WOMEN IN PRINT

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 106, 1 November 1909, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT

"It's the way of the world—a few folk enjoy the fruit, and the rest slip on tho peelings."—The letters of Jcnuio Allen.

Mi's. Martin Kennedy left to-day for Rotorua. Mrs. James Kennedy joins her at Palmerston North, and rccompanies her. Miss Agnes Kennedy returned on Friday from Timaru. Mrs. Spenser and Miss Bessie Fitzgerald leave next Saturday for Miss Muriel Webb's marriage in Nelson. Miss Bertha Miles is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. David Mills, Melbourne, for Cup Week. Miss Pearl Hay, of Auckland, is also staying with Mrs. David Mills. Mrs. Eliot Warburton, who has been staying with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Fulton, returns to Palmerston North to-morrow. Mrs Kill, of Napier, is visiting Wellington. Mrs. Stone-Wigg, of Wairarapa, has gone home after spending some weeks in Wellington. Miss Tarleton, from Chrietchurch, is at the Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Watson-Sheonan, of Dunedin, are staying at the Grand Hotel. Yesterday, Dr. Findlay's motor car, to avoid a collision with a cab, ran into the kerbing. Mrs. Findlay, who was the only one in except the chauffeur', got a shock and slightly injured her hand. Mrs. J. P. Firth, who has been the most energetic secretary of the St. John Ambulance Bazaar, met with an accident on Saturday. She was running to catch a car, and slipped, cutting her knee. She will therefore be unable to be present at the opening of the fair which her efforts have done so much to make a success. Miss Ethel Nathan takes over her duties. An International Club is likely to be formed in Wellington, a number of people being anxious to join. The first provisional committee meeting is called. Dr. and Mrs. Borghetti aro interesting themselves in the scheme. Lady Plunket. on 20th November, is to unveil the honours' board that is being placed in the Women's Hostel, and which is to record the triumphs of hostel students. The weather on Saturday was all that could be desired for the opening of the tennis season at the Thorndon courts. Though the courts themselves are not beautiful, they are set in lovely surroundings, and the square grey tower of Mr. T. C. Williams's house, rising above the rich green of the trees, might belong to an anqestral hall. Charming, too, are the peeps of red roofs among the vei-dure. The girls were trim and fresh in their prints and linens, and there was some energetic play, while afternoon tea was much appreciated by guests and members. There is no doubt skirts are getting shorter, and women now at London functions are wearing short skirts where formerly trailing gowns were do rigueur. In Paris this is carried to oxcess, and a pretty leader of fashion appeared at races there in a pink silk muslin dress only reaching to the ankles, which weie covered with pink silk stockings —the shoes being to match. A young Parisian bride wore a short round skirt of silk muslin embroidered in sprays of myrtle and orange-blossom. The little white satin shoes were charming, and the silk stockings 60 fine that the pink skin could be seen through! Picturesque, doubtless, but scarcely a suitable bridal attire. The latest invention for the English sportswoman is a material silk jersey inside, and leather, exquisitely eott and supple, outside. % The kilted skirt is to be much in favour this season, and certainly looks well with the long coats. Sometimes these kiltings only appear at tho back, the skirt otherwise being plain. Again, only a wide centre panel in front is left plain, and this skirt is often cut to iorm a corselet. Many of the latest coats are made with three-quarter sleeves, or cut a little above the waist, slit up at the back to the elbow, .showing under cords and buttons, the trim white chemisette sleeve beneath. As yet the sweater and the knitted coat lias not been much seen here, but they are most desirable garments, and ideal for country or sporting wear. Grey, white, and navy-blue are the favourite colours, and often the collar and cuffs are in contrast. With these coats the silk handkerchief is often used as neck-wear. It is of vivid tints, of large size, and is loosely knotted about tho throat. White with coloured striped borders are most effective, and, combined with the jauntystitched cloth hat that has the brim raised at the side, have a charming effect. Those who are worrying over Christmas gifts may well consider the merits of the linen belt bag. This is made in the form of the medieval flat purse —such as Marguerite wears —though, indeed, any shape that lies Hat will do. The edges should be buttonholed, and the bag and flap embroidered, while care should bo taken to set in the necessary fulness round the edges. If it is i only to hold a handkerchief and tiny purse, there need be no fulness between. An excellent idea is to study an old bag-purse and copy it. The flap should fasten down firmly with a loop and button, and the loop to hang it on the belt be made wide enough to admit any band. Mi*. Margaret Ogilvie, of Sizewell House, near Leiston, Suffolk, widow of Mr Alexander Ogilvie, in her will left the tramway belonging to her in Asuncion, Paraguay, South America, and her estate at Barcaldine, Argyllshire, Scotland, to be gold, the proceeds to be devoted to charitable purposes. The total estate is £459,019 gross, with vet personalty £359,923. Mr. Thomas Dowling, who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for many years, and is the author of several works on the surplus wealth tax, was married at "Jellalabad," Darlington, near Camperdown (Victoria), last week. He is eight-two years of age, and his bride, Miss Moody, a governess, is thirty-four.

At a meeting of the Women's Section of the Navy League, held at the Chamber of Commerce last week, Mrs. J. G. Findlay took the chair, and various matters of routine were dealt with. A discussion took place as to whether a committee of tho lady members should be formed. It was eventually decided not to elect a special committee, bufc that Mrs. Algar -Williams should act as secretary of the women's section of the league as a whole. When occasion requires, it is proposed that all the lady members shall be called together to assist the male section in furthering the interests of the league. It was intimated that the names of fresh lady subscribers should be handed to either Mrs. Williams or Mr. C. W. Palmer, and that there were no restrictions as to cnrplment, except that the annual subscription of 5s is payable in advance, in return for which each member will receive a gilt badge of the league and a book. A prize offered by the Gentlewoman (London) for the best definition of a lady was won by the following effort : "To be a lady means, rightly, to be a gentlewoman who shows by her every word and action a sweet and gentle dignity, with a gracious' charm of manner. A woman whose heart is pure and true, who is tender toward all suffering, who sympathises with those in trouble, and is every ready to give that which costs her some effort and self-denial. A lady thinks no work derogatory, and no one is deemed too low to receive courtesy and kindness. She is pure and good in every detail in life, a true friend and a 'ministering angel' in sorrow and in sickness." Mrs. Rosa Lewis is, as every English gourmet knows, the, woman chef of England. In November, 1907, by special request, she cooked for the German Emperor, while he was staying at Highcliffe; she has cooked for the King, and among the long list of her patrons, says a London correspondent, one finds the names of all the prominent members of the English aristocracy and the leading American magnates. Mm. Lewis has often, at the height of tho season, to superintend three, and even four, society dinners in one evening. She then races from house to house in a cab or motorcur, and thus manages to keep a supervising eye on her well-tried assistants. Dinners for sixty and suppers for 500 have often to be prepared at twelve or ten hours' notice. "But Mrs. Lewis has all the qualities of a great man chef, thus being a living refutation of the old idea that women cannot be really great cooks. She has invented quite a number of dishes, and advocates the use of the grill in every way. You can cook the most delightful things on a grill, according to her. Nothing can be better than grilled soles, for instance. A shoulder of lamb .never tastes better than when grilled. You can grill turbot better than you can boil io. The grill is the thing, and English women, she considers, should give it the place of honour in their kitchen. Mrs. Lewis says that the greatest mistake people make is that they are too fond of trimming; they waste the best part of everything If the average English woman would only braise her meat instead of doing so much basting, a much better resuit would follow. They seem decided on making" taste. If they only followed her simple advice their food would be tasty, and they they would not find the necessity of buying sundry bottles of sauces, which are always expensive. An amusing story is told in connection wx fch a German baker, M. yon Cohn who died in Berlin at the age |ot eighty-seVen. , He was honoured by .l le friendship of several members of the German royal family, and a tale is told of how, on one occasion, he managed, by his wits, to do the Empress Augusta a service. On an icy day in winter the Empress was passing by tram through Dessau, and yon Cohn was at the station to pay his duty to the sovereign lady. At that time the arrangements for heating the Imperial carriage were of the most primitive order, and the Empress complained of the cold, the hot water supply on board the train having given out entirely. Nor was there any hot .water to be had at the Dessau station. But Cohn, who was- a man of resource, was not to be beaten, bought up the entire supply of hot coffee in the station restaurant and caused the warming tins m the Imperial carriage to be filled therewith. Thus the German Empress sned away with the unique distinction ot having her feet warmed by means of a plentiful supply of hot coffee.