WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 88, 12 January 1928, Page 4

WOMAN’S WORLD

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR

Miss Eileen Pope is spending a holiday at the National Park. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hawkins are visiting Auckland. Miss B. E. Skelly is visiting Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Gibson are visiting relatives in Wanganui. • Mrs. Harold Kebbell, Alfredtoti,' is a visitor to Wellington. Mrs. Frank Armstrong, Hawke’s Bay, is visiting Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. John Perry, of Masterton, are visiting Wellington. Mrs. W. Wardell, Te Whiti, Wairarapa, is a visitor to Wellington. Miss Mina Caldow is an Auckland visitor to Wellington. Mrs. Manton and Miss Manton are visiting Auckland. Mrs. D. S. Laing has returned to Napier from a visit to Wellington. Miss Medlev, Kelburn, is staying with Mrs. J. S. Medley in New Plymouth. Mrs. Hugh Baily has returned to New Plymouth from a visit to Wellington. Mrs. Beere and Miss Nancy Beere -are visiting New Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Otway have returned from a visit to' Auckland. Miss Alys Duncan is visiting Palmerston North. Miss Simpson has returned to Wellington from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Taverner, of Dunedin. Miss Joan Cooper, Wanganui, is visiting Mrs. J. Thornes, Parnell, Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. and Miss McParlane, and Dr. and Mrs. Shand, are Wellington visitors to Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Reid, who have been visiting Russell, are now in Auckland. Mr. H. E. Anderson and Miss Jose Anderson, of Fairile, are visiting Wellington. Miss P. Kimbelb, of Timaru, who has been staying in Wellington, has left on a visit to Rotorua. Miss Langford has returned to Wellington from a visit to her mother in Dunedin. Mrs. R. Maunsell and Miss Maunsell, of Masterton, are in Wellington for a visit. I Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Lewis, Estcourt,, Alfredton, arc on a short visit to Wellington. Miss D. G. Edmondson ,is a Wellington visitor to Timaru, and is staying at the Hydro. Mr. and Mrs. St. Leger Reeves, who went to Kapiti from Wellington, have returned to their home at Eltham. Miss Wynne Flannery, of Sydney, who has been visiting her parents in Central Otago, has returned home. Mrs. Ward, Miss Jacobson and Miss McGowan, of Wellington, who have been staying at Auckland, have left for Helensville. Lady Holdsworth, who has' been the guest of Mrs. R. H. Rhodes, “Carne,” Sealy Street, Timaru, has returned to Wellington. The Misses Anderson , Poporangi, Hastings, who came to Wellington for the Governor-General’s garden party, are returning to Hawke’s Bay by this morning’s express. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McAndrew, of Park Road, Titirangi, Auckland, are accompanied by Miss McAndrew and Miss Hayes, both of Wellington, on a motoring tour to Tauranga and Rdtorua. Mrs. A. J. Small, widow of the veteran missionary of Fiji, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Gosnell, in Waitara. The late Mr. Small was chairman of the Methodist Mission in Fiji for nearly a quarter of a century. The engagement is announced in an exchange of Ngaio Catherine Claudia, only daughter of Mr. and Airs. L. A Stringer, 21 Ensor’s Road, Opawa, Christchurch, to Edward Stuart (Toby) second son of the Right Rev. Dr. Miller, Bishop of Cashel, Bishopsgrove, Waterford, Ireland There are new variations in the threepiece mode —smart touches in the way of shoulder posies, belts, and necklines. For the Trentham races George and Doughtv, Ltd., offer new models in that useful suit, which combines skirt, coat, and sleeveless jumper. In navy blue repp for skirt and coat, iand a striped diagonal jumper in very fine stockinette pleats, narrow belt and shoulder posies, are outstanding features. This suit complete is 975. 6d. A somewhat similar suit in nut brown has nigger stripes to . the jersey juniper. A very effective twopiece' suit is of beige and scarlet wool, with an original neck-line and a scarf to match. This suit is £3 7s. 6d. A very useful jumper suit in dark red chenille has pin tucks on the jumper, inverted box-pleats in the skirt, and a V neck with narrow roll collar at the back. 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Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kirkcaldie are returning on Sunday with their sous from Paraparauinu. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Macarthur and their children are spending a holiday at the Marlborough Sounds. Miss Clougher, who has been staying with Mrs. Ferguson in Keiburu, is leaving for a holiday visit to Pelorus Sound. Mrs. Taylor (Keiburu) and Miss LHall (Wadeslown) have returned from a Holiday visit to New Plymouth. The Rev. R. S. .Watson, M.C., and Mrs. Watson, Khandallah, ate visiting Dunedin. The engagement is announced of Marjorie, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hayes, Karori, to Leslie, eldest son of the late Mr. F. H. Elsby and Mrs. Elsby, of Bebington, Cheshire, England. The engagement is announced of Lorna May, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Chapman, Lower Hutt, to John Francis, third son of Mr. and Mrs. C< F. Millward, Wanganui. , ( Sir John and Lady Findlay have been spending the holidays at Mt. Cook, and are expected back in Wellington at the week end. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hayes, Karori, with their daughter and son, the latter of whom is on furlough from Samoa, are spending the holiday season at Worser Bay. Lady Roberts, Lower Hutt, and two sons are spending a holiday at Lake Wanaka, where she is the guest of Miss Mills, of Port Chalmers. Mr. and Mrs. A. Morris Dunkley, Clifton Terrace, who have been the guests of Mrs. Trail, Little River, and of Mrs. A. D. Dunkley, Christchurch, have returned home. Mrs. Elliott (wife of Dr. J. S. Eliott), of Kent Terrace, with her son and daughter, will leave Auckland for Sydney at the end of the month, there to connect with the Orsova for London. Mrs. Eliott will return to Wellington towards the end of the year. Sir Benjamin and Lady Fuller and the Misses Fuller have left Auckland by motor for New Plymouth and Wellington on their return to Australia, and intend to visit the Dominion next May in time to open the new Fuller theatre in .Auckland. The modern woman in Britain (says an exchange), at least, though she wears less, is spending more money than ever on dress. The vastness of the clothing industry to-day shows how women have revolutionised it. Oneseventh of the working population of Great Britain are now employed in the clothing trade. There ate more than 280,000 tailors in the country, dressmakers and, milliners number nearly 200,000, the silk and artificial silk trade employs about 40,000. and there are 24,000' lace workers. The total boot and shoe bill for Britain’s women is about £25,000,000. Expenditure on dress materials runs into fabulous figures. Something like £14,000,000 is spent in a year on hats, and millions more on miscellaneous items. The. silk trade is five times larger than before the war. Nearly every woman and girl now wears silk stockings,' and many more pairs than w.hen she wore cotton or wool. Y.W.C.A.’S ACTIVITIES SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE. The Y.W.C.A. of New Zealand opened its second annual conference at Wesley College, Faerata, on Thursday. This is the second annual milestone in the history of the Y.W.C.A. of New Zealand, as an independent national organisation, the first conference being i held near Dunedin in 1925, immediately following the separation from Australia. Delegates from eight of the principal towns of New Zealand are meeting at the college. Mrs. George Bowron, of Christchurch, the national president, occupies the chair. Assisting Mrs. Bowron are Mrs. David Smith and Mrs. H. D. Bennett, members of the National Board, who, with Miss Ethel Law, national general secretary, have done much towards .the preliminary organisation of the conference. Members of boards of directors from various associations are Auckland, Mrs. C. W. Garrard (president), Mrs. J. C. Dickinson, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. L. Clark, Mrs. C. Morrill, Mrs. J. A. Warnock, and Miss Dempsey; Wha-, ngarei, Mrs. J. McCarroll (president), Mrs. Jones; Gisborne, Miss H. L. Brown (treasurer) ; New Plymouth, Mrs. A. Alexander (president) ; Palmerston North, Miss MacLagan; Wellington, Mrs. J. Bennie, Mrs. Page; Dunedin, Mrs. Sutherland Ross (president), Miss-M. Hare. Friday morning was occupied with a discussion on the “Basis, Aims, and Function of the World’s Association.’’ Mrs. Sutherland Ross reported on her visit to the World’s Committee in May last, at which she gave a special report on New. Zealand work. Miss Begg spoke on the Pan-Pacific Conference being held in Honolulu in August, and the importance of securing a good delegation from the Y.W.C.A. of New Zealand. .

Interest groups' occupied the later part of the afternoon, and in the evening the first of the sectional discussions took place. Board and committee members met to discuss “The Relation of the Board with Committees.” Mrs. H. D. Bennett occupied the chair. The speakers were ■ Mrs. Dickinson (of Auckland) and Miss Batt (general secretary, of Dunedin). The younger members discussed the “Problem of Club Programme for Senior Girls,” Mrs. O. Burton occupying the chair, and the discussion being opened by Miss Pym, girls’ work secretary, of Christchurch. Reports from Whangarei and Auckland Associations concluded the evening sessions. On Saturday the general discussion hour was opened by Mrs. -Kenner, of Auckland, followed by Miss Begg, general secretary, of Auckland, when the subject under discussion was “The Relationship of the Association with the Church.” Mrs. Kenner emphasised the need of worship in everp human being; the association, she said, was the connecting link between the girl and the Church. Miss Begg stressed the need of greater co-operation between the association and the Church with a continual interchange of thought and leadership. Any social organisation depended not only on its policy and programme, but on its relationship with other organisations. With this end in view', she urged all associations to attempt some reallv constructive work which would result in closer understanding and mutual benefit. Recreation was the programme for Saturday-afternoon in the form of an enjoyable picnic to Pukekoho bush. In the evening reports were read from New Plymouth and Wellington. These showed good progress and outreaching activities which should auger well for the coming year.

As a finishing touch to any toilet 'the scarf is important in the summer mode. There are printed scarfs of silk, polka dotted and floral patterned, beside a host of conventional designs, and scarfs of plain and printed tulle and georgette. There are a number of versions for both day and evening wear, a new clay one beinjj the triangular scarf, which simulates the Deauville handkerchief. It Ins the same effect is the latter, but being of single thickness is cooler, lheii there aie scarfs shaped like the sash tie, only wider and more flowing. 1 hese are worn twisted round the throat beneath the light coat. Evening scarfs this summer mostly run to lace, or to georgette and lace, of either cotton, silk, or metal combined. A lovely example, for evening has a white chiffon square centre and a deep border of line black lace, while another has a rectangular centre piece of ecru net bordered by a fine ecru lace with a straight edge. Mrs. Annie Swynnerton was the first woman to be elected to an Associate-

ship of the Royal Academy. This took place in 1922. Now, after five years, there conies a second to keep her company among the recognised artists. Mrs’. Laura Knight. She is spoken of as, without question, one of the outstanding painters of to-day, with considerable versatility and originality.