MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 October 1921, Page 8

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

NEWS AND NOTES. (The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in this column items of social or personal news. Such items should be fully authenticated). Applying to the North Loudon Magis irate for a summons against his wile, a man said she came home very late. On more than one occasion she had stayed out all night, he. said, without Ins con sent. Mr Follies Lankester, the magistrate: "There is no law to regulate a wife’s horns for coming home tit. night.’’ "What am I to do?” said the husband. "You must, not ask me conundrums,’’ replied the magistrate. Miss Ann E. Rae. of Niagara Falls (I .S.A.), has established a record in business and finance that is equalled by few women in America. In addition to being president of a. banking institution with £1,200,000 assets, she is treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce of her city, president of the New York State League of Savings and Loan Associations, and a x ice-president of the United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations. Worried because she could not raise the money necessary to get her boy's Sunday suit out of pawn, so that he could go to Southend on Bank Holiday, Ellen Woolf (44). of Mile End. committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid, says the "Daily .Mail.’’ It was said at the inquest, that the woman had fourteen children, of whom eight are living, and the clothes had been pawned during the week in order to get food. She' had also had additional worries over a sick child and del.t. The husband served in France during the war, and was badly wounded. Before and since the war, for over 20 years, be had sold newspapers for a living. Suicide while oi unsound mind was the verdict. An interesting naval wedding, which took place at Alvers'oke, Hampshire, on August 30, was that between Commander A. Douglas W. Smith. R.N. (who was gunnery officer of the battle-cruiser New Zealand in the Battle of Jutland), and Miss Phyllis I . Dreyer, elder daughter of Captain F. C. Dreyer, C. 8., C.8.E., R.N., and .Mrs Dreyer, of Bury Road, Aiverstoke. The bride's father was Caplain of the Fleet flagship Iron Duke at the Battle of Jutland, and one of the White Ensigns flown at that engagement was hoisted on the flagstaff of the

I church. A large number of naval officers I were present in full dress uniform. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. i (<. Jellicoe, rector of Alreslord (brother of Admiral of Hie Fleet, Niscounl Jellicoe). An interesting detail of the bride’s wedding attiie was the veil of lace which was lent by Mrs J. Dreyer, a greatgreat great granddaughter of the famous Admiral, Lord Rodney. It had been worn in 17E4, on her marriage, by the bride of Captain the Hon. John Rodney, son of Admiral Rodney. The police in New York are having a difficult. time with the latest type of criminal, who is described by the “World" as the “spite robber.’’ He enters homes and reduces everything to utter wreckage, including silver and valuable brie a brae, which he leaves strewn about the floors. The most recent robbery of this kind was perpetrated at the home of an army officer and his wife, who are on their honeymoon. The house was left fully equipped when the couple went away. A ptdiceman passing by saw that the windows were open on the ground floor, witli the glass broken. Filtering, he found quantities of china, crystal, and furniture demolished, locks smashed, woodwork dented, rugs scorched, and silver wedding presents lying battered on the floor. Articles too solid to be broken were scratched or marred, and lighted cigarettes had been dropped so that they had burned holes in costly carpets. Nothing, however, had been taken away. Several of these “spite robberies” have occurred during the past few' weeks. When staying recently with a friend in the country 1 was amazed at the quantity of fruit and vegetables we constantly had for meals, although “market day” was only once a week, says a writer in an exchange. 1 inquired how she managed to keep her week's supply of produce so deliciously fresh, and for answer she took me into a cool, shady larder with a stone’ floor and shelves, and on the floor were a number of flower-pots- of all sizes. Lifting a pot, I saw raspberries lying on a cool cabbage leaf, and under other pots were Various iother articles qf food. Flower-pots are porous, and will absorb a great deal of moisture if placed in a vessel filled with clean water for about half-an-hour before being used. Aly landlady kept her perishable food fresh for days in this way. The pots were recharged with clean water every morning, and always placed on a cold floor. During the summer many a town dweller receives a gift of food from the country 1 sent in too large quantities for immediate ’ use, and although few of us living in ; towns have stone floors and slate shelves ; to our pantries, there is often a piece of . marble from an old washstand that could 1 be’brought into use, or, failing this, one i might place one’s flower-pots on a big lisb in preference to the usual wooden 1 ioor.