WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 22, 27 January 1911, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mr. and Mrs. Newman (Marton) are • staying in town. Mr. and Mrs. yon Haast are tho guests of Professor M'Millan Brown Fendalton (Christchurch). Mr. and Mrs. Firth (College) are spending the remainder of the holidays in Chrisfcchurch since they returned from Mount CookMiss A. (Houston (Blenheim^ is visiting friends in town. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Corliss have returned from the holidays spent at the Pelorus Sounds. Miss Tolhurst, who was the guest of Mrs. Duigan during her visit to Auckland, has returned homo. Mrs. (Dr.) Johnson (Feuding) has come down to see her mother and sisters (Mrs. and Misses Johnson) before they leave by the Turakina for a long visit to England. Mrs. Darley (Wanganui) has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Duncan, Hob-eon-street. Mrs. Elgar (Featherston) is staying in town. Mrs. Page (New Plymouth) is on a visit, to town. Mrs. Gillies (Napier) was a passenger , for England by the lonic. Mr. and Mrs. Coates have returned irom Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Waymouth (Christchurch) were passengers by the lonic. A meeting of the committee of management of the Y.W.C.A. entertainment will be held at the residence of Mrs. Findlay, Boulcott -terrace, on Monday to make the final arrangements for what is hoped will "be a great sxiccess in every respect. The Girl Peace Scouts' farewell "social" to Lady Ward, who is their president, has been postponed for a month, as very few of the Scout Council and' of tho Girl Peace Scouts have returned from their holidays yet. At this season, when so many enterprising athletic people are keen upon a climbmg expedition, it may be useful to them to know that for Ruapohu, Ngauruhoe, and 'Tongariro almost all the informetion necessary for the expedition is put in leaflet form by Mr. Jj] Snow, Kangataua. These are not sold, but can be obtained by writing for them. They contain a list of things best to take in the way o£ clothing and footwear, the prices of guides, the train service, and tho hotel accommodation, and much information that may otherwise be difficult to obtain, and would simplify tb,e preparations for such an expedition. The committee of the Island Bay ' branch of the Kindergarten School met yetterday at Mrs. Chatneld's house. A good deal of local business was transacted, and various needful arrangements made for the approaching -opening of the school the next term. It was alto resolved to canvas the district for pupils, as tha number attending is not satisfactory to the authorities. As a city, we puro over our well-kept streets, and recall with a #h.udder the old days of mud and holes full of water. Now, quite_ dainty shoes are sufficient to meet exigencies of weather, because our pavements and streets are so spick and_ span. But there is a disagreeable equivalent to be borne before we can enjoy this paradiso of roadways. Those who have had the steam roller grinding and scrunching up and down before their houses for many houre every day will recognise the price our heroes have paid for our mended streets, without any reference to the penalising rates and taxes. These stroet juggernauts may be necessary evils, but they are exceedingly disagreeable. Mark Twain's remark that " there's alot of human nature in men" (and women), is curiously illustrated at a drapery sale. To those not keenly interested in buying, it is an amusing study. An imaginative woman could easily weave a whole story of thrilling episodes by watching the tragic seriousness of those oddly assorted purchasers. Character points bristle as one listens and watches, and what is revealed is both grave and ga-y. The needy woman with a large family is pathetic in her efforts to hunt out the bargains she so sorely needs, and one forgives her the slowness of her decisions, for sho can't afford to repent of hasty buying. The downright bargain hunter <s a hard case to serve. She loves buying if eh© imagines she is getting much for little, and the dialogues are full of comical situations, for tho assistants recognise her specks and act accordingly. Tho women who go in to toss over tho remnants and buy little or nothing, can't realise the extra work they are putting on those who are responsible for the welfare of the goods. The stress upon the good temper, and more upon the personal politeness of bona fide purchasers has to be experienced) to be believed. Some apt repartees in these cases save the situation sometimes, but a sale time is full of human interest if one goes to it with an open mind, and with a sense of humour. On the wharf yesterday afternoon a presentation was made to Miss Scott before she loft for England by tho lonic. Miss Scott was one of tho first organisers of the Scottish Society, and in recognition of her past valuable services she received a Deautiful present in thu form of a handbag, from her fellow members. Mrs Mulcahy handed the present to Miss Scott. A wedding of great interest to tho natives was solemnised at Otaki on Wednesday last, when Miss To Waxu was married to Mr Akuhata Himiona,, of Feiiding. The bride is the daughter of I the well-known chieftain of the Ngatoraukawa. She was neatly dressed in ; white, and attended by severaJ bridesi maids. After the ceremony a- reception was held in the Town Jlall. There were two five-decker wedding cakes on the i table. Several Europeans were among | the invited guests. i Mine. Bouguereau, widow of the famous French artist, William Bouguereau, at the age of 73, still occupies herself with her brush at her home, the Villa Cambise, at Royai-les-Items, a half-day's journey from Paris. It was as Elizabeth Gardner, that tho ]Sew Hampshire girl went to Paris in 1866 to study art, and there met and married the painter. She was the first American woman artist to exhibit in the Paris salon and to be awarded a Salon medal.