Woman’s World

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 288, 5 September 1928, Page 4

Woman’s World

PERSONAL ITEMS. Miss Ailsa Newton has returned to Wellington from a visit to Hawke’s Bay. Mr. and Mrs. E. Stoupes, of Wellington, are staying iu Christchurch. Miss Barbara Bond, of Wellington, is visiting Mrs. AV. N. Bond, “Claremont,” Timaru. Mrs. Tartokover will learc this week for a visit to Sydney. Mr. and Mrs. A. JI. Fleming, of Wellington, are staying iu Auckland.

Miss Edith Lyttelton, the New Zealand novelist, who lias been in Tasmania for several months, will leave Melbourne this week for Wellington. She will spend some time in the North Island.

Miss P. Wright, Wellington, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. 11. Douglas, in Napier. •

Mrs. J. A. Tripe will return from Christchurch this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trimnell have returned to Wellington from the South, and have taken Mr. G. Tripe’s house in Bolton Street.

Sir John and Lady Findlay have returned from a brief visit to Christchurch.

Lady Carncross and Miss Carncross will leave on Saturday for Elthani. Miss D. Neely, who has been visiting her home in Cambridge, has returned to Wellington.

Lady Rhodes and Miss Hynes have returned to Wellington from a visit to Auckland.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Rabbidge and Miss Rabbidge, of Wellington, are visiting Christchurch.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Craig, of Wellington, are visitors to Christchurch. Mrs. AV. Abrahams, of Wellington, is staying in Auckland. Miss Sheila Lynch, of Paraparaumu, is at present visiting Nelson and is the guest of Miss Zoe Millar. Mrs. F. Good. Brooklyn, who has been staying a few days with Mrs. AV. F. McLaren, Te Rangitumau, Masterton, returned home yesterday. VISITING THE CAPITAL. Mrs. J. Steel and Mrs. B. Booth, Carterton, are staying with Mrs. G. Clark, Lyall Bay, for the Miramar golf tournament. Dr. and Mrs. Mcllraith, of Napier, are at present in Wellington. Mrs. Mayne, The Deanery, Napier, has been spending a short holiday in Wellington. Mrs. H. J. Webber, Hastings, is visiting her sisters in Wellington. Miss Mollie Mulholland, of the Dental Clinic, Westport, is at present in Wellington and is the guest of Mrs. H. J. Mulholland, Lower Hutt. ♦ * « CARE OF SHOES. Every woman should clean her own shoes if she wants them to last, for very few outsiders have a sympathetic regard for. the careful cleaning that the present-day footwear needs, and the shoe bill is a serious item in the average woman’s dress expenses. Dancing shoes make a big hole in this expenditure, especially when gold ’ or silver tinsel is worn, for it soon becomes shabby, states a writer in an exchange. A great many mistakes are made witli regard to the cleaning of leather or lizard skin, tlie most common one being tlie merely dusting without cleaning a pair of shoes which do not actually show dirt. Nevertheless, the particles of dust adhering to the leather will cause friction in the creases created by movements, and will thereby rub the leather into a shabby line wherever the wear marks it. Another fault which adds to the boot and shoe bill is the putting away of footwear for winter or summer months and not cleaning it regularly. There the shoes remain until the next season brings them forth, only to find that the leather has lacked the benefit of nourishment in the way of cream, and has become hard and liable, to crack. » , » » THE AMERICAN MAN. The American woman is the Awful Example (writes St. John Ervine). In the United States, it seems, a man is merely a machine to produce large sums of money for his womenfolk, who continually indulge themselves at his expense. They travel extensively in Europe, while he remains at home piling up the means whereby they travel He is the least considered person in Ills house. His position is that almost of a slave to his wife and his daughters, whose every whim must be indulged, even if he loses his health in obtaining the means to Indulge it. He invents labour-saving devices so that they may have ample leisure in which to lead a refined and cultured life; reading the latest books, seeing the latest plays, going to lectures by English novelists, and generally improving what they call their minds! (The mind, said a cynic, is the thing with which people think they think.) I cannot say how far this legend of the indulged American woman is true, but it is evident from much of the literature of America, and particularly from the cartoons and comic “strips” which are published in the daily papers, that it is widely believed by Americans themselves. The subject of nearly all the humorous “strips” in American papers, which we see reproduced in some English papers, is the subordination of the man to the woman. He is always being forced to do things he dislikes, so that her ambition and vanity may be gratified.

The status of married women in respect of nationality laws was vividly illustrated by a case which came before the Bombay Courts (says the “Woman’s Leader”). A British woman, born in Cape Town, prayed for relief in respect of extradition proceedings taken by her Indian Moslem husband, who is a Baroda State subject. The woman asserted that she married her husband in South Africa in 1914, believing him to be a bachelor, but subsequently returned with him to Baroda to find an Indian wife already in existence. The two wives lived together until 1924, when the Indian wife died. The husband then returned to South Africa. Meanwhile the British wife was turned out of her house by her stepson and. it appears, proceeded to Bombay. The husband now accuses her of the theft of certain articles of jewellery and demands her extradition from Bombay to the State of Baroda. • The Government upholds his plea on the grounds that she has ceased to be a British subject

Matters of Interest from Far and Near

ENGAGEMENT. The engagement is announced of Joyce, only daughter of Captain S. M. anil Mrs. Dixon, St. John’s Hill, Wanganui, to William Drummond, second son of the Rev. R. P. and Mrs. Keall, of Greytown. ** . * WEDDING. A popular and pict resque wedding was solemnised by Archdeacon J. B. Brocklehurst at St. John’s Cathedral. Napier, when Mona Winifred, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Macniven, Hauinoana, was married to Eion Leslie, youngest son of Mrs. and tlie late Mr. Paul Hunter, of Porangahau. The bride’s picture frock was fashioned with a short bodice and long full skirt of ivory embossed georgette, with rich silver lame. The hem of the skirt was of hand embroidered silk net, and the waist-line was also finished with hand embroidered net, and a spray of orange blossom. The beautiful train of silver lame, lined with pale pink georgette, was finished at the end with wide silver lace and silk net. Over this fell a hand-embroidered not veil, -caught with a narrow circlet of orange blossom, and small spray at each-side. A sheaf of arum lilies was carried. Miss Marie Stead was chief bridesmaid the other attendants being Miss Kathleen Sherriff (Gisborne), Miss Esine Morgan, and Miss Kathleen Mackersey. All wore bodices of . pale pink georgette embossed with ring velvet, and very full long petalled skirts of silk net, shaded into deep tones of rose pink. A large bow of rose-coloured velvet finished the waist. Small hats of pink rough straw with shaded georgette trimmings were worn, and also silver kid shoes and long crystal necklaces. Bouquets of pink sweet peas and maidenhair fern were carried. The train-bearers (nieces of the bridegroom) were Marie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Hunter, of Akitio; and Jean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hunter, Porangahau. They were in early Victorian ivory satin frocks, with a scalloped hem and tight bodice with little puff sleeves and a pink bow finished the waist. Black patent buckled shoes, hand-made lace head bands, and early Victorian posies completed their attire. The best man was Mr. Pat Barker, and the groomsmen Messrs. J. Ormond, 11. Armstrong and M. Morrah. * DANCES. The annual ball given by the Mangaraahu bachelors took place in Mr. AV. Kellick’s woolshed on Friday night, when a great number of dancers assembled from many miles around. The decorations were lent by the College Old Girls and coloured lights and greenery were also used to good effect. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Mclvor, AVanganui, gave a dance recently, when among those present were: Mrs. J. Barney, Misses P. Mclvor, R. Hore, L. Griere. T. and M. Long, D. Christie, B. Bond, J. Treloar, JI. Barney, J. Neilson, K. Morey (Now Plymouth), S. Morton, E. and H. Newrick, Messrs. D. Mclvor, H. Doig, B. Grieve, D. Grieve, A. Treloar, A. Maunder, N. Neilson, R. Bassett, B. Gilmour, A. Simpson, G. JleDougal, B. Bassett, S. Dinniss (New Plymouth). * * » A very enjoyable dance was given recently by Dr. J. P. Duncan and Mrs. Duncan, of AVaverley, for their son. The hall decorations were most attractive, being red and yellow streamers and balloons. The supper table decora! ions were daintily carried out in red and yellow flowers. Mrs. Dunean received iier guests in a smart frock of black and silver. Among those present were: Mrs. Harvey, in black georgette; Mrs. Coles, blue velvet; Misses 11. Harvey, lemon georgette; J. Symes (Hastings), floral taffeta; JI. Alexander, white georgette and silver; I’. Simmons (Patea),- red panne velvet; H. Simmons (Patea), pink georgette; N. Brewer, pink georgette; A. Bradmore, beige georgette; J. JleGregor, cherry satin; H! Hammond, cerise georgette; C. AValkinton, green georgette; J. Alexander, flame taffeta; A. Graham, blue taffeta. * » ♦ AVanganui West Bowling Club held a most successful euchre aud dance on Saturday night. The president, Captain White, presided. The aggregate prizes for the season were won by Mrs. J. Edwards and Mr. J. Scott. The prizes for the evening were secured by Jlesdames A. Kenny, A. Robinson, Messrs. Drummond and H. Sherman. The dance prizes went to Jliss Baker and Mr. J. Scott, junior. WOMEN’S ACTIVITIES. At the annual meeting of the Pioneer Club last week the following ofiicers were elected: —President, Jliss Amy Kane; vice-presidents, Lady Luke, Mrs. Guthrie, Jlrs. G. E. Brown, Miss Townley, Jliss Isaacs; executive committee, Jlesdames T. B. Strong, C. E. Adams. AV. JI. Page, and Jloberley Porter. The annual meeting of the Garden Circle was also held recently, and the following ofiicers were elected President, Mrs. H. Fisher; vice-presidents. Jlesdames Law, Magnus, Myers, Rigliton and Roskruge; committee, Jlesdames Duncan, Finlay, Potter, Paterson, and Jliss Cooper; hon. secretary. Miss E. Isaacs. The Play-Reading Circle recently gave a reading of “Jlarigold,” which is still running in London, when Miss Iredale Turner made a delightful “Marigold.” A reading of “Good Morning Bill” by AVodehouse was given at a meeting of the Debating Circle, the parts being taken by Jliss L. Van Staveren, Miss Downes, Jliss D. Isaacs, Jlrs. Davidson, Mrs. C. AA’eston, and Jliss Brien. The reading proved most amusing and enjoyable.

The triennial meeting of the International Alliance for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship will meet in Berlin next year, that being the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Alliance there. In addition to the full congress there will be meetings of international committees on nationality and equality of women under the law, family endowment, the “unmarried mother.” peace and the League of Nations, and other subjects. The conference will begun with a reception to the Press, and the president, Mrs. Cor-bett-Ashby. will hold a dinner for the international board an presidents, and another for prominent personalities. One meeting will deal with “Twentyfive Years of Women's Suffrage,” another “Twenty-five Years of Women’s Economic Status,” and still another with “How to Increase Women’s Influence in Politics.”

PROVINCIAL NOTES. Miss Catherine Nixon, Waipukurau, was in Napier for the Fuller-Gonzales grand opera season. Mrs. C. R. Wright, Hawke’s Bay, is at present visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wright, Stratford. Miss K. Cracroft-Wilson, of Christchurch, is visiting friends in Hawke's Bay. Miss Newton is a Wanganui visitor to Palmerston North. Mrs. S. Meyers, of Wellington, accompanied by her daughter, • Miss Martha Meyers, was a recent visitor to Palmerston North. Mrs. Overton, of Taihape, is visiting Palmerston North. Mr. and Mrs. L. Hayden, of Taihape, are staying in Palmerston North after a holiday in Wellington. They are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Laurie Laurenson.

Mrs. S. W. Rapley has returned to Palmerston North after a holiday in Otaki.

Mrs. R. Ball, of Palmerston North, is in Auckland to farewell Mr. and Mrs. McHardy and Misses McHardy, who are leaving for Sydney.

Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Matheson are Dunedin visitors to Palmerston North.

Mrs. R. V. Hooper has returned to Palmerston North from Wellington. . Miss Gwen Brophy, of Palmerston North, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Macpherson, in Dunedin.

Miss Chadwick, of Auckland, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. Williams, of Palmerston North.

Miss K. Mclntosh, of Napier, is staying with friends in Palmerston North. Miss Lucy Sproule, Napier, is visiting Christchurch. Miss J. Cockerill, Christchurch, is the guest of Mrs. W. Anderson, Wanganui.

Mr. and Mrs. Kcmball, Wellington, are visiting Wanganui. Miss Mary Harvey, Waverley, is the guest of Miss Jean Christie, Wanganui. Miss McCullock is a Wanganui visitor to Sydney. Mrs. E. McDonald and Miss Mollie McDonald, Wanganui, have returned from a visit to Hawke’s Bay.

Miss H. Frazer, Gisborne, and Miss M. Jackson, Wanganui, are the guests of Mrs. J. S. Howie, Hunterville. Mrs. J. C. Greenwood and Miss Edna Greenwood, Wanganui, are visiting Wellington.

Miss R. Duigan has returned to Wellington from Wanganui. Mr. L. J. Thompson is a Hunterville visitor to Wellington and Christchurch. Mr. R. K. Lowrie and Miss T. Lowrie, of Wanganui, are on a motor tour of the Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay districts.

Miss B. Cleland will leave Wanganui to-day to spend a holiday in Mangaweka. ' ■

Mrs. H. Kecsing, Wanganui, is visiting Wellington. Miss L. Coleman, Sydney, is visiting friends in Wanganui.

Miss Bain,-. Wellington, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. Bamber, 'Wanganui.

Mrs. Dickens, Masterton, is visiting Wellington. !

Mrs. F. J. Heifer, Lower Hutt, is the guest of Mrs. 11. 11. Dawson, Lansdowne, Masterton.

Mrs. McLaren and Miss Jessie McLaren have returned to Masterton from a holiday in Sydney. Miss Sybil Ciiselberg, Wellington, was in Masterton last week-end.

Mrs. Wardell has returned to. “To 1 Whiti.” Masterton, from a visit to Wellington.

Mrs. James Andrew has returned to “lea," Masterton, from a visit to Nelson, where she was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Rett.

The following party of Wanganui Badminton players will leave to-day for the tournament in Napier:—The Rev. and Mrs. Austin, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Coward, Mrs. R. D. Tosswill, Misses Shaw, Metcalf, K. Wilson, I*. Wall. O. Williams, the Rev. Creed Meredith, and Mr. L. Wilson.

An “apron” competition instituted by McGruars’, Wanganui, has created a great deal of interest among devotees of fancy work, no fewer than 040 entries being received. Entries came from all over New Zealand. The result was as follows:—Miss Ethel Irwin, Maxwell Avenue. Durie Hill, Wanganui, 1; Miss Eva Feltham. 27 Koromiko Road, Wanganui, 2; Mrs. John Runciman, Allison Street, Duric Hill, Wanganui, 3. MADAME MENERE IN PAHIATUA. Pahiatua Ladies should on no account fail to visit the great display of Russian and Canadian Furs which is at present being held in the Masonic Hall, Pahiatua. This is without doubt the greatest display of rare and beautiful furs seen in New Zealand. As usual, the prices being asked are much less than wholesale prices. The dis play ends on Saturday next, and is well worth a visit. —Advt. A perfect shine on Boots and Shoes is obtained by using C.O. Boot Polish. All shades. Waterproof.- Advt. Wedding Bouquets of charm and distinction, presentation posies ami baskets, at Miss Murray’s, Vice-Regal Floriste, 30 Willis Street. —Advt.

f OVERSEA NOTES. Miss Lockic, of the Homeland, . is the first British girl to have the right to the highest award of the French Scout movement During a camp meeting she attended with a number of French girls on the Rhine, a French patrol oilicer. Monsieur Marcel Ranz, got into deep water. He had sunk ami was at the bottom. She managed to bring him to the surface and land him, and although she was exhausted she applied artificial respiration for a considerable time, and the rescued man revived. Lord Balfour has always been a favourite uncle, and during his rather tedious illness —first from laryngitis, then from tooth trouble, and lastly from heart weakness—his nieces have taken it in turn to keep him company. One of them, Mrs. Edward Lascelles, who is Princess Mary’s sister-in-law, spends nearly all her time with him. Her husband, Major Edward Lascelles, is his private secretary, and she acts as hostess for him in London. Daughter of Lady Francis Balfour, she has inherited her mother’s quick brain. She has masses of fair hair, which is neither bobbed or shingled, and dresses very plainly, but very .well. She and Princess Mary hunt together in Yorkshire during the winter. « <• ■ Fans really are coming into fashion again. Quite a number of the English debutantes presented this year have been carrying them. In a famous florist’s shop the other day (says an English writer), I noticed a transparent chiffon fan decorated with massed flowers—real ones. These are a compromise between the floral bouquet and the feather fan. Women motor-cyclists appear to be agitating vigorously on behalf of their right to take part in dirt-track races, from which they have hitherto been excluded by a ban imposed by the promoters of these events. A club of -10 or 50 women has been formed for purposes of negotiation, and it is rumoured that at least one company in control of a number of tracks is seriously reconsidering its earlier decision. The sport may be both dangerous and strenuous, but it is one of which the dangers (unlike the organisation of ventures which may require relief expedi- ; tions) affect only the protagonist; and unlike employment in certain dangerous occupations there is no shadow of external economic compulsion upon those who incur the danger. If women desire to race on motor-cycles we see no logical reason why they should be debarred from doing so (says the "Woman’s Leader”). On several occasions in the past groups of male undergraduates from the universities of Great Britain have been sent out as debating teams to do battle with their confreres in the United States. This year, for the first time a team of women will be similarly engaged. Miss Nancy .Samuel, of .Somerville, and Miss Lockhart and Miss Sharp, of Girton, will leave England for the United States in October for a series of rhetorical contests in the leading American women’s colleges. « * * Mrs. Edward Beale McLean, wife of the American millionaire newspaper proprietor, caused a sensation by appearing in a fashionable restaurant in Paris wearing the famous Hope blue diamond, which is noted for .having brought bad luck to all the persons who have owned it. The diamond also brought ill-fortune to the McLeans, for one of their sons was killed in a motoring accident in Washington a few weeks after Mr. McLean had purchased it in London, in 1911, for £60,000. They have, however, always been • sceptical of the evil omen attached to the stone. Mrs. McLean also wore the Hope diamond at a number of gatherings on board the liner Olympic recently, where it was also much remarked because of its beauty. She was the Paris hostess of Miss Amelia Earhart. Murder, suicide, madness and other misfortunes are stated to have-pursued the owners of the famous blue diamond from the time when Tavernier, the famous Belgian traveller, sold it to Louis XIV. more than 230 years ago. Its owners have included Queen Marie Antoinette, who died on the scaffold; Francois Beaulieu, who starved to death; Prince Kanitovski, who was assassinated by Nihilists: a Greek jeweller, who was killed with his family in an accident; Sultan Abdul Hamid, who was deposed by the Young Turks; and Habib, a Persian merchant, who was drowned in a liner disaster. A surprise party was taken last Saturday night to the home of Mr. and Mrs. 11. E. Macivcr, Wanganui, .and the opportunity was taken to welcome Mr. N. J. Lewis, the Reform candidate for Wanganui. Mr. F. Atkinson briefly welcomed Mr. Lewis. Mr. F. Goodey, in a happy speech, said it was gratifying to find their candidate welcomed to the homes of rhe people. Mr. Lewis, in reply, thanked those present for their warm-hearted welcome, sincere advice, and support given so freely. A most enjoyable programme was given by Mesdames S. Wills, J. Barney, Goodey, Senr., Jacobs, Miss Ellis and Messrs. W. Grace and Jacobs. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. A. Bogle, Mr. and Mrs. W. Grace, Senr., Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Wills, Mr. and Mrs. V. Grace, Mr. and Mrs. J. Barney, Mr. and Mrs. Goodey. Senr.. Mr. and Mrs. Goodey, Junr., Mrs. Robertson, Misse r V. Grace, P. Mclvor, Ellis, M. Barney, Mr. D. Maciver.