WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 125, 23 November 1926, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. J. A. Tripe, Selwyn terrace, has returned from Auckland. Mrs. E. Clere is leaving for a brief visit to Haveloek North. Mrs. T. Ross, Dunedin, is visiting Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. li. li. Dix, Nelson, have left to join the Aorangi at Auckland, and intend to visit Honolulu. Dr. and Mrs. Redman, Nelson, are paying a visit to "Wellington. Mrs. W. IT. Price, Christchurch, is visiting Wellington. Mr. W. and Miss Wigrani, of Christchurch, were among the passengers who returned to New Zealand by the Marama after an extended overseas tour. Miss Winifred C'oull, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Leslie Biss, Christchurch, is at present the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mandeno, Dunedin. Among those who returned lo Wellington this morning by the Marama were Lady Marjorie Dalryniple, Lady S. Menzies, Dr. and Mrs. M'Evedy, Dr. Kate Neill, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Platts and Miss Platts, Mrs. and Miss Sclanders (Nelson), Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Tripp (Christchurch). The wedding was soletflniscd by the Rev. Dr. Elliott at Kent Terrace Church of Helvetia (Vetsy), eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Perry, Wellington South (formerly of Greymouth), and James, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Stewart, of Greymouth. The bride was escorted by her father, and was in a charming frock of white shimmer satin, wearing also a veil and orange blossoms. Miss Ellie Perry, in cyclamen georgette, and Miss Stewart, in maize georgette, were bridesmaids. Mr. Marshall (formerly of Greymouth) was best man), and Mr. George Stewart was groomsman. After the ceremony a reception was held at tho home of the bride's parents, and later Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart left for a visit to Rotorua. A wedding of interest to Wellington people was recently solemnised at the London Mission Church, Rarotonga, of Olive May, second daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Jennings, of Wellington, and Samuel Albert, younger son of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. Heginbotham, of Wellington. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. Bond James. The church was prettily decorated for the occasion, and the wedding music was provided by Mrs. James. The bride, who was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. A. T. Jaekman, of Wellington, wore a dainty frock of silver lace, with godets of cream georgette over the palest pink tissue, her veil being arranged with a coronet of orange blossoms. She carried a beautiful bouquet of tropical flowers. The bridesmaid, Miss Myrtle 'Jennings, of Wellington, wore a charming frock of cyclamen georgette, heavily beaded in silver and oriental colours, and a coronet of silver and cyclamen leaves. She carried a bouquet of pale pink roses and maihenhair fern. Mr. A. F. Sehereiyof Rarotonga, was best man. After the wedding a reception was held, where many friends were gathered. Mrs. Eliott Lynn, the well-known airwoman, whoso announced intention ofleaving the world of aviation has caused some ..discussion,, speaking at a public meeting under the auspices of the National Council of Women, London, emphasised the safety of aviation. "In London twenty-one deaths occur weekly from motor accidents alone," she said. "In British civil aviation only seven deaths have occurred in tho last live years. You must not confuse civil with military aviation, because in military aviation men have to practice the arts of warfare, and that brings them to elaborate 'stunts' and a strain on tho machine and the pilot which does not occur in civil aviation. A second point is the ease of flying. The number of women drivers on the road shows how easy it is to drive a ear. From my experience it is easier to fly an aeroplane than to drive a car. Many of our cross-Channel pilots going on an accustomed route on a clear day find it so easy to control the machine and its direction that they actually take a book with them and read. Anybody can learn to fly in the light aeroplanes subsidised by the Air Ministry for £20. That is the biggest step made in civil aviation in any country, and it is the wish of the Air Ministry that no distinction shall be made between men and women in those clubs. It only takes ten or twelve hours to learn to fly."

On 20th October, at tho Registrar's Office, St. Marylebone, the wedding took place of Captain H. Mortimer Williams, younger son of tho Rev. Bvon Williams, of Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, and Ethel X., eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nathan, of Hobson street, Wellington. The ceremony was a very quiet one, and only a few relatives and personal friends were present. The bride wore a charming ensemble suit of dark green, the coat being (.rimmed with beaver fur and lined with paler green crepe de chine. Of the hit lor the dress was made, and a becoming hat to correspond completed 'her toilet. She carried a. small bunch of roses. . Relatives oi the bridegroom included Mrs. Vczey, the Rev. Moslyn Williams, Captain and Mrs. R. M Brookes, and Mrs. Basil Williams. ifiss Zaidee Nathon (sister of the bride), Mrs. Esmond Sinauer (cousin of the bride). Mrs. M. E. Fulton, and Captain and Mrs. A. B. Smith were also present. After the ceremony Ike party adjourned to the Trocadero for lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Williams will make their home in London, states "The Post's" London correspondent. Popple in Canberra, the now Federal Capita! of Australia, are advertising for "general helps," and aro offering wages of £2 per week with board and lodging. What would the Victorians have thought of this exfravagauee? Dickens writes in "Bleak House" that Mrs. Snagsby paid the orphan maid Gustcr 50s per annum. She wort cheap because alio had fits. The ] nor Marchioness in "The Old Curiosity Shop" "never went out, or had a clean face, or took off the coarse apron, or looked out of any of tho windows, or had any rest or enjoyment whatever"; she had no wages at all. Mr. Pcpys paid his "cooke-maid" £4 per annual, which he thought was a lot, but he always beat his maids, so really it was cheap on the whole. Let us hope that the maid has in our time improved as notably as the wages. Perhaps there is no toy cupboard, or, if there is one, you may find it difficult to persuade the Miiuli child to put away his toys each evening. A nursery "goods wagon" will provide an excellent storing place for the mismllflW'uiiH collodion of bricks and engines and modelling clay, and its novelty will riiake the youthful owner quite eager to n.l.art on tiie nightly "loading up." Obtain a good-sized tea chest from ». tfrricor —the wood must be hard and in good condition. Go over it with coarse sand paper, then give it a coat of dark varnish—or two coats of good enamel in bright colour. Line the inside with stout brown paper or waxed cloth, and put, the box on wooden wheels so that it will run easily on the floor. It then represents to the child n "goods wagon," which it is his duty to load everj; night.

Many of the pearl divers of Japan are women. Along the coast of tho Bay of Ago and the Bay of Kokasho girls, after they leave school, go to sea and learn to dive. They spend most of their time in the water, except in the coldest season —from the end of December to the beginning of February. They wear a special dress, with tho hair twisted up into a hard knot, and the eyes are 2'rotected by glasses. A boat in command of men is assigned to every five or ten women divers to carry them to and from tho fishing grounds. When ! the divers arrive on the grounds they leap into the water at once, and begin to gather oysters at tho bottom. The oysters arc dropped into tubs suspended from their waists. When these are filled the divers are raised to the surface and taken back into the boats. They dive to a great depth without any special apparatus, and retain their breath from one to three minutes. Their ages vary from thirteen to forty years, and between twenty-five and thirty-five they aro at their prime. A writer in the London "Daily Telegraph," who states that her memory ■carries her a good long way back in the nineteenth century, says that she can recall seeing grown-up sons being kissod f by their fathers on the railway platforms on occasions. She then continues thus:—The odd thing is not that men kissed one another then, but that they don't now. The Victorians were in this, at any rate, following tho custom of the ages. The kiss has always been a sign of reverence and respect. . That is why children kissed parents, men kissed one another, vassals kissed their lords. Moreover, English people had long been especially free with their kisses. About the time of Thackeray Englishmen began to be a little supercilious about the frequent and demonstrative embraces of foreigners. But earlier the surprise was on the other side. When Erasmus came to England he was surprised, amused, and a good deal gratified at the number of kisses he got. An Englishman of the same time tells of a French lady of high degree commenting on the English custom "to kiss all ladies and gentlewomen without offence." There was a Puritan ambassador who taught the Court of Sweden .to "kiss after the English fashion." In the eighteenth century Cowpor tolls us it was the custom of a Parliamentary candidate when he went canvassing to kiss everybody in the houses at which ho called. Times, you will agree, have changed. I do not say that they have not changed for the better. lam innocent of any desire that my honourable member should kiss me. But there has been a change. Why? What survives is kissing for peculiar affection. What has gone out is the kiss of respect and the kiss of greeting and the conventional kiss. Not so long ago all women kissed each other. The kissing of girls was so abundant and effusive as to provoke the sarcasm of the male. It was one of his stock jokes that girls embraced so demonstratively in order to make men jealous. That sneer is obsolete. A man would have to wait a long time before his emotions were stirred by tho sight of our daughters kissing each other. Their mothers are little more demonstrative.

The engagement is announced of Lottie, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Harris, Hataitai, AVellington, and Mr. Leigli Stafford Dew, I youngest son of Mrs. Dew and the late Mr. S. J. Dew, Inspector of Police, Napier. An opportunity is to be given to the Karori women who are interested in the undenominational League of Mothers, which is being established throughout New Zealand by the efforts of Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson, to attend the first meeting, which is to be held on Thursday, 25th i November, at 3 p.m., in the Methodist Schoolroom, when it is to be hoped there will be a large attendance. Dr. Elizabeth Bryson (deputy-president of the league) has consented to give an address iv order that tho league may bo understood and appreciated. .Afternoon tea will be provided. The two hundred women delegates to the conference of the National Council of Women held recently in London, had a most interesting visit to the offices of the "Daily Telegraph." They were received in the Pillar Hall by Viscount and Viscountess Burnham, and the function was timed 'to allow the visitors to witness the various processes employed in the production of a great daily newspaper. During the evening refreshments were served, and a musical programme was given by the string band of the Honourable Artillery Company. The gathering was a very notable and representative one of professional women, women councillors, and others. Tho subject chosen by Mrs. Evans for her talk to tho Hataitai-Kilbirnie Branch of the League of Mothers held recently was "Practical Suggestions on the Power of Thought in the Training of Children." "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so" is an old saying, but a sober fact, and to bo able to control one's thoughts in the right direction is a, wonderful gift. "I am a mother, therefore I must bo patient, gentle, and loving that I may make my home happy and train my children wisely," an inspiring thought for all young mothers, was among the many beautiful thoughts expressed by the speaker on the subject, and she was heartily thanked by Mr*. Nicolson. who presided. Two songs by Mrs. Harris and two recitations by Mrs. Wolland were given during the afternoon, and much appreciated. Miss Margaret Stoddart is an artist who by.her work has brought distinction on the country whero she was born (says a Southern writer). Daughter of a Canterbury pioneer, she obtained her first art training at the Canterbury School of Art, and later journeyed to England, where she studied under the famous American teacher, Lasar. She has travelled widely, and her work is known in many lands. For some years past she has exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon, where her landscape water colours have brought her into prominence. Her pictures have also been hung in tho Royal Academy, London, in tho Royal Institute of Water Colours, the Society of British Artists, and the Water Colour Society of Rome.

Charming decorative effects on fabrics for dress items and for domestic use can be obtained by a simple method of dyeing the fabric by means of special crayons (states a writer in an oxchange). The method of working these pastels is very simple. First, the material to bo decorated should be tightly stretched on a drawing board with drawing pins and the design sketched in with one or more of the pastels. When this is finished the pins are removed and the crayoned fabric placed between sheets of blotting paper and ironed with a hot iron until the blotting paper has absorbed all the superfluous colour and the design is permanently dyed into tho material. Scarf ends,_ cushion covers, handkerchiefs, curtains, dadoes, and friezes for wallpaper, cork table mats, shawls, and lamp shades are among tho many items for everyday use which may be effectively decorated by this process. Designs can be simple or elaborate, employing few or many colours; charming colour alliances may be obtained by working one chalk over another, and faded materials can be renewed or renovated. For those who prefer it, designs for tracing through silk, or other transparent fabrics used, can be bought. Sets of the three primary colours, red, blue, and yellow, including a crayon holder, can be obtained for a few shillings. An engagement is announced between James Russell Wilford, eldest son of Canon and Mrs. Russell Wilford, of Christchurch, and Winifred Alice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Young, of Greenwood, Guildford (writes our London correspondent on 23rd October). Mr. Wilford entered Christ's College, Canvbridge, in 1923, to study for his Theological Tripos. He is an old boy of Christ's College. Last year he won the Gell Hebrew Prize at the university. He has been prominent in 'varsity Rugger. Tho Queen has set a new fashion, or, rather, revived an old one, by taking to wearing a Shetland shawl. Her Majesty used to wear them some years ago, but then put them aside. The great thing about Shetland shawls is that no two of them are alike, so that ono cannot have the dissatisfaction of getting a beautiful pattern only to find one's pet enemy wearing a similar thing. It is said, but has never been proved, so far as one knows, that a couple of pounds of the yarn used will stretch to a distance of 30 miles. The Petone branch of the Plunket Society, which is doing such excellent service, in the cause of women and children, is holding street sales on Fridays to augment its funds.