FROM DAY TO DAY

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 121, 17 February 1944, Page 6

FROM DAY TO DAY

News’ And Notes

Ambassador's Daughter in War Plant. In the United States, Miss Pingsheng Yen, aged 21, daughter of Doctor W. W. Yen. former Chinese Ambassador to the Soviet Union, is working in a New York city war plant. At present her work consists of testing the field strength of magnets with a gun-type flip coil in the general engineering laboratories of General Electric Company.. Iler father was also Chinese Minister to the United States, at one time. ' Pioneer’s 95th Birthday. Last week Miss Jane Phillips, of Kamo, celebrated her 95th birthday. Of her early home 1 in Cornwall, England, Miss Phillips has memories of R. D. Blackmore, the author cf “Lorna Doone,” who was a friend of her father, while she remembers having seen Garibaldi, the Italian Liberator, on his visit to the west of England. After coming to New Zealand in 1880, Miss Phillips has spent the greater part of her life in the Whangarei district. She was a resident of Tauranga for a period and was there during the Tarawera eruption.

Hatpins Again. Most fashions turn full-circle in time, and one of the latest, is hatpins.. War conditions are the chief reason in this case, since elastic is impossible to get and modern women need something to keep on their fly-away hats. Hence the resort to hatpins. Some being sold in the shops have been turned out from some long forgotten stocks, but are in good order. The cards on which some are sold bear a picture of a woman in the attire of 30 years ago. The pins are mostly small. One- shop reports that it has - sold two gross recently.

Hospital Comfort Donors. The matron of the Wellington Public Hospital wishes to acknowledge with thanks.the following gifts: Flowers, Mesdames Kirkcaldie, • Duke, Sharp, Child, Henderson, Scoon, Lamb and St. Aidan’s Church, Miss Price, Miss Poole, Messrs. Allen, Wilson, Munro, Waugh, Jacques and McKenzie; fruit, cakes, sandwiches, magazines .Gid gifts, St. Vincent de Paul and Red Cross societies; biscuits, Standard 5, Berhampore School; oranges, Australian Government; books, Mr. Maderley, Fifth Auckland Lone Brownies, Anonymous, proprietor' Royal Oak Hotel; toys, Miss A. Ambler, Mrs. Cordery; sweets, Mr. Thompson ; sweets and books, Railway Station staff; Christmas stockings, Standard 1, Te Aro School; Christinas presents for children, Mr. Dawick, Mr. Bisley; Christmas decorations, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Burrell, Miss Bisley. Mrs. Townsend, Mr. Andrew, Victoria University College,'Karitane Products per Mr. Scott; loan of Chinese gowns, Mrs. Ting; loan of Father Christmas gown, James Smith Ltd.; (lonation of £2/10/- for material for occupational therapy, students of Technical College; scrapbooks, Girl Guides’. Association, Miss H. and Master I. Young; children’s jackets, Wellington Hospital Ladies’ Auxiliary; cigarettes, Mr. Wheeler, Government Printing Office ; Christmas donations, Lyall Bay branch Women’s National Reserve, Misses A. and G. Nathan, Mrs. E. Chisholm.

A new range of coats for winter wear are macle from a very good coating with a fur pile. The colours are most attractive—soft mignonette green and one a few' shades darker, a lovely silver grey, and a rich wallflower brown, a greyish blue and a pink. They are made with raglan shoulders and two big patch pockets, witli laps and a belt. Wilsons, 52 Willis Street.— Advt. '