WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 83, 6 January 1928, Page 4

WOMAN’S WORLD

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR

Miss Sybil Clayton will leave by the Maungauui to-day for Sydney, en route for England.

Mrs. Russell, Christchurch, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. B. JI. Wilson, Melling.

Miss Betty Jarman and Mrs. Park, Wellington, are visiting Hamner Springs.

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Miller, Wellington, are staying with Mrs. Edgar Jones, Otiritiri.

Mrs. H. R. Ward, Miss McGowan, and Miss Jackson, of Wellington, are staying in Auckland.

Mrs. Kate Raymond, who has been visiting her father, Mr. H. N. Firth, returned to Auckland yesterday.

Miss Fielder, Hataitai, who has been staying in Masterton for the New Year, has returned to Wellington.

Miss Ruby Sherriff, of Auckland, is in Wellington and is the guest of Mrs. Cookson at Island Bay.

The Misses Guise, of Wellington, are on a motor tour en route to Franz Josef Glacier.

Miss D. Brown, of Wellington, _ returned yesterday after a holiday visit to Napier.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Turner, of We! lington, are recent arrivals in Christ church.

Mrs. J. B. Hooper and Miss T. Hooper, of Hamilton, are visiting York Bay, Wellington.

Miss L. Barton, of Wellington, was visiting her parents in the Waikato during the holidays.

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Strang, of Palmerston North, returned to New Zealand by the Niagara from an overseas lour.

Mrs. Austin Cook, Kelburn, is the guest of her brother, Mr. P. R. Harman, in Christchurch, for the holidays, also Misses Kathleen and Enid Cook.

The engagement is announced of Maude T., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. McGruer, Karangahake, to Charles A. Stewart, of Tailiapc.

Mrs. C. Bernard, Lyall Bay, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. R. C. Drummond, Lansdowne, has returned to Wellington.

Miss Ernestine Hadfield, 8.A., ol Wellington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hadfield, has received an appointment in a French school at Cannes, where she expects to remain till June.

Mrs. and Miss Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hunt, and Miss Joan McFarlane, of Wellington, have been visiting Lake Wauaka during the holidays.

The president of the New Zealand Institute of Horticulture has issued invitations to a reception to meet Dr. Arthur W. Hill, F.R.S., C.M.G., director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kcw, England.

Mrs. S. 11. King, M.B.E. (Dunedin), who has been visiting her son at Otaki, is at present the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tatnblyu, Lower Hutt.

Misses M. Camniock and 11. Cole, of Wellington, have returned home after spending the Christmas holidays in Palmerston North. They were the guests of Mrs. P. Camniock, Milson Line, during their stay there.

The negageinent is announced in an exchange of Phyllis Nora, only daughter of Mr. C. B. Ingram, of Wellington. to George Bell, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Stanley Smith, ot Dunedin.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson, who have been on a month’s visit to Auckland, will return to Wellington by the Limited this morning, and will take up residence in their flat, Salamanca Road, recently occupied by Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Beale.

Misses Strella Wilson, Winifred Williamson, and Patti Russell, and other lady members of the J. C. Williamson Comic Opera Company, now at the Grand Opera House, were entertained by several Wellington residents during the festive season, their hostesses making the New Year a particularly enjoyable one.

The lady superintendent of the Wellington Hospital wishes to acknowledge with thanks the following gifts Flowers and illustrated papers, Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson; cigarette card albums for children’s wards, W. D. and H. O. Wills; flowers, Rev. Harding, Lower Hutt; flowers, Mrs. Kirkcaldie; paper caps and pictures, Primer 4 A, Lyall Bay School; flowers, Mrs. Souniss; magazines, anonymous; comics and “Weekly Presses,” anonymous ; flowers, Mrs. Collins; paper hats, Mrs. Jolly; fruit and nuts, Mrs. Hill, Belmont; magazines, Mrs. E. J. Moore, Bidwell Street; chocolates, tobacco, and cigarettes, B.R.C. Society; flowers, Mrs. Duncan, Britomart Street. Victoria Hospital: Flowers, Mr. and Mrs. Kersley, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Cottle, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Nannestead, Mr. Carrick, all of Hutt; Mr. Riddell, Brooklyn; Mrs. Jolly; lycopodium, Mr. and Mrs. Pierard, Eastbourne, Mrs. Cottle; flower vases, Mrs. Jolly; handkerchiefs, Mrs. Clarke, Lyall Bay Baptist Church, per Mrs. Fear; paper caps, Mrs Jolly; gifts, Vivian Street Baptist Church Bible Class; fruit, St. Stephen’s Church Bible Class; handkerchiefs, Lyall Bay Junior Red Cross; flowers, St. James’s Presbyterian Girl Guides.

On Wednesday, December 25, at St. Stephen’s Church, Marton, the wedding took place of Jean, younger daughter oi Mr. and Mrs. E. Thoms, Riverdale, Marton, and Dr. John Lee-Jones, Wellington only son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Lee-Jones, St .Albnas, Christchurch. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Ashcroft, and the friends of the bride decorated the church The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a becoming frock of silver sequins and beads, with a spray of orange blossom on one shoulder. The veil was arranged with a coronet and she carried a sheaf of lilies The bridesmaids were Miss Bessie Thoms, sister of the bride, and Miss Frances Ellis. Their frocks were of blue and pink georgette and lace respectively. Both wore picture hats nad carried daintv bouquets of pink carnations. Mr. James Ronald acted as best man and Mr. Gordon Burt as groomsman. After the ceremony the reception was held at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mrs Thoms receiving the guests in a frock of beige chocolate georgette and lace, with a boa necklet and crinoline* hat to tone. Tile bridegroom’s mother was in black, relieved with touches of white. The bride and bridegroom received congratulations standing beneath a floral bell. The wedding breakfast was set out in a marquee on the lawn close to the garden, which, ablaze with flowers, added to the picturesqueness of the scene. Later the bride and bridegroom left for a motor tour, the bride wearing a threerpicce suit of pale pink French silk and hat of th? game shade.

Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Maddren are visiting Christchurch.

Miss Gladys Matthews, Glen Road, Kelburn, will leave for Melbourne by the Maunganui with her parents. Iler marriage will take place there to Mr. Jack MacKinley (late of Wellington), now resident in Melbourne.

A pretty wedding took place at St. Thomas’s Church, Wanganui, recently, when Miss Frances Eunice Lloyd, third daughter of the late Captain F. T. Lloyd, was married to Mr. Charles Tipper’, of Wellington, formerly of London and South Africa. The Rev. Drummond officiated. The bride, who was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. D. MacDonald, wore a frock of beige georgette over lotus-rose crepe, with panels of Chantilly lace. She wore a wide-brimmed bat of rose du Barry crinoline straw, and carried a bouquet of carnations and gladioli. Miss Eunice MacDonald, niece of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, wearing a frock of rose crepe de chine, panelled with cream lace. Her black crinoline bat was trimmed with rose-coloured velvet, and her bouquet was of roses and carnations. Mr. Barney Wheatley acted as best man.

Recently at St. Anne’s Church, Wanganui, Evelyn Myrtle, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W H. Jones, was married to Joseph Albert Stanley, only son of Mrs. Sidet, of Wellington (late of Wanganui). The Rev. Father Kelly officiated The bride, who was escorted by her brother, Mr. W. Jones, wore a gown of ivory crepe de chine and silk lace fashioned in early Victorian style. Her veil was arranged as a coronet with silver lace and orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of Christmas lilies, carnations, sweet-peas, and maidenhair fern. Miss V. Jones and Miss E. Fades, nieces of the bride, acted as bridesmaids—the former in an early Victorian frock of crepe de chine and lace, with a black crinoline bat to match, and the latter in champagne crepe de chine with black crinoline bat. Both had bouquets to tone. Mr. G. Wright was best man. After the ceremony the parents, of the bride entertained a number of guests. Later Mr and Mrs. Sidet left for their future home in Napier, the bride wearing a crepe de chine frock and tailored coat, with a crinoline hat to match.

The conference of nurserymen being held in the Farmers’ Union Hall had an open evening last night, the object of which was, as explained by the president, mainly to show the public what floral work had attained to at the present dav The Wellington florists staged a display of floral emblems which could hardly be surpassed. These were arranged at one side of the hall and created a great deal of interest. Some very large pieces were shown, which gave evidence of much work and ingenuity. A floral anchor entwined with a rope of mauve statis was a wonderful piece of work, and another design was a “cushion” _ of scarlet carnations, with white spirea decorating one corner. More conventional were the designs of baskets and bouquets. In the former there was a very large one in shades of yellow, showing vivid gold arum lilies in the centre; another in pink dahlias and gladiolii and deep blue delphinium. A spray of fuschia and Watsonia was an uncommon combination, and a large bouquet labelled “Sunset” showed flowers in all the vivid shades of that time. Very dainty was a basket entirely of pansies in all shades. Specimens of flowers were also shown, among them some of a small arum deep pink in colour, and also samples of citrous fruits grown in New Zealand—quite a revelation as to what can be grown and also what can be done with the product. The display will remain open this morning and may be viewed by those interested.

To make smelling salts the chief ingredient is ammonium carbonate, or “rock ammonia,” which can be purchased at any chemist’s shop for about twopence an ounce. The salt should be broken into small pieces and the bottle nearly filled with it. To this should then be added a small quantity of one of the following mixtures sufficient thoroughly to moisten the solid:—Lavender: t fluid ounce ofammonia water, 4 drops of oil of lavender, 2 drops of oil of lemon. Rosemary: 1 fluid ounce of ammonia water, 3 drops of oil of rosemary, 2 drops of oil of lavender. Violet: 1 fluid ounce of ammonia water, 4 ounce of tincture of orris root, 10 drops of oil of lavender. Cinnamon: 1 fluid ounce of ammonia, 2 drops of oil of cinnamon Eucalyptus: 1 fluid ounce of ammonia water, 30 drops of eucalyptus oil. 10 drops ol oil of peppermint. Almost anv perfume may be utilised in place of those given above by employing the corresponding concentrated extract of the essential oil.

Wedding at Karori, Tlie pretty church of St. Mary’s, at Karori, was decorated in pink and blue flowers by friends of the bride for the wedding yesterday afternoon of Joan, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harper, The Hill, Karori, and great-grand-daughter of the late Bishop Harper, first Primate of New Zealand, to C. B Beaumont Maturin, only son of Captain Maturin, R.N., England. The Ven. Archdeacon Watson, Vicar of St. Peter’s, performed the ceremony, which was fully choral, the choir singing the hymns and the 121st Psalm, The Wedding March from “Lohengrin’,’ was plaved as the bride entered the church, and Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” at the conclusion of the ceremony. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father, wore a period frock of ivorv satin beaute, made ankle length, with tight pointed bodice, the square-cut neck edged with a narrow border of net and satin rosebuds. The full skirt was finished with a deep liem of the net, with satin roses Iving on it. and the sleeves were long and close-fitting. A court train of satin, bordered all round with roses of georgette, hung from the shoulders, and she wore a beautiful veil of old Honiton lace, which had been worn bv her grandmother. Her only ornament was a string of pearls, the gift of the bridegroom, and she carried a sheaf bouquet of Christmas lilies. Mrs. Rosamund Harper attended as bridesmaid, wearing powder blue georgette, the full skirt bordered with net and roses of the georgette She wore a band of silver leaves in her hair, and carried a hououet of blue and pink flowers. Two little trainbearers, Dorothv Cox 'cousin of the bride) and Diana Brodie, were dressed in white georgette, the skirts of narrow frills edged with blue Thev wore blue shoes and blue ribbons in their hair, with tinv posies of rosebuds and forget-me-nots at each side. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. lan Gordon. of Hawke’s Bay. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Harper entertained the guests at their home, The Hill, where the garden made a beautiful setting for the bridal reception. A marquee was erected, and refreshments were served on the lawn, and the usual toasts honoured Mrs Harper received her guests wearin" a frock of French lace over georgette of black, with touches of grey, embossed with a design of tiny flowers in pink and blue, a black lace hat, l with flowers of the same tones, and j

a neck scarf of grey ostrich tips, and she carried a bouquet of flowers to match. ' Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson, an old friend of the bridegroom’s faniilv, was present, attended by Captain Boyle. She wore black lace embroidered in colours toning to orange, and a wide black hat wieathcd with flowers in the same tones. Among the guests were Bishop and Mrs. Sprott, Mrs. Cox, Mr A. Cooper and Miss Cooper, Sir Charles Skcrrett ami Miss Skerrett, Mrs. King, Mrs. Brodie, Mr. and Mrs. r. Leckie, Mr. and Mrs. Robieson, Mr. F. Burnett, Mr. E Hadfield and Miss E. Hadfield, Miss Fancourt, Miss lidwin, Mrs. and Miss Bristow, Miss Molly Williams, Miss W Westland, Mrs. H. Smith, Mrs. Robinson, Miss Zillah Dixon, Miss Parlane, Miss Stewart. A number of girls from St. Mary’s Homes, were present in the church, and the St. Mary’s Company of Girl Guides formed a guard of honour at the church door, the bride having

started “guiding” in the Home. Later when the bride and bridegroom left for tehir honeymoon the bride wore a jumper of beige, and wide brimmed blue hat to match

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Miss E. Greenwood, Wanganui, is on a visit to Wellington.

Mrs. F. J. Denton, of Wellington, is at present in Wanganui.

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