Women in Print.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 112, 13 May 1911, Page 7

Women in Print.

CiviHfcy is the kind of charm that at-tracte the iove of all, and too much is better than •too little.

Mrs. Leonard Reid goes for a trip to Nelson on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Buller, who have been staying at Miss Malcolm's, have gone to Pahnerston North for a few days. Miss Moira Lichfield has returned from her visit to Christchurch. Mr. Justice Williams and Mrs. Williams left for Dunedin last night. Miss Brookes, of England, who has been visiting Christchurch, is staying at Miss Malcolm's. Mr. and Mrs. Basil Jones,, of Frimley, have returned from Monnt Cook, where they have been spending a month's holiday. The- German' steamer Grosse Kurf ur&t, on which Mr. and Mrs. Izard and Mrs. Stott were passengers, had a fine passage to Perth, but between Perth and Colombo met heavy seas and stormy weather. Mr. and Mrs. John Salmond, of Dunedin. and Captain and Mrs. Farmer — Captain Farmer is a cousin of Lord Rsnfurly — were also on board. Mrs. Edward Nevrman, wiio has been staying a "few days in Wellington, returned to Marton to-day. Captain Wemyss, of the Cambriaji, and Mrs. Wemyss, are staying at Miss Malcolm's. There is <:aneiderable demahd for tickets for the Nurses' Ball, which takes place next Wednesday, and there is every indication of its proving v very enjoyable affair. • The proceeds go towards improving tho accommodation at the Nurses' Home. At the fortnightly meeting of the Society for the Protection of Woman and Children, held yesterday, Mrs. A. R. Atkinson presided, and there were present : M6sdames W. A. Evans, M.A., G. Ponsonby, and A. A. Corrigan. Several cases were dealt with, and somo fresh cases reported. 'The following subscriptions were gratefully acknowledged :— Mrs. H. Jack £1, Mrs. J. J. Nathan £1 Is, Mr. C. B. Morrison £1, Mr. J. M*Clellan £1, Mrs. W. A. Evans 6e, Mrs. Maudsley os, Mrs. G. Ponsonby ss; also a parcel of clothing from Mrs. Boyes. Quite a number of people paid their threepences— and many went as far as sixpence— to farewell the passengers by the Warrimoo yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Blair and Mr. W. Blair were the centre of a group of friends, Mi 1 , and Mrs. John Duncan^ were being »een off by many, and Miss Palotta, on her way to Vienna, waa responsible for part of the crowd. The boat was full, and the harbour, as ©lie moved off, was looking its' loveliest, the intense blue of the water .being set in hills flushed with the sunset, and arched by & clear sky in which gleamed the moon. It must have been hard for the company that po long have acted together to say farewell in Dunedin to Miss Palotta. The reason of her going was sadly imperative, and the pluck and determination" with which she— crushing down her own fearful anxieties — worked up to tho moment of departure, was splendid. Though but a few days elapsed before she went, her colleagues were resolved she^ should carry away some, xefnembranca". of their long and happy \ camaraderie, and, -got for her a very fine suit-case. On the silver plate below the keyhole they had engraved — from one of the songs in "The Scarecrow," in which Miss Palotta .figured so sweetly— "Mary, we Shall Miss You." But no one in the company could be found willing to present it— they were all so depressed' at the parting — and so in the end- Miss Palotta discovered it, in her room at the hotel when she returned from playing for the last time with the comrades she had acted with for so long. Mr. Mallaiieni, with infinite pains-pfor the time was short — wrote and illuminated a farewell address •to Miss Palotta from the company, who all signed it. She is resolved some tittte, if all goes well, to come back again to Australia and New Zealand, where she has made and is leaving behind bo many friends. Mr. James Hunter, of Ha-wera, member of the famous "All Blacks," was married •on Wednesday to Miss Jean Young, daughter of Rlr. J. S. Young, of Hawera. Miss Grevillo, who has recently been appointed assistant mistress at the Hukarere Girls' School, left this morning for Napier. A progressive 1 euchre party and dance, undel 1 tho auspieeß, of tho Druids' Sports and Pastimes Association, was hold in tho Druids' Hall, Taranakistreot, laat evening, tho object) heing to rarise funds on behalf of the association. Tho eonnnitteo consisted of Messrs. Jenkine, Banks, Napier, Cusack, M'Kay, Pryke, Gauntlett, Clark, Thompson, nnd Denby. Mrs. Lowo won the lady's first prize, nnd Mrs. M'Hugh won tho booby prisso, tJie gentlemen's honours rosUug with Mr. Ilearfield. Messrs. Jenkins, Cusack, and Napier acted as M.C.'b. During the aunimor English womanhood will have an exceptional opportunity, of judging bptweoa London and Paris us droaß contrus. Tho whole of the aouth transept of tho Crystal Palace is being transformed into an Imperial Fair of , Fashions. A drests theatre lmo been built, upon tho stage of which will be shown auuh sconus us Urn church parado iv Hyde-park, tho enclosure at Ascot, and tho lawn of a great English country houso. • Elsewhere will be exhibited tableaux ropresoutiiig the gowns for a single day worn by a society leader — tho loose morning robe, tho shopping dress, the \isiting gown, and, finally, the rich ovening toilet. Tho dresses will be suited to two mannequins, 0110 dark and tho other fair. Nor will the Imperial Fair of Fashions be devoted entirely to hats and dresses. Shoes, stockings, underwear, hairdressing, Jaccmaking, and a score- of feminine frivolities will bo illustrated. Thero will oven be private retiring rooms, whither ladies may go to see the effect of various types of corsets upon ' mannequins of various shapes and sizes. All that can bo urged in favour of tho London dressmaker will be shown at the Imperial Fair of Fashions. Tho seriousness with which the organisers of the Fair of Fashions have approached their task would bo amusing if the matter was of less importance. For example, 30 ladies of perfect figure aro required for the tableaux at tho Dress Theatre. Mr. Sanrlow has been approached, and has fvtrnished a table embodying his ideal of feminine beauty Aided by this table and a tape- measure, five experts «:u'e been sitting in judgment upon the 300 candidates who presented themselves. Beauty, height, carriage were all tuken into account; but* above all, tho candidates had to conform to Mr. Sundow's measurements. Small wonder that few of them satisfied his yerj£ sovero test. There '

wore many of the 300 who could boast iacial beauty; most of them possessed a good figure. The conjunction of the two proved, however, far from common. Mr. Sandow's ideal is a slim girl. He hfis no admiration for tho "floppy*' type, popular a few years ago. Some good judges, however, think that Mr. Sandow has erred in not admitting "a little more generosity of outline."—Australasian. "May I respectfully draw your attention," writes a Post correspondent, "to the custom of the observo-nc© of Mother's Day —a. custom which is becoming international in. its extent. A Sunday is set apart for the special consideration of maternal ■ influence, and in memory of 'mother 1 ' it is the usage to wear a- whit© flowex. Sunday next is the day for observance of this custom, and the Wellington Methodist Central Mission is falling into lino; but is nob this an observance that will contmend itself to many outside tho mission or the churches?" Mrs. Daniel Keir, who had been ill for several months, died at Petone yesterday. The deceased lady was sixtyfour years of ago and was a daughter of the late Mr. Hooker, a well-known Wa-irarapa settler. She was connected with the Anglican Church, at Petone, and was also a prominent member of the local bTanch. of the W.C.T.U. The death of Mrs. J. D. M'Jjlwen, of Petone, occurred last nighb. She was a daughter of Mr. William Blake, ajid went to reside at Petone with her parents thirty years ago. For some years she had been in poor health and for a few months before her death she suffered a great deal, but was cheerful up to the last. She was connected with charitable movement®, was leader of the local W.C.T.U., and was a leading member of $he Methodist Church at Petone. The London Times has: the following on the revival of vivid colour in evening frocks, after .the long reign of black :—"The many examples ot skirts draped bo artistically as the one just described strengthen the opinion thatwemay expect a continuance of the mod© foi'_ all softly-hanging or clinging materials, such as crepe de chine, voile, charmeuse, chiffon, ninon, and the like. Recent models of this type display once again tho effective results of veiling colour with black; therefore, unless Paris has quite discarded it in those new "creations" which she'still withholds from view the idea may persist in somo of the smartest of evening dresses. Only "a few days ago admiration was aroused by a rose-pink satin almost hidden beneath a voilage of fine transparent black; and as a striking not© of novelty the long tunic was decorated with a wide border thickly worked in Eastern coloured silks, among which reds and greens and blues predominated. The combination of two of the softer shades of colour, the one as a veiling to the- other, has been continually seen at every ball of tho winter season, so that the abandonment of the idea in the near future may be predicted. Moreover, observation teaches that there is a .tendency to revive tho deeper tones for tho purpose. I have, for instance, noted blue- veiling red, the shades: of each being chosen to produ.ee in combination p. rich cyclamen purple; or cerise providing the voilage for tilleul green; or again, two opposing shades of. the, samo colour, such as Indian red and vieux rose, are artistically blended, the one veiling or draping the other. In every instance- no trouwie is spared .in choosing the exact notes of colour necessary for harmonious results. Again, there is a definite tendency to introduce in what may be called a onetone dress somo vivid note of contrast provided by a motif of embroidery, a sash, or a spray of flowers. On the corsage of a bright foulard, of a shade .verging on "butcher blue," there will be perhaps a square motif worked in silks of brilliant red; or a swathed belt of ceriso silk will mark tho waist of an afternoon dress of purple charmeuse ; or it may be merely a cluster, of purple velvet orchids, which holds the fichu draperies of a decollete corsage of tilleul green. But whether it be one single vivid note of contrast which thus transforms a dress, or whether the whole dress glows with various shades of more or less brilliant colour, there is much evidence to point to a coming reaction from the blacks and sombre hues which became modish even before the sad necessity for general mourning had arisen."