WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 47, 24 August 1920, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mowbray arrived back in Wellington ,by the Moeraki last evening from Sydney. The death occurred yeatercUiy at her residence,. Adelaide-road, of Mrs. Knowles Smith, wife of the Rev. G. Knowles Smith. The late 1 Mrs. Knowles Smith, was highly esteemed) by a large circle of iriends, and her death .is deeply regretted. - Tho engagement is announced in an exchange of Mr. Horace G. Pringle, only son of Mr. D. Pringle, of Palmerston North, and Miss Lyndia. A. Bell, eldest daughtei of Mrs. Alfred. Bell, of Wellington. A pleasant afternoon was spent at the residence oi Mrs. Perkins, 4'2, Purucrescent, yesterday" 1 afternoon by many ladies oi Lyall Bay and Kilbirnie. The hostess^* assisted iby Mrs. Sykes and Misses Jenkins and Francis, provided, afternoon tea. All present will assist with the effort now being made to provide extra accommodation for boys at the Anglican Homes- for Boy3, Lower j Hutt. Among those present were Mrs. Collins, president of this movement, and , Mrs. A. H. Waters (hon. secretary;. The latter spoke on the necessity of the work, and pointed out that the Anglican Church in this diocese had chosen the word "Home" and not "Orphanage," ali though many of the children it cares for ! are without both parents. A committee was;set up with Mr«. Perking as chairwoman, and Miss Francis as secretary. Mrs. C. H. Seville, who presided, mentioned that a- gift tea will be held at | her residence shortly, at which Canon Fielden Taylor has kind!} consented to be present and give an address during thft afternoon. Gifts will be accepted for the stall conducted by the All Saints' parishoners. ', Another sturdy old pioneer, Mrs. Cur- j rin, -wife of Mr. G. T. Currin, of Whitmore, Linton, is dead. The sad event took place at her home on Friday, at the age of 81 years. The late Mrs. Currin came to New Zealand from Kent, England, with her parents when quite a child, in the ship Little London in 1842. She was a daughter of-the late William Eves, of BridgevaUey, Nelson, who was the first to' bring hops to New Zealand and grow them in Nelson, where the family settled. ' - The staff of the Messrs. Richardson--1 Orr Company are holding a danco in St. Peter's Hall, on 26th August. Excellent i arrangements are being made, and tho ! function promises to be one of more than average success. A highly successful concert was given at Porirua. Mental Hospital jii Saturday night byHlie- "Cheer-oh, Girls," whose bright repertoire was enthusiastically appreciated by the patients. It appears thatihi? hospital, in common with other institutions, has, received little attention in the way of amusements during and since the war. Such pleasure- is a benefit to the patients as well as enjoyment, and it is to be hoped that the kindly thought of the "Cheer-oh"Girls"-will inspire others. ' . . , There has been something of a flutter among Sydney society dames and demoiselles because of a rebuke levelled at them by the Eev. J. H. ChaseMng, rector of St. Peter's Church, Watersleigh. The reverend gentleman has been expressing indignation regarding the introduction of evening dress.into the church on the occasion of fashionable •weddings. "I have no doubt," he sajd, in giving public expression to his opin-' ions, "that vrhat is called evening dress for women is the correct wear in certain circumstances. ■ It appears to be compulsory on the sex to half undress for the theatre, and everybody in the social swim nowadays must bare tho back and as much of the front of. the female form,—at very great risk, I should say, of getting a cold in the head But the place for this display of tho latest fashionable wear is not the church. I have_ entered my strong protest against evening dress at weddings in my church, and the verger has been instructed to refuse admission to any not properly clothed; and anybody misbehaving in the building before or 'during the marriage service will be rebuked. Sometimes a wedding is turned into something in the nature of a burlesoue by the behaviour of the spectators. Women are not permitted to come tto ■ church bareheaded. Yet many of them come 'barebacked, bareheaded., and barechested to weddings, to the great offence of the reverent, who look on the sacrament of marriage as something more than a mere puppet show. Conduct that would not .be tolerated in a theatre k indulged in the House of God." .The feminine portion of Sydney has been vigorously debating these utterances ov£r afternoon tea, and it will be interesting to see whether it has been sufficiently chastened when the next big society wedding takes place. An old identity passed peacefully away on Sunday last at the Wellington. Hospital in I.the pei'son of Mrs. Harriet Furby, widow of the late George Frederick Furby. The late Mrs. Furby, who was eighty-two, arrived' in the ship Conflict forty-six years ago, and had resided in Wellington ever since, enduring with other, early settlers the hardships, of the pioneer days. Mr. Furby predeceased his wife four years ago. She leaves two daughters and one son—Mr. Harold Richard, Furby, and Mrs. Arthur Tustin, both of Wellington, and Mrs. George Smales, of Waipukurau, also thirteen! grandcjiikrren. The newest ivay of furnishing, as described by the Parisian correspondent of the Gentlewoman, will interest ■ many people. The writer says:—Everybody knows the two great difficulties' for newly married coupke to-day—the scarcity .of flats and of furniture. The Paris upholsterer has overcome the question of furniture, and is arranging' the new homes in a most picturesque and practical manner. The latest is the drawing-room in Japanese fashion, without chairs. The floor is covered with matting, and at all angles cushions of brilliant hues are'dis-i posed in a special scheme of colour. Ths guests take very kindly to the arrangement at afternoon tea, and the service is much the same as in "The Geisha," where every visitor receives a. little lacquered tray with her own teapot, etc., placed on the floor beside the cushion on which she- is seated. Life is really amusing. Here in Francs we are imitating ithe Japanese, and in Japan the best'families are following European customs. The dining-room' in the modern flat has no centre dining table, but two or three small tables for everyday use. When, there, are guests the cloth is laid on a. board and trestles. The bedroom is wherever you like to make it, for a special sleeping room is only-possible in the pre-war homes, and rarely seen in the houses of newly-married people. This consists of a divan or mattress fixed upon a wooden frame, covered in tho daytime .vith a rug of some valuable fur or other. Bath 'and dressing-room arc. in an adjoining space,where all toilet, accessories are lecpt. And strange as it may seem, the new order is very popu-