WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 107, 6 May 1912, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

"All wise w«rk is maUily threefold in character. It is honest, useful, and cheerful "—

Mrs. Cooper, of Christchurch, is etaying with her sister, Miss" Hislop. Miss Harcourt has returned from Blonheim. Mrs. C. P. Knight and family are spending a month ut Beikiorangi. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ward arrived back from Auckland laet Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Dove, of Wangnnui, aro at Caulfield House. Mr. M'Callum, M.P., and Mrs. M'Callum, who have been to the Southern Lakes, left for Blenheim on Saturday. At All Saints' Church, Kilbimie, last Tuesday afternoon, Miss Beryl Mackenzie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Mackenzie, was married to Mr. Normadi A. Nash, of Pahnerston North. Tho Rev. Mr. Blackburne officiated. The brid*, who was given away by her father, was dressed in ivory velvet aiid chiffon, trimmed with pearls, in ' truelovers' knots, and.woro a b-eautiful old lace veil. She carried a shower bouquet of hothouse flowers, and was attended by her sister, Miss Mona Mackenzie, and ateo by three sisters of the bridegroom, the Misses Margaret, Marjorie, and Florence Nash, all in cream dresses. The two eldest bridesmaids wore black hats, with large cream rosettes, tho two younger black velvet hats, with pale blu© trimming All four carried beautiful bronze chrysanthemum shower bouquets, with tulle streamers. The bridegroom -was attended t>y his brother, My. James Nash as best man, and by Mr. Oswald Burl as groomsman. The fhurch was beautifully decorated by Mrs. Fenton and lady friends of the bride, and Mrs. Blackburne played the "W«dding March." A reception was afterwards held in a large marque© at the residence of" the bride^s parents, the health of tha happy pair being toasted with musical honours. Mi', and Mrs. Nash, who were the recipients of many beautiful and valuable .souvenirs, loft in the evening by tho Mararoa for Christchurch, en route to the West Coast, via Arthur's Pass. On Saturday afternoon, Mrs. A. K. Newman opened a fete organised by the members of the' Lady Plunket Centre of the Girls' Healm Guild. It was held in the Congregational Schoolroom, Courtenay-place, and the funds raised are to go towards pacing off expenses incidental to their club room. Tlio attendance was not so large as the promoters'merited, for the guild haa done such self-sacrificing and kindly work, and now is being merged into the other branch. Heliotrope and, white, the pretty colour combination of the guild, decorated the stalls, which were supervised by the following girls : — Fancy stall, the Misses Hurley (2), and Moss; combined flower and teacup stalls, the Misses Batten, Dixon, and Malcolm (2) ; sweet stall, MiSses Moss, Edwards, and Mueller; fish pond, Misses Price and Pinckney ; nail driving, Mies Hurley ; fortune telling, Miss Cook and. Miss O'Reilly; hat' trimming, Mies Atkins; refreshments^ the Misses Hurley/ Hamilton, Dimant, Young-, Harding, , Wright. An orchestra, , composed ot Messrs. Drury, Moore, and Archer, played during the_ afternoon and evening, and some recitations were given. The _, London correspondent of the Observer writes that spring shows ai'e on, and at Lucile's smart establishment in HanoVer-sqifaro on a recent afternoon there was ' a large gathering ,' of well-known people viewing the new styles. It was .perhaps the "frivolous" side of Nature that drew these smart women to view the lovely and extravagant garments on view, though how any woman could have the heart ' to order gowns at thirty, forty, or fifty guineab while there are appeals being made for money to buy bread and soup for starving children ib beyond me to fathom.. The new styles are not so startling a« usual, though the tightness of the akirt still causes a little thrill. The panier has put in a first foot. That is, hat appeared in a modified form, which takes the shape of flat draperies at the side of the skirt, not necessarily on both sides. It is just a slight feeling to wards what will follow later, for women are still loth to part with tho graceful straight lines • they have loved so long. So. far the panier is not in the lea«t looped out or bouffant. The most popular .eccentricity is the "slit-up" skirt, which is narrow, and opens on the left side from hem to knee. The tailor-made "slit-up" in made with a. row of buttons and button holes, so that it can be buttoned or open just as the wearer pleases. This has brought in coloured stocking!*, with a rush, tor the satin, bloomer still keeps the petticoat out of favour, and so the stocking on the expanse of leg shown by the wearer of the "slip-up" skirt must be of the same colour as the dress. «It is rather a daring tashion, but no ono need wear it if they do not want to, and, anyway, it- is not half co mad as the nwv , fashion of lighting up the flowers on this season's millinery by means of coloured electric light bulb 6, which is boing attempted in America. One. cannot imagine it taking any firm hold on the fashions of lovely women, for who would feel safe carrying an electric storage battery in the crown of one's hat? Although only six of the United States havo granted the franchise to women, there will be a million women eligible to vote in the Presidential election this year. Both Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt are a little "wobbly" in their ideas about womanhood suffrage, but Mr. Taft has recently oxpressed his opinion that there should be a woman on every school board in tho. country, so he will probably find favour amongst tho women electors. Miss Annie Peck, the distinguished American mountain climber, has just returned to, New York from the Andes, where, upon one of the pealcs of Mount Coropuna, some 22,000 ft nigh, she planted a "votes for women" flag. Spanish women are entering the lists of the emancipated. A decree has been passed permitting women to attend th& Spanish universities, and also to practise any profession for which their University training fits them. Everyone who considers the matter at all, is ashamed of tho lack of proper accommodation and the overcrowding in come State schools. How should wo feel if we wero citizens of New Yoi-k City, the capital of the world's greatest Republic, where 'the present school year has opened with 70.000 children on hairtime, because the Government will not spend, money on building enough .school houses ov paying enough teachers? Puratols shaped like inverted tulips, or in "Eastern designs resembling strange pagodas and quaint temples aiie to be tasiiionable in Parisian society this summer (wvil«a a Paris correspondent). They will be made in rich silk, woven in most gorgeous pattern. Some of them will be uordered with feathers of bril-bia-nt hues. Hand-paiutiiiu designs repieSeuting Futurist pictures, or the

colour will form pretty decorations. Turkish turbans and the curious pointed headdress worn by the domestic slave in Southern Persia will also furnish, dosigns for the now parasol. Probably the most magnificent wedding present ever made was that of Cardinal Mazarin to Maria Theresa. , It consisted of an entire dinner service of pure gold, two gorgeous state carriages, twelve of the finest horses' procurable in Russia and Italy, and jewels that cost the donor a little more than six million dollars. The Cardinal gave each of his seven nieces a fortune on her marriage, and Saint Simon records the fact that in his will he left to one of Ids. nephews,-in-law nearly six million dollars. The tapestries, books, paintings, and furniture he left behind him are to-day the choicest treasures of many museums, and are fought for by the- richest men in the world on the rare occasions when they come into the market.