WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17655, 6 January 1923, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor Trill 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 tne signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to women. Miss Dorothea Strack (England) is the guest of Mrs J. B. Beckett, "Alinora.'' Mrs Macbean Stewart, who has been staying with Mrs Warren Fisher at Sumner, has returned to town. Mr and Mrs Wells Reeves, who have been spending a short holiday at Hanmer, and who have also been the guests of Mrs George Reid, Rotherham, have returned to Christchurch. Mr and Mrs S. Orchard have taken Miss Maud Johnston's bungalow at North Brighton for the holidays. Mrs C. C. Davis, of "Ferndale," Avonside, and her two boys are visiting Auckland and Rotorua. Mr Alan Menzies is staying with Mrs W. Mienzies, Cashmere Hills. Mr and Mrs B. tow (Timaru.) are the guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Thompson, Leinster road. Mrs Dawe and Miss Jessie Dawe arc staying at North Brighton. . Mr and Mrs C. B. Bowie and their son and daughter have returned from a motor trip to the Hermitage. Mr and Mrs F. B. Compton have returned to their home at Kaiapoi, after spending a holiday with Mr and Mrs J. B. Compton, Governor's Bay. Miss Kilgour, secretary of the Greymouth Hospital Board, and Nurse K. Maloney, of the Grey Hospital nursing staff, are spending a three weeks' holiday with Mrs Rhind, at Charteris Bay. < Miss Adeline M. Goodman, L.A.8., and her father, Mr J. Goodman, left by the Wahine on Thursday, en route for England and the Continent. Visitors at '' Erinholme," New Brighton, are Mr and Mrs Peddie, Master Peddie, Mr and Mrs Walcott, Miss Orchard, Mrs Johns, Miss Leversedge, and Miss Stewart. "A good finish to a bad /ear," remarked a Gisborne resident to the registrar of births, when, last week, he registered the addition of twins to his family. Lady Mary Duncan, of Scotland, who is making a tour of the world, arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the Niagara this week. She will spend three or four weeks in the Dominion. Mrs A. L. Inglis (Orari) and Miss Isabel Wright (Invercargill) return South to-day after spending a few days in Christchurch. Visitors to Reynox, Oxford, include Mr- and Mrs Bichards and daughter (Christchurch),' Mrs H. Butler and, family (Spotswood), Mr and Mrs W. Peers (Christchurch), and Mrs Sandford (Christchurch). The usual weekly dance at Dixieland will be held to-night, when. Suther-and's jazz band will supply the music. Intending patrons may obtain tickets at Dixieland, telephone 647. Mr and Mrs C. Manhire, who have been spending their Christmas vacation at Stewart Island, returned to Christchurch last evening. Miss K. Mildred Boys, of Timaru; having completed' her course at the Christchurch Training College, has received word that she has been unanimously selected by the Tycho School Committee as sole teacher for its school. The selection has been confirmed by the Canterbury Education Board, and Miss Boys will take up her dufteg forthwith. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Simpson, of Masterton, who have been spending a few days in Christchurch, left yesterday for Dunedin, to attend the. marriage of their elder son; John. Miss Mollie O'Grady, who gained the honour of London, is a pupil of the Ashburton Convent, and only daughter of Mr and Mts John O'Griady, Lauriston, Ashburton. _ - ■ To celebrate the coming of age of Miss L. Newell, on Tuesday last about twenty young people from Rangiora walked over the. hill to Governor's Bay, and were entertained at Mr and Mrs Compton's residence, where refreshments. were provided On the lawn. Later the guests walked over the hill to Christchurch. A wedding of much interest was celebrated at Wanganui on Saturday last,-: the - bridegroom being Mr Chas. Cann, the well-known boxer. The bride was Miss Elizabeth Carr,. a Scotch lassie, who made the acquaintance of the Wanganui lad when he was a ''Digger" in the Great War. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. Mr Kennedy. Miss Green (Auckland) acted as bridesmaid, and Mr Sid. Cann as best man. In ideal weather yesterday afternoon a very enjoyable progressive tennis party, arranged by Mrs J. C. Lord and Miss Goodman, was held at the Uiiited Tennis Club's courts. The players were Miss Goodman, Miss Nicholson, Mrs Fleetwood, Mrs Warren Fisher, Mrs Pipe, Mrs Anderson, Miss Allard, Mrs Wake, Miss Ferrier, Miss Bloxam, Mrs Warsaw, Miss Enright, Miss McCallum, Miss M. Wake, Miss Mabel Dorman, Miss Ivy Robsoh, Miss Seay, Miss Nancy Dorman, Miss and Miss Gillanders. After many exciting games, the pirizes were won by Miss Nicholson, Mrs Anderson, Miss Wake, and Miss Enright. Much appreciated afternoon tea was . dispensed' in the pavilion, where the long table was gay with pink sweet peas and roses.

J The Iter. J. Vosper, of Motueka, is on a visit to Christchurch, and is the guest of Mrs J. S. Cameron, Peter« borough street West. Dr. Elizabeth Gunn arrived in Christchurch yesterday and is staying at the United Service. Mr and Mrs H. J. Washer are staying at the Clarendon. Guests at Warner's include Miss tt Holthouse and Mr Holthouse (Wellington), Misses E. Mason and W. Smythe (Blenheim), Mr and Mrs A. C. Mitchell (Wellington), Misses Mitchell and Thorn (Wellington), Mr and Miss Knubley (Timaru), Mr and Mrs W. Thomas (Timaru). Recent arrivals, at the United Service include Mrs Malfroy (Timaru), Mr and Mrs H, Thompson (Timaru), Mr and' Mrs G. A. Findlay (Dunedin), Mrs Albert Martin. Mr X. G. A. Martm, and Miss D. Martin (Wellington). An enthusiastic party of picnickers from Nnlkett motored to Ivnituria Valley. a d ; stahos of about thirty-five miles n-n Boxina; Bay. The day and the spot being ideal for a picnic, enjoyed themselves to the utmost. Some nf th© more adventurous spirits climbed' the surrounding hills, from which a splendid view of the valley was obtained. Areonpst the party, which consisted of about fifty people, were Mr andi Mrs Turner. H. Roper, R. Watson, G. Haves, G. Watson (Christchurch), G. D'avis, R. Roper, Mrs Hu'ston, G. Watson, and Mr sxnd ill's Burnside, the Misses C. Roper, Turner (3), M. Thompson _ (Christ-church), Hill, Watson (Christrhureh), Rickerby, Thomas, Roper (3). and Miss Jr. Ho : mes, Messrs Hayes, Henderson, Turner, Davis (3), Watson, Dudley, and Stein. Tim same party mqtored to Stewart's Gully on New Year's Day, -where another happy d'ay was spent. Though Lady Frances Balfour maintains that no woman ever invented anything worth talking about, in the Patent Office at Washington there is a woman's department, with the specifications of the patents arranged in chronological order. The first on the list is a patent taken out in. 1809 by Mrs Mary Kiesr for a process of weaving straw with silk. One woman inventor, Hannah Lord Montagu, is honoured by a public memorial in Troy, New York State, where she was born. As Mrs Montagu -was doing the family washing on a hot summer day', in 1825, it occurred to her that a shirt remained clean for a longer period than a collar, so when her husband's shirts were dry she detached the collars from them. Subsequently she started making detachable collars for sale to her neighbours, and the demand for them reached such a pitch that before 1840 several factories of "string collars" (as they were called in their infancy) were established in Troy, which still possesses the largest collar factory in the world. * LOVELINESS OF FURS. Readers of this column should make a point of inspecting the beautiful furs bought by Madame Menere in Europe, Enslapd, land America, and now being displayed bv her at her Salon in Cashel street, nearly opposite Beaths'. For enhancing a woman's loveliness and emphasising her charm they are indispensable. 4 YOUR HAIR FIXES YOUR AGE. Don't wait until you are go grey that a sudden change will be noticed. Apply "Tinting Fluid" to those grey hairs now, and so keep the youthful colour for as many years as you wish. It neither soils brushes nor linen. Call or 'phone 5189, making an appointment with Miss Ritchie. Violet Ray Treatment for the scalp and complexion. Open Friday evenings.—Miss Ritchie, Elite Toilet Rooms, Starland Buildings, Colombo street. R9254-8224 AN EASILY MADE DESSERT. An excellent dessert, easily made and most nutritious is stewed fruit an 3 junket. Use B.ettle's "Sure-to-set" Rennet and have no fears about the junket, Bettle's is always dependaßTe and pure, made from New Zealand-born healthy calves. Ask your grocer for Bettle's and insist on Bettle's, Price, Is 6d. 5 "La Naturelle" permanent wave—3elightfully becoming, suitable for all styles of hair dressing. Ring Miss Avery, 4219, or call Madame Bond's Toilet Salon, Royal Exchange Buildings. H 3378 WEDDINGS. HUNT—BETTEL. A pretty evening wedding took place at St. Mary's Church, Aldington, last week, when the Rev. Canon W. S. Bean • united in marriage Iris Bettel, younger daughter of Mr John Bettel, of Aldington, and Henry George Hunt, only son of Mr and Mrs G. Hunt, Belfast. The bride, who entered tliie church on the arm of her brother, Mr M.- E. Bettel, of Blenheim, wore at charming frock of lemon crepe de chine, made in long-waisted style and handsomely embroidered' in gold beads. A court train of lemon satin was caught at the shoulders with pearl ornaments, and was embroidered with pearls in a true 10-ver's knot and-roees. Her whito silk tulle veil was. embroidered with irises, her name-flower, and was held in place by a Russian coronet of radium, lace and pearls, finished with two sprays 'of orange blossom. She caried a shower bouquet of cream roses and maidenhair fern, with ribbon streamers. Miss-Daphne Wade, the bridesmaid, wore kingfisher-blue crepe de chine, embroidered in gold beads, and black hat with kingfisher-blue ribbon. Little Dorothy Bettel, niece, of the bride, wore a mauve organdie petal frock, embroidered in pink and mauve, ana carried a basket of pink and mauve sweet peas. The bridegroom was Attended by Mr C. Alleyne as be3t man. After the; ceremony, the guests were entertained at the wedding supper at the Selwyn street Hall, where the usual toasts were honoured, and dancing was indulged, in till a late hour, to music supplied by Mr W. H. Bettel, brother of the bride. Mrs Hunt, mother of the bridegroom, was attired m a navy coatfrock, handsomely embroidered, and hat to match. Mrs Coleman, sister of the bride, wore a fawn tailor-made costume, with fawn and pink hat, Later in the evening the happy co-u-ple left by motor for the South, the bride travelling in a nigger-brown costume trimmed with braid and stitching, and a brown hat trimmed with fruit. CRAWFORD—FALVEY. On New Year's Day, at the Durham street Church, the marriage was solemnised of Miss Helen Falvey, of Chris tchuich, to Mr Clarence Crawford, well-known in business and musical circles throughout Australasia- The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. Ready, and Mr Purcell Webb was at the organ. The bride, who was escorted by her father, looked particularly charming in a gown of ivory satin, with silver overdress, the waist outlined with silver flowers. Her veil was caught back with silver leaves and orange blossom. She carried a beautiful bouquet of white Christmas lilies and roses. The bride was attended by Miss Courtney, who wore mauve satin, and carried a lemon bouquet, and Miss Crawford in lemon georgette, with a' mauve bouquet. Little Molly Jamieson, in salmon taffeta, frilled with tulle and carrying a basket of roses, fulfilled the duty of flower girl. The duties of best man and groomsman were carried out by Messrs H. Fox and C. G. Crawford, respectively. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bridegroom's foster parents, Mr and Mrs Ernest

Jamieson, only close relatives being present. When Mr and Mrs C. Crawford left later for the wedding tour, the bride wore a tailored costume of mole cloth, trimmed with fur, and a becoming brown hat trimmed with feathers to match. Brown shoes and stockings completed a very smart toilette.