WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 123, 23 November 1908, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

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Miss Flora Brandon and Miss Deans, of Christchurch, are expected back from their trip Home by Wednesday's Sydney boat.. Mrs. Evans, wife of Lieut. Evans, of H.M.S. Powerful, is a guest of Mrs. Newman. Lady Poore, wife of the Vice- Admiral, will shortly visit New Zealand, and probably go to Hotorua. She returns to Australia in the flagship. Dr. and Mrs. Findlay, Mr. Justice and Mrs. Sim, and Mr. and Mrs. Sahnond, i are planning a trip to Hanmer. Miss Warburton, of Palmerston N orth, who has been staying with Mrs. Fulton, returns home on Thursday. Miss Waring, from Temusa, who has been staying with Mrs. Sabnond, goes north to-morrow. Miss Fell has gone for a holiday trip to Marlborough. Miss Henderson gave a very pleasant euchre and bridge party for the Misses Hall-Jones on Saturday evening. A number of entertainments are being got up in their honour. Miss Kelly, on Saturday aitemoon, gave a tea for Miss Hilda Fraser, of the Anderson Dramatic Company. Music by Mrs. Kilmartin, Mr. and Mrs Levy, Mr. Blandford, and Mr. Bretherton, and a clever Scotch recitation by Miss Fraser, made ,the afternoon pass all too quickly. The hostess wore a pretty white silk frock with lace yoke and sleeves, Miss B. Kelly a pale green silk with darker green bands, and Miss I. Kelly a pale blue muslin with cream lace. The guest of the afternoon was in striped sapphire sicilienne, and a blue, floral hat. Mrs Tuson struck a new and deiightful social not in her "kite-flying" picnic last Saturday. The weather looked dubious and the trip to Somes Island was regarded by some of the' guests with misgivings, but it was only just rough enough to break the monotony. One nervous man, when the stormy winds did blow and the spray began to come overboard, appeared in a sou-wester and a life-belt over his flannels ! The guests and their kites, a wonderful collection which had caused much interest already on the Wellington wharf, soon found a breeay upland. Wind on Somes Island is not the unpleasant microbeladeu, dust-and-grit-bearer that it is in Lambton-quay. Indeed, contrary to their usual custom, there was universal lamentation when a calm fell, and corresponding joy when a fresh breeze arose. The scene was really most picturesque. Up and down the grassy slopes, were scattered the guests, a few brignt-hued gowns and hats rivalling the brilliant kites, which each lady and most of the men strove to bring to a due sense of their duty. Some of the kites, and those the most beautiful — as is, alas, too often the case with other things than kites — failed entirely to arise to the occasion. They obstinately refused to fly. One was possessed of a most contrary spirit. It would rise, flutter drunljenly about in the air, and then, with malice nrepense, make a vicious dart at the nearest onlooker. And if there is anything funnier than a refractory kite and two anxious and eager people who are keen to see it soar, it would be worth knowing. One kite escaped, and a wild stampede after the striug was successful in its recapture before it went out to sea. Another was caught in the top of a tree and regained by an agile naval officer. The competitions were interesting and exciting. Miss Olive Gore won the first prize and Mrs. Ross the second for the flying capabilities of their kites, Miss Cooper carried off the awai-d for the best decorated, and Mr. de Bathe Brandon and Mr. Brandon won the prizes for the men. The prizes were most desirable, including a large silver photo-frame, a silver and leather flask, and a handsome umbrella. Mrs. A. JR. Atkinson is still confined to her bed with influenza, but is making slow progress. On Saturday the officers of the Electoral Department presented Miss Lulu M. 'Spen.^e, who is retiring from the Government service to be married, with a salad bowl, biscuit barrel; and silver cruet. The general wear, for the women, was the over-useful coat and skirt of tweed or serge. These received a gratuitous decoration of biddybids, which embroidered the hems of some of the gowns in the most fantastic manner. A visitor from Australia, in bright brown serge and motor cap, made a most effective note in the landscape. Half-way through the afternoon, there was an adjournment to a clmrming grassy space surrounded by tvees, where a picnic tea, with quantities of delicious strawberries and cream, was set out, and immensely appreciated. It was almost seven before the party got back to Wellington,- but the afternoon had gone all too quickly ; indeed, some were of the opinion that, given enough string and wind, their kites would still have been flying on to other countries. The heartiest congratulations are due to Mrs. Tuson for an original and entirely charming entertainment, one in which, the benefits of fresh air and exercise entered largely. The reception took place in the garden that encircles Mr. Wills's house ; and the wedding-group was doubly effect; ive against the rich deep grean of the grass and shrubberies. ' Refreshments were served on the lawn, and 'the tables weio centred with huge bowls of guelderroses, while on a table by itself stood the beautiful wedding-cake, brought from tha historic Buzzard's. The bride's travelling gown of palest fawn cloth, was extremely beautiful. With it she wore a large purple chiffon hat, the beehive crown a misty mass of purple, two large violet roses being set in front. Her sable tippet and muff were exquisite, and most becoming. Dr. Platts-Mills wore green silk, hemmed with green velvet, and a picturesque black feathered hat. Mrs. Platts, the bridegroom's mother, wore a handsome black ninon, with lace, and a black and white toque. The Amiens correspondent of the Petit Journal, states that a small misadventure befel the recently-married Mr. and . Mrs. Winston Churchill on their journey to Baveno. After crossing from Dover to Calais, Mr. Winston Churchill remained in his cabin in order to write telegrams. The Srmplon train was already in motion when Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill attempted to enter it,- and they weie compelled to jump into the luggag© van, aided by the guard. They declared their intention of travelling'in the van as far as Amiens, where the train made its first stop, and the guard stopped the express, and thoy were enabled to take their places in the compartment reserved for them. An Australian writer makes a plea for tho b^tte 11 physical ti<aining of young girls, in contradisfciction from nthloticiem. Nowadays, they say, practically, all tQQ gjrla.y^a ffiieefc-ffialls w^l

and briskly, and stand straight. But the girls we meet in the street to-day are the product of the first enthusiasm for physical culture. That has had a great deal to do with their good carriage. And even more than that, tha "Gibson" cult is responsible for the better walk and the better balanced figure. A year or so ago the cultivation of tho "Gibson" attitude was at its height. Every other girl who passed seemed to affect it. It is impossible to adopt tho "Gibson" pose without,, unconsciously, straightening the figure. The prominent, tilted chin, and the gaze from under half-closed eyelids must inevitably be accompanied by a throwing back of the shoulders and a lifting of the chest. And the- attitude makes at once for better and longer breathing. So the "Gibson" pose, which bid fair at one time to be almost ridiculously common amongst our young women, lias had a good and permanent result. Philadelphia is barring married women from the schools, and from this time will permit only those to take positions in the schools whose husbands are either physically or mentally unfit to support jthem. Women who have been deserted by tlieir husbands for a con^ tinuous period of two years will also be permitted to teach undor the new rules. Women are entering into a new role, and if one can judge by the harassing attitude of playwrights towards Mr. Redmond, the London Censor of Plays, their position will be no sinecure. The " Observatore Romano " states that a committee of Catholic ladies has been formed at Buenos Ayres and Monte Video to exercise a censorship over plays performed at the local theaties. The Pope has sent his blessing to the ladies, and the Papal Secretary of State, Cardinal Merry del Val, in a letter, states that he hopes the movement " will extend to other countries where it is urgently needed." This should give an added fillip to the ardugus efforts of the suffragettes.