WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 124, 24 November 1908, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

A cable message has been received from Mr. Tuckey, son of tho Ttev. Mr. Tvckey, who has been resident director of the Vaal River Diamond Mines for some jears, to the effect that he is on his way to New Zealand, and will ar- I rive by the Corinthic. Miss Hilda Moorhouse, who has been some years away from New Zealand, ccmes back by the Arawa. Miss Hester Maclean, Assistant-In-spector of Hospitals, is in Dunedin. Mr. and Mrs. William Gill and Nurse Gill are back from Rotorua. Miss Palmer leaves on 22nd January for Sydney. There she joins the Morea for Europe, where she intends to travel with her sister. Her private hospital has been let to Miss Kohn, Miss Bulk- \ ley, and Miss Spielmann. Under date 16th October ouf London correspondent writes : — At the parish church, Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, on the 15th inst., Miss Ethel Quick, daughter of Mr. W. H. Quick,' a well-known solicitor of Wellington, was quietly married to Mr. H. Kemp-Welch, who is not unknown in New Zealand. The rector of the parish, the Rev. A. C. Yorke, late of Masterton, Wairarapa, officiated. There were two bridesmaids, Miss P. V. Russell and Miss D. Russell, nieces from .Australia of Mrs. Yorke. Mr. C. A. Brendeley, of Aden, lately of Brancepeth, New Zealand, was best man. The bride was given away by Mr. W. Kemp-Welch, the bridegroom's brother. Miss Quick had been staying at the Rectory with her old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Yorke, and, after a quiet breakfast at the rectory, the bride and bridegroom left for London by the midday train. The fine old church, being decorated for the Harvest Thanksgiving service, which was to be held that evening, looked its best, and the sun shone brilliantly upon the marriage ceremony. Both from JSTew Zealand and from England the bride had received a number of presents. London is to be the future home of Mr. and Mrs. H. KempWelch. Some of the halls in Wellington, where young people point the light fantastic toe, have insufficient accommodation for the mystic occupation of "sit-fcing-out," and the dancers seek quiet places elsewhere, sometimes even commandeering neighbouring doorsteps. One of these involuntary hostesses, finding her doorstep was occupied by successive cciiples, most inhospitably white-washed it before the next entertainment. The results were obvious and disconcerting. It has been suggested that the unkindly scheme may be improved by the neighbours arranging to wash their steps in different tints. There is an evident desire to make the blouse more closely allied to the skirt by adding a short basque below the belt. This may be of lace, and, in a thin blouse, an insertion may form the waistbelt. The Brussels net blouses now in tho shops are the daintiest garments possible. One, in pale blue net and filet lace, was charming. A novel idea is to decorate tho front of a net blouse with rouleaux of satin, which can be removed when the blouse is required to be washed. Ivory satin looks well, but pale-blue and black are very distinguished. "Old pink" is a shade much in vogue this summer, and is particularly lovely in satin and fine cloth. Details of the collapse of the floor at the Victoria Hall, Matloek, which precipitated so many distinguished people into the swimming-bath befow, have com© to hand. The tea-room was a temporary structure built over the swimming-bath for the purpose of providing a place for refreshments on the occasion of the presentation of an address to the Duke of Devonshire from his former constituent:! in West Derbyshire. Four hundred people were in the room, when the end of tho room, where the more distinguished guests were seated, gave way. All tho occupants of the three tables there, numbering about forty or fifty, fell, with much screaming and smashing of china, eight feet into the bottom of the bath, which was empty. The most seriouslyhurt victim was Colonel Taylor, one of the secretaries of the Derbyshire Unionist League. A waiter was just setting down a large urn full of hot tea on the table, and in the fall Colonel Taylor was struck on the head with the urn, and badly scalded. Several ladies were bruised and scalded, but the Duke and Duchess and Lord and Lady Kerry, who were among those who fell into the bath, escaped .lightly, although badly shaken and soaked with tea. The wedding of Miss Morris, daughter of Colonel Morris, of Bournemouth, England, to Mr. Platts, of Port Chalmers, took place on Saturday at the Karori Church, prettily decorated for the occasion with arum lilies, ferns, and white flowers. The bride, who is tall and handsome, looked extremely well in her lovely bridal gown of ivory satin, draped with exquisite old Limerick lace. She was given away by Captain Gray, Colonel Bauchop being best man, and Mr. James Gray groomsman. The two bridesmaids, Miss Ivy Platts and Miss Vida Bristow, wore cream cashmere Empire gowns, with double skirts, the points ending m silk tassels, tho sleeves and yokes being of cream net. Their charming hats were of white chip, with tulle featherß, and pink roses under the brim, the soft colour being repeated hi the beautiful parasols they carried— the gift of the bridegroom. Dr. Platts-Mills's two little children made the moso charming pair, the boy in a dainty white suit, the wee girl in ivory satin, with bertha and tiny Juliet cap of Maltese lace. The reception took place in the garden that encircles Mr. Mills's house ; and the wed-ding-group was doubly effective against the rich deep green of the grass and shrubberies. Refreshments were served on the lawn, and the tables were centred with huge bowls of guelder-roses, while on a table by itself stood the beautiful wedding-cake, brought from the 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 whit© toque. Mr. Runeiman recently explained to a deputation the result of the negotiations with the Archbishop of Canterbury for a compromise. The chief points ati issue were, he paid, whether the- absolute right of entry to all schools should be permitted during school hours ; and whether a lipad teacher should be forbidden ov permitted to give denominational instruction. Mr. Runeiman explained that the Government would proceed with its own Bill unless a compromise was supported by the general body of Nonconformist commoneis. Nonconformists refuse to concede to the Church the absolute right 0 of entry to all provided and voluntary schools during school hours. The Nonconformists desire that the right* of entry should ba gi\eii only at tno option of the education authority,