WOMEN IN PRINT

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 39, 15 August 1921, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT

Aii the request of the Kindergarten Council, and 1 the Citizens' Day Nursei--ies Committee, Miss Rotbenberg is organising a large jumble sale in aid of the funds'/ The sale will be held in the Kent-terrace Presbyterian Schoolroom, cm Saturday, 27th August, at 2.30.p.m. Goads of all sorts will' be soldi very cheaply—a speciality being made .of children's clothes. Gifts and', donations •will be gratefully received, and may be left at Betlnine's auction -rooms, Brandon-street, the custodian's office, I Town B»U, Mrs. J. Myers, 178, The | Terrace, and the Kindergarten Schoolroom, Taranaki-street. Discussing 1' the season's frockmg, Paris expert* decree that the tailormade shall be plain, and almost tightfitting, wvt>h slight fulness on'the hips, and bound with Varnished military braid 1. Black 3s highly favoured, an artificial flower on the coat ; lapel, the blouse or waistcoat, and the colour scheme on the hat being the only relief against rthe sombre effect. Paris is also wearing long cavalier cloaks of inky hue aiid round hats, similar to those worn by clergymen. Miss Mina Caldow lias returned to Auckland from a holiday trip to Sydney. Mrs. Gage Williams is the guest of Mrs. Edgar Stead, Ricearton. Miss Wyra Faulkner was in town dur. ing th* week-end, on. a visit to her parents at Oriental Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Ogle Moore, of Masterton, are leaving Wellington shortly for Sydney, en route to Singapore, where they will in future reside. The Y.W.O.A. Hostel girls are fholding an "At Home" this week. The function; will be in the nature of a gift social for' "GUls' Day." Misa Sylvia Wynyard haa gone to Wanganui and Now Plymouth after a short visit to Wellington, a"nd returns to Auckland this week. The < engagement is announced • in an exchange of Miss < Chris Hoßking, only daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs; Hosking, Maaterton, to Mr. Arthur J. Luke, oi Wellington. A wedding of interest, particulaaiy, to Frontiersmen, was that solemnised in Now Plymouth, between Miss Lily Pennington and Frontiersman' Lieutenant Norman Jones, Awakino's troop leader. There was a big gathering of comrades of the bridegroom. A Legion guard ,of. honour extended from the church to the gates, and Legion officers took part in the picturesque wedding ceremony. An innovation at a benefit ball held in Sydney recently was the bread-and-butter supper. ' The ball, which was appropriately named 'the bread-and-but-ter ball, was- in add of the funds for the blind, and it proved a, big success. The supper novelty has since been copied by maaiy other committees Peeking for attractive schemes. ■ The ceremony of crowning Little Miss Hilma Quintan as Aehool queen (St. Mark's School competition) will take place in the Town Hall Concert Chamber on Saturday afternoon next. The Hon. Nora Jellicoe will, perform the ceremony, which is being artistically arranged in grouping and colour scheme. [ The eldest of the competitors is six years,- and the others are of varying ag«».. Word has been received of the gfcill further stage (muooom of Milan; Marie Ney, the talentod New EeaJftnd dramatic actress.. Mise Ney had. an important Tole,- that of the ingenue niece, in a Marie Tempest play in Melbourne. An enjoyable evening was held at tli© residence of Mrs. ■ M'Mdllan, of Hopper-street, on Saturday evening last. Games aad dances, which were a feature of the evening, were in tfye hands of Mr. A. Dillon, who woe a capable M.C. Supipor was served in the diiningToom, this table being- tastefully decorated wMi'violets and daffodils. The hostess was assisted by the Misses Iris M'MiUan and Nation. During the evening items were contributed by the Misses G. Oldfield and Nation and Mr. ». M'Hugh. Two of the women members of the staff of King's College, London, have lately beep appointed to professorships in other universities. ■' Dr. Mary Williams, Bieader in Romance Philology, has been appointed Professor of French at the University of Wales, and Signorina Linetta d-e Castelvecchio has been appointed- Serera 'Professor of Italian in the University of Birmingham. A Wellington lady, writing from, London, remarks; on the ready attention and civility with which prospective buyers are treated in the shops. So ready are the assistants to show-goods and so persuasive and obliging are they that she remarks 'that ,it is quite difficult not to buy even if the goods are not exactly suitable. As-for prices, she bought a charming' embroidered coat frock for a little less than £6, while a smart hat to match was 14s lid. During the' past summer odd little tube-like frocks were worn, which slip on like a jumper and boast no fastenings. Some were sleeveless and others still remarkably short in the skirt. Beautiful weather prevaifed, and the flowers in the parks and gardens were a joy to the New Zealanders.

The Assembly ball, which is, always a feature of the Grand National Week in Christchurch, was held in the Art Gallery, and. was a brilliant affair. The handsome hall and gallery were decorated' in two shades of daffodil yellow, and these beautiful flowers wer* freely used in the supper room and dancing hall. In the former the' walls were panelled in black and yellow satin, and decorated with'- wreaths of flowers of orange, lemon, and tangerine slides. The lounge was beautiful with huge pots of .cinerarias and other hothouse flowers, with a background of palms anß ferns. Her Excellency Viscountess Jellicos on arrival was presented with a bouquet of yellow^ flowers, which contrasted excellently with her handsome gown of dark blue panne velvet, the shoulder and corsage draperies being outlined with sequins of silver and blue. The train, was of panne velvet lined with silk. '

For the first time in the history of Harvard University, U.S.A., a .woman has taken tho degree of Master of Education, and this distinction has been gained by a Sydney girl, Miss Lorna M. Hodgkinson. This news has been received by her mother, Mrs. A. J. Hodkinson, of Mosman, who' was informed at the same time that her daughter had been awarded a valuable research scholarship by the University Corporation, which will enable 'her to complete the Doctor of Education course. Misa Hodgkinson will sit for the degree as Doctor of Education in March next, after which she returns and will again take up her work in Sydney. In her last letter to her mother she stated that her knowledge of this work had been increased 1000 per cent., but she also mentioned that in the training of delinquent and backward children Australia was very ,much behind.