HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 121, 25 May 1931, Page 13

HERE AND THERE

A Complimentary Reception. The- president and members of the Pioneer Club will hold an afternoon recoption at tho club on Wednesday, at 3.30, when tho new Mayoress (Mrs. T. 0. A. Hislop) will be- a special guost of honour. Opportunity will be taken to welcome new members as well, and it is hoped that thcro will be a large' gathering to wecomo tho Mayoress and other guests. Evening Turbans. Tho now Paris fashion of wearing turbans or head coverings with pvening dress has found a followor in Miss Pola Nogri, states an overseas correspondent. She arrived at a large ball recently witli her jet black hair almost completely covered by a close-fitting. silver "helmet," which had thin black lines on it. And she wore over her shoulders an extremely large ermine cloak. She danced the Valentine waltz—in tho oldfashioned way —very slowly and very beautifully. Larger Feet? Now Zealand women as a rule have shorter toes and wider feet than most other women, according to those in Auckland engaged in tho boot and shoo trade, but the manager of one city boot shop denied that women's- feet were growing larger (states the "New Zealand Herald"). It has been said that a largo English boot store finds that six and a-half and seven are now the most popular sizes in womon'a shoes, whereas about ten years ago the sines most in demand were five and a half and six. "I do not believe that is true," said the Auckland manager, "and I have experience of the English, American, Continental, and colonial boot trade. From my knowledge I am certain that those figures arc wrong, and as regards New Zealand women I can state definitely that they do not apply. The most popular sizes in New Zealand women's shoes arc from four to five, say four and a half. It is true, however, that New Zealand women have, as a rule, shorter toes and a wider foot than most other women, including the English. American women have the narrowest feet, and the Continental woman's foot also is narrow. An Interesting Visitor. There is a possibility that, in the near future, an invitation will bo sent, on behalf of religious bodies, to Miss Christabel Pankhurst to visit Australia and Now Zealand as a woman preacher (states the Christchurch ' ' Star "). She is one of the daughters of tho late Mrs. Pankhurst, the militant English suffragette, and was associated, with her mother and sisters in that memorable crusade. Since then she has become a notable preacher. A northern minister heard hor preach last year at the English Wesleyan Church in Paris, and his impression was that sho is a remarkably gifted preacher with unusual eloquence. Sho told him that, if suitable opportunity offered, sho would like to visit the Antipodes. One of her sisters is Mrs. T. Walsh, of Sydney. A Beautiful Sentiment. Quito a novel,and curious happening is the message left by Mrs. Mary Muhlonborg Emery, of Cincinnati, to be given after her death to thoso who remembered her with flowers. Tho message was not revealed till after the funeral of Mrs. Emery, when the directors of the Cincinnati Club—one of tho many groups of which Mrs. Emery was an honorary member, and which sent flowers on the occasion of hor recent death—received an engraved folder,

which contained the' following: "My last message to those who have sent mo flowers. Flowers are the living symbols of spiritual truths. They have a message to our souls, and proclaim the triumph of our faith over pain and bitter hardships. With trembling hearts they are placed beside the bed of our sick to breathe their message of hope and cheer. The lover sends them as a token of devotion. The bride holds them to her heart as a symbol of Jove which glorifies sacrifice. About our dead the flowers stand; their radiant beauty the promise of immortality, their fragrance breathing the hope of a blessed reunion." This beautiful message was signed with the name of one of the most charitable ladies in a charitable world of women, one whose kindnesses caused her to bo "remembered in flowers" in a way which was well-justi-fied by her written words, and by her wishes thus expressed. Another thought in connection witli tho beautiful custom of sending flowers on both happy and sad occasions is that there is no doubt of the help to those who mourn of exquisite blossoms, which testify to the lovo and respect earned by those who have ' 'Crossed the Bar," and which make beautiful an occasion that otherwise has little to lift it out of a collection of depressing customs and circumstances. Invitations Issuea. Tho Social Committee of tho Eng-lish-Speaking Union has issued invitations for au "open afternoon" on tho last Friday of tho mouth. Mrs. T. E. Farrcr will speak on "Women and War," a subject of special interest to all women, and it is hoped that there will be a large attendance of members and friends to hear her.