WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 152, 24 December 1921, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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to The Post for insertion in tins' column must be authenticated and properly signed by responsible people, or they will not be published.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

A very interesting train of thought concerning Christmas arises when the question is considered as to "what Christmas means.to women." To mothers it brings the thought _of tha joy' of I motherhood, and the vista, of years of ever-changing happiness,. in companionship with the growing-up family. It also means work, and a certain amount of worry when the commissariat question is to be dealt with. Shops are shut, schools are closed, and household "helps" want to make holiday when the rest of the world is en fete, and so the question ! comes to the women of solving the food problem, andj providing an extra good I and tasty holiday menu for all the usual meals and many "side" ones, [ not only for the family but for the | seasonal visitors. Holiday frocks in | flannels have to be considered along with j the accompanying sandals and tennis i shoos, while Christmas decorations and buyings of presents inevitably fall to the lot of "mother." Looking backwards, a vista of happy Christmas .seasons ca.n be. remembered when some one else took all the burden, and each had her turn of careless happiness; probably each individual wishes she had appreciated her good luck more keenly at the time. In the nearer past comes the memories of camp Christmas dinners, and all the joyous gatherings of soldiers, •which ai'9 among the happiest "brainwaves" of the past, mingled with »> feeling of thankfulness that sucli occasions, pleasant as they were, are no | longer necessary. Kind and thoughtful preparations for the seasonal festivities of the less fortunate ones have been' generously made in New Zealand, co that each and every person can take all joy at this Christmas season, and look confidently for the^ happy New Year, which will dawn in the near future. Mrs. E. Riddiford hag gone to Wanganui for Christmas. Mrs. and Miss Russell (Napier-) are the guests of Mrs. Pytt-Jackson, Lower Hutt. Mr. and Mrs. 0. Nathan have taken ■Mr. P. Nathan's house, Hill-street, for some weeks.* Miss Coad, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Anderson and others are leaving to-day for a camping party at Kapiti. Mrs. Hemy Smith has left for a. visit to Gisborne. Mrs. Lever has returned from Mount Egmont. '* Mr. and Mrs. Courtney have gone to Nelson for the holidays. Mr«. Nelson is the guest of Mrs L. Blundell, The Terrace. Miss Reilly will be the guest of Mrs. Bidwill for the New Year. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford are spending the Christmas holidays in Auckland. x Miss I. Wilford will spend New Year with Mrs. W. Bidwill, at Feathenston. Miss Wilberforce is leaving for a visit to Timaru. ' Miss Viola Haybitfcle will arrive in Wellington from Sydney shortly, and is leaving for England to join her parents., Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Uttley le»v© for the South early next week. Last evening the wedding was solemnised at St. John's Church of Miss Ella Bruce, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bruce, Rongatai-terraca, and Mr. Arthur Templer, eldest son of the late Mr. E. H. Templer, of Geraldine. The Rev. Dr. Gibb officiated. . The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a graceful gown of cream lace qver cream georgette, the Jongwaisted bodice being finished with a large hip bow falling to below the skirt. She wore also a handsome lace veil and wreath of orange' blossoms, and her shower bouquet was of cream roses and palo pink roses, maidenhair' fern, and long tulle streamers. The bride Was attended by her sister as bridesmaid, who wore a dainty gown of cream charm: euse, with a corsage of pale pink roses, tho skirt being ornamented with lace and silver balls. Her hat was of black, trimmed with a sash and ,ends. Mr. Leslie G. Bruce, Timaru, was the begt man, and Mr. Carey presided at the organ. The bridegroom's gift to the bride was a platinum and pearl necklace, and to the bridesmaid a gold brooch set with a single pearl. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Brace held a re-/ coption ,»nd dinner party at the Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Templer will leave for the South on a motor tour •fter Christmas, spending the New Year with friends at Geraldine.

Additional local winner's at the recent Wangahui competitions were Master Richard Maunder, who won the boys' softg under sixtesn and th© song in character, and Joan Maunder, who was successful in tho elocution test for girls under twelve.

When ono' comes to think about it, says an Australian writer,. it is reaJly' rather extraordiniu-y how far-reaching fashions -are. The difference, for instance, in Madame La Mode's dictates as regards the shortness or "longness" of skirts affects thousands of workers. From Paris comes the idea of lengthening the skirts this coming season., a.rid American dressmakers, we aro told, intend adopting the fashion. As a result it is estimated that 512,000,000 yearly. will be added to the turnover of the c!i>th industry, as it is calculated that 25,000,000 more yaras of women's dress goods will be manufactured in America in the -coming year, and the alteration in the length of skirts will provide work in factories and shops for 20,000 moro workers. So, after all, the . eternal changing of fashions does some good sometimes, but ono is inclined to think that if it is a case of the more length and width required in fashion the more workers are kept, busy, " some of the workers must, during the lost few seasons, owing to the scantiness of garments affected by the fashionable, have found work likewise rather scanty and patchy too. No doubt, others besides the workers will welcome the extra material being utilised in garments of the moment, and those to follow in the near future.

Tho engagement is announced of Miss Edna M. Shortt, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Shortt, to Mr. Eldon A. Bray, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bray, both of Kelburft.

A recent English papor tells of a complimentary dinner which was to take place last month to Dame Adelaide Anderson, who is the late principal lady inspector of factories under the Home Office, and at tho dinner a cheque was to be presented to her as a testimonial to her work. After 27^681-8' service she retired last July, after having been a pioneer among women Civil servants, and having accomplished much lino work. Amongst other things, having built up the women's branch in the factory department, and as the paper referred to says: "Thus providing an instrument by means of which it is claimed that farreaching reforms' have been accomplished in the conditions of work of industrial women. Among those present at tho dinner were prominent and well-known ltdici and gentltmwi;

Hostesses at the Community Club, Buckle-street, will be ns .follow :—This evening. Mrs. J. P. Firth; Christmas Day, closed ; Monday,- Mrs. Pow ; Tuesdaj, Mrs. Middleton; Wednesday, Mrs. Clarke; Thursday, Miss Cable; Friday, Mrs. and Miss Griffiths; Saturday, Mrs. and Miss Townsentl. )

A special Christmas Day tea will follow the service to be held in the Y.W.C.A., Herbert-street, on Sunday afternoon. All "iris and women far from their home 3 at this festive season ar6 cordially invited to be present.

Tho members of the Scottish Society and Pipe Band entertained the juveniles at a Christmas party recently, when a company-of nearly two hundred assembled to enjoy the "goodies" provided. The afternoon was spent merrily, and the young Scots entered .-into the games and dancing with native vigour. An excellent programme of musical and elocutionary items was rendered, and each child received a y gift from Father Christmas. The party was a great success, and the 'singing of"A\lld Lang Syne" brought a, happy afternoon to a close. The ladies' committee in charge comprised Mesdames Campbell, Carrie, Fraser, Hands, Needham, and Williams, who have to thank all those who interested themselves in the success of the party. A movement for the introduction of organised games and folk dances in connection with the Auckland public schools is receiving considerable attention. Instruction by trained experts in the work is voluntarily given each Saturday afternoon at the Kowhai-road School, Kingsland, and on Tuesday evenings at the •Training College. The leaders will continue the work throughout the holidays' at the Kowhai-road School grounds for those children who are not going away. A demonstration of the work was given at the Stanley Bay School bazaar last Saturday by 30 senior girls and teachers from the Mount Eden and Edendale schools. Mrs. N. E. Ferner, a member of the Education Board, and organiser of the movement, explained to the (spectators that these games were now a part of the school curriculum in England and America. One of the most successful functions of its kind held during the year, at Khandallah, was a dance on Wednesday evening last, which was arranged by a committee comprised of Misses M'Donuell and Newbold and Messrs. Sanslow and James. The hall wae tastefully decorated for the occasion, and there were a number of visitors from Wellington. Supper was provided by the committee, and music was supplied by Mrs. I. | Howe, Miss Whiteford, and Master Adrian St. Romain. The Bishop of OhichesUr, says the London Daily Telegraph, in an address to his clergy gathered in Synod, dealt with the (juestiion of ministration of women, asking for, expressions of opinion. o"h the matter. Hij> Lordship s-tunmed up what he thought should be the Synodfs attitude towards the Lambeth resolutions on this question as follows: " (1) Groat r*apect to them; (2) a. conviction that we must not go beyond •them; (3) a sense of freedom in that we are not bound to go as far." He thought it was very difficult to see what functions could be assigned to the dea- J coneas which would make a difference I | between her status and that of a licensed female Scripture reader oi • the liko. "There is the Scriptural aspect,- con* tinued the Bishop, "which involves tsho questions : (a.) What St. Paul meant; (b) whether what he said is binding |on the Church for all time, or whether it "waa of tho nature of a disciplinary rule based on expediency, and. therefore to ba v chiuiged. when the situatiop chaTiged. When St. Paul bids women keep silence in the churches, he is not referring to any sort of building, but to the assembling together of the faithful for worship and edification; for there were no cons-aerated Christian churches in his day, nor for a long time afterwards. Still lassie his words to be interpreted by arr^eference to such modern artificial and, indeed, local English differ- j onces as those between consecrated and dedicated churches, or dedicated end) licensed mission rooms. If we paraphrased his words tinus, 'Let the women. keep silence at ■ the Liturgy, at Holy Communion,' though. I hardly think that would realJy be adequate, it would be nearer to his meaning than what is often attributed to him."