Women in Print.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 64, 13 September 1926, Page 13

Women in Print.

Sir Walter and Lady Carncross arc intending to leave for Eltham on AVednesday.

Mrs. Sandford Cox is intending to return to Invercargill this week aftor a visit to her sisters, the Misses MacGrcgor, Portland crescent. Miss M. MacGrogor is going South with Mrs. Cox.

Mrs. C. Natusch has returned to tho Lower Hutt from Mangawoka.

Major and Mrs. Spiers (Wellington) aro visiting Christchurch. Christchurch visitors who have returned to the South arc Mrs. K. Ballantyne and Mrs. T. J. Edmonds. Miss Skerrett is returning to Wellington to-day from Auckland.

Miss M. Willcoeks returned this morning by the Makura. Mrs. Ashley Duncan, Lower Hutt, is visiting Wanganui. Mrs. J. Reid, Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. Alee Roid, Wellington. Mrs. Falla is returning to Wellington from Dunedin. Mrs. W. J. Geddis and the Misses Geddis, Napier, have left for a visit to Sydney.

Mrs. M'Glashan, Wellington, is visit ing Auckland.

Mrs. Kerslcy and Mr. and Mrs. Aicken are Wellington visitors to Auckland.

Miss J. M'Neill, of New Plymouth, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Muir, of Wellington.

Hostesses for tho week at the Community Club will be as follow: —This evening, Mrs. M'Gregor; Tuesday, Mrs. E. M. L. Meachen; Wednesday, Mrs. O'Shea; Thursday, Mrs. Norman; Friday, Mrs. H. Barbor; Monday, Mis. W. D. James.

The engagement is announced of Mary Richmond, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cruickshank, of Masterton, to Mr. Allan Rose, only son of the late Mr. John Rose and Mrs. M. Newmareh, of 15, Evelyn Gardens, London, states an exchange.

A great many friends will hear with regret of the death of Mrs. C. H. Cook, of "Edale," Marton, which occurred on Wednesday last. Mrs. Cook was the widow of the late Professor Cook, and was in her 74th year. Her husband was the first Professor of Mathematics at Canterbury College, and they lived in Christchurch for a great many years. They came to Marton in 1910, and after the death of Professor Cook the family continued to live at ■'Edalc," a charming residence, formerly occupied by the late Bishop Hadfield and Mrs. Hadfield. One son, Lieut.-Colonel C. F. D. Cook, D.5.0., predeceased her, and ono married daughter, Mrs. Edward Grigg, of Meadowbank, Blenheim, two unmarried daughters, and one son, Mr. H. D. Cook, managing director of Messrs. Boving and Co., London, survive.

The monthly meeting of the Northland Plunket Society was held in the Plunket Room, with a largo attendance of members. A statement was made to the committee of the amounts already paid into the central committee, totalling £37 13s. This comprises subscriptions and donations for- tho year, and £12 19s resulting from a children's party and a dance held on 26th August. Tho following is a list of the subscriptions: Messrs. W. E. Burd, I. Clark, J. Gosling, C. G. Turner, J. E. Hunt, J. O. Priestley, S. E. Lambert, J. O'Connor, Mrs.- W. E. Burd, _1 ls each; Mr. A. G. Blakey and Mr. H. Brown, 10s 6d each; Mesdames J. E. Evison, E. C. W. Porter, A. Gapes, E. R. James, Barrow, Thomas, E. Taylor, Mr. T. Holmes, and Messrs. Johnseu and Hill, 10s each; Mesdames Sherwood, Holmes, Priestley, Ferguson, Jamicson, Lambert, Akid, Adams, Blackburn, I. Clark, W. B. Willis, Ward, Ross, Rigai-lsford, Brown, Franklin, Panting, Larsen, Egley, Higgie, Gaudell, Grant, Rastall, White, H. Piatt, W. Piatt, Hargraves, J. R. Smith, Mrs. Oliver, 5s each; and £2 6s in donations. The secretary has in hand a further list of subscriptions received: Mrs. Bower 10s 6d, Messrs. Ellison and V. _. Gunn, _1 Is each, Mrs. Mason 10s, Mesdames Nixon, Gotham, Bridge, Kearney, 5s each; donation, 10s; Mr. and Mrs. Blackniore, _1. This amount of _5 12s Gd is being held over pending the receipt of some outstanding subscriptions, when the final payment will bo made to the central committee.

Many friends of the Aro Street Mission, where so much good work is done, will be interested in the opening of the annual sale of work, which will tako placo to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, when Mrs. C. F. Smith will perform the opening ceremony. Miss Tonka will sing during the afternoon, and aftornoon tea will bo available. The sale will be open again in tho evening, and on the following afternoon and evening. Tho stalls are all exceptionally well provided, and with pleasant entertainment by the orchestra, and other items, and afternoon tea or supper being obtainable, opportunity will'bo given of spending a very pleasant time. It is hoped that those who appreciate the good work dono will make a point of attending the sale.

An evening wedding solemnised recently was that of Ella Mabel, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ridding, of Petone, and Charles Imray Cousin c, of Aberdeen, Scotland. The Rev. Mr. Loehoro ofiiciated. The bride wore a charming frock of white georgette and lace, with pearl and silver trimming. Also a beautifully embroidorod veil, arranged with orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet. Misses Flossie Parker and Edna Adams were bridesmaids, wearing frocks of cyclamen and apricot crepe de chine, respectively, with silver trimmings. Their bandeaux were of silver and pearl, and their bouquets were to tone with their frocks. Mr. Harry Cooper was best man, and Mr. Reg Ridding was groomsman. Tho bridegroom presented tho bridesmaids with charming little marble clocks. The church was artistically decorated by members of the choir, the bride having been one of the number. About a hundred guests were entertained at a reception at the Orange Hall, and later tho bride and bridogroom left by car, tho former wearing an ensemble suit of grey heather tweed, and a hat to match.

The death is announced of Mrs. Janet Bowie, M.8.E., wo passed away at hor residence, Spencer street, -Milton, yesterday in her eighty-first year, says the "Otago Daily Times." Mrs. Bowie was known throughout the district for her unflagging interest in charitable works. During the war period she was an enthusiastic worker iv the cause of the Red Cross, having hand-knitted no fewer than 730 pairs of socks for the troops overseas. For her work in this connection sho had conferred on hor tho honour of M.B.E.

The throe younger children of the Hon. J. G. and Mrs. Coatcs will stay with Mr. Coates's relatives at Matakoho during the absence of their parents from tho Dominion, tho two eldest girls entering tho boarding department of Marsden College, Wellington, which hitherto they; havo attended as day . DUDils. .* '._. _.___.!

Those to whom English wild flowers, famed iv song aud story have made their delicate appeal may find interest in the task which had been undertaken by Miss Clara Rogers, of Truco, and Miss Gwendoline Dorricn-Smith, of the Isle of Wight, who have set out on a journey of thousand of miles, iv order to bring samples of tho beautiful wild flowers of Northern Canada and Alaska, to the museum at Kew. Their trip will include travel by train, steamer, and horseback, to Fort M'Phorson and the Porcupine River, both within 60 miles of the Arctic Circle.

Cretonne hasn't had all its clay even yet, judging by the filip which Dame Fashion has given to it for seaside and country summer wear, says an exchange writer. Its style, however, no longer gives the wearer the appearance of an animated bolster, for it has been resuscitated in the guise of jumper suits. With their high collars and short boxpleated skirts and blurred floral patterns bound with some startling plain casement cloth they are very smart. Another skirt, pleated, of plain material, gives two dresses for a very small expenditure. But even at the seaside the smartness is decidedly eliminated if the shoes and stockings and all the "extras" arc as cheap as the frock, so that they must be good in order to "carry off" the smartness of tho less-than-a-pound frock.

Some interesting stories of juniors from other parts of the world are given in the "Junior Red Cross Journal/" notably from Japan and Poland. The story of the "Creation of the Alphabet" is also of considerable attraction, while good poetry is supplied as well as some valuable health notes. News of the senior and junior divisions iv New Zealand go to make up a very acceptable number.

Although tho name Mile. Fcrid Bey is known to the British public chiefly in association with tho social lifo of the Turkish Embassy, she is a novelist of considerable distinction uot only in her own country but also in Germany and America, where her work-is read in translations. As she speaks French with the same felicity as she does Turkish, certain editors in France, recognising tho reputation her five novels have won for hor, have asked her to translate them into their language with a view to' thoir publication there. Less than a year in London, Mile. .Fcrid Bey speaks English with considerable skill and fluency, choosing her phrases with a particularly nico discrimination. Her duties at the Embassy make too great demands on her time to allow her the concentration sho finds necessary for creative fiction, sp she is making notes for a book on England.

The beauty of design and workmanship shown in the line specimens of furniture made in the workshops of Chippendale, Sheraton, and other famous craftsmen that remain to us to-day is appreciated by all who have a feeling for tho lovely things of life, says the London "Daily Telegraph." There aro a number of artistic folk making furniture to-day which in every respect is worthy to take its placo beside these masterpieces of beautiful craftsmanship, both as regards material and workmanship. Every pieeo of this furniture is planned with the eye of an artist. and executed in beautiful woods that well repay the infinite labour expended upon them. They are in no way reproductions of old models, but arc evolved from tho best of them according to the ideas of the maker. Beautiful chests of drawers fitted with small cupboards at the top for hats and furs : o made with oak-lined drawers, which run smoothly and have a small spring to ensure close fitting. An exquisite dressing table is mado wjtli a centre full-length mirror and two side ones, all beautifully shaped and mounted on a low "tabic," consisting of three or more drawers. A dressing stool to bo used with it, car-ri-d out in the same beautiful wood, has a scat covered with fine bluo and gold tapestry. A chest made of tho beautifully figured Kenyj,, olive wood, one of tho hardest of all timbers, and linedwith cedar, will delight the heart of a girl and be treasured • throughout her life. All these and many other interesting pieces are-being made by .nthusiasts who believe, and quite rightly so, that furniture is being designed and made to-day which is equal to any produced in the past. One good piece of hand-made furniture is worth a quantity of poor machine-made so-called "suites," and will last for all time, giving pleasure and satisfaction. There' are distinct signs of a revival in many of our ancient crafts, and the cry is now all for individuality rather than for mere mass production.

From Adelaide comes an account of a ball organised by a leading society club, the Hunt Club. A writer says:— It was well lit. This is a most important point that ball organisers today aro losing sight of. A ballroom cannot be too brightly lit. Bright lights make for gaiety. A badly lit room depresses, and to make a ball "go" the guests should be exhilarated. White walls and glaring overhead lights havo sonic psychological effect on tho temperament that exhilarates. One haß noticed on various occasions the lowering effect that bluo shaded lights have on the spirits of the dancers. Bluo evidently makes for melancholy, and in the scheme of decoration should never be* used for veiling the lights. Delightful was tho dancing of two sets of lancers by members of the Hunt Club; thero is something very fascinating about "pink" coats, also powdered hair. Also in comparison with the joyless slithers of the foxtrot, there is something very fascinating about the lancers whether one knows how to dance them correctly or not! There is no monotony v about the lancers, and there is real joy of movement. It is a far cry from the lancers to the Charleston, which, by the way, if learned from the right quarters, is not half so bad as it is made out to be. The shin-kicking step is not recognised by the best dancers. Tho Charleston, as a matter of fact, has not yet ousted the foxtrot as first favourite, but it is most likely that, pruned and clipped, it will blossom forth in a more sedate form next season as the rage of the moment. A few couples essayed sonic of the steps at the Missions to Seamen dance, and a well-known matron wittily described it as "a mixture of St. Vitus dance and Charlie Chaplin on the ice!"

The vogue for menu-holders and name-holders on tho dining-room table gives especial interest to the beautiful little semi-porcelain holders being produced in a Chelsea studio, says an English exchange. They aro particularly effective on polished tables, being modelled in the shape of posies, brightly painted, and fired so that tho colour lasts. Many people have theso holders made to order as reproductions of their favourite flowers, and arrango the floral decorations for '-o table accordingly. Imitation old Chinese trees, made entirely of shells, are also much in demand for purposes of tabic decoration. The Queen recently purchased an imitation delphinium plant, made by an artist who gets the shells for his craft from Spain. He also makes most realistic firs from the same material, and even weeping trees adorned with red berries. .."_.-.