WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 101, 29 April 1912, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

"All wise woik is mainly threefold ill cha. racier. U is, honest, übsiul, and cheerl'ul "— Ruskiu. ' i

The engagement is announced of Ca-p-tain Henry Tuckey, of Sydney-on-Vaal, South Africa, eon of the Rev. H. Tuckey and Mre. Tuckey, of Wellington, to Mihs Ethel Grierson, daughter of Mrs. Urierson, of Auckland. The engagement is also announced of Mies Mary Simpson, daughter pi Mr. R. K. Simpson, of Marlon, to Mr.'X. ■Ledlib Gibbon, of Marton. Mrs. Walter Simpson and Mi*6 Simpson, of Mai-ton, are staying at tho ltoyal Oak. Mm. Leon Wilkie, of Kirae. Fordell, Is in the Kensington-etreet Private Hoapita.l. Mrs.Jarae* Rodger, Wellington, who i 6 accompanying Mr. and Mm. J. L. Scott, Chrixtchurch, left on Friday by Ihfl Warrimoo for Sydney. They intend catching tho Malwa at Melbourne, for London. Lieutenant E. G. R. G. Evans, H.X., of the British Antarctic expedition, accompanied by Mre. Evanii, will leave next week for Sydney to join the oionte6 i'or England. Mr. Francis* Drake, to the expedition, will leave by the «ame steamer, and return in time to go south.— Ohmtchurch Press. Miss Batchelor, head of one ot the departments of the Burlington, Willisstreet, waa, on Fffday evening, entertained at- attpper by the «taff, and Was presented with (several handsome pieces of plato. She is to bo married shortly, and will reside at Manaia, Taxanaki. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Brown, of Winton, Southland, have arrived here to join the 6.0. Rernuera for London. They in tend making a prolonged tour going by America and visiting England, Ireland, and Scotland, and returning via South Africa, where it is their intention of spending some time, orid visiting uome of the battlefields,, and places with which Mr. Brown became familiar during the late war and after. They hope -to again reach New Zealand, eaily iv 1913. An enjoyable euchre party was held by the Hibernian Pipe Band at the Burlington Tea Rooms, Willie-street, kat week. About a hundred people attended The ladie*' prize wa» won by Mis« Cooper and the secood-by Mies Sheehan, and the gentlemen's prizes by Mr. Ziglar and Mr. Elliot. In an interesting letter from Cape Martin, near Mentone, the writer saye: — " Motor car -ridea aro tho feature of this beautiful place. One goe* about 100 to 150 mllas, and always up into the mountains. The roada are excellent, the celebrated Corniche, made' by Napoleon, being the principal. Our hotel ie quite full. The King of Wurtemburg ib here, a very nice man, about sixty, and exceedingly pleasant. Ho etrolle about without attendants, dinee in the public room, and »it« in the ldungo like all the rest of us. Then we have had a. number; of Austrian loyalties. In the rooms next to oltra aro tho Archduchess Frederic and hoi two daughters, and a «on. The girlfi are pleasant, homely, with pretty man ueiß, and full of fun. The mother it. ehort, fat, and ha« been good-looking, and is, very cheerful. Her husband ie eaid to be the l'iehest laijwlowner in Europe. They have a large suite of attendants, aud the number and size of their trunks would amaze you. When vitsitora first arrive here they come down to dinner in immense black nate and feathers. Then, as they flee no oho eke wearu thorn, the beatttilul black hat is scon no more till the next new arrival makes her appearance. We have been several times into Italy to Bordighera and San Remo, lovely scenery, bad roads, picturesque people, and dirty houses. We went up to Graeee, a town on tire side of a mountain, famed for perfumes and soap. On the ledges of the hills they grow all the flowers, mainly Neapolitan violets. We saw tons of violete juet heaped up in corners. The new golf links above Monte Carlo and La Turbie are simply magnificent. We went to them by car up a most perilous road on the edge of precipices. It is 3600 feet up, and one can, as an alternative, go by funi.cular to La Turbie, and then by motor 'bus to the golfhouße, which is absolutely the last word in .elegance and comfort.. The views around are indescribably lovely, and the enow mountains loom up apparently quit© close. One pays five francs for a round, and the same amount for the caddiee, so it's an expensive game there. The San Francisco Call gives, in writing of clilb criticism, an example of a calm and consciously hopeless protest against careless cooking. The extract may not be quite relevant to the Women's column, buo it sufficiently appeals to all the better feelings of feminine readers — who sometimes imagino, from what they hear from the men-folk, that a club menu ib perfection — to warrant insertion : — "Gentlemen : 1 have no de sire co be captious about the service at our club, but -I have the honour to in form you that I took luncheon heie to day with three friends of mine who are inclined to be a, little particular about their food. Among ocher things for luncheon an omelet -'was' served. It contained only three flies. I am one of tho oldest members of the club and iea!ouc> of its reputation, and 1 found this omelet embarrassing. In order to make an I equable division of the omelet, it was necessary either to divide one of the nic^ — which* is v test of skill—or else forego a fly myself. I respectfully Bug gist that in future when, an omelet is served for four persons it should kle either with (a) four flics cr (b) with no flies at all." During the winter, when flowers am scarce, there is often a difficulty in brightening up the living rooms. Now. 1 wonder if any of nr> r leaders have ever thought, of tilling up odd corners with evergreens of all kinds. They look most effective, and some varieties last pui-ticu-laity well, vspociully the hard-btemmed onea. Some branches will not keep in water al all, and wither most dejectedly almost immediately they are cut. But e.iperienctt will soon teu-ch you what you should use. Besides the garden trees there aro plenty of varieties of buhh growth easily obtainable, and which ma^ oe Übed to fill huge bowls, and thefts, placed on high shelves and brackets, an well as in the entrance hall, make excellent substitutes for flowers. Then 1 wonder if any of you havo tried gi owing bulbs in water? These aie a great su>, cess. Last year 1 filled a ftiw bowls •with ordinary narcissi, and they formtd a most delightful decoration. Iho bulb^> ! were simply placed in sufficient water to cover them, and were propped up with stones to keep them upright. Each day they were filled up, as water evaporate* very quickly, and they grew moel rapidly and flowered in no time. The bowls weie brought into tho porch, and the effect was much admired. This year 1 have added variety to the bulbo, in tho way of daffodils "and so on. and have collected evtty odd jar and muo to ''plant" tho bulbs in. I 6i.jj£ci. Jaj hsiv</ i" t,pJeudid thow iv no tune. Thei-u is I lcaity no art ia tho growing of vh«in,

Jiisb keep them uptight and well covered with water; leave them outside until they have- come to perfection, and then you can bring them into the house. Think what a prttty decoration jou could have for your dinner or lunch table if you had, say, four glass pobs of yellow jonquils to form a square near the middle. Then you could havo a centrepiece to match, and, if for dinner, you could add candles with bhadc-s of daffodil yellow, and connect the whole K'hemo ■with a light tracery of tmiilax. Plant your bulbs at soon as possible in order to have uu early result, and you will be- sure of at least some of your winter decorations. It is most interesting work watching the growth of the bulbs, and flower-lovers wall probably be delighted at the idea.— Sydiwy Mail. Thcio was feGinetking like a panic among .the American ladies in London (writ**, the Argonaut) when it was announced ithnt Sir. White-law Reid was too ill to present tliem at Court. These pieseataiMoUtt must be performed by the Amba&'sidor himself. No one elee could take his place, and if absent treatment ' 'had actually the virtues ascribed to it j Mr. Reid would havo renewed his youth in about ten minutes. It is e&ti mated that about fourteen ladies wrestled in j prayer for his recovery, and it is strange i that Providence should have remained indifferent to »o much wealth and social distinction. But the Ring pla-yed the port of Providence to perfection. The groans of the agonised ones reached his •ears, and .the British Constitution was swept upon one side wdlh a- stroke of the Royal pun. Ho ksued an fdict to the effect that for presentation purposes Mrs. Reid should assume all th© functions, powers, perquisiteis, prerogatives, and rights of the Ambassador himEelf, and then peace settled ' upon the distracted cohort's, tears' gave place to smiles, aud the milliners and dressmakers set to work with redoubled energy. The Ladies' Guild of St. Albans, Eastbourne, has donated £60 to the church during the year — a very handsome gift, evidencing the good work of the members. Besides ite other activities, the Ladies'' Guild hae helved the vicar by providing the Quarter "of the cost of a suitable font for the church. This has been designed by Mr. deie, the architect. Miss Burland is now acting as tecretary to the Kaikoura River Board, in eucceseion to the lat,e Mr. B. Burland. The only classical school for girls ill Pekin is run by a Chineae new woman, an old maid whoso ideas of reform are decidedly reactionary. She has condescended towards progress only to the extent of allowing a woman trained in a mission school to come for an hour once a week and kach the rudiments of arithmetic, geography, and English. The rest of the curriculum consists of learning the Chinese classics off by heart and reciting; them hi a musicttl drone. This principal was her father's only child, and it; made hikl melancholy to think that when he died, his spirit would be a lonely orphan, because he had no son to perform the proper riles. Touched by his sorrow, she ottered to make what, to a, Chinese woman, is the great ienunciation—giy Ing up nlarriafie; thus she could servo her father as a son both during, and, what was' more important*' after his life. So ehe Was brought up us a boy ; sh© wore man's clothes, sh» learned the classics off v by heart as other boys learn them; she aHed as private secretary to her" lather during his eighteen years of official life, and no one guesspd that 6he was not a man. When her father died she mourned the full three years and performed all the ritesi incumbent" Upon a son. Her male relatives tried to get her father's proporty, but she fought them through the Chinese coiirts and won. Then she took olf hor j disguise, assumed the dress of Woman, and retired to the inner apartments, but her education and experience had taught her many things, the chief of which Was that women should be educated. She believed that the ills of China were largely duo to the neglect of womtui's education. She deplored the falling uway of her people from the doctrine ot Confucius to the, to her, superstitions of the Buddhists, Taoists, and Christianas. To effect a reform she devoted her fortune to founding the Chen-I school for girls, her purpose being to train a band of educated women teachers, who will spread throughout China as Confuciaaist missionaries.