WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 143, 21 June 1927, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. E. M. Turrell is among those leaving for England by the Eotorua. Miss K. Hayes (Wellington) has left for a :visit to Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. A.Elworthy (Timaru). are leaving by the Kotorua for a visit abroad. Mrs. La Trobe and. Miss Bartleman are returning by the Marama from a visit to Sydney. Mrs. G. Eoberts has returned to Dunedm from Wellington. Lady Statham and her daughter have arrived in Wellington from Dunedin. Mrs. Fosbery Handyside (Wellington) i 8 a visitor to Christehureh. Mrs. Acton Adams (Dunedin) is among the passengers to England by the Eotorua. Miss Beatrice Farquhar (Dunedin) is the guest of her sister, Lady Eoberts. Mrs. G. Mitehinson (Wellington) is Visiting Auckland. Mrs. John Duncau is the guest of Mrs. P. E. Baldwin, Palmerston North. Miss J. Seed has returned from a visit to Mrs. Millward,;Wanganui. Miss Ohayton (Blenheim) .and Mrs. H. Stace (Marshland, Maryborough) are visiting Wellington. Mrs. E. E. Hayes and Miss Hayes (Karori) were among those who returned to Now Zoaland by tho Makura. Miss M. a.' Davies (of Palmerston North),is visiting Wellington. Miss Marchbanks is staying with Mrs. P. L. Sim, Palmerston North. Mrs. and Miss Stalker have been visiting-Wanganui. ■ :-■■■ Mr. and Mrs. James and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas are- Wellington visitors to Wanganui.. ■-■ Miss Murie is visiting Wanganui. ■ Miss Ritchie iff in Wanganui and ia staying at Braeburn. Miss, P. Daubney is a Wellington visitor to Stratford. Mrs. and' Miss Wilkins are leaving to-day by the Eotorua for a, twelvemonths' tour to the Old Country. Miss ; Beatrice'• Chaytor, Picton, is visiting Wellington, and'is staying at the Eoyal Oak Hotel. Dr. Ada Paterson is at present visiting Napier. Among the passengers by the Makura was Miss E. K. Kobertson, of the staff of the Edinburgh Ladies' College. Miss Eobertson has been connected with this college for many years, and is hoping to meet in New Zealand a number of former pupils, who have married and come to the Dominion. One of these was Laay King, whose death she heard of with great regret. Miss Robertson is a member of the Eng-lish-Speaking Union, and was welcomed on arrival by Mr. -Varncy, honorary secretary-of the Wellington branch. She will leave for the South to-morrow evening, intending, to visit Christchurch and Dunedin, and will return to Wellington in. about three weeks' time, when she will be the guest of Mrs. Harold Corkill. Then Miss Eobertson will take a tour in the North, where she hopes to visit some of the principal educational establishments, making a stay in New Zealand altogether of about six weeks.

News items from "The Post's" London correspondent (dated 18th May, are as follow:—Mrs. Harston (Wellington) arrived in London this week from Geneva to meet her sister, Miss Shirtcliffe, who arrived by tho Tamaroa. After a few weeks' stay in London, Mrs. Harston will rejoin her husmand in Geneva, whore they have taken a flat for the summer. . . Tho Misses Whelan (Wellington) have returned to London after spending somo weoks in Glengarriff, County Cork. . . . Miss Euby V. Can- (Wellington) is staying with relatives in London. In Juno sho hopes to visit friends in Yorkshire and Northumberland. At tho end of August Bhe will leave for the Continent. Miss Carr will probably bo absent from New Zealand for about a year. . . . Miss'M. B. Novin (Nelson) will presently leave for Ireland. On her return she will visit Worcestershire and Yorkshire. Miss Nevin has bookod her return passage by the Mooltau' late in September.

Mr«. E. M. Balcombe-Brown (Wellington) spent tho winter months in the South of Franco (says "The Post's" London correspondent, writing on 18th May). Sho hopes to spend tho summer motoring about England and the Continent with her son, Mr. D. Balcombe-Brown. Tho latter hns been, studying at Strasburg University, but goes up to Oriel College, Oxford, in October. ' Early in November Mrs. Baleombe-Brown will leave for New Zealand.

Mentioned by "The Post's" London correspondent as being in London on 18th May were the following: Miss N. M. Palmer, Miss Stella Murray, Mr. S. Hutchings, Mrs. S. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blundell, Mr. Barry Blundcll, Miss G. H. Barraud, Dr. A. Hopkins, Miss H. K. Eathboue, Miss Gladys Nathan, Dr. John Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Young, Misses Estelle and Joan Beere, Mrs. J. G. Myers, Mr. and Mrf). G. J. Hicks, Misses Kennedy (3), Mr. Cecil Wray, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Haggitt, Mrs. B.<o. Finn, Major P. B. Henderson, .Miss Alice Nathan, Mrs. Victor H. Waters, Mrs. and' Miss Kirkcaldie, Mrs. A. H. Miles and Miss Miles, Miss A. Toler Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. L. Tripp, all of Wellington. Also Mrs. Cockburn Hood (Masterton), Lady Williams and Miss Constance Williams (Dunedin), Miss Eleanor Tripp (Orari), Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Mackay (Paokakariki), Mr. and Mrs. F. Hankin (P.ilmerston North), Mrs. Vesey Eobinson (Christehureh).

A Novel Idea.

Here is a novel idea for a kitchen tea given; in honour of a bride-elect. Let one present her with a. shower bouquet made with ordinary clothes pegs, and a few other things. To make the bouquet you need five dozen new, ordinary clothes pegs, some florist's wire, five yards of narrow white ribbon, one sheet of white tissue 'paper, one fancy paper flower frill from the florist's, some pieces of asparagus fern, one yard and a half of gauze ribbon. Cut the wire into strands eight inches in length. Place the \yit& firmly around the head of clothes peg, just as you would if you were wiring a roso or any other flower. Wire about four dozen in this manner. Bunch all your pegs together as you would if you were making an old-fashioned nosegay of real flowers. Then place pieces of foliage (asparagus. fern is best) between the pegs and all around the outside of the bouquet. After this is done bind all wire stalks together, then cover with wrapping of white tissue paper. Some Uses of Salt. You have salt in the house and use it for cooking, but do you recognise its many properties apart from this? says an exchange. If the hands are soft and wrinkled aftor immersion in hot soda water, rub them with a hnndful of common salt, which will soon put them right. If you got a buru or a sting, apply a x>laster of wet salt to take out the pain. If you suffer from rheumatism, take a little .salt -in a glass of cold water regularly boiore breakfast. A nightly ;salt-and-water gargle will strengthen a,weak throat and prevent bronchitis.

Wellington Croquet Club. The Wellington Municipal Croquet Club held its eighth annual meeting recently, a large number of members being present. Mrs. Heudry, (president) presided. The report and bal-ance-sheet were adopted. It was shown that the club is in a sound financial position. The election of officers for the coming season resulted as follows: President, Mrs. Hendry (re-elected); vice-president, Mrs. Billing; hon. secretary, Mrs. Eickard (re-elected); hon. treasurer, Mrs. Eoberts (re-elect-ed); captain, Mrs. A. Eamsay; general committee, Mesdames A. Clark, .Shelly, Baker, Barr, W. H. Smith, and Croskery; social committee, Mesdames Newton (convener), Ashton, Wilkinson, Henderson, Crosby, Startup, Priddle, Thornton, Manton, and Jackson. Mrs. Billing and Mrs. A. Eamsay were appointed delegates to the Wellington Croquet Association.

A Brilliant London Wedding. One of the most brilliant weddings of the season took place on 12th May, when Miss Euth Mary Clarisse Ashley, daughter of Colonel Wilfrid Ashley, the Minister of Transport,, and sister of Lady Louis Mountbatten, married Captain Alee Stratford Cunningham Eeid,, D.F.C., Conservative M.P. for Warrington, Lancashire. The bride who will not como of age till July, inherited a fortune from her grandfather, the late Sir Ernest Cassell, wrote "The Post's" London correspondent. St. Margaret's, Westminster, was the scone of the ceremony, which was attended by numerous society folk, as well as a large number of members of Parliament. Captain Eeid has had a distinguished aviation, career, and is an author as well as a member of Parliament. The bride has lived and travelled with her 'sister, Lady Louis Mountbatten, and universal interest was taken in her, wedding, crowds assembling round the church. On the arrival of the oride with a wonderful ermine cloak which had received much press notice, there was a rush to see her, and it had to be checked by the police. The bride wore a dress of silver beaded fringes, giving a waterfall effect, the train of silver tissue; being bordered with similar fringes. Her long tulle veil fell from a wide bandeau of silver and orange blossom, and she carried a sheaf of Madonna lilies tied with silver. There were two pages, the Hon. Patrick Plunkot (son of Lord and Lady Plunket) and Master John Norton, wearing Simple Simon suits in white silk; and four child bridosmaids,, Miss Patricia Mountbatton, Lady Mary Pratt, Miss Sarah Norton, and Miss Jean Williamson, who wore dresses Of frilled white organdie, each frill being edged with silver ribbon. - They carried posies of white loses and lilies-of-the-valley. The tiny attendants, the youngest of whom was Miss Patricia Mountbatten, the bride's niece, not yet three years old, were greatly admired, and the little boy train-bearers were also so young that their tiny fingers had difficulty in keeping hold of the loops by which they carried the bride's train. Lord Plunket was best man. A reception was afterwards held by the bride's sister, Lady Louis Mountbatten, at Brook House, Park lane, lent by the Argentine Minister and Madame de Uriburu.

A Successful Dance. The members of St,- James's Club, Lower Hutt, recently held their second dance of the season, there being over eighty couples present. Tho hall was decorated with lycopodium, greenery, and streamers, while the music was supplied by Tutsehka's Orchestra. Among tho guests were Mesdames Hansoll, Loighton, Tait, Welch,- Tosswill, Mr. and Mrs. Kcmpthorne, Mr. and Mrs. Bush, Mr. and Mrs.~Aldous, Mr. and Mrs. House, Mr. and Mrs. Flux, Misses M. Jollands, C. Chapman, L. Chapman, Hunt, Welch, Didsbury, Meadows, Brodriek, Tait, Swoetzer, Zohrab, Anson, Kcmpthorne, Kyle, Denniston, M'Arthur, Aldous, G. Hansell, Hurdcastlo, Whitwell, Watt, and Markman, and Messrs. Hursthouse, Eadcliffo, Clayton, Buekleton, Duncan, Rix-Trott, Williams, Adams, Hill, Welch, Harding (2), Gordon, M(Arthur, Wilson, Osbornc, Bews, Atchley, and Wright.

A Kindly Effort.

A band of Hataitai ladies, at the instance of Miss E. Wallace, recently initiated a aeries of parties with tho object of raising a sum of money to hand in tho district nurses who are cngagpd in social work orgnnised by the District Nursing. Guild of St. John. During the winter months particularly tho nurses meet with many cases of distress which can be relieved, not only by medical comforts, but by supplying tho ordinary necessaries of life. Miss Wallace found ready response to her appeal from many of the ladies of tho district, and as a result, a substantial sum was handed to the nurses. Further contributions to the very worthy objects may be sent to Mrs. G. B. Strong, Thompson street. Tho nurses desire to thank all who have contributed, and particularly. wish to acknowledge tho generous gift of a ton of coal made by Mrs. I. Solomon, of "Hanna-. ville," Adelaide road. Mrs. Lissack, a good friend of the nurses, has collected the sum of £1 6s 6d at the St. John Ambulance Coinmitteo meeting.

An Energetic New Zealander. It is announced in the "British Australian and Now Zealander" that Mrs. btaples Browne is now ;i member of the Homo Students' Society of Oxford University,, writes "The Post's" London correspondent on 18th May. It is remarked: "She is taking anthropology—which includes several other ologies-—as her special course, and brings to it much knowledge that the ordinary student does not possess. It is not every woman who would give herself up to such a strenuous life, but Mrs. Staples Browne has a personality which is so vividly alive that hard work has no terrors for- her. In Oxford she is one of the most popular people in a place where popularity is not given too easily, and is always a welcome, guest. So many English people do not seem to be quite aliveMrs. Staples Brown is, and bubbles over with fun and the zest of life. In New Zealand, where sho was the delightful and much sought after Maggie Papakura, her' kinsfolk, tho Maoris, love her. The book on which she is now engaged, and in which tho course of anthropology which she is now taking will be very helpful, is to bo a history of the Maori race. She is learned iii their ancient customs, and will write of them with real sympathy and understanding. The boautifu'l war memorial, a pieta, in Oddington Church, near Oxford, would never have beon there had it not been for her ceaseless trouble and determination that the brave Maori warriors who gave their lives to the Empire should not remain without their fitting monument. Lately, I went into Oddingtou Church. It, is very old, and the rector has beautified it as only an artist could. The church was smothered in. spring flowers in the month of May, and tho pieta, representing the Mother of Christ bending over our Lord, stood at one end of the chancel. A shaft of sunlight illuminated the exquisitely modelled faces, and glinted on. the old Maori figures carved in wood hundreds of years old which composed the pedestal. The sunlight wolded them into one."