WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue LXXXVIII, 30 October 1914, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Go often to the hill-tops. From there'you will see the mist in the ?alley of your mind.—

. Answers to Correspondents. — F.F. : I have made enquiries and can find no way to preserve whitebait, except by the method of tinning.

The marriage took place at Levin on Wednesday of Mr. T. Selwyn, youngest son of Mr. P. W. Goldsmith, of Levin, to Miss Christina Mabel, fourth daughter of Mr. Richard Prouse. of "Weraroa House," ' Levin. The Rev. S. H. D. Poryman, assisted by the Rev. \V. H. E. Abbej'. officiated at the ceremony. Mrs. Nation, sister of the bride, proskJed ait the organ a«d played the Bridal March as the bride entered the church and the Wedding March as the bridal party left. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of ivory charmeuse with an overdress of embroidered chiffon, and trimmed with handsome silk lace and seed pearls. With this she wore the customary veil and orange blossom and carried a bouquet of roses, lily of the valley, narcissi < and maiden-hair fern. Bliss Dorothy Goldsmith and Miss Phyllis Prouse attended as bridesmaids, both wearing dresses of pale blue silk crepe trimmed with lace, and wore hats of white lace trimmed with blue ribbon and pink roses. They carried shower bouquets of roses, pink stock, forget-me-notj and maiden-hair. Mr. Jesse P. Wliite was best man, and Mr. Sinclair Bradfield carried out the duties as groomsman. Mrs. P. W. Goldsmith, the bridegroom's mother, wore a gown of black crepe do chino with a black silk lace coatee, and a black hat with black and white plumes, and she carried a small hand bouquet of wisteria and cineraria. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Prouse received the guests at the reception room, the latter wearing a dress of black silk with an embroidered black silk net overdress, and a wliite hat trimmed with black plumes. About seventy guests were present at the l-e-ception, where various toasts were honoured, the Rev. Mr. Perryman presiding. Numerous telegrams of congratulation and good wishes were read by the best man. Mrs. Snowden has left for the South Island, where she continues her lectures. Mrs. Cameron, of Dunedin, and' her son, Dr Cameron, are guests of Miss Cameron, of Kaiwarra. Mrs. Boddington, of Masterton, is a gueßt of Mrs. West, and will later on stay with Mrs. Houldsworth, at Kaiwarra. The Sir George Grey Scholarship for 1914 at the Victoria College has been awarded to Miss Natalie C. B. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. C. Odlin, accompanied by Mrs. H. Shaw, o( Island Bay, are leaving for Australia by the s.s. Manuka to-day. Mrs. Baldwin, wife of Dr. Baldwin,f of Rarotonga, is staying at CaulfieM House. Mrs. H. M Campbell returned to Hawkes Bay to-day. Mrs. F. G. Hume, of Palmerston North, is staying with Colonel and, Mrs. Hume, Wellington-terrace. Mrs. and Miss Coleman returned to Auckland yesterday. Mr. Salmond, the Crown Solicitor, has taken Mr. J. E. Fulton's house «n Wel-lington-terrace, which has been occupied by Mr. R. M. Simpson for some years. A pleasant afternoon "was spent on Wednesday^ at Blithewood, Lower Hutt, when Mr. and Mrs. William I Potter gave an afternoon to celebrate th© marriage of their eldest son, Frederick, to Miss Gertrude M'Kain. Mrs. Potter, who received the guests, was ■wearing a grey costume and hat with plumes, and the brido wag attired in a white charraeuse and ha.t with pink roses. The usual toaeta were honoured, some of th© speakers being Rev. Mr. Gibeon, Mr, Shearer, and Mr. William Potter, sen. Miss Burnett, Miss Dorothy Hursthouse, and Miss Anna Fell, who went to England early this year to pass their examinations in the Froebel Union in London, have been successful, a fact that speaks well for their training here, especially as they have, done the work in six months instead of the usual year. They have taken a flat in London till the end of the year. The death of King Charles of Rumania recalls the somewhat unhappy domestic situation of that kingdom* and the remarkable woman who will henceforth be designated the Queen-Dowager. "Carmen S'lva," as she is known the worldwide through her delightful writings, was a headstrong yonng person when she married the heir to the Throne of Rumania, and the discljiltnu and conventions of the Court ill-suited her decidedly democratic leanings. Beloved, however, of the poor among her people, sho has spent a great deal of her lite for them. Young girls are her special care, and she ia for ever acting as fairy godmother to them. Surety if anybody living has gained the right to the words "Write me down as one who loved his (or her) fellowrnen," it is '"'Carmen Silva." She has lived her practical ideals, and ia in very truth the mother of her people. A very interesting personality/ Mrs. Basil Taylor, died last week in Wanganui. She was a native of Bath, England. The Chronide states that she came out to this colony in the Queen of the Mersey in the year 1863, under the C.M.S., to marry the Rev. Basil Kirke Taylor, who was then working Avith his father, the Rev. Richard Taylor, at the mission station at, Putiki., Wanganni. Upon arrival in Wanganui she immediately took up active work, both teaching the Natives and assisting her "husband in the dispensing of medicines. This latter service she continued for quite a- considerable time after his death in 1876, when she was left a. widow with five litile children under the age of twelve. After coming to reside in town it was quite a common thing -to see several Maoris seated, upon the verandah of hex house with their sick babies upon their backs, awaiting the services of " Mihi," as she was always known, among them. A special feature of her* work was. her daily and regular visiting of the sk:k and* reading the Bible with them. In conjunction with the old and faithful Native teacher Aperahama (Abraham), she carried on the work of her beloved husband, a labour of love which was ever dear to her heart. Many an interesting story could be told where old and dying found relief and were saved from the dreadful Native custom of putting "outside the pale " all such as were to die. During the Maori war, too, the deceased lady passed through many thrilling H expenenoes, while her husband was away on his rounds and she was left alone. As an instance of the heroic manner in which she so faithfully earned on her missionary labours until the Rev. A. 0. Williams was finally appointed to, the station, may be mentioned the fact that {or several years she nobly carried on the Sunda-y-sohool at Putiki, when, during all weathers she bravely toiled on foot to the p» and back. These faithful

services never prevented her from carrying out her regular home duties, and the faithful mothering of a family of small children, whom she supported and educated almost entirely by her own industry with music pupils. For about twenty-five years Mrs. Taylor carried on a weekly prayer meeting in her house in Campbell-street, whicb was attended by members of all the churches in \Va* nganui. At her funeral the pall-bearers were four of her nephews and two Maori lads, Messrs. Mete and Tamati Takarangi. of Putiki.. grandsons of Mete I Kingi, a former resident of Putiki and ] one of fche greatest chiefs of the Wanganui tribe. Other representatives of the Maori people, for whom Mrs. Taylor had the greatest love and affection, were at the graveside. From consistently wearing tight ckirts women were bound in time to develop a peculiar walk. The said walk was quite noticeable at the recent Band wick races (says a Sydney writer). Unconsciously, no doubt, has the new style of walking arisen ; but an ugly walk it it nevertheless. The fact that all are walking in the same way does not make il any more graceful. The majority totter as insecurely on their high heels as a Chinese lady of rank on her tiny bandaged feet. The skirts allow no room for a long enough step to give a perfect balance, and the result is that each movement forward is followed by a hurried jerk as the other foot is quickly thrust out to retain the perpendicular. The "slouch", walk, with drooping shoulders and receding chest, is another outcome of the more exaggerated styles of dress, and one that is equally lacking in charm, for those i who affect it move along with an ambling gait that is just as graceless as the hobbled totter. A traveller once wrote of the erect carriage and graceful movements of the Australian girl, but that was before the i "hobble" fashions made their appear- ! ance. Now, Madame descends from her I motor, almost falling as she steps down, I and hobbles across the lawxv. Another womaTi witl her silken draperies dragged up in a bunch in one hand — holding them up being absolutely necessary if she is to walk at all — comes along with short, uneven, steps, looking for all the world as though she were bandaged across the knees. Tho marvel is that those who are compelled to move about from place to place in this uncomfortable manner keep such a calm, unruffled appearance, 3mih'ng serenely through it all.