WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16308, 4 September 1918, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in the "Women's Corner" items of social or personal news. Such items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspondence i 3 invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to, women. • V Mrs C. H. Ensor has returned from a holiday in Australia. Miss Daisy Ewart passed through Ohristchurch yesterday on her way to Invercargill. • Lieutenant and Mrs Barton are staying at the Hotel Federal. Mr find Mrs Bloxam are spending a holiday in Akaioa. Mrs Savill (Hanmer) is in town. Miss Hazlett and Miss Whitson (Dunedin) are staying at Warner's. Major and Mrs Gresson have returned from Timaru. Mr and Mrs Hugh Russell (New York) are visiting Ohristchurch. An enjoyable entertainment was given in the Choral Hall last night in aid of the Y.W.C.A. foreign work. There was a good attendance, and' the fund should benefit considerably as » result. The first part of the programme comprised several scenes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," thoso who took part being Misses M. Englefield, K. Englefield, A. Watson, M. Stanlake, M. Wilson, A. Warren, and A. Boyd. The second part, which was under the direction of Mr Arthur Lilly, was entirely of a musical description, and was an operatic medley in character by the Y.W.C.A. singing class, assisted by Misses Gladys Lawrence (Azucena), May Hounsell (Carmen), Margery Nicoll (Maritaqp), Elsie Large, and Jessie Buchanan. Miss Irene Seymour was the danseuse. Sonvjs were also contributed by Misses Hi'. Jenkins, J. Ivingsland, and Ruth Devening, while Misses M. Nicoll ana A. Drayton sang a duet. Some of the gipsy costumes worn were very picturesque and effective, and excited general admiration. Ohristchurch visitors at present staying at The Lodge, Hanmer Springs, are Mr and Mrs A. T. Chapman and Miss Mollie Chapman. , Mrs R. J. Seddon has received an enormous number of messages of sympathy in connexion with the death of her son, Captain R. J. S. Seddon—so many, in fact, that she has found it impossible to acknowledge them all. Mr Hiram Hunter recently wrote to the Hon. T. M.' Wilford, Minister of Justice, asking him to consider a proposal for the remission of the balance of the sentence o.n Mrs E. Price, who was found guilty in Ohristchurch of harbouring deserters. Mr Hunter stated in his letter that he had been assured that there wero features in connexion with Mrs Price's case which did

not come out at tho trial, but which called for consideration. He also pointed out that she has two young children and a married daughter with two children, who was partially paralysed, and who depends on her for help. "He asked the Minister if ho would Be in Christchurch soon and would receive a deputation or. the subject. The Minister has replied that the circumstances set out by Mr Hunter have been noted, and will bo enquired into. The death occurred last week of Mrs Catherine Hutchison, aged 89, an old identity of Wellington. Mrs Hutchison and her husband (who died many years ago) camo from Liverpool to Melbourne in the ship Black Eagle. After living there for a few years they camo over t« Now Zealand in tho Sea Serpent, and settled in vvanganui. From there they went to Xapier and Dunedin, and finally to Wellington. Mrs j Hutchison passed away at the residence j of her daughter, Mrs J. W. Shakes, : of HanEey street. Other members of the family who survive her are: Mr J. Hutchison (employed in the Postal Department). Mrs Mannins, Mrs Andrew Collins (Island Bay), Mrs Canty>(Wadcstown), Mr/s-Freeman (Tinakori road), and Mrs Satchell (of Taihape).

A military wedding took place in the J Holy Trnity Church, Richmond, Neleon, last week, the contracting parties being Lieutenant Ralph McGlashen, late Ist Battalion, and Miss Marjorie Hunt, second daughter of Mr James Hunt, of Richmond. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Hunt, and Miss Connie Fajirey, ~ with Ngari luglis, niece of the bridegroom, as flower girl. The best man was Lieutenant H. Stratford, Canterbury Battalion, N.Z.E.F., and the groomsman Lieutenant Cyril Rout, Ist Battalion, N.Z.R.8., both of whom had been on serv ice with the bridegroom. The Rev. A. J. Carr officiated. Our Aknroa correspondent writes: — There is living in Afiaroa. at present, an energetic old lady of 85, whose work for the soldier boys is worth noting. During the past three years she has knitted no less than 169 noire of socks for the lads in khaki. That averages a shade over one pair a week! In addition to this, she i 3 a regular attendant at the weekly Red Cross and Lady Liverpool work 'meetings. And there her busy fingers keep pace with those of many a younger matron. And the tongue of the dear old soul can move as well p.s her fingers, for she talks as interestingly of happenings in the Home Land over TO years ago, as if they bad taken place only last week. Mrs J. F. Wills, an interesting Wellington personality, has been removed by death. She was a "mother" of Wellington, one of those pioneering women who had bravely met and borne responsibility in those days that are becoming at once a distance and a romance. She was well over the borderland of ninety, having been born in the year 1826, and she remembered as a child seeing Queen Victoria crowned. Mrs Willis came to Now Zealand in the Phffibe Dunbar, and she could recall very many interesting details and events of the early life,of Wellington. With a three-weeks-old baby in her arms, sho had sat outdoors the whole of one night, during a scries of almost continuous earthquakes; she remembered when there were no street lamps in Wellington, no roads, only rough tracks through the bush, and when the waters of the harbour lapped the shore in the vicinity where Lambton Quay now is. In spite of her advanced years, Mrs Wills was almost to the . last remarkably hale, brjsk, alert, chatty, and ; bright, and not a "faculty impaired. Her husband predeceased her by twenty-three years. Of her family 5f nine (five sons and four daughters), seven are living, the sons being Messrs G. G. Wills (Auckland), and F. and W ! Wills (Wellington). The daughters are Mrs John Blundell, Mrs C. E. Zohrab, Mrs A. E. Bybles (Wellington), and Mrs J. Murray Christie, of Sydney. There aro also thirty-eight grand children and seventy great-grandchil-dren. Miss J. E. Scott, of Woodford House, Havelock North, is the guest of Mrs W. T. Edgar, Fendalton. Miss Mary Barkas, who recently took the conjoint degree in Medicine and Surgery, and is specially studying -ner- j 1 vous ana mental diseases, has been appointed Assistant-Physician to Bethlehem Hospital, London, at ar salary of £400 per annum. Yesterday morning, at Broadway's, Mrs W. H. Clark gave an enjoyable .morning tea as a farewell to Mrs Len Wilson, who returns to her home at Port Levy to-day. Among the guests were:—Mrs Carey-Hill, Mrs Thackcr, Mrs E. Hay, Mrs R. W. Anderson, Misses Wilson, Mrs Appleby, Mrs 3>uncan. and Miss Hargreaves. For the Latest Improved Methods of Treating the Hair and Complexion,- MBS ROLL'ESTON is recommended. Her rooms, is Dominion Building, Cathedral square, ato fitted up .with all modem appliances. A largo stock of Switches, Toupees,. and the Transformations of every chads aro always on hand. As MBS ROLLESTON is one of tho largest importers of Hair in Australasia ladies may depend on having orders executed to their satisfaction of tho beat quality hair at . English prices. 1 anzacTball. Tho Anzao 8011, which took place in tho Colosseum bkating Kink last uigut, .\vus prouuiJJty tno lai&cet uuu'co n.u. been held'w Ohristchurch. since tho early dayß of the war. Judged from a spectacular standpoint, it afforded onlooisurtj tno mcsfc brLliant scene witnessed in Ohristchurch for many years. Tnero were several hundred dancers on the floor, and the 6cene when the dancing was in full swing was one literally kaleidoscopic in its brilliance of colouring. The big Colosseum was lavishly decorated with flags and bunting, strings of the former depending from the ceiling. The pillars round the hall wore all draped with red, white, and blue art muslin, set against which were masses of greenery, while from the arches between the pillars hung baskets of wattle, plum blossom, and other spring flowers. The galleries around the floor were used for sitting out and for onlookers. They were carpeted and made cosy with many easy chairs and screens, while many palms and" bowls of flowers set on small tables added to the drawing-room effect. The band occupied a platform in the middle of the floor, this also being gaily decorated with flags and greenery. One end of the building was curtained off, and here supper was served at 11 p.m. The small tables had decorations of spring flowers intermingled with greenery. Al- , together the ball was a highly enjoyable and successful one. There were some very pretty frocks noted, one of the loveliest of these being of peacock blue tulle on a satin foundation of the same shade. The corsage was elaborately sewn with tiny beads in colours of crimson, blue, and crystal, while a crimson rose gave the finishing touch. Another pretty frock was of soft apple-g' sen, souple satin, with a fichu bodice i crepe Georgette draped over tiny fn led sleeves, and finished with bead applique in the same shade. A slender woman was adnyred in a lovely frock of accordeon-pleat-ed Georgette over satin, while a pretty dark girl was a charming figure in cinnamon urown ninon de soio ovor point laco, finishing touches of goid being introduced here and there. Ve'y smart was a modern dance frock of old rose chiffon taffetas, the skirt draped very bunchily on the hips and the bodice being completed with cream lace. ♦

Among those present were: —The Mayor of Christcuurch and Mrs Holland, Captain and Mrs Robertson, Mrs Boyle, Mrs Algar Williams, Mrs Marmaduke Bethell, Airs Dalgety, Miss Dorothy Dalgety, Miss Savill, Mr and Mrs Ensor (Rydal Downs), Mr and Mrs J. B. Clarkson, Dr. and Mrs Louisson, Mrs PI. R. Smith, Mr and Mrs J. Guthrie, Mrs W. H. Cooper, Mrs Barrett, Miss Betty Northcote, Mr and Mrs F. W. Johnston, Misses Hope Wood, June Clifford. Gould, Kirk, Anderson, Nan Rich, Nora Gilmour, Cice'.y Pratt, Joan Fulton Iris Baker (Auckland), McDonald (Timaru), D. Cowlishaw, Bridge, K. Holmes. Elsie Cooper, Reading, Patterson, D. Wardle, Hamber, Harper, L. Martin, Estelle Davis, Barrett, Barclay, Hannay, Cameron, Malcolm McCredie, McDowell, Chapman, Shiela Robinson, C. Maison, G. Lorimer, M. i Robinson. Messrs Deans, Helmoro, Aitken, Quane, Harper, Ellis, Gilmour, . Clifton, Westenra, Macdonald, Burns, I Jennings, Brittiin, Hardy, Matson, ; McClure, J. Woodnouse. J. Coe, Dyer, Scott-Bruce, Wilson, Hallowell, Watson, E. Allen, and many othere. FUR COATS. Try COLWILL'S FUli STORE, for FURS lof all descriptions. RUGS, FUE COATS. FOOTWARMERS for CARS. Etc. Local Skins Tanned and Dressed, and manufactured to any requirement. OPEN Aid/ THE YEAR ROUND. 993 205 HIGH STREET. •TO-DAY'S RECIPE. * Plain Butter Cookies—Jib butter, cup sugar, 1 h 4 eggs, 1 teaspoon baking powder. Cream butter and sugar, boat in eggs, a'dd flour, put in patty .pans, and cook in moderate oven. ?