WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1909, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mr. and' Mi's. Philip Davies, of Buenos Ayres, join the Athenic there and go on to London, where Mrs?. Prouse will meefc her son-in-law and daughter. Miss Aylwin, of Melbourne, who has been visiting Mrs. A. Aylwin, returned to Australia by the Maheno to-day. The engagement is announced of Miss Henderson, of Karori, to Mr. Gilmore, of Auckland. Mrs. Street and Miss Rooke, of Auckland, who have been staying at the Grand Hot-el since their arrival from the South, leave for the North on Monday, staying a week in, Hawera with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gillies before going on to Auckland. Miss Partridge arrived from Christchurch yesterday morning, much better foi- her trip. Miss Faith Hawd'on, of Peel Forest, is> visiting Mrs. J. Studholme, of Ruanui. Miss Nunneley has been granted four weeks' leave of absence by the _ City Council, to visit Australia^ — if eatisfactory arrangements for a substitute' can be made. Miss Moore, from Wanganui, is staying at Miss Malcolm's. The officers for the coming year of the Miramar Ladies' Golf Club are : — Miss Alice Turneii (captain), Miss. Es'm© Ward (secretary), and Miss Elsie Gray and 1 3liss Seed on the committee. The season will probably open on 17th April. Mrs. and Mies Matthew?, of Waiorongomai, who have been staying in Wellington, returned home yesterday. Lady Fitzgerald, who has. been a guest of Mrs. Wallis at Bishopscourt, has gone to Rotorua. Mrs. W. P. Reid and her little daughter, of Oamaru, are' visiting Mrs. Reid's parents, the Hon. Alfred and Mrs. Baldey, Wellington-terrace. Miss Milne, of Oamaru, who has been staying with Mrs. Wallace, Halswellstreet, is visiting- friends at the Upper Hutt. Mrs. Hardy, who has not been well, left by the Athenic jKterday for a seatrip. Mr. and Mrs. H. Gardner, of Turangarere, are staying at the Hotel Windsor. Miss Neville, of Blenheim, is visiting Mrs. Cooper, of Wellington-terrace. The latter has just returned from Blenheim, where she has been a guest of Mrs. Neville, and of Mrs. Adams, of Langley Dale. Mr. and Mrs. H. Cornfoot, of Halcombe, leave to-day for Sydney, where they catch the Asturias, for London. Mr. and Mrs. Lamer, of Auckland, have been staying at the Grand Hotel. They return home on Saturday. Last session Airs. Rutherford's "at homes" wei*e among the pleasant affairs of the season, and she and her daughters will be sorely missed when Parliament meets again. Yesterday morning, Mrs. Rutherford gave a tea as a farewell before her departure today by the Sydney boat. Mi. and Mrs. Rutherford and their three daughters ■are chasiiig the summer. They escape the winter here by going to Sydney, spending a month there at the Australia, and then going to Brisbane and far into the North of Queensland. Towards November 1/hey return to New Zealand for oiv Christmas and summer, and early nexb'year leave for. England for a prolonged visit. Mrs. Rutherford, who was ill a\\ last session, and has not been well since, 1 is quite recovered. The tea yesterday morning was an altogether delightful affair, held in the large draw-ing-room of the Royal Oak, decorated artistically with gold and crimson flowers — sunflowers and sweet peas. A large number of guests were present, and, after dainty refreshments had been served, Miss D'Oyley and Miss Bauchop played, and Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Aylwin sang. The hostess w.ore a pal 6 green voile, trimmed with cream net and lace. Miss Rutherford was in blue Shantung, Miss Amuri in golden-brown silk, and Miss Emily in white-embroi-dered muslin. Madame Ada Crossley had a rough passage from New Zealand in the Maheno, and the public welcome at the Town Hall in Hobart had to be abandoned owing to the late arrival of the steamer. She had, however, a splendid welcome at her concert. 'The Rev. A. H. C. Fargus. Chaplain of H.M.S. Encounter, who is not unKnown in Wellington, as an indefatigable and delightful dancer, is married. The bride was Miss Stella Clarke, eldest daughter of the late Mr. George Clarke, of Hobart, ad the wedding took place on the 10th March. Another Encounter man has succumbed to the charms of the Hobart girls. The engagement of Lieut. Walsh, of H.M.S. Encounter, to Miss Edith Curran, of Sandy Bay, Hobart, i& announced in the Australasian. I saw recently some charming illustrations of new sleeves. The first for evening ended above the elbow, was finished with fringe, and cut open to the •shoulder on the upper part of the arm, the opening laced across with heavy cord. Another evening sleeve was made of three lengths of soft satin ribbonj joined below the arms, but carried across aiid knotted on the upper part of the arm, pach knot centred by a paste button. A rucked tulle sleeve, fitting tightly, is slit from wrist to shoulder, tiny velvet bprs latticing the opening. A tailor-made sleeve is buttoned — makebelieve, of course — from ?op to -wrist, and ends in a cambric frill. The Jatter 'is imperative on the severest sleeves. The smart London woman has stolen her latest neck adornment from the trappings of the officers of the Welsh Fusiliers. This is' the "flash," as it is called — five long black ribbons attached to the collar at the back ! A f|iiiet little presentation was made to Miss Rawson last week by some of the business girls of Sydney. It took the form of an address and tea set> says a writer in the Herald, and represented the self-denying efforts of a few score working girls who walked in and out of town for a week that they might add their mite to the total. The address was not professional work, the biluliiig was not eo!>tly and imposing, nor were the sentiments expressed couched in grandiloqiienL terms of admiration. The cover was just a piece of Australian Joather, with a few gumleaves impiiuted thereon. The Australian wild flowers surrounding the address did not rome from the blush of pome popular artist, nor were the verses those of .some society poet. The girls did it all, even lo the composing of the few farewell lines. A peclaiil might have questioned the composition ; the lines hardly bUiimieti correctly, but the farewell mcasayo qnmo from the hcmi'l* of the gU'Ui It was ;Ust a simple ".Good-bye aad

God-speed." And as Miss Rawson shook hands with the girls and bade them farewell she knew she was leaving those whose loyalty and affection were undeniable.