WOMEN'S CORKER.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16403, 24 December 1918, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORKER.

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 is invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to. women.

3liss Georgia 'Webster goes on to Kanmer Springs to-day, after several days' st«iv in Christchurch. A party cf Wellington ladies went South by the midday train yesterday, on their way to the Franz Josef Glacier. Incir.dcd in the party were Misses A. A., E. and H. B. Holm, M. E. Dyer, J. Howden, and E. Ramsay. Captain and Mrs H. H. Hayhurst returned to Temußa yesterday, after a few days in town. Their future home will bo in E^etahuna. Captain and Mrs F. N. Fussell (Feathorston) aro visiting Christchurch. Mr and Mrs G. H. Chapman (Ross) are staying at the Clarendon. Mrs White-Parsons will leave for Australia in the near future. She purposes taking up her residence with her mother in Sydney. Mr and Mrs Thornhill Cooper have returned from their stay at Sumner. i Colonel and Mrs Francis passed through Christchurch yesterday on their way to the South. ' Mrs J. Kinder (Gisborne) is tho guest of Mrs Taylor (Mansfield avenue). Mr and Mrs T. A. Kitchingham (Greymouth) are in Christchurch. ' Misses I. E. and J. It. Brown arrived from the South yesterday, and are 6tnying at the Clarendon. Airs Murray and Dr. and Mrs Hilgendorf and family (Lincoln) have left for Cass, where they intend spending their Christmas holidays.

Mr and Mrs A. J. Moore, Kelburn, Wellington; Miss M. packer, Wellington ; Mrs W. Robson, Dunedin; and Mr H. Robson, Dunedin, are the guests of Mr and Mrs Chris. Moore, Eldersfield, Woodend, for the holidays.

Word has been received from the workers connected with the interdenominational Zenana Mission in India, by Miss Elsie Lilly, their organising secretary in New Zealand, to the effect that plague and famine are rife in the Bombay Presidency, where tho Mission has many agencies, educational, medical, and industrial—at work. Miss Fulcher, who is in charge of the orphan homes in the city of Sholapur, writes: "In our district 300 people are dying daily from our mystery "plague, and numbers of children are being left orphans. Babies are pouring into our homes like water. Miss llaacliffe, Miss Morgan, and fifty children are down, and our matron has just died. In vain I refuse to take more babies in." Donations to the Relief Fund will bo acknowledged on receipt by Miss E. K. Lilly, organising secretary, 361 Armagh j street, Linwriod, or may be forwarded to the Mayor (Mr H. Holland).

Mrs G. Frame Ferguson, of Fendalton leaves to-day for Timaru, where she will spend the holidays.

The engagement is announced of Miss Myrtle McAliece, younger daughter of rs ,M. E. McAliece, of St. Albans, to Mr Walter Russell Hibbard, youngest son of Mr and Mrs W. Hibbard, of Merivale.

Miss Edith Howes, the New Zealand writer, whose fairy tale books are the Joy of thousands of children throughout the British Empire, passed through Ohnstchurch yesterday on her way to Dunedin and the Cold Lakes.

The death occurred suddenly, at Timaru, on Saturday, of Mrs J. Goodwin, widow of the late Mr Price Goodwin, of Pigeon Bay. Mrs Goodwin was the daughter of the late Mr W. Stewart-, who came to the colony in the Laotian in 1850, and sister to Mrs D. E. Hutton, Ohristchurch. .

Mr and Mrs G. F. Hicks, accompanied by their son and daughter, left on Monday for Timaru, where they are spending the Christmas holidays.

Amoag ladies who aro afflicted with superfluous hairs Dr. Waldron'a preparations prove*a boon, as they_ can ba applied with perfect safety. A special outfit for summer use comprises Mneaage Cream for Freckles and Sunburn, Vanishing Cream for applying before powder; Bougotte, an emollient for the lipe, and a delicate powder, any of four shades. Prico 16e 4 postage l€s 6d. MRS ROLLESTON. Dominion Buildings, Cathedral square, DEATH OF MRS R. W. GILBERT.

tFHOJI OCR OWN COKBESPONDENT.)

PIETERMARITZBURG, October 10. Profound regret was manifested in the New Zealand colony of Johannesburg and the Rand at the sudden and unexpected death on Monday, October I 7th, of Mrs It. W. Gilbert, wife of Mr Gilbert, of tlie Gilbert Agency and Importing Co., Ltd., Johannesburg. Mrs Gilbert passed away in her sleep early in the morning of October 7th. Death was duel to heart failure. The deceased lady belonged to a well-known Lyttelton (Canterbury) family, and before her marriage was Miss Katrine Rachael Aschman. Mr and Mrs Gilbert arrived at Johannesburg from Wellington in 1913. Much sympathy has been extended to tho bereaved husband. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. CONSULT POLWILL, the FURRIER. Fu» and Fur Coats. PRE-WAR PRICES. 205 HIGH STRJiET. C 2561-978

SEASONABLE DAINTIES

Many people prefer to dispense with the regulation plum pudding when planning their Christmas dinner, especially if the weather on Christmas l>ay proves to be hot; many again like to have one or two cold sweets' with which to augment the Yuletide menu. The following cold sweets aro recommended in such cases:—

Strawberry Shape.—Strawberry shape can bo made by gently stewing the fruit in syrup, and adding sufficient gelatine to set it; and when turned out and ready •'to serve the top may be covered with a layer of whipped cream an inch thick, in which a few strawberries are placed as a decoration. Another shape is made by making a syrup of sugar and water, and adding gelatine sufficient to set; when cold whipped cream and pulped strawberries are beaten into the mixture until spongy. It is then placcd in a mould and turned out when set. Peche Melba.—Take as many halfpeaches, tinned or preserved, as are required. Smother each half-piece in icecream and pour over them a thick syrup made by rubbing fresh strawberries through a sieve and sweetening the puree thus obtained, or by thinning some raspberry jam with the syrup made by boiling sugar, water, and a lemon juice together. Strain this through a fine sieve and let it get cold before using it.