WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17411, 23 March 1922, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in the "Woman's Corner" items of social or personal news. Such, itoma should bo fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspondence is incited on any matters affecting, or of interest to, women. Captain and Mrs Neill Rattray are visiting Mrs Rattray's parents. Mr and Mrs George Helmore are leaving for England on Monday. Mr and Mrs Alister Mackenzie ("Edgecliff," Timaru) ara returning home this morning. - Mr and Mrs Norman Hope (Fairlie)' arrived in Christchurch last night and are staying at the United Service. Mr and Mrs G. E. Mannering are staying with Mr 9 Edward Samuel, "Braekley," Fendalton, for a few weeks prior to leaving for a trip to England.

Dr. Elizabeth Gunn is visiting her brother in Christchurch. Mrs J. M. Barker (Woodbury), and Mis 3 Dobie (Auckland) are staying at the United Service.

At the Clarendon are Miss M. E. Wilson and Miss A. A. Greenslade (Dunedin) who have been (visiting Hanmer, Captain and Mrs West Mr and Mrs W. M. TJttley (Waitaki High iSchool, Oamaru), and Mr and Mrs Touche (England). Recent arrivals at Warner's are Miss Doris Northcote (Blenheim), Mr and Mrs David Friedlander (Ashburton), Mr and Mrs William Taylor (Dunedin).

Mr A. H. Kimbell, Under-Secretary for Mines, and Mrs Kimbell leave for Wellington to-night. Mrs T. Livingstone and her_ daughter, Mrs C. M. Denham, are leaving to-day for England.

Miis E. Heywood is visting friends in Hawke's Bay.

Mr and Mrs A. G. Macara (Sumner) leavo early next veek for a trip to England. '

Mr and Mrs G. D. Greenwood fTeviotdale) are staying for a few daj'3 at Oranmer square.

Miss Edith Upfill (Auckland) passed through Christchurch yesterday on her way to Winchester. Miss Wilkinson and Miss Goldsmith, of Gisborne, are staying for a few days with Mrs W. H. E. Abbey, at the Parsonage, Linwood. On Tuesday they leave for the Wairarapa, where the remainder of a pleasant holidav will be spent with Mr and Mrs Tunnicliffe, of Dalefield.

Mr and Mrs J. W- Bailey arrived m Christchurch from Australia yesterday. Mr and Mrs C. W. Sherwood (New Brighton), who have been on an extended tour of the North Island, havii returned to their home.

Under date of February Ist, tour London correspondent writes: —Miss Conetance Howard (Wellington)r-in private life Mrs A. H. Ninnis—wHio lias for the past two years been continuing her vocal studies in London, under Madame Alexia Bassian, made a successful appearance at a pupils' concert at the J?olian Hall this week, given in aid of the Belgian Mission and Social Centre, Camden Town. Miss Howard has a mezzo-soprano voice of good range and rich quality. The "Daily Telegraph" says Madame Bassian's pupils are a tribute to her zeal and her artistic personality. Mrs Ninnis expects to return to New Zealand about the end of this year. . . . Miss J. R. Barr, who has come to thi« country on a brief visit to select some -mistresses for the lona College, Hawke's Bay, is going to Edinburgh at an early date. . . . Messrs Constable will shortly bring out "The Garden Party," by Katharine Mansfield (daughter of Mr Harold Boiuchamp, of Wellington). Tho great success of "Bliss" has created a keen demand for a further book by the same writer. "The Garden Party" will be partnered by "The Things Wc Are," a psycho-analytical novel by Mr John Middleton Murry (Mr Beaucliamp's son-in-law). Among the passengers who arrived at Wellington from England by the Corintlhic on Monday were Mr and Mrs John Pro-use, and their son and daughter, Mr George Prouse and Miss Constance Prouse. Mrs Prouse went to Italy and England some four years ago for the benefit of her health. Mr Prouse followed nearly two years ago, and has greatly enjoyed the feasts of music thstt are set fox the appreciative on the Continent and in England. He was also able to renew some valued friendships of long standing, including those with Sir Charles Santley, and Sir Henry Woods (conductor of the Queen's Hall Orchestra), besides enjoying tlhe talent of younger artists in the concert, operatic, and orchestral field. Mr George Prouse with his sister, has resided in Milan for the past twelve years.

are visiting Christchurch. Mi« W Ponder, who is visiting New Zealand with the idea of wntnig artic.os Zealand ™ . d farm i ng industries dura Victoria, and is filling m a «« ninths' holiday by gathering ™rti«ilarlY ™ connexion with the fruit SSSiffor use ill subsequent articles S Ponder is an EngHsh girl who lias "ien a great deal of life m Australia where at one time she was engaged as a mail contractor. < • Mr H W. Harrington, late of the Post and Telegraph Department (who Jcted as telegraphic censor during the wnr) will, with his wife and family, leave for England by the Remuera next month. _ "I must apologise for being a.little late V said Archdencon A. M. Johnson on risinc to speak at the meeting in the Wedey Chnreh, Wellington in conncxtm with the Methodist _ Centenary on' Monday evening "but it is a grouch rather than an apology I want to deliver. I must say thafr I do not like night weddings; I protest against them. They are all right in Australia where it is Ihot, they are all right m America where everyone is in a hurry, but they are not wanted in New Zealand. Night weddings are exceedingly unpopular with the clergy, who have to work overtime, and naturally do not make speeches quite so nice as they do at day weddings. Just a word of advice to vpu young women who have still to be married : brides cannot look their best at night • they need the stained glass effect to set them off." The audience was serious for a moment, but there was a, twinkle in the archdeacon's eye that started a hearty laugh.

Mrs W. Price (Wellington), who has been visiting Port Chalmers, is spending: a few days in Christehurch, and is staying at the Royal Hotel. , Miss Jennie Cullen, leader of the New South Wales State Orchestra, second violin of the Verbrugghen String Quartet, and professor of her, instrument at the' Conservatorium, has applied for sis months' leave of absence for the purprsa of visiting her people in Scotland. She will leave Sydney by the Ceramic on March 28th. Owing to the absence of Mr Verbrugghen there will be no chamber evenings this year at the Conserve torium, therefore Miss Cullen is taking advantage of the opportunity thus afforded to pay a flying visit to her home. Actresses have for many years singled out some unhappy, generally married, man in the stalls as the embarrassed target for an affectionate song. A greater advance to the personal appeal of stage to stalls was made when ehoru«> girls walked down a gangway tgf drift aimlessly about the theatre; btit the very latest "stunt" was seen at the Finsbury Park Empire, says the London "Daily Express," when chorus girls, very scantily clad, walked about the stalls asking members of the audience to hook up their dresses. This is an episode in the brilliant little revue, 1922, written for Mr Fred Karoo by Mr Harry Grattan, in which Miss Mario Blanche and Mr Fred Kitchen made a great hit. The descent 6f the chorus caused a certain amount of surprise. The girls came on the stage as lightly clothed as possible, and, slipping their arms through the sleeves of low evening gowns, descended a plank to the stalls. Most of the men who. had brought their wives or sweethearts with them looked fixedly up at the roof with expressions which would have done credit to Saint Anthony. One daring husband, to whom the prospect evidently appealed, stretched out his hand towards the unfastened hooks (possibly, of course, from force of habit), but his wile indignantly restrained him. A few no doubt unmarried men hooked up the chorus blushfully, after a little delay, arid probably they went back to their homes in Finsbury Park feeling quite dashing. The members of the Kimberley Hockey Club held a dance to welcome Mrs A. R; Boulton to the district. Dancing was kept up till when the ladies of the club entertained their friends at a nicely-prepared supper. The music for the dance was supplied by Mr Bettle, of Christdhurch, and extras were played by Misses Atkinson, Simpson, McOlelknd, Messrs Geo. Manson, Boyce, and Westwood. Mr J. Redmond extended a very hearty welcomo to Mrs Boulton, and expressed a hope tihat her residence in the district would be hapgy and prosperous. Mr Boulton thanked his friends and neighbour for the kind and hospitable manner in which they had received Mrs Boulton and himself.

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CABARET DANCE, The members of the "Winter Garden Cabaret Club, of which Mrs Furness James is secretary, held a most successful and enjoyable autumn dance last night in the Winter Garden, the ball-room of which was decorated with bowls of pink geranium and maidenhair fern, while the small tables in the lounge were decked with yellow daisies. Excellent music was supplied by Bloy's Jazz Band, and the extras were played by a specially-engaged orchestra. Amongst the guests were the Hon. Mrs Tahu Rhodes, who wore a beautiful, picturesque frock of violet floral georgette ever orchid satin, finished with sash of violet chiffon velvet; Mrs Neill Rattray, in a lovely frock of powderblue and cerise net, arranged in pointed panels over silver tissue, shot with cerise and blue; Mibs Boyle, gold tissue frock, softened with gold lace; Miss Betty Cotterill, mauve taffetas, with bouffant side-panels; Miss Peggy Palmer, dainty frock of cameo pink satin, with hanging sleeves and waterfall s'rnrt draping of Malines lace; Miss Connie Ledger, pretty frock of soft eau-de-nil satin and shot georgette, with overskirt of ivory lace; Mrs Nathan Smyth, ivory lace over palest pink satin, with blue velvet waistband ; Miss Olive Mcllraith, very pretty frock of white net, with scalloped flouuees and beautiful iridescent trimming; Miss May Bean, black satin and net, with gold tissue corsage; Miss Marjorie McDougall, pale pink satin, with lace drapery; Miss Joyce Williams, black satin, with frilled net overdress; Mrs C. Bell, black satin and georgette, with large jade-green rose on the corsage: Miss Dorothy Bowden, black satin and net, trimmed with silver tissue and jet; Mrs E. H. England, handsome dress of gold lacs over gold tissue; Mrs Harry Sorenson, black satin and net: Miss Barbara Gowlishaw, black taffetas, with ecalloped skirt; Miss Kittson-Thomas, black gold-em-broidered net over black satin. Others present were Misses Flora McDonald, Vestal!. Kitty Brown, Peggv Riddell, Dora Wood, Ella Shields, Powell, C Osborne, McCree, Lulu Hannay, L. Roper, Gladstone, D. Summers, - Ada March. Tanced, Mr and Mrs Peoples, Mr and Mrs Ashworth, Mr and Mrs B. West, Captain Tahu Rhodes, Captain Neill Rattray, Messrs D. Boyle, Gra-croft-Wilson, L. V. Comerford, Maurice Fell. Sinclair Thompson, Ferrier, L. Gibson, B. Dalgety, R. Hall, Osborne, C. Bell, Meek, Frank Wilding, Denis Cotterill. Shaw, S. Smith, Gilders, J. Taylor Singleton, Jack" Matson, A. G. S. Gibbs. Ralph Bush, J. W. Fox, J. W. Willis, P. Kirby, Alexander. H. Spanjer, C. H Colson, Moore, Blogg, Gasquoine, and Messrs Brooke and Cahill, of the Ella Shields Company.

WEDDINGS. DONNE—WARD. On January 28th, the Chapel Royal, Savoy, was filled with guests who had assembled for tthe wedding of Dr. Cecil I Lucas Donne, elder son of Captain T. E. Donne (secretary in London to the New Zealand Government) and Mrs Donne, to Miss Margery Nicholls Ward, daugliter of Mrs M. E. Ward, 4 of Fitzjames avenue, South Kensington (writes our London correspondent). The Rev. Dudley Wavd, cousin of the bride, .officiated" at the choral service, which was beautifully sung. The bride was n strenuous worker at several during the war, including the New Zealand HospitaVat Salisbury. Dr. Donne, too, had a medical commission at tho time. He Jias since resumed his very successful private practice in Park Ores cent as a specialist. The bride wore 0 very becoming dress of pale grey, and a rose-pink hat. She' was-attended }>! Miss Joyce Ward, one" of her seven sisters, all of whom were present.. Captain LesteT Donne was best marl. After the service the guests, most of them being relatives and friends of the bride went to a reception held by Ml 3 Ward at her residence. Those present- in eluded Captain and Mrs Donne, Mr ahel Mrs T. H. Hamer, and Mrs Lester Donne.