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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 84, 10 April 1911, Page 9

The inner side of every cloud Is bright aud shining. I therefore turn my clouds about, And always wear them inside out To show the lining. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Wylie will stay for the Easter holidays at Mrs. Haybittle'e, Heretaunga. Mias Mandel, who has been staying at the Royal Oak Hotel, leaves for Hokitika to-morrow. Dr. and Mi's. Ewart have- gone to Rotorua. Captain and Mrs. Trask have issued invitations for the wedding of Miss May Driscoll (Mrs. ' Tra6k's sister) to Mr. William S. Pearce. It- takes plaice at St. Joseph's Church, Buckle-street, afc 2.30 p.m. oh Wednesday, 19th April, and the guests are afterwards to bo entertained at Captain and Mrs. Trask's residence in Ellice-street. Tlie Coronation address is being taken up with enthusiasm, and most satisfactory replies have been received from all the large towns in New Zealand, The marriage of Miss Elaine Simcox, of Forest Lakes. Otaki, to Mr. Hubert Keeling, of Wellington, will take place on 20th April, at the Maori Mission Church, Otaki. Mr. and Mrs. T. Barton, of Brooklyn, will leave on Wednesday on a trip to Auckland and Rotorua. Absolutely charming weather favoured the opening of the Miramar links this season, and those who went out thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Certainly there ie a difficulty in getting back — the supply of trains is quite inadequate to the demand — and one is happy if one's seat is not handicapped by a strange baby on one's knee or a stout lady with militant hat-pins 1 who | ib perpetually an imminent peril of annihilating one. But, on the breezy links with the little cool ,breeze rustling the yellow tussocks, and the gleam of blue sea against the sky, it was good to be alive. The competitions, too, were interesting to watch, and the tea most delicious and' welcome. The committee was most attentive and hospitable, and it is little wonder t-he club is co popular. Mrs. T.. H. Gill, who is president of the Free Kindergarten, and is just back from visiting the kindergartens in Sydney and Melbourne, gave an interesting address on Friday evening. In Sydney, she states, the students paid so much a year for their training, which consisted of practice in the free kindergartens in the morning, from 9.30 to 12.30. Lunch was taken in the schools in whichj they taught, and then they went to the Sydney Kindergarten Training College, in Rcslyn gaixiens, foi* two hours in the afternoon for lectures. In the evening these lectures had to be worked up- in order to passi the examinations for the College Diploma in February- The faculty of the college consisted of the principal, Miss Jenkins, and four associate teachers, besides special teachers [on special subjects. Before being allowed to enter the college applicants I had to pass what was known as the Junior Public Examination (somewhat the same as our Junior Civil Service), or an equal to it, set by the • college Another examination had to be passed before the second year's course was begun, this being on the following subjects.: — Outlines of European history, Australasian history, general literature, elementary geometry, nature knowledge, reading aloud, drawing and modelling, music, and handwork. The training course was open to suitable applicants without these entrance examinations, but, in that case, they could not receive the college diploma. The standard of examinations was gradually being raised each year, and, from l&ll, the course is to consist of three years' training with more time for study, and will include certain lectures at the university. There were between fifty and sixty students attending each year, and from fifteen to twenty graduates who receive the diploma. A San Francisco paper declares that bridge is emphatically on the decline. Everyone says so, and most of all th« old-time experts, the women who have been winning prizes for yearn Many of these declare that next winter they will not attend any of the big bridge functions. Others declare that they will forswear bridge entirely. Consequently, one hears everywhere that next season, in spite of the elaborate bridge functions 'of this winter, there will be little or no entertaining of this sort on a large scale, although bridge will continue to be played, bub not) as a social de-version, as an excuse for bringing girls and women together presumably to enjoy themselves. There was a time when expertnefcs at bridge was sort of prima facie evidence of oonsidea'able education in the social graces, just as piercing the ears was proof of one's loyalty to t'lr» goddess of fashion when, our mothers were belles. But the revolt has started and grown apace. The bridge mania i& dying a lingering death. "Why should I torment myself, under the plea of amusement, by sitting all afternoon, practically speechless, with three women, none of whom I may have met before, or whom, however charming j they may prove to be on acquaintance, I have no means of really knowing bej yond the. enigmatical language of the game? Suppose they are new players, | unfamiliar with the game? Imagine their- embarrassment and my own. harassment — why, I've gone from such parties actually fatigued to the border of hysteria. No, indeed', I am never again going to accept invitations to the big bridge function. It is too trying, too exasperating." That was fche concluI sion of one woman, one of the best players in San Francisco. "I'm. as much infatuated with the intricacies of bridge as ever, but hereafter I shall only play with those I know to be an equal match to myself. The little bridge party, of say, one or two, or possibly three tables, where all are matched, is delightful. I lrnow of no more pleasant way to while away a few hours, but never again shall I attempt to give a big bridge party Tha x last time several of my friends left my house worn out, simply because of the iuiavcidabl?' accidents in placing them with indifferent players. My whole afternoon was spoiled because I realised that my party was leaving bad memories." To tell anyone that a sale is really I genuine generally brings forth a pitying smile, but should the price of a certain ] article be well known, and then be bought for several pounds less, one is convinced. At the end of our financial yeai 1 we always hold a sale, and each year try to make it a record. During April — and only foi' the month — we are holding a sale of sales. Erard, Chap- j pell. Knake. or Spaethe Pianos can now be bought at cut prices, while organs by Mason and Hamlin, Dominion, or Aliller are reduced to almost cost. F. J. Pinny. Ltd, 53, Cuba-street, Wellington. — Advt. Ladies, if your draper has not hitherto stocked Warner's favourite Rust-proof Corsets induce 'hini to do bo right away. Tell him ever,?, pair is guaranteed.— Advt.

Owing to the omission of the calling of the banns for a third and last time, a brid6grooni-to-be was on Sunday evening last faced with an unexpected development. The banns had been well and truly called on two previous Sundays, and the forgetfulness of the suburban minister caused the prospective bridegroom some perturbation. However, someone of the remnant of congregation that remained had an inspiration, and t-he small company filed back into church, reminded the minister of the omission, and the banns were duly called in a manner to meet all rules and regulations. An "example of excessive narrowmindedness in religious matters is given by Ellen Terry, in her autobiography. "Mrs. Ward Beecher," she says, "told me once that when she and her sister were children a friend had given them some lovely bright blue silk, and, as the material was so. fine, they thought they would have it made up a little mors smartly than was usual in their sombre religious home. In spite of their father's hatred of gaudy clothes, they ventured on a little 'V at the neck, hardly showing more than the throat; but still, in a household where blue silk itself was a crime, it wa« a bold venture. They put on their dresses for the first time for 5 o'clock dinner, stole downstairs with trepidation, rather late, and took their seats as usual one on each side of their father. He was eating soup and never looked up. The little sisters were relieved. He was not going to say anything. No, he was not going to say anything, but suddenly he took a ladleful of hot soup and dashed it over the neck of 'one sister : another ladleful followed quickly' on the neck of the other. 'Oh, father, you've burned my neck !' 'Oh, father, you've spoiled my dress !' 'Oh, father, why did you do that?' 'I thought you might be cold,' said the •sever© father significantly, malevolently-" A magazine article gives the following interesting details about the wed-ding-cake :—"lt: — "It was not always the huge erection it is now. It is only from ■about the eighteenth cantury that wed-ding-cakes became of the great size they are to-day. The nineteenth century saw a vast increase in their size, and the white outside of sugaring became fashionable. The wedding-cake is believed to have some connection with the mincha or cake-offering of the Jews at their sacrifices. The word mincha comes from 'mina,' meaning to divide, and small cakes of meal and honey were used as offerings at their religious feasts. Later, in Christian times, a cake-offer-ing to Mary, the Virgin Mother, was_a tribute to her honour. This was in imitation of the meal-cakes offered to Demeter, the all-giving earth mother, by earlier pagans." That "earlier" is decidedly suggestive, and seems to imply that t-he worshippers making offering to Mary were on a religious level with the ; B.C. celebrators. "When a marriage was celebrated in those far-off times, acake made simply 'of meal and water, two of the gifts of Demeter, or Ceres, was broken over the bride's head by I her attendants. This was a- token that the earth-goddess showered her gifts upon her, and granted her prosperity. In this most ancient ceremonial lay the beginning of the cake-offering to the bride. It was a symbol of the cakes offered to the goddess herself. Two thousand years ago, the Romans broke the meal-cake over the bride's head as she entered her new home. As thepieces fell around her, there was danger of slipping, so she was lifted over the threshold. The idea is not yet dead; indeed, few of the old notions ever seem to die. In many districts it is reckoned unlucky now to let the bride walk over the doorstep of her new home, so she is carried over it. But who would connect this custom with the wedding-cake? Yet it was on account of the step being covered with broken meal-cake .that the custom came into being. For to fall on the threshold would have given tho household gods of the bridegroom undue power over the bride, and bickerings' with his people would ensue. In Scotland, to this day, a bannock or oatmeal cake, made of meal and water, and unleavened, is "broken over the bride as she comes back from church. It is the pagan custom unadulterated, and it is done even though the rich cake, that has descended from this usage, is on the table waiting to be cut." FAIR WOMEN'S FOE. FATNESS EASILY CONQUERED. The more beautiful a woman is the more distressing it is for her to discover that she is rapidly getting too fat, and has not been able to find the proper cure. Still worse is it when she imprudently tries fasting, exercising, tight-lacing, and so forth. Both health aud good looks soon fiy away when such worse than useless methods are employed. The beauty-destroying enemy can' be easily and harmlessly conquered by the most inoffensive of weapons — cheaply, too, and without the least bother. This is how : Go to your chemist and ask him for the following, and either let him mix them for you or do so yourself : — One-half once of Marmola, one ounce of fluid extract of Glyeyrrhiza 8.P., one ounce of pure Glycerine 8. P., and Peppermint Water to make six ounces in all. . The mixture must be taken in doses of two teaspoonfuls after each repast. Continue this simple treatment for a few weeks, without even a pretence of starving or "gymnasticatiug," and you will soon recover your charms of form, figure, and feature. Don't worry : • the treatment will do the thing properly. In order to meet a constantly repeated demand, the above prescription has been condensed in the form of a. compact and perfect tablet known as Marmola Prescription Tablets, and those readers who prefer them to the liquid form can obt9in some of any chemist. — Advt. Godbers', Ltd., has now a special department to cope with their ever-in-creasing country trade, so that customers will have their orders 'executed with special attention. — Advt. Superfluous hair disfigures a pretty face, and can easily and permanently be removed by that most wonderful hair eradicator, Rusma, sold by Mrs. Hullen. One guinea per box, first treatment free. Address, over Cenei's, Lambton-quay. I 'Phono 1047.— Advt. Weddings.— Brides" and bridesmaids' t bouquets in numerous styles, artistically designed ; only choicest flowers used. Special floral tributes for invalids, friends, relatives— at Miss Murray's, Vice-Regal florist. 36, Willis-street. Telephone 265.— Advt. It is wonderful how different one person's vitality to that of anotuer. It's all j in how tho internal organs aro makingtheir presence felt. If they are conscien" tious to duty you are well ; if not, then you want "Vitalis, the Vitality Builder. Claude H. Perrett, M.P.S.Ph.C. Chemist. — Advt. Young Lady— You say you were on a raft for six wseka, and had nothing to eat i but mutton. Where did .you get the mutton from? Old Salt— Well, you see, mjec, the sea was very, choppy.