LADIES COLUMN.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 148, 23 June 1906, Page 15

LADIES COLUMN.

Girls* Gossip. (Contributions to this column addressed "Priseilla" will be welcomed. They should be concise, and must be signed with the writer's full nume and address, sot for publication, but as a guarantee of authenticity. j Hi Dbab Kkia — This has necessarily been a week of sorrow, when all functions were- postponed, and the thought of the great dead ftatiesman occupied most minds. The wreaths sent were perfectly wqnderful, and so numerous as to be embarrassing. Elaborate and huge as many were, none were so beautiful, I thought, as the heart of deep-red Lancastrian roaes witlh the quaint and affectionate motto in the dialect the Premier himself could slip into so easily. A stream of people were all day on Tuesday and Wednesday passing up tftie steps and into the lobby to see the wreaths. It is a marvellous show, and one never likely to ba 'again seen. So many are they that it is difficult to individualise ; many lovely and poetic emblems are lost in tihe mass of blossoms. From Auckland have arrived most gorgeous wreaths, an especially striking one being of massed purple violets with a huge spray on one side of delicatelytinted roses and whitie lilac. A wonderfully fine cross of natural blossoms, veiled with maidenhair and tied with purple ribbon, was sent by the Opposition. Some beautiful wreaths of natural flowers came from Gisborne, but their beauty was all too fleeting. The New South Wales Government sent an artistic tribute in the shape of the Southern Cross, consisting of a. cross of violets, with the stars in white blossoms. Most artistic, too, is the •wreatlh of bays, tied with the tricolour of France, sent by the French Consul at Auokland. A great number of wreaths had gone direct to the residence. It was hardly to be expected that), aiming in the midst of such a tragic Veek, even Mr. Andrew Black could draw a, large audience, but those who went •were charmed with the giftfed trio, M. Borschke played magnificently, and Miss Sinclair delighted every one with her violin-playing, while \ir. Black -was in jraperb voice, and, notwithstanding the ''beggarly .array of empty chairs, was most • generous in response to the continued and enthusiastic applause. He has puch a varied repertoire, and can cause a smile or a tear with equal ease. It was positively fascinating to watfch. somes old Scotch faces as he sang "The Land o' the Leal," and "The Flowers of the Forest." He is truly a great singer. "The Fatal Wedding" will be here shortly, with ife bevy of children and their charming songs and choruses. A *'garj;lft" — a, new word to suit a new fancy— is a buckled band of velvet to keep long gloves from slipping down. It is worn above the elbow, and ensures the hiding of a red knuckle-bone, by no means tine prettiest feature of a maiden's arm. Every one has experienced the worry of loose gloves that crawl down to your wrist and have continually to be hauled up, growing larger at each pull. This little idea prevents this, and is ornamental, too, for the buckle may be as dainty aa the owner wishes, and the velvet — which is usually fulled over wide elastic — may be embroidered with jewels. It is said that at Home old ladies have taken to wearing a variety of mantilla of old lace laid over their pretty white hair, and tied" loosely under their chins. The cap is rarely seen nowadays, and yet to many sweet old faces it is infinitely becoming. I saw an elderly lady re- • cently at a concert with a pretty arrangement of lace on her hair, and quite recognised, the artistic possibilities of the cap. Some years ago it was almost im- '. possible to find much variety in bonnets. "They are quite, out," you Were told by the milliner. But some one in. authority .who recognises the value of soft tulle or lace strings to an old face, and the becomingness of the velvet or chiffon halo round the white hair, has decreed they are to be worn again. The new bonnet, however, is a, very different article from the wisp of lace and bunch of roses that perched on the ,tflp of a preposterous chignon in the bad old days. The brim is large and takes soft upward curves, fijled in with delicately folded chiffon md lace. Velvet, especially violet velvet, is exquisitely becoming to many old ladies, and- if violet) tulle strings are added and a great knot of violets at one ■ide, the result will be most picturesque. New needlework that is effective and not tedious is 'always welcome, and here, is a variety that should commend itself. The material is Congress canvas, which is used for Hardanger and drawn-thread •work, and which may be got in various degrees of fineness. Braiding patterns are used, and any does, only circles most be made into squares and curves into angles, because the lines cf the canvas are to be followed. A coarse coloured thread is laid on and sewn ,down with a finer thread of a contrasts jng colour. Scarlet lines sewn with blue are most effective ; and black sewn down with emerald green looks extremely well. As a rule, the coarse thread is the lighter tone, and the fine the darker. The braiding thread is laid down always over a row of holes in the canvas, and secured by stitches set in the holes on each side. The stitches should not be set in every hole, but leave one— or even two, if the canvas is fine — so as to show a space of the coarse thread. A cream table-cover worked in thick cream cotton — the coarsest knitting cotton does excellently — oversewn with green in a Greek key pattern is as charming as it is quickly done. I have a cushion-cover of scroo-bing-flannel, a material of beautiful tint and delightful texture, that has iippliques of pale green cloth that are sewn on in the same manner, the coarse green thread fastened down with Btitches at regular intervals of darker green, the material then being cut with sharp scissors close to the cord. Being cloth, it does not fray, and though the cushion has been in constant use for some time, as yet "age has not withered it." Mrs. Cecil Curnford, from Napier, f3 staying in Wellington at present. By tbe Sydney boat on Saturday Mrs. Babington and her little son leave on their way Home. Mr. and Mrs. Miles, Miss and Miss Hilda Miles, and Miss Rita Simpson go to Australia by the mmo boat, and will probably be away six weeks. Letters havo been received from Mre. Fulton. Who v/ritC3 from London. She was, although she received, at the Grand Canon, a reassuring wire from Mr. Fulton, in a slate of great anxiety, and got no further worri from him until dhe discovered a telegram awaiting her on board the Campania. — Yours, PRIBCILLA. '/Subscriber. "*— You must excuee delay, but your query is not easy to answer. If the marking-ink is of good quality it will probably prove obdurate. But an application of salts of lemon — applied dry and then rubbed well in with warm water — might remove the elain, but must be used carefully, as it is poison. Oxalic acid and salts of torrel are alco said to be effective. Tho part should be dipped in hot water spread smoothly over the back of a spoon, a few drops of ■ the acid poured, over, aad then rubbed and rinsed with

cold water. Still another method is by saturating the mark with spirits of turpentine and allowing it to remain for some hours, then rubbing it between the hands. Immersing in boiling tallow and then rinsing in soapsuds is said to romove ordinary ink-stains. A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. David's Presbyterian Church, Petono, on Wednesday afternoon, when 3lr. N. G. Ward, of the Railway Locomotive Engineer's Department, was married to Miss Mary Cargill, eldest daughter of Mr. Martin CnrgiU. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. _A. Thomson. The bride wore a beautiful dress of cream crepe-de-chine, trimmed with chiffon and silk insertion, also wearing the customary veil and orangt blossoms. She was attended by her sisters, Misses Mima and Hilda Cargill, and Miss Ethel Pole (Ilutt), who wore very pretty dresses of white silk muslin trimmed with chiffon and narrow satin ribbon, and who each carried a shower bouquet. Mr. J. Walsh was best man, and Mr. W. Cargill (brother of tho bride) was groomsman. After the 1 ceremony a reception was held in St. Augustine's Hall, and a largo number of guests attended. The presents, which were numerous, included a beautiful silver spirit-kettle from tho Locomotive Engineer's Office. Tho bride's travel-ling-dress was grey cloth, tailor-made, with blue felt hat. The honeymoon is being spent in Napier.