WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 25, 31 January 1911, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. Etherington, sist«r of Dr. Hay, is taking a trip to the South with Mr! and Mies. Ivor Etherington, of Ceylon. Miss Fancourt and Miss Longbridge, who have been visiting the Southern Lakes, have gone to stay with Mrs. Niven, at Anneville. Masterton. Miss Marchant, Principal of the Otago Girle' High School, leaves on Friday for Dunedin. 1 Dr. and Mrs. Blown, formerly of Tau- ! ranga. who have recently arrived from a trip to England, leave to-night for Dunedin. Dr. Brown intends later on to settle at Marten. - Mr. and Mrs. Yon Haaet got back 011 Saturday from a delightful tour on the Weet Coast, during which they vieited their namesake glacier, and "six. vcu Haast crocsed the Copeland Pass to the Hermitage. Mrs. Logan, of Dunedin, is a gueet of Mrs. Gordon Reid, Boulcott- terrace. Madame Boeufve, on her way from I Auckland to England, is staving at the Hotel Cecil. Mies Malcolm, from Masterton. who has ~ been a gueet of her sistev, Mrs. Cruickehank, has returned home. Miss Derry, of (ireytown, is visiting Wellington. Miss Cook, of Karori, is back from her trip to Marton. The- fete in aid of the Society for the Health of Women and Children, 1 to bo held on 11th February in the grounds of •'Kennoway," Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Kirkcaldie's residence, js to be opened by Her Excellency Lady Islington. Given the present type of weather, the affair ought- to prove meet attractive. Jupp's Band will play, and a baby show is to be added to tho other entertainments provided. It is to be hoped many will attend and benefit the funds of this very deserving society. A most satisfactory meeting gathered yesterday at Mrs. Findlay's residence, Bculcott-terraee, to discuss the final arrangements for the coming entertainment for the Girk' Hostel lund. Mrs. De Castro had a, long list of gratuities, which ought to minimise the expenses eon.ndeiably. Mrs. Findlay, who is keenly interest-eel in the scheme, presided. She wore a most beautiful coat and skiifc of thin white siik, elaborately braided with silk soutache. . There were present — Mccdames Corliss, Herdinan, Hoby, C. Wilson, Corrigan, Bulkley, Tiickey, Mrs. and Mis* Bliirtclift'e, and Miss Coates. The Garrison Band has kindly volunteered to play its test-piece and a crisp, attractive programme — warranted to interest the audience — has been arranged. Home-made sweets of the daintiest varieties are to be sold by a baud of girls during the intervals. A decoration committee has been formed, and flowers will be welcomed from any friends who can spare them. Gifts to the fund are the # yellow posters now &o prominently iv view. Mr. and Mrs.^Falk Cohen, of Upper Willis-street, have arranged to pay an extended visit to Australia after the maniage of their daughter (Miss Gladys Cohen) to Mr. H. Cain, of Wellington, next month. A quiet wedding yvas solemnised at St. Mary's Catholic Church ou Wednesday, when Miss Nora Hearn, third daughter of the late Mr. Nicholas Hearn, of Beunos A.yres, Waverley, was married to Mr. John Stuart Fleming, third son of tho late Mr. John Stuart Fleming, of Wellington. The Very, llev. Dean Grogan orjieiuted. The bride looked charming, attired in an ivory ducihesse satin gown, designed wuii lover's knots in chiffon and beautifully draped with Limerick lace, the cor&ag-e and sleeves of tucked chiffon. Sho wore the orthodox wreath and an exriuisibo Limerick lac© veil, the veil being the work of the Sisters of tho Mission, New Plymouth. Her bouquet was a novelty, a" marriage ring of white flower-* with streamers of ribbons. She was given away by her brother, Mr. Martin Hearn, of Pungutaua, and wt's attended by her sister, Miss Tuppie Ilearn, and her cousin, Miss Nora Kennedy, of Beunos Ayi'3s, Wavsrley, who wore pale anemone crepe de chine draped gowns with collar! ess yokes and corsage of embroidered blonde lace in .siik. Th? whole effect was simple and pretty. They wore large Pan velvet hats a shade darker than the gowu:-, lined with- silver, a cord of tarnished silver encircling the crowns, caught up in front with a cluster of clematis, and tied with satin streamers of the fame shade as the gowns. They also carried floral horseshoes of palest pink and heliotrope. The bridegroom wa.» attended by Mr. Jack Kennedy, cousin of the bride, and Mr. Belby Morton. After the- ceremony Mr. and Mrs. David Cullinans, brother-in-law and sister of the bride, entertained the guests at their residence, St. John's Hill, at a wedding luncheon. , The bride travelled in a, belted Russian costume of French blue, embroidered in blue and black, and r, hat of black silk beaver, whose sol:* trimming was a cabuchon of blue beads. She al-^o wore a, hand-painted scarf of pale bins crepe de chine. A quaint idea in connection with the recent London sales has not yet come into favour here. The counters in many of the shops — notably, the excellent emporiums in Kensington High-3treet — are piled with remnants — of laces, cloths, ribbons, silks, and cottons. Er.ch little bundle is labelled plainly with its value, and, at first glance, you imagine that London sale prices are not at all what they are represented to b;>. But. looking closer, jou may notice, across the ticket, tho magic words "Half price" printed in red letters, and you do a hasty mental arithmetic problem, and seize your juece. It is a cunning device, calculated to sell, for many women are not good at mental arithmetic and may possibly imagine they are getting the goods cheaper than tht>y really are. And. curioiibly. to the impressionable feminine- mind, 0 piece of silk marked 5."> 6d. divided by two, sounds a greater birgahi than the saire remnant labelled & 9d ! There is no accounting for such conclusions, but the fact remains, and the lialf price gcod-T are wv surrounded by a surging sea uf eager women, each hanging on to her trophy, while — on hey Fingers, maybe, -tricl with moving Jips— sho hastily dota her mental arithmetic.

Things done well, mid with cine, exempt themselves from fear. —Shakespeare.

The "at home" giren on Sunday afternoon by the mounted companies at present in camp on the Hutt Park was attended by between six and seven hunj dred people. Amongst (.hose visiting the officers' mess were Mrs. Seddon, Sirs Hamilton Gilmer, Mr. and Mrs. Kuox Gilmer, Dr. Herbert, Lady Bioudi. Mrs. (Captain) A. M. Samuel, Mrs. Dr. Foster, the Misses Ethel and Kotherine Smith, the Misses Piix-Trott, I aud Miss H. Dinnison (Auckland). This leaflet, which is being thrown out of the "Health Caravan," which travels through English villages, driven by two ladies who touch health, is worth consideration by all mothers, Please let me sleep in a cot all to myself, and keep my nursery window j open. Please nurse nic yourself (as God meant you' to dojtill 1 am nine months old. Please feed me .egularly, let me sleep all I want, and don't stick pins in my clothes, and then I promise not to cry. Please scald and sterilise dairy milk before giving it to me to drink, and remember to scald my bottle every time I use it. Please don't give me artificial foods nnless ordered by doctor, or scraps of anything left over. Please let me have loose clothes, as I 'ovg to move my arms and kick with my legs. Please give me a bath every day, and let me splash about as much as I like. Please let me be out in the open air all you can. I love to sleep out in my "pram." Please don't let lots of stupid "groM'n-up" kiss and dandle me. Please give me lots of fun with , other little boys and girls ; when I am bigger tell me all the things every boy and girl should know. Miss Catherine Barker, of Chicago, who is only fourteen, inherits £6,000,000, the entire fortune of her father, John Barker, constructor of tram and railway cars, and a highly successful investor, who died on 26th November. She is now the richest girl in the country, -being worth just double as much an Miss Helen Gould, of New York, and tfirce times as much as Miss 'Jennie Crocker, of San Francisco/ tho two young ladies nearest her in worldly possessions, j Catherine lost her mother last June, j and is now in charge of a governess. j The estate is administered by the Ghicpgo Trust and Savings Bank. "It's just horrid having so much money." Catherine remarked to an interviewer, I but the governess present at the interview said, "You must try to endure your affliction with pnxience." Catherine is very popular with her gir) friends, who I declare that she will always be Catherine, and that money cannot spoil her. One of the late millionaire's vat prejudices was a hatred for cigarette smoking. He urged Nelson Barnes, jn young broker, of New York, who was then engaged to his favourite niece, to quit cigarettes. His urgings were in vain, and at last ho said : "Barnes, if you throw away that cigarette, and pledge your word of honour never to smoke another, I'll give you 310,000." "Done !" said Barnes, who gave his word, and forthwith replaced tho cigarette by cigars. The clergymen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are up in arms against the municipal balls promoted by tho bocialißb Mayor, Mr. JSmil SeideL and the well-meant efforts of that gentleman raid his suppoiturs on the City (Council to bring about a better understanding between the rich and poor of Milwaukee are (recently reported the Chicago correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle) threatened with defeat. .The first of thecso unique functions was held on 26th November, and wrts such a big stucu£s that the council arranged for a weekly repetition. The second and thiid balls were even more largely aLtended than the first, and the whole pioceedings were marked by good fellowship and enjoyment. Tho clergy, however, complain, bitterly of the disregard for the conventions of society, -and declare that, however, good the intentions of Mi. Heidcl f and his assistants may be, the lack of conventionality which permits the ballroom officials to introduce young members of both sexes without regard to their social positions must have a demoralising effect. No "wallflowers" are allowed at thepe Socialist dances, and the master cf the ceremonies and his assistants have no hesitation in pairing off society belles. 111 evening gowns and jewels, with working men in their "Sunday best." The M;.yor proudly points out that these unconventional introductions have already had a marked moral effect on the latter type ot dancers, aud although the re fa 'uli'tions are "No fancy clothes." neatness, cleanliness, to say nothing- of "boiled" (i.e., starched) shirts are noticeable wilh j even the poorest working men. 'J ho lack of formality, however, also permits well-to-do young '"men about town" to claim acquaintanceship with working girls, equally with the society belles, and it is here that the clergy foresee danger. In nearly every pulpit yesterday preachers denounced such a state of affairs which subjects innocent young girls to the advances of men unworthy ot recognition in any circle of life. One Roman Catholic priest roundly denounced the ball as ' schools for mashers.'

The almost solid silver figure of a prize bulldog iiov.- on exhibition in Mr. F. Cohen's v. iniiow. V.'iilis-sti'eei. v. as m.uiut'aLtuied by Elkinijtoii and Co., Ltd.. ol" r.iinnnglnwn. to the urclej- tt .Mi. E. T. TiMor. of Wellington, actii--on behalf ol 'the Biitisli Buildup Club of >!c\v Zealand, of vihieii ho ib pieMdont. Tho dub int-ends il ar, a i-lidi-lengo trophy for the Dominion uhampion