WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 86, 11 April 1912, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. Sydney Fitzherbert is a guest of Mrs. MacEwan. Mrs. and Miss Clifford, who have been staying with Sir George and Lady ClifTord 2 returned from Christchurch this morning. Mies Clifford, daughter of Sir George Clifford, came with them. Mr. and Mns. H. S. King returned this morning from Nelson. Miss Everson and Mies Overend are the guests of Miss Wattors, "Kumara," Rona Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Lan Duncan and family leave Wellington for London on. Thursday next by the Athenic. Miss Warburton, who has been staying with Mrs. J. E. Fulton, returned to Palinereton North to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Turrell, who have been visiting Mrs. Erl Williams in Masterton, have returned to town. Mrs. C. Hoyte Low has returned, after three* weeks' holiday in Dunedin. On Friday by the Maunganui are leaving, to connect with the Otranto at Sydney, Mr., Mre., and Miss Bett (Paknerstoii North), Mr. John Balsillie and Miss IS. Balsiilie, Mr. J. D. Bachelor, Mr- and Mre. 0. Monrad and three children (Palmerston North), and the Misses J. and M. 'Evane. The annual meeting of the Victoria League is to be hold next Friday evening in the Sydney-street Schoolroom. All interested in tho work of the league are welcomed.. A vocal and instrumental programme has been prepared. Mrs. T. G. Macarthy leaves on Friday for a trip to Sydney. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Ritchie arrived by ijhe Sydney boat after a trip Home, and return to Dunedin this evening. Mr. Justice Cooper and Miss Cooper are staying at their house in Willisstreet. This aflernoon, at St." John's, the Rev. Dr. Gibb officiating, Miss Louie Turnbull, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Turnbull, "Wakefield," Oriental Bay, was married to Mr. Arthur Cooper, eldest sou of Mr. Justice Cooper. The bride wore a. beautiful gown of ivory duchesse satin, elaborately braided with, silk soutache, the bodice finished with a marquisette fichu, bordered with honiton lace. The long tulle veil fell from a coronet of pearls, a cluster of orange-blossom being fastened at one side. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet of white flowers. ' Her three Eictei'E — Dorothy, Jean, and Lottie — attended her, wearing pretty pale blue charmeuse gowns, with fichus of valencieimes lace. Instead of hats, they wore mob caps of pale blue satin, with yellow roses, their bouquets of yellow roses and maidenhair fern repeating the contrasting colour note. From the bridegroom the chief bridesmaid received a gold brooch set with aquamarines', the others pearl brooches. The bride's gift from Mr. Cooper was a fur-lined motor coat. . .The best man was Mr. J. M. A. Ilott, tbe bride was given away by her tati^t^a.6. Mrs. Turnbull, tho bride's a handsome frook of black *t> ?°o? ite ninon over*' white satin, with W^ of blue. Her black hat had vt|% plumes, and she carried a bouquVtoi purple clematis and asparagus fern*^ A large reception was held after the ceremony at the" tesidence of the bride's parents. The large house and grounds are admirably adap ted for entertaining, and careful preparations had been made to ensure the comfort of the 150 guests. A marquee was erected, and the verandah canvased in, while tables were set out in the large rooms. The drawing-room, where the principal table was set, was tjecorated with wreaths of lycopodium and white flowers, and the tables beautifully arranged with delicate white cosmeas, lycopodium, and grasses, in tall silver vases and epergnes. In the study the tables were decorated with yellow coreopsis and tinted birch. The presents were handsome, and included a quantity of fine " silver and china. Among 4hem was a set of three beautiful solid silver vases, presented by the Judges' associates. The bride and bridegroom left by motor, the bride wearing an amethyst-blue cloth tailor-made costume, handsome black fox furs, the gift of the bridegroom, and a black beaver hat, with a large cockade of peacock feathers. Their future home will be at Waitahuna, thirty miles from Hamilton. At St. Patrick's Church, Masterton, on Bth April, by the Very Itev. Dean M'Kenna, Mr. Frederick John Kihnister was married to Miss Catherine M'Barron, eldest daughter of Mr. P. J. M'Bartoii, of Masterton. Mr. Philip M'Barron was best man, and her father gave away the bride. Her dress was of white satin, trimmed with silk lace and passementerie and pearls, and she wore an embroidered veil and ci'ango blossoms. Her bridesmaids were Miss May M'Barron (sister of the bride), and 1 Mie^es Zylpha and Idalia O'Connor (twin cousins of the bride). The elder was dressed iii white velvet, with touches of blue, and the two smaller girls in blue silk frocks and Juliet paps. Both bride and bridesmaids carried shower bouquet©. Mi.. M'Barion had on black glace silk, trimmed with silk insert-ion and velvet. Sho woro' a black bat. To the bride Mr. Kilmister gave a gold bracelet, set with rubies and diamonds, and to the chief bridesmaid a sapphire ring, the smaller girls leceiving gold bvooches. The guests sat down to breakfast at the Arcadia Tea Rooms. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Kilmister left for Wellington and Christchurch, the bride wearing dove-coloured velvet, & white feather boa, and a black hat. The presents were many and valuable, and included several cheques. Domestic help is undergoing a complete revolution, states a writer in a London paper. So many employer's ar© finding satisfactory assistance provided iby charwomen that a. new race has sprung up. There are wise women who have proved themselves ready and willing to step into an emergency, with the result that they are earning good wages, the respect of employers, and a. certain amount of leisure time for their own occupation* and interests. A lady who has undergone a period of sore domestic trial declares emphatically that the solution of the difficulty lies in the charwoman. "It is only natural," she says, "that girls who are finding openings oruth© stage should -not cave for the move humdrum and ordinary occupations entailed in the daily round of the average home. My parlourmaid is engaged for a part, and leaves in© next woek to start on her coiitwo of study, dam-ing, and other accomplishments, ir> render her acceptable to the discriminating public. For a. full week at Christinas she was not to be counted upon for domestic duties, so I got a char woman." The report of the Association of Trained Charwomen offeis evidence of tho large demand for theM? ufcefui workers?. Many of them a,fo doniebtic fecrvanlt; who axo uo louder inning or who mv married but not disinclined to do a. certain axuouul

of work that would supplement in supporting the family. In 1910 426 charwomen were asked for, and 979 were registered as seeking employment, and this in one association alone. On the othor hand, 748 ladies were out in search of servants, while only 523 were available. Specialisation is ihe decided taste of the day, and on the books of registries it is easier to find largo numbers of specialised helpers than to secure one or two. domestic helps. The lady help, in some cases, fills the vacancy caused by the indifferent girl who prefers outside labour that is frequently poorly paid to tho home industry. The Girl Pioneer movement in America has given a new impetus to girls' camps in operation (says a. writ*)' in tho Pittsburg Dispatch). While the Boy, Scout movement aims to make boys more manly, the Girl Pioneer ideal is to make the girls more womanly. This does not mean that the girl is to forego athletics and all out-of-door sports, such a 6 tramping, swimming, and rowing, a knowledge of woodcraft, and tho like : but it docs mean that, as endurance and strength are aimed at with the boys, .so Jove of beauty and ideals of service and helpfulness aro to be encouraged in girls. The girls will make a study of birde and animals, and learn how to use a camera. Their pastimes will include all branches of athletics. They will learn how to swim, to manage a canoe, and to row a boat. There will be cross-country' runs, Basket ball, folk-dancing, and exercises to develop the body. Above all, the girls will become adepts in pioneering. The art of camp cookery is to be acquired, and a- knowledge of first aid to the injured. Of course, certain qualifications of membership are essential. A girl most be more than twelve years of age before she can join. The costume is a middy blouse with full-pleated bloomers. The largest Christian name in the United States, and probably in the world, lias been discovered in Chicago. It is Harberiunninnibertunnia. It contains twenty-three letters, only nine of them different. The name belongs to a fifteen-year-old girl, who wa«> heard as a witness in a Court case. " What is your name? " asked the Judge. " Harbertunninnibertunnia Pillow, sir," the girl replied. "What?" asked the Judge. " Spell it." Miss Pillow did bo wittt ease, and explained that her --datives and friends called hei Harbtirtunni for short. Miss Joan Sinclair, an American girl, was left £12,000 a year ago. Unfortunately for herself the money was not " tied up " in any way. And tho girl, quite unused to having or handling big eums of money, imagined that her fortune was practically inexhaustible. She squandered it on dress, giving immense orders for frocks at all the most expensive shops, sometimes buying as many as twenty dresses at a time, and paying for them here and there. At the eiid of the twelve months every permy 'was gone, and she has nothing to show for it but rows and rows of boxes, containing dresses, which she is unable to sell again for anything like the sums she paid for them. Poetically speaking, Paris had a "vernal carnival to-day" (wrote the Paris correspondent of aliondon paper oil the 19th February). A temperature of 60deg, sunshine all, day, and a pleasant atmosphere,' contributed 'to make everybody happy ; but while Nice still has its gorgeous parade, and' the P.L.M. Railway has put «n extra trains to accommodate the crowd of travellers hastening to the Riviera, Paris seems little by little to lose much of its old interest in carnival. Hundreds of thousands of people were out to-day, but I scarcely saw a single mask. The confetti no longer had their vogue of former years. Serpentines have long ago disappeared. /.The wild revels of former days, when we used to walk knee-deep in confetti and paper tape in the boulevards, are dead and gone.. W© see only an immense Sunday crowd, quietly strolling about and enjoying an outing for formality's sake. I saw <a, few girls and boys amusing themselves hero and there in the boulevards by throwing confetti about the ordinary passer-by. The con-fetti-vendors look on in desuair. Trade is bad. People will not buy even at a, discount. The Prefect's order not to throw any papers is observed. It is momentarily suspended, but people do not seem to care for the liberty. It seems such, a pity to strew the cleanly-kept boulevards with coloured bits of paper. The Parisians of the present day are becoming sober and subdued citizens. Nothing moves them any more. I did not see a single carnival costume. Formerly there used to be plenty in silks and satins. Now, even cotton and paper ones have disappeared. What a change from the days when nine young persons out of ten insisted on wearing something grotesque ! Parisians have thrown away th« mask. Only one custom remains, and that is for some fond parents to dressi up the tiny tots in a carnival suit. Wo now and then see little soldiers of three or five, little pierrettes of the same age, and some of these fancy costumes even bear the cachet of the Rue da Le Paix. ' Fashionable dressmakers made special bids this year to dress the tiny ones in carnivalesque disguise. A few weeks ago I saw advertisements from the costumiers near the Place Vendome offering artistic creations for the carnival of yoyng folks, little lads of four and six appeared with their sisters, dressed up as Romeos mid Juliettes, or Lohengrins and Brunehildes. Some of the youngsters were seen on the boulevards, proud of their costumes, and strutting with delight before a wondering crowd. Parisians aro decidedly too old for carnival. It suits only the very, very young. If you nave no children you need to keep tho house as bright and cheerful aB possible — you want a piano. If you have children growing up about you, you want to make home as attractive as possible for tliem— you want a piano. It does not matter what your circumstances are, you can afford a "piano if 'you go about it in a sensible way. Let the Dresden Piano Company show you the way. The Dresden hire system brings splendid pianos into' the reach of everybody. The company's stock is very wide. You are offered the choice of pianos by all the great makers of the world. Remember the Broadwood, the Ronisch, the Lipp, the Steinway. The Dresden Piano Company. M. J. Brookes, North Island manager.— Advt. Godber's, Ltd., are prepared to execute orders for Recherche Supper Dishes, such as veal and ham pies, chicken pies, aepec jellies, and mayonnaises of all kinds, oyster patties, oyster vol au veut,., poultries, etc., and sweel/ dishes of all kinds. — Advt. j Wedding bouqueta artistically designed. Wreaths, crosses, all kinds funeral embietns fcerit to any part of tho Dominion. Miss Murray, 36, Willis-street (Florist to His Excollency Lord Islington). — Advt. A Warner's ru&t-pi'oof corset will do more for a woman's figure than any other corset madu. Every pair guai'auLtteed. by,, local drapers;.— Advt.,