OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 62, 10 September 1937, Page 14

OBITUARY

Johnston, the Hon. Mr. Justice Smith and Mrs. Smith, the Hon. Sir Francis Frazer and Lady Frazer, MajorGeneral J. E. Duigan, Rear-Admiral the Hon. E. R. Drummond, Group Captain the Hon. R. A. Cochrane and Mrs. Cochrane, the Hon. A., Hamilton and Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. J. A. Lee, M.P., and Mrs. Lee, Mr. E. J. Howard, M.P., the Mayor and Mrs. T. C. A. Hislop, Lieut.Colonel A. J. and Mrs. Manson, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. French, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kelliher (Auckland), Mrs. F. H. Barnard (Manurewa), and Miss McKittrick. -

TO MEET A VISITOR.

Mrs. P. MacLaurin, of Dunedin, is a visitor to Wellington, and Lady Carncross entertained a number of her friends most pleasantly in Mr. Speaker's rooms after Parliament was opened yesterday. The decorations were of dainty spring flowers and cinerarias in pots which are in much perfection at present. Lady Carncross was in black and white, and her daughter, Miss Sybil Carncross, wore a charming frock of black and cerise with a smart little coat of black velvet. Her American sailor hat was black with red eire bows. Mrs. MacLaurin wore a navy costume and a matching hat with an eye-veil. . ,

ANOTHER PARTT.

Mr. C. M. Bothamley (Clerk of Parliaments) and Mrs. Bothamley gave a very pleasant party after the openting ceremony in Mr. Bothamley's rooms, when a number of friends were glad to meet and greet the retired "Black Rod" (Mr. A. T. Bothamley), who was present with his daughter. Miss Phyllis Bothamley. Freesias and other spring flowers were fragrant and charming to look at, and the tea was a most enjoyable one. Mrs. Bothamley received the guests wearing a costume of black marocain with touches of white, her red hat giving a smart note of colour.

Those invited were the Hon. M. Fagan, M.L.C., the Hon. E. R. Davis, M.L.C., the Hon. W. W. Snodgrass, M.L.C., the Hon. J. McLeod, M.L.C., and Mrs. McLeod, the Hon. V. A. Ward, M.L.C., and Mrs. Ward, Captain Douglas Bryan (Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod) and Mrs. Bryan, Miss Bryan, Captain A. Mclntosh and Mrs. Mclntosh, Miss Mclntosh, Mr. J. L. Gillon, Captain C. J. Duff and Mrs. Duff, and Mr. W. P. Enddan, M.P.

SEWING SUGGESTIONS

Press all seams as they are stitched with a piece of the same cloth between iron and seam, don't wait until the whole dress is assembled. But a final press when the last stitch is in puts paid to "home-made."

Always place a piece of tissue paper between presser foot of machine and chiffon before stitching.

Stretch strips of bias material for bindings before using—this takes out the "spring."

Fold the bias strip double when binding with very thin material. Sew the double cut edges to the edge to be bound, and then there is the folded edge to hem down on the other side.

MRS. G. W. MAGNUS

A great many friends throughout New Zealand and in other parts of the world as well will learn with sincere regret of the death of Mrs. Mabel Selina Magnus, wife of Mr. Godfrey Magnus, of Wellington, which occurred yesterday. She had been a sufferer from asthma for some years, but only in the last fortnight had the ailment appeared very serious.

Mrs. Magnus was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin, very, well-known and highly-respected business people in the early days of Wellington, and was married in 1913 to Mr. Godfrey W. Magnus, a well-known New Zealand business man. He is at present in England, and will be leaving by the Orion tomorrow. However, he was communicated with by telephone in London last night, and made aware of the sad news.

Mrs. Magnus was one of the kindest of people, and in her own home exercised a great deal of hospitality, her home at Oriental Bay being the centre of many pleasures for other people, and

often being made the centre of work for social services of many kinds. Her special interest was in missions. She was responsible for ■ one which she start'l in.a small way at the corner of Taranaki .Street, for .girls, which has grown to large proportions now as Mrs. Magnus gathered help around her. A great number of girls have found good and kind friends, and have been able to bring in their associates to the mission, to the benefit of all. The Tory Street Mission was one which Mrs. Magnus visited »egularly also, and was'kindness itself to the women and girls who go there for help and counsel. The Wellington City Mission was another which received regular and generous help from her, and she extended the kindness of her heart and mind to foreign missions as well.

Mrs. Magnus also took an interest in women's clubs, and was a foundation member of the Pioneer Club when it was started in Wellington So many years ago, and at a time when it was not every woman who realised the need for club life for other women. She was a kind and generous helper to this, and also to the English-speak-ing Union when it was started in Wellington. Then the Day Nursery, appealed greatly to her, and she was a useful and kind committee member for a number of years. There were many other interests as well, and it would be difficult to find one effort of the many made in Wellington for the benefit of the poor, the sick, the lonely, and for children, which Mrs. Magnus did not help and "mother" at some time during her useful and beautiful life.

The brothers and sisters, who survive her include Mrs. Z. Carter, Mrs. H. V. Evens,' Mr. Frank Martin, and Mr. M. S. Martin. Two sisters and a brother predeceased her.' Great sympathy will be felt, with Mr. Magnus and with the brothers and sisters in their bereavement.