WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 161, 9 July 1926, Page 15

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS

\[r and Mrs L. C. Rathhone, Rcmuera, Auckland, are visiting Wellington. Miss Lena Liddl.>. Bassett Road, Beinuera, leaves by the Marama on a health trip to Australia. Mrs. C. Hampton, of Southbridge, Canterbury, is visiting relatives in the Auckland district. }Ir. and Mrs. Harold Barker, Fendalton, Christohurch, are visiting Wellington. Jliss Rothenburg, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland, where she intends spending two months, before visiting Australia. Airs. A. V. Burchpr, ot Romuera, who has been visiting , tho South Sea Islands, is expected to return by the Tofua next week. An anniversary concert, social and dance was held on Wednesday in the Lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution, Foresters' Hall, Devonport, by the local and was of a very successful nature. Over a 100 members of the Institution and friends wern present. Dances were interspersed \vith musical and humorous items. A novel feature was the presentation of a birthday cake from the members of the Onehunga Lodge. An enjoyable concert was given at the Evelyn Firth Home last Wednesday evening by giils of the Victoria League Bub-committee of the Ever Ready committee. Cigarettes were distributed by the girls. There were several items in costume, a Spanish danre by Miss Armitage, accompanied by Miss Maddox at the piano and Mr. Maddox on the clarinet. An old-fashioned dance and song, "To a Miniature." was sung and accompanied by Miss St. Clair-Whyte. while the gavotte was danced by Miss de Eenzy, as the lady, and Miss X. St. ClairWhyte, as the gentleman. A pianoforte solo by Miss Ballantyne, a duet by Misses J de Renzy and Priestly and a steel guitar solo by Mr. Maddox. An unusual function to take place in t seat of learning was a mannequin parade arranged by the girls of the Auckland University College, which took place on Wednesday evening in the beautiful common room in aid of the Y.W.C.A. funds. The room had been arranged as a cupper room, and in the centre was a low stage upon which the frocks were displayed by Misjoe Bowell, Caravan, Golgan, J. Robertson, J. Colwill, Shrewsbury, E. Walker and J. Graham. The description of the frock was given by Miss Leighton, who had a strenuous part to play in the proceedings, and did it clearly and well. The frocks were lent for the occasion by a well-known Auckland firm, and the" hats were the production of a well-known millinerydepot. The girls entered at one end and paraded down between the guests, as to the manner born, and then mounted the platform, where they pirouetted and postured before the admiring onlookers. The suits embraced all forms of walking and sports suits, as -well as those to be worn by the young people during the coming spring, both in the day time &nd in the evening, while a fancy dress frock made of white crinkled paper, to personate a wedding bell, will doubtless be seen on many an Auckland ballroom floor. Another feature of the evening was girls dressed in scarlet "buttons" page dress, who escorted the guests to their places. There were about two hundred present, and during the evening songs were sung and dances given, and 4 programme of music by a string orchestra added to the enjoyment of those present.

LUNCHEON TALK.

"LITE IN INDIA."

_ "Life in India" was taken as the subject of Professor Corbin's address before the Lyceum yesterday at luncheon. In introducing the speaker, Mrs. W. H. Parkes, president, spoke of the wonderful country India was, and the great contrasts which she had seen on a visit to the land. She also extended a welcome to the guests present, Mrs. Coroin, Miss Gillies, of New York, and Mrs. Kenneth Gordon, who will be the next speaker, and will talk about the censorship during the war when she acted as censor in England. . India, said Professor Corbin, in opening his address, is a huge country, with and ranging in height from Mt. Everest c,-£ c ,-" Squelch - v Cr eek," immortalised £7 Kipling. When sailing to India from tie professor was asked some 2* d M yS before arriral if he could J™ smell India, and upon trial he felt tnat he could smell something, which P er ™ de * the land, and Hi een rec °gnised by returning S d i ans - v IiD S was Perfectly "TO, East could not meet with West. •Ma we realised that the people of iadia were two hundred and ninety mil- ««•, more than in all tie Empire. Ar \ was a crowded land, witn two hun2ckW\ t0 , the Square mile ' a P lace of people; the density was W m ? us - Calcutta was the second short * T 6 • dritish Em P ire > and Uttl e brM«« . oadon in population. The c≥ f eminded him of HZ , the S a J colours of the dress. intoL n min ? pe °P le are divide d up ** mall nations. In going from BenSUd t? c north " west the - traveller Sea W Ugl !, dOZenS Of different lan " Ktn" n Wlth a subs *ratum of area nf ff d Wlth some difficulty. The miles C ° u " tr y wa * 1.000 : 266 square culth-JL ° f this 22 '°°0-000 acres were »oSd 5J' and all hy Band labour ' which *C S W some small idea of the con - a, „ , < ; ountr - v - wi£ h its 30,000,000 °f Wia 7 ell ? Wells - The Population anH - P / n , ded Ur e elv on artific-a] a day lo" C mons <>onal rains were These r • SrCat excite ment prevailed. ks ted an r\ S S ° aked the P lains ' an d fr °a sfx w - V - ear - Tht ' climatG ran ?«l to the hi!! °- Pnow in the north-west eldest d« Ot Calcutta > the 114,,7^^. In, iia er LT + S ' a STeat ' leal of " nrest in th e vast 10 ? P caker - after describing D °r writ/* J"' ho could neither read tte dissaH.ff". , WOre at the m ercy of °« of thf 8 ; 1 Ia "- vers - to ° ° f turned Stools Zl tn Z ]lsh universities and iazaar' pS Poached sedition in the dr ed veer * cation would take a hun - P^Ple * T ° ™ach the mass of the' the Em D f PO In , dla must "main within *ith la£?' alth °ugrh it was seething Who S e " S .abe. ab 'c and unscrupulous themselves vf g to am control for We have i- j s F Btem of education B °t suft ? P J cd ' said the speaker, does nniversS • ' althou ? h there were an d the ««!!>• come of the lar^e citie *' 80 to\ tlOa of the was to •evered 7 uni 1 1 ;' ersit y- If India was SHk-r; m Britai »- and if China » «P savage India would be over-

run and a welter of bloodshed would ensue. Professor Corbin referred to the success achieved by Lord Reading, .vlio was a lawyer, and could be patient and appreciated by the Indians, whereas, the man of action was not understood. The speaker closed by referring to the dark side of the land, and described how he and a friend rode into a large village where cholera had raged, and found the people lying dead about the streets. The only two alive were two women sitting on the edge of the village well, terrible hags, who were the only survivors. At the conclusion Mrs. Parkes thanked the speaker for his very interesting and able address.

ROTORUA NOTES

Mrs. Grave, sen., has returned from Mount Maunganui. Mrs. Boucher, of Ohinemuri, is visiting Wellington. Mrs. Marshall, who has been on a visit to Rotorua, has left for Christchurch. Mrs. F. F. Hockly, Malfroy Road, leaves on Wednesday on a short visit to W r ton. Miss E. Edmonds, of the staff of the District High School has been transferred to the Epsom School, and hag left to take up her duties. Airs. Hunt and Mrs. J. Brooking spent the weekend at Arawa House on their way through from Auckland to Mrs. Brookmg's home in the Opotiki district. Mrs. Staples-Brown, who has been for several months revisiting Rotorua, has left for Wellington, where she will join the R.M.s. Arawa, en route to England Dr P. Buck and Mrs. Buck have left for Wellington. Mrs. J. A. H. Hellaby, of Auckland, was in Rotorua during the winter show. Miss Johns, who .Las been on a visit to. Rotorua, has returned to Dunedin. Miss Swanston, of Symonds btreet, Auckland, who has been staying at Tauranga,. is now visiting Kotorua" where she is the guest of Mrs. R. G Gardener, Ranolf Street. Miss D Halkett has left for PuUruru. Mi«s A Hawkeeworth, who has been staying at Stonehnrst, Auckland, has returned to Rotorua. Mr. and Mrs. J. Herrold and family motored through to Waiuku on I Tuesday for a week's "holiday. ; The Rotorua Basketball Association held a successful dance on. Tuesday even-

IT l S \r c was a lar = € attendance. In the Monte Carlo dance the winning couple was Miss Queenieman and partner Guests staying at Brent's House, Rotorua, include Mr. J T Kennedy and Miss Palliser (Wellington), F. M. Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. H. M Didsbury (Auckland), Mass H. B. Porter (Palmerston North), Mr. J. N Bibbv (London), Mr. and Mrs. Norris (Okere) Mrs. F. Cox (Timaru). Guest's staying at Waiwera Houee Rotorua, are Mr. and Mrs. G. Hender-

son (Queensland), Mr. and Mrs. C. Hai-h Chrißtcburchl, Mr. and Mrs. Horswell (Ceylon) Mr. H. A. Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peacock, Mr. Cooper and Miss McLaughlin (Auckland), Misses Teschemaker Miss Speedy (Masterton), Mr. Lewis, Mr. B M Wil son, Mr. H. D. Wilson, Mr. W. P McFarlane and Mr V. G. Webb (Wellington) Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Russell (lie fE n sirnd). California) ' ms - Lo -V