WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 17, Issue 287, 21 August 1923, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD

matters u .of interest from far and near,

(By

Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss P. Butler has returned to Wellington from New Plymouth.

Mis. Arthm- Cooper (Hamilton) is visiting her mother, Mrs. Turnbull, in •Wellington.

Miss Cara Humphries (Napier) is the guest of her sister, Mrs. 11. Johnston, Kelburn.

Mrs. Barlthorpe has returned to AVellington from a visit to Havelock North.

Dr. E. M. Loeb, of the University of California, accompanied by Mrs. J,oob, loft Auckland last week for Niue Island, where Dr. Loeb will carry out research work among the natives.

The Misses Norman, of Now Plymouth, are leaving shortly for a visit to England. The Hon. R. Scott, M.L.C., and Mrs. Scott leave to-day for a brief visit to Masterton, returning to town on Wednesday.

During the morning service at the Napier Cathedral on Sunday a stained glass window depicting the Transfiguration of Christ, erected by the members of her family to the memory of the late Mrs. J. H. Coleman, was unveiled by Mr. Coleman, a dedication service following the ceremony.

Women are invited to attend a meeting called by the National Council of Women (Wellington branch) to be held in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall this evening to consider matters which affect the interests and well-being of women. Representative speakers will deal with the subjects at issue, and it is anticipated that there will be a large attendance of women.

A bride who defied all conventions at her wedding in London recently was Miss Jean Alice Ackland, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ackland, of St. James’ Court, and Norfolk, who was wedded to Mr. Edgar P. Woolcombe, of Kensington. The wedding took place at St. Martin’s In-the-Fields Church. No flowers were used either to decorate the church or in the bridal bouquets. Orange trees alone stood at the chancel entrance. The bride had insisted on a shortened service, which allowed her to dispense with the words, "and obey.” Like a statue of beaten brass appeared the bride, clad in gold, her gown cloth of gold draped in front in Egyptian style, and her net veil. Instead of feal flowers she carried gold seed pods and Cape gooseberries. Six attendants formed the bridal procession, two children (a boy and a girl) carrying the train, followed by two nieces, a sister of the bride, and Miss Black, daughter of a well-known London publisher. They, too. wore dresses '- f gold tissue, and carried golden rods instead of bouquets.

Tho monthly committee meeting ot the Levin Memorial Home was held at the Home, Miss Archibald presiding. The matron reported the children wero all well, with the exception of colds. New baths had been installed in the home. Miss Tendale and Miss Houghten had given a most et ioyabie tea party to tho children. '.Die Sewing Guild met on tho 24th. Gifts have been received from the Hinemoa Alasonic Lodge, Mrs. Christie, Mrs. Wales, Miss Lodge, Mrs. Rutherford, Miss Archibald, Miss Robissoii, Miss .Dickson, Miss Brown, and the Hawke’s Bay Fish Co. Arrangements were made io bold the annual gift tea in September. Grateful thanks were expressed by the committee for the generous donation of £l5O to the funds of the homo bj' the trustees of the T. G. McCarthy estate.

The Auckland Society of Artists hold very entertaining and successful masked ball in tho Scots Hall (Auckland) last week. Nearly everyone was in fancj dress, and many wore masks. The ball opened with a dance exhibition given by pupils of Miss Di phne Knight, and following this dancing became general. Many of the costumes were remarkable for beauty, while others were equally outstanding on account of some unusual if not unique feature. The stage was tastefully decorated with greenery. A striking effect was obtamea ?n tho supper room bv tho use as decorations of dalloclils and other yellow flowers intertwined with greenery. Masks were removed at supper time, and dancing continued until one o'clock in the morning.

A meeting of the Women Prisoners Welfare Group was held yesterday afternoon and was presided over by Airs. J Henderson. Correspondence was dealt with and a gift of banjo music from Airs. Whyte for the inmates of Point Halswell Reformatory was acknowledged, a hearty vote of thanks being accorded the donor. Airangenients were made for the art union in which th!e painting given, by All. Tiller will be a P™, and it is hoped that the sale of the tickets will materially increase the piano funds lhe society regretted iho rejection by the Legislative Council of . the Bill .enabling women to be appointed Justices of the Peace. The secretary was of the opinion that the whole subject should bo settled Aiy the simple expedient of a Sex Disqualification Removal Bill, conceding to women the justice of equal citizenship rights as previously suggested m the remit Sent forward by the society, for the annual conference of the National Council of "Women The president urged all members to attend and assist in every way the meeting of women convened 'for this wclek. The report of the Committee of Inquiry on Venereal Diseases set up bv the British Ministry of Health. 1923, was read and discussed. Satisfaction was expressed at the fact that t.lile recommendations of this authoritative committee were in substantial agreement with the views entertained bv the society as sot forth in this leaflet issued by the V cllington branch of the National Council of Women in 1922.

There passed away at her residencte in High Street. Dunedin (says the “Star”) Airs. Annie Dallas, at the age of 87 vears. Airs. Dallas -was one of the oldest identities of the city She and other members of the family arrived at Dunedin in 1857.. and took up their residence at North-Fast 1 alley The late' Airs. Dallas (nee Miss Hieenan) married Air. Flanagan, and in her widowhood married Mr. Dallas, a master for many years at the Dunedin High School, who died several vears ago. Airs, Dallas had a family of three daughters and four sons. Ono son, Air. F. IV. Flanagan, was ValuerGeneral in the service of the New Zealand Government. 'Hie deceased was a daughter of the late Air. Dennis Heenan, who at one time was a prominent citizen of Dunedin.

To restore the contour of the face and tone up tho scalp is very needful after tho winter months. A delightful face massage will prove beneficial. For the scalp, our Medical Electric Treatment is wonderful. Full course of seven treatments and. two shampoos, £2 2s. Henna application, 21s. Staining for grey. hair. 30s. to oOs. Stamford and ’ Co., 123 Cuba Street. ’Phone 21—220.—Advt.

Hostesses for the Community Chib this week aro as follows:— Tuesday, Mrs. Dormer ; Wednesday, Mrs. David Bows; Thursday, Mrs. E. C. Cooper; Eridav Airs. Easson; Saturday, Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Ledbrook; Sunday, Mrs. McGregor; Monday, Mrs. W. D. Robinson'

Miss Dorothy Brandon, who is herself a cripple is the author of a play dealinn- with’ tho life and ambitions of a crippled girl, which the critics acclaim as the most realistic since Clcmence Dane’s "Bill of Divorcement.”

Harcficld Hospital, in Middlesex, although chiefly lor Australians, was at times a refuge also for N.Z.E.F. men, and those who enjoyed their life 111 that beautiful English home will regret to hear of tho death of Mrs., Billyard Leake, whose home it was. During the period of the war, when Mr. and Mrs. Leake placed their home at the disposal of wounded soldiers, 49,(J00 men passed through the wards of this hospital. Mrs. Leake herself was 111 charge of the canteen, and was responsible for the outside expenses. Mrs. Leake was Australian born, her father, Mr. Gillies, being tho first to introduce tho merino to Tasmania.

Dora Peut, aged 3G years, gave evidence in the Supreme Court at Rockhampton (Queensland) which shows that she is harder grained than many men. She lost her mother in 1902. and then in 1916 her brother left homo, leaving her and her father, aged 77 years, to carry on their home at Baree, Mount Morgan. She had to work tho farm and orchard, and chip the weeds, grow different kinds of fruit, plough, harrow, pump water from the well, and in addition to that she kept house for her father. In 1913 they acquired a buggy, and sho used to market the fruit herself, making three trips a day to Mt. Morgan. In every load she used to take up to 130 dozon mangoes, which returned 6d. a dozen. They also delt in pigs, and Dora killed, dressed, and sold them. She did this for 10s. per week, till, when she was 21, her father increased her wages to 30s.

The First Battalion Band’s ball, which is to be held this week, promises to bo a big success.- Excellent music will be supplied by the "Dixie Bovs’ Jazz Band,” supper arrangements are in charge of an energetic ladies’ committee, and the decorations will bo the feature of the evening.

.Pioneer Club members are reminded of the annual meeting to be held at the club on Thursday evening next, at 7.30.

Tho Welsh Society held a basket social on Saturday night at their room at the rear of the Congregational Church, Cambridge Terrace. There was a large gathering of Welshmen and their friends. Musical items wero given by Mesdames Sutherland and Bishop, Miss E. Rees, Mis s Bassett, and the two little Rees sisters, Messrs. Tucker, Bishop, Boock, Rees, and Watkins. Besides musical items games were entered into, and a most enjoyable evening was brought to a close by the singing of “Auld Lang Syne” and the Welsh National Anthem. Mrs. Tucker was at the piano.

A recent book, written by Sir W. M, Flinders Petrie, upon life in ancient Egypt, is a mine, of information on the administration, morality, commerce, housing, and private life ot the ancient Egyptians, states the “Daily Mail.” The earliest marriage contract known from Egypt, we are told, is of 590 B.C. A curious marriage contract of Coptic times is quoted: "Since God willcth that we should unite one with the other in righteous wedlock, after the manner of every free man and every wise woman; therefore.. I have given thee Ids’, in gold as a bridal gift, that thou mayest come and enter my house as a free woman. And for my part I will not neglect thee more than as it were my own body. Neither shall I be able to put thee forth without a cause having legal ground. But should I wish to put theo forth. I will pay 70s. for tho matter.” “ Education was looked upon 'a snecial dntv of affection. . . . “Of the XlXth dvnasty there was a tradition that all children horn on the same dav as the heir were to be brought up with him. Tho number is stated tn have been 1700.” “In tlie XXVIth dvnasty Amasis made a law that every man must annually mnkt' n declaration of his means of subsistence; unless this were satisfactorily done, he could be executed.”

The manager of a big Loudon store, before engaging a promising shopassistant. first makes him or her smile. Other things being well, the applicant’s fate hangs finally upon the qualify of his or her natural smile, states an English exchange. In the gymnasium of tho London Scliool for Training in Rerail Distribution at Westminster, hangs the motto: “It takes 65 muscles of the face to make a frown, and 13 to nroduco a. smile. Why waste energy?” Tho school lias been at work for six months, and the training is founded on tho results of an inquiry to find out what p’-o tho dualities of a good solcsmnn. Customers were asked what attracted them most in a salesman: salesmen and women were asked what was their ideal; and buyers and managers were asked what was nmst prominent in n good salesman. The collective answer wa«--Intelljgence, Interest. Courtesy. The student is therefore taught, among other things, the value of tact, sympathy, patience, sincerity, “manner.” personality, power of observation, optimism.

A passenger on boar£ a Norwegian liner during one of its' recent voyages to New York., tells of a tragicomic incident of which he was the observer, writes Reuter’s Bergen corresspondent, states the “Daily News.” The American immigration laws are abnormally strict, he says, and contain individual clauses that might have been composed by the wise men of Gotham Among ’hern is one clause which forbids emigrants of the opposite sex to visit each other in their cabins during the voyage without the permission of tho captain. On this particular voyage three couples who had struck up a friendship on board broke the rule, anil were discovered by a ship’s officer sitting in the cabin of one of them indulging in what was probably only a very harmless and quite permissible flirtation. The result of the discovery was that the six culprits had to be married before the authorities would allow them ashore at New York. The ceremony took place in the second-class dining saloon, to the great excitement and amusement of the whole of the passengers and the ship’s company.

Such a unique opportunity rarely comes to the women of New Zealand, but during their Winter Sale Spademan and Thompson arc offering tailormade Costumes to order from their faultless Indigo Serges at £6 15s. and £7 15s. As only a limited number are being made at those “riduculous prices, ladies are advised not to delay but order right now, from Spademan and Thompson, Ladies’ Tailors, Lambton Quay. —Advt.

Weddings to bo artistic, must bare Bouquets to harmonise with frocks. Miss Murray, 36 Willis Street. Deliveries anywhere in Dominion.—Advt.

Referring to the ascent of tho Matterhorn by Miss .Lorimer, formerly headmistress of Alount Cook Guls School, and for years principal-ot Nelson Girls’ College, an old frifend writes to the Auckland “Star”“l remember her when she came over from tho West Coast. to Canterbury College, unite a long time ago. 1 am sure that Miss Lorimer will forgive an old friend for recalling the fact that she took her AI.A. degree somewhere about 1890: and now. after all these years, she climbs the Alatterhorn! It is just as well under the circumstances to remind mv readers that the Alatterhorn is 14,700 ft. high—some 2000 ft. higher than our own Alount Cook and that it is universally admitted to be one of the most difficult anil dangerous peaks in tho Swiss Alns. And this little woman from New Zealand—she. is about sft. Sin. in height, and matriculated nearly 40 vears ago—not only scales this precipitious crag, but equals tho record established a few weeks ago bv a man! However, no one who knows Aliss Lorimer ought to.be surprised at her success in anything that she undertakes. As student, as graduate. later as headmistress of one cf the largest public s'-hools in Wellington. and now as principal of the Nelson” Girls’ College, she has always been the same —quiet, rc'oluth. resourceful and indefinite!” capable, wherever there is a. special effort to be made or hard work to bo done. Women of her type are indeed an honour to their country, and I for one am glad that her rather unexpected emergence as a recordbreaking mountaineer has given me a chance, of offering her publicly my admiring congratulations.