WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 27, 1 February 1924, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Lady Bell is among those who are leiving shortly for England. Lady Cassillip, who is at present at Rotorua, visited Duiiedin yeurs ago us the guest of Lady Williams, at the time when Lord Glasgow came out as-Gov-ernor. Lady Cassillis, then Mj S3 Stewact, was with the Governor's patty. Lady Forbes-Kobertson is to be tendered "a civic reception when she *^jisiis Timaru. ' x ■ Sir. and, Mrs. Arthur Gray, who havo I paid a number of visits to New Zealand friends and relatives, have returned to their home in Sydney- - Mrs. Rishworth and family have returned to Mastertou after a holiday visit to Plimmerton. . Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth SulmonA have returned, to Feilding after a visit to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. T. Munt, of Karori, are leaving'for. Sydney, this week en route for England. Miss Iris Gray, Wellington, has returned from the South Island. ' Mr. and Mrs.''H. Seaton; of.Palmer street, are leaving for a^ trip to England, via- Australia and Suez Canal. Mrs. C. Vallance, Kahumingi, ■ has been spending a tew days in Wellington. Miss Iggksden, Kelburn,. lias returned "from a. visit to Xaranaki. Hiss Adelaide Van Staveren has. returned from Rolqrua. »' Mrs. B. Podman (Wellington) and Miss E. Koberts, have left for an extended visit to Mrs. John Hoberts, Duuedin. _...... Miss A. Nathan," of Wellington, haj= been staying at the Hermitage, where there is a number of visitors from all parts of New Zealand, as well as overseas visitors from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Australia. The "New Zealand School 'journal" for February gives to the elder classes a good illustrated article on the art of pottery, and alw> provides them with a look into the crater.of a volcano. The fine Story of Eegulus before-the Uoman Senate, as told by Dale, is good reading, and the boat on the Serchio by Shelley introduces the young ones to another fine poem. The "Moonlight Sonata" is the subject o£ a story. , The number is a gpod one. The next classes are takqn Mictoriafly to Japan/ with a portion ot Don, Quixote by. way of "classic." A poem on '/Summer" is appropriate, and the story of the visit of the first white man to New Zealand bears, re-telling, well. The lower classes hava.a simply told Maori fairy tale, a nature study, and simple poetry, as well jis one or two httlo slorics which will appeal to-must ol the little ones. A presentation was made to Miss C 1 D. Lister by the local staff of the Chief rijst Ofh'ce at a. farewell pai-fy held yesterday. Mr. Crea, on behalf of the| staff, presented the guest of honoul- with i a handsome afleraoon tea set, with good wishes from all foT her future happiness I in married life. The first of a series of weekly "dances in aid of the Artillery and Engineers' I queen candidate took. place last night in the Old Navals' Hall, Jervois quay. | Airs. Ashford and several of her maids i of honour were present, and a very pleasant, evening was spent. The music, floor, and catering were excellent, and tlie committee hopes that these dances in aid of such a good cause will be well patronised in the future. Lady Kitty • takes up' the cudgels, heavy ones, too, for mothers^ us follows: ,is holiday-making the unutterablencss of joy we would have ourselves'think? In individual cases, perhaps so.' In-, the case of twu young men, for instance, who, untrammelled by the cares'. of«luggago packing and . ticket-taking, set oH on foot for Victor Harbour at the easy pa-co of 10 miles a day. But what of the tired, nervy mother of a family, worn to a. shred with collecting a suitable seaside wardrobe (lifting all the vagaries of this changeable season into considera-' tion), packing it up, making a dash, with the small people' half awako, to catcii an early morning train, and finally finds herself in a seaside boarding-house with" 120 other guests, relay meals, and' not one quiet spot to lay her tired head? For the. mother with young children.who takes ? furnished house' by the sea the annual holiday is a misnomer; it is a horror, not a holiday. Suddenly transferred from a home replete with every comfort, she finds herself without domestic help, battling with a wood stove, kerosene lamps, flies (owing to the absence of wire blinds and doors), and keping an eye on the children. The holiday too often means harder work than ever for the mother, of a family when the children are not old enough to help, and more often than not she sighs for the comforts of her^own home.* The holiday, in fact, is often nothing more to a mother than the sacrifice a woman makes for the good health and happiness of her children. She, poor dear, should take a real'holiday—by herself—when the children have gone back ot school. .

The domiuant note of addresses to girls nowadays is certainly, one which will lead, for the widening of their hovison in life. At a recent address given by Dr. Mildred Staley, in ' Palmorston North, to the girls of the High School, she said that she saw no reason why women should shirk their national rcspoiiEiVnljtie!-. They should take- a place in politics, which she considered an "interestirlg study, and one- in which women were enabled to do good service to humanity. She urged that special talents in women wero wasted if they wero used merely to back up the efforts of men; they should originate ideas and enrry out special work.

Lady Astor, M.P., would like to see more women police in London.. In the House of Commons she pleaded for an increase in the fqj-ce, declaring that the present number was totally inadequate ; it was merely "eye-wash." Moreover, she averred that the existing force was not sufficiently organise^"- The Home Secretary, in replyT pointed out that the power of arrest had been conferred on the women police. Their work was of very great value, but he had to consider the question of expense, and he could not hold out any hope immediately of being able to increase the force.

- It was mentioned at the Naw League conference at Auckland that a "Save the Victory Fund" had been established at tho request ol the Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Dovetun Sturdy, and about £100 had been collected. It was hoped to make a systematic collection throughout tlie-Dominion during the year. The appeal from England for the 10.000 orphans of sailors of the Royal Navy and Merchant Service -had been -answered by many branches of the league, and cases ol warm clothing had been dispatched. He would recommend the continuation of the good work. The Navy League Relief Fund of about. £250.000 woulcMie exhausted by December, 1929. This wa« originally the Jutland Fund, to which New Zealand contributed £120,000. The King George Fund for jailors, to which Xc-v Zealand contributed about £40 OCO had reached Ihe magnificent sum of ibout £750,000.

The wedding of a popular Wellington girt occasioned much interest' last evening. It was that of^Miss Una Carter, second daughter of.irfrs. S>. Carter, Wellington terrace,*-and'Mr. A. I)., Stanley, of Auckland, youngest son of the late Mr. Stanley, of JSoison. The ceremony took place at St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, when the Yen. Archdeacon Johnson olncialed. The bride's charming frockiwas of cream satin c'harmeusc, slightly draped and made on simple lines. A handsome old veil of hand-emhroidered net was worn, with .a coronet of orange blossoms, and the bridal bouquet was of cream and pale pink flowers. _ The chief maid was Miss Greta Holm, who was in palo blue brocade, with a veil to match. Her bouquet was of pale pink and mauve flowers. Two little, neices of the bride, Peggy and Joan Leitch, ,were flower girls, dressed in frilled frocks of frilled Organdie, with little blue mob caps, and fnoy carried baskets of mauve and pink flowers. The best man was Mr. SV. Wilkinson, of the Public Works Department, Wellington. Mr. E. Parker played appropriate music at the Cathedral. Mrs. Carter hold ' a wedding reception at the Pioneer Club, where the large, front rooms were, beautifully decorated with bowls of hydangeas and other flowers. The central hall, where the wedding supper was held; was bower of mauve and piiuc flowers, the long table being artistically arranged with cut-glass vases and opergnes ol flowers, seauious, carnations, and sweetpeas being used with excellent effect. The four-tier wedding cake was a triumph of the clever work of the bride, who has been the demonstrator at the Wellington Gas Company's -establishment for some time. The artistic sugar flowers, roses, lilies, and leaves were in white, delicately touched with pink andMnauve, and a tiny replica of the wedding prnty carried" out with kewpies was a novel and charming touch. The bridegroom's gifts included a pearl pendant to the bride, pearl earrings to the bridesmaid, and gold brooches to the iittle girls. The bride presented the bridegroom with a smoker's cabinet. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley leave for their -home in Auckland today. The travelling costume is of fawn colour, with touches of blue, and a hat to match with beaver trimming.

An English woman doctor, Dr. Octavia Lewin, stated recently that, there would. be far fewer colds arid kindred complaints among Englishwomen if they dressed themselves more sensibly in the winter, instead of wearing, as they do, enormous fur coats with transparently thin silk stockings and shoes no thicker than dancing slippers. Fashion doth, indeed make cowards of us all—for this tort of heroism is really nothing but cowardice—and Dr. Octavia- Lewin is surely right in condemning it; vet it is not only English-women who eir. *'I saw last winter,' in Vienna," says v writer, "many a fashionably-dressed lady walking the frozen streets' in the large hob-nailed mountaineering boots that fashion permits there, With coloured woollen socks rolled elegantly over the tops, and yet, above all this, the übiquitous cobweb' stockings of London and Fans, which she cannot forego, even in the coldest blizzard. Woollen stockings have never been 'the thing' in,smart V lenna, and my knitted ones were a mark of my foreign origin wherever i wenfe"

A wedding was celebrated at the Church of tlie Good Shepherd, Phillipstown recently, when Eleanor, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Watchman of Wilson s road, Linwood (formerly, of Greymouth and Brunner), was married to Bond Moore, second son of "Mr and Mrs. Morris, .Kilbirnie Wellington. Tho ltev. Mr. Dunnage officiated, and Mrs.. Hcwlanda presided at the organ. . The church was prettily decorated by friends of the brido, whose simple frock was of ivory brocaded satin niarocaiu and georgette, gracefully draped at the sides and finished with rich silver and beaded ornaments. Her embroidered tulle' veil was held in place by a wrealh of orange blossom. A sheaf of lilies was carried. Miss Ann Watchman was bridesmaid, and wore a. frock of heliotrope georgette, trimmed with .silver leaves, a heliotrope Dutch tulle cap, and" carried a bouquet of '.choice flowers. Joan Watchman and Nola, Edmonds, as flower girla, wore filmy frocks of creine net, trimmed with heliotrope- ribbon and bows of tulle. They also wore heliotrope Dutch tulle caps and carried posies. They scattered rose petals in front of the bride on leaving the church. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. E. Smith, of Wellington.