WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 138, 8 December 1921, Page 7

WOMEN IN PRINT.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All notices and descriptions of ■weddings sent to The Post for insertion in this column must be authenticated and properly signed by responsible people, or they will not be published. Engagement notices must be signed by the parties concerned.

While all the world (figuratively speaking) of this Dominioi? is thinking., of summer pleasures and preparing for Christmas joys, it is pleasant to find that there is room for thought of those who are approaching the winter season in dire want and sorrow. The teachers and scholars of the Terrace Congregational Sunday School have decided to give the amount taken at their Christmas service to the European Starving ( Children's Fund. I Mr. and Mrs. J. Fairchild have rei turned from a trip to Canada and ! America, Mrs. A. W. Mpuat haa returned from a visit to the country. Sir Rupert and Lady Clarke (Melbourne) are in New Zealand for the fishing season, and are staving at Tern uka. Dr. and Mrs. Graham Robertson, of j Napier, have taken Mr. Peacock's ' house, Kelburn-parade, for some ..weeks' visit to town. The concert in aid of the W.N.R, Residential Nursery will be held in the Cambridge Terrace Congregational Hall. A successful garden party in aid of the Karitane Home was held at the residence of Mr. aifed Mrs. H. W. Duff, 38, Suth«rland-ro»d, Melrose. The Mayoress (Mrs. Wright) was received by Mrs. F. G. Tonks, president of the committee, and in a brief speech explained the object of the fund, and then formally declared the parity open. Mrs. Wright was presented with a beautiful basket of roses by Elma Baker. Dr. Truby King also spoke in furtherance of the cause. Among the visitors were Nurses Patrick, Clifford, Kidd, and Hooper, of the Pluhket Society. The stalls -were in charge of. the following : —Work, Mes-1 dames Duff, Sunderland, and Martin; produce, Mesdames Dobson and Waugh; reading teacups, Mrs. Fauvel; cake, Mrs. Eves and Miss Aitk'en; tearooms, Mes-' dames • Butler, Aitken, and Miss Edwards; sweets, Mrs. N. Tonke, Miss Miller; ices, Miss Brooker and Mr. Dalgleish; cocoa-nut shies, Mr. Duff. The baby competition resulted : Under six months,, Mrs. Hargreaves's baby, 1; Mrs. Sundgren'-s, 2; over six months, Mesdames Evee's and Fauvel's.babies tied for first place; Mrs Farcy's, 2. Nurse Patrick war the judge. One guessing competition was won by Joan Tonks, and another by Olive Wiglejr. As a result of the effort the fund will benefit to the extent of between £50 and £60.

Princess' Mary mil probably visit Viscount Lasceßes's Iri*h seat at Portumna, Galway, which was recently burned, and- is being restored. The jumble sale, organised .by the women of St. Aidan's Church, Miramar, held recently in the Miramax Town Hall, proved a.great, success, the sum of £50 being taken. The sal© was open-, ed in the afternoon by Mrs. Sprott. Those- ir charge of the stalls were : — Jumble stall, Mesdames Redshaw amd Morton, assisted by. Misses Parsons, Stacey, Robertson, Young, and) Butterworth ; cake stall, Mesd&mea Ha»eld*n, Fraser, Pycroft; ice creams, Mesdames Clark, Robertson; and Misses B. dark, ! and M. Haselden; produce stall, Mesdanies Marshall, Clarke, Harland, and Moss; Sunday School ■'stall, Mesdames Wallers and StSrkie,, assisted' by the Sutadby School girls. The' taaliooms | were v in charge of Meadairies. B*ll, and Stone,' assisted, by Mrs. Wakeliji and Misser Beill (2); and Miss. Bouse. A concert was held iii the evening, items, to the programme being songs by Mm. M'Gregor and Misses Jenkins and; Gilpin, recitation1 by Miss Jean Marshall, and humorous iketch by i Mr. Porter. Tlie Maranui Anglican' Boys| Minstrel Troupe also gave items of fun and merriment, all being greatly appreciated:, as , also were' those provided by the brass \ band and Ranger's Orchestra. ■

The Young Women's Club of the- Ter-. race Congregational Church, which organised the "Christmas Fay re" in aid of a renovation fund for the Church, succeeded in getting together a capital entertainment and large quantity of goods. The various stalls were in charge of the following:—Shilling novelty stall, Mrs. Quinton; plain work, Mrs. Scully and Mrs. Osborne (afternoon). Miss Riddick and Mi»s: Quinton (evening); fancy stall, Mrs. M'Laurin and Miss Knowles; produce and cakes, Mesdames Greig-, Archibald, . Holdsworth, and Fettes; flowers, Misses Glasson, Richardson, Quinton, M'Laurin, and Finlay; Christmas tree, arranged by Mr. Kirkby, andN in charge of Miss Greig; sweets, Misses] Greig and Quinton; afternoon tea, Mesdames Greening, Paetz, Riddick, Holdsworth,'and Newman. In the evening a concert was given, arranged by Mrs. Quinton, those taking part including Misses and M'Laurin, Mrs. Holm, Mr. "Cliff, and Mr. M'Kinlay. To : iiight a children's entertainment and Christmas tree will bring the "Fnyie" to a close.

Mention has been made recently of the good work of tlie "Travellers' Aid'" in connection with the Y.W.C.A. - Overseas boats, trains, etc., are met by an official bearing the blue triangle badge, and voting girls who are strangers, or ■whose friends have failed to meet them, are safeguarded by the friendly society. Immigrant girls are taken to tne hostel, whore, by arrangement with1 the Government, they are given 24 hour?' free board, and then escoi'ted .to the steamer or train that will hear them to their destination. ■ ' ,■? The wedding took place at St. Peter's Church, Wakapuaka, Nelson, of Miss Myra Winnifride Baniett, youngest, daughter of Mr. D. Barnett, of Wakapuaka, and Mr. Thomas Nelson Whitwell, youngest son of Mr. F. Whitwell, of Wakapuaka. The Rev. Mr. Heron performed the ceremony. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a charming gown of shell pink crepe de chine and georgette, with a beautifully hand-embroidered overdress, and also a tulle veil fastened with a silver1 band and orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of white and pink roses. The bridesmaids Wire Miss Vera Fox, of Wellington, who wore white georgette over silver lace, and a black picture hat, her bouquet being of . pale pink roses and maiden-hair fern, and also the Misses Erica and Lorna Barnett (neices 6f • the bride), who were very prettily dressed in the palest shades of lemon and blue, and carried crooks; The best man was Mr. L, Condell, of Nelson. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a._gold brooch set with pearls; to the chief bridesmaid, he gavo a gold brooch, and to the little girls a pendant each. Between 40 and 50. guests were afterwards entertained at "Avonbs,nk," the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Whitwell left later for Wellington and Christchurch,' the bridb travelling in a navy costume and a hat Ito match. The presents included a sil- ! ver dish, suitably inscribed, from th& ;Km Ota Hockey Club, of which the bride was a prominent member, also a 'handsomely- carved table from the Wafcapnakß Tennis CluJ>, and lt „( , B 0 , bowl iKpa .the SL Fet»r'i Lidiei1 Guild*

A thoroughly-enjoyed concert was given by the members of St. Joseph's Concert Party to the children of St. Mary's Home, Karon. Those who rendered items were:—Songs by Misses N. Davies, A. Ry*n, I, Wolfgang, and Mr. Stan. Airth; recitations by Miss A. Flan; fancy dances by Miss M. \Vdlcoek; piano solo by Miss M. Dillon; vaudeville bits by Messrs. A. Chalk and Stan Airth. Mrs. Anderson was the accompanist and Mr. B-i S. Dwyer was responsible for the arrangements of the evening. The concert concluded with the singing of the National Anthem, after which a dainty supper was handed round by some of trie senior girls of the home. One of the ladies, on behalf of the matron, extended the heartiest thanks to the concert paTty, and invited them out on some future occasion.

Graceful feminine curves are not a matter of gravies and potatoes, nor starches and bonbons.' Its all in the dress, according to Miss Evelyn D. Hanson, of the Chicago Art Institution extension department, who caused a tremendous uproar recently by announcing that men were much better dressed than women, and that when a man appeared in a violet red tic, it might be put down as a fact that his wife bought it for him. Miss Hanson says any sort of a figure may be camouflaged Until it appears perfect. For the stout woman she advised vertical lines placed close, together, no kimono sleeves and no' circles. The thin -woman with a slender face and pointed chin must avoid long neck lines and pointed collars. She also must avoid triangles. " The thin woman look* just in just the materials that her stout sister cannot wear," Miss Hanson said. "Soft textiles which tend to detract from the, angularity of her lines, she will find most becoming."

Our present methods of housekeeping may be out of date, says a writer in an exchange, but some of us will cling to our "individual" homes in spite of what Sir Sydney Low says about them : "Think of the average middle-class street in a respectable residential quarter. There are, perhaps, 40 houses in it; 40 little brick nests or cages, with not a really good room among them, a room in which'you can dance, or hear music properly, or> dine a dozen people in comfort. Forty cooks are spoiling good food daily before 40 primitive kitchen ranges, and 40 amateur housekeepers undertake a task for which they have no adequate appliances. Could anything be more wasteful ? .- . > Instead of the 40 little kitchens there ought to be one large one, properly equipped with gas ovens, electric cookers, and other labour-saving devices. For the 40 incompetent cooks let us have one well-trained chef and half a dozen assistants. . . . A common service of hot water and hot air could supersede the domestic fireplace and the individual bathroom. . . . There could be a common restaurant, and the 40 over-driven housewives could throw most of their cares upon a properly-paid manager or matron, who would be an expert, with a professional knowledge of marketing and catering." ,