WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 5, 28 February 1913, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Miss Elaine Christie, of Sydney, arrived by the Ulimaroa on Wednesday to stay with her relations. She is now a guest of Mrs. Blundell, "Clontarf," Willis-street. ] Lady Scott, during her brief stay in ! Wellington, was the guest of the Hon. H. D. Bell. Miss Newcombe and Miss Hodge, representatives of the Australian and New Zealand Voters' Association, while in Wellington will stay with Miss Dunlop. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Morris left yesterday by the Ulimaroa for a visit to Australia. Under date 22nd January, the London correspondent of the Evening Post wrote : — "It will nofc be long now before the opening of another London season. Two courts are to be held in February, and two debutantes will be Viscountess Northland (daughter-in-law of Lord and Lady Ranfurly) and the Hon. Helen Plunket (eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Plunkefc)." The \ girls' branch of the Victoria League will reassemble for the session on 17th March. It was a kindly thought that prompted the picnic to Akatarawa yesterday, so enjoyed by Staff-Captain Roy and her band of 56 girls from the Girls' Home, Owen-street. To Mr. W. H. P. Barber, and to the number of generous men who lent cars, the little ones owed the delights of a real long day in one of the mdst charming Bpots about' Wellington. Mfs. R. M. Isaacs, of Hataital, gave an afternoon yesterday for her aunt, Mrs. Worden, who sails for Sydney today, en route for England, by the Otranto. Miss' Mabel Martin gave a tea party on Wednesday to a few of her friends at Miss Tendall's tea rooms. Miss Martin's marriage to Mr. Godfrey Magnus takes pStce on the 11th of March. A tea is being given iti her honour by Mrs. Ballinger next Thursday. Dr. and Mrs. Cameron Owen leave to-day for Sydney. Mrs. C. H. Mills and Mise Mills are back from Blenheim. Mrs. Crichton, of Dunedin, is a guest of Mrs. W. R. Williams. Misp Eva Wallworth arrived yesterday by the Aorangi. The Misses E. Graham, G. Nicoll, and Dr. Robinson, who have been competing in the swimming carnival at Wanganui, " leave to-night for Christchurch. , Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams leave for the Northern Territory of Austra* Ha in a month. Mrs. Northcroft. and. family accompany the newly-appointed Resident to Karotonga. Theyle^-ve by the Moana to-day.-'Mr. and Mrs. J. Parr and Miss Parr, df Sydney, are visiting Wellington. In previous years the swimming car IVMfcb pf the ladies' branch of the Swifts Swimming Club has been spoilt by bad weather, but it promises better things for to-morrow, and a very interesting' exhibition is expected. ' There are four distances — 25, 50, 75, . and 100 yards. The following are the names oi those who , have entered for the schoolgirls' championship : — Phyllis Barrett, Hazel Wallis, Kathleen Gow, Mavis M'Lean, Stella Paul, Elexa El« ton, Una Gallichan. Letty Gower, Jean Turnbull, Jessie Aiken, Maida Aiken, Florence Outtrim, Agnes Ward, Rita Murdoch, and Maggie M'Ckland. The demonstration hall at the Gas Company's offices proved all too small for the crowd of women who, on Wed' nesday afternoon, enjoyed the culinary instruction given by Miss Rennie, who has an interesting way of imparting knowledge, and ifc Very neat and methodical in her methods. Tho preparations for the dinner she cooked — quite a goodly menu — were keenly watched. Mm Averill is the guest of Mrs. H. N. Fletcher, Oriental Bay. Yesterday I had the privilege of seeing over the new Nurses' Home in Kensing-ton-street, the quaint, solid, red-brick building that is so fast Hearing completion and that will be able to accomm* date sixty nurses. The inside of the home is splendidly arranged. There i.« plenty of light, even the single rooms are of good size— much larger than those of an average hotel — the club room, with folding doors, is commodious and pleasant, the kitchens .and arrangement* in connection with them are ideal, and all the decorations are in simple and refined taste. Some of the bedrooms, though possessing only one small bed, are intended for two nurses, because, like Box and Cox, they will seldom be in the homo at the same time. The box room, where inmates may, on wide shelves, reached by a special arrangement of bteps, store their belongings, should prove a great boon, and another excellent idea is the lockers— long, narrow cupboards, where the dresses , and aprons may hang at full length, the liafc may have a little shelf of its own. and the boots a separatel place, so as to ensure the owner preserving that perfect neatness tha,t is one of the charms of a, nurse. But the fascinating part of the home is the roof, which is flat and makes a splendid promenade. From it fine views can be gamed, and every ray of sunshine secured. Here are the laundry and the drying ground, electric irons, tho boiler treated by gas and oijyjr contrivances to make washing a joy. Flowers and plants, too, will, later on, decorate this pleasant place. Arrangements are being made to hold the nurses' ball on the 25th of next month. The French journal, Le Tempa, publishes an extract from a letter sent by Jlme, Emma Calve to one of her friends who had heard she wae unwell. The great prima donna says : — "Let me reassure you at once about my health and about my dear pretty voice, always sonorous and strong, and more touching .and intensely expressive than ever, j doubtless just to make mo regret it the more. Alas ! Like myself, my voice is j in itfl autumn. II will ' go on slowly weakening, ac if reluctantly. I shall cry over it as if over a sister. I have romo to look upon it- as a being independent of my own, something winged and mystic— how strange a thing! I fancy that even if I lose it, it will como back to me at the moment of death, and I shall sing my last breath. Think, that as far back ns I can remember it used to sing with, ue two, my father and I, 'ParLant pour la Syrie.' Later, in my poor old convent, in the chapel on Chrihtmas nighle, it gave me my first emotions and first, success ! Pious and fervent, my spirit vibrated with it as if with a bell! And thon came the triiim|»lis of the stage, the intoxication of firet nights! How far away all that vow ewuas ! Well, it is nut happinee*.

I would rather have been the mother of five or six little ones, and my voice would have been their lullaby!" How often is this tne case, yet nothing seema 10 be able to cure stage-struck girle when once the fever has entered their blood. If Mme. Calve hae not found true happiness in her career, who eW can look for it in that thorny path ? Ragtime music, which has recently invaded the London music halls, and has become one of the main attractions of these places of entertainment, and has led to the importation of a number of American artists, who have exploited the ragtime craie in their own country, is becoming the leading feature of the fashionable entertainments provided by Loiv don society. Duchesses and countesses, not to mention the lower grades of the aristocracy, are practising ragtime melodies in the leisure moments left them by their social engagements, and are engaging music hall performers of ragtime tunes to sing aW play at their social entertainments. From the town mansions of England's aristocracy float the music of rollicking ragtime tunes, while inside these mansions stern old dowagers keep time with their feet, or by snapping their fingers, as their shoulders sway to and fro with the music. The younger members of the aristocracy join lustily in such ohoruses as "He's the high falutin', shootin', scootin', son of a gun from Arizona, ragtime cowboy Joe." A valuable suggestion, which may result in something being done in the near future, was given by Miss Wrench, wlio, with Mr. Evelyn Wrench, left Auckland for the Islands on Wednesday evening, regarding the training of New Zealand girls. Miss Wrench said that the young men of New Zealand and Australia were cheerfully sacrificing their leisure time in learning to defend their country and their homes. Why should not the girls do something on parallel lines? She suggested that girls of New Zealand should be called upon to take courses in some sort, of domestic training, especially in kindergarten work and lessons in mother, hood. This would be a goodi cause ; it would bo an effort to make the homes which the young men were learning to defend ideal ones for young men and women themselves. It would also give the gtffa training in those subjects which were nearest, or should be nearest, to their hearts ; and it might give those young women who nowadays considered domestic training as a secondary thing in their lives that liking for homo matters which every one of, them should have instinctively but which in many of them was hampered and even obliterated altogether by present-day systems. One of the triumphs of our dress to-day is its lightness of weight, and in this respect we are well in touch with the hygienic campaign of the hour, says a writer in the Melbourne Argus. The new winter woollen textures are as warm and cosy as possible, yet they are wonderfully light and supple. As for velvets and. velveteens, theY are as pliable as ninon, and grace ana beauty are in every fold. All linings, except those of silk, are abolished, and this fact, of course, stands for "comfort, and, incidentally, it may be mentioned that the fascinating rustle of the glace silk slip is again being heard, although petticoats are still as unobtrusive ac can be. But not only will our gowns and ' tailored suits be mere feather-weights thig.jwinteA^ibut^alsp our hate. 'A'ftei".a season, or so of enduring nearly half a pound of roses, wire, and ribbon on our .heads, we have rebelled, or, rather, our hairdressers have. The only way *w~e evei? tolerated the heavy hats was when- we 'Wore hair-f rames and. pads, which lifted the pressure of the weight from the temples and crown. Now we look upon such accessories as being fatal to a smart appearance, and so hair is drawn tightly to the head, and the trifles light as air, that are designated "hats," fit closely and with comfort that has not been ours for many a day. For those to whom the cap-like head-wear is unbecoming, there is a kind of bandeau, or "lift," made of a circle of three-inch wide silk, with a hem threaded with elastic or narrow ribbon. This ring of silk is sewn into the < crown of the liat, where it meets the brim_; then the elastic or, ribbon is milled, until «v kind of false crown is made, according to the size of the head. Thi» arrangement enables almost anyone to wear the queer little liats, as well as those of a larger variety, for it practically makes any liat a wellfitting one, and that seems to be one of the most important points of the new millinery. A LADY HELP. A help in the household is what every lady wants, and at times finds it very difficult to obtain. When children are ill, and peevish, when the head of the house does not relish his breakfast, or the 11 o'clock tea is not what it should be, then is the time to alter things. Did it ever strike you that sweet, good, highgrade butter at meals, would make a lot of difference? Use Defiance butter it is the highest grade,, best butter ever made, and is now sold at one shilling per lb. Don't be put off with any substitute. Insist on Defiance.— Advt. PIANOS. We have a new and complete supply of these delightful instruments. The latest models ! Every possible improvement included. Full and brilliant tone. We hold the largest stock of pianos in the Dominion, and have instruments to suit all classes and all purses. It is our endeavour to give the fullest satisfaction, and to enable anyone who desires a piano to get one on the easiest possible terms. Deferred payments from twenty shillings per month. No harassing conditions. We treat all our customers with the greatest consideration, and spare no pains to give satisfaction. Our reputation has indeed been built up on such methods. The Dfesden Piano Company, Wellington. M. J. Brookes, North Island Manager.— Advt. The following programme of music will bo played this week by Godber'e Orchestra from 3 to 5 p.m. at Lambton-quay : —Waltz Song "Tom Jones," Dance Polonaise, "Because," "Thousand Kisses," "Un Peu d' Amour," "Honeysuckle," "A May* Morning," "Berceuse," Prelude (Jarnefolt), "Carmen" Waltz, "Song D'Autgomne/' Berlin Gavotte. — Advt. Weddings, beautiful Shower Bouquets, Posies, Baskets, Empire Staffs, Crooks, etc., 'artistically designed- and forwarded to auy part of the Dominion by Miss Murray, Vice-Regal Florist. 36. Willis-st. The essential in boy cfothes, is "Wear." — We stock a big range of boys' clothing guaranteed to stand the test of school day*. Geo. Fowlds, Ltd. — Advt. Low bust and long below the waist characterise Warner's newest corset models ; they give the latest figure contour.—Wellington drapers. — Advt.

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