WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 94, 22 April 1927, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

The members of the Girls' Club of the "Women's National Eeserve ask all schools and colleges to make an effort to assist in arranging that a wreath shall be placed on every grave in the cemetery of a soldier or veteran. This club, as well as having regular duties in the main Memorial Cemetery, takes an interest in the scattered graves, some of them in outlying parts of the place. To ensure recognition of each of these about 600 wreaths or emblems will be needed, and it is hoped that these will-be provided. Quite a simple wreath of laurel can be easily.made, and these will be most acceptable. Arrangements are made to transport all wreaths and tributes to the cemetery. Friends are reminded of the service at the cemetery on Sunday afternoon at three o'clock, when the new steps, provided by the efforts of the Girls' Club wiU'be formally opened.

Mrs. Dagger, Belmont, is leaving by the Port Caroline for a visit to her daughter, Mrs. L. J. Comrie, London.

Mrs. H. Lundius has returned from a visit, to* London.

Mr. ana Mtb. J.;!F. Studholme arrived from the South yesterday, and are leaving by the Kuahine for London.

Mrs. E. J. Biddiford, Lower Hutt, is returning by the Euahine to England.

Mr. ana Mrs. Otway, 'Wellington, have been visiting Mrs. Wigley Timaru.

Mr. and Mrs. B. Goldberg are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Hollander, Christchurch.

Poppy Day has arrived with a suitable climate, mild, free from wind, ana above the average in- fineness, enabling the sellers 'to carry out their duties with less discomfort than ordinarily. The various points of vantage were stocked early in the morning with goods and vendors, and it looks as if the E.S.A. will have cause to rejoice in a handsome addition.to their benevolent fund. This fund has a great many calls, and fills a most necessary and useful purpose, and there will be general satisfaction if it is found that the public has been in a generous and responsive mood.

The placing of a tablet at the entrance to the women's^surgical ward at the Christchurch Hospital, stating that the new ward was provided by donations collected by the Lady Visitors' Association and that tho furnishings had been provided by an anonymous donor as a memorial to his late mother, has been decided 1 upon by the North Canterbury Hospital . Board. Borne years ago the sum of £1000 was given anonymously for the furnishing of a women's surgical ward. This amount, with the subsidy, has been Conserved and the furnishing of the ward in question has been taken from the amount.

Among those leaving by tho Buahine to-morrow for England will be Mr. and Mrs. Bucholz, and Miss D. Tanner, Wellington, Mrs. Norton Francis and family, Christchurch, and Dr. and Mrs. Holmden, Auckland.

In presenting the silver medal of tho Eoyal Society of Arts to Lady Chattorjee, the wife of the High Commissioner for India, recently, Sir Thomas Holland, its president, recalled the tribute he paid her earlier in the year when, after she had read her paper on tho employment of women and children iv Indian industries, ho declared that in 1919 he had gone back to that country to create a position in which could be employed "the one person ho'had found who obviously had the necessary qualifications." This was Lady Chattcrjee, who, when tho Indian Government was considering how factory legislation should bo improved with regard to woman and child labour in India, was appointed adviser on all questions affecting them. Largely through her representations, the child ago of employment was raised. Subsequently sho was adviser to the delegation sent by tho Indian Government to the International Labour Conference in Geneva.

Dopartinont.il buyers in London recently recalled eomo items oi! feminine dross. "The princess petticoats were ankle length, or longer, made'of. longcloth, and finished with scores of tiny tucks and innumerable rows of insertion and edging," said, one woman. "There were long-sleeved merino bodices with high necks. An ordinary trousseau included' ten different garments, and it was by no moans exceptional to order several doznns of tho more important ones. Many of those garments have become absorbed in the moro modern items of attire necessary for a smart appearanco now that fashion maintains a straight line. ; The camisole, for instance; was partially lost in the cami-knicker, and now oven that garment has a rival in tho newar cami/bockcr, the three-in-one form of; lingerio which is all that many smart young women wear in addition to a little ailk undervest. The cami-liock-cr takes the placo of knockorbockers, camisole, and slips, tho frock being worn immediately over it." Although the ten garments have been whittled down to one or two, and a trousseau of the clay could be.ntowed away in a fair-sized suit-case, there ia no corresponding reduction in the cost.

Queen Mary, accompanied by a lady-in-waiting, thoroughly enjoyed a now experience recently. Her Majesty lunched at one of the best-known London restaurants, where a table had boon set apart for* her. Other guests came and wont, and the Queen was much amused. When Queen "Victoria Eugenic of Spain is in London she lunches and- dines constantly at the Bitz and Cla ridge's, and entertains her friends there as well as being entertained by them. Princess Arthur of Connauglit is another Eoyal lady who revels ia. dining out, and with her husband and friends is often to bo mot in hotel dining-rooms as well as those of. tho most frequented restaurants.

Tho women's clubs in London are coming more and more to tho front, says the ''Daily Mail" Every distinguished visitor to London can be met ut the women's clubs; and club members going abroad find women's clubs ready to welcomo them. The wives of tho Premiers at the Imperial Conference last autumn said how delightful it was to have been made members of several London women's clubs! When a princess is president of a club, as in the case of Princess Marie Louise at the Forum, she is seen at tho club on many different occasions. Women who are interested in politics are brought in touch with the distinguished women of their parties at their clubs. The Ladies' Imperial has a, political luncheon every month at which a Cabinet Minister's wife is usually the chief guest. There was a new departuro one night, when members arrived with little parties of shop girls and maid-ser-vants; one woman had her charlady with her. They had come at the invitation of tho Ladies' Imperial Association to discuss 'politics with members of Parliament. A young maidservant was almost too shy to answer when spoken to at first, but at the end of the meoting she confided that on her afternoon out she went to Hyde Park to listen to rthe Primrose League's speakers. More and more, women are doing their social entertaining at their clubs —the maidservant question has driven them to' it. Private dinner parties of as many as 30.are held at the Ladies' Athenaeum Club, and the American Women's Club has private receptions of 500 people. The Ladies' Empire' Club is entirely social—one of the few women's clubs that is. One-third of its members are overseas women.

Mrs. H. C. Davies, an enthusiastic Victoria Leaguer, has returned to Hobart from a tour in New^Zealand. Mrs. T. G. Eussell has arrived from the South. Mrs. B. L. Blunden arrived this morning from the South. Misa M. A. Kerr arrived in Wellington by the ferry steamer from the South. A large amount of crockery is to be sold at a jumble sale to be held in Victoria Hall to-night. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Gorrigan have returned to Wellington from Auckland. Mrs. Eric Marchant has returned to Wellington from the South. Miss Mary Cruickshank-returned today to Masterton after a brief visit to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Morrison, Wellington, are visiting Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs. Doughty have left' Auckland on their return trip to Wellington. ■ Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Newton (Wellington) are visiting Auckland. The Wellington Central Women's Christian Temperance Union held its usual meeting in the Y.W.C.A. room, the meeting being only fairly well attended. This, however, did not diminish the interest of Miss Kirk's report of the proceedings of the Auckland conference. Eemits arising from the conference were discussed and adopted, to be passed on for the consideration of the district convention to be held at Foxton. One of thes% was the question of the financial sources of the Willard Home for destitute children. A London woman who had made a round of the women's clubs writes as follows: A bridge room is now an institution in most women's clubs, but there are at least two where the members will not play. The Sesame Club provided a beautiful bridge room, but it was not. used once a month, and the V.A.D. Club found that it was not wanted. The Sesame Club's interests are literary. Who would expect women to want bridge who like to listen to lectures and debates on " Tcl-el-Amarana and its Art," "Poets of 1900," or "The Psychology of the Modern Novel" and to see exhibitions of psychic pictures? The Ladies' Athenaeum, however, which is both literary and social, is shortly to have a bridge room. In the American Women's Club/where cultural interests mean a great deal to women cut off in a foreign country from civic activity, there is also a bridgeroom. All stains should be removed; before washing, especially those caused by tea, coffee, fruit, arid.wine. Washing with hot water fixes the albumin in organic stains, and makes their removal moro difficult: If possible remove tea and coffe6 stains when freshly made by putting the stained part over a.basin and pouring on hot water. • If these stains have become dry they are more diflicult to remove, and stronger measures must be resorted to. A badlystaiucd cloth should be put into a tub and a hot soda solution poured over it, then left to cool, washed, boiled, and bleached in the sunshine. Fruit and wine stains may be removed with'salt and boiling water in the same way as borax is used for tea and coffee. A little salt put on a wine stain when freshly made softens and renders it easier to remove, so. that in many cases ordinary.washing will tako it out.i If this treatmont fails, good /washing and bleaching in sunshine must bo resorted to; it is a longer process, but eventually successful, and is not injurious to tho fabric, as tho use of chemicals would be. Iron mould and dry ink stains aro removed with salts of lemon and boiling water. The method is the same as for tea and coffee. But if tho stain is duo to old iron rust, it is then moro diflicult to remove, and may requiro stronger measures; oxalic acid may then bo used. Paint may be removed with paraffin (or turpentine) and ammonia mixed. Moisten tho stain frequently, and rub until it- disappears; then wash it in tho ordinary way. For stains on white clothes add a small quantity of paraffin to the water in tho boiler (two tablespoonfulsi to six gallons of water). Paraffin softens tho paint, and soap and water afterwards will take it out.

A curious fact emerges from tho statistics contained in a preliminary note on "rheumatic heart diseas'o among school-children in Gloucestershire" which tho medical oflicer oi' health of that county, Dr. J. Middleton Martin, contributes to an issuo of tho "British Medical Journal." One conclusion drawn from tho figures collated, extending over a period of years, is as follows: "It would, therefore, seem that for somo reason tho children born round about 1013 aro particularly liable to present signs of heart trouble, and that this liability has steadily diminished among the children born subsequently."

The wheol of fato, revolving, lias turned a prisoner into a member of n city council, where she occupies n seat along with the solicitor who prosecuted her and the magistrate who sentenced her. In August, 190G, Mrs. H. M. Mitchell was condemned to three days' imprisonment on.a charge ;irising out of tho part taken by her in agitating for women's franchise. Much, water has run under the bridge since then, and Mrs. Mitchell is now a .T.P., and a member of t.]<~ Manchester City Council.

The Misses Cole have arrived in Wellington en route for England. They were accompanied from Auckland by Mrs. H. W. Nolan and Miss Nolan.

There was an excellent attendance at the meeting of the Lower Hut't branch ot the League .of Mothers yesterday afternoon. Chief interest centred round the talk given by Mrs. Heseltine, matron of the Anglican Boys' Home, on child training. She illustrated her points from her wonderful wealth of experience gained from years of personal training of children. She dealt in a very telling way with the tact necessary to be used by a parent in the training of a growing child, and pleaded with the mothers for the thorough understanding of every member of the family and the power to understand the child's point of view. Mrs. Heseltine pointed out that the mind of the child was but a camera on which was printed indelibly all the impressions received from parents. She pleaded with mothers to inculcate only clean morals and healthy thoughts into the minds of the children so that they maybe ready to combat evil influences that they may meet later. Her listeners were most appreciative of the valuable advice given. During the afternoon several new members were received. Mrs. Phillipps sang two delightful songs during the afternoon, Mrs. Lopdell recited, and they and Miss Finlay, the accompanist, were thanked for their items. Afternoon tea was provided by ladies of the' Central Committee. The members of this branch are very keen, and look forward with interest to their May meeting, when Mrs. K. Preston, lady superintendent of St. Johns Ambulance, will speak on home nursing.

At the Synagogue, St. Petersburg place,, Bayswater, at noon on 21st February, tho wedding took place of Trevor Moss, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Eliot E. Davis, of Auckland, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Moss Davis, to Dorothy, only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Leland, of 5, Kensington Court, WB. (wrote "The Post's" London correspondent on 25th February). The ceremony was performed according to the ntes.of the Jewish faith, and. as is usual on these occasions, the beautiful music was a special feature. The wedding was a very quiet one, only a few immediate relatives and. friend's being invited. Beautiful flowers decorated the Synagogue, chiefly pink azaleas and pink and mauve tulips, while choice white flowers were used about the Canopy. The bride wore a simple dress of ivory satin romaine, with long fitting sleeves and swathed hip sash, and had a bunch of white violets on one shoulder. The coronet of orange blossom was arranged over the bridal veil of tulle, which formed a train. The bouquet was of lilies of the valley. Miss Joan Osborne was bridesmaid. She wore' a becoming dress of rose-petal pink georgette with hat to match, and carried a large bouquet of purple lilac and pink cherry blossom. The best man was Mr. Wilfred, Steele. The ceremony was^ performed by the Eev. B. Levine, assisted by the Eev. Isaac Goldston. Beneath the Canopy stood the parents of the bride and bridegroom. Mrs. Leland wore a dress of indigo blue, and she carried a bouquet of puce-col-oured carnations. Mrs. Davis, tho bridegroom's mother, was in pale bois-de-rose with hat to tone, tho latter being finished with a handsomo diamond ornament. Her bouquet was of choice orchids. Tho grandparents of the bridegroom were not able to be present because they were away in the South of France, aa also is Miss Blanche Davis. At the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal party, with immediate relatives and a few friends, drove to the Hyde Park Hotel for luncheon. Before leaving for New Zealand at the beginning of April, Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Davis arc in Italy. .They will travel to New Zealand by the United States, and their future home will be in Auckland.

A bird of declared ill-omen has been troubling the residents of a street in tho eastern part of Southend, the English seaside resort. It is a solitary crow, and every now and again, for months past, it haa haunted tho thoroughfare. It sits on the chimney pots and "caws." Legend li.^s grown around this bird. Women say that its presence forbodes all sorts of unpleasant happenings. They doclare that when it makes a long stny in the street somebody is going to die. A curious coincidence is that there have been three deaths. "It is all through the old crow," the women say. They are very emphatic about it, and they make tho bird's stay as unpleasant as possible in the hope that it will go away and stop away. A keen look-out is kept for it, and tho occupier of the house on which it settles ia soon mado aware of the fact by neighbours. Thon, by vigorous hand-clapping .and even by earthclods hurled in its direction, it is.put to flight. An aged man living in* the street, when confronted with the desirability of getting the bird to leave his chimney pot, dealt with tho situation in another way. Ho raised his hat three times and solemnly bowed to tho crow, ■ which gave a big "caw" and flew away. Knitted spats with fancy tops are being worn by men in -America. They are not very dissimilar from the spattees which British women have been wearing. "Careers masters" are the latest suggestion for schools, to help pupils in choosing the most suitable vocations. Experiments in this direction have already met with considerable success. ' One of (he two last Hoyal Marine Crimeun veterans, Thomas Pitt, has died at Portsmouth, aged 04. In the trenches at Sebastopol he saw Florence Nightingale tending the wounded. Wedding Boutjuets.—To mako each Bridal Group distinctive, harmony in colouring is essontial. Miss Murray, Vice-Regal Florist, 3(5, Willis street.— Advt.

On the eve of his marriage to Miss Arnot Eobertson, Lord Burnham presented Mr. H. E. Turner (secretary of the Empire Press Union) with a cheque for 150 guineas, states "The Post's" London correspondent, writing on 9th March. This sum was contributed by a number of the members of the union, in appreciation of the services rendered to that organisation by Mr. Turner. Lord Burnham dwelt on the progress made by the Empire Press Union since Mr. Turner became its secretary, and the multifarious privileges it had "gained for the representatives of the overseas Press, even at Westminster, where Parliamentary concessions were difficult to obtain. He had undertaken a great deal of the work in connection with the last two Imperial Press conferences at Ottawa and Melbourne, and there had been nothing but praise and gratitude for what he had done for the professional interests and personal convenience of all concerned, whether as special correspondents, conference delegates, or overseas members visiting London. Lord Burnham expressed the good wishes of all the donors for the happiness and prosperity of the recipient and his bride.

Three Pearly Kings, two Pearly Queens, and a Pearly Prince, wearing between them more than 50,000 buttons, were among the . costermongers who .took part in a pearly christening at St. John's Church, Walham Green, S.W., says a London paper. The first to arrive was Mr. J. Franklin, of Fulhani. With him he brought his little blue and gold cart drawn by Midget, a tiny four-year-old Shetland pony, 2ft 6in in height, which is the mascot of the West London Hospital Society, to which all the j.earlies belong. In this cart sii-year-old Georgie Atkin, Pearly Prince of Walham Green, rode to church, wearing on his shoulders 80 streamers, showing the number of times that he has collected for charity. By his side walked his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Atkin, Pearly King and Queen of Walham Green, and Mr. G. Barrett, the Piccadilly Pearly, who is the infant pearly's godfather. He wore a pearly bow-tie, top-hat, . and walkingstick. A large crowd filled the church. All the pearlies had their titles sewn in buttons on their costumes, and the pearly queens wore large white, red, purple, and black, ostrich feathers in their hats. '

Following Madame Alwyn's lectures and demonstration classes are being formed. During next week Madame' can be consulted at 11, Fletcher's Building.—Advt.

Shingle transformations, comfortable and natural, are manufactured in our workroom, Permanent waving receives great attention ' and care. Our salons are attended by fully-trained masseusses, wavers, suinglers, and stainers. Electric haircuttiug.machines, Is 6d trim. Agents for Elizabeth Arden 's famous Toilet Preparation and "Nodyinit" Hair Restorer. Stamford and Co., Ltd., 68, Willis street, and at Auckland.—Advt

Miss Samson is opening new models by every mail in day and evening gowns; also hats in-the latest styles. Colonial Mutual Building, Customhouse quay.—/ Ivt. '