WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1927, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson nas consented to open the annual sale of work, organised by the Ladies' Guild, in connection with St. Jude's Church Lyall Bay, on Thursday, Bth September, at 2.30 p.m., in the Parish Hall.

Mrs. J. W. Muir, Wanganui, is the guest, of Mrs. Arthur Sim, Wellington. _ Mrs. Heathcote Mawley, Masterton, is visiting Wellington.

Miss Phoebe Martin, Wairarapa, is visiting Christchurch. ■ • ■

Mr. ana Mrs. Messenger, Wellington are staying at Braeburn, Wanganui.

Professor ana Mrs. Somraerville' are spenaing the hoUdays at Titahi Bay. .Mrs. C. C.'Bamsaen, Masterton, is visiting Wellington.

Miss Madge Graham, Aucklana. is visiting Wellington.

j. M"-^nd Miss Nixon, ana Mrs. AlisterM'Killop are Christchurch visitors arriving shortly: in Wellington.

Mrs. H. Hind, Island Bay, arri~d trom bydney this morning by the Ulimaroa.

Among those who returned to New Zealand from Sydney by the Ulimaroa this morning were Mrs. T. G. Maearthy•Beid and Mr. and Mrs. Butter. «

Mr. and Mrs. "Wahren, Finlay terrace have left for a visit to New South Wales, intending to visit the Jenolan Caves, Blue Mountains, and other places of interest.

Mr. and Mrs. W. M. L. Sutherland, of Ngaio road, Kelburn, are leaving tomorrow for the South, and will take up their residence in Invercargill. Miss Molhe Hunt (Auckland), who has been their guest, will stay with Mrs. Miles, Aurora terrace..

The engagement was announced recently of the Hon. Brinsley Plunket, second son of the late Lord Plunket arid of Lady V lc toria Braithwaite, and Ail*en» -eldest daughter of the Hon. Ernest ana Mrs. Guinness, ana grand-daughter of Lord Iveagh. The Hon. Ernest Guinness is the second son of Lord Iveagh. ifae bride-elect is a niece of Viscountess ■6-lveden (nee Lady Gwendolen Onslow), whose husbana is Lord Iveagh's heft. St. John Ambulance Brigade.

Some interesting particulars with regard_to the public duty* carried out by We tot. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas during the visit of the Duke ana Duchess of York to the Dominion, have been issued. At the various towns where there are divisions of the brigade, the members, were in attendance at the various functions, the total on duty throughout the Dominion havine been 299 men and 525 women, while i a ;OI 3 95 first-aid cases were treated, and 16 transports carried out. A team of ambulance men with a motor ambulance from Auckland, also did duty at the various functions at Eotorua. Of these totals 62 attendances were from men of Wellington and 194 made by the nursing divisions. Eighty treatments were made by the Wellington members, although many of them were of a minor nature. Minding lost children was another feature of the work carried out.

A Terrible Story. Details of the execution of an entire wedding party, including the bride and bridegroom, by the Mexican authorities are reported by the Bey. Wilfred Parsons, SJ.,.editor..of the United States ■*.'Catholic Weekly Beview." Accord-; ing to Father Parsons, who says his report has been verified from three sources, word recently reached the Federal Command at Leon Guanajuato, that the Bey. Andrea Soin, a priest of the neighbourhood, who had been in hiding, was to officiate at a wedding. Soiaiers promptly seized him and another priest, Father J. Trinidad, the briae, Senorita Maria Njeves Cueller, the bridegroom, Senor Leonardo Perez, and a lawyer namea Vaiaivia, who was to be a witness at the weading. All five were executed and their bodies exposed in the square with a notice to the inhabitants that they had been put to death for violating the religious regulations of the Government.

Diploma in Nursing. "Nothing is'so far settled about a post-graduate course ana diploma in nursing," says "Kai Tiaki," the New Zealana Nurses' journal. "There is no present prospect of Government aid. We would, therefore, ask the different branches of the Trainea Nurses' Association to follow the example set by the Otago branch, which has bbtainea £350 in cash." The Wellington branch aeciaed, at a meeting last week to raise funas for the purpose. The amount requirea to establish the post-graduate course is about £10,000. A Self-Reliant School. Those who like to see chMren take part in plays suited to themselves will, have an opportunity at St. Mark's Parish School at a children's entertainment which will take place at the schoolroom to-morrow afternoon and evening. The little play is entitlea "The Bird's Party" and over fifty happy you^g ones will represent all kinds'of birds,, chickens, seagulls, humming birds, peacocks, etc., in gay array. Mrs. N. L. Stevens has designed the dresses which will be well worth seeing, ana the second part of the programme will be of Maori character, ana with miscellaneous'items. The aebt on the playground is still £232, and the effort: is to reduce this. The chiiaren are holding a sweet stall as well. It is hopea that when the playground is free of debt that the school will be able to assist in the .building fund for the new school, for which the adults in the parish are already at work. Bed Cross Children.

A delightful and most interesting article appears in.the "Junior Bed Cross Journal" for August, compiled from '♦The World's Health," specially for the >young ones. Tho writer remarks that to look through the contents of the travelling folios-^rfourteen of them— from schools in different parts of the world, is a wonderful education for anybody. These carry information, news, ana messages of frienaship from children in one part of the world to others, and should form the foundation of the world peace in the future. "The Art of the Midaie Ages" ana the "Masterpieces of the Berinaissauce" were subjects illustrated by French girls, beautifully penned and sent to California. Small boys in Hungary told of a tour in their own country, vividly descriptive, and Canadian winter sports were the subjects of photographs and descriptive work from that country. From a balcony in Italy came photographs of a bend in the Tiber, the Vatican, St. Peter's Basilica, also factories ana trains, motor razees, Boyal dirigibles, and some aeroplanes. Then the remark was made that each girl's table she keeps adoriiea with flowers. From Bulgaria came pictures and descriptions of ceremonies on St. George's Day, while from Latvia came a surprise as the pictures were of the children taking part in plays from Shakespeare, ana the Tales of Hoffman, making all realise that art belongs to the whole human family.' The rest of the number is well up to the usual high standard, ana could be enjoyed by adults as ".veil as children.

A bridge party will be hold shortly in aid of the funds of the Plunket Society, and information can be obtained from Mrs. C. Morice, Golder's Hill, by those ivho are making up tables.

Garden Bells. Near the Croydon aerodrome is one of ,the Strangest gardens in the world. Bow upon row of bells line the open field. The bells, or "cloches," are of glass, and protect early vegetables from frosts. Beneath these bells early vegetables mature ahead of time for the London market. y An Up-to-date Swimming Pool. Berlin will soon hav-.j a swimming pool with waves such as are encountered only at the. seaside, so that swimmers can imagine they aie in the sea. This pool is being built by the management of the Luna Park, the Coney Island of Berlin, and will have room for 500 persons, while 2000 people can look on in case swimming contests should be held there. The walls and the roof o£ the building are so planned that they may be removed in fine weather. An interesting innovation is that all visitors coming from the dressing-rooms must pass under shower baths before they reach the swimming pool. c St. Mary's Home Affairs.

The St. Mary's Homes' (Karori) Committee held their monthly meeting recently, at which reports from the three home? were read. It was satisfactory to notice that they have escaped the prevailing illnesses so far, and the health of all the inmates of the homes is good. Among the recent subscribers are Mr. Townsend £5, Mrs. Hayes £3 3s, Mrs. Didsbury £2 2s, Messrs. Hunt, Cottrell, and .. Co., Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Cathie and Co., each £1 is, Mesdames Eawnsley, Fruen, Miss Mellish, Sir James £}}??>„ MJ- J- H- Young, Messrs. M'Duff and Co. each £.1, Mesdames Stock, Eichards, Misses Evans, Tonks, and Watson each 12a, Mrs.'E.' Tonks 16s, Mesdames Jackson, Stuart, Downs o a°^ ,WairaraP a Farmers (box) 9s 3d, Mesdames Duff, Faulkner, Missand Mrs. C. Thornton each 6s. A concert was arranged by Miss Gray during the month, and resulted in £16 being added to the fund, and the committee desires to express grateful thanks to all the above-named.

Choosing a Housekeeper. evidently there is unemployment among the housekeepers or Auckland, says an exchange. An advertisement on a recent morning asked for a house-1 kooper for a farmer and requested applicants to meet the advertiser at 11 o clock. Long before this time women commenced to muster, and by the time the prospective employer arrived there were nearly fifty applicants of all types, Home carrying babies and some with voluminous parcels as if they were ready to leave for their future labours immediately. The advertiser had a busy time before he selected a suitable housekeeper. It is apparent, that ■ women at any rate, cannot be accused of fear of working in the country. An application for a good general servant for city work frequently brings no response at all. Madame Adam Honoured.

A critical but now remote chapter in the history of the Third Republic is recalled by the announcement just made, that .the French academy has this year bestowed its most important literary prize—one of 10,000 f.—on Madame Juliette Adam for'the ensemble of her works. Madame Adam is probably the oldest writer of eminence now alive: she will be 91 in October. The series of novels, plays, and critical essays for which the academy has now honoured her have been spread over her long life, but it is for her social and political influence on the side of the still unstable republic in the seventies and early eighties that Madame Adam is most . generally remembered. Her salon was the chief Republican rendezvous in those years. The Royalists called the. feminine Republican leaders who frequented it: Lea Precieuses Radicales. Among the men who were often seen there was Gambetta, and after the death of Madame Adam's first husband her approaching marriage with Gambetti was constantly rumoured. On religious and political questions they were certainly more in harmony than Gambetta and Leonie Leon.

Mascots of Ancient Times. The origin, of mascots date back to the dawn of history. Helen of Troy,: according to the legend, had a golden snake which she took with her for luck wherever she went.' The recent discoveries in the tombs-of the Kings of Egypt point to the possibility of mascots being favoured by the Queen of the Pharaohs. In the Congo the witchdoctor has Mb "ju-ju" dolls, and in the Sahara desert women carry dolls inside their burnooses as mascots. When we fix Bonzo or Mercury, or any other mascot to the bonnet of a motorcar, or swing a doll at the back window to ward off danger from behind, we are inclined to forget that we are doing much the same as the old wagoner used to do many years ago when he set "brasses" on his horses to ward off' the evil eye. The "brasses" are now only regarded as ornaments, for their origin has been forgotten by most people. To go back much further into the British past, we are told that Queen Boadicea bad a mascot in the form of. a silver hawk fastened to the front of her chariot.

Obituary. The death occurred at Dunedin on Saturday morning of Mrs. Tapley, wife of Mr. H. L. "Tapley, M.P., ex-Mayor oi Duneain, at the age of 49. Mrs. Tapley was the third daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Burt. She was born in Dunedin, and was educated at Girton College, and tbe greater portion of her life was spent in Dunedin. Professor Burt, of the Dental School, and Mr. James Burt. of Woodlands, are her only surviving brothers. Mrs. L. M. Vipan, of Dunedin, is her only sister. Mrs. Tapley visited the Old Country with her husband fourteen years ago, returning to Dunedin just prior to the outbreak of war. Mrs. Tapley leaves five sons and a young daughter. Mrs. Tapley, though kept busy with the needs of her family, found time to interest herself actively in many public works. During the war period she was an indefatigable worker for the Eed Cross and other patriotic organisations. During the four years that Mr. Tapley was Mayor the deceased was of invaluable assistance to him, and it was only by reason of extreme ill-health that she was at last compelled to relinquish active association with him in his official capacity. She was vice-presid it of the Dunedin branch of the National Council of Women, vice-president of the Girl Guides' Association, and a member of the Citizens' Housing Committee. She was also president of the Women's Committee attached to the Military Pageant which was heia to raise funds for the war memorial; chairwoman, of the Exhibition Housing Committe and the Entertainment Committee, and vice-patron of the Women'B Section of the Exhibition.

Many people will hear with deep regret of the death of Miss Kate Eattray, a member of one of the best known families in Dunedih. The late Miss Ratfcray was a daughter of the late Mr. James Eattray, J.P., formerly of ?'Craighall," Eglinton, who, in 1874 founded the business of J. Eattray and Co., which later became known as J. Eattray and Sou. Miss Eattray was a splendid golfer, and few women in New Zealand have enjoyed greater popularity on the links than she. Besides whining laurels in Dunedin, Miss Eattray, in three successive years, won the golf championship of New Zealand. By her victory on the third occasion, when the tournament was played in Christchurch, Miss Battray became the permanent possessor of the coveted trophy, of Which she was justly proud.

"New Zealand School Journal." Many interesting facts and pictures are embodied in the article 1 "From Horse to Motor," which appears in the August number of the "School Journal" for the seniors, and from the earliest days of steam carriages information is given. A, picture of J. B. Dunlop, who invented pneumatic tires, is of interest too, showing the time ill which he lived by his long flowing beard. Poetry included Tennyson's "Merman" as compared with the famous "Forsaken Merman " of' Matthew .Arnold. The serial is continued, and something is told of "Wild Babbits," which are cried in most of the towns of New Zealand. There is an article about Sir Isaac Newton, and his wonderful scientific achievements, and an illustrated article about "Dinner-time in Old England." The little.ones are well catered for as usual with poetry and stories. ,' . • The "Doggie" Bag.

Madame La Mode's latest idea in the way of hand bags is a dogr—the black or white French poodle, the "pom" ■jr any other kind of little dbg one likes. In place of the real live miniature.toy dog so many women carry about tucked under the arm, the dog bag is carried for effect as well asuse. By an ingenious patent fastener—the facsimile of a drew fastener when 1 skirts were worn and fastened at one side—is arranged down the centre of the dog's back. This with the slightest pull opens and inside the wee creature is found all the contents of. milady's handbag—purse, mirror, lip-stick, powder puff, and other toilet accessories which the woman of to-day always carries, and with which she tittivates quite happily, before the public gaze. It is a pretty conceit and appeals particularly to the younger set, but is adopted by matron and maid alike. It is quite wonderful what the "doggie" will hold, and it does not assume the "bulgy" appearance which detracts from many beautiful' bags.

The Hats of To-morrow. . The ultra-wide picture hat is certainly very popular this season, and'in the newest models the brims droop down softly over the face, says a London writer. Brims are rather important, sometimes, for.instance, a hat will'have a very wide brim in the front, but will be cut right away at the back; other brims are folded at one side to give a fan effect; and-some hats either have their brims much wider at the sides than in the front, or else they have no brim to speak of at the back and front, but quite a wide one at the sides. The very small hats, of course, are entirely, brimless, but they are usually softened by feather mounts, which are placed over either ear and lie against the cheek in most attractive fashion. Crowns are usually folded or pleated insome way, to lend them individuality. The high. crown of last season is no longer very, popular; the new crowns I are decidedly lower, and some of the latest picture hats have quite tiny crowns, which are in most effectivecontrast to the width of the brim.