WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 66, 15 September 1911, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Who speaKs, tov/s; \\ho lisleiis, re.njis.

Mr> A. W. ftutheflord. Mr.«. Rulhef' ford, and the Misses Rutherfofd left yesterday afternoon for Chmtcllltrch, aa then home at ifciiditi Hills. Mr?. Higginson, who has been visifcing Wellington, rstitriis to Palmerstoii Koitli to-nlorrow. Tiudy W<i?(Mth i«stied invitations for nil "At llome"' o.i Monday next, Mr. and Mrs, J. Ca^elb<?rg, of Mas« tefton, have been visiting Wellington. Miss W. Jv. Richmond, who has been in Crrpjfmotith, has returned to Wellington. A (Successful dante was given last evening gs a return to tlift Mutt people Tfho so hospitably eiitertaihcd this season at the Cinderella dances'. It was held in the Sydney-street- Hell, and v?ai well arranged, tiro committee consisting of: Messrs. R, Witherford, X, KirkoaMie, 0. Protise, £. Brown, W. 3. Atkinson. D. Cook. M. Liichfleld, J. Flowef, K. O. C'hcftncy, and 8. J. Nath&a. There was space, good music, plenty o? part/lew, and an excellent Rttpptr set ont among fragrant spring floors, and lift w ahe mtt«t be csact"* irsg who aeketf for more. A brief adjournment, but not such a formal one as took place at the same time in the House, occurred when the flreboll tang out and the- fiewa came that the Government Buildings wore on fire, and men in evening dfess attcf gifh in dainty wraps were con«picnous among the crowd that gathered. Wellington ha 3 m«m for ewigratula* tlons, for out of all th& Oversea Dominions, rile has galfted' four fttize* given by the Victoria League. Three of these v.'efe for a poem of_ welcomefrom the Motherland to the visitm'3 from ths Overeat Dominion*, ami for t\v& Miss Valeric Corliss was placed firrt, Miss Pearl Hamilton second, and Mife Ulinor Suth«rfofd third. • It eeems siit' gularly appropriate that the daughtei' of Mrs. Corliss, who founded the "Our Girls' " bf&nch of the league, and v/ho Is so energetic and successful in interesting and guiding the girl members, should gain this distinction, and, it says much for this branch that both *he Sfst and second prize-takers are among its ranks. , Mips CofUsS i'efceiVHrl a most beautiful copy of Mre. Hemait's poems, bound in whits vellum, with the badge ol the Victofia League emblazoned on the cover, slid Mi,«s Hamilton, a haad' some copy of Longfellow' s poems. Tlie judges weffe very complimentary in regard to the high standard of 'literary merit shown in the successful poema, which will be printed in the. AugustSeptember numbers of thu Victoria League Journal, Miss I&abjsl Field, daughtet of Mi, W. li. Field, M.P., won the prize for the best cartoon illustrating Britain's welcome, and both she and Miss Rutherford are pupile of the Chilian House School, The cartoon will appear in the October issue. Mips Eudora Henry received the junior prize in the Overseas competition. When the curtain dropp'eJ on the .second act of "Mrs. Mothertey\« Luck"' hot evening, Mk« Richmond (behind the scenes) was presented by Air. ft. S. Baldwin, on behalf of the company, Witii a. lovely bouquet of ;fre.p«ias, fern, and narcissi. Mr. Baldwin commented on the good work done by Miss Uichmond, and the latter thanked all fcr their help and their kindness. Later on she enfritained all tho company to supper at Clodbor's. Tn one o-f the English pavc-is a correspondent writing from London in sultry August, states that the exodus from London was at euch a- tremendous rate, that some friends of Iwrs, who were a la.rge party, what with children, ser» vants. etc., had to Htait five days before they could get .in omnibus large enough to convey their party to the station, al« though they tried in all directions. Some detail* of people known to or connected with Xew Zcalanders are given in the Queen. Lady Claud Hamilton mi mother of Oapliin Hamilton, who mairi B d Miss Enid Elc,ar. Lf.r!y 0n310,w and Lady Ranfttrly ale wellknown name*. " I bear that both Lord and Lady Ranfnrly, instead of, as U6ua' f immediately after the - London season going over to £htngairfio.n. Park, their home in the North of Ireland, will be a good deal north of the I weed, anyhow, during ths early autumn ; and they have just gone to the house they ha%c taken, at North Berwick, for Lady R&iifflrly is still anything but nivong, after a3l the trouble and serious ilinees which shft experienced a-ffcer a comparative!} light attack of inSncnza just after the Easter holiday*. In fact, Lwly Kaufurly was completely laid up for the summer months of the Coronation reason, unable Mot only to take her girl, Lady Eileen Knox, aftjwhere, but obliged, to her own terrible disappointment, to give up ' all idea, of going to the Coronation to sc6 Lady Eileen act her part as one of Queen Mary's train-bearers, 'iherc are, i«» deed, many invalids whose plans have been entirely altered this summer owing to illness. Ol' thefte are Lord and Lady Cranky, as the former is still out of health, meet trying for both Lady Cratiley and hei' motheT-in-k-w, Lady ( Onsley, fts Lord Onslojv, too, is still mosb seriously ill, and con* eequEiifly the family plane have all been disarranged. No better a^rouftta come from liichm-iiiil, wheie pour Lady Claud jlamiltou v.XB t convej^d several weeks nff,o front Lonaoii, where she underwent st\els o}ierations in tho vain hope that these would afford relief ; and, a<!« cot ding to present plans, Ldrd and Lady Claud are likely to make their headquarters at Richmond for many weeks to come, a* tho place is within such easy reach of tha very best medical advice in town," David Jones, of Sydney, it, holding a faacinating exhibition ot rooms furnished in old-world style. Among the antiqtw furniture, which is all new, is a collection of really ancient embroid« erics. Perhaps the mo*t Wonderful article of all (writes the Sydney Sun) is a coverlet nearly twelve feet square of fllot squares interepersed with linen. Upon the filet all the signs of the Zodiac are ctinningy wrought, as well as earns beautiful heraldic piecee, ciid the coats of arms of some of the oldest familie* of England. The period «3 1560, and the amount and tha fineness of the stitchcry ie just a. marvel, thin an English sideboard runner of the early {seventeenth eeritury in darned filet in a. perfect, joy. Here, the stiff aid Noah's Ark trees and aavage bofltffl that belonged to the faliks nf blir child' hnod are emblazoned with infinite ciillning, and there are also sever?! wrtiflprful "embroidered apwns and robes, which onr grandmothers found time to r lo in fipite of the life of gaieiv which they led. There is an early nineteenth (in tury tamboUi'P'l sojirf, too, that k iit,cto make every femininp beholder 1 ippli the cuiiiniandment against envy, v iiilc the ca)lv Italian laces aid reptAsfiicd in some exr|iiif!ito tovevlele and cloths. Kotabl/' tlitie is a covor belonucrig to the far-SWA* ciAt'jr<Tit.fi reii'm."-. An [Ktlisii ejieumcii. ui-on vlii'.ij tly- s'niy M til" Annuiii'ifltinfi. tlv Vhslu. Hip Angela, and the lili«S! al« whk&d h

pei.'ectiwi, and near by is a. length of cob-«-ebby Venetian lace of the erily oighteetitb century, the bep.utv ofwho^o design ia beyotid deseriplicn. Thece jire bill a few oi tl\e wonders, vhich mt'Sfc be seen to be realised, and then, next door, in the I'urllip* attnese, will be found a fjwaitetto of Gasce containing coloured embroideries, two of them devoted to the cai-ly Victorian weaving*, the quaint little parabola, the fringes and tho lacps, 1 while in the otrti»m a Dutch patchworlt quilt, and a Bp.*ui,>h altpr frontal dotli. 1» wonderful «ilk stitchery, nvc the two moet striking examples. There are also Queen Aime aprons, and innumerable little bags, ptid the wonder of it all ie the I'ycle of fashion which they_ reveal, for iir.? r.ot we this d?y wearing esact and mo£t clever reproductions of these Very thing* ? Mrs. Arthur Plimmer^ whose h«.«bftiid (a son of Mr. J. A. Plimmer. of Khandallah) died here a few days ago, left for Melbourne by the Manuka ycslerdaj' 6n her way back to Perth, Western Australia. Dr. Jeefie Maddison, of Cliristcliurch. has arrived in Wellington on her way to attend the Australasian Medicol Congres« in Sydney. Colonel 11. R. Orepn. the midoaes?erl son of Mrs. Hetty Green. America's richest Vv'ofran. announced last month that the promko he made his fnotber when a young mnn about to start lif* not to marry within twenty years will expire in "less than twelve months. ' This curious announcement by the jovisl bachelor has been published despite tire fact that hitite his return to Ne^* Yoik to assume tho of his mother's va?t financial interests he has received 300 differs of marriage from iadies in all parts of the world. Love letters placing ilwir hearts and hands at the disposal of the heir to one of the bigge&t fortunes in the United States have f'ome from ladies in every State ill Afnericu as veil' ns England and even Hayti. Colonel Oreon, whose chief busi. ne^^i now U to direct the Westminster Company, foimed for the proper mall-, agement of the £25,000.000 assets controlled by Mrs. Hetty Green, proclaims c'efmitply thnt he intends to marl-y before the twelve months elapse, 'oo t .t he adds, "I have not yet chosdti my mate. ' tie expresses the opinion that ft man fortjM/hree years of age is just ripe for msififige, but avers- that no kdy who caanot Joys him for hirhself apart from his money can be the future Mf&. Greofl. It was when Colonel Grectt was twentythree and went to Texas to" carve his own fortune that, he promised his fnoth<?r hot to marry for twenty year?. He built up the Texas Midland Railway, of j which he is almost tho .sole owner. His i mother, who is 4evcnty-six, and has retired from business, said that ehe vrouM bo anxious to see him safely out of the clutches of fortune huntresses. Th*» wide publicity given to Colonel Green's intentions is. to say thp least, a doubtiul v/ay of escaping these perils. Englishmen on the Continent have hitherto been accuettmied to find Anglo* p^hile foreigners moisting upon wearing liiigheh clothe. imitating English habits, «nd, in Gtrtnai.y at. nny rate mtwkrdiil^ con vernation with 'o few words of Lnglish (writes the Rome ror« re.<spcnd<»nt of the Daily Mail). It has been reserved to Ita-ly to adopt Kr.gli.th as thf language of love. Even- day tli<~ "agonj " colunina of le-tHi>g Italian iiew«s papers contain advortis*nieft;,.-i from dt d-fn!, lovprfl who apparently find Kiis>l:is!i more melKHttoiis than Italian. The e!camplp;i^ fcciow ,sho,w thai the mieiiilohS even of lovers can occasionally i>c more commendable than ibe execution . Spaci niensof advert:*emerits m the Gtornalt, d'ltalia stale :— "Always. Received exp?c?« letter. Said not clearly? Excuse! Why little little darling do you thmit I'm not good temper* Nof t I'm &!• v-ays more r«lying in my adored treasure certain that nothing can separate our hearths and eouls. Read well post' caid. Eternally exclusively yours! ! P "Thursday. L. Tha.nkal 'What a joy I Jfcrvolloas, indeed ! Dear I Well tomorrow, ye«: mining or afternoon 14.2.0. P.ccipj'ocal ! waiting station. E\ening Pal. Come, my love I" "Fine. You told tv send before a postcard. Pleasure excuse my failing. 1 am sorry very nurch. 'From fo-morrow everyday at 9.10 my home. Come, my sweet lov«, come. I will wait for you with immense love." There are thousands of people in our Dominion who go through life out of harmony with themselves, simply because they made a false start. A successful miwician can be made. a.nd it tak<!fl so little to give the Hut incentive that no one should allow the musician opportunity to pass by. An hour's practice every morning this summer, on a I'leyel, Bluthnkr, Challen, or any other of the Wellington Piano Companv'e inetntmehU will infns« & love of music into your boy's, and girl's hearts that may develop into geniiw. These piano* are sold on eacy teams by The W.P.C., 124, Lambtofl-qtia-y.— -Advt. EtiEQANT ECONOMY IN CORSETS. The trouble with the. average cheap corset l'e that It makes any costum* worn over it look cheap v It la^ke distinction. The famous V. & *&: "Zairoid"' Corset 9 dre of a. quite reWarka-ble cheapness, regard being had to their exceptional quaK ity ; but they are not cheap in etyle or effect. The P. &S. was the first great English corset to be designed and put on the market, and it has eaaily kept, it<s lead from that day to this. It ia made with scrupulous care of the finest obtainable materials. Stocks in largo varieties at C. Adaffls and Co., Coreet-, Costume, and Millinery Specialists, 108 and 110, Cuba-street.-Advt. Thanks to Ihe Dresden Piano Company's honest and reasonable system of deferred payments, there are pianos in j thousands of New Zealand hotuea. The j four be*t pianos are the Broadwood, the Lipp, tho Roni*ch. and the Steinway. If yon are thinking *of a pia,no I write or call now, The Dresden Vimo Company, Ltd., Wellington. SI. J. RrooKes, North leland manager.— A^t. Patrons to Godber's, Lambton-qnay, branch, are greatly enjoying the excellent music wliich the firm provides every afternoon, an excellent string band having been engaged.— Advt. Violets.— sre*h each day, neatly packed in violet boxes. A dfinty gift for friends or invalid. Sent to any part of the Dominion, Price, from 2s each. At MiM Murray I*,1 *, Vicp»Rega-l Florist, 36, Willis street.— Advt. Ladies be considerate and tactful, yet iirm with ahy refractory draper who may try to flubniitute any other make far the famous Warner's rust proof corsets.— Acht. ruder normal conditions nature keen* body nnd mind in p stafe of nortect health, but nature cannot build fa*t enough to re-supply the torn down tissues iUi«l 'vorn-oufc nerxes of ihbse _ liutttf in orowleri ciiics Itcr danger siprnals at'« c lc:p'*¥S'3(stS. u*arinLS«, indi'i-nsti^Ji. etc. Thai k Hip time >oii need "Vifali?." <lie 1 Mtallty .builder. ■«■ Cland? M. . Verrttt, il.r.Ji. Ph.C. t'heiMiit, Manners «tre»t.