WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 95, 22 April 1912, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

"All wise work is mainly threefold in character. It is honest, useful, and cheerful "— KUSUID. '

The heavy clouds on Saturday advieed that umbrellas and rain-coats should be included, in the race paraphernalia, and those who scouted the ■warning repented— if not in sackcloth and ashes, certainly in damp frocks and iret hats. Tho furs, too, that form fo attractive an addition to dress at thi* season, are, when wet, disagreeably _ reminiscent of a cat that has Taeen out in the rain, and costly plumes are too apt to be a source 'of anxiety to their wearers when the heavens. i\o\r. The velvet gown on Saturday was scarcely seen. It was the tailor-made of serge or tweed that was wi&ely mobt m favour, and even this, as the weather grew wetter, was hidden under raincoat or burberry. Some of these latter were eminently smart, and I noticed a pale grey-mauve cloak and a dark green rough ulster that were extremely effective. A race meeting certainly has its. drawbacks when a-ain comes on, for, in certain winds, one mufet mount high in tho stands to keep dry. Even then one's view is apt lo be blocked' by an aggressive person who • stands in front, despite gentle hints that her quite opaque form might betake itself further along to where her friends are sitting. It is annoying to gain a dry place of vantage and then to obtain no more prospect than a damp waterproof back that is adamant to persuasion. However the arrangeAients made were excellent, and tho rain, was no one's fault. Among those present were Miss Harcourt, in a grey coat and skirt, ermine stole, and a pale blue hat, and Mrs. Maurice Gillon, in dark blue, and a black hat wreathed with stems. Mrs. Joe Studholme" wore a pretty grey coat and skirt, with .black facings, and a smart mauve hat with soft grey-mauve plumes. Mrs. Jacob Joseph was in a charming shade of brown, and a velvet hat with a bird, of paradise plume, and Mi«> Joseph in dull rose coat and skirt, and a blue hat with a touch of rose. Mrs. Hubert Nathan wore a long musquash coat and -a piquant little cap to match, with a biunch of rose satin flowers in it. Mrs. Johnston, of Highden, wore a black coat and skirt, ermine .furs, and a black plumed hat. Mrs. W. Turnbull was' in a smart, dark-blue tailor-made, and. a small hat with blue feathers, and Mrs. Arthur Pearce. wore dark blue, sables, and. a black hat with wings. Mrs. Tringham had "on a smart black velvet hat with emerald gr"een" plumes and a dark coat and skirt. Mrs. John Blundell wore a black coat and skirt, and a white hat with white plumes, and Mrs. Futyon was. in navy blue, her violet hat having a cluster of mole feathers. Mrs. Rawson. wore a beautifullycut black coat and skirt, black fox furs, and a wide black hat ; Mrs John Abbott, dark blue and a smart black velvpt toque, with a drooping mauve plume; and. Mrs. Ken. Duncan, a neat black tailor-made costume and a velvet hat with a black and white feather. Miss Watson was in black velvet, with a picturesque velvet hat banded with ermine, and her sister wore a grey costume, a grey hat, and pretty gray furs. MifiS Blayford wore a smart coat and skirt of bright blue, and a hat to match. Mrs. Arthur Duncan, with a dark coat and skirt, wore a pretty red hat swathed with red and green ribbon. Lady Clifford wore a black tailor-made costume and a white hat with black plumes; Mis. Walter Clifford, a brown frock and a_.hat wreathed "> with yellow- flowers ; Miss Bertha Clifford, grey with a pretty grey silk motor-bonnet ; and her cousin also wore grey, with a wide grey hat with, a broad quill. Mrs. Walter Johnstone wore a cream coat and Bkirt. and a white hat with a black plume. Mrs. Godley was all in grey, her satin hat having soft grey plumes. "Mrs. Newman wore a black coat and skirt, an ermine sioJe. and a black velvet hat with white feathers. Mrs. Watkins had on a greygreen coat and skirt, with a green straw hat with green and black wings, and Mrs. Stott wore a dark blue serge and a red hat with black wings. Miss Skorrett's tailor-made costume was of • blue serge, and her wide fawn hat was trimmed with white feathers. Mrc. W. Blundell had on a white coat and skirt, and a white hat with black feathers. Mrs. Neil M'Lean wore a dark green coat and skirt, and a black hat with green feathers. Miss Aileen Blunder's frock was blue, and her pretty black velvet hat had' a knot of ermine and an aigrette. Miss Focke was in dark blue, with a wide black hat with lace bows. A handsome black satin coat, with fringes of green and blue, and a black velvet hat with an ermine band were worn by Mrs. Webster. Mrs. Ernest Blundell had on a picturesque hat, with red purple plumes, and a blue tailor-made costume, with revers of Oriental embroidery. Mrs. Veitch (England) wore dark blue and a velvet hat with a 1 cock's feather plume; and Mrs. Walton (England) wore a grey costume', and a green hat with striped ribbon and bunches of green apples. I was granted a peep yesterday of some of the pictures that so soon are to be ready for exhibition, and the artistic' nibble only whetteo! my appetite for the feast to come. For it is a feast of good things, with something for everybody, pictures to j>uit a\Y tastes— except bad tastes — domestic, tragic, rural, classic, impressionistic. The great shed is transformed and makes v wonderful gallery, with soft clear light transmitted through a tented ceiling of calico. The pictures — those that have been, unpacked, for many fine ones are still in tho cases — are resting on the floor or leaning against the wall, and oae finds treasures in all directions^— hero a wonderful Lee Hankey— a twilit scene with a girlish figure at a gate and a lighted cottago window beyond the trees, and there a magnificent Brangwyii, a riot of colour and form, the paint in lumps and the {.weeps of the great brushes clearly seen. A charming figure study — a girl with ah Early Victorian demureness and costume — is by Hayward, who is engaged to Miss Kettle, Judge Kettle's daughter, and New Zealanders should feel a proprietary interest in the pictures of Mrs. Young-Hunter, who was a Miss Toogood, of Wanganui. A charming picture is called "Her First Dance" — a maid doing a young girl's hair in front of a mirror, tlie pretty face of the debutante bright with wistful expectation. There is a delicious water-colour by Arthur •Rackham-^-children, of course — and a poetic painting by Sims, "The Death of Winter." But, indeed, il is a bewildering <*mbavrui>&ment of riches, and one feAs- almost breathless at the multitude.* of pictures that arrest attention and call for admiration. If Wellington does not recognise its golden opportunities now, then it may justly be termed — what it is now unjustly— inartistic. The galleries should draw crowds. There is a tin room in connection with it, and also « jjiivalo tea room, which may be engaged for paitie.«, an idea that a number of Wellington women are anxious to carry into action. , j Mis,. Quick has let her house on luo Teirace to Mr. Levenon, who has been occupying Mr. C. 14. Rusbell'e houte. Mrs. and Alis<s Quick go at the end of i tlio mouth Uj Dity'b Bay Houeu U> elpy for Bowe wsekg.

Mrs. Dalton, who ie staying at Mice Malcolm's, returns to England by the Remuera. Mr. and Mrs. Elgar have taken Mr. Walter Nathan's house for com& months. Mrs. R. King and Mr. Harold King, of Kelburne, who are leaving for Australia, sail on the 26th met. for Sydney direct. A cable has been received to the effect that Miss Adelaide Van Staveren', daughter of the Rev. H. Van Staveren, of Wellington, appeared on Saturday at Covent- Gardem Opera House in the character of Mercedes in Carmen. She studied music at Milan. _The thirteenth annual report of St. INTary's Guild shows satisfactory pro gress. Both homes have been kept full — indeed, taxed to the utmost— and though several of the older girls have gone to situations the vacancies have been at once filled up. The gardens and the j laundry work have" received increased attention. The salaries of the matrons — not at all adequate to their dutiesare to •be increased, a gift of £60 enabling this to be done. The guild has been incorporated undei* the Religi&us, Charitable, and Educational Trusts Act of 1908, and Mr. Shirtcliffe fills the place, as trustee, of Bishop Wallis. A circular to the clergy of the diocese asking for help met With kind responbe, but more assistance is needed, and special efforts are to be made this year. Mr. J. Duncan's gift of £100 and the sale of work reduced the debt on the cottage home to £310. . Miss Beatrice Richmond and the gh-ls of the toy symphony orchestra.' kindly provided a musical entertainment. Among the many kind friends of the guild must be mentioned Drs. Agnes Bennett and Kate Hogg and Mr. Hursthouse. The cottage home children spent a pleasant fortnight at Sea-toun, thanks to five young friends, at Kelburne^ who got up a, bazaar which realised £4. A surprise party was ako given the children. The guild acknowledges gratefully the unremitting care and affection of the matrons. Mrs. Wittels, who underwent a serious operation recently, is progressing favourably. At the Shakespeare Club's reading of "The. Merry Wives of Windsor," which takes place to-morrow, on what is supposed — although there is considerable doubt about the date — to be the great dramatist's birthday, Miss Holmes takes the part of Dame, Quickly, the roles of i Mistress Ford and of Mistress Page are ! filled by Miss Lena Van Staveren and Mrs. J. Darling, and Miss Kitty Reading is Sweet Anne Page. Only the other evening a visitor from England was giving reminiscences of this delightful play when the Merry Wives were Miss Ellen Terry and Mrs. . Kendall. After they had safely ensconced the unhappy knight into the basket and fastened it down, they both sat down on the lid and shrieked with laughter. The great audience roared with them, and at each paroxysm of mirth from the two women, the house rocked with laughtei-. It was quite five minutes before, the play could proceed. A highly-respected resident' of L6wer Valley, Wairarapa, Mrs. Donald Sinclair, died last week at the ripe age of ninety-one. 'She had lived for fifty years in the district, and leaves her husband, four sons, five daughters, and numerous grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Price left by the Main Trunk express to-day, to connect with the Tofua at Auckland, for the roimd trip of the South Sea Islands. They will be away for about six weeks. A reception was extended on Friday night to Miss Florence Birch, the newlyappointed general secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association. Ther« was a large and enthusiastic audience, presided over by Mr J. G. Aitken, who introduced Miss Birch as one who had been a»i effective worker with administrative and executive ability in the Sydney Y.W.C.A., where she held the position of assistant secretary. Expressions of welcome were also made by Mrs M'Clay (president Y.W.C.A.), by Miss M'Lean, M.A. (of the National Y.W.C.A. Board), by Miss Wilson and Sister Nora (representing the membership), by Eev. J. North (as chairman of -the Ministers' Association), by Mr. A. P. Webster (representing the Advisory Board of the Y.W.C.A.), by Mr. B, W. Hersly on behalf of the Young Men's Christian Association. Some musical items were artistically rendered, and time was allowed for social intercourse at the end. A great forward movement is expected in the near future of the Wellington association in consequence of the advent of the first trained secretary, who will be able to help in the direction of this advance.. First in the piano procession are the Broadwood, the Ronisch, the Lipp, and the Steinway. The Dresden Piano Co. have to hand great new shipments of these delicious instruments. The latest models ! Wo hold the largest stock of pianos in the Dominion, and have instruments to suit all classes and all purses. It ie our endeavour to give the fullest satisfaction and to enablo anyone who desires a piano to get one on the easiest possible terms. Deferred payments from 20s per month. Our reputation has indeed been built up on such methods. The Dresden Piano Company, Ltd., Lainbton-quay, Wollington. North Island manager, M. J. Brookes. — Advt. THE LEADING ENGLISH CORSET is undoubtedly the P. & S. It meets the demands of the most fastidious fashions. It is made in models to suit every style and variety of figure. It keeps its shape to the last, and it lasts longer than any other ready-to-wear corset in the market. The smartest dressed women in London wear P. & S. Corsets women of wealth and assured position, to whom money is literally no object. Their ripe experience proves tho P. & S. to be unquestionably the best. Stocks in large varieties at C. Adams and Co., Corset, Costume, and Millinery Specialists, 108 and 110, Cubastreet. Advt. Godber's, Ltd 1 ., are prepared to execute orders for Recherche Supper Dishes, such as veal and ham pies, chicken pies, a6pe« jellies, mid mayonnaises of all kinds, oyster patties, oyster vol an vent, poultries, etc, and sweet dishes of nil kinds.— Advt. Wedding liounuefs ariieHcally designed. Wreath«, crosses, all kinds funeriil emblems henfc lo any part of Iho Dominion. Miss Murray, 30, Willis-street (Florist lo Ilia K\"co!lcnci' Lord Islinirton). — Advt. Yiolofr,! Violets! Violets! Miw Cooper, Hon'biO, Manners-street, in receiv- [ ing fresh daily her well-known beautiful [ violets. Posted to any address.. Telephone 1 882.— Advt. ! Ladies, let us show you Warner's Rust Proof Coreeifi. They give the new figuio fashions. The longest model,* are comfortable — sitting, standing, or walkiny. Wo have stales enough to fit all forms, and pric«.* to suit aJI purges.