HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 37, 12 August 1930, Page 13

HERE AND THERE

Tiyo Doctors. Tho only woman doctor on tho staff of the Singapore General Hospital is Dr. Winstodt, says ati exchange She is a Government BC-rva;nt, and her position eai'rios with it a salary that i& considered substantial even in highsalaried Malaya. It also entitles her to a fine residence at a nominal rent Her husband—also Dr. "Winstodt, but a D.Litt. —is director of education in the Straits Settlements and principal of Baffles College. The Princess's Education. "With her fourth birthday camo little responsibilities for the Princess Elizabeth. Tho Duke and Duchess intend their datighter'a education to begin seriously in her fifth year. She has an inquiring, .intelligent mind, and has mastered parts of the alphabet and counting, just for the pleasure of saying them. Her writing ia_ the "freehand" of the nursery, and is constantly being employed for important letters to Uncle David in "Aflika." Eongotai Boys' College. There was a good attendance at a card evening held recently by tho Ladies' Auxiliary of the Parents' Association at tho college. Prizes were kindly donated by Mesdames Davison, Southwick, Arcus-Cox, Hawkon, and Heron, and an excellent suppor was provided and served by the Kilbirnie division of. tho auxiliary, under the conveucrship of Mrs. Godfrey. Special prizes were given for a series of four bridge evenings, and were won by Mrs. Clark and Captain Burgo. The M.€. was Mr. Norman Jacobsen, and among those present were Mr. F. Martyn Konnor (principal of the college) and Messrs. Lang and Wogan (president and secretary oi; the Parents' Asspcia-

Getting Ready for Eton.

Princess Mary's two sturdy boys are, as the public knows from recent photographs, growing rapidly (writes a London correspondent). The time draws near when both Viscount Laseelles and the Hon. Gerald Lascollos will go to Eton. Thoir names have been on the waiting list for . a long time, for the Earl of Harcwood ia an enthusiastic Old Etonian. His eldest son will begin his Eton terms next year, and his brother will follow tho year after. Both Princess Mary and her husband are against all mollycoddling for boys, and want their sons to go through the usual public school mill. ' They -aye a tutor at presont, but arc, I hear, already getting a little impatient of "nursery" ways. Present intention is that, after Eton, they will go on to Oxford, and then both will probably enter tho.. Army. Their ambition is to bp a Grenadier "like daddy." : . ; A Bal Masque. An interesting ball was held at Kirkcaldic's rooms when, masks and some very original costumes woro worn. Prizes were given, tho judges being Mesdumes C. E. Richardson, A. E. Whyte, and L. I. Williams. Tho committee responsible for■. tho arrangements included Misses M'Lood, Butehor, and Phyllis Goorgeaon; and Messrs. Pago, Tarrant, and Entwistle, with Messrs. Jackson and Pnivis as joint lion, secretaries. Prizes were won for poster costumes by Mr. and Mrs. Bezzant as "Lady and Gentleman of Quality/ 3 featuring the wares of Messrs. W. D. iind'H. 0.-Willis. Tho second prize went to Miss.M'Lcan, as "Shell Motor Oil." In tho most original costumes tho winners were Mr. Cooper ("Zulu"), "and Mrs. Crosswell ("Old Couplo"), with a special prize given ■by Mrs. Richardson to Miss Thomas, who was dressed as a. "Gentleman." Prizes for the best fancy costumes were awarded to Miss Schultz ("Jester") Miss E. Warrant ("Dutch Girl"); and Mr. Barrant, ("Spaniard"). Fancy dances were given, by; Miss Hazel Martin, demonstration dances by Mr. T. B. M'Gregor and Miss Betty Graham, an<! a haka by Mr. Bogers. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Sydney' Kirkcaldie, Mr. and Mrs. 0. F. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. L. Williams, and Mr. and Mrs. M. Shaw, Miss Macgregor, Mrs. Wells, Mi-. Wells, Miss Euby Macgregor, Messrs. Jackson and Lyal Page, Miss Eobinson and Mr. Bogers, Miss E. Buholtss, Miss Phyllis Georgeson, Miss Crosswoll, Miss M'Keiina, Miss D. Georgeson and Miss Wadley, Mr. and Mrs. Purvis, Mr. Georgeson and Miss Hobsqn, Mr. Enfcwisle, Miss Butcher, Miss Bobertson, Miss Baxtor, Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, Miss Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Smyth, Mr. Lyon, Miss M'Leay, Mr. P. T. Palmor, Miss M. Farfaut, Mr. Jack Hutheson, Miss Syron, Miss Bush, Misses Wall, and M'Millan, Mrs. 0. Boveritlge, Mr. Bush, Misa Nola, Clarke, Mr. John Galvin, Miss Patricia Cole, Mias O. Conper, Mr. Mason, Mr. Grierson, Miss Grierson, Miss Dunn, Mr. Prichard, Miss Catherine Wilson, Mr. Abbott, Miss Hazel Martin, Mr. M. Walker, Miss Sniythson. Obituary. The death of the late Mrs. Fanny Cohen, wifo of Mr. Benjamin Cohen, of Auckland, occurred last week. Tho late Mrs. Cohen was tho oldest daughter of the late Boy. A. Saul Brown and Mrs. Brown, of Sunderland and Nottingham, England, and had been a resident of Auckland for over 35 years. She was born in. Warsaw, Poland, and went to England as a girl after some years in Paris. Sho afterward went to Australia, and thon came to Now Zealand. Sho is survived by her husband, three sons, and five daughters. There are 18 granytehildron and one great-grandchild. The funeral was at Waikumeto cemetery on Friday afternoon. The Boy. 8. A.. Goldstein officiated. . Free Kindergarten Activities. The Council of the Wellington Free Kindergarten Association, has issued invitations for ah "at home" on Tuesday at tl -> Art Gallery to meet Lady Sidey and tho Now Zealand Free Kindergarten Union delegates. A conversazione has beon arranged by the Council of the Free Kindergartens at Taranaki Stroet School, to bo held on Thursday, Slat August. Miss Clodagh Busse,H will give a brief lecture, and there will be a display of work dono by the students. Radiant Health Society. A cordial invitation is extended to all those • interested in practical psychology to attend two lectures to be given to-morrow evening at the Jewish Women's Club room, 166, Cuba- street. The subjects of tho lectures will be "Health, Happiness, and Success." Mrs. Albert Bussell will speak on "Happinoss and Succoss," and Mr. B. T. M'Loan's subject will bo "Health Dietetics and Exorcise."; The even-, ing will be held under the auspices of the Badiant Hoalth Club, Anglican Girls' Clubs. An excellent entertainment is planned by tho members of the Anglican Girls' Clnbs to take place at the Caledonian Hall, Sturdee street, tomorrow evening at eight o'clock. Miss M. Lyon is tho hon., secretary of. the entertainment. The programme will be very varied, songs, recitations, dances, waxworks, hoop-drill, gymnastic itoins, and a play. A. very pleasant evening may bo expected, and it is hoped that good encouragement will be . given to tho girls in their excellent team-work. Hutt Dances. The second, dance of the season held at St. James Hali, Lower Hutt, was a popular event,-, tha dancing taking place amid gay surroundings and charming floral decorations. Tho chaperons included Mrs. Hansell (in black panne velvet and a chenille bridge coat), Mrs. Stoupe (ring velvet), Mrs. Aldous (blue silk lace), Mra. Jannan (black lace), Mrs. House (black mariette), Mrs. Yates (black keo and chiffon), rsTosswill (cornflower blue georgette with sequinned bodlco), Mrs. Nash, (black and white crepe de chine and a bridge coat). Mr. J3. K. HiU was M.C., and excellent music was supplied by an orchestra. Among tho guests present were the following: Mesdames Bawnsley, Fisher, Flux, Hay, Miases Foster, Innis, Churton, M'Bain, Barton, P. Churton, M. Jollands, Baigent, Millington, Davies, Lock, Eyan, Babington, P. Donovan, Organ, Pope, Cooke, M'Laren, J. Aldous, P. Matthews, Williams, Morrison (Wellington), Hardeastle, Denhiston, Dean, Ayson, Penty, Wells, Meadows, Henderson, Kerr, and many others. The Polka Again. Tho Duchess of Norfolk was sitting with a party of friends at a recent' ball at the Savoy, writes, a London cor' respondent. Sho must have bceD amused to see women with the "latest haircut and tho very latest dresses —which seem longer than ever, by the way— dancing to such tunes as "You should see mo dance the polka" and "Daisy, Daisy, givo mo your answer, do." If theso old dances aro going to bo popular again we shall havo to learn how to do them properly. At this ball it was only the "clderlies" who triumph' od. Tho modern woman's version of tho polka is a kind of hop, skip, and a. jump, and few of them managed the okl.-Ume waltz without getting out of iiroath and entangled in their gkutf!..

Bows Still in Favour. In spite of their long run of popularity, bows are still a factor to be reckoned with where the new modes are concerned, says a London fashion writer. They are more restrained than formerly, having no long fluttering ends,and always have, or appear to have, some raison d'etre to justify their existence. No garment of any importance •Jto-day is permitted a bow that is merely attached us an afterthought, without any connection with tie design and witii no purpose of any kind. Incrusted bows still hold their own as first favourite in this class of trimming. • They aro of two kins the ones that are perfectly flat and treated as applique or inserted motifs, and those that have the effect of a kind of bas relief. The latter are the real aristocrats of the bow world just now, though they are by no means new. .They arc made by tying a length of double material of a width suited to the position they are to fill on the garment, and are then stitched in place. Slower Dances. An unfailing sign of warm weather and of the London season being in full swing is the sight of men and women in evening dress perambulating the West End streets and squares long after midnight (says a London writer). Eecently there were dozens of these couples about, most of the women holding up their trains—for this is what, the new dresses possess in effect—to avoid.the contact with tho dusty pavements. Those Jong evening frocks have had one interesting effect—they ai;o making dancing music slower and seem to be killing what is technically known as "hot jazz." Quick steps ■. are .difficult with such encumbrances, and there is a return to tho less strenuous form of dancing- and to tho languorous waltz. Possibly the revival of- the minuet and pavane is only a matter of time. . ■ ,■ ' ' Tew Long Skirts. • ' ~ There was a clear demonstration at Ladies' Day, Epsoni, says a Loudonor, that women are not all going to wear long skirts even on a summer day, when the skirts are of no heavier material; than chiffon. Most of tho skirts were short, and the few long ones were not worn by tho best-known women, who may bo regarded as being as nearly leaders of fashion as the independent spirit of "the day allows.