HERE AND THESE

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 24, 30 January 1933, Page 13

HERE AND THESE

An Enjoyable Party. An enjoyable party was held recently at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. MacDoiigall, Wilton road, in honour of their daughter, Miss Jean MacDougall. Effective decorations of red and white were used in the supper-room, the- same colour scheme being carried out in the table decorations. An enjoyable evening was spent with games and musical items, and speeches were made by Mr. Mac. Hetherington and Mr. J. McNab.' "Sister Agnes." _A grey-haired woman, with eyes uadimmed in spite of her 79 years curtsied deeply as she welcomed twb visitors at the door of her house in Grosvenor crescent, W. The King and Queen had arrived for their annual luncheon with Sister Agnes—Miss Agnes Keyser, matron of the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers. For years Sister Agnes has been a close and trusted friend of both the King and Queen. She is a r.egular guest at Balmoral and at Buckingham Palace, but once a year the King and Queen become her luncheon guests. More than 3. years ago Miss Agnes Keyser decided to devote herself wholeheartedly to hospital work. She nursed -King Edward when he was Prince of Wales, and since then many members of the Royal Family have been her patients. She is the one person not Of the royal household to have a key to the grounds of Buckingham Palace, and every morning she walks in the Palace gardens. Death of Chieftainess. A well-known Waikato chieftainess, Te Kahukiwi Tepura Tewheoro, whose married name was Mrs. Waraki Nganeko, died at her home at Rangiriri on Tuesday (states the t'New Zealand Herald"). She was a daughter of. the late Major Tewheoro, who formerly represented the Western Maori electorate in Parliament. She was a descendant of the late . Maori. "King" and a cousin of the present "King," Rata Mahuta. Mrs. Nganeko took a prominent part in working for the welfare of the Native race. She.was held in great regard and respect, and a large gathering of friends arrived, from all parts of the North Island to pay the last tokens of respect. At the tangi the following tribes and subtribes we're represented: Ngati Mahuta, Ngati Marae, Ngati Hine, Ngati- Pou, Ngati Whawhakia, Ngati Talinga, Ngati Pareuwe, Ngati Naho, and Ngati Maniapoto. The late Mrs. Nganeko' is survived by her husband, Waraki. Nganeko, who is a chief of the- Ngatipou Tribe, and. an only son, Te Atete Pokaia.. The funeral took place at the Taupiri Cemetery on Friday. Display of Mushrooms. It takes no little stoicism to brave the chilly mists and heavy, dews of early morning and venture out in -. a search for mushrooms, but there is an element' of risk about, the quest that lends a spice of adventure to the hunt (states a writer in an exchange). Ono little mistake and the mushroom hunter may poison himself and his family at the breakfast'table! Paris is Tunning a kind of "Eat More Mushrooms" campaign, and-to encourage

the mushroom' hunters, and to make their pastime as safe as. possible, the Mycological Society recently held an exhibition of mushrooms gathered in the neighbourhood of the city. Over 200 varieties were exhibited,: each carefully labelled; those- that could safely be eaten with their name printed on green, tickets, while poisonous varieties flaunted scarlet labels, and those of .doubtful reputation were marked in white. Hundreds of visitors attended the exhibition, and many spent hours there making notes and sketches for reference. So successful was the display that the Mycological Society of London has been impressed with its value, and is contemplating a similar display—-Hext mushroom time. Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth. Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth, whose death at Oxford afc the age of 'ninetytwo took- place r.ecentlyj was, the -first principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, one of themost famous of women?s colleges in the world (states a.correspondent).. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire four years ago for her great services to the cause of women's education. Although she spent her life in the cause of women's colleges, Miss Wordsworth once said: "I am afraid I don't like the idea of women being eduoated at colleges. I think girls should .be brought up at home. Specialised education is not right for women." She was a great niece of the' poet Wordsworth. Taste in rurnishings. . Good taste is the first essential in making an attractive home (states' a correspondent in an exchange). Good taste is not bom in every woman, But it can be acquired, or advice can be taken from those who ha.ye good taste. Remember first that the. simply furnished room will be much more effective that the elaborately furnished. Walls are very important. Dead white plaster walls should be- avoided, for they are most difficult to handle attractively. If the white plaster is treated with some acid—a ) vinegar wash will do—it can then be painted or kalsomined in one.of the many delightful shades of buff, cool green, fawn, daffodil yellow, or any of those shades which tone with, all colours. - If wallpaper covers the walls, the plainer and. quieter it is the morer effective it will me. Sometimes wallpapers have long festoons" of flbwer_;" pasted from the ceiling or picture-moulding " well down the. wall: . These are generally in poor taste.and:usually make a room' look messy and smaller. It is. often better to avoid frieze of flowers and instead to have a plain wallpaper from floor' to ceiling.