ENGAGEMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 13

ENGAGEMENTS.

BOOTH— SCKOGGS.

The engagement is announced of Sydney William, only son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Booth, of Dover, Kent, England, to Kato Helen, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. N. Scroggs, of Palmerslon j North, formerly of Koro Koro, Petoue. BENJAMIN—CAMERON. The engagement is announced of I Alan Duncan, only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Benjamin, of Tho Terrace, Wellington, to Jean Helen, only daughter of Captain and Mrs. Donaldson Cameron, The Terrace, Wellington. 3 CALDWELL—M' ALLISTEK. Tho Engagement is announced of Jean (Tui) Caldwell, youngest daughter of Mrs. Robert Caldwell, of Messines road, Karori, to Campbell, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James M'Allistcr, of Stratford.

Miss Beatrjco Platts, Wellingtoii, is the guest of Miss Leonard, Dunedin. Miss Thorpe, Wellington, is visiting Mrs. J. M. Ritchie, Dunedin. Miss Aroha Clifford has returned South by her aeroplane." She left Eongotai at nine in the morning, and readied the Wigrain aerodrome at a quarter to ftve in the afternoon, lunching at Blenheim. Miss Mabel Twhigg lias returned to Wellington after a visit to Mrs. Trevor Hawkes, Cashmere, Christchurcli. Mrs. Stevenson, Wellington, is a visitor to Christchureh. Miss E. G. Islip, Timaru, has returned from a visit to Wellington. Miss Hamerton has returned to New Plymouth from Wellington. Dr. and Mrs. Smyth, Adelaide road, have returned from a visit to Pieton. The Misses Mary and Selby Morton, who have been visiting Mrs. Parkes, Mount Albert,: Auckland, have returned to Wellington. ■Mrs. Martin and Miss Braclney have returned to Auckland after a. visit to Wellington. Miss M. G. Newall has returned to Wellington from; Auckland. Miss Eileen Clark has returned to Wellington after spending the holidays in Aueklar. .1. - \ ■ Mrs. Louis Salek has, returned to Wellington from Nelson. Lady Sim and Miss Eattray will represent the Dunedin Victoria League at the annual meeting held in London. Mrs. W. H. Blundell Prico and Miss Kathleen Price, Christehurch, are arriving in Wellington .shortly, en route for Sydney, where they will spend the winter months. . The engagement is announced in an exchange of Doreen, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Kiver, Papanni road, Christchureh, to Lieut.-Colonel Edward Turton, Yorkshire, England. A Big Business. Dr. Florence Barrie Lambert, a member of the London County Council, has been elected chairman of the committee which has replaced the old London Board of Guardians. .It will be her task to superintend the work of 13 ambulance stations, with 170 vehicles, 75,----000 hospital beds, 100 hospitals, and other institutions, staffs, numbering thousands, and expenditure totalling millions annually—a colossal undertaking for any woman. Unlucky D'.ys. They say-in Shropshire": "If you hear anything new on a Friday, it will add a wrinkle to your face." Some folk even go so far as to say. that Eve tempted Adam on a Friday. Magyar peoples never begin any fresh work on a Friday; Napoleon also distrusted this day. However, despite a universal dread of Friday, it-is a lucky day for lovers, and was once the favourite wedding day, of the Jews, says an English writer. -Friday is dedicated to the Goddess of Love, and was originally Freya's day in Norse folk lore. In the beginning it was a day of youthful mirth, and maids and men made merry as they danced, and decked with garlands the altar of the goddess whom they all served. But as time, went on peofjle began to abuse the privileges allowed at these feasts—they degenerated into orgies and became a byword among the respectable, who refused to partake in any event connected with Freya's day. And so, because of things that,happened long, long ago in Scandinavia, Pamela Jones prefers to hold her engagement party on a Thursday in 1930! • -i New Zealanders' Cabaret Night. • The Maorilanders' Association is arranging a big "New Zealanders' Cabaret Night" to be held at the Adelphi towards the end of July, when an unusual entertainment is promised. . A Minister of the Crown will probably be present. As has been stressed , bfef ore, the slogan of the Association is if' Advance New Zealand. Buy Now Zealand Goods," and it is appropriate that the cabaret evening should take place; at a time when the need for supporting-local industry is being emphasised in other directions. An . energetic committee has been formed, comprising Mesctames L. Hines and M. P. Seholes, Mbssrs. J. A. Shand and George Dyer, with' Mrs. Hines and Mr. Dyer as joint secretaries. A date in July has been fixed, so as not to clash with the Winter Show. Thanks. ! •The Women's National Iteservo and committee of the •Bcsidcntial Nursery wisli to thank Mrs. Izard (president) and members of tho Two-Garment Society for a generous gift of clothing, which will be most useful and available for winter distribution. v ) • 'They Wear What They Like." > At the inter-provincial conference of the Farmers' Union, which concluded on Friday, the influence of Dainc Fashion, which made tho fair sex of to-day buy less wool and more silk, was heartily condemned, states a Wanganui paper. One Wairarapu delegate, called upon for an item at the smoke' concert on Thursday evening, exhibited a placard displaying a woman's figure clothed in soft, silky lingerie. "Look at this," he said. "Just look at it, and then east your eye over the garments she should wear." Pasted in each corner were illustrations of similar articles of clothing to those the lady was wearing, only made from wool. "I got this from ouo of the leading Wanganui drapers." A voice: "And you're not game to show it to your wife." That fired the delegate's ire. "That's the trouble," he declared. "We're all afraid of our wives. They're running this country. They buy what they like, and wear what they like. AVhy don't wear wool?'-' •Australian Nurses' Fund. "Not much is known by the public about this Edith Cavcll Fund, though it docs excellent work," say 3 yu Australian writer. "The money was collect-, cd during tho war in memory of Edith Cavcll's death. The fund stands at C/ 7,000, and the interest is used? to assist returned army nurses in need of | lielp. 'Naturally tho manner of its use is not published abroad, but I know it las helped many a sick nurse and. many j v. dispirited nurse on to her feet.''

English Silver Wcddiug. "Although a silver wedding is usually regarded as justification for spending tho day quietly, Mr. and Mrs. Philip tfuowden hardly had time for pausing to realise that their silver wedding day had arrived," says the London correspondent of "The Loader." "When I called at No. 11 there were several cars outside tho official residence of tho Chancellor of the Exchequer, ahd tho only personal noto was when Mrs. Snowden, who was just hurrying off for another appointment, arrived in a taxi cab at her door, wearing a navy blue suit (she has always been fond _of simple tailored clothes), and carrying in her hand a gay bowl of brightly-col-oured tulips. Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer spent most of the day in the House of Commons, but no doubt there ■wore brief intervals when his mind would travel bad: over the long spell of years—extraordinarily happy ones — to the March day in 1905 when, at tho old registry office in Otley, Yorkshire, Miss Ethel Annakin became the wife of the then chairman of the Independent Labour Party. His bride was a young school teacher, gifted wi": good looks as well as brains, and greatly interested in the women's cause. Mrs. Snowden is extraordinarily versatile in her interests. Great audiences; know her an a brilliant and magnetic speaker, with a beautiful voice, and a fine flow of language. She has also written books, and is devoted to music, but is at the same time interested in sucli feminine matters as clothes and home decoration. She is a perfect hostess, whether tho gathering bo a small and intimate party of friends at "her country homo or the more formal and ceremonial occasion when she entertains as the wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing street. In fact, Mrs. Snowdcn has been a success in most departments in life, and in none more so than of helpmate through twenty-five years to her husband.." Drink More Water. When Mrs. Woodruff spoke from a Melbourne dining hall on the subject of food and its functions it was inevitable that sho should lay stress on vitamins, writes Viola, in " The Leader.'' Mrs. Woodruff, who is the >vife of Professor Woodruff, of the Melbourne University, was an inspector of domestic economy colleges in Scotland before she married. Sho has taken a keen interest in the Emily M'Pherson College of Domestic Economy since she came to Melbourne. Sho was persuaded to give a series of lectures from a dining hall, and at the first of her lectures she stressed tho importance of diet to both sick and well people. She pointed out that'there were four vitamins: A, which is soluble in fat, prevents eye diseases, rickets, and retarded growth, and is found in butter, milk, cream, oil, and carrots; B, which is soluble in water, prevents beri-beri and neurotic diseases, and is found in husks of cereals, egg yolk, and yeast; C, which is soluble in water, prevents scurvy, and is found in fresh fruits and lemon juice; and D, which is little known, but assists in the reproduction of cells, and is found in egg yolk, oils, milk, vegetables, and sunshine. . All these- vitamins are- needed in the good diet Water is of vital importance, and every person should drink between two and three pints a (lay if good health is desired. Mrs. Woodruff paid tribute to tho. Americans for the intelligent way they study diet. ' ' '