WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 133, 12 June 1909, Page 7

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Miss O'Connor, of Brisbane, being a personal friend of Madame Melba, was ] the means of introducing to her Miss i Thompson, the wonderful new contralto ] from Stewart Island, came to Wellington yesterday, and left by the Sydney boat. < A cable has been received from Major * and Mrs Hughes — who went to Sydney ' for their wedding-trip — stating that they leave on Monday by the Messageries I Maritimes boat Salazie for England. „ Mr. Buick, M.P., and Mrs. Buick are staying at the Occidental Hotel. , j Mr. and Mrs. M'Kenzie, of Master- *, ton, are at the Windsor. , Mrs. Kellor, of Greyniouth, is in Wei- ] lington. ] The Hon. Mr. l{p%g, Mrs. and the , Misses Hogg, arc staying at the Empire . Hotel. Mrs. Fox and her little daughter, who i leave for England by the Eimutaka, are guests of Mrs. Grace. Mrs. Buchanan, from Hawera, is staying with Mrs. Tweed. Mrs. Harrison, of Napier, is a guest of her sister, Miss Kelly, of Kelburne. ' Mr. and Mrs. Moss-Davis, and their daughter, Mrs. Moss, of Sydney, and ( Miss Moss-Davis, leave for Auckland . to-day. ] Mr. and Mrs. iCenderdine and Miss i Kenderdine, who have been staying in i Wellington, left for their Auckland i home yesterday. Miss Muriel Webb is a "guest of Mrs. : Spencer, Mulgrave-street. Mrs. Melville, of Greyniouth, is visiting Mrs. Percy Holton, of Ghuzneestreet. \ ™~~ ~~ ~~~ A delightful social and dance was given by the Wellington Bowling Club last night. Cards, music, and supper were among the various attractions. Mrs. Giundy, the president's wife, wore a charming frock of black lace over white silk, the elaborate bodice much trimmed with black velvet. Miss Grundy wore a pretty pale pink silk gown, and Mrs. Lamb (Mrs, Grundy's daughter from ' Master ton), was in black silk with red roses on the bodice. Mrs. Bush's black brocade was trimmed with lace. Mrs. Dean's tea yesterday was of the most enjoyable. A very large number i of guests were present, and Mrs. Ben ■ Wilson's sweet voice was heard — and , much appreciated — in several songs. , Four rooms were requisitioned, and the air was fragrant with the scent of violets and narcissi. These were abundantly set about the pretty drawing-room, where, too, stood a proof of the topsyturvy seasons — a great cluster of gorse in full bloom. In the dining-room the tea-table was centred with fine chrysanthemums, and the coffee-room was all crimson and white, crimson satin ribbins crossing the damask and holly and vibernum berne&, and autumn leaves being used as decorations. Upstairs ices were served. The hostess wore a graceful frock of light blue voile, the bodice showing vest and sleeves of iiuc lace.' Miss Dean %;orc a pretty white frock, with a bunch of scarlet berries ii> her belt. Some lovely i^owns wei'e worn. A visitor from Christchurch had on the most beautiful of black striped ninons, wilh insertions of htue over white silk, the round yoke of white chiffon outlined with delicately-tinted embroideries. Her toque was ot blue, massed with lilac and foliage. Another lovely gown was of palest blue silk, with elaborate Japanese embroideries on the skirt and Empire bodice, the hat worn with it being a wide black bhape, laden with rich red roses. A girl in a, smart black and white frock wore one of the new black satin stocks, tied in a natty bow at the left side of the throat. j At the opening of Parliament — limited as was tht> number of women who attended — some' notably beautiful gowns were to be been, some of which have already been described in these columns. A visitor from Auckland wore a very ( handsome filmy black fiock, the shorfcwaisted bodice massed with soutache braid. Her smart hat, also black, had the large basin crown and the tiny rim, and was trimmed with a huge caboction ot jet, tulle, and plumes. A lovely gown, worn by the wife oE an Auckland member, was of ,pale blown cloth, with applicjued trimmings of pale blue and pale pink, the accompanying hat being of green, with a long fawn feathei. A Sydney girl wore a very fascinating Direcloire blue coat and skiit, heavily .braided, with a round sealskin toque decorated with a white osprey. A member's daughter in palest pink cloth, with effective black braiding, looked notably well. A most amusing afternoon was spent at Mrs. Fitzgerald's, Tinakori-road, when Mi&s Bessie Fitzgerald gave a tea for Miss Dolly Webb, the girls taking part in a quaint original competition, whose answers were the names of newspapers and magazines. Mibs Dolly Webb leaves next Monday for Nelson, and is just now a guest of Mrs. Fitzgerald. A memento, in the shape of a pig-book, in which all the guests put their blindfold impressions of that animal, was given to Miss Webb. Mrs. Elgar's dance on Thursday was a charming affair, the flower decorations being exceptionally lovely. Autumn leaves, and 'chrysanthemums and spring I flowers, were used with taste and gen- ! er&aity. 'lUie hostess wore a grey satin ! f rock, hemmed with .chinchilla, with lace and embroideries on the bodice. Miss Elgar was in pale green' chiffon, with satin bands and girdle. The Huia Progressive Euchre Club held its weekly gathering this week at the residence of Mr. H. P.. Turner, Kil- | -birnie. Mr. Hughes and 'Mrs. 'Mikkle- ' son won most of the games played, after which the evening was spent in games. States the London Daily Mail : Representing prison gates with the broad arrow upon them, brooches were presented at the Albert Plall mass meeting, arranged by the Women's Social and Political Union, to the 400 women who have served a term of imprisonment, and at a given signal the audience rose and shouted "Shame" three times in denunciation of the Government. During Mrs. Rolleslon's absence-, i Hair Specialist from a leading Sydney 'Salon may be consulted on. all Hair Treatments. Huir Dressing, Shampooing, Clippiniz, and Singeing. <\, Willis-stieot (over Carroll's) ; tel. 1599.— Advt. It doesn't matter if you are over-de-veloped. You c\m have just us coirect a figure as your more fortunate &isters — and without discomfort or trouble. The W.B. corset is. made to mould large figures into ahaplier lines. It does it 100, B»md to Woingfueten Bros., Block Arcado, Molbourne, for a Beauty Book (free}.— Adv^

'Mrs. E. 'B. Buckeridge, of Wellington, leaves for Napier on .Monday to assist in the staging of "The Mikado" by the Napier Amateur Operatic Society. The wedding took place yesterday at St. Peter's Church, of -Mr. Augustus; Aley, of the Sydney Mail, the fourth son of Mr. Alfred Aley, of Sydney, to 'Beatrice Tregea, pecond daughter of Mr. Arthur Tregea, of this city. The bride was given away by her father, and looked very pretty in a brown tailor-made travelling costume, with sealskin cuffs and a brown and blue hat trimmed with fur. The bridesmaid, 'Miss Ethel Tregea, was dressed in a dark green tailor-mado costume, with green bat trimmed with brown. The best man wa6 ( the bride's brother, Mr. Arthur Tregea. After the wedding breakfpst, at the home of the bride's parents, ;Mr. and Mrs. Aley left by the Warrimoo for Sydney. After making a tour of New South Wales, they will settle in their new home at Eastwood, 'a suburb of Sydney. The bridegroom's present to the bridesmaid was a beautiful gold bangle. At a well-attended meeting of the W.C.T.U., held on Thursday afternoon, the following resolution was passed unanimously : — "That this union views with regret'and indignation the granting of licenses in tho King Country." [ At the Alicetown Congregational Church, the choir and friends met at a "social", to do honour to Miss Keay, daughter of the Rev. W. A. Keay, and Mr. Clements, on the eve of their marriage. After a pleasant and thoroughly enjoyable programme, which had been arranged by Mr. Shearer, the couple were presented with a handsome silvermounted salad-bowl and cream » and sugar jugs, also silver-mounted flowervase and silver sugar sifter. After supper had been served, games were indulged in for a time, and the singing of the National Anthem' brought a very pleasant evening to a close. The marriage will take place at the Congregational Church, Alicetown, on Wednesday next, at noon. In -the Illinois State Legislature, writes the New York" correspondent of the Daily Mail, a House Committee reported 1 favourably on a Bill prohibiting " the manufacture, sale, or use of insanitary, , dangerous, or deadly headgear or hats." The recommendation of the committee that the House pass the Bill was followed by an animated debate, in the course of which spring hats in tho extreme fashion were exhibited in proof of 1 the urgent necessity of restrictive legisj lation. One pi the hats was pierced by I eighteen hatpins of great size. Holding I this perilous piece of headgear in one land and a yard measure in tho other, Representative Hilton, in tones or terror, addressed the legislators as follows :—: — "Look at this bonnet. Measuring it, we find it is thiity-eight inches wide, twice the width it should be. It is loaded with eighteen pins, each one as deadly as a Roman tpear. Think what it -would mean to brush up against this hat in a crowded lift or tramway car. It would be like being flung against the Macedonian phalanx." The Bill is the result of the terrifying experiences undergone in the LogislaUire when an army of suffragettes invaded the halls. The sailor hat is the accepted form of headgear tor girls in most of the boarding schools and many of the day schools in England, with specially dyed and woven bands denoting the form or the prowess in the playing fields of the \arious wearers. Ties are worn that match the hatband's. So widely is the English schoolgirl idefftified with her sailor hat, states a London writer, that in some foreign towns little foreign girls are given sailor hats by their mothers, and wearing them are 'allowed to walk to and from school unattended. They aro then, it is supposed, taken for English girls, and English girls aro ;illowed the independence of walking in twos and threes without a duenna, and these little foreign ones are allowed to do so, too. The sailor hat is their pro- ' tector. . ■ Madame ilodje.«ka, the world-renown- , ed actress, who died recently in Calir fornia, was a Polish exile. In 1868 she . became the wife of Count Charles Boj zenta Chlopowski, a journalist and an [ ardent patriot. Modjeska was an mrr tense patriot, states the Springfield Re- . publican, loyal to Poland to the end, though she had become a citizen of her l adopted country. Her hatred for the l Tsar was frank and outspoken, and she never would appear before him. It was in ; 1893 that Russia issued an edict prohib- [ iting her to enter Russian territory because of her criticism of Russian ways [ and officials. But though she was an ! exile she was all tho more a patriot, 1 and America is proud to claim the woi man whom Russia scorned, yet who did so much to make the name of Poland known upon the stage. WATCH THOSE WRINKLES. 1 Madam, have you ever looked at a . woman's wrinkles and counted the cost? ; Every line means life lost, opportunities gone by. The woman of forty with a pure complexion and a healthy skin is lovelier and more charming than a girl of twenty with a poor complexion. It is a very true saying that '"a woman is as • old as she looks." Just that. At tho ■ Slaison Valaze now you are offered the very latest scientific triumphs in the matter of skin and complexion treatment. Mile. Helena Rubinstein brought them 1 out from Europe with her recently. 1 Such luxurious and effective face mass1 age has never been known in Austral- ; asia. No charge is made for advice. Valaze Skin Food keeps the skin clear, ■ smooth, and supple, free from freckles, ' lines, and blotches; in jars, 4s and 7s. 1 Valaze Face Powder (for greasy and 1 over-moist skins), Novena Powder (for dry and normal skins), hi boxes, 2/6. 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