HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 35, 11 February 1935, Page 15

HERE AND THERE

A Correction. The unveiling of the reading desk at Marsden School will take place tomorrow morning at the school, not on Wednesday, as formerly stated.V The ceremony will take place at 9 o'clock. Party for Bride-to-Be. Miss Muriel Sutcliffe was hostess at an enjoyable afternoon party given in honour of Miss Valmai Kelly, whose marriage takes place soon. The hostess wore a becoming floral frock in autumn tints, while the guest of honour looked charming in a beige costume trimmed with brown and a brown hat. The drawing-room was gay with flowers, as also was the dining-room, where afternoon tea was .served. Among those present were Mrs. Longuet, Mrs. Bell, Miss Audrey Sutcliffe, Miss Lola Kelly, Miss Pauline Jeffreys, Miss Nellie Kidd, Miss Myra Post, Miss Clare Longmore, Miss Molly Clouston, Miss June Reid, Miss Joan Jackson, and Miss Margaret Munro. Bridge Evening. A very pleasant time was spent last Saturday evening at Karori, when Mr. John Harvey gave a bridge party in honour of Miss Valmai Kelly and Mr. Lan Cromb, who are to. be married soon. Tall vases of blue hydrangeas decorated the drawing-room, and Iceland poppies were in the dining-room, where a delicious savoury supper was served. Each guest brought a bridge, gift for Miss Kelly's future home. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Longuet, Misses Lola Kelly, Joan Sidford, Mafjorie Anscombe, Myra Post, Irene Spidey, Kathleen Hall, Pauline- Jefreys (Christchurch). Paddy Hope-Gib-bons, Joan and Pat Ryan, Messrs. Bill Springhall, Dod Hewlett (Christ-. church), Ron Ellis, Dick Illingworth, Ford Rowe, and Peter Thorpe. Kia Ora Club. Mrs. Stanley Hempton, a former resident of Wellington, wh6 has been for some years in Sydney, and has formed a club there entitled the Kia Ora Club, wishes to begin t; branch of the same organisation here. The object of the club will include the support of a hospital bed, and the. entertaining of visitors. Mrs. Hempton would be glad if those interested would meet her at the Royal Oak Hotel this evening. A Disappointment. Mrs. Sandford Cox, who returned to Wellington by the Otranto, after a very delightful tour in the.United Kingdom and abroad, mentions the great disappointment felt by all the officers and staff of the ship at the failure to arrive in Wellington (owing to the phenomenal fog) in time to have the well-planned reception. Beautiful flowers had been brought , from Auckland, and v the saloon and draw-ing-room, dining-room, etc., had been decorated with masses of canna arid tiger lilies, and agaparithus, the colours delightfully blended. It all looked lovely, said Mrs. Cox, and the passengers were quite thrilled with the charming appearance, although they had enjoyed the ordinary decorations of the great ship all the way out from England, during a perfect trip. Delicious savouries and other refreshments were all ready, and it was not till late in the afternoon that everything was reluctantly cleared away. No dense fog could have been worse timed. :.:- Needle Architecture. Drawing and- painting lessons in squares, cubes, angles, and triangles, to make them architecturally minded, are being given to the girls learning needlework and embroidery at: the Royal School of Needlework. Instead of studies in a "life class" the pupils, learn to build up figures from the angles of folded paper, and from a series' of dots arranged like; music notes by a modernist art master. After composing their, picture andpaint- cing it they are allowed to embroider a scheme. ■■■:■ Braille Correspondence. ■ Great interest is being shown by both members and popils in the Braille correspondence section of the club. Letters are being sentnot only to the blind of New Zealand and Australia, but to a number of others in England, South Africa, Honolulu, and . China, numbering in- all about fifty, .states the report of the Braille Club, and the writer adds: "It is an ever-widening interest and one which brings our club into "close contact with similar organisations abroad, and gives both members and pupils of the club an oppor-

tunity of making friends among the -J blind of other countries." The work of « the budget section has also- in- » creased, and is in charge of Miss Re J Van • Staveren. Some good articles, J supplied by Mrs.. Huntingdon* were.J identical with those " in• the, Post.* Rangers' Budget. Mrs. J. Boyd "hasr* taken over the position of hon,-sscre- 5; tary -to the • club in the absence' of i Mrs. Duff, who is travelling abroad. 5 Close-up of Wild Animals.' .■,,: :■/...' ■> Lions that were disinterested; in! ;a;j prospective meal were seen by .Miss.M- w >( A. Kay, of Mosman; during her",visit to J the Kruger Game Reserve- in!, South t Africa, says an Australian exchange.^ Visitors, Miss Kay related, were'riot!? allowed out of their cars, and they had? % to return tp the camp in the reserve.s before sunset; even so, they saw a;|i tremendous number of wild animals,; jjj which seemed quite to ignore the car,'» although only a few feet away. -X Strainless Stockings. , . j-g Sixteen rows of special shock-a,b-!§ sorbirig yarn are introduced in the top^ of the newest stocking. The first'is f just above the knee. This new top J will change all tho ideas about hosiery. » wear, for it effectually prevents.'.siis-Vj p_ender runs and. at the same time';;; means much greater comfort ia;wear-\i ing. The wearer can bend, kneel, or. even double the knee with safety, feel* - ing the flexible material respond to the first.suggestion ?of strain. ■ With iti * real' service qualities the new stock- ;> ing has a dull sheer texture which is jj most flattering, and may be. purchased ;i irj a particularly subtle range of skin i\ shades, for summer time. ■ :Jj Hot-weather Hands. , , : »: In the hot weather many, women I! complain that their hands are over- I j moist. Here is an excellent .formula j| for checking ilie trouble: Pure alcohol, |] 1 oz; tincture of belladonna. |oz. Your ;j chemist will make up a small quantity <i for you" at a low cost. A little should !; be rubbed on the hands and allowed ;. to dry o>i. |j Another good ide?. is! to 6rush the ;jj tips of the fingers and the palms light- ji ly with a liquid deodorant once a day )1 during the hot weather. This will J! keep the hands cool and dry, and will Jj absolutely prevent those stained finger-1 tips, which so often mar the appear- < ance of otherwise good gloves. Even ! if not suffering from over-moistness'! of the skin, it is a good plan in the ;J summer to dust the palms of the hands ( 'j before going out with a powder com- <j posed of equal parts of talc and pow- 'j dered alum. .'•"■!