold streamers, draped with balloons of the same colours.

The Putaruru dolf Club concluded this season with a grand ball in the Town Hall. The interior had been appropriately transformed for the occa-. sion. A profuse display of pendant streamers and imitation golf balls hung lawVver the dancing floor, amidst the greenery and furnishing which decorated the alcoves. The colour scheme was maroon and gold, the colours of the club, and was used in the arrangement and decoration of the supper tables. The whole was illuminated by red shaded lights, giving a gay and pretty effect, and, despite adverse weather conditions, there was a large and interested company assembled. Mrs. E. F. Rutherford, as the club's championship ])la3'er in the ladies' division, opened proceedings by "striking off from the tee." The tee proved to be a miniature tier of coloured paper set in the centre, of the hall, from which Jlrs. Rutherford, using an appropriate club, distributed souvenir '"golf" (ping-pong) balls among the gathering, the merriment consisting in the scramble for these. The grand inarch was marshalled by Messrs. R. 3lcDermott, J. H. Bear, and A. Barcroft. Several dances ensued, after which the presentation of the prizes won during the past season took place This was preceded by an unannounced feature, the club secretary, Mr. R. E. Brown, pre- v senting the patron, Mr. W. Yandle, with a bag of golf clubs as a token of the members' indebtedness to Mr. Yandle's generosity in giving the use of his property free as links for the club. Mr. Yandle returned thanks and then presented the prizes, which numbered over 40, to the winners. The supper ivas the effort of the ladies of the club, and the result was an unqualified success, reflecting great credit on all concerned. A busy Yorkshire town has as its coroner's clerk a girl of 24. Her father has been the coroner's officer for more than thirty years, and his daughter, who at- ' tends, on the average, three inquests a day, has written the depositions in several murder cases. A woman shipping agent, the only one in Britain, is to be found in an office in the Strand. This enterprising woman began business with her brother, arid after his death in the Great War she went to London and started business alone. The managing director of a machinery supply firm is a woman, who travels all over Europe and America. London has two women gold burnishers, one in the West and one in the East End, who follow their interesting and delicate occupation as skilled craftswomen. A woman sweep is mentioned in the London Directory, and there is a solitary woman bookmaker, a white-haired, elegantly dressed woman, who, employed by a firm of West End agents, takes bets in Tattereall's ring. In Hammersmith, there is a woman who makes a living by the sale of perfumes which she has distilled herself. There is a woman wine-taster in the chief city restaurant in London. A more feminine business has been adopted by a woman who has set up practice in the West End, and gives advice on all matters relating to housekeeping. Some women specialise in getting rid of the insects in valuable old furniture that has grown worm-eaten, and numbers make a living by caring for pets and exercising dogs. WEDDINGS. At St. Anjrustinc's. the picturesquely situated little church on the Cashmere Hills, the marriage took place last week, of Mr. Robert Adam Wilson, second son of Sir James and Lady Wilson, of Bulls, and Doris Rose, second daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. J. Cracroft Wilson, of the Cashmere Estate, Christchurch. The wedding excited more than passing interest, not only because the bridegroom, a member of one of the oldest North Island families, had a remarkably fine record in the recent war, where he held the rank of major, and was awarded the D.5.0., but because the bride, in Addition to her many social qualities, possesses a fine sense

of citizenship. By her rare organising ability, cheerfully and wisely directed towards the successful management of many large functions, the funds of several deserving organisations in Christchuich have been considerably augmented within the last few years.

His Grace Archbishop Julius, assisted j : by the Rev. A. 11. Norris, performed | the wedding ceremony, and Mrs. .F. R. Inwood provided suitable nuptial music. The church had been effectively decorated for the occasion by Mrs. Frank Wilding and other friends of the bride's family, with masses of white blossom. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father, wore a beau-' tiful frock of white and silver brocade, made in Elizabethan style. The square neck had a bcrthe of silver lace, and the long tight-fitting sleeves were pointed over the hands. The longpointed bodice was finished with silver j ribbon, and the skirt was long and very bouffant at the hips. The square train of white georgette, mounted on | silver tissue, and lined with soft blue | georgette, was edged with silver liiee and was finished at the shoulders with a Medici collar of silver lace. Her tulle veil, whipped with silver thread, fell to the hem of her skirt, and was arranged over a coronet of orange blossoms. She carried a beautiful posy of lilies of the valley and palest pink carnations.

There were no bridesmaids in attendance, hut Hiss Mary Hogfr. ScoutSergeant of the Cashmere Hills Troop, waited upon the bride, while on Mr. Anthony Birch, of Palmerston North, devolved the duties of best man.