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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1914, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT

"Life is only the journey. Don't overlook tlic scenery while worrying about the tlcs^ tination; and in the march of life don't forget to listen to 'the band."

The Lahmann Health Home on Saturday last was the scene of a romantic event, when Mr. Richard Huke and Miss Zela Banfield plighted their troth in its drawing-room. Both bride and bridegroom were patients residing in the Home, the bridegroom having entered it in very poor health more than a year ago, and having remained an inmato ever since, and the bride having been under its treatment only recently. The ceremony was performed by tho Rev. G. S. Cook, who also was for some, time a patient in the Home. Two young lady patients—the Misses Wilson and Cook — were the bridesmaids, and the musical part of fche i service was conducted by Dr. Dunnevill, the assistant doctor, on the organ aJid by Miss Jones (another lady patient) on the piano, while the rest of the staff and patients formed a gala-like congregation and choir. The bride, who wore a gown of embroidered cream voile, a. veil, and a wreath of real bush myrtle, was given away iVy her mother, and the bridegroom was attended by his brother aa best man. Owing to the desire of the bridal pair, that the wedding should be quiet, only a very few of their personal friends were invited as guests ; nevertheless, the wedding breakfast was planned for forty, and, although the stormy weather prevented most of those invited from coming, a, goodly company of between thirty and forty sat down to partake. The usual speechifying was done with spirit, and, the weather brightening a little afterwards, a valiant attempt to photoj graph the party was made under great difficulties by Miss Hardie Shaw, who also is a patient under treatment in the institution. The lady patients had been indefatigable in collecting flowers and greenery, and their skilful fingers had given a most festive appearance to the drawing-room, lounge, and corridor, tho j final touch of homeliness being afforded by a cheery fire in the hall, the great ! south doors being closed to keep the storm out, making the crimson entrance lounge look a picture of winter cosiness. After enjoying afternoon tea, Mr. and Mrs. Hulse departed, amid a fragrant shower of rbse-lea,ves, in a motor-car surreptitiously decorated with shoe» of varied style and hue,* for their residence in Brougham-street, Wellington. Mi6s Iris Fraser, whose marriage to Mr. P. Garde fakes place shortly, was the guest of honour at a "handkerchief tea" given By Miss Kircher at Godber's Rooms on Satuiday. - An enjoyable af* ternoon was spent, items being rendered by Mrs. Gooder, and by the Misses Stapleton, Greenish, and Dix (2). The competitions, which were entered into with keen interest, were won by Miss S. Ffaser, Mrs. J. R. Williamson, and Miss Greenish. \ Miss Kathleen Hewetson fills another vacancy at the Wellington College. She obtained her M.A. degree, with honours in Latin and German. She had full charge of a school at. Ngathnoto, and was for a time on the staff of Nelson Girls* College. Miss Winifrel Cathie also joins the staff this term. She was a former dux of the college, and gained a Senior National Scholarship in 1908, and Senior University Scholarship in 1911. She gained her M.A. degree with first-class honours in botany, and has since been studying science at Victoria College, where she was awarded a Science Research Scholarship. Miss Gladys Comeron, M.Sc. has been appointed senior science mistress at the Girls' College. She gained ncr degree with first-class honours in zoology, and had previously gained a Junior and Senior University Scholarship. Miss Cameron has also taken a full course for • the degree of Domestic Science. She was formerly on tho staff of the Gore High School, and afterwards was senior science mistress at the- 1 Methodist* Ladies' College, Melbourne. Nurse Macandrew, who has been visiting the West Coast and Nelson, returned to Wellington on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Tatton, of Ohakune, are at the Royal Oak. Miss Sutherland-Smith, who has been staying in Wellington and in New Plymouth, has returned to Nelson. Mrs. H. D. Bell and the Misses Bell and Mrs. Rolleston came back from Rotorua and Taivpo yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ranby (Masterton), Mr. and Mrs. Scollard (Blenheim), Mr. and Mrs. Williams (Waituna), Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Miss Smith (Waverley), Mr. and Mrs. Fenwick (Masterton), Mr. and Mrs. M'Laren (Masterton), Mr. and Mrs. Fay (Sydney), and Mrs. Whitfield and Mrs. Moore (Wanganui) are at the New Occidental Hotel. At the Empire Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell (Dunedin), Mrs. D. Riddiford and Mrs. E. C. Gaisfoj-d (Marton), Mr. and Mrs. E. Allan (Nelson), Mr. and Mrs. Phillips (Masterton), Mrs. Hosking, Mrs. Fowler, and Mrs. and Miss Tully. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison (London), Mr. and Mrs. Quinn (Wanganui), Mr. and Mrs. Wilson (Auckland), and Mrs. Price (Christchurch) are at the Grand Hotel.' The Misses Bell leave next Monday for Auckland. Mrs. W. Nicholson (Motueka), Mr. and Mrs. Reismann (Berlin), Mrs. J. C. Brown (Napier). Miss E. Mackay (Nelson), and Miss Spriggs (Napier) are at the Hotel Windsor. A bride and bridegroom were separated on the first express from Christchurch at Timaru through the train being shortened on its arrival there, and, as tho result of a complaint made to the Timaru Herald, the selfishness of some first-class travellers was brought out. The couple in question could not get a seat together, but a seat was found for the bride in a "bird cage." Complaint was made that the husband was told that he could stand out on the platform or wait for the next train. The stationmaster f however, denies this, and says that he endeavoured to find seats for the couple in a first-class carriage, where there were apparently six seats with only one lady to occupy them. The lady told him that all six seats were occupied, but he found when the train left the station that three were still vacant. The stationmaster says it is not an uncommon thing for ladies travelling first-class to monopolise a lot of space which they do not use, and it is a cause of much annoyance to other travellers. There was not nearly so much selfishness shown by "second-class travellers, he said. Most of vis have, at some lime or other, deplored the ugliness of mnscti line attire. To begin with, an ordinary suit of clothes is merely a succession of tubes. Legs and arms are encnscVl in cylindrical pieces of serge or tweed,; tire body of the coat, when fastened. 13 a larger variety of the same idea. Then, again, tho range of colour for men's wear ia practically limited to uuvy blur, grey, and daik brown, varied by hi-

definite mixtures. However, M. Leon Baksi,. the famous futurist artist, who is also a designer of startling fashions in feminine dress, says that the garb of the every-day Englishman is more to ho admired than that of Englishwomen, for the one is definitely typical of the British race, whereas the other is merely a copy of Parisian inspiration. According to M. Bakst, every country ought to show its own character in the dress of its people, and it is Unfortunate that the tendency is now towards that which is cosmopolitan. The fashionably dressed woman of the hour, no matter what her nation, attires herself in draperies the motif of which is borrowed from the ancient Greek, together with tunics that are essentially Persian in origin. This composite style may suit the Parisians, who are of a more frivolous type, but the characteristics of the English are height and dignity, and that is set off by the tailor-made btyles. " One line from shoulders to feet in one dominant colour, in order to lay stress on the graceful silhouette," is M. Bakst's advice to Englishwomen. A curious wager has just been won by six of the little midinettes, or workgirls, belonging to one of tho large dressmaking firms of Paris. The girls declared that they were able to sew and trim a dress of crepe de chine entirely in the shortest time in the I strangest place on record. The frock was to be cut out beforehand, and was handed to them as they entered the train at the metropolitan station, and was to be finished on their arrival at a terminus twenty minutes away from the starting-place. Onlookers were immensely amused to see the six girls install themselves in one of the compartments, where they had four benches reserved for their use. As the train started they began to work at a terrific rate. Two of them seized the sleeves, another the flounces, the fourth set to on the sheath skirt, and the remaining two shared the bodice. Between the jolts * and stoppages the needles .simply flew in and out of the delicate fabric, and by the time the destination was reached the triumphant six jumped from the train, accompanied by the holders of tho stakes, who had carefully Watched the proceedings. One wonders whether the dress came as a surprise to the woman who ultimately wore it. It is to be hoped it did not fit closely, and that she did not have to fasten it up in a hurry, or woe to the seams! A remarkable instance of attempted extortion on the part of an hotel-keeper at a Swiss resort has been ventilated in court at Geneva. A French girl who was staying with her mother at the hotel fell from a window ,and was killed. The mother decided to take the body to Paris for burial, and some days passed 'before the necessary arrangements for the journey were completed. The fact that there had been a fatal accident at the hotel, arid that the dead body had not' been removed, interfered to some extent with the business of the place, and when the lady was ready to leave she was presented with a bill for £520 by the landlord. She offered to pay £20, but as this was refused, the case was eventually taken into court, and the judge, in awarding the hotelkeeper £10 without costs, declared that the £520 bill was " a veritable attempt at exploitation." A gradual change is being introduced in the traditional English manner of celebrating Christmas. Formerly a man who had to eat his Christmas dinner at an hotel was an object of general pity (writes a London correspondent). He was depicted as a lonely, unhappy individual, who possessed neither relatives nor friends. He wandered disconsolate about tho empty rooms of the hotel, with no one to talk to and nowhere to go. He ate his Christmas dinner in solitary state in the larg_e empty diningroom, and, in desperation at his loneliness, he tried to get up a conversation with the waiter. But in these days West End hotels cater extensively for the Christmas season, and it is becoming the fashion for wealthy people to have dinner at an hotel instead of in their own homes. Some of the hotels advertise their menus a week or two ahead, and all the available tables at the best hotels are reserved in advance. There is generally some form of entertainment, such as a concert or dance, after the dinner is over. Children are specially catered for at these hotels, and presents are distributed among them. At the Savoy Hotel, in the Strand, there were over 400 children at the Christmas festivities. As far as the bulk of the English people are concerned, the traditional manner of celebrating Christmas by, a family reunion at dinner is kept up. PIANO AND ORGAN v BARGAINS! The Dresden Piano Co., Ltd., Wellington, can save you up to £35 on the ordinary price of a high-grade piano, or £18 on an organ. This well-known firm recently bought the entire stock of the Wellington Piano Co., Ltd., and by agreement with the vendors must dispose of every instrument forthwith. Prices have, therefore, been so drastically reduced that quick clearance is inevitable. The sale opens on Wednesday, 4th February, and continues for one month. The pianos and organs bear the names of leading makers. Some instruments are so freshly arrived that they have never been out of their packing cases. It is only possible to exhibit a very few of the sale instruments in the provinces, and this is merely done at the more important branches. All interested should, therefore, inspect the wonderful bargains at The Dresden showrooms in Wellington. • Railway fares both ways will be paid to country purchasers ot pianos or organs during the great clearance sale. Easy terms of payment can be arranged if deshvd. The Dresden Piano Co., Ltd., Wellington. M. 3, Brookes, North Island manager. — Advt. The latest music by Godber's private orchestra every afternoon, at the Lamb-ton-quay rooms, from 3 till 5. Any item on the programme played on request.— Advt. Summer sales and cheap material lose their advantages if dress-making charges are high. By the Ideal Home Chart you can easily make all your garments at home ; delightfully simple system. Call to-day for particulars. Ideal Home ijre^scutting School, Adelphi Chambers, Willis-street.— Advt. Still of interest to thrifty parents — tho cut lines of Boys' Washing Suits at Heo. Fowlds, Ltd., Manners-street.— Advt. Ladies' in need of domestic help should ask th^ir ironmonger to show them the Ardinco Daisy Damper, Dandy Potts Ironing Shield , Nobendo Dustpan, and the Gvipit Bundle, or write for particulars to " tVrdin&o." Box 618, 11. P.0., Wellington. — Advt. Bridal showor "notiqueis are a feature oE every pretty wedding. The choicest of blooms and most artistic designing arc obtained at Mi^s Murray's, Vice-Regal Florist, 36, Willw-street. Country orders receive special attention.— Advt.