WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1927, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Miss Peggy Sheriff is leaving "Wei- f lington to take up her residence in : Auckland. "' Mr. and Mrs. W. A.. Wdrth, Adelaide •road, returned by the TThmaioa from an overseas tour. , Mrs. E. T. Taylor,, Moxham avenue, is leaving shortly for a •visit to Sydney. Mrs. Taylor will bid faiewell to her son, Mr. Stewart Taylor, who is leaving Sydney for America shortly. Sir John ana Lady Findlay have returned from the South; Miss O. M. Bay, Wellington Teachers' Training College, is spending the holidays at Picton. and Queen Charlotte Sounds. Miss Waiona Juriss is leaving for the South to-morrow after an extended holiday with Captain and Mrs. Juris:?. Mrs. P. I\ J. Sellars, Bongotai, and her son are visiting Bona Bay, Mrs. Sladden, Wellington, is visiting Napier. v , The Misses B. and B. Putnam, Northland, have returned from a motor tour in Taranaki. Mr.—and Mrs.'W. H. Ballinger and Miss Ballinger are visiting Auckland. Mrs. ani Miss Bonnie have returned from, a motor tour in the Botorua district. | , V rMrs. G. Tripe, Wellington, is the guest of Mrs. Donnelly, Napier. Dowsett, of "the Wellington R.ee Kindergarten Association, is visiting Auckland. , ' Miss 'Vida'M'Clurehas returned to Wellington from Christchurch. Miss Doris Petrie (Wellington) is visiting the West Coast. Mr. and Mrs. C.' 11.I 1. Couchman have returned to Petone after having spent their golden -wedding day, 25th December, with their eldest son at Christfehurch. s „ '* , ■ The wedding was v solemnisc&-iecently at St. Peter's Church, of Giace, only daughter of ,Mr. and Mrs. G. Beynolds,' of Wellington, and Laurence Saunders, of Greymouth. The Bey. H. Watson

ofdeiatea. The 'bride, who was given away by her father, wore a charming frock' of ivory crepe do' chine, trimmed with' guipure lace and georgette, and her bouquet was of cream and pink roses and maidenhair fern. The wedding veil formed the train, and was , worn with a coronet of oiange blossoms.

Mrs. Ted Saunders was matron of hon

our, and the bridesmaid was Miss Mabel M'Ardle. Both wore, becoming frocks of shell pink crepe de chine, and they carried bouquets to match. Mi. Boy Saunders was best man. After the cere-

mony the mother of the bride received the guests at a reception held in the Adelphi Cabaret. Later Mr. ?.nd Mrs. ;Saunders'; left; fofea^our in. the Squth iisland^i;i;;-;>|f;fc:#- ■*£. •^^■\£:!/± .''■'.^A'ttien^oAiiiis^drawnp'to^'aa.'adyer'tiße.-- - ;inent in'! thiß;;;issift asking, for applica-

,tions;for-students at the Free;. Kindergarten -Schobls \ in'v^ellingtoni^it'-may. n'qt; i beVgenerally'known'-how -valuable ;wXthe>';'traiiimg;j'.^hicl^>ißi;.jeceivedvvby; the students'iunder. Miss .i,Bileyy,. the. dir-i ectbf;.;; There is a. definite.. standaiid; to' ;beVrcachedj>and^ yalu'e q.lyra,j£J-^^ -Apart'.frpm .these >pbin.ts is., the Jf act thit the .work is' eminently '.'happy, workj'' /bringing girls,'into Hbuch^ith humanity,.and"training-them in -service itd'JittleVf^Udren'i^ a partir cularly\;iyise7 andi;:efficienl rmanner.^VSA visit to thei schoolsf"shows::'tHevlittle';ones'

lat^&^^playr^qAi'i^eceivin^-Valiiatl'e', :id ( easi«ivery:dayjraD.d all-the time, .while -the: students*learn>.and: impart:the high- ; -est standard^o'f ideal of life—-and : all; this' in „an'^exceptionally/ipieasant!manner,and'in i'gpod,eonditions>'fo dergarten^^authorities"^iil'-ia'yeJao'iOy'ei.:,; /crowding,'^brroyerstrain'.fori';'anyone; ;-wlth;--;-sfhom! thfey; rare' yconcerne'di:V'•■lt'iis> '■ hoped?thatja good number.' of. Willing-, ton or" suburban giris will apply :i to-Miss 'BileySf^r :;enr^mffiS;~v^vf^£?;^ UC' '■^';»;v.^' '■-Sundiaisi'm-imitation 'rot Cantique brass x^aye^^ilongbeen a popular item

in the .equipment of ftheJbid-world/g^fT den, but another ancient device fpf imea'suring time,:;the;:wateT--clock, or clep- 1 sydfaj'.is. probably imiieh less- widely. '■knqwn,;AtKpi^H.yt;>Was'iusedVnbt''-'piiJy. ; ; by."\ ; tliei.;;>iicAent7;Gre:eks:r3:^d^K6manßi r '',mt*:eveu":in;lndiai/!Bg^t^nd^£abTlpii^ ;maiiy: thousands ..of :years/Jagd^:; Some; very aniieresting'reproductionsvpf^,:OldEnglish: water clocks haye recently; been: put;; and are very' Quaint and charming,' ■ The principle in ;theße!?clepßydrae:isJsimai^:*jto:;!that'''p£; s the \ sand-glass:- :•: Wate;rjis,;.puK;into; one. jpart''■; of: thecto6k\^and|aUqWe^d7 Jo <Jrip |.Blpw.ly:'mto.(M9tter,:;.tiieJpoßi.J3.o?i:.pf- the; ,!;water: affecting*;thie: 'positibn^of: ,'ahand ! ;on. the -/dial,, or frpnt^whieh^hyw -in'di-"-. •/catp's^tha^time^ w;a|erj..dripsJis:al^ays',' ; tte' ,'saniey..and Vail that .is^necessai'yfis ;,1;'o Fsee.vthat ;the :clock.;is/iccura^y^n'AeS;;at;ine"proper« v'time;^ :Most;.' of s;'th[e'-vpldijexamjles,;- and :VseyeraiTofi^e^iitiS^^6deri-'Teprpduq-'. *tipns, /;ares;made:i^Op'^&y^llfed^a^-;.:; six o'clock'.'aTni'iJl)after(which> they ahowithe ijoriiy; of^'wafer^clpcKsisafe- ;njadej'for; "hanging^.as-p;.ornaments"on the. garden "wAU;>ana.Var"^; ;iSr^asei:aid;;.engra'Vedi brass mpiinted pii;: carved'oak.,~ One ■very ■;■ fascinating'v^"sixteenth-centui-y mb'4elVis^ I.iii':^th le;'Morm;. v.of:'.;a'- medieval; :.ropnki;^tli;^n.'brdinary;Sflidial:\6n:'the ; breast :fbr use "in; fair'weather, and- a "clepsydraldial ibeneath .the £eet,: a cylm-: der for /holding, waft'r being/fixeJT. at the; :back.^?v:!;v;^;^/'^;>v /'•■':; ;"\V :': ':■ v

-;-'%6^c^p,vifia'keXtlia;t comfy ; oid iron bodste^d^teAif|last >wprd J v '. in . iij.oH.eii? furmture ■will piobabiy interest' 'some of those who still possess old-fashioned bedsteads.- •i.;]A.^writer ; sayst.: A pretty; f asMon:-prev^iis'Xof- covering; the head: 'and foot-of-a- 'Tbe'&f "with ■■' a .-cover- of brightly; designed: cretonne ; tb; match ;.the; hangings :of the room. .Theidea is par-, ticularly tiseful;in bringing aii old-fash-, .ioned. and ugly ;'irpn' or iron and brass bedstead lip to date^;: The -upstanding Unoba should' be.-taken: 1 ;6ffl; so--.that a smoothi.surface remains;, ; the .shape., of i'theae bld^fasHibned bedsteads;"is as; a mle-either .straight: or'cuTvedi' .so the eretonne'Coverfia cut to fit, the^shape being cut'to pattern first with a large sheet of brown paper. Should the bed be a very, wide double one, gi>in the paper with:pins:-inl order'to obtain a; large sheet .by; which tb^ cut the pattern. The* material is cut double and joined with; the lower end open; the cover is thenslippedinplace. A great improvement' in : the /appearance cretonne; coyer;: is'-cut -to.; fit^: the. shap ding, the irpn. parts'whjch"come=directly under the/edges^of the 'coyer; Cut strips' of .any Wd?strong• ijaterial,and,jfcWisfc, round andiarpund:the ironwork until it is^cbyered;; the : strips are; twisted in place much as Vhen- a .bandage.is .being . laiß. ...^oayf^.i^xnjuTediV'ii^b/'.jkjseping' smooth^ed^s':yaad3iaying. lion\dß;'.jflat::aß'1 i on\dß;'.jflat:: aß' possible^; ■Bedspreads'-.■ aie .important, items in the bedroom decoration nowadays, a..silk..cover,- in some -lovely shade as petunia,, being covered with .a separate bedspread in dull gold, net, or.lace, this.made with a wide width for the purpose. Plain ;walls and a plain eaTpet in a bedroom: call for something very beautiful-.and gorgeously coloured in ;a ; 'flpwered.fcretonne;.for. hangings, the bedspread, etc., and as the popular favour-is; just now f or'j bright • birds, fruit; and flower designs, a suitable cretonne ia not hard to find.; '- "'":■"''"':.'

'■"vii. \yery happy party 'of "Wellington girta returned this morning after' havr ing: attended the, annual* eonfeTenc'e'rof (jirl-Citizen's at Christcnureli. They had a "delightful time at St. An'drew.'s Cbl-^: lege/and ,:spoke with:-niuch. ;enttiusiasnv of-ythe. .college.; hospitality which was arranged by "the .Ctiristchureh' association. On. Sunday evening all; the ;counsieliors: fronv different places, made, parties" and-walked round various .parts of the city, with great appreciatibnxof'its .beauties, in the' way .of ■'" flowers,?: .trees,, riverj and paries partic^arlyi;.;-pn;Mpn^ 'day;mpihiiig'..tKßre..was;'-a-.§'eii'erai finish^ ing-up '/.of vsouncili affairs,:;foUowed^by; camp ..songs and a" p'osfe- competition;; the latter being in connection withithe. Girl-Citizen code, andVein'by J^ew.Ply.--mduth, the; ideas and designs from.-.that branch' being much admired.; Welling: ton and Dunedin tied for the cup.and flag, "each gaining the same numberrof points) so an amicable.;arrangement, was made whereby' Wellington :;;;i6lds' tho: cup-:i 6x- six : months, and then.: theflag,, .Dunedin,'talcing the ■-alternative times" for the honours. ;■Qnv McHday night •'•there ■ was a..'banquet,-: when --tie', various groups represented political and civic ■ groups;\,and .were toastedl in-: ; that ■iopa., the „ leaders Khayinfr to reply/ in ; character.; This" was-found very amusing; .but/quite difficult.^ At the. eonelu-; sion .wasi'the"candle-lighting^' ,ceremony^^which. is -ailied :"tb"' the -Toii" ■H; ■.^^Hghtmg'-:'b^'.thjaVla'mp J ?A:-aid;.\-i9v>T?.?3[-seldom ;nsed,.-but,:which.: made an. iiipressive.'. conclusion; to . the ' conference. The girls gained a great" deal from the Association with ;:each.vo,theT,' and from the -lectures,, .as -wellJas 'haying ;aJlyeiyShappy.l:;time::.' Thevpeonierenc>'Was;;a^thorough success,^there- : ipre^ifromrvall 'poinjbsViof vyiew^ v£. s^ : ''- ■ ■''■ Some'fblfis^h^yesau^e/^eS-'&d^de; flnite y'ideas-:^aot/iiyiariably'-.:w611-;;baaed i howeyer—as tbj what .is their own speoiairand r:indiyiduaUy; becoming: colour;. others, !iessyx6nfldentj;pr; 'WitH^ less :to, guide;.-.,Jh'eir^de^ision^.■; range. >iather yagiiely);tp'faiirdownV: the ■ gamut; of -o&sywith>.'imJDie^'or\.lesßThari^dS6uß.Jre-,-sults,';says l.ia::writer;in./.'The ; Queen. " ,This: much^ is^; cer^ jwomSn'ias!'; spm.6^Any'paitieuiar'.'eplqur |that*is^more. lyec^oming ;tp, !herv.thaicuany •lotiier^ and" wearing sh"e>..has;:that. 'd6^6ita6l^isenVatioV'': p£r;-^P^?l'g''.':?l^ :best.:that'-junquestionably,',makes-:for; good^lpoks.■'.'.■'.TW-thing'is^-.tbi make:sure, 'of'one's cbipur,'7and■ having definitely/ ■ decided on ■ that.-.point '• t'bVsee-that one's ■attire! is/. ■ as .a'xgenerai; rule,J. keyed: to, ''th'aV-pMtac'nlar.-'n'6teV.-o.:-BracK;Ti^ v:Vglve i' 1.: imake a dark:cpinplexipn :take on 'a mudr dy'tint, 'arid is to be .eschewed vif there /is^dny symptom of'sallowness.v The .ad-, ■yantage^.of black,is :that, ifj.the; weirer >as%a pefichant f6r;;anyiparticuiar :spl4 I Tour :she can ■ express ity-; with, black,' by 'gust the very; slightestv-tbuehT—a' blue lining,^tqXthe brim; of-, a.,little;.black 'cloche 'h^apa^:6f jade: earrings; or (a,string of -amber ;beads:with- "a,black tfrdek':'- J'•■'lt;is: Ib'£tenSbetter' to'"hint Vat

:th'aiitq-'Hißißt';.Tipbri ! ''-one'B.'colqur.-.';-. i;,Eed'! is,:--of/course,;taboo to.:mostfpeoplevof strong, cplpuriri'g,^ though;,in tl 3 case of. 'a;^brunette coimplexiojtin.^i-vyhiijh , ; there iisfajyuggestibn;; :pf.*>varm;recl.showing >thi ough. -theijjbrb^^M^it.^-we'rejr'it'.'.ihay. :b'e;X.'i3xtremely;-:-.becomirig/v^ haired andifair-cbmplexiqned, blues knd: | greys ajie^as ;a xule,;;much:..mbre?jileasmg' i'th^tt-;;'bf^\ra¥,loT/.yeilowSj /unless. the J! airhaireff subject •; has;;".''.bre>fn^:feyes,;in: which case they, pf.:-course,: givq a suggestipninqt tb';'be^^.ignoredN/The^/wear'ing of ;the greeri.is -fbir :thos%>yi^v clear, ;fresaVskiiis,:aad':preferably,u^eyr;c.yes.': : Dead' .is■^ohlyiibecpmurg;' iii'f; very '$3?}J^^y? uW;::'but*;later 'ftherej; are i.tthe .'ivory'-aid'pale<ecru''.tints-:tor^ake'^ (plad.e.l;,!.:^ an "iy:bry;yelvet' i gbw;n. : ;with. pouches, of old-lace'kb.out it makes ia charming pie-

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;To,,:make.:;a;;iteappt^^ :cosy.;.re'quires rt .i-J. cuts of petticoat wbol, any jcolour.prer : fe.rred,>s^;;yards;, ;^:;b^ one ffieet'bf'cbttbn; wbpi '(the/latteiS-'will'.-b'e* ■■Buffl^ent'^forV.tWp.^nestS'JiV'SayX-^^oxr.' change.; \ jrprm; a fcircle :with: the '.'cord, :aiid"'secure 'iit^fir^y;,wiffi;;iye^o:';aii^. .ihread.' '-Intb;'this ring"woTkV'as many • : double .cjrpchet 'stitches: as; will; cover/it, (Using a;bpne\hppk.pf;Bi^ proceed t6:work* a./second row, onVth'e :-togV;pf the:preyiev^s,-one, .covering the . cord'/ and .incie.asing here and there, so ; that the work lies flatand circular, vA-. .■til you .haye^t'enirqunds 'done;fthiaa-'eaSf; off. -y. Make:::a? chaiib'of ;28 stitches, turn f-,'yn&>.phe;,cKa^,'':'-Md:;.wbrk'-' Ib'ackwaTdi' and forwards; : picking. up thW ■ : .b'ack;'Btiteh)r--uiitil^ypu'''-haye-''so-vndgesj' which'means.:^6o .rpwsV 'half the.sheet of .cq'tton/wbol;:place it insidethe; crqehety. lengthways, ■ over-sew 'the. two-edges together,:and then firmly an 3. neatly, attach, the i piece' to; the' ;plate-like.:centre.-;;S:'.\.:.;;:- ; ;. •:;:;/;,:;" : : ;-.,

'■ Mrs.l.Bix;; ;Nieholas,,. the •/■■■Australian, artist,-;?who ■ ■-recently. ' returned-, home ■after/ztwo years'^tra veiling. in: ' Europe, has;;lbeeri^made-;--anc-Associate-, of■'. the. ParisvSalbn r -Tvhich gives her .the. privi"lege^qf exhibiting .algroup ■ of' five/ pictures there) annually^;.; She. .intends /to 'exhibit-her, flrst: group,'all of Australian ..sub]ects,!tp.wards -the end ■of the year. One' /f. Mrs;. /Nicholas .'s ■■' paintings ..has 'been.-, bought" for the •.Louvre. ■'■. -■■; ...;.

Although . ninety years ago .women 1 were catered for; differently from now, and little'printed matter was devoted even to that which was then believed toV.be ■ their principal interest—dress—•■ they : were npt whplly: .neglected ) (says an-* exchange).. " Marshall 5s Cabinet pf FMhion," which was produced for their benefit, was in, the form of a neat little morboco-bound' pocket-book, which its omcr was supposed toicarry about with h'<jr ; and peruse in '■'■; leisure moments. The contents :of ■ the "Cabinet"\ for 1832, for example, are varied; and iri- • elude the offers of prizes' for enigmas and charades. There is a" tale ,to start with,V"Lolia and Potoski, - a 'Polish Tales." .The:sister of the heroine'excuses ' herself -from: accompanying her pn';"ia nocturnal' expedition thus: ''Nay, sweet Lolia; nay, I have' more regard for'my own sweet person and my life too,/ and. perhaps- even for mycblue bonnet, to', trust'either; out on a night like this."r .Imagine a girl of to-day-being so;addressed ;by lier. sister; Morelikely it would .be^ "If .you're.going, old thing,;l'ni not pi the layl"■■• Next ;comes '.'An Abyssinian Christening" from "Pearce's Travels,"-followed.by a. short treatise on ."Female Tenderness" in the:formiof a story. Then "English Compliments-from Paris, and London'" by ,-M.: de.',. Tueba, while

'' Chinese .Funeral, Ceremonies', conelud ed the portion devoted'-to- literature Ait came next with an "engraving of Little Bed Biding 'Hood,: pajhted • by Sargent/ engraved by C. Bolls, the Coronation of Wttliam W:, -and;' Queen Adelaide,'and the Proclamation-of the sanie in "Westminster- Hall, and an engraving of -Kivaulx Abbey. Evidently the lady: possessors! of the "Cabinet^' went ■ about, for '' EaTes of Watermen on. the .Thames'' are.'; given, a page, according to which •it cost 3d for one person to cross.the river, Awhile for any package letter!, not'exceeding 561b 4d had ;to be'paid for conveying it a quarter of a mile;; Next came,a.table of high water, aeorieisefeadyre'ckoner, hackney coach fares, such as Orchard:street.>tq: St^ifieorge.'s./burying aground; 'is 6d^ Charing; Cross:..to.;\Piccadillyj White-" horgesteet Is;. 'There afe^rates of porters? charges from' inns and stagecoach S-egUlations/;; while the "General; v"Po^t. pffiee. regulations.; include r directions, that' ''letters 'Ac i go the'^saiiae! day :,3niisifc 'be put; in.before/7i b'clocjk, but thqse put^ in before half past 7 -will; go thatevening,: paying , 6d;".*; Four"; fashion plates are included', in; tie pocket-book, showing ■ mbdes.'niost.^elaborate ;an cd,so voluminous that'no;rooni:could.be .found for them in .the., world of;to-ddy, 'espe'c^ l^ly-the'li^aAdresSj'-pf-VMpli/thSr.e/.vras certainly .something ■ for!.. their price. The almanac, which is; bound- with/this Jpcket-book, ; if.: desired, has,-a- 1 quaint lisi of events, such: as "Ploughing'..c'oiri> menced in feudal ,tim6s',';.''Frisca,'an ;unmarried lady of .Bo'me,;martyred 276; i'-V-Lar'ge spots ; on the ;sun seen";-^St. ■|jawrence martyred- on a gridiron. V |•: :':: On the subject. of '„' Women and. Bet-;tiag,''r.Miss-.Cicely Hamilton-writes in -the .''-MorningvPost'':-— "Bacing,;- ;tp .many women; is as much, a daily inter: 'est.and excitement "as it.is to their hus-

brands:'and brothers ,-Hhey. study:.'forinj' as: expounded. I E the newspap'ors, they ■are primed with the lore of the stable' .and: gossip thereon 5' with*:their ;ueigh-: bburs. ..There is nothing'surprising ■' or unnatural ;in the modern .woman's taste :for.:gambling-—gambling has,neyer been a purely masculirie..yice.; :[ :ln times-Bast jif:.-yyas predominantly'masculine, for*-the ; simple -reason that the male sex/was the moneyedsex^menj as a rule, had money ; in. thfeir .poekotS;.to ■'w^^ pr lose;.:wq^menj - ; as/ sf i rule, ■ ■, had:,not,;.;; In ;.'-.wsli-tb;do spheres,' where ■.wemen had. a : purse to -.dip into,.: they ;.were usually.Vv^eady enough, for* a'gamble;"-in the eighteenth . century,-.\yhen high 'play vwas fashion-' able^;the powdered dames of the^aristoe'rajy■'nsked^ -tieir .money atVcards as aimat'ter .pitcourseTrTOf ten. just ,aa ;hbtly as their c menf6jk.;-.'But, on ; the -whole,* until ia,-decade or two ago, the- average womiari .had 'little opportunity to indulge; her liking for a gamble ;wh'ea she. . workfed for.a wage it.'was. an eiaoedingv ly small bnej and v ;.wheny she : liyed at. home}she; was dependant for: her pneket mPney bn.; itne gobdwill• of: husband; ox- , father. In.) :these. cpnditions Nthq habit. of. -betting cpuld'-noVlflqur^ish.;;biit.- be.:cause.:.mpst; -. abstained \ ../'from-, ■backing; horses ;■ theiri. abstention'.was:..:due.; to . anj'Jexalt-

e'd- standard of "morality. ■ They did not I ■risk;their■inbney; on horses because> they''i had no mqhey to ..risk. .Betting; among women came-in-with modern industrialism—twhen the "girl,. no longer "support-: ;ed in the ;home, -turned: out .to: earn her wage>iri-a factory; it.was also encour-. aged -by the passing of the ; Married ■.Wbme'nfs';:-PrPperty..'Act;,^rwhich :.'gaye' .wives' the-right -to their own 'darnings 1 and belongings:': It is: libt:because she jis essentially: inbre^''yicious-*than her foremotaer's-thatvthe'; woman;-pf^ tbva'ay ; takes h'er::pleasure'in\the/chanc.es;/o£ihe: racecourse;' her 'indepeildent: wage:and -her independent'';'income give, opportunities, -denied ip her.Vfpremothers, of |, backing a,winner- (or loser!).'^':;■-.;