WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

A correspondent would be glad of a recipe for baked beans, an American one for choice, as these are so oftei mentioned in American papers, and ap pear to be both nourishing and attractive food.

Mr. and Mrs. R. WyUe, Wellington, are visiting Auckland.

ilrs. E. Caradus, Kainui road, Hataitai, haa left for a visit to Auckland.

Mrs. H. M'Parlane, Seatoun, is visit' ing Masterton.

Miss Vda Luxford has returned to Wsnganul after a visit to the Misses Alcorn, Oriental Bay.

Miss Wilson is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. G. Yule, Featherston.

Miss E. Maoky, Paterangi, is visitine Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cameron, Welli- jton, are visiting Timaru.

Mrs. F. Pearee is the guest of the Maeses Gray, TaratahL

Mrs. Marchbanks has returned to Wellington after paying a visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. Marchbanks, Napier. Miss Cara Chapman has returned to Lower Hutt from Napier. Mis. Hogg,. Wellington, is the guest of .her sister, Mrs. H. B. Tennant, at' Havelock. .North. • " .Via.- H. W. Blundell arrived from the South this morning. ■ Mrs. 6. J. Smith was among the passengers .'from the South by the Mararoa this morning. ! . I Mrs.' F. Bluadell' and Miss Eileen Blundell (New -Plymouth) returned from Sydney this morning by the Ulimaroa. " ; Miss Edith Adams returned to-day from an extended holiday in Australia. M.IIS JC. Vrn Staveren wag another pasienger by the Ulimaroa. The matron of the Wellington Hospital, acknowlrdgea with thanks the receipt of a parcel of useful clothing from the Two Garment Society. ■ ;

The acting local secretary for Trinity College of Music, London; reports that a local, exhibition in the intermediate division- for the year 1926 has been awarded by. the board to Miss Kyra Jupp (Miss Suhderland). The money awarded is to be devoted to the further ance 6f the candidate's musical studies.

Theie arrived in Te Kuiti on Monday evening two enterprising young ladies named Miss- Dora).-. Desmond and Miss Helen Wilson; who travelled on foot from: New Plymouth for the novelty of adventure, says the "Chronicle." The trampers left Uruti ori'Friday morning last, walked over Mount Messenger, spent the first night at Tpngapomtu, the second'night at.Pio Pid, arriving in Te Kuiti on Monday .evening,-, having averaged about eighteen miles per day. The two young ladies, are from the Old Country, and are living in Auckland (having arrived in New Zealand only a few months ago). They journeyed from Auckland to New Plymouth by boat. After visiting the Waitomo Caves they will return to Auckland by train. The only luggage carried by the-two young ; ladies'consisted of a pack in which they carried the bare necessities for their journey. Misses Desmond and Wilson are both athletic-looking young women, and they appear to have enjoyed their journey.

The gaily-clothed man has already arrived in Sydney. He was seen in Martin place a few days ago, says an exchange. The suit was of a light brickdust red, with hat of a still more pronounced colour, and carrying a bloodred band. His boots were light tan. No woman in the gayest of gay clothes received more attention from passersby; or-was responsible for more cricked necks than this gay young man. And, though his taste was variously commented upon, there was a feeling that his colour scheme was more in keeping with the sunny Australian climate than the drab navy blues so much worn.

Following the announcement of the gift by Lord Tennyson, in memory of his father, of 155 acres of High Down, near Farringford, Isle of Wight, tho council of the Poetry Society appeals for the similar preservation of Aidworth, the Surrey home of the great Victorian laureate, which the present owner, the Gaekwar of Baroda, proposes to offer for sale by auction. Alworth, it is pointed out, is a concrete embodiment of the special genius of Tennyson, every path, nook, and tree being intimately associated with him and his work. An appea* has been made to the t*oetry Society to make a strenuous effort to secure tho preservation and maintenance as a national possession of this hallowed shrine as a memorial to the spirit of Tennyson, which radiated from here to the uttermost parts of the earth.

The return of the ostrich feather as a trimming is not surprising, when one sees the marked evolution in fashion, says an overseas correspondent. Ostrich feathers we find circling about evening gowns, edging tunics, falling in long streamers ftpm the waist line; forming enormous collars on capes of lame, and adorning mantles of dark or light velvet. This winter the ostrich trimming will be highly favoured. In skilful fingers this feather lends itself to every transformation. The other day, says a correspondent, I saw a most wonderful evening shawl of ivory georgette simpply smothered with this delightful trimming.

Visitors to London who find their way to the Eoyal Botanical Gardens at Regent's Park, N.W., are not a little surprised to see there girls, wearing breeches and thick boots, hard at w«rk in an experimental kitchen garden. These girls are students of the Eoyal Botanic Society. Miss M. M'Cammond Jack, the principal of the school, told a reporter that gardening as a profession was becoming more and more popular among girls. She added: "Many of our students come here immediately on leaving school. AU the girls love the work, and do not mind soiling their hands with earth. I think gardening appeals so strongly to the modern girl because it is an openair life. Not a few girls come from the country to train here, where it is possible to lead a country life in the heart of London."

Girl factory workers were among the volunteers who rushed from various parts of London in a vain effort to save the life of a jtatient in St. Andrew's Hospital, Bromley-by-Bow, by blood transfusion. There was a broadcast appesil from 2LO during the luncheon hour sfor volunteers, but the patient, Mr. Henry Gilham, aged 40, of Manchester road, Cubitt Town, E., died before the arrival of the first volunteer, who reached the hospital within ten minutes of the broadcast. Within an hour of the broadcast 45 volunteers had offered their services.

Mme. Anna Pavlova, the dancer, who is touring Central Europe, was persuaded at Belgrade to dance a fox-trot for the first time, accepting an invitation from-a young Russian named Bykoff, formerly, a midshipman in the Imperial Russian Navy. . They met at a supper-dance at the principal hotel, and .he asked her if he: might dare to isuggest a fox-trot. Although . Mme. Pavlova resolutely denounces jazz music and modern dancing in most forms, she laughingly complied, and danced the fox-trot as perfectly as every other dance she attempts. She .said she ,did not intend to reverse her judgment of such dances, • compared with really/ artistic movements.

The welfare of the child is more imjrtant than the vindication of the aw, says "Time and Tide." In its report issued last week, the Departmental Committee on the Treatment of Juvenile Offenders has consistently borne this principle in mind, though- its recommendations do not always go so far, as workers in the field of social reform would desire. It recommends, for example,, that the jurisdiction of the Children's Courts shall apply to children between the ages of eight arid seventeen (the present age-limits are seven and sixteen) and that the age of criminal responsibility shall also be raised to seventeen. We should like to see the age raised to eighteen. The report has much of interest to say upon the. Children's Courts. These Courts depend for their success almost entirely upon the personality of the presiding Magigtrates. Some Courts are models of what they should be; others might just as well not exist. Says the committee, "many Magistrates take""a sincere interest in the Juvenile Court and the welfare of the young offender, but instances were brought to our notice in which Magistrates ... were unfitted through deafness or other phy^ sical' disability for the work, or <in which the work.' was done perfunctorily or. without any genuine grasp of the problem involved." The committee recommends that special fitness be taken into consideration in all cases, and lays stress upon the necessity of securing the appointment of a sufficient number of women Magistrates. It.also urges the. appointment of younger Magistrates.

The Sisters of Compassion acknowledge with sincere thanks the receipt of 252 garments (new and nearly new) from the Two-Garment Society for the children of the Home of Compassion.

; The cry "No taxation without representation" was first raised by the English against a French sovereign at a time when' the pocket was more jealously guarded than the person, and service in the field most often formed a convenient way of paying rent, says a writer in "Time and Tide." But the principle underlying it has come to mean the first condition of democracy, and to apply to the person as much as to the purse. To-day in France the new "Bill for the Organisation of the Nation in Time of War" has evoked in the women of France the undent indignation felt in England, and has roused the French section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to vigorous protest. The Bill proposes the possible mobilisation of all men, women, >and children. Now while conscription is tolerated at all, there can be no logical objection to the conscription of all active citizens. But women in France are not yet accounted as citizens. They cannot vote. They are permitted no voice in national policy. Until they are given the franchise upon equal terms, with men there is every reason why they should object to the demand for equal service. It is worth while remembering that manhood suffrage and "active citizenship" were first given to the men of France when the Revolutionary armies were conscripted in the eighteenth century. . '

■ A golden wedding of much interest in the South was that of Mr.; and''Mrs.' B. Hallett, of Waikouaiti;. friendsi^rpm all parts and considerable"* distances gathering for the celebration. Mr. and Mrs. Hallett have spent the whole of their married life in the district, and are very well and favourably known. A larger number erf handsome gifts and congratulatory telegrams and letters were received during tho day. A party, was held, at which the vicar of St. John's, Waikouaiti, tho Rev. D. Jameson, M.A., testified to the high esteem in which Mr. and Mrs. Hallett were hold, and referred to their active church membership.. He then presented them, on behalf of the parishioners, with a well-filled purse. Mr. Hallett returned thanks for the gifts and the good wishes of so many friends. Among those present were some who attended the wedding fifty years ago, among them being Mrs. J. Carson, Mrs. W. M. Wilson, the Misses Scott (2), and the Hon. B. Scott; Presentations wore made, at another party in tho evening, from the library committee and the school committee. Of the family two sons were lost in the recent war, and the remaining members are Mrs. P. Kane (Corriedale), Miss Hallett (Waikouaiti), and Messrs. George and A. S. Hallett, of Dunedin.

The smartest designs in felt hats, says a London correspondent, are heavily adorned with groigraih ribbon, which is either put on in patches, strips of several colours' being seen together, or slightly gathered and arranged in a definite pattern. Besides the ribbon trimming, Hussar plumage has returned to favour and is seen in large clumps on one side. Another much favoured arrangement is shaded plumage in three or four distinct colours, worn at the side of the hat in upstanding masses. Novelties are the speckled felts which seem to have been treated to a very erratic shower of rain. Poker burn patterns are another fad shown by smart modistes. Grosgrain hats with pouched crowns are in demand on account of their smart effect allied with lightness.

■v* * en?agement is announced of Ena, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Glasgow, "Invermailie," Turakina, to Arthun,Gordon, son of the late Alex- ??»> Johnston and Mrs. Johnston, Manukura," Epsom, Auckland.

Preparations are complete for the monster joy night in aid of the Red Cross Society at the Town. Tall this evening. Dance lovers will be assured of a happy time.". Jack Maybury's Ambassador Orchestra will be in attendance, and supper arrangements are in the hanSs of the Adelphi Cabaret. Through the kindness of Miss Margaret O Connor an exhibition ot the quickstep and the slow Charleston will be given by Mis* Mavis Brooks and Mr. Leo. Bowden, pupil* of Mis* Margaret O'Connor. .Other details are advertised in this issue.

In Turkey, freedom is elusive. Not very long ago Turkish women won the right not to wear veils. Now they have lost the right to wtiar them. The Governor of Trebizond ha* issued an edict against veil-wearing, and women who offend arc liable to be summarily arrested in the streets.

There is a possibility that this spring may see the last of the flesh-coloured stocking vogue that has held sway for so long (say* a London writer). *asnion has introduced a novelty which may entirely alter a woman's taste in stockings. The "chameleon" is a new and rather wonderful stocking tint, that is said to go with every colour. Wear it with grey it looks grey; choose a blue gown, and it takes on & blue tone; putU with brown, it turns brown; wear it with:pink, and a pinkish shade appearg; with green and a note of green » apparent. This astonishing tint has been christened "Mode" by the inventors. One of the secrets of this tnyg; tenous change of colour is that the tone is neutral. The colour, seen alone, is drab and nninteresting; put it againat a colour and the result is charming, m fabric is silk, and, when worn, the flesh beneath the surface gives brilliancy.