WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 285, 2 December 1925, Page 21

WOMEN'S WORLD.

s • -. SOCIAL JOTTINGS. Mrs. Chas. Martyn, of Mountain Road,. Mount Albert, returned by. the Remuera last Monday after spending, eight months' holiday- in England. ;Mrs. R. W. Kane has left Wellington for a visit to Dunedin. Miss Dorothy Baker, one of Auckland's well-known violinists, has "returned to Auckland after being in London studying under some of the best masters. 'The Civic League has written to the Auckland Hospital Board expressing their satisfaction ' that the board had decided to appoint a woman to assist'on the Relief Committee. .'Mrs. and Miss Syme (Hawera), Mr. and Mrs. Dunnan (Cambridge), Mrs. Hovey (Hamilton), and.Mr. John Stan"age (England) are staying at Hotel Mon Desir, Takapuna. ■A bring and buy sale of work wag held yesterday afternoon at "H6unsl6w,'""the home of Mrs. Alfred Kidd,'Epsom. Great efforts had. been made by .members of the National .Council of Women- to provide articles for sale to enable them to wipe off the debt incurred y in tion with the Dominion Conference. The Stall was under the shade of giant puriris, on the raised terrace, and hard work was put-in- by the members of the committee, Mesdames Cadoux, •Anstiss, John Cooke, Kidd, Bruce, Harbutt, and the Misses Fleming, Neumegin, Grant, Cox, Quayle, and Tremain. Afternoon tea was served on the terrace before the house, where a full view of the beautiful garden was obtained, and it was in charge of the Query Club girls. Miss Grant served ice cream. After tea. the guests strolled in the garden, where great pleasure was taken in the unusually beautiful surroundings of the quaint garden with its colour, harmonies and finely-grown plants. The beds were delicate harmonies of mauve and pale pinks, with aline of old gold made by nemesia. unfortunately just passing from its full beauty. The giant; p'nk stocks, in a delicate shade, were massed as background to rows of pale cineraria, with ground to rows of pale purple cineraria, with masses of delphinium standing in the background at intervals, and it was a pleasant place to" spend an hour, with its masses of roses intertwined with an old gold begonia, flowering profusely. The rockery and lily pond, with deep pink and ivory lilies, floating in-what looked like natural surroundings, even to the croaking of a frog,, was a great pleasure to all garden lovers. The sale of work should bring in a substantial sum and enable the National Council .to carry on its local effort of the' world's organisation without any load of debt on its shoulders. I__r~ __________________________ -■ -■

A very successful reception was given by the . Otago Womeifs Club last week in honour of her Excellency Lady Alice , Fergusson, who was .received by the president, Lady~ Lindo Ferguson, ! and presented with • a bouquet of red roses arid pansies. - - , . The- Girl Guides' of Christchureh have ■ been in camp at,a beautiful spot in the ; Cashmere Hills, under command of Lady Marjorie 'Dalrymple, ' and; ' from all accounts had a'delightful experience, although the camp had to be struck a day earlier than intended owing to bad Weather. . .'A- '..'.._.. • '..', A tribute comes .from as far away as Jamadoba Bhaga, India, to the valuable •>--vioe done by Dr. Truby King's book , for mothers. A young English lady ', '■»« to a relative in New Zealand as follows: "I had a lot of trouble with baby when we came up here, he being only three -weeks: old. Owing to getting dengue fever three days after he ' was born, I was obliged to stop feeding ' him, and then when' I started him ''■ on patent foods I could not get one to .agree'with him. He got so thin, and was under his weight at birth at one j time. For weeks I-could not-bath him, but just rubbed him with oil. I was in despair when I got Dr. Truby King's , book on babies. Then we bought a cow, for it was impossible to get good milk . out here, and I set to work making * humanised rriilk according to directions. It was weeks before I could get the little one on to full diet, but once I did he .. besranto thrive, and.at ten months had nu-edun! to normal weight. He is a lovely child now, as you will see by the photograph enclosed." The National Council of Women, at its 1922 conference, held in Auckland, , asked that outside porters should be , licensed at the ''railway stations, as is i usual in other lands, and has been asking the Government for the same ; thing at intervals. ever since. The Auck- , land branch, which originated the idea, is very pleased to not : ce that at last their advice is being followed, and that ihothers .with children and luggage will be able to command assistance at set , chaises when travelling by railway train. '-~'"' Miss Molly Gamble, who is soon to join the nursing staff of the Auckland Hospital, was the guest of honour at a tennis party given by a few of her girl , friends in the Takapuna Tennis Club, on the courts, on Tuesday. Owing to the excellent condition of the courts a most enjoyable game was played (progressive), the highest score falling to Mrs.' B. Jacobi A very dainty afternoon tea. ■ with strawberries and cream, was served, after which a pretty souvenir was presented to Miss Gamble by Miss O'Neil, on behalf of the girls of the club ,and herself. The guests were Miss P. Gamble; Miss M. He.nderson, Mrs! I Jacobi, Miss Gladys Williams, Miss j Grace Mac Donald, Misses O'Neil (3), jMiss Vera Moginie, Miss Palethorpe! J Mrs. J. W. Wilson, and Mrs. Gamble.

• n The annual meeting of the Society, oi <■ Musicians took place last evening ai c Miss Alice ~ Law/s studio. Mr. Bafrj c Coney remarked on-the successful, year 1 and was re-elected president, and Miss s Law vice-president. The committee- wer< Mrs. Archdale Tajder, Miss D.i Judson a Miss Margaret " Stoddart. Miss Amj B Stevenson; Mr; . Kitchingman, : Mr V Dimery, Mr. R. , Waller; Mrs. Boult I secretary and treasurer." A presenta . tion wa* made during the evening tc a, Mrs. Isa ]Sfeave, the late secretary, whe I is. leaving for England . for a holiday Last. Monday evening in the Parish s Hall, Devonport, a very interesting and c picturesque entertainment under the c organisation and management of; Mr. and yjMrs. T. Scoble Cornish,. was given by s ..the children connected with the DevonI I port Catholic Church. For| some time j the children have been working hard - under Mr. and Mrs. Cornish in. conhec--8 tion with a .queen carnival, and last I Monday saw Miss V. Fredatovich duly i elected 'as Queen of the Tower Guild j Carnival, and for tlie time being, of 1 Devonport. Her election was decided by 2 vote, the ftrst hour, from 8 to 9 p;m., , being for the purpose. A voting s booth, correct in detail, a ballot-box for 3 ' each competing queen, five in number, , five scrutineera'aridah;auditor \the Lev. c Father Furlodg) "occupied the " stage. represented a vote,' a count . "Tieing taken every quarter of an hour j and posted on a board. The five com- ; petitors were Miss V., Fredatovich, Miss 1 1. Patterson, Miss J. Beaston, Miss K. i Franklin and Miss K. O'Malley. From 3 the first sound of the starting bell, votes seemed to pour in from all parts qf the t hall. As the resurfc of the first, count, , Miss Fredatovich led, at:the second Miss 2 Patterson,--the third Miss Fredatovich 3 regained the first place and. kept it, with i Miss Patterson second and Miss Frank- > lin third. The coronation ceremony was • a very interesting and ; well arranged , function, the five little queens with their t own particular attendants in their t pretty court dresses, fitting, into line aiici 1 places prompty and with'little apparent t 'effort. The Queen's Court dress was r pale blue satin and silver, with silvtr and blue train. jMiss ft. Franklin its l Queen of the Fairies, and her fairy - courtiers, made a, very charming group, i and were specially - admired. The Rev. 1 Father Furlong, presented the Queen ; with a gold wristlet watch on bt_alf of ; the Church Committee and himself. He fc also thanked the children for the splendid - way they had worked, and told them : the names of the chief workers were to . be inscrihed on a- bronze tablet and ait , .ached to the church. He also eompH- - mented Mr. and Mrs. Cornisiv on tht , success oi the carnival, and tnanked wv.nx (. for the worlc and time they had ex- . pended to bring that; success about. The . ooject o fthe carnival ~was to raise enough 3 money to pay. off-the' debt on the two , towers of the church, £250 each. All the ,- proceeds are not yet to hand, but at .present £800 has been realised.- ;

if* Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt sailed on the X United States liner Leviathan, to join y. her husband and his brother, Theodore, r, "somewhere in .Asia." The Roosevelts ,s were hunting big game in the Himac layas. Mrs. Tneouore Roosevelt was i, to join them. Mrs. Roosevelt was accomy panied by her four children, Kermit jr., r. Willard, Dirck and Clochette. The clhldt, ren were left with their grandmother, i,-. Mrs. Joseph E. Willard, in London. o] Leather is still much used this scab son for trimmings. The newest kind is y. brightly coloured and is covered with jj a tooled broche pattern in gold. The ,j shoemakers are also making use of c 'this patterned leather. In another j novel leather trimming a cross work of „ grey and red suede straps forms a '. checked band edged with black chenille. c In this and other colours it is used on _ cuffs and collars.

t ■ ....... r WEDDINGS.

* I ' 8 I - > ' — I "" I The wedding was celebrated at the Methodist Church, Lower Hutt, of Dr. Grace Helena Rime, only daughter of c Mr. and Mrs. P. Kime, of Lower Hutt, '* to Mr. J. P. Proude, only son of Mr. l and Mrs. J. J. Proude, of Xorth Auck- , land. - The.bride wore'a frock of blue crepe de chine and georgette with a silver embroidered veil, and carried a .- bouquet of pale rose? and sweet peas. The bridesmaids were Miss Phyllis Jull .(Rangiora), in blue georgette and biege lace, with a bouquet of roses, and Miss R. M. Troude, in green shot silk and a bouquet to match the frock. Miss C. ~ Street, of Raetihi, was in rose-pink * satin frock and carried a bouquet of s roses, and Miss Parker, in a tomato- ' coloured crepe de chine frock and a '' bouquet to match. Master Billy Kime, ' dressed in black velvet, was a page. The 'V best man was Mr. L. X. Ritchie, of Raetihi, and the groomsmen were c Messrs. Leslie Kime, Sydney Morgan (of a Mangapura), and H. M. Dewar. The a church, and the reception room (The 0 Lounge) were prettily decorated by the bride's friends, who were afterwards entertained by Mrs. Kime. -Among those b present were Mr. _.eld, M.P., and Mrs. 4 Field, Mr. R. W. Smith, M.P., Mrs "Smith, sen. (grandmother of the bridee i groom), Mr. and Mrs. McMeekand M (Patea), Mr. and Mrs. Lester, Mr. J. 0 I Scott, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bennett, Mr. " and Mrs. R. Kime, Mr & and Mrs. Finlayfc son (Wanganui), Miag Whitham, Mrs. Liddell, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ellerm.

tj . . "• ~~ 7| -- ENGAGEMENTS. il •

11 ; V j -. The engagement Js announced of Esmc •> : Guyon, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ? Claude Purchas, Penrose, Auckland, to r Philip Leslie Bruce, son of Canon "i and Mrs. Arthur F; Williams, Te Aute, •, Hawke's, Bay. _| —-