WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 306, 26 December 1924, Page 11

WOMEN'S WORLD.

- —.— SOCIAL JOTTINGS. \ Mr. an.: Airs. Troup, of Hataitai. Wellington, „ re visiting Auckland. j Mr. and .Mr-. F. Keilly arrived in Wellington on Satttrdav from Auckland ~" : ' » fortnight's visit.' Mr. ('. I\ Skerret. X.C.. and Miss Skerrett are visiting Auckland, and later "ill go to Tapuo. Mrs. ( X. \V,,,-lev. ~f Auckland, who is ..„ 1,,.,- ~.; IV ~, England, is at present -laving iv Wellington. Miss Mamie Spire,-, of Auckland, is staying at Waiouru. on the station of Mr. .1. I.vsnar. which is situated near Mt. Itiiapel.u. Mis. Melndoe. who was Miss Mabel Hiii. the well-known painter in water'•l'liiurs. and sister of Mr. Alfred Hill, the cinposei. i- un a visit in I lirisU'liurch. Lady l-'enwick remains in Auckland iimt ( hi'istmas, staving with lier daughter. Mr-. IVrcivai K. .lames, at sft. Man's Vicarage. Willi the Ceiuh of Mrs. Hubert K. l'ockley, of Loin Killora. N.S.W.. which occurred recently, another link with linearly history of New South Wales is severed (slates "The Australasian" i. Mrs. l'ockley was the daughter of the late Major ' Henry Antill. or the 7:ii 1 Highlanders, who came to N'cw Smit i Wale, with his regiment with liovi-rnor Mcguarrie, whose aide-de-camp he was. Later he settled at I'ieion. His dangl - ter, Selinn. married the late Captain Kobert l'ockley. They had 1.1 children of whom Dr. I". Antill l'ockley, and Dr Eric I'oeklev. now reside in Sydney. TvVi of Mrs. l'ockley's grandsons. Captain Brian Pock lev and Lieutenant .lulu I'ock'.ev. were'killed in the war. Mr. 11 ('. l'ockley. or Wadestown. Wellington is a son of the deceased lady. A curious story comes from "Time and Tide." . The writer says: "Posters last week drew my attention to a petition liv a wife fur judicial separation. \\< patently the husband developed a forn of religious belief which made the house hold very uncomfortable, and lie iinall; vent oil' to live with a young servant mc of his followers, leaving his wif. 0 look after three little, children. Witl vlutt would appear to be great goo, it'iise. the wife at this stage applied fo i separation. Now. one of our mos lensational dailies appears with a leade headed, "A Woman's Religion," am says that this is a case which "direct it'tentioti once more to the hysteria wit tvhicli religious fervour may affile women." Was this husband then, i It is stated In the London "Hail Telegraph," that both men and wome will be invited to compete in the ncv open examination for Class 1 iv th English Civil Service, which now cot stitutes tie. administrative grade. Til ages for entrants will be from '22 to 2 therefore it looks as though the Britis authorities meant to train the admini, trative people from quite an early ag and perhaps this may be a sound polic; for a person who has always walke along the narrow lines put forth b elderly, and perhaps not very inspire oflicc folk are not likely to have a wit administrative vision. Three worm were selected for administrative pos tions some time ago, namely, Hiss Cv tiss, superintendent of the Saving Bank Department; Mrs. Lucas, who is charge of foreign exchanges and cv rencies in the. Treasury Department .Miss Elliott, on tbe Board of Educatio There is no great salary attached i these junior administrative jobs, ft with men they go to £.">OO a year, ai with women to £100, so the ditTerenti tion in salary continues, although t work is the same, and the position the woman as a provider may be mo strenuous than that of the man. St for women to have come forward to t possibilities of better positions, is som thing gained. The method by which the wondcrf designs in the new artificial silk fabr: lire woven in with the yarn w described by a technical expert in t 1 trade, in a recent lecture given to t Textile Institute. Some of the m materials have a beautiful lustre. T lecturer handed round samples of fabric which has a perfect satin elTe It is now possible in weaving to give

exact reproduction of any partial ' pattern, while the latest machines -~ . weaving fabrics in six and eight colours.! i Another of the newest materials in arti-1 . final silk is an extremely pleasing i imitation of marocain, and a cheap fabric i for children's wear has the. appearance j • of astrakhan. As regards the cheaper materials, the lecturer pointed out that "plated" silks, consisting of an artificial silk fact, ''ii meroerisal ruttou. is . extremely suitable for children, and that it enjoys three times as long life as other silk fabrics. Many materials are being made by folding together artificial silk"" and woollen yarns. As artificial silk dyes are rejected by woollen dyes.j and vice-versa, numerous effects can be, !' produced by this method. The various' t j kinds of artificial silk fabrics are now d too numerous to mention, and the lee- . tttrer pave some useful advice to intend.f. %« purchasers. The material should be

held to the light, when, if the yarn is | .rood it will resemble the smooth surface j of a' looking glass. The width of the ' fabric should then be taken, and its pulling powers tested. It should stretch a. little, but not too much. A correspondent writes to the "Post," that feathers can be curled by using a short knife or scissors, and drawing a| small portion of the feather across the. back of th.. blade, and if the feather | boa were washed, the curling could lie] accomplished in this manner. Another! reader of the "Post," in reference to the .■une request -tha* for direction:! ior eleanino- a white feather boa—states j j that she cleaned an ostrich feather i I perfectly by dipping it in petrol, —swishin"' it'aboo-.. and rinsing it nclean petrol afterwards. Then she shook it dry in the air. and the curl remained in the feather, quite unharmed by the immersion in the petrol. Yerv few people who suck peppermints" know that peppermint crops have been cultivated for centuries in England ' There is a peppermint plantation ot 130 acres at Mitcham, in Surrey, and cultivation is also carried on in Lincolnshire <md Hertfordshire. Peppermint, which grows well on light soils containino- lime, finds a market not only among confectioners and perfumers, but with chemists, for it has excellent medicinal properties. The oldest umbrella in tiie world, 'which is in the same condition as when 'it was purchased in Dorset, England. lis in the possession of a resident of lllobart, Tasmania. It was brought there in 177(1 by William Clevett, and has been a cherished possession of his descendants.