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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 40, 17 February 1911, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Things dono well, and with care, exempt themselves fiom fear. -Shakespeare.

Miss Reynolds, daughter of Mrs. W. H. Reynolds, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Leslie "Reynolds yesterday to Wairoa. ■ Mrs. Leyick, Sydney, is staying in .Wellington. i Mrs. Stott left yesterday for Napier with her two daughters, who are going to school near Hastings. She returns on. Tuesday. Mrs. Arthur Kennedy, of Napier, was in Wellington yesterday, and returned home this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Haytei*, of Canterbury, are at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. Tilly, of Blenheim, is staying I with her mother, Mrs Kebbell. Mrs. Hoggard has returned from Nelson and Blenheim. Mrs. Jackson Palmer is staying at the Hotel Cecil. • Miss Bauchop arrived this morning and joins the Moeraki for Sydney. She is on her way to England. Mr. and Mrs. Hoben are- visiting Timaru. Dr. and Mrs. Christie, of Wanganui, leave for their home to-morrow. They start on their trip to England next month. The Misses M'Donall, of Oamaru, are visiting friends in , Wellington. Miss Cain is the guest of Mrs. Woodward, Oamaru. _^ Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Watts, of Blenheim, have returned home after a short stay' in Wellington. Miss Irene Webb is visiting friends in Nelson. Mrs. Gerald Tolhurst has returned to Otaki. ' Mrs. Sutcliffe returns to Wellington on Wednesday by the Ulimaroa, after a most delightful ten weeks' hoii-aay in Australia. While in Melbourne there were attempts made to induce her to settle there, but Mrs. Sutcliffe was proof against temptation. Mrs. Wylie was hostess yesterday at a charming little morning tea given for Miss Beatrice Day. Ifc took place at the Arts Chib, Bowen-street, and the pretty rooms, so cool and fresh, were decorated with flowers. Mrs. Fisher's and Miss j Wylie' s songs and Mrs. Aylwin's for-tune-telling were enjoyed by the gugsts. j The hostess wore a smart Shantung coat | and skirt, and a black hat, Miss Day was ! in white muslin and lace, and Miss Wylie wore a whits frock and 'a white and mauve hat. Mrs. Penrice returned from Timarit yesterday. Mrs. C. W. Adams, Lower Hutt, returned yesterday from her visit to her son, Mr. C. F. Adams, Palmerston , North. A launch-party was given by Mrs. W. Kennedy yesterday morning, an excuri sion round the bays of the harbour being intensely enjoyed by the guests. The sea was like rippled satin, of an exquisite beryl tint, and the smoke from the bush fires gave picturesque vagueness to the hills. Tea was served while at anchor in Karaka Bay. Among the guests were : Dr. and Mrs. Christie and Miss Bailey, of Wanganui z Miss Frater, of Auckland, Mrs. Arthur Kennedy, of Na-pier, Mrs, Levick, of Sydney, and Mrs. Leslie Reynolds and Miss Reynolds, of Dunedin. Mr. and Mrs. W,. H. George leave today for Sydney by the Moeraki, en route for England. Last Tuesday Mr. George entertained a-fc dinner at, the Hotel Windsor the heads of the Economic staff and its buyers. Pie was presented during the evening by Mr. I". H. Mather, with a gold watch from the Wellington and Wanganui staffs. A fine cricket bat, suitably inscribed, was presented the same evening in recognition of his having, made the highest baiting .score and of his kindness as host in connection with the recent picnics The luncheon and rest rooms in connection with the Y.W.C.A. are to be opened to-morrow at 8 p.m. by the Hon. G. Fowlds. They are situated in Fowlds's Buildings, Manners-street. Everyone in sympathy with the work is invited. The proceeds from the Miramar garden fete* which takes place on Wednesday, are not to go towards the Miramar Club but. towards the Miramar Church funds. At St. John's Church on Wednesday, Mids Yera A very, only daughter of Mr. G. A very, of Wellington, was married to Mr Harold Williams (Customs officer), and eldest son of Mr. F. Williams, of Palmerston South (postmaster). A large number of friends were present. ' The ceremony was jjerforrned by the liev. Dr. Gibb. The bride, who was given away by Mr. G. Avery, looked charming, .dressed in a handsome white chiffon taffeta silk, richly trimmed with silk lace. The usual orange blossoms, wreath, and veil, with a beautiful shower bouquet, completed her costume. There were three bridesmaids: Miss Ihleim wore a beautiful white lace frock over satin, and black picture hat lined with dainty pink ; Miss "Myrtle Donnelly, a cousin of the bride, wore 'white charmeuse satin, with over-tunic of mnon richly trimmed with silk lace and pearls, and a black picture hat with large plume, and both carried shower bouquets ; little Miss Daisy Donnelly, a cousin, was in white embroidered silk, with Juliet cap of pearls, and she carried a basket of roses. Their gifts from thebridegroom were turquoise brooches -and a pendant. The bridegroom was supported by his brothers— Mr. F. Williams and Mr. A. Williams. Mrs. Avery (the mother of the bride) wore a handsome grey cloth, _ with passementerie and black hat with white plumes, and carried a bouquet of pinkroses ; Mrs. Sicldells (aunt of the bjide) wore a black silk dress with pale blue hat ; Mrs. Donnelly (aunt), a white embroidered frock and a large black hafc with roses; Mrs. Jansen (aunt), a black chiffon silk, cream silk lace sleeves and vest, and black hat trimmed with cream silk. The- reception was afterwards held at Godber's, where a pleasant and happy I time was spent. Airs. Mitchell favoured the company with two songs, admirably rendered, and a bright recitation was given by another guest. Dr. Gibb, Mr. Donnelly. Mr. Avery, and Mr. Williams spoke, and the large assembly joined in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Williams a long, happy, and prosperous, life. The father and mother of the bride, accompanied by many friends, gathered at the wharf to wish the happy couple bon voyage as they left by the Maori the same evening. The honeymoon will be spent in touring the South Island and visiting the parents of the bridegroom. There are not many diamond weddings in New Zealand that are, so to speak, purely New Zealand; but at New Plymouth this week one such, was celebrated.

! The parties were Mr. and Mrs. James | Sole, who were married in New Plymouth in 1851 by the late Archdeacon Go vet L, and lived the whole time in New Plymouth, except during the stirring war times, when with other pioneers they took refuge in Nelson. Mr. Sole is now nearly ninety-three, and Mrs. Sole a few years younger. They came out on the ship Oriental in 1841. In the same suburb Mr. and Mrs. R. Langinan. who arrived by 'the Blenheim in 1842, as children, and were married in Auckland in 1861, celebrated their golden wedding. They are both hale and hearty. Miss Ellen Terry has once again captured the hearts of the people in America. A Californian paper describes her appearance as a lecturer at Los Angeles. She "held her audience enthralled by her magic charm, her splendid intellect, and her magnetic personality." Later we read in the report : "Time has indeed touched this great Shakespearian actress with tender hands. Ellen Terry is greater than ever. For without players or stage effects she carried her audience into the very heart and soul of the Shakespearian heroines she portrayed." Miss Terry bade her hearers study and love Shakespeare'-^ heroines, saying : "Love is like the intellect, shining in the truth which it describes." A gold laurel wreath was presented to the famous lady after her lecture. Everything has its use to the ragpicker of Paris, according to an interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald. The way hair combings are used Is simply startling. The cuttings from the masculine head and beard are ■worked into strainers for clearing syrups and jellies, while those from my lady's tresses are made into invisible nets, the shorter pieces into fine sieves for milk and fruit. It is said that the clever ragpicksrs iind every night about one hundred pounds weight of hair taken from women's combs, which they sell to the hair manufacturer at the rate of 6s a pound. Old tins are much sought after, and help to make cheap toys and various other articles. Corks are cut down, and used for medicine, gum, and ink bottles, and the fragments left from the cutting are pulveri&ed and made into cheap lino, leums and cork soles for boots. Bread if clean is eaten by the poor chifl'onnier himself; but if dirty is ground down and sold to cheap restaurants for frying cutlets and browning the tops of hams; and sometimes the dirty bread is cut up into tiny dice and served as "pain roti" in the soup. Old sponges aie turnetl into use for children's slates, inkpots, and spirit lamps. Newspapers, street posters, and magazines, make dolls, imitation Japanese lacquer, boot buttons, and pasteboard boxes. Old elastic garters, bands and men's braces come forth as rubber gas-tubing and gutta percha toys, while gilt buttons, military trimmings, and broken china give the chemist interesting work to extract minute pieces of gold from them. Whilst excavations were in progress recently at Pompeii, the petrified body of a woman of tho Roman period was found. On her anna and hands were superbly jewelled ornaments, two massive buckles being fashioned in the-form of bunches of grapes, each grape being represented by a large pearl. By the eide of the body was found a casket full of jewellery and precious stonos. The assumption is that the woman, who appeared to have been of the aristocratic class, was flying from the Vesuvian eruption which destroyed the city, when she was struck down and imrietl under the streams of lava and ashes. Lord Decies has just been married to Miss Vivien Gould, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Gould, a couple who are in the front rank of New. York millionaires. The bride writes the-''Gi2jrt)le-woman,4' is a cnarm,ing g.irl, with all the amartneso of the typical American. And her mother is etill a-young-looking, attractive woman, wellknown for the splendour of her jewels, and also for her yachting proclivities. Most of these precious gems were the gift of Mr. George Gould and include a high tiara, said to bu worth £30,000, and a diamond collar priced at £25,000. Then Mrs. Gould owns and ofbii wears a wondrous bird of paradise, set with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds, and she has sixty rings, each of immense value, which she uses in all sorts of strange combinations. Mr. and Mrs Gould once had a. most trying experience. They were motoring near Lucerne, and while going along a- country lane were met by a rustic driving a wagon. This worthy seemed to take a. wicked pleasure in blocking the way, and for .some time effectually stopped their progresa. At last Mrs. Gould, who is a most expert, driver, saw a chance of escape by running up a small embankment. Her ruse succeeded, but the man was co infuriated that he struck her «, heavy blow across the shoulders with his driving-whip, upon which Mr. Gould jumped off the car and gave him a emart thrashing. Then a number of Swiss peasants came up and joined in the fray, and things began to look black until the timely ?jrival of a friend in another motor, who. with hit* chauffeur, quickly dispersed tho assailants. The miscreant who struck the blow got a term of imprisonment.