WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 16054, 9 November 1917, Page 5

WOMEN'S CORNER.

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Mr and Mrs Robert Arlow (Wellington) are visiting Christchurch. Mrs Wilkie Anderson and Mrs Thorburn (Dannevirke) are staying at Warner's. Mrs J- C. Mullen (Ashburton) is in town. The engagement is announced of Miss Dorothy Field, Kaituna, to Mr J. T. Robertson, of Wellington. The Christchurch branch of tho National Council of Women -.meets next week for tho second time, when it may bo expectod that more de&nito indication will bo given of the lines of work to be taken up next year. Though babies may be regarded as a national essential oven in wartime, the cost of their maintenance is rapidly making them partake of tho nature of luxuries. Everything that baby wears has advanced greatly in price, from the woollen shawl to the woollen bootee or the leather shoe. Almost everything that baby uses or eats is also more expensive. " The export of patent foods has been prohibited from Great Britain, and inillc and other elements of baby foods manufactured 'locally are also commanding higher prices. Even humanised milk costs, roughly, 30 per cent, more than in pre-war days. Sugar of milk, ono of tho main ingredients, has advanced more than 50 per cent.;. bottles are much more expensive, and the thermometer used in making the milk is of an inferior pattern (the British pattern is unprocurable). Even toilot requisites, powders, soaps, and sponges, add more than formerly to tho family bill. On a calculation made by a chemist it costs at least 30 per cent, more to keep a baby in food, even on the economical Plunket- lines, than it did three years ago. I n St. Mary of the Angels' Church, Boulcott street, Wellington, on Wednesday, tho marriage took place of Mr Patrick Anthony Lawlor, second son of Mr D. R. Lawlor, of Cuba street, to Miss Amy Lambert, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs George Lambert, of Austin street. Tho bride was attended by Miss Magdaleno Lawlor, sister of the bridegroom, and Mr C. S. B. Lambert, brother of the bride, acted a-s best man. The Rev. Father Venning, S.M., officiated, and the bride was given away by her father. Mr and Mrs P. A. Lawlor are spending the honeymoon in tho South Island. Mr Lawlor is a member of the literary staff of the "New Zoa/land Times." AT THE METROPOLITAN SHOW. To a large number of people tne Metropolitan allow is always tiie most enjoyable out-of-door iixture of the year. In brilliant weather such as yesterday was favoured with the Show could not help but bo a delightful outing, tliougii tho wise folk who frequent and know shows, would never attempt to take it all in in tho ono day. To do so would be to come away with a confused lmprossion of marquees and fluttering tiags and animals, and side-shows, and j people, all mixed together to the utter ] confusion.of tho brain. Tho crowd at Addington yesterday was a thoroughly , holiday one, there being a great number of country pooplo down for the day, while there wore also seen a number of faces familiar in the city. In the afternoon an interested crowd watched tho events from the grandstand, while tho'various tea tents wore thronged throughout tho day. .As usual, tho side-shows were provocative of a lot of amusement, and at the "Houp-lal" tables, lured on by tho aissuranco of the proprietors that "ladies can play this game as well as gentlemen!" quite a number of feminine contestants attempted eagerly to secure the pound-note placed so invitingly (and so securely) in the very middlo of the table among a galaxy of utterly unwanted other articles, such as cigars, brass rings, and pocket knives. There was a great deal of interest taken by women visitors in the exhibit of the Plunket Nurses. At this stand, situated in tho Industries Hall, ware two nurses in charge throughout the day. They gave frequent demonstrations in the preparing of infants' food, and showed various points in mothcrcraft. Ono of these, a demonstration of the making of a baby's bed as done at Karitane Hospital, was eagerly watched. The "Ited Cross Kitchen" was on view in a separate tent, and the promoters did a good business in the disposal of further raffle tickets for this altogether worth-while prize. It is a thousand pities that the Home Industries Section at the Metropolitan Show is not better supported. This year in particular the entries wore few, but what they lacked in quantity they made up in quality, there being somo beautiful sponge and fruit cakes on view, and also soft palatable looking bread and scones. MISS VANDERBILT'S MARRIAGE. It lias just transpired (says the London "Daily Telegraph" of August 23th) that Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, adopted daughter of Mr Frederick Washington Vanderbilt, tho millionaire, lia3 boon quietly married at Seaford, Suseox, to Lance-Corporal Louis Lockquell, of the Canadian Army. Mrs Lockquoll told a Press representative the story of how she met her lrasband. "I had undergone at Scarborough an operation for appendicitis," she said, ' and I came south for the benefit of my health. After staying at Brighton for a -little while I came to Seaford." It appears that it is not true that tho lady first met the Canadian non-com. when she was almost fainting while out riding. It is true that she had been riding, but Miss Vanderbilt's horse had been taken to tho stables, and she was reclining on a seat when tho Canadian soldier passed. Their glances met, but that was all. She met him next at a social function, when they were thrown into one another's company. They were marriod last week at the pretty old church of Seaford. Lance-Corporal Lockquell, although in the Canadian Army, is of Portuguese birth. His father is a prufessor at the University of Oberto. The lance-corporal lived for somo years at Quebec before he joined up. He was invalided from Franco, and was in the Canadian hospital camp when his romance occurred. TO-DAY' 3 RECIPE. Stuffed Potatoes.—Boil two oggs hard, chop up small, and mix with loz cooked rice, 2 teaspoonfuls chopped parsley, half a small onion (chopped), loz grated cheese, pepper, and 6alt. Bind with a beaten egg. Peel 6 medium sized potatoes, scoop out a big hole from the. centre of each, fill with the mixture, brush over with milk, sprinkle with breadcrumbs (or oatmeal) and grated cheese, and bake on a greased tin till j brown.