WOMAN’S WORLD

Evening Star, Issue 17953, 26 April 1922, Page 9

WOMAN’S WORLD

[By VIVA.]

Reports of uncial functions will be welcomed for this column. “I r iva n mill oho answer all reasonable questions relating to the home, cookery, domestic economy , and any topic of interest to ntr sex. But each letter or report must hear the writer's name and address as a guarantee of genuineness, and questions that do not permit of a public reply cannot be 'answered. Questions should be concisely put and the writer's noni ds plume cleu-ly written.

WEDDINGS. YULE—STEVEN SOX The first wedding celebrated in the new Church of St. 2vlary of the Angels, Lou!cott street, -was solemnised by the Rev. Father Ainsworth on Wednesday last (says the Wellington ‘Post’), when Miss Ellen Bose (ills) Stevenson, oi Christchurch (and late of the West Coast), was married to Mr Francis Dominic Yule, of Christchurch (and late of Dunedin). The bride, wno was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr W. Harrington, wore ivory georgette draped with grenadier satin and trimmed in a most effective manner with pearls. Her hand-embroidered silk tulle veil was arranged with a coronet of orange blossoms, and she carried a pretty bouquet of cream roses and carnations interspersed with abutillon, bouvardia, and maidenhair fern. Miss Peg Biordan, of Christchurch, assisted l as bridesmaid, and Miss Nola Cameron as flower girl. The former wore hand-embroidered jnponica taffeta, with hat to match, while the latter was in a shell-colored georgette frilled frock trimmed | with posies. Mr W. Kennedy (late of | Dunedin, and an old. schoolmate of the bridegroom) was best man, and Mr Vv. M'Laughlan (organist at St. Mary’s) presided at the organ. The wedding party and guests adjourned to the Holboni lea Rooms, where the usual toasts were I honored. The bride’s travelling dross was ( a navy coat frock trimmed with black braid, with a smart black velvet toque. LATIMER—SMITH. On Wednesday evening, April 12, the mainage of Miss Clirissie Smith to Mr Percival Latimer, of this city, took place at the Rcelyn Presbyterian Church. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. R. R. M. Sutherland, assisted by the Rev. L. J. Tipler. The church was tastefullydeccrated in autumn lints. The bride (who was given away by her father) looked charming in a gown of powder blue taffetas. with tulle veil to match, grey shoes with silk stockings to tone, and wreath of tiny silver leaves. She carried a pretty bouquet of lemon chrysanthemums. Miss Rodney Moir and Miss Margaret M'Oullocli (friends of the bride) acted as bridesmaids. The former wore a dainty frock of Egypt georgette, trimmed with gold beads, tulle hat to match, and pretty ■ bouquet of bronze chrysanthemums. Miss M'OuJloch wore a gown oi apricot taffetas, finished at the side with posy hat to match, and pietty bouquet of pink carnations. Miss Dorothy Gillies (cousin of the bride) acted as flower grl, and looked - sweet in a pale pink frock, carrying a I basket of flowers. Mr G. Vial (Dnned:n) attended as best man, and Mr R. Martin (Dunedin) as groomsman. After the ceremony the guests were entertained at t’-e Octagon Tea Rooms, where the neiini toasts were honored. The couple left by tram for the north, the bride wearing a j frock of dove grey cloth, small hat of t blue tailetas, suede shoes, and grey stcch- ! ings, and a kingfisher blue travelling j coat. The bridegrooms present, to the bride was a handsome set of ivory toilet • brushes: to the bridesmaids, pearl rings: j to the beet man and groomsman, pearl tie- | pins: and to Ihe little flower girl, a gold j bangle. The presents were numerous and costly.

THE P Rill OS’S WOMEN FRIENDS. ; (By Ono Who Knows Them AIL) (The ‘ Homo Magazine.’) The circle of the Prince’s women friends is a wide one. Indeed, it is oven a wider one than the Prince imagines, for every : woman who has been brought into even,; distant contact with the Prance —who has possibly only heard him mate a speech or seen him at some public function—seems to cherish toolings of the most sincere regard and affection for the young he r to the throne. And that is true not only of women in this country; in all parts of the world the Prince lias v's.’tcd J.c has made count Ices women friends. On his birthday in Juno fast the Piincc received over AOOiJ idler.; of the he artiest congratulations from vomica in Canada, the United States, and in Australia. Tire Prince, was pcr-onally ucacqaaintcd with most of the writers of there letters. They came from women, many cf whom had seen him only once, ami straightway the Prince became their idol, whom they have loved and worshipped ever since. And it is just the same drug with women w.th whom His Royal Hig. nos.; is hrurigiit into social contact, though social conventions (happily for the Prince! mua.ly pro.ect him from such an enthusiastic demonstration of iemuiirc repaid as he had to endure at the theatrical garden party last July in Regent’s Park. Yet even in a world where, normally, exhibitions of emotion cf any kind arc regarded at. rather bid form, the Prince's entry into a drawing roan or l-allioom creates an elect deal effect. “ I am sure,' 1 said a woman to me. who recently met the Prince at a dance, “ that directly tho Prince entered tire 10am every •woman in it wuild have Lived to leave si id •. hands with him—it was difficult to beep one’s eyes oil him. Ho is so devoid o> affectat..on of any kind, and yet looss so much a Piinca.” It is indeed true of His Royal TTighnciw that li© is entirely ilovoid of ah':cl,it oa a quality in him that women particularly admire; and his manner.*, a-.v.-ays pcnectiy easy and natural, arc rendered all the moie engaging by a ccitain meek sty o. demeanor rfiny k eit-iomcly rare in the young nerson of ©ither >vx t n -day. It w,.n!.i be didicn i, and no maps impertinent. to alternp l to del km precisely the type of wonm-i th* 1 ‘; i . c of \i most admire?: hul, on' tho women ho ii)'- '-. more or less fivquonl.y in s c-alv. t rnab-> c;:id that they me ckvcr —cenvorraTonally clever, at. all event -.my ■, . oxiremely well, and nr. a, rule arc more tli.n usimllv {.iMtiJcnl- at s.inc spott or pa - lime. For tv ample, 1/vly PmckKavago, sr-km of Hr Phil p .-Irus-ioon. is one o; the he.v dro.n-ed wijiim; .iii society, ;u-d she is prulvahly one of if not actualy tho host woman amateur b I.;;.: ci j i y or, in k.ygmnd. On more than on.c occasion sne has had a gunie v.-.th i lie Prince ar, her bmlhur e hx-uso nt Trcni I ark. and i bmmvc can civ© His Royal Highness, win is by no means a diTTr, a start ;-f o! in -.03. f.adv A anley. 1 1 a w ic o ko ; '.-i It my son and heir, who slcn-ifi hi; h m the regard cf the Royal ramily. may be dsciih'cd c- one of lh - w i i -11 .vac 11 Royal 11;..} no** is a ways glad to nice: : and Liulv Staidey is an rulluisnslic abrc.und sportswoman, cut is a pond ruier ami a ckver shot, and .s one o. ice compa inti © v few v, omen who go regu' r y to the Han’.w am.l Mai on m the;; at 1/rd’s , who under t.-ancl anything about criAvci. i There could not be but someth, ns in com- i men between a woman of ho: typo and so Good a sportsman as is Use heir to ihe throne. in the ballroom one of tho Prince's most frequent dancing partner© ia -Mrs Dudley Ward, and that is not merely because "she is so coaming a woman and so clever a coiiverrgtionaii-T, b.it because Adi is a really g-rd dancer. Vv! cn nd- a do nee. in Xgw York the Prince’s hm-Lem mked him whom lie would life io have as a partner, Iks Royal l!isium« decly.r-.-d t Hat ne would like to have the pleasure of dancing with a go-i.-d dancer— 1 “ that is.’’ he added with chaiactcristio modo-Ty, “ if she does not mind darning-with lather a. poor perforni-e;.” As a matter of fact, although the Prince has led far too buy id to have been able to devote much time to practising tho intricac.cs of ih© iux-trot and tango waltz, he is quite a good dancer, and likes to have as a. partner someone who is at least as proficient as himself. It was, by the- way, tho Piinc© of Wales, helped by ’the Princess Mary, who per-

snarled the Queen to allow the modern dances to be danced at the smaU dance? for young people that have been given occasionally at Buckingham Palace since the armLiiice.

A few young people who are particularly intimate with the Royal Family were invvted to a, small dance at the Palace, when, for the first time in the QueenV presence, the fox-trot, two-step, and tang, waltz wore danced. They were danced very gracefully and without any of those “ flourishes ” and exaggerated movements that have gained for modern dances (and dancers) a bad reputation. Mention of tho Princess Mary’s name in an article on the Prince’s women friends occurs very naturally, for the Prince’s sister is without doubt his best girl friend. Her Royal Highness helped her eldest brother to furnish his rooms at Magdalen College, when, ho went up to Oxford, and more recently when tho Prince set up his own establishment at York House it was his sister who planned the arrangement of most of the rooms. On many matters the Prince has sought his sister’s advice (for she has often sought her brother’s). From their childhood they have been devoted to one another.

'Not long since the Princess was going to an afternoon concert with the Queen but at the last- moment Majesty was unable to go, and a slight difficulty arose as to who would accompany tho Princess to the concert which Her Royal Highness was particularly anxious to attend. The lady in wailing, who was to have cone with the Queen to the concert, had to be in attendance on Her Majesty, who was going elsewhere, and the other ladies in waiting had different official engagements to keep thru afternoon. The Princess solved the problem by ringing up the Prince of Wales at York House to ask him if he could, take her to the concert. ’lbis happened a (Iter lunch, when tbe Prince was just about to set off to have a game of coif at Snnningdale links, but he promptly relinquished his game and CEco-ted his sister to the edneert.

Aiid the Princess would at all times be just as ready to sacrifice her own pleasure to nlc-ase her brother. Two intimate friends of the Princess ’Mary avo also quite good friends with her brother. One of these ladies is Lady John Mnlholland, who is lady in waiting to the Princess; the other is Truly Racine? Cavendish, a daughter of (he Duke of Devonshire. She is n thorou rh Cavendish. which is to say that, without, being brilliant, she has an intellect of more than average depth and vigor. She is well informed, and tends to take life lather seriously, and has a deep-rooted -•■ense of duty. Lady Rachael stands very high in the regard of the King and Queen, and more unlikely things have ■■'■mo to pass than she should became the PHi'cess of Wales. The difficulties in the way of the Prince marrying outside Royal rank arc considerable, but not insurmountable. Tho main difficulty that lies in (ho way of the Prince marrying a girl not of Royal rank is that such an event would necessitate the most drastic revision and even abolition of the rules of precedence and court pljqwttc and ceremonial. In the opinion of many this would lend evonliial’v to the end of the monarchy. The opinion of the Prince and his parents on the matter appears to bo that there ia no reason why FT Royal Highness if he pleases should not for the moment remain a bachelor. One thing about (ho Prince of Wales’s marriage may be ru with certainty. If and when the Prince, does many he will not marry against his parents’ wishes, and their IMaieFies will never attempt to force the Prince of Wales to marry against his own inclinations.

1 WELDON’S BAZAAR OF CEIL- , BREN’S FASHIONS.’ l 1 (Per Gordon-Gotch. of Dunedin.) [, The new number of ‘ Weldon’s Bazaar i - of Children’s Fashions ' is splendid value, !; with gratis cut-out patterns enclosed of | girl’s school dress and a.jumper, 10 to 12 ■, cars, boy’s blouse and- knickers. 2 to ;, 1 years, child’s dross and petticoat, 1 to j • 2 years, and full instructions for cutting j ■ out and making up these designs. This i • number is brimful of the latest and most . , charming styles for the children, including j ' smart coats for girls of ail ages, designs ;, ■1 well-tailored boy will wear, becoming 1 t frocks and hate for smart occasions, dainty j ndonvoar, easy-fco-make school frocks, \ new styles in tailored coats, skirts, charm- | in.g dance frocks, small sets for small neople, bow to knit some woollen comforts for the chicks, inchidinsr a sock with fancy top for size 7 to 8 years, a baby bunting wrap, and a quickly-knitted glove for age 6 to 7 years, becoming dresses for the younger girl, recipes for some delicious puddings, how to make a girl’s mill-on hat adaptable to several different ! styles, the children’s playtime page, charming baby sets, an outfit for dolly, | instructions for making a babv’s soft ) Mather shoe, and pretty confirmation ) dresses. . GENERAL I A New York physician believes -that the' habit- of shaving increases neuralgic andother troubles of tho face, and tends to shorten life. A new hat will often lift a woman sev- ' era! floors nearer to tho seventh heaven.— Richard King, in tho ‘Taller.’ In England many women are to bo socn i sailing their own yachts this year, and 1 that many more are applying for ; mariners’ certificates. It used to ho con-1 s'dered a vo;y wonderful thing some years ago that the late Lady Londonderry held permission to take a yacht into the high seas.

Tho latest sunshades tram Paris are very | dazzling. The very brightest colors are ; employed, or brilliant flowers are handpainted on a groundwork of dazzling stripes. Other “ shade®’’are made of silk out and looped to give the appearance of petals, _ 1 Tho modern mother does not believe in j caxessive and unnecessary petting nn-d I fussing over her child; en. Tho old idea when baby fell of picking him up and petting him and "kissing the place to make it well” has given piece to teaching him to pick himself up and bear it like a man. The up-to-date mother realises that she may do considerable hara to the character of the child by enlarging its sense of danger at an early age. Even when seriously anxious, she tries to hide it from the child. Mary as a Christian name is not so popular aa it was a few years ago, according to the committee which raised a. fund for a wedding gift to Princess Mary from all the Marys of the Empire. Reports from the different district's of the British Isles and in the dominions show that in manv cases the mime Mary is absent even in largo households, which always used to have at least one. Among school children the average was found to he only eight Marys out of ovary 100 girls. The committed says that these reports prove that the name is on the decline. A hundred years ago Scott lamented that the name was unknown in Scotland. London women police arc "not a necessity, and are too costly to maintain as a luxury,” Sir William Horwood, Commissioner of tho Metropolitan Police, has found, and as a result tho women’s patrols will bo disbanded ns soon as possible, according to the ‘Dally Mail.’ London has 100 policewomen, and maintenance of this force costs £50,000 annually. The Government’s special economy committee, under Sir Eric Goddea, which reported its findings, also declared the utility of the women police “negligible.”