WOMEN'S CORNER

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18671, 21 April 1926, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive (or publication In the "Women'* Corner" Items ol social oi personal news. Buch Items should bo fully authenticated, and I engagement notices must beat tne signatures of both parties. Correspondence la Invited on any matters affecting, or of Interest to, women. Mr» Teschertiaker ami Miss Bowen are spending a tew days in Dunedin. Miss Kose Tabart is visiting Dunedin. • Mrs H. Murray-Avusley is spending u holiday in Dunedin. Mrs G. L. Rutherford and Miss Betty Rutherford (Macdonald Downs) are in town, and are staying at Warner's. Miss Marjoiie Dixon is at present the guest of Mrs Pumphrey, St. John street, Papanui. Mrs J. Rountree, Allen street, accompanied by Mrs J. Tyson, Hoon Hay, has left for Dunedin Exhibition. Mr and Mrs J. H. Stringer (Cashmere) are spending a short lioliday in Dunedin. Mrs and Mis 9 Highsted and the Mioses J. and B. Winter, of Bennetts, left this morning for Dunedin to spend a week at the Exhibition and visiting friends. Mrs E. A. Wic-kes and Miss Daisy Wickes, who have been touring England and the Continent for twelve months, will return to Christchurch tomorrow, and will be the guests of Mrs S. P. Godfrey. Guests at the Royal Hotel are. ,4 -Mr and Mrs J. W. Brownlee, Miss Brownlee (Havelock), Mrs W. J. Wade (Waliganui River), Miss F. Wade (Turakina), Miss R. Rees (Wellington), and Mrs H. Rees (Wanganui). Mr and Mrs F. G. Mangin, "Arcadia," Methven, have returned home, after visiting Dunedin and Timaru. Mr and Mrs W. Harold Atkinson and family, who are staying with Mrs William Atkinson, Fendalton, are leaving for England by the Rotorua. Mr and Mrs F. H. Bass (Wellington), Mr and Mrs D. Stowell (Timaru), Mrs J. Nicholls (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs Thresher (Sydney), and Lady Bell (Wellington), are staying at the United Service Hotel. Mr and Mrs Hindle, Mr and Mrs Lynch (Wellington), Misses M. Harold, Z. Blackmore, and M. Blackmore (Reefton), Mrs M. McDonald (Dunedin), are among recent arrivals at the Clarendon Hotel. Mr and Mrs G. Leslie Rutherford, and" Mis* Betty Rutherford (Macdonald Downs), Miss D. Theomin (Dunedin), Mrs Topliss and Miss Topliss (Oamaru), Mrs H. D. Robertson (Wanganui), Mr, Mrs and Miss Redwood (Blenheim), Miss Bathgate and Mrs Chaffey (Waiau), and Mrs P. Douglas (Ethelton) are staying at Warner's Hotel. A children's fancy dress party will be held in the Sunbeam Kindergarten Schoolroom next Saturday afternoon, [ commencing at 2.30. Prizes will be given for' the best fancy dress, the most original dress, and the beat paper dress; and there are also- many special prizes to be awarded. I'he committee of the New Brighton branch of the Plunket Society is offering a very attractive programme this week in aid of the Plunket Building fund. To-night a dance and euchre evening will be held; on Thursday a concert, organised bv Captain and the Hon. Mrs Tahu Rhodes, will be given, and on Friday the concert party of the Commercial Travellers'- Association will present one of their popular programmes. Saturday is for the children, and in the afternoon a plain and fancy dress party will be held, while in the evening there will be a scouts jamboree and a gymnastic and-boxing display. Numerous other stout women have now become the outstanding well-dress-ed women of their communities—so can youl For 'a slenderizing effect these women depend on "Minerva" apparel. Fit always perfect —styles correct. Call and inspect. "MINERVA" SALON, 174 G'ashel street (over Jones, McCrostie). 'Phone 3485. —6 JUNE'S UNDERCLOTHES. Granny was talking about June's little underclothes. "They come out beautifully,white with Verbena soap," she said, "and I don't boil them either. As for dishes and cleaning, Verbena Boap is wonderful. I have used a great many soaps in my time, but now 1 use Verbena for everything." —6 I Satin shoes for the Dancing SeasKi Court style in Black, White, and' :oi out ? a-ere 27s 6d all at one price, 6s 9dPosted to. any address for 7s 3d. Pannells. 105 Manchester street, Christchurch. —P7091 MODERN DANCING. Furnets James School of Dancing, 663 Colombo street, next Ballantynes. Principal, Mr Furness James, finalist world's championship, London, 1925. I Pupil of Maxwell Stewact, winner i world's championship 1924 and 1925, I ami H. Pilcer, Paris. Call, or 'phone 1503, between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., for f appointments. J4717 t SHINGLED, BUTdifferent. The Alwyn Shingle is rapidly becoming popular among . women who cam As a specialist Madame Alwyn explains the cause of unhealthy conditions, whilst treating by natural methods skin, hair, and scalp. Address. Corner Manchester and Worcester streets. 'Phone A 5457. —1 Romain Rollang, the famous French author, pvas presented with a volume of memorial letters by readers all over the world when he celebrated his 60th birthday recently. He now lives in Switzerland.

GIRLS AND COCKTAILS.

A BISHOP'S ADVICE. | irROM OC* O*S CORRESPONDENT.) | LONDON, March 10. ( Whenever you come to have a young man, and lie offers you a cocktail when lie takes you out to dinner, don't go . with him again—choose another. Tins was the advice given by the Bishop ot London at the Haberdashers Askes Girls' School, when he opened the new librarv "iven by the school governor!., i He was'speaking to 600 girls on the subject of keeping young. He said it was the most mischievous thing in the world for boys or girls to take cocktails. If they wanted to keep young ] thev should not smoke or drink, but I ta'te plentv of bodily exercise. They Uiould read to keep their nunds grow- j in", and cultivate a sympathetic out- | look towards the cries anil needs of the i world. The Modern Girl. Women representing every grade of thought in social, religious, and political life packed the Central Hall, Westminster, to urge the claims of equal citizenship. . ... Dame Millicent Fawcett, in a spirited defence of the modern girl, said it was a shameful anomaly that a girl of 12 could marry while a woman could not vote until she was 30. She was asked if she was not horrified ,at the idea of the young girls drinking cocktails. "\\ell," said Dame Millicent, "I don't know what a cocktail is. I have never met a cocktail yet, and I do not know any girls who drink them, but I do not see anything in the demeanour of the girls of to-day to justify such harsh and cruel censure. I admire the beautiful qualities of the young ladieS of to-day, the splendid work they do, and the great work they did during the war." CLUB FOR OPERA. At the Caledonian Hall last night, the Gower Burns—Hoben Club for Opera presented an interesting programme. The black curtains of the stage formed an unobtrusive background for the pretty evening frocks worn by the club members in the first part of the programme, and for the gorgeous shawls and gay frocks of the Spanish girls, and the more demure dresses of the Norwegian maidens in the operatic scenes of the second part of the programme. Madame Gower Burns wore a most effective gowh of fuchsia and jade patterned panne velvet, draped to one side and finished with, a large steel and brilliant buckle. In the operatic scenes she wore the costumes suitable to the characters represented. Miss Aileen Warren, who played many of the accompaniments, wore a graceful gown of kingfisher blue satin and georgette, liglitly embroidered with gold tracery. Mrs Anne Harper, the energetic secretary of the club, wore on her first appearance a frock of apricot brocade, with old gold embroidery at the .low waistline. She later appeared as "Carmen," wearing a handsome scarlet shawl, over her gay national costume. COMING-OF-AGE PARTY. A very enjoyable evening was held last Wednesday at St. Chad's Hall, when Mr and Mrs F. Tliorne gave a party to celebrate the coming of age of their daughter Emily. The hall was prettily decorated -vith streamers, flowers, and autumn leaves, the prevailing'colours being saxe blue and gold. Dancing tind games were indulged in. Musical and elocutionary items were given, by the following: Mrs H. Mulholland, Misses B. Browne, Doris and Doreeu Evans, and Mr F. Jack. Booth's Band provided the musio for the dancing, ana extras were played by Mr R. Robinson's Orchestra. The usual toasts were honoured.

Among those present were:—Mr and Mrs W. Jones, Mr and Mrs W. Thome, Mr and Mrs Croft, Mr and Mrs H. Mulholland, Mr and Mrs C. Mulholland, Mr and Mrs H. E. Thompson, Mr and Mrs T. Wade, Mr and Mrs J. Wilson, Mr and Mrs W. Martin, Mr and Mrs G. Evans, Mr and Mrs W. Bampton, Mr and Mrs W, White, Mr and Mrs R. Robinson, Mr ahd Mrs F. Thorne, Mesdames Underwood, Hoddinott, Jack, Ellis, Harris, Olsen (West Coast), Mawyer, Misses Underwood (3), Hoddinott, M. Wilson (Wellington), Thompson (2), Wade (2), Wileon, Breach. Browne, Fuller, Revell, Bampton, Evans (2), Leighy (2), Mawyer, Thorne (2), Messrs Hooper, Thompson, Jack, Richards, Ogier, Browne, White, T. Thorne, H. Mulholland, Bampton, Mawyer, Cordner, Haggerty, Kenyon, Thorne (2), Booth (2), Williams, Jones (2), Ellis, and many others. IN WIG AND GOWN. FIRST WOMAN ADVOCATE. (WtOM OUR OWX CORRZSPONDEKT.) LONDON, March 10. Miss Margaret.Kidd, Scotland's first woman advocate, had the further honour of being the first woman to appear in wig and gown before the House of Lords. Lord Dunedin presided, and another Scottish Law Lord, Lord Shaw, was among the peers hearing the appeal. A daughter of Mr James Kidd, M.P. for Linlithgowshire, she was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1923, when .she was 23 years of age, and a month after her admission to Parliament House she received her . first. brief and defended a woman charged with murdering two children. Miss Kidd has had the distinction of seeing an Act of Parliament passed primarily for her benefit. When she was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates she applied to become a member of the Faculty's pension fund. The pensions, however, were for widows, and, as obviously Miss Kidd could not leave a widow, the Faculty promoted a Bill in the House of Commons, which was passed by Parliament last year, to provide that pensions should also be paid to the widowers of lady members of the Faculty. A pleasant incident of Miss . Kidd's admission to the Faculty may be recalled. Her father's old political opponent in Linlithgow was Lord Strathclyde, then Mr Alexander Ure. Lord Strathclyde had retired from the Bench at the time Miss Kidd was admitted, and to mark the event he refurbished his old brief-box, had Miss Kidd's initials placed upon it, and presented it to her. HAWARDEN GOLF CLUB/ The draw for the ladies' medal, to be played on Saturday, is as follows: Mrs F. Dalzell and Miss Lance. Mrs Reese and Mrs Willis, Miss McDowell and Mrs Surridge, Mrs Woods and Miss White, Miss Blakely and Miss Sidey, Miss Boon and Mrs Cowie, Miss Slocombe and Mrs Macfarlane, Miss Rutherford and Miss Wright. Be on guard against influenza. Take "XAZOL", the ready-for-use and -money-saving remedy. - 60 doses Is 6d. —1

CHURCH HOSPITAL.

the nursing sisterhood. (TROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, March 10. At a meeting of the Associate Members of the Order of St. Elizabeth, which is to take charge of the Church Hospital in Cliristchurch, the Mother Superior of the Order spoke of the work of the St. George's Association. Christchurch, she said, had already raised £15,000 out ot the £30,000 required. Here, tjicy wu d not hope to raise another £20,000. but she would commend her friends to the St. George's Association and to the effoit they wer« making to collect money in small amounts. But they need not confine their attention to small amounts \\ here they could ask for a larger sum. The Mother Superior Rave an instance of a verv poor woman in Sussex *ii<> had collected £1 in pennies. It strange, she said, that there should be such interest among these poor people for an object in a country so tar away as New Zealand.- There was undoubtedly an extraordinary interest to be found among the .people of Great Britain for this furthest-off Dominion. If thev vers to undertake the responsibility of providing the hospital sisters, who would be a third order of their confraternity, they would have to ensure that their training was ot the very best, since the standard ot the nursing profession in New Zealand was second to none. Tf they were going to undertake the work they mustdo it well. They must not be less efficient because they were doing the work for their I-ord and Master. The Mother Superior spoke nfte r a lantern lecture given by Mr T. .7. Pemberton'. The lecturer dealt with New Zealand 'generally, but devoted special attention to the Canterbury Province and its early history. WEDDINGS. GARLAND—HARVEY. \ quiet wedding was solemnised on March 3lst, at the residence of Mr and Mrs J. Sutherland, Guild street, Shirlev, by the Rev. J. W. Hay ward, when Mrs Harvey, of Clapton (England) was married to James Garland, youngest son of the late Alexander Garland, Cusfc, North Canterbury. Tbe bride, who was guven away by Mr J. Sutherland, looked charming in a wedding gown of steel blue niarocam silk, relieved with shades of silk velvet and a hat of pale blue crinoline straw, with ostrich plume to match. After the ceremony the usual toasts were honoured. The bride and bridegroom left later by car for the south. The bride travelled in a two-piece costume of pale grey and gold, with hat to tone. KEEPER—BORLAND. A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised in St.. Barnabas' Church, Woodend, recently, when Olive Rose, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs R. J. Borland, was married to John Roper, second son of Mr and Mrs J. Keeper. The Rev. J. T. Paddison was the officiating minister, and suitable bridal music was provided by Miss M. King. Mr ifrank Borland carried out the duties of best man. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father, who subsequently gave her away, wore a smart ensemble suit of powder blue crepe de chine, with- a long-tailored coat. Her hat was or grey and . powder blue satin, and she . carried a shower bouquet of white flowers. Miss Marjorie Etherington was the only, bridesmaid. Her frock of fawn gaberdine was relieved with saxe blue and she wore a pretty blue hat to tone Her bouquet was of autumii tinted foliage and roses, arid she wore_ a string of pearls, the gift of .the, bridegroom. After the ceremony a reception was held at the .home of the bridegroom, where Mrs Borland received her guests, wearing a smart fawu costume, and hat to match. The bridegroom's mother wore a navy costume and navy and gold hat. As the happy couple left the church the bride was presented with a silver horseshoe by little Nancy Chinnery. When Mr and Mrs J. R. Keeper left on their honeymoon the bride wore ; a smart navy velour coat over her blue suit.. In the evening Mr and Mrs Borland entertained a few friends at their home. ST. ALBANS CROQUET CLUB. The St. Albans Croquet Club closed its season on Saturday in perfect weather. A pleasant afternoon was spent in competition and golf croquet. The season has been a most successful one, the play being good thoughout the club. The president's prize for this year was, won by Miss E. Crawshaw, and the runner-up was Mrs D. E. Wcod. Other prizes were won as follows: — Croxton Rose Bowl: Miss Brock, I; Mrs Morgan, 2. Croxton Bowl: Mrs Searell 1, Mrs Wallace 2. Willis Cup: Mrs E. Crawshaw 1, Mrs Watkins 2. Yiankee doubles: Riramington Trophy, A Section: Mrs A. Lorimer 1, Mrs Fletcher 2. Yankee doubles, B Section, Rimmington Trophy: Mrs Spitz 1, Mrs Searell 2. Yankee Singles, B Section: Mrs Searell. Yankee Singles,'A Section: Mrs Fletcher 1. SELWYN NURSING DIVISION. At the usual, meeting of the Selwyn Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, Mrs Tonge, -lady officer, presided. There was a good attendance of members.. A motion of sympathy was passed with Mrs Bell (late lady divisional storekeeper) in her recent loss, members standing. After the usual routine business was transacted, Dr. Hazel Allison gave tests in first* aid and home nursing. Before the close of the meeting, on behalf of the members of the division, Mrs Howie presented Miss Ironside, lady divisional superintendent, with a brown suede travelling cushion, on the occasion of her leaving for a trip to England. Tim Number Two, the money-bos dog at London road Station, Manchester, has just died after having collected £7O a year for ten years. The British Co-operative Holidays Association has passed a resolution urging upon local authorities the desirability of passing by-laws making the scattering of litter in public parks and open spaces a punishable offence.