WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 774, 24 March 1910, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MANTLES OF^LIGHT,

TO-DAY'S DINNER. {Specially written for Tns Douiniob.J ~ v vir THURSDAY. ■■'■■. ~ Grilled Steak. ■•■ . ; •'•■•■' j Maitre d'Hotel Sauce. Potato Chips. s : - Baroness Pudding.'. ■ - ■ ■-;■". BARONESS; PUDDING. -Three-quarter' pound flour, . Jib. raisins,' Jib. suet,' niilk, pinch of salt. Shred;the.suet.Etono the raisins, mix the. flour, Raisins, and suet together, and add sufficient' milk to mis very stiff. .Put into, a greased basin, and toil..four;hours. ': Serve .with' custard eauce. ;■' '"' •;. ■ ■.?■"'. %~ • : '■": > '■< FOR TO-MORROW.' ; Sis dozen oysters, curry powder, ap,ples,. pastry. •■ ■ .', ■ : . > SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Wellington Weddings. ' -■ "Yesterday. ; .; afternoon, ;•'■•at Trinity Methodist Church, Miss Louie Laughton was married to Mr. Gabbie, of Canterbury', the Rev. W:J. T Williams, officiating. Miss Overend was chief brides-: maid, and there were also two little maids in attendance... Mr. ;Herron. was best man.'.-The churchiiad been.beautif with flowers and foliage by vtiie,'.' choir, 'of wh'ich. the bride. was a member. ...The' bride .wore an, empire frock of Iwhitje liberty silk, '.with bridal wreath and veil, and sho carried a bouquet of white, cosmos. Miss Overend' wore a white'frock and bronze, utraw picture hat, and. the two ' little maids. were in white frocks, and carried shepherd's, crooks. After the wed-, ding.:.Mrs. Laushton, mother of the bride, held a reception in Godber's Rooms;' Cuba "Street,;.which was attended by a large number of guests. The' tables were gaily, decorated with dahlias ahd:other flowers/ Mrs. Laugh- ,, tonwore aiblack gown,: and black and' white bonnet; Mrs. Fee, sister of the bride, wore white, with a .heliotrope hat, and: she carried: a, bouquets of> heliotrope flowers. Mrs.. sister of the bridegroom] heliotrope frock, with hat to match;' Miss : Feei dark "■ grey, coat ■ and skirt." . Last Friday . tho brido was entertained'at asocial given in the Trinity Church by members of the choir, when she received handsome' : farewell gifts from the choir and from the.Bible class, of' which she was a-'nVember.' '.'■'■ ' ■

At St. John's Presbyterian- Church yesterday Miss Selina Sheehey was married 'to 'Mr.'Charles BjernqVist, the Rev.. Dr. Gibb officiating;. •..- ■ . ■'>";.■: rMasterton Wedding. . ; At the Methodist Church, Masterton, on Tuesday, Miss. Annie Elizabeth King; youngest: daughter'. of' Mr. F.. ■King, of ■ Mastertph'i'. was .married; to Mr.' Herbert William 'Percy, youngest ■son' of Mrs.. Tcrcy,'". sen., of Te Ore Ore , . The bride, who was given away by her 'father,, wore a frock of white rVsilk eolienhe, trimmed with silk lace, . and a .bridal wreath and veil. . ...The •bridesmaids; were . Misses 35. Prentice, Olive' Spencer," and Flossie-Wilton, theeldest bridesmaid wearing a.cream frock, .and the Jittle .maids pale--blue "silk ■dresses. 'Mr.' W. King'was best man. After the; wedding a reception; attended "about eighty 'guests," was held at the residence of the .bride's parents.: Terraco.. ■ . ■'■'■'w-'-t- ■ :;: ''•■; Mrs. ,H.. DT Crawford■" gave.'a .xharm-., ing': tea.'" yesterday afternoon, at Miss . Malcolm's, on. the Terrace,-as a. farewell' for Mrs. Alec Crawford, who leaves for England in April. Tea was served in the diniugrooin, where the table was decorated with coreopsis, and the guests were entertained also in the drawingroom, hall,, and smokingroom, bright, 'fires: giving a reminder of winter that was' almost contradicted-.by .the beau-t. tiful-.flowers with which the rooms wore filled. Mrs. Crawford, received in 'a iandsomo black and white frock, and Mrs. Alec Crawford wore a frock of blue.Shantung. Among other guests present were: Mr. Alec Crawford, Mr. . and Mrs. 0. Crawford, Mr. Fraser and Miss Fraser, Judge .and' Mrs. Williams, Mr.' -Arthur'Pcarco and .the- Misses Pearce, Mr.'and' Mrs. Tripp, Mrs..Fitzgerald, Mrs., and Miss Duncan, Mrs. and Miss Brandon, Mrs. and Miss Bar- . .ion,. Mrs. Larnach, Mrs', and Miss Tweed, Miss Wardcll, ; Mrs. Menzies, Mrs. and . Miss ..Joseph,- Mrs.. Walter iNathan and Miss Nathan, Mr 3. - Algar Williams, Mrs. Biss, Mrs.' C. Pearce and. Miss" Fairchfld,.'Captain and Mrs. Edwin ■ and Miss Edwin, , Mrs. Collins, Mrs: , J. Brandon, Miss 'Holmes, and Miss Kebbell. ■ i ■;:' : •.•'"' ~

An Unusual Choice.' Miss Buchanan, a. New Zealandor. by '. birth,' who is. at .■ present a nurse in 'a Sydney private hospital, lately won a scholarship connected with the Foreign Art 'Society in. Melbourne,' which entitled: her to three years'. art study in Rome, and, after full consideration, ..Bhe'has decided to givo up the scholarship and remain a mirse.' .. "The subject'of " the competition," Miss;Buchanan told an. interviewer, "had to be some niijht scene. All Melbourne artists were entitled to comv /pete.:; ..I had been over 'to' Sydney ia fleet week, so chose the American fleet jn, the- harbour, with.its lights and its searchlights. The picture has gone to Melbourne, and is now being exhibited at the Mutual Building. "When I won the scholarship I had -three months to consider whether I would take it up. 11 don't think! Will ■iiße.it; Oh, no, I don't think lam foolish. I don't think you would iieo it if -you'had. no need lor it. ; If you accept it you have to take up painting really thoroughly, and I lovo nursing dearly. I lovo painting, but I have never really taken it up. I am fonder of music. I studied music in Melbourne chiefly under .my ..mother—Herr Kretschmann is my master now. "Painting! began long ago in Paris as a little girl. Wβ went home when I was seve'n, and I learned from Madame' Laglace then in Paris. . I intend to keep it' up, but 'not to tmiko a profes- , eion of it." . . ■'■'

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CBx DawiiiaaJ

A Kindergarten Carden Party.

A very successful garden party was given by Mrs. J. P. Luke yesterday afternoon, at her home m Hiropi Street, in aid of the Free Kindergarten Union. Tho afternoon was clear and sunshiny, and a number of guests including most of tlio members of tho Kindergarten Council, made their way out to Nowtown. Entertainment was provided for all. There were three, very good concerts, several fortune-tellers interested and informed the guests, and a clever lady read scraps of handwriting, deducing tho characters therefrom. Several guessing competitions wore held, and a gramaphono gave various selections, while a stall piled ' with home-made sweets .was cleared by. tho end of the afternoon. Miss Luko superintended the arrangements for tea, Miss Hind acted as gatekeeper, and Miss Packard was in charge of .the sweet stall.. The concerts were very good,..and songs were sung by Mrs. Chaytor, Misses Embury, Stace, Harley (2), and Haybittle, while Miss Anderson, Miss Stace, .and Miss Hind played, and Mrs.. Sutcliffo most kindly gave, a recitation at each concert. ": Mr. and. Miss Darley returned yesterday by the lonic from a trip to' England. . . : • Mrs.de la Mare is accompanying the Victoria College girls on • their .trip to Christchurcli for the university tournament, and she. will remain-.-in Christ-: church for some weeks. '

Mrs. Moore,' of Bidwill Street, secretary of the National . Association of Spiritualists, and ' delegate from the Wellington Association, of which she is the secretsiry. left for the south last night in'order to attend the conference of Spiritualists which takes place in Christcnurcb. . .

Miss E. Wyatt,. after • some weeks spsnt at Muritai, is now-visiting her brother, Mr. E. Wyatt, and his wife, in Boulcott Street, before returning to Masterton. • ' . , ■ • ■

, Mrs. St. George .and her: sister, Mrs. Halse, are returning to Masterten next week, via Wellington, .after a two. months', visit, to 1 New Plymouth, and Dannevirke.. ... ■ . ". ■ '

■ Mr. and Mrs. Geol *rattlo and Miss Tattle, of Lipman Street,. are leaving on a trip to England by tho Morea, 'sailing"-from :Aucklaud on April 14.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Levy, of Upper Willis.. Street,, celebrated their silver wedding, yesterday, and in the- evening entertained a largo number of guests at a card party at their home. ■■

'Mrs. Fitzherbert, with her family, returned to New Zealand by the lomo yesterday after a long stay in England.'

The Hon. J. A. Millar had an amusing experience when leaving the Masterfoh railway,", statiou on Friday.. A newly-married couple were leaving at the same time, pursued, by a nunjber, of friends, armed with a plentiful. supply of!'rice". As flie.porter w'as opening the door.of the Minister's private carriage, the couple hurried in, followed by showers of rice, which spread itself over ihd floor, and some'of which fell on tho head of the Minister. The latter, was evidently amused, while the couple, on discovering their error, / left as' hurriedly as they liad-'entered.-;.-,,

;'. '..'.,;■ A GIRL'S INDUSTEY. :; Upon-the top story ofafmiilding in Victoria Street some dozen girls are employed at an industry of which-the Wellington . public- knows very little, though/every evening there is. reason 'to - appreciate its results. This is the making of those frail ashen mantles for incandescent lights which are made here by the Welsbach Light Co. in numbers sufficient to supply all New. Zealand. '. . . . , . ■ ' It was.a desire to see something.of a little-known industry, that took a visitor there the other day, bμt she had no idea how interesting her visit, was to prove. ; .. ..'■■' Practically the whole process, after the chemicals have been .prepared,- is carried out by girls who work in one room where the mantle. goes through every stage. The basis, of the mantle is .a*knitted mantle.of a flax-like fibre called ramie that comes from Japan. These mantles are. imported in three sizes, tho large ones 1 for use in open places or. largo. halls, or lighthouses, the ordinary one for household use, and tho small ones" for inverted lights.

The first process is tho impregnation of theso with a fluid preparation of thorium. This contains a small proportion of radium and'the mantle sat> urated with it is capable of printing its image by its own rays on a photographic plate. The mantle is saturated with- thorium, then subjected to a fiorco .heat which burns away the knitted sleeve and leaves merely a white asli of thorium. To impregnate it the mantle is put between rollers saturated with the liquid, and as a second stage, the rim at the top is run into a second roller to apply a second chemical which strengthens that part sufficiently to enable it to hold the loop that keeps it in place. A little company of girls is kept busy putting a . draw-thread of asbestos cord through the top of the mantle which has by this time been stretched . into shape. It is ' into . a very fierce gas furnaco with a tremendous; pressure of ga's that the mantles—hung in a row along a steel rod—are placed to have the fibro burnt off, and when they, have recovered from this flaring -process they are put back into the furnace and subjected to a heat that shrinks and shapes them. By this time the mantle, reproducing the mesh of the original .fibre, looks so frail that it is difficult to understand how, it goes through the stiffening process when again put in a row along a rod. The ashy, things are dipped'' slowly up and down iii a preparation of "celluloid' that gives' them the'stiffness which enables them to bo handled. They are put into'a' cupboard smelling sweetly of camphor and ether fumes before: they are ready to he packed in their little round boxes for transportation, and in this last process again they are trusted to tho hands of girls. . It looks pleasant work, ono soon gets used to the odour of ether with which the largo workroom is filled, and probably tl:c only thing to mind is the heat of the gas furnaces which are indispensable. Most of the girls who havo thoroughly entered into the work have remained for a long time with tho firm.

The time to act is now, for it is tho autumn, when rate nro driven into your homes. Do not wait for a bubonic plague scare. Tho disease is always found air.ong&t rats, and it is your duty to deiitroy them. For the small sum of on« y shilling ami sixpence, ICO rats can be destroyed by purchasing a bottle of Shaw's Dentil to Jiats, which murders them. To be had only at Shaw's Medical Hall. Manners Street, and tho Cecil Buildings, Lambton Quay.