WOMAN’S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 281, 22 August 1921, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR,

(By

Imogen.)

t SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Colonel Robert Logan and Mrs. Logan, according to a London correspondent, are i£Ow comfortably settled, on their farm at Axminster. A case which came under the notice, of the St. John nurses in Auckland recently wag that of a la touring man in poor health, unable to find a home for his wife and children. He had a little money, and with it secured a vacant lot in one of the suburbs, procured a number of empty piano cases, and with them built a tiny house—poor, but sufficient to meet their urgent need. In his hours of unemployment he makes improvements to his little estate, and has already made a start with a vegetable garden. Ths marriage took place at All Saints’ Church, Ponsonby, recently, of Mise Eileen R. Smiley, youngest daughter of the late Mr. James Smiley and Mrs. . Smiley, of Wanganui, to Mr. Frank Brooks, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Brooks, of Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kernot, formerly of Wellington, have purchased the residence of tho late Hon. J. A. Tole, in Remneva Road, Auckland, and are now living there.

The Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association ball promises to be a big success this year. Their Excellencies tho Governor-General and I.ady Jellicoe have signified their intention of being present. The committee anticipates a large attendance, and requests that those who Intend to be present should obtain their tickets as early as possible, as it is their intention to prevent any discomfort through overcrowding. The music will be supplied by Cowley’s Orchestra, and the catering is in the capable hands of Dustin's, Ltd. As the lists of invitations are necessarily incomplete, tickets may be obtained direct from Mr. R. J. F. Aldrich, Returned Soldiers’ Club, Brandon Street.

Miss Fraser, of the Terraco School staff, was farewelled at a social gathering on Friday, on the occasion of her retirement. On behalf of the staff and School Committee, Mr. Johnston, chairman of the committee, presented Miss Fraser with a (beautifully engraved wristlet watch, and the sixth form girls, through the medium of Edith Allan, offered their popular teacher a unique silver inkstand and pen. Mr. Murphy, of the staff, replied on Miss Fraser’s behalf to the many sincere expressions of regret at her severance from the school work, and appreciation of her wonderful tact, example, and popularity. Musical items were given, and, after a dainty afternoon tea, a dance was held, with Miss Dick at the piano. The girls had decorated three of the class rooms with lycopodium, spring flowers, foliage, and Chinese lanterns, and the afternoon passed off most happily.

Exhibition} of Paris designers indicate that tlfe dress of the Russian peasant, with heavy silver braid, has been taken as the basic style for winter modes, states a London correspondent. Brilliant barbaric effects are aimed at. There is much employment of belts and girdles, hung with little metal 'tags, which tinkle as the wearer walks. No woman can claim to be well dressed unloss the costumes are Slav, Caucasian, or nt least Balkan. ' In trimmings, Astrakhan fur and lambs’ wool of alLdelicate shades will rule, with heavy standup collars of the same fliaterial around tho throat, .Skirts,.will be just a little longer, though they wall still stop well above the ankle. Dirge sleeves and long bodices are prevalent, with cut steel ornaments and other characteristics.

Lecturing in tho Wanganui Technical College, Dr. Wilkins (Director of the Division of School Hygiene), one of the Health Department’s officials, said: Vegetables are important, yet neglected, articles of die,t. Green vegetables are particularly valuable. Vegetables should bo cooked in a small amount of wafer, which is served with them as a sauce, or used in soup. Or they should be steamed or baked in a cassarole. The common method of boiling, and throwing away the water, is totally wrong. Valuable salts are thus wasted, and much of the flavour lost. Again, vegetables should be cooked briskly, and for as short a time as possible. Cooked in this way their vitamines suffer very little. Cabbage, for instance, if thinly sliced, cooks in five or ten minutes, or less, and cooked in this way it is crisp and tasty, as compared with the usual washed-out article. Children often’’ do not like vegetables, because they are served in a sodden, tasteless, and unattractive condition. Green vegetables should not to cooked with soda. Soda rapidly destroys their vital essences.

Miss Frances B. Lysnar, F.R.G.S., who left New Zealand about eighteen months ago for a trip to England, returned to Auckland by the Niagara. When in England Miss Lysnar was allowed by the Bishop of London to deliver lectures nn tohnlf of the mission for the child widows of India, which is carried on at Mukti, Kedagon, Poona. India, by Rnmahai. and while doing this spoke at the Ladies’ College at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, to 800 of the students. On returning to Australia the ladies of the Victoria Council arranged that Miss Lysnar should lecture throughout Tasmania on the same theme, and she also delivered lectures in Melbourne. It was nt the todies’ College at Cheltenham that Ramabai, who is a great linguist, and speaks / seven languages, learnt Hebrew and Greek, and was appointed lecturer on Sanskrit. At the present time Ramnbni is engaged in translating th- Gospel from tho original Hebrew and Greek into Maratki, the language spoken in the northern parts of India.

Miss Rosa Alba, who is to sing with the Choral Union on Saturday, arrived from Christchurch yesterday, and is staying at tho Oriental Bay Kiosk. LATE J. G. W. AITKEN ' MEMORIAL SERVICES. At tho Kelburn Presbyterian Church yesterday an impressive service was conducted by the Rev. W. Day, who preached from the text, “For he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain.’’ Reference was made to the great service rendered to tho Church by the late(Mr. J. G. W. Aitken, as a recognition of which ho was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, a distinction never before nor since conferred on a layman. Not only to the Church, but also to individuals, was Mr. Aitken a real friend. Many there were who would keep his memory green in their hearts for his timely help and wise counsels, and for his largeness of heart. At the close of the service the following resolution was carried by the congregation, who stood in silent testimony to the great respect and esteem in which ho was held:—“That this congregation realises with the deepest sorrow tho loss sustained by tho Church of Jesus Christ in this Dominion in the death of Mr. J. G. W. Aitken. In common with tho members of tihe Presbyterian Church throughout Now Zealand, wo mourn his loss to-day, and to his sorrowing relatives we tender our heartfelt sympathy, and pray that God, tho source of all comfort, will be especially near to them in their time of need. May tho example of our departed brother inspire us to greater effort in the cause of the Master, Whom ho served so loyally."

The Woman With the Basket. No national movement is so essentially a woman’s movement ns the co-operative movement, states Councillor Mrs. Eleanor Barton, prospective Parliamentary candidate for the King’s Norton Division of Birmingham, England. The Congress of the Women’s Co-operative Guild, which opened in Manchester, is another evidence of the growing social and political consciousness of working women in the home. It is the “woman with tho basket” who brings trade to the movement, and on whom its success depends. For many years her role was largely passive, but since the guild arrived it has roused the energies of its members to such an extent that the guild has become a vital factor in every department of tho movement—trading, industrial, educational, and political. It has wakened women up, not only to cooperation problems, but to world problems. She is going to consider in addition to the specially co-operative and guild subjects, such subjects as education, Esperanto, public ownership of the drink traffic, housing, endowment of motherhood, and tho war and the peace. The woman with the basket earns her living in the home, but in one-day and two-day schools, where all members in a district gather together, lectures and discussions of a most educative and helpful cha.Tacter have been held. The subjects are then carried to the branches for further discussion, and the guild literature has a quality all its own, for it is tho co-operntivo product of the brains and criticisms of the members themselves, and these members are practically all married working women who know and experience the actual life, of the worker and his family. The ccming congress will be the largest and most influential of all that have yet been held, no fewer than 1350 delegates, representing 52,000 members, will be _ present.. When we consider the preparations most* of these women have to make beforehand to leave their homes for a Tew days, how they study their agendas in between their baking, washing, and otner household duties the able manner in, which questions are discussed and ths business dealt with is remarkable. Now that these women carry votes in their baskets, and the movement has entered the political world organised co-operative women take their place as an important national force. St. Mark’s School Entertainment. A children’s entertainment in connection with St. Mark’s Church School was held in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon. A varied and picturesque programme was very much appreciated by the audience, which practically filled the Chamber, and as the performers were all children, their individual items were watched with keen interest. Songs, recitations, and dances formed the prelude to the chief feature of the entertainment, which was the crowning of the school queen, Hilma Quinlan, a recitation being given by Sinclaiy Breen, dances by Esme Gillies, Mavis King, E. Gillies, Phyllis Martin, and Edna Purdie; songs by Edna Purdie, Elsie Smith, and Phyllis Martin. Two little children, Eileen Congreve and Bobby Martin figured in one of the dances as a cupid and a gardener. The crowning of the school queen by the Hon. Norah Jolliooe gave an opportunity for some pretty grouping and charming colour effects. The little queen wore a frock of white oharmeusa, with puffed sleeves and side panels of palest pink channeuse edged with gold fringe and her train was of golden brown velvet bordered with ermine. The court ladies courtiers, pages, and heralds wera all picturesque little figures in their silks and satins, and at the close of the crowning, the gavotte was danced. Taking part in the ceremony in addition to - the queen and the Hon. Norah Jellicoe were Joan, Margaret, and Freda Ballinger, Kenneth and Ronald Hodson, Hilda Clift, and Phyllis Martin, Dorothy Underwood,.lna Small, Edna Chote, Eileen Congreve, Margaret M'Kenzie, Joan Fauvell, Gwyn Sitchbury, Joyce Rosenberg, Jovce Radford, May Martin, Phil Rosie, Charles Halkett. “Mother Hubbard’s” Party, which followed the crowning of the queen, introduced all the well-known nursery- rhymes, and gave scope for some pretty characterisation. The children taking part were: Jack Veitch, Jack Stevens, Edna Saxton, Joyce 'Gibson, Doris Howe, Edwina and Ken Vare, Hazel Wells, Phyllis Martin, Essie Gill, Ronnie Miles. Connie Pye, Connie Pearson, Hilda Clift, Theo Miller, Bobby Martin, Joan Travers, Laurie Banfield, Peggy Day, Hazel Kilby, Reggie Sheargold, Andry Jenkins, Roy Congreve, Bobby Cutfield, May Martin, Harold Saunders, i The part of Mother Hubbard was taken by Hilda Clift, and songs, dances, and rhymes were introduced with the story. After tfie performance the little queen was presented with a silver purse by the Hon. Norah Jellicoe, on behalf of the children, and she, in her turn, received a big box of chocolates and a bouquet of violets. Miss Holm, the principal of St. Mark’s School, has reason to to satisfied with the results of the afternoon. Her Excellency Viscountess Jellicoe and the Hons. Prudence, Myrtle, and George Jellicoe were present at The entertainment. The opponents of women at Cambridge must have been rendered thoughtful by the last list of Tripos successes posted recently, states the “Queen. ’ For the achievement of Miss K. Snell, of Girton, in being placed above the top man in the Law Tripos, part 11, is an honour which has only one precedent. That fell to the share of Newnham, and placed Miss P. G- Fawcett ,stove the senior wrangler. Three women gain first-class honours in part II of th,- Classical Tripos —Miss Macintosh (Girton), Miss Newman (Newnham), and Miss Orton (Girton)—and f° nr > tlla Misses Green (Newnham), Neafby (Girton), Linnell (Newnham), and Watt (Newnham), in the Historical Tripos. Miss Snell has a companion in law honours in tho person of Miss Rolls,, also of Girton.