WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17392, 1 March 1922, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor will "be I™"** to receive for publication in tne "Woman's Corner 1 ' items of soo «U or personal news. Sue* 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. Mre J. Coker, Raetihi, arrived from the North on Sunday, and went on to Scargill yesterday. At "Te Koraha," the home of Mr and Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes a most delightful dance was given last evening by the Hon. Mrs Tahu Rhodes and Mrs Hutton, many of the guests being visitors who had come to town for Miss Helmore's wedding. Mrs A. E. G.. Rhodes wore a very handsome gown of DlacK satin with smart touches or blue; tfce Hon.' Mrs Tahu Rhodes wore a, real y charming frock of grey satin and gold lace; and Mrs Hutton's becoming frock waa of pink satin, trimmed with ivory lace and iridescent sequins. Spirited music was supplied by Miss Maedonald's orchestra. Included amongst the guests were the Baroness Furnivall, Sir Charles and Lady Campbell, Miss Shona Rhodes. Mr and Mrs M. H. Godby, Mr David Boyle and Miss Boyle. Mr and Mrs Algar Williams, Mr Denis Cotterill and Miss Betty CotterM Mr R. M. Macdonald and Miss Mary Macdonald. Mr lan Macdonald, Mr and Mra Maurice Fell, Captain and Mrs Redmond Neill, Mrs Hi C. Nolan (Gisborne), Misses Hester and Barbara' Gould, Una Rattray, Sybil Johnson (Mt. Torlesse). Cracroft-Wilson. Rita Gibson, Doris Barker, Margaret Teschemaker: Dorothy Bowden, Barbara Onwlishaw. Messrs Howell, CracroftWilson.. B. Dalgety, M. O'Rorke, Waterston, H. Macdonald, T. Gibson, Y. Robinson, H. Sinclair Thompson, G. Westenra, BJundell-Hawkes; Mr and Mrs G. D. Greenwood have returned from Wanganui, and have gone on to Teviotdale. Mr and Mrs W. J. Wratt (Fendalton) leave to-morrow for a visit to Nelson, via the West Coast. The Chrifltchurcb. Ladies' Golf Club is opening the season on March Bth, when a,/flag match be played. The members will be the guests of Mrs Godby, the club's captain, at afternoon tea. Mr and Mrs Marmaduke Bethell ara staying at Warner'B. , Miss Sievers and Miss (Upward (Sydney), who have been touring NeV Zealand, have returned from a visit to Hanmer. and leave for Sydney on Friday. Mr and'Mrs-W. Sharp and Miss Sharp (Wai-iti road, Timaru) returned last night from a visit to Hanmer. i Mr 3 Scott (Reef ton) arrived in Christchurch last evening to join her husband, Dr. Scott.' She is accompanied bv her daughter. Miss Marjorie Scott, who intends continuing her studies at the Otago University. Mra AVilliam Wardell and Mrs Menzies are staying at "The Lodge,*? Hanmer. Miss Threlkeld leaves shortly for England, via Sydney and South Africa. ! Mrs F.. H. Cowper and Miss Betty ; Cowper are visiting friends in Wanganui beforo returning to Sydney. Amongst overseas visitors at present in Christchurch are Mr and Mrs 15> K. Tullis, of Glasgow. Mrs A. J. Storey and Mrs J. McNicol (Hamilton) leave to-day for Mt. Cook. At Warner'6 are Mr and Mrs J. Edgely (Brisbane), who returned from the South last night, and Mr and Mrs David Friedlfender (Ashburton). Amongst the guests at the Clarendon are Mr and Mrl J. H. Hammond and Mifls Hammond (Hamilton), and Mrs M. Tressider and Miss Tressider, who arrived from the North yesteday. Miss Julie Jacobs (Dunedin) is visiting Hanmer. A well-attended meeting was held in the Coronation Hall, Oxford, on Thursday last, when a branch of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Promotion of the Health of* Women and Children was formed. Mrs R. H. Gainsford presided, and addresses were given by Mesdames Pyne and Knight, presidents respectively of the Christchurch and Darfield branches, also by Plunket Nurse Wilson, who was interviewed by several mothers. A fund was started, and a room engaged. Mrs Woodneld j was elected president. An efficient' com- j mittee was formed. During the afternoon tea was served Jby the members of the W.C.T.U. j Three new members were elected on Monday evening" at the meeting of the Christchurch Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and after the business of the evening had been transacted, practice in stopping • haemorrhage was gone on with until the arrival. of the divisional surgeon. Then followed a most. instructive lecture on "First-aid in Midwifery." The. members felt greatly/indebted to the doctor for his" lucid explanation, and thankful that should an emergency arise, they would be more fit to render assistance, and, possibly, save life. Senior girls under Miss Picken, and boys under Mr Clark, from the Somerfield School, will give an exhibition of physical drill, etc., at the Garden Fete on Saturday. •

The annual appeal of the St. Johx Ambulance Association and Brigade is npw being made. fIOOO per annum u required to carry on classes and invalic transport work, maintain public first aic and depots, and equip the Ambulance Brigade, a first aid body, which g iv ? ! its services free on all crowded public occasions. The Association keeps, all its charges low, as it does not seek tc make a profit out of its various services, but prefers instead to make them accessible to all classes of the community. The appeal will end on Wednesday, March Bth, when there will be a street sale of badges; for this, the committee would be glad to obtain the services of a large number of young ladies. There will also be a stall in Hereford street for the sale of flowers and plants. Miss Victoria Drummond, daughter of Captain and Mrs Drummond, ot Megginch, Perthshire, who has j'ist completed her apprenticeship as an engineer at the Lilybank Foundry, of the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Ltd., Dundee, celebrated the event by treating a large company oi her workmates to an evening at the King's Theatre, Dundee. Miss Drummond, who belongs to one of the oldest Perthshire families, is a god-daughter of the late Qu«en Victoria. From esr.y childhood she has shown a mechanical bent making interesting little toy models. She began her engineering career in Perth, and during the war went to Dundee, where she has worked ever Bince. She has been made a graduate of the Institute of Marine Engineers, and hopes shortly to go to sea as an engineer. The London "Daily MaiP' 6tates that swimming costumes for women, according to leading English designers, will be flimsier and scantier than ever during the coming season. One of the mosi daring is a tight-fitting costume of stockinette, low-cut from the neck, and laced up the side 3, and without a sKirt. It is made in vivid dashing colours of vellow, red, green, or blue. Skirts will" show slashing and lacing let in at the sides, with Vandyck points, and Greek key border trimmings. The Mayor Is very keen on promoting a carnival fete at Lancaster Park, in aid of the District Nursing Association, in connexion with which Nurse Maude bas done, and is doing, such good work. Dr. Thacker says that he is prepared to receive and consider suggestions for an outdoor gathering of the character indicated. An enjoyable dance was given in the Orange Hall, Papanui, last night by the tea-room staff of J. Ballantyne and Company, Ltd., in aid of the Greater Christchurch queen,; Miss Poninghouse, in the Queen Carnival to raise funds for the Papanui Memorial Town Hall. Mrs Bmith officiated as pianiste, and Messrs S. Kerr and R-. Webb as M.C.&. Songs were given by Misses Thompson and Jenkins, Airs Lawrence, ana Mr Bishop, and the Misses Smith contributed a duet and dance. During the evening Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.R., addressed the meeting, and expressed the hope that Miss Poninghouse would top the carnival as representative of the Greater Christchurch scheme advocates. He trusted that in the near future Papanui would be included in the Greater Christchurch area. Refreshments were subsequently provided by Ballantyne's tearoom staff. Electrical Cookery Demonstrations will take place This Afternoon and on •Thursday and Friday at. 3 p.m., and on Friday evening at 7 p.m. at Reece's Hardware Store, Colombo street. 6 WEDDINGS. v RATTRAY—HELMORE. A wedding of unusual interest was solemnised yesterday afternoon ,at St. Mary's Church, Merivale, when Miss Ella Maude Helmore, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs George Helmore, Fendalton, was married to Captain Neill Rattray, only son of Mr and Mrs Charles W. Rattray, of Dunedin. Long before the appointed hour, the church and its precincts were crowded with friends and weR-wishers, as ( both the bride and bridegroom are'members of exceedingly well-known families., The interior of the church was beautifully decorated with Japanese manle and huge bowls of blue and pink hydrangeas, while, over the chancel, was suspends a basket of mauve asters. The ceremony was performed by the Rev Dean Harper, assisted by Archdeacon P. B. Haggitt, Mr Davis Hunt was organist, and on Mr Deniß Cotterill devolved the duties of best man. Miss Helmore, who was escorted by her father, wore a particularly handsome wedding gown ot white satin, out on charmingly simple lines, with square neck and long satin sleeves, the only trimming being long strings of pearls, finished with heavy pearl tassels. The classical simplicity of the frock threw into effective relief, the court train of silver lace, mounted on silver tissuewhile her tulle veil, found the hem of which ran a silver thread, was worn with a chaplet of orange blossoms. She wore white silk stockings and silver brocaded shoes, and carried a bouquet of white hydrangeas and palest pink blush roses. The three bridesmaids, Mis 9 una Rattray, Miss Kathleen Helmore, and Miss Norrie B'enwick were dressed alike in quaint mid-VictorJan frocks, the tight swathed bodices of mauvo satin having a row of tiny buttons down the back, and the mauvo georgette skirts, slightly wired, being draped over silver lace. Their chic little Vrctorian bon-net-shaped hats ha"d mauve satin petal crowns, and silver brims, the crown and edges of the brims being finished with wreaths of pink rosebuds, forget-me-nots, and violets, while their tight little Victorian posies were composed of the same coloured flowers. They wore mauve.silk stockings, and mauve and silver brocaded shoes. Two dear little pages, Paddy Neill, son of Captain and Mrs Redmond Neill (Mount Somers), and George Hutton, son of I Major and Mrs Hutton (Bangor), in Kate Greenaway suits of mauve satin with big silver buttons, wnite collars and cuffs, and white socks and black shoeß, completed a particularly charming bridal party. s After the ceremony at the church, Mr and. Mrs George Helmore entertained nearly four hundred guests at"Millbroofc," where the picturesque terraced gardens, with their rare shruba and profusion of flowers, were an, ideal setting for an outdoor reception. Mrs Helmore's beautiful, dress of mole satin and mole radium lace was worn with a mole satin hat, finished with a blue feather and she carried a oouquei. of red roses; Mrs C. W. Rattray wore a distinctive frock of black charmeuse with draped panels of' grey georgette and rich blue chenille embroidery outlined in gold. Her small hat was trimmed witn masses of ivari-coloured flowers and.fruit; Miss Helmore, the bride's aunt, wore a nigger brown crepe-de-chinc dress, the panels being lined with tomato red and her very pretty hat of nigger brown hatter's plush hau touches of tomato satin; Mrs H. P. Fenwick (Dunedin), the bridegroom's aunt, wore a handsome costume of putty-colout-ed silk gabardine and a becoming little hat softened with a failing veil; Mrs Aylmer Rattray's frock of lavender georgette was worn with a tagel straw hat with black cire ribbon; Mis Arthur Reeves wore a mole souple satin dress with swathed sash of mole and blue, and her mole hat was bound with mole and blue ribbon and finished w'ith a smart bow at the back; Mis Heathcote Gray wore a black and white striped costume and black hat; Mrs Arthur Rhodes wore a handsome blaclk lace dress, mounted on satin and ii black lace hat; hon. Mrs Tahu Rhodes, very uncommon jade\green taffeta*! with large gold_ motifs, small biscuit coloured hat with jade and gold appliques; Mrs George Rhodes, navy satin and georgette with draped skirt and navy hat with large gold rose; Mrs George-Gould, beautiful dress of black embroidered net

over ivory .satin, with panels of black souple satin, wide black hat with black ostrich feathers; Miss Gould, blue georgette patterned with gold scrolls, blue hat with gold lace bows; Miss Barbara Gould, dainty frock ■of white net and lace with jade ribbon sash, wide white hat with ostrich feathers softening the brim; Mrs H. C. Nolan, most attractive frock of silver and blue brocade and pretty black hat; Mrs R. M. Macdonald, ■ black gabardine coat-frock with touches of (violet,, very becoming black hat with upturned brim; - Mrs John Montgomery, shell pink georgette and wide crinoline straw hat" in a deeper shade; Mrs Boyle, very handsome brown satin and georgette dress and brown hat with nasturtiums; Mrs Aigar Williams, uncommon frock of brown satin and brown cird lace mounted over maize coloured satin, i brown straw hat trimmed with ribbon; Mrs Henry Cotterill, navy and white silk foulard and large navy and white hat; Miss Betty Cotterill, girlish frock of pink and white voile and Leghorn hat with wreath of small pink flowers and narrow ribbon streamers; Miss Colin Pyne, beautiful dress of flame and gold shot taffetas and gold lace, hat; Mrs Geoffrey Kingscote, very handsome black dress heavily trimmed with jet .and black plumed hat; Mrs Derek Westenra, mulberry satin dress and black hat; Lady Campbell, black souple satin with sleeves and cascade panejs of black lace, black lace-straw hat with swathing of. Oriental tissue;; Mrs George Reid, soft grey georgette frock and red straw hat; Miss Doris Cracroft- Wilson, charming frock of cream Shetland wool with bands of blue, blue georgette hat with chou of ribbon at one side.

Among the guests were: Mr and Mrs C. W. Rattray, the Misses Rattray, Mrs H. S. Fenwick, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs R. B. Neill, Mr and Mrs Aylmer Rattray, Dr. and Mrs Fitchett, Mr /and Mrs Derek Westenra, Mrs Warner Westenra,, the Misses Westenra, Mrs Thomson, Mrs F. G. Westenra, Mr Godfrey Westenra, Mrs H. C. Nolan, Mr and Mrs T.' SinclairThomson, Mr and Mrs Arthur Barker, Mr and Mrs N. G. Barker, Mr'and Mrs Palmer Chapman, Mrs Heathcote •Gray, Mr Geoffrey Gray, Mr F. Barker, Mr and Mrs Ross and Miss Mary- Ross, Miss P. Helmore, Mr and Mrs Arthur Reeves. Mr D. Helmore, Mrs W. Helmore, Mr H. P. Hill, Mr and Mrs F. B. Millton, Miss Millton, Major and Miss Northcote, Mr'T. F. Northcote, Miss Bathgate, Miss .F. Denniston, Miss Rita Wilson, Mrs Wilder, Mr and Miss Wei's. Mr and Mrs Beals, Mr and Mrs G. Aitken, Mr and Mrs B. Allen, Mrs and Miss Betheil, Mr and Mrs JL Bethell, Mr and Mrs G. M. Bowen, Lady Boys, Mr and Mrs Burns, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Beckett, Mr Beswick, Professor and Mrs Blunt,'Mr and Mrs H. i>. Ac'and, Mr and Mrs J. Studholme, Mr and "Mrs Theo. Barker, Mrs and Miss Bowden, Mr and Mrs A. Bayle, Miss Boyle, Mr and Mrs J. S. Barker, Miss D. Barker, Mr and Mrs L. Campbell, Mrs Pat Campbell, Sir Chas. and Lady Campbell, Mr and Mrs H. Cotterill, Miss Betty Cotterill, Miss Cotterill, Mrs and Miss Campbell, Mrs T. Cowlishaw and Miss B. Cowlishaw, Miss Cowlishaw, Mr and Mrs D. R. and Miss S. Chapman, Dr. and Mrs Crooke, Lady and Miss Denniston, Mr and Mrs G. Denniston, Mrs Deans and Mr Colin Deans, Mr and Mrs J. Deans, Mrs A. Deans, Mr Angus Douglas, Miss N. Drummond, Mr and Mrs Norton Francis, Miss S. Fox, Miss T. Fulton, Mr and MA Fell, Mr and Mrs T. Gibson, Mr Toby and Miss Gibson, Mr and Mrs J . C. N. Grigg, Mr Gilbert Grigg, Mr and Mrs J. H. Grigg, Mr and Mrs A. £. Grigg, Miss Gossett, Mr and Mrs M. H Goaov Mr and Mrs George Gould, the Missed Gould, Aliss K. G«*«. Mr and Mrs Harvey, Mrs G Mr and Mrs V Hamilton, Mr and Airs J. -U. Hall and Miss Hall.Mrs E Harper the Dean and Mrs Harper Mrs and Mrs G Hanmer, Miss Houchen, Archdeacon and M« Haggitt, Miss Hennal! Major and Sta-Hutton Mr and Mrs P. Johnson, Mr and Mrs G E. Kingscote, Mr and Mrs H. Kitto, Bishop JuMus and Moss Julius, Mrs L. lane Dr. Levinge, Mr and Mrs S. Lawrence, Mr and Mrs S. Westmacott, Miss J. Lee, Mr and Mn* J. B. Millton Mr and Mrs Eric Millton, Mr and Mrs J. Montgomery, Mrs Moreland, Mr Monteath, Miss Morehouse, Mr and Mrs R M. Macdonald, Miss M. Mac-

Donald, Mr I. Macdonald, Mr and Mrs ; G. Macdonald, Mrs K. Macdonald, Miss Mcllraith, Mr and Mrs W. Moore and Miss Moore, Miss G. Nedwill, the Misses Neave, Mr K. Neave, Mr Palmer, Mrs Pvne and Miss Pyne, Mrs C. Reid, Mr and Mrs G. Reid, Mrs Rich, Miss R. Ross, the Misses Reoves, Mr and Mrs H. Reeves, Mr ana Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes, Mr and the Hon. Mrs Tahu Rhodes, Miss Shona Rhodes, Mr and Mrs George Rhodes, Mrs Rolleston, Dr. and Mrs Scott, Mrs Tescheiuaker and Miss Teschemaker, Mr and Mrs J. M. Turnbull, Miss Turnbull, Mrs Templer, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Vernon, Mrs Wynn Williams. Mr and Mrs 0. Wynn Williams, Mr and Mrs Wigram, Mr and Mrs J. Gracraft-Wilson, the Misses Wilson, Mr and Mis Wardrop, Mr and Mrs E. Wanklyn, Mr and Mrs A. Williams, Mrs F. Wilding, Miss Willkin, Miss P. Harley, Mr and Mrs Harley. When Captain and Mrs Neill Rattray left for tfheir wedding tour, the bride wore a plain* blue georgette dress, beaded in blue, and a navy hat with glycerine feather drooping over the brim, and finished in a smart little red motif in front. BOSWELL—BARKER. At the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Barbadoes street, yesterday morning, Miss Vera barker, second daughter of Mr and Mrs H. .barker, btevens street, was married to Mr Robert Boswell, second son of Mr and Mrs J. R. Bos- j weil, of Auckland. The Rev. Father ■, Murphy, of ids warden, performed the j ceremony, and afterwards celebrated ; nuptial mass, and Mr Alfred Buns was j organist for the occasion. The bride, j who is very well known in musical ; circles as tho loader of the Christchurch Orchestra, wore a beautiful wedding gown of cream brocaded charmouse, simply draped over an uaderdress of georgette and souplo satin, caught at the waist with a handsome lemou and cream girdle, with tasselled onds fulling to the hem of the skirt. The bodice was daintily trimmed with tiny hand-made lemou flowers, and the court train of brocaded charnieuse which hung from the shoulders, was lined and softly trimmed with lemon georgette. The very old tulle veil, which was worn over the face, was held in position with tiny lemon iflowers and knots of orange blossoms, and her early Victorian posy was composed of cream and lemon begonias. The bridesmaid, Miss Gladys Barker, wore a charming frock of jade taffeta, made with a three-tier £ietal skirt and dainty little over-bodice, finished with gold tissue and flowers. Her gold lace hat had jade and gold ribbon streamers, and she wore jade silk stockings and gold shoes, and carried a shower' bouquet of mauve scabious and sweet peas: The tiny train-bearer. Alma Blakeway, wore a lemon silk frock and wreath of flowers in her hair, and carried a basket of roses. Mr Kenneth Boswell, Auckland, was best man. After the conclusion of nuptial mass, the guests were entertained by the bride'b parents at breakfast, which waß served m a large marquee, decorated with maiive asters, with a beautiful floral wedding bell suspended over the bride's table. Mrs Barker, the bride's mother, wore a smart nigger-brown costume, with chenille embroidery, and a toque of autumn berries and leaves; Mrs J. Boswell, the bridegroom's grandmother, wore a black costume and.pretty black hat; and Mrs J. H. Jarman. the bride's sister, wore'a frock of oyster Bilk and hat to match. The bride's travelling dress was a navy braided costume and saxe and fawn aeroplane hat. GREENLAND—BROWN. A wedding of considerable interest in Lyttelton took place, at the Lyttelion Methodist Church yesterday afternoon, tho contracting parties being Caroline Maude Stratford (Kitty) Brown, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm. Brown, Lyttelton, and James Norman Greenland, elder son of Mr and Mrs C. N. Greenland, ,Westport. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion, a large floral bell being hung above the wedding party. Tho service, which was fully choral, wits conducted by the Rev. S. Bailey, Mrs Vere Livingstone, organist, .playing the., wedding music. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a lace dress with souple Eatin panels, and the court train, which was lined with pink georgette, had touches of silver. Her tulle veil was arranged over a coronet of orange blossoms. She was attended by Miss L - ene Barbour, who wore a pale pink georgette frock with flounces edged with silver, and hat to match. Little Allison Warner, in pale heliotrope -georgette, made a dainty flower-girl, and Percy Brown, nephew of the bride, dressed in a white satin suit, was pageboy. The best man was Mr Frederick Pascoe, of Wellington. After the ceremony a reception was held at the Excelsior Hall, the mother of the bride receiving the guests in a, navy blue braided costume; and toque with navy wings. Among those present were the parents and sister of the bridegroom, Mrs Greenland wearing a black silk frock and black toque," and Miss Greenland weariiig a grey floral silk frock, with hat to match.