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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 13, 17 January 1933, Page 11

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Prom Famous Gardens. . Fruit and vegetables, poultry, eggs, and hams from famous country home gardens and home farms are to be available this winter for the hostesses of Mayfair, states a London writer. Mrs. John Fane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. falconer Wallace, of Candacraig, has opened a tiny shop in the heart of Mayfair, where she is selling produce that comes up by lorry through the Mayfair streets at about the hour when, debutantes and their dance partners are wending their ways borne. From Wakefield, the Buckinghamshire home of Lord and Lady Hillingdon, come chrysanthemums and apples, from Lord and Lady Darnley's place at Cobham vegetables and dessert fruit. Bradenham hams, which are cured in black treacle, are sent up to Mrs..Fane from Marcham Manor, and honey in the comb from Colonel • Lilburn in Aberdeenshire. Melbourne University Women. Plans to raise at. least £250 to provide an overseas scholarship for a Melbourne University woman are proposed by the Victorian Women Graduates' Association (states an Australian paper). The association intends to hold a series' of functions during the summer holidays in an effort to secure the money before 1934. The University has no scholarships' for research abroad reserved exclusively for. women, and those /offered by women's organisations in England arid America are open to world-wide competition. In many cases they are not of sufficient value to attract Australians who would have to pay thV-r own fares and find means for a proportion of living expenses. The secretary of the association (Miss H. Hailes) stated that only one such scholarship had been given in Victoria, the funds for that having been raised by the association in 1930: The successful candidate, Miss Eileen Fisher, 'spent a year, on botanical research in Cambridge, and had now returned to take up.an appointment on tho staff of the- botany school at the University. '' Obituary. Many friends will regret to hear of the rather sudden death of Mrs. Brandon Houghton, of Hawera, formerly Miss Brady, of Wellington, who was an accomplished singer, and was specially known for her singing of duets with her sister. Mrs. Houghton had a seizuro and relapsed into unconsciousness from which she did not recover. She was born in Wellington,/and married Mr. Houghton in Christchurch, and lived successively in Gisborne, Wellington, Auckland, New Plymouth, and Hawera. About seven years ago Mr. and Mrs. Houghton and family went to London, where their daiighter, Leah, took advantago of a musical scholarship she won at an Associated Board examination. They returned first to. Wellington, and last year to Hawera. Mrs. Houghton is survived by her husband, a son, and a daughter. Bathing Rules. ' : It is a golden rule to rinse the hair in fresh water after.every bathe, unless, of course, a completely watertight cap has been worn (states a woman correspondent)'. In any case, the salt in the air makes the ( hair sticky and colourloss, and a rinse every three or four days is required. It is unnecessary to use soap, as a rinso in warm, soft water will carry away the salt. Dry by rubbing briskly with a rough towel. The same rule applies to the complexion. Salt on the skin induces sunburn, so the face should be rinsed in rain water after the bathe, or cleansed with lotion or skin tonic. Some women may prefer to rub in a very little oil. before bathing, to prevent the sea water from touching the skin. ~;.;,, Parsley. ■ v-'--Parsley takes a long time to cliop in the usual manner and wastes a considerable iimount of time (states an. exchange). A good plan is to place the parsley in a basin in the oven for about ten minutes before it is to be prepared. After this time it will bo foiled that the parsley has become crisp and can be crushed to a fine powder in the hands. A quick rubbing will make the parsley sufficiently fine for parsley sauce, and it will need no chopping at all. Prepared in this manner, not only is time saved but the parsley is far finer for sauce. . •' ■ In Man's Domain. The Devonshire Club; in London, after rejecting by large majorities five times in its history the proposal to admit women guests, is now devoting its ground floor exclusively to a section for the entertainmunt of women (states a London writer). The club was founded by the Duke of Devonshire and his son, the Marquis of Hartington, in 1874, as a Liberal Club, but it has long 'ceased to be a political club. A Signal Honour. For tho second time in history a woman has been raised to the high rank of Commander of the Legion' of Honour. She is Mme. de Vilmorin, one of the most ardent workers for French colonial progress (states a correspondent). Mme. de Vilmoriu, who is a widow, today has more than 6000 employees under her supervision, as head of the largest seed and grain producing firm in France. She is sent on long missions by the French Government, to give her help and advice on the cultivation of land in the colonies. Children's Health Camp. Gifts, sent to the Eaukawa Health Camp, Otaki, are gratefully acknowledged by Mr. C. Meaekcn' as follows:—A cheque for £21 from 2ZW; paper hats, toffee, dolls, books, clothing, boys' magazines, sweets and bags, fruit, cakes, scones and vegetables, jam, flowers, N.Z. Ensign, sugar, cups and saucers, gramophone and records, nuts, doll's bed, Christmas stockings, eggs, • papers, sandwiches, bon-bons, plums, scrap book, preserves and pickles, etc., from the Pioneer Club, 2ZW, Mrs. E. Porson (Central Croquet Club), B. Coley, Mrs. Conrad (Eketahuna), Miss Hubbard, Waverlcy Women's Institute, Miss Williams, Mrs. Cockrell, Mis. Langham, Ladies of Presley Bazaar, Mrs. Witchill, 'Mrs. Wcstwood, Ensign Friend, Mr. Myers, Mr. Byron Brown, Mrs. Thorpe, Mrs. Askew, Mr. Oughton, Mrs. Nain, Mrs. Larsen, Mrs. Burgham, Mrs. Eansom, Mrs. Ayrton, Mrs. Eoyal, Mrs. Hogg, Waikanac School, Methodist Women's Guild, Mrs. Granfield, and some anonymous donors. Toys For Orphans. One of the most picturesque and unusual services in England was held at Worth, Surrey, lately (states a correspondent). Children for miles around attended a special service, and took with them a toy, each of which borte the Christian namo of the givor. The toys wore bundled up and sent to an orphanage. Each toy was given to an inmate possessing the same Christian name as the giver. Colour Blindness. Men are colour blind oftener than women; the ratio is about eight men to two women. Why this is so no one has ever been able to ascertain, states a London writer. The curious fact is that while colour-blind men married to normal-sighted women will have no col-our-blind children, yet the daughter of a colour-blind, father, married to a nor-mal-sighted man, will have colourblind children. How many colours can

you see? When sunlight is broken up into its different rays the person of normal eyesight can tell six different colours. They are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. A few persons can see a seventh colour, an indigo blue.. Colour" blindness begins with those- who can see but five colours in the sun spectrum; they cannot identify an orange-coloured light. The next point in colour blindness is the confusion between blue and green lights. Colour blindness becomes serious when a person confuses green and yellow, and there are those who. even cannot distinguish red from green. Purple .Winter. This is to be a mauve and purple winter for women in England (states a Londoner). Fashion's cdiet has gone forth, and loyal woman has discovered that certain shades of mauve flatter the complexion and look charming in the evenings. For the sophisticated there is an interesting new shade called violet-blue, and the fashion-wise are wearing suits of rough woollen in this new colour, completed by a Cossack cap, that must be worn at a slant, and a tippet and muff of astrakhan. The only rivals to the Cossack cap at the moment are the pork pie, worn at the same irresponsible angle, and the bandeau cap, which shows nearly all the hair. Velvet scarves are the newest means of achieving the fashionable high-necked look. They are made like stocks, in purple, white, green, or ruby. 700 Recitals. Miss Lilian Frost, one. of Sydney's women organists, has to her credit the fact that she recently completed her seven hundredth midday recital at the Congregational Church . (states a correspondent). Little encouragement was offered her when, a number of years ago, she suggested to the authorities that every Wednesday she should give a recital of classical or popular works on behalf of the church funds. No stated charge was to. be made, but members of the audience were invited to contribute- silver coins if they felt so inclined. From the first Miss Frost had the satisfaction of seeing tho plate full and her recitals invariably attract large attendances. Women's "Bights." Once- again women may go to prison for their "rights." A recent case at Gloucester, where an Englishwoman married to an American was fined for failing to register ,as an alien,' has aroused considerable indignation, among women throughout Britain. "We are urging every British woman married to a foreigner to refuse to register as an alien or pay any fine, but go to prison instead," said Miss Underwood, secretary of the Women's Freedom League a few weeks ago. , . A "Lewis Carroll" Party. . The Provost's garden at Worcester College, Oxford, was the setting recently for a garden party of the period of 1860, states the "Daily Mail." The party was arranged by Colonel and Mrs. Buehan and Miss Buchan, the idea being suggested by the Lewis Carroll centenary. It'was in this garden that the first performance of "Alice in Wonderland" was given, under ' the direction of Lewis Carroll himself, and many of the scenes were re-enacted. About 50 famous people were portray- j ed in the costumes of the period, among them being Cardinal Newman, Florence' Nightingale, Garibaldi, Wagner, and Lewis Carroll himself.

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