WOMEN'S CORNER

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20086, 15 November 1930, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER

The"Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication §• in the "Women's Corner" items of social or personal news. S ; ' !?: Such items should be fully authenticated, and engagement •£: notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspond•j: enee is invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to, women.

Mrs J. Cracroft Wilson (Cashmere Hills), who went to Auckland early in the week, to see her daughter, Mrs D- P- Dickinson, off to Sydney, en route to Bagdad,. is returning to Wellington to attend the Plunket Conference next week. Mts C. IT. Ollivier (Murray-Aynslcy Hill) is leaving on Monday for Wellington to attend the Plunket Society Conference. , She will be the guest of Mrs Stronach Paterson, Thorndon. Miss Stella Murray, the gifted New Zealand contralto, who is giving a concert in Christchurch on Monday, is leaving on Tuesday morning for Timaru, where she. will give a concert later in the week. Mrs C. Chilton, Mrs H. J. Ballin, Mrs J. A. Tait, and Mrs J. S. Neville are leaving early next week for Wellington, to attend the Plunket Conference. Miss E. Duitsford, who has been, visiting friends in Westport, has returned to Christchurch. Mrs Cecil Wood (Armagh street) left last night for Wellington, where she will be the guest of Mrs J. H. Miles. Misses M. and B. Re id (Oamaru), Dr. and Mrs Raymond (WaipukurauU and Miss Macfarlane (Napier) are guests at the United Service Hotel. Misses S. and N. Cowin (Ashburtou) are guests at the Clarendon Hotel. Mr and Mrs H. - Dampier-Crossley (Rotherham) are guests at Warner's Hotel. Miss Jessie Forbes, younger daughter of the Prime Minister, is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs Ales. Forbes, Opawa. Mrs Mcllraith (Southbridge), Mrs P. Thomson (Hornby), Mrs Philip Greenwood (Cashmere Hills), Mrs H. Wyatt (Papanui) will be' delegates to the Plunket Conference opening in Wellington next week. ' Miss Molly Saville (Fairiie) is tho guest of Mrs George Pascoe, Merivalo !ane. Miss M. Masefield (Akaroa) is the guest of Miss Eoie de Pass, Papanui. The engagement is announced of Susan Joan, youngest daughter of the late Mr James R. Mason and of Mrs Mason, Tunbridge Wells, England, to William John, eldest son of the'late Mr Edward Harris and of Mrs Harris, Dyer's Pass road, Christchurch. Miss Blackmore has been appointed to succeed the sisters of the' Church as the Principal of' St. Hilda's College, Dunedin. She is a woman of outstanding qualifications, and possesses the degree of Bachelor of Science. She enters upon the duties at St. Hilda's at Easter. —Pbess Service, Mr W. J. Allan (Rotherham), Mr J. McCaskio (Glasgow), Mr D. W. Baird (Omihi), Mr G. Wain (Omihi), Mr A. W. Barnett (Morven), Mrs Aylmer (Timaru), Mrs and Miss Miller (Dannevirke), and Mr B. B. Jones (Nelson) aire recent arrivals at the Federal: Hotel. Squadron-Leader J. 1.. Findlay, officer in charge of tho Wigram Aerodrome, and Mrs Findlay, returned to Christchurch yesterday, alter an ei gTj teen-months' tour in England. Diey will stay at the United Service Eotel for about a week before returntheir h.ome..at_ the Wigram Aerodrome. Once niore, yesterday, thousands of racegoers attended the Canterbury .Trotting Club's Meeting at Addington, many dividing their time and attention between tho Show and the Trotting Meeting. Several appeared "at tho course bearing trophies from the many booths in the Show Grounds and painted dolls with bright flowingtresses, boxes of chocolates, balloons, and aeroplanes whirling cjaily afc the end of slender canes added variety and brightness to the scene. The Hon. P . . J a - Perrelle, Minister for Internal Affairs/Mr and Mrs Salmon, and Miss oalraon, and Mr Gluxstein, from England, were the guests of the president at luncheon and tea. WAYS TO A MAN'S HEART. lfc, t, ikes Hi ore than pepper and salt to give a fish or meat dish just that right fltck of flavour men relish so niucb. It takes the rich, sweet-tasting Military Worcester Sauce to lift plain; everyday meala out of the commonplace. Ask your grocer for Military Worcester-Sauce. Is 3d quart bottle. SOMETHING NEW IN TOILETRIES. 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STELLA MURRAY.

CHRISTCHURCH IN CARNIVAL WEEK. MEETING OLD FRIENDS

'"To lie in Christ-church again for Cup Week I That's a pleasure to which I'vo looked forward for a long time, and what a joy it has been!" said Miss Stella Murray, when speaking to a representative of The PuEsa last night. "I've seen in the last few days scores of old friends, some of whom I would not otherwise have met, and I've enjoyed every moment of it. I've been touched by the warmth of the welcome accorded me—it was worth coming to New Zealand for that alone. And, I'm going; to Riccarfcon again to-morrow, and, if only the cold wind Would take a day off, I'd be able to wear my smartest frock." Miss Murray returned a few days ago from a visit to the North Island, u'here she gave four concerts—one in the Town Hall in Auckland, one in the Wellington Town Hall, which was crowded to the doors, and one each in Hastings and New Plymouth, at both of which there was not a vacant seat. . It is ten and a half years since the Chrisfcchurch giri Jeft New Zealand to try her fortune in England, and she has succeeded splendidly. But she has had to work hard; she had little money and she _ suffered many hardships—she is quite frank about it all —but by grit and personality she has won through, and she does not regret one moment of the struggle. "Do vou know the story of the discovery of my voice," said Mis.? Murray. "I was playing tennis at Mrs Loughtian's home at Avonsido, and I whacked a ball clean over tho fenoo into the Avon. My cry of anguish caused another of Mrs Loughnan's guests to say to my mother: 'Does your dauahtcr sing? She ought to, with lungs like that!' Shortly afterwards I began taking lessons from Madamo Josephine Qttlee—and thus »vas laid the foundation of mv career." Since going to England, Miss Murray has studied under Sir Henry Wood, Harold Craxton, and an Australian, Miss Anne Williams, but, best of all, Madame Melba has herself taken her in hand and given her lessons. "I sing in Enzlish only,'' said Miss Murray. "I'm tne only one who so, and I'd like to explain why. I'm not good at languages. I know my limitations. And I think it's much better to sing well in my own language than indifferently in other people's. To sing successfully in a foreign language it is necessary to speak that language like n native. A Russian artist I once at the Albert Hall gave his last group of songs in English and I didn't understand one word of them. That decided me, and I find my audiences love my English programmes." Miss Murray,- who is giving a concert in the Civic Theatre on Monday night, will later sing in Timaru and Dunedm. She will leave New Zealand at the end of December for Australia, where,_ before returning to England, she will stay with Madame Melba at her charming home,' ''Goombe Cottage," in I.illvdale, Victoria. "But I hope to come home again to New Zealand , in> five yeans," she concluded. •Chnstchurch m spring-time is worth coming far to "see and the kindness of the people/warms- my heart."

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN.

The monthly meeting of tho ChristchOrcb branch of tho National Council of Women was held in the Chamber of Commerce room: There was a good attendance of members, representing the following societies:—Women Citizens, Home -Economics, W.C.T.U.j Canterbury Women's Club, Women Teachers, Mothers' Union, Humanitarian Society, Social Hygiene, of Women and Children, Kindergarten Association, Federation of University Women, Bugby etreot Women's Guild, and Y.W.C.A. Several associato members were also present. Correspondence from the Dominion secretary relating to the biennial conference to be held in March, 1931, in Wellington, was read. A list of remits, already discussed, was handed to each member in preparation for this conference. A report on the work of the Standing Committee on Peace at the recent International Women's Conference at Vienna was-received from Mrs Denton Leach, Dunedin. The meetihg heartily supported a resolution from the New Plymouth branch asking - that in .order to secure privacy for patients all new maternity hospitals be equipped with single labour wards, ,as in the JBlsio Inglis Memorial Hospital in Edinburgh.

WEDDSNGS.

, ' PLOOD—McGILL. . Miss Alma Gillespie was responsible for the attractive decorations of white daisies, and Bcarliet flowers arranged at Catholic Cathedral, Barb a does street, for tJ»o wedding of Maxine Mary, only daugl or of Mr H. McGill, Lichfield the late Mrs McGill, to Sarsfield, only son of Mrs F. Flood, also of Christ church. / The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father J. McMonagle and Miss K. O'Connor was organist. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a graceful frock of ivory satin, made with fitting sleeveless bodice and flared skirt drooping longer at the sides and back. Her satin coatee was shaped to match the hemline of her frock. Her veil, arranged in a close little cap caught at each side with a cluster of orange- blossom, fell to form a long train. Sho carried an armlet of scarlet flowers. The bridesmaid, Miss Grace Smith, wore a powder-blue silk georgette frock patterned in shades / of rose pink and flame. She wore a wide hat of fine pink straw, relieved with a blue flower, and carried an armlet of flame-coloured flowers.

Mr L. T. J. Ryan attended tho bridegroom. . At tho reception held afterwards at the Winter Garden, the guests were received by the bride's aunts, the Misses A. and L. MeGill. The former wore a smart black frock with black hat to match, while the latter wore a graceful frock of floral silk georgette and a wide black hat. Both carried bouquets 'of Iceland poppies. The bridegroom's mother wore a navy satin marocaiu frock relieved with beige vestee, and a hat of navy Bangkok strew. Her bouquet was composed of .beige-shaded flowers. When the bride and bridegroom left for their wedding trip the farmer was wearing an attractive suit of cbrnflowerblue pinspotted in white, with a white georgette blouse, and a small hat to tone. She carried s musquash fur coat.