Women In Print.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1911, Page 7

Women In Print.

"When ye're 'ard up, a soap-box will make a better lire than a family tree."—M.A.P,

Mre. Beetham, of Brancepeth, who | has been staying at the Royal Oak, re- | turned to Masterton this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ri M. Simpson leave in a fortnight for a trip to Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji. Mrs. and Miss Gear are staying at the Grand Hotel. Miss Glen, of Christchurch, arrived this morning, oa a short visit to .Wellington. Miss Violet Macintosh, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Macintosh, of the National Bank, Dunedin, is engaged to Mr. John Ewen, of Sargood, Son, and Ewen, arid # youngest son of Mrs. Ewen, Roslyn. Miss Audrey Stock's marriage to Mr. Falla, nephew of Mr. Holdsworth, of the U.S.S. Co., is fixed for the 15th of May, and the wedding trip is to Sydney. Miss Mills accompanies Sir James Mills to England, via Vancouver. They arrive her© to-morrow, and join tho Main Truck express for Auckland, where they catch the Maitai. Mr. and Mrs. Eichelbaum, who have been visiting Christchurch, returned to Wellington this morning. Miss Grace Palotta, who has had bad news of the health of her mother, who lives in Vienna, leaves for the Continent by the first boat. She will probably catch the boat from Christchurch tonight, the Main Trunk express, and go on in the Maitai from Auckland. Miss Shirtcliffe, of Wellington, has been staying with Mrs. H. F. Nicoll, of Ashburton. Mr. and Mrs. W. Henderson, of Waipukurau, passed through Wellington yesterday. They have taken Mr. Yon Dadelzen's house in Waipukurau. Mre. and Miss Campbell, of JNorthland, left yesterday for their future home in Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Buller are expected from England by the Sydney boat today. Miss Burden, of Blenheim, who has been visiting Wellington, left for Napier to-day. Mrs. Martin Innes, of Wanganui, who has been visiting Wellington, has returned home. Mrs. R. Kirk, of' Petone, is visiting Mrs. -Beanie, of Wanganui. The Yen. Archdeacon Jacob and Mrs. Jacob, who came to Wellington for Dr. Wilson's wedding, have gone back to Wanganui. The ladies' doubles competition at the Brougham Hill Lawn Tennis Club has been won by Misses Davis and Archer, who defeated Misses Rothschild and Hayes in the final, 9—B.9 — 8. The win was largely due to Mies Davis's strong driving on her opponent's left, backed np by Miss Archer's steady, consistent play and strong, straight service. The winners were heartily congratulated on their wellmerited victory. Yesterday evening, at the annual meeting of the Women's Social and Political League, held in the Socialist Hall, the report and balance-sheet-^-the latter most satisfactory and showing steady progress — wera read -and adopted. Tho officers elected were Mis. Keay Brown and Mrs. Dodwell vice-preeidents, and Mre. E. Moore secretary and treasurer. The council now consists of Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Boden, Mrs. O'Sullivan, Mrs. Mason, Mre. Gallichan, and Mies M'Lean. Dr. Arnold Izard has kindly consented to address the league on the first Tuesday in. June, and members and their friends are invited to bo present. In a speech at the annual meeting of the Auckland branch of the Society for the Protection of the Health of Women and Children (telegraphs our Auckland correspondent), Lady Islington said she hoped to do all she could to advance th© interests of the society, not only because Lady Piunket urged her to do so before she left England, but because she thought the society was doing good work and coidd do much to prevent many oi" the future generation from, becoming -undersized weeds. After seeing the home established in Dunedin •she 'would like to see similar homes established in every city of the Dominion. She wished that all girls would learn the simple laws of caring for children, so that when they became wives and mothers they would find it quite as simple to feed and take care of their babies as to do a sum, in arithmetic. She herself would much rather look after her baby than be most proficient in Euclid. She hoped that in time every person, not only in the Dominion, but in the British Empire, would be thoroughly acquainted with the absolutely simple laws of bringing up their children. She cculd not sufficiently admire Lady Plunket's energy in starting the society and the efforts of the ladies who were so ably currying the good work on. Lady Islington concluded by reading a metfcag© from the Queen Mother thanking all kind New Zealanders for their sympathy with her in her great sorrow. Queen Mary, writes tho London journal Gentlewoman, is very particular in regard to the gowning of those in her immediate entourage, neatness and quiet good taste being the mot d'ordre amongst her Ladies-in- Waiting, and the youthful recently-appointed Maids-of-Honour. Amongst other regulations issued as Royal commands to the latter joung ladies were certain minute details, more especially as regards their morning and afternoon attire when in. waiting on Her Majesty Queen Mary has a dislike, for instance, to the blouse, or costume being cut low in the neck, and she permits only the neat high collar or lace for morning or afternoon toilettes. The Queen, too, has commanded thai, when, in waiting, her maids shall eschew another riiode, somewhat in favour with many young girls at the moment, viz.. the wearing of short elbow sleeves j and it may doubtless have aheady been remarked in some recent photographs published of one or other of tho Queen's Maids-of-Honour that, with their neat morning gowns, the sleoves appear finishing closely up to the wrist. The Queen has also, in this respect, signified her liking for thft neat small toque in pre- ' ference to the wide-brimmed, fashionable hat with its towering plumes. A large number of women assembled in St. John's Churchrcom last evening to listen to a lecture by Dr. Elliott on "Appendicitis.'' deliveied under the auspices of the Wellington Nursing Division. Mrs. Baloombe Brown presided. The fecturer introduced the subject by explaining the causes, symptoms, and treatment of appendicitis. He mentioned that if an _ operation was performed in the earlier stages* there was very littW lisk attached to it, the mortulUy being very lew. Statietioa show

| Ed that only about one case out of two | hundred was unsuccessful, and that the safest mode of treatment is to operate. A vote ot thanks to Dr. Elliott, was carried by acclamation. Sirs. R. T. Caldow, of Wellington, who went Homo with her daughter, Miss Mina Caldow, the. contralto singer, about two years ago, has arranged to return in i September. Miss Caldow intends to remain in the Old Country for eomo time longer. Gubernatorial garden parties are no longer what they were in. days of old (says the Auckland Herald). In that good time they were indeed something to conjure with. They were the climax of all social functions, and stirred society to its depth of depths. Now, somehow or another, they have lost their magic. Theband still plays under the trees, but the seats on the lawn are vacant. The crowds are no longer there. "What has led to the change? Who can say? Perhaps the austere aloofness of a' former governor had something to do with it, or it may be that it is a manifestation of the gradual dissolution of old customs and institutions, and of the new point of view that is arising. But undoubtedly it is a sign — one among many — which if we could but read it aright might cause iis some moments of disquietude. A lady doctor, in the London Time*, discourses on "Diet Crotchets." She ■\yrites_: — Sour milk as a cure for digestive disorders has been swallowed by a considerable number of people during tho last two years with pore or less success. The Sauerin tabloid is even more fashionable than the tablet of saccharin, which was surreptitiously dropped into the tea at afternoon parties a few years ago. One grows very tired of th-s sour milkite, the nuttifct, the enthusiastic Fletcherite. There is nothing clandestine about the modern diet maniac. One would be only too glad of a IHtle secrecy on his part as to the respective merits of his particular crotchet compared with those of other people. Any woman who has sat next to a diet maniac during tho course of a long, dinner party feels at the end of it that she never wi&hes to see, smell, taste, or hear about food again. The ordinary normal woman cares not a farthing how much proteid or carbo-hydrate her entree contains. If her dinner partner is dyspeptic, gouty, or obese he i» certain to expound his views on the subject with the slightest encouragement. The unfortunate thing is tha-t he seems to havelost his power of discerning when other Eeoplo are bored. Ho will discourse for alf.an-hour with an enthusiasm and selfsatisfaction generally' attributed to the young mother with a first baby or the amateur musician with views about Wagner. From a conimonsense standpoint such people are simply absurd. If wo wish to be healthy wo should train ourselves to eat ordinary everyday fare, and eat it cheerfully. If we wish to be popular wo should refrain, when we go visiting other people, from demanding different food from that supplied in the ordinary routine of the household. There is no greater bore than the man who wants to eat bananas at 9 a.m. when there are none in the house and the nearost fruit shop is three miles away. There is no move undesirable guest than the woman who must have her food cooked in oertain ways or who insists upon having her potatoes boiled without salt. Food becomes a fetish with such types, and their certain reward is a dyspeptic old age. With winter comes the renewing of lamp and gae and electric light shades, and the incidental realisation that these demand a considerable amount of "ekill in the making. A woman who earns her living by making lamp shades first mastered all tho intricacies of, wire frame making, and anyone who hae not done this is well advised to buy good frames ready made (says a. Melbourne writer). This year the Empire shade is ftret favourite. It is made, at its best, of thin fluted silk, in any pale ehade, edged with bead • fringe. It looks -almost equally well in a. conventionally sprigged chintz or cretonne, or if something thinner is needed in a mercerised cottort, with an old-fashioned pattern. Tho elaborate paper shade has no friends in the ,world of fashion. The plain paper shade made in imitation of the metal shade, is, however, in evidence, and shades mad© of silk, showing a conventional stencilled design, are even more popular. The frilly eilk shade is ' temporarily extinct. The handkerchief shade of Japanese silk, edged with very narrow bead fringe, has entered another season, with no sign of waning popularity. Here are the latest society fads, as given in the Gentlewoman : — A 'lady well known in society lately started an unusual collection — one of valentines; and already old valentines, chiefly Early Victorian ones, have been sent in large quantities to hey by her friends. Although the valentines of these days can scarcely be called artistic, they are at least either pretty or curious, and it is amusing to note the changes in them with the changes of fashion from year to year. Now for quite the latest fashion. For a birthday itift, the American idea of a floral envelope is becoming popular here, and it certainly makes a delightful one. Say, white violets in envelope form, crossed with rose-colour-ed ribuonß, that arc sealed with some emblem, just as the point an ordinary envelope is sealed, and to the reverse side is attached a written letter. Another delightful conceit for a birthday gilt is a fan covered with flowers, or a Cupid's bow and arrow of blossoms of many shade and scents. Early Victorian things are certainly the mode, for they are selling, too, little Early Victorian bouquets of rosebuds,' surrounded with a border of white pierced paper, Jii>d tied with blue or pink ribbons. For a centre-piece on s. dinner-table there is nothing prettier or quainter than a truelover's knot of flowers of every shade of blue, li' tha- new craze could be utilised for decorative purposes it would become still more popular. Consult Miss Milsom, King's Chambers, for treatment of the hair, who is qualified to teach ladies and gentlemen home treatment which arrests decay. Shampooing, manicuring, 1 electrolysis (painless), face nnisßage certain death to wrinkles. Telephone 814. — Advt. Godbers', Ltd., has now a special department to cope with their ever-in-creasing country trade, so that customers will havo their orders executed with special attention. — Advt, Weddings. — Brides* and bridesmaids' bouquets in numerous styles, artistically designed ; only choicest flowers used. Special floral tributes for invalids, friends, relatives — at Mies Murray's, Vice-Regal florist. 36, Willis-street. Telephone 265.— Advt A pleasing feature in the soft goods trade just now is the spirited demand that has set in for Warner's famous rustproof corsets. — Advt It; Is wonderful how different one person's vitalitj to that of anotner. It's all m how tho internal organs v'e making their preKence felt. If they are conscientious to duty you are well ; if not, then you want "Vitalia, the Vitality Builder. Claud* H. Porrott, M.P.S.Ph.C, Cheini«. —Advt.