WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 50, 28 August 1911, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mica Cox, daughter of Mr. Owen CoX, j arrived ffoM Etiglafld by the Ruapelui i Arid left for ClixiM-cliurch with her mother, Mf«. Cox, who catne to Wellington to meet hen Mre. Firth and her mother, Mrs. Macrae, ha.ye gone to Nelson. Miss Mabel Salmotid is staying a-t Mr« Carlrier's, Miss Clifford is visiting Lady Clifford in Christchurch. Mies Thompson, from England, i« <v guest of Mrs. Skeet at Heretaunga, Mr, and Mrs. Wilford left on Saturday for a visit to the South Inland. %he first place they stay, at is Mr. Reid's, Elderelie, Oamafu. I Miss 1). K. Richmond left for Nelsoft on Satwd&y by the Afahnra. The French Club give a soiree musieale tomorrow erening, at the Afts Club. Thft entertaiftffient k arranged by Miss Ptttnam and Miss Sullivan. Mies fiefttfio© Day gave, a theatre party on Satatdav evening, her attests being Mr. md Mrs. F. M. B. Fisher, Mrs, Macewan, Mra. and Miss Fitzherbert, Mr. James Allen, M.P., M. Boeuf ye, . and Miss Agnes Macgregof. Mies Leggat, of Nelson, fc staying with Mfe. Ewer). Mrs. Tombee is voting her mother, Mr*. Atkinson, of Fielding. Mrs. A. L. Wilson is back from Auckland and Rotoma. This afternoon paper bag cookery is to be tried in the New Perfection oil cooking etovee^ The demonstration, which w to be given by Mrs. Robertson, is to take olaee at Messrs, E. W. Mills and Co.' s show room*, IS, Victoria-street, To those who are beyond th& advantages of gas these sfcwee arc. of great utility. The demonstration begins at 2.30 p.m., arid last* till 5 p.m., and afternoon tea will be provided. On Tuesday and Wednesday, also, demonstrations will take plate at the same time. Miss T)u{gafi, ttlio ha« b&en staying with her sister, Mrs. H. H. Ostler, has returned to Wahganni. Mrs. Pike was hostess on Saturday afternoon at a bridge party, held in her house at Heretannga. In. the livingroom, where lovely flowers were set on every available ' stand, and where the fire and the mirtshitie defied the south wind without, progressive bridge wa3 played, five tables being filled and Several guests looking on. The successful ones, were Miss Cameron, who won a pretty velvet and silver je^-el-case, and Mfs, Wat-kins, whose prize was a useful violet euedo combined bridge-marker and golf-scorer. The consolation prize was gained by Mrs. Bateson. The teatable in the dining-room was prettily decorated. Tall vaEes of yellow daffodils and delicate foliage, the colour harmonising with the brown and gold of the room, were set on soft folds of mauve gauze, spangled with silver. Low bowls of violets stood at each corner, and bonbons, and even the cakes, added to the general soft-colour scheme of violet and gold. The hostess wore a pretty v_bla-cv _bla-ck < frock, with braidings and broad insertion, and a transparent lade gtiimpe. The breaking-up of the first term of the Kakariki Kindeigarten School took place in Spilter'a Hall, Boulcott-street, on Saturday afternoon, about fifty parents and friends being present. Considering the ages of the children, which ranged from four to eight, and the short time during which they had been trained, the performance reflected credit on their teacher, Miss Tsiinant, a young English lady, recently arrived in New Zealand. The. first part of the. programme consisted of recitations, songs, and drill, and afterwards the prizes Were presented by Mrs. Wallace Mackenzie as folldws i— Painting, Ada Platts-Mills ? drawing, _ Jack Platts. Mills; sewing, Nellie Gilmer; singing, Betty Pigeon ; drilling, Torino Hogg ; recitation, Donald M'Gavifl; arithmetic, Teddy Gibbs; memory work, Terence Webb and Eric Caehemaille. Tea, from tables tastefully decorated with spring flowers, was served in the upstairs room, and: then, in the hall, a series, of tableaux were cleverly executed by all the tiny pupils, Dr. Hogg's little daughter, as Qtteen of the FairieS, being much admired. It was altogether a most enjoyable and piciuresqu% junction. A private dance was held in the New Century Hall on Thursday evening, the hall being decorated , with lycopcfdium and spring flowers. The stage was cosily furnished as a drawing room, and the supper tables wei'e arranged with yellow and white narcifsi. The committee included Misses Cooper, Sullivan, Philpi?, and Cameron, and Messrs. Holloway, Wainwright, Eyan, and Leates. , ( Some interesting Temarks on the marriage question, particularly as it afffects women workers, were made laA evening by the* Hon, J. T. Paul, M.L.C., who was speaking at the Tailoresses' Union social at ChrietcliUTch. He said that some girls who were employed in factories did riot join the rmion, as they anticipated entering another union at no distant date. That, he contended, was not a fair position to take up. Women had refused to accept the first man who came along ; and women, from all points of view, economic and social, should be in a position to say "No, I am perfectly happy and content to earn my own* living.'*' and be nlwayfe so- situated that it wa.* a plea-sure to earn their own living. Most of the evil that came 1 to society was caused by the fact that Women were m> ground down that they had to accept "the first man that came along," Mr. Paul's remarks were accompanied by some subdued laughter from the aseembled t-niloresses. but he insisted that' it was a really serious subject, and that the question was one which affected the* position of women in society more than anything else. Godber's, Ltd., have now opened their Eastern Branch, adjoining the Post Office at Courtenay-plaee. Beside all the delicacies the firm usually stock, there is a comfortable tea-room, and as Well a large hall, with separate entf&.iuii" for social functions,— Advt. * Violets.— fre&b each day, neatly packed in violet boses, A dainty gift fai 1 frienda or invalids, Sent to any part of the Dominion. Price, from 2s each. At Miss Murray's, Vice-ltegal Florist, 36, Willi&'Btreet.—Advt. Under normal conditions nature keep*) body and mind in a state of perfect health, but nature cannot build fasfc enough to re-supply the torn down tissues and worn-out nerves of thosa living in crowded cities. Her danger signals are sleeplessness, nearibes*, indigestion, etc. That i* the time you need "VitalK," tho vit&lity-builrtar *~ Claud*) II Perrrtt, M.P.a.Ph.t.. Chcmuti Manners. strjet.

Ridicule has a longer roll of martyrs than either lore or religion.

TRAGEDIES PLEASURE. A young woman writing to the London Daily Exprew. gives the following atv palling na-rr.-vt.ive of a "typical day" in. the life of a London society Woman:—, 'I am told that there are those who envy » society woman her life of ease. I am free to confess that" Infrequently regret that my destiny was not to go out cliaring. Scrubbing floors must be a healthy happy life, and. at any rate one has leisure to oneself, ' "The social whirl of London in the wason is a deadening, agonising thine. ' It is all very well to talk of the sins of society ; to be in society is ample punishment for any crittie one may have committed. Why do we do it; why don't we go on strike and retire to our cabbages and the peace of the country, side? J "Well, I can- only answer for myself. My husband is the younger son of a wealthy peer • h<? is i n Parliament $ he has social aspirations, and I am a dutiful wife. There is the whole tragedy of my life. c ' ,r ",' I>m bns y At ttfcHotwe, 1 he tells me; I nav<e no time for social duties. You must get around and represent me.' "What possible good it will do him to be represented by a wretched wisp of a woman, her eyes bulged up with fatigue, her fresh complexion turned to putty by late hours, I don't know; I haven't time to think, t "Then, too, We Lave a daughter, And since she has turned eighteen, and is 'out-,' I must perforce go everywhere for her sake. Where four out of six balls would more than do for me, 1 must rush round the whole six to exhibit her. am considered a model. society woman. T shall die— if I live long enough— a society leader. I am sure of itj and it does not thrill me one little bit, "Just let mo tell you— you who areeft vioue of the society batterfly— how I spend my days. One k much like another, so I will take yesterday, I have not time to remember further ba-ek. We start with the dim, grey hours of dawn. A weary shred, I crawl to bed at halfpast three. Sharp at half -past seven I am called. I gulp down a cup of boiling coffee, plunge into a cold bath, scramble into my habifc, and soon after eight I am riding, in the Row. If I had the Bow to myself I would rather enjoy it, but to have to face my friends, and, worse, my enemies, before breakfast, when I know that I am ftoking at my_ woret. and know that they are saying so, is more a torture than a joy. "At nine I return to the house. I would love to be unobserved and alone in my foom; but no, my mother-in-law is staying with us, and my husband has two political friends to breakfast, so I must appear, smiling wanly behind the coffee pot, and pretending to take an intelligent interest in the conversation, wink in ieality I am quailing at the thought of tho day before me. "At 10 o'clock I am sitting in my dressing gown in my own room. My maid dresses my hah 1 , my secretary takes down my letters— only the absolutely necessary letters, for every letter that I answer I put sis on one eide to await another day. And all the time the telephone rings, and people ask stupid questions until I long to seize the instrument, throw; it- at the ceiling, scream, tear my hair, and tun out and atiimp on a policeman. Instead of which I call the woman at the other end 'darling,' and book up one of m> last remaining luncheon datss. . , "After lundi 'I have a bafcaar, I am on the committee, and I have to h-olji to receive royalty; so I must go, i, have a garden party in Regent's Park , I have promised some Canadian friend* to motor them down to tea and polo at Itanelagh, and, incidentally, t hay% to squeeze in two wedding receptions, some half-dozen 'at homes,'- and a visit to the dentist. I arrive home at 6 30, full up to the neck with the wash thai ie called tea, and which from politeness one has to £ip, and I lie down in a statfeof stupor for half an hour before dressing for dinner. While I am dressing I interview my domestics and do some more telephoning, and at 8 o'clock, a bright smile glued firmly on, t «Bd ynf iii»Wid ana daughter are dining with friends in Grosvernor-square. It is all I can do to keep up any sort ot intelligent conversation ', appetite ie a rfching one says good-bye to at the .beginning of the season. "After dinner we go to our box at the opera. I always endeavour not to ask friends to go with us, as this gives me an opportunity to snatch a few Minutes' nap while the lights a.re down. At about 11— my husband having gone back to the gather up my daughter, and with what by this time can only be described as * pulverised grin, 1 set forth to a political reception and four balls. , . "And that is the appalling life I lead from May to July. Week ends are no better;- if one could spend Sunday in town there might be a chance of a fairly quist day, but the week-end party now reigns supreme, and tker^ is no more peace."