TOPICS FOR WOMEN ENGAGEMENT A FINE EXAMPLE HERE and THERE PERSONAL NOTES 'QUEEN AMONG WIVES' STIFF LOCKS ERADICATE WRINKLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 53, 30 August 1940, Page 12

TOPICS FOR WOMEN

ENGAGEMENT

A FINE EXAMPLE

HERE and THERE

PERSONAL NOTES

'QUEEN AMONG WIVES'

STIFF LOCKS

ERADICATE WRINKLES

PETERS—MASON.

The engagement is announced of Nancy Edith, eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Mason, Island Bay, Wellington, to Richard George eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Peters, "Lynwood," Pularuru.

Mrs. Ralph Sleigh, Dunedin, who has been visiting Auckland, is now the guest of Mrs. Gordon Stewart, Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrison, Heretaunga, who are visiting Miss E. L. Morrison, Auckland, will return home early next week. Lady Carncross and her daughter, Miss Sybil Carncross, Eltham, are spending a holiday in New Plymouth as the guests of Mrs. D. E. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. B. Wilson and their small son, who have been visiting Mrs. Wilson's parents in Hastings for the Bristow-Roil wedding, have returned to Wellington. Mrs. J. M. McTaggart, Christchurch, is spending a holiday with her daughter, Mrs. Corner, Mount Victoria. Miss Florence Muir, Wellington, is visiting Auckland and is staying with her mother, Mrs. R. H. Muir, of Three Kings. . Mrs. Stanley Wilson has returned to Dunedin from a visit to Wellington. Mrs. N. Spence, who has been living for the past two years in Hong Kong, arrived at Auckland this week by the Mariposa and is staying with Mrs. J. F. M. Noakes, Remuera. Mrs: M: Dymock, Palmerston North, is spending a week in Wellington as the guest of her sister, Mrs. McDonnell, of Khandallah. Miss Iris Highet, Wellington, was the guest of Mrs. J. J. K. Powell, Palmerston North, on her way home after a visit to National Park. Sisters M. Langer and K. Moynihan were appointed by the Wellington Hospital Board last night to be the board's nominees for the post-gradu-ate course for 1941.

MRS. WINSTON CHURCHILL

Once upon a time a husband wrote in his autobiography: "My marriage was much the most fortunate and joyful event which happened to me in the whole of my life," and went on to describe his wife as. "a being incapable of an ignoble thought." It was Mrs. Winston Churchill who evoked that tribute, and she has been married to the Prime Minister now for thirty-two years, states an overseas writer. "She is queen among wives," Lord Riddell wrote of her, "and manages Winston very well;" and Mr. Lloyd George has recorded that she once told him that if she should die first she would leave written instructions to her successor on how to care for her husband. It was understood that food would figure high on the list—regular meals, and good meals, so easily overlooked by a busy statesman, yet so essential to him. But though her chief concern in life is her husband's comfort, Mrs. Churchill is far from being purely a housewife, and attains her end by organisation rather than constant superintendence. MANY VIRTUES. In appearance she is tall, slim, and graceful, with a youthful figure. Her eyes are large and grey, with unplucked brows, and her hair, once parted in the middle in Madonna style, is now dressed in the modern manner with curls above the forehead. The clothes she chboses are plain but smart, while her taste in furnishings is for comfortable simplicity.

Before her marriage Mrs. Churchill was Miss Clementine Hozier; her mother, Lady Blanche Hozier, was a close friend of Lady Randolph Churchill, Winston's mother, a beautiful American.

Though. Mrs. Churchill is much ab-. sorbed in family life* she has found time, to become afn excellent tennis player/ and once won the London covered courts title. Years ago she was an accomplished platform speaker on her husband's behalf, and more recently she has revived this art for her son, Randolph Churchill.

When Winston Churchill makes an important speech in the House she is nearly always there. As he ftses he looks up to her in the gallery, and she raises her hand to him in acknowledgment.

PATRIOTIC SYDNEY WOMEN

Remembering that an army marches on its stomach, a number of women in various suburbs of Sydney have become volunteer cooks at the training centres for the "Day Boys" of the A.1.F., "Day Boys" being those who have daily military instruction while still living at home, states the "Sydney Sun." They will shortly go into permanent camp.

Three hundred Day Boys are being trained by Captain W. A. Bosley at the sth Recruit Reception Battalion at Manly, and Uie Women's Auxiliary of the Manly War and Patriotic Fund has appointed its members as cooks-in-chief at the drill hall. There are 60 women in the auxiliary, and a daily roster for six is worked on. They go to the drill hall at about 9 o'clock and prepare lunch for the 300 young soldiers, whose appetites are sharpened by strenuous drilling. All the cooking is done outside on open fires, as there are no facilities for cooking inside the hall, and the women are becoming expert at stoking up a camp fire.

Curries and stews are the favourite dishes, with plenty of vegetables and bread and butter. Salads are served two days a week. The food is provided free of charge, but if any of the soldiers wish to make contributions they do so. The auxiliary has a subsidy from the Lord Mayor's Fund, and also lias, various functions to raise money. Their food bill is £15 a week.

Lunch-time is a picnic affair. The soldiers line up for their meal and eat it while sitting about the grounds. They say their "Thank yous" by helping with the washingrup, which is no light job. At the North Sydney school for "Day Boys"-the women of the district run a soup kitchen. These women do not belong to any particular organisation but each day of the week. one woman brings along six of her friends to cook the soup. The meat and vegetables are given by the butch ers f and greengrocers of Neutral Bay in turn. When the scheme was first started by Mrs. C. Eggins there were only a few • soldiers at the hall, and the soup was Rooked at the various homes and taken to the drill hall, but with the increase in soldiers this was no longer practicable. For several weeks the soup was prepared cfi an open fire in kerosene tins, but, thanks to a recent donation of a large gas ring and four large cauldrons, the soup is cooked inside the hall. Morning and afternoon tea is also provided, and tlie women sew and knit for the soldiers. At other centres for Day Boys women run canteens where cakes, sandwiches, and sweets are sold, and in many cases the boys take their own lunches.

POINTS ABOUT SUITCASES

Suitcases that have been stored away in even a slightly. damp atmos-phere-tend to become stiff in the locks. You can quickly remedy this by dipping a feather, in machine oil . and

working it inside the keyhole. Give the key a thorough rubbing with oil, too, and put it in the lock and turn backwards and forwards. If the metal fittings are rusty, rub on a mixture of salt and lemon juice. Wash off and polish with metal polish. If the fittings are of chromium plating you won't need to ase this as though they may get dull they never rust. Rub these over with a damp cloth and dry thoroughly. They will come up as bright as ever.

. Wrinkles which gather around the eyes can be caused by many things other than old age, comments an overseas beauty expert. Even young girls can have them if the eyes are strained. Rest your eyes as much as possible, bathe them daily with boracic lotion, and pat in a little anti-wrinkle cream or lotion each night, allowing to remain on until morning. Take care of your eyes and you will find that the wrinkles will gradually disappear.

Lecture on the Orient. China, the land of ancestor worship, where "the dead rule the living," was the subject of an interesting talk by Miss W. Lancaster at a recent meeting of the Lower Hutt branch of the W.D.F.U. Several visits to this country gave the speaker many aspects of living conditions and customs to discuss, as well as the striking contrast caused by Western influences in the last decade or so. Points dealt with in the business part of the meeting, over which Mrs. J. W. Mackisack presided, included unanimous support for the New Zealand bomber fund, an acknowledgment from and a further offer of help to the A.N.A. Club, a letter of thanks from the Lower Hutt Red Cross Society for parcels of comforts, and a donation of £2 10s from Mrs. A. Werry, earmarked for the purchase of wool needed in the branch's work of providing knitted garments for men of the minsweeper flotilla, N.Z.R.N.V.R.

Residential Nursery Benefits. The Seatoun branch of the Women's National Reserve held a social afternoon recently in the Bowling Club pavilion, Seatoun, to celebrate the twentieth birthday of the branch. The hall looked very bright and cheerful with various stalls and decorations of Iceland poppies. There was a large attendance. The hostesses were Mesdames Davis (president), Gardiner, Lancaster, Stone, and Snelling. The programme consisted of songs by Mrs. Duncan, a musical sketch by Miss Clarice Brown and her pupils, Lorna Pycroft and Doreen Earp, recitations by Miss Nannestad and Miss Brown, and a competition. Mrs. P. Fraser gave a short address on the work of the National Reserve in providing funds for the Residential Nursery, and Mrs. McViear also gave a short talk. Afternoon tea was served. Welsh Society's Social. The Wellington Welsh Society held a social evening recently in the University Women's Club room, Lambton Quay, when the Rev. Mr. Skuse gave an address on "Wales and Its Music." Items were given by Mrs. McLeod, Master Bob Barcham, Mr. Glyn Tucker, and a humorous sketch by Mrs. Morrisby, Miss Phillips, Mr. Skuse, and Mr. Tucker caused much amusement. Supper concluded the evening. "Are Modern Parents Selfish?" That "love is the motive factor in home life" was the keynote of an address on the "Bringing Up of Boys," given by Mr. C. L. Cato, director of the Hutt Valley V.M.C.A., at a meeting of the St. James's Mothers' Union on Tuesday. Mr. Cato favoured the American plan of a partnership established on a business basis, in which all members of the family had their recognised responsibilities and from which all drew their personal allowances from their earliest years, as teaching children self-discipline and reliance upon themselves as well as the value and limitation of money. Referring to children as representing the chief offering of each generation to the next, the speaker stressed the need for the generous sharing of time and interests with their children by parents of today. A father whose interests outside his home caused him to treat it like a boarding-house not only lost his contacts with youth and the viewpoints of the coming generation, but also laid the foundation for a petticoat government in his home, an influence against which the adolescent boy struggled blindly in his lone efforts to assert his manliness. Mrs. J. O. Taylor, vice-president and chairman of the meeting, thanked the speaker. The evening concluded with a bracket of glees sung by the league choir.

Karori Red Cross Active. The Karori sub-centre of the Red Cross Society reports that all normal activities stopped while the Sick, Wounded, and Distress Fund appeal was held. The sum of £2526 was raised, and this was a great credit to the generosity of the Karori residents. Since the appeal Mrs. Martin has held a home nursing class,' when all members had. passed their examinations. Dr. J. C. Maclean is at present holding classes in sanitation and hygiene, which are being attended by Karori V.A.D.s, all of whom are keen to do their hospital training. Shop days for normal activities have been well supported by the public, and it has been decided to donate a shop day for the Wellington centre appeal, for which a pageant is being held in the Town Hall in September, and in which Karori V.A.D.s will take part. This year a committee for refugee work was convened by Mrs. E. C. Fussell, and Mrs. N. McDougal was appointefi to the central executive. The committee meets in the Red Cross room, 143 Main Road, every Wednesday to receive clothing, etc. The room has proved a valuable asset, all meetings, classes; and working bees being held theref. Thef ample space has encouraged the committee to provide a complete stock of Red Cross emergency necessaries. A register is to be completed of all people willing to help in any way, so that the sub-centre's resources' will be available at any moment. The committee is grateful to the following boys and girls who raised £10 for the funds:—Joan Peacock, Elizabeth Simpson, Pam Hildreth, Joy Peacock, Yvonne Redpath, Margaret Feehan, Peter Hildreth, and Paul Simpson.

Karori Red Cross Raises £2526 — Camp Entertainers at Trentham — Charitable Causes Benefit.

Dance on Saturday Night. St. Joseph's Basketball Club will hold a 'dance in the Mildred Harris Studio on Saturday night when the programme will include modern and old-time dances. The. occasion will be in honour of a visiting basketball team from Hawera. Patriotic Bridge Party. A bridge party for the Wellington Travel Club's patriotic funds was held on Wednesday afternoon in the clubroom, T. and G. Building. The players were Mesdames A. Bannister, C. E. Washer. A. J.Manson, I. McDonald, H. J. Bott, A. S. Farquhar, D. Morrison, Colquhoun, L. B. Clark, A. G. Fordham, P. G. Harle, R. D. Stowe, A. Ensor, H. Wright, H. Edwards, Sugden, R. J. Barnes, E. L. Blick, R. N. Ellis, H. A. Steers, E. S.'Quinlan, E. S. Underwood, D. Herbert, E. M. Sample, H J. Maynard, J. H. Thomp-

All-Khaki Audience. On Wednesday night the executive committee of the Official Camp Entertainers was responsible for another entertainment at - Trentham in the V.M.C.A. Theatre. The programmfewas arranged and managed by Mr. H. F. ("Tony") Wood, who needed no introduction to' the "diggers." Although suffering from a bad cold, he kept faith with his large audience, his singing of favourite songs being encored. The . programme opened with "Land of Hope and .Glory." the audience joining in the chorus. Recitations were given by Mr. George Powers, soldiers' stories told by Mr. W. McKeon, and songs sung by Miss Gwyneth Greenwood and Mrs. Wilfred Andrews.- .Music for the "blackout" dance of Miss Mildred Harris and her brother was played by Mrs. Grace Gaudin. Mr. Harry Brusey playing all j other accompaniments. Violin solos by Mr. Rolfe and "magic" by Mr. Will Arcus completed the programme, which concluded with the full company, singing "There'll Always be An England." Lieutenant D. Curtis, Camp Commandant;- . and officers' of the C.D.S.i. entertained the party to supj per. The executive committee thanks the Automobile Association and Mrs. Horton. Mr. E. D. Chapman, and Mr. H. F. Wood for providing cars for transport. Gaiety at Kaiwarra. A successful dance, the proceeds from which were donated to the Provincial Patriotic Fund, was given by the Kaiwarra Tennis Club recently. There was a large attendance in the schoolroom, and trophies won during the past • season were presented by Mr. H. E. Combs, M.P. Andther enjoyable evening was spent recently at Kaiwarra at the residence of-'Mrs. E. De Rouffignac. The programme.included games and community- singing. Those present presented. Mr. :G.-De Rouffignac, with a'\ crystal salad . bowl in honour of his approaching marriage. The guests included . Mesdames Watson (Mangaweka), Cox, Sherbrooke, Haynes, McFarlane, Kennedy, and the Misses Cameron, Sinclair, M. and .N, Hill. :' Colour Matching Service. According to a traveller just returned to Sydney, one of the large stores in, London has just inaugurated a colourmatching service for clients who have left the , city for the duration of the war, states an exchange. They have a chart with six basic colours, and everything from scarves, hats, gloves, and handkerchiefs^ frocks, coats, and sports clothes can be obtained .in these colours. If one possesses a suit in one of the shades, by writing to the store they will have a blouse or hat made-to match. With whatever shade one wears the accessories may be obtained to match. ' " Paraparaumu Women. The Paraparaumu Women's Institute held a meeting recently hi the Anglican. Hall. After business concerning- patriotic affairs of the branch of "the institute, Mr. Evans, of Mariakau, gave' a talk on show points and the arrangements of flowers for exhibition; Com- ! petitions were held, and the hostesses i were thanked for serving, afternoon 'tea. -\../''y