MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 August 1933, Page 9

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

ITEMS OF INTEREST

GERMANY TO-DAY.

THROUGH A HOUSEWIFE'S EAES. Under the Nazi r.?ghno conditions are none too easy for tne (.erinau hcusewife. While the m.cebbiiico o life can be obtained at prwes eqn’v■ilcnt tc our own in Great Britain, ui” lu-uries are extremely expensive. Such items as butter and mem. tn •■' dearer in Germany than m rmgland. lint cegs, cream, and cheese arc, on the other hand, cheaper (states a com lißutor to the London "Dany telegraph”,). r 1 Rents are reasonable, and comfortable, roomy flats can be got for £6<>-.£70 a. year in small towns, t .10 houses arc well built, and tin planning of modern towns includes spacious parks and gardens. Shops are clean and ctlicieni, ill peiishable articles are kept either under glass or covered with muslin. All prices are clearly marked, lasiiycook:- (Kondittorei) display fascinating cakes, biscuits a’nd open fruit tarts. Whipped cream < eaten with all such delicacies) is t 9 a pint. Elaborate ices and fruit ice puddings cost 3/-, and are sufticient for i.-’-x people or more. Fruit is plentiful and cheap. Cherries were -Id per lb when I left, riiuiingiu lust week. Oranges and bananas ire sold by the pound. Beer is excellent, and the best German brandy costs only 5 marks a bottle. Good clothes are dear, and come • iiiclcr the category of luxuries. Only the rich can afford silk stockings and fancy shoes. For a handmade rush shopping bag I had to pay as much os 11/-.

Meals in restaurants vary, but are all on the expensive side, as is also hUel accommodation. The average middle-class German travels third •lass in a compartment resembling a ’. ooden horse-box.

. There is a. lamentable lack of pet tnimals in all thc towns. I’lie tax for .(.I ping a dog or a cut is almost proii'bCivc, and dogs have to take their r.vnors’ names. The tax on wireless ■s 2/6 monthly. Most, housewives do all their own work, but in households of six or moie poisons one maid may be kept. flu.' Nazis arc everywhere—at the •.tafions, on the trains, in the streets, md at; public buildings. Even child.fii of 2 or 3 years old are dressed up in uniform. No work is obtainable for people holding anti-Nalional Socialistic views.

Women married to members oi' the Semitic race are treated with scant ccirtesy. If they buy goods from a ■hop owned by a Jew, their husbands uro liable to instant dismissal from th', ir jobs. Jews themselves have no rights as citizens. Yet the Nazi regime is largely supported by women, and Herr Hitler’s house is usually surrounded by h.vster■cui female admirers. The intelligent. women are, however, mostly against Hitler’s mediaeval fntc-ler-•■nee, but. only the very brave or the very rich can afford to criticise, for io complain is to lose one’s job, and it best to invite continual espionage. GREY PLUNKET SOCIETY. At the monthly meeting of the Grcymculli Plunket Society, Mrs J. O’Brien presided, and there were also present Mcsdamcs Trott, Mowatt, Mcldrum, Boyd (secretary), and Miss Anderson. Apologies for absence were received frcni Mesdamcs Denton, Garde, Wilde and Barrett. Mrs F. M. Dcnnehy (President) was granted six months’ leave of absence, and .Mrs J. O’Brien was appointed acting-President for that period. ’fhc Nurses’ report, for July was as uCllows: —Headquarters — Visits to homes, new cases 3G, old cases (>!); visits to office, adults 305, babies 204, "Ider children 72. Out-stations—Visits to homes, new cases 11. old' cases 64; visits to office., adults 120. babies 108, cider children 37. Accounts amounting to JJI.9/0/10 were passed for payment. KUMARA W.I. At the inonthlj 7 meeting of the Kuinara Women’s Institute, Mrs I’agc presided over a good attendance. An interesting demonstration on mocassin making was given by Miss Shaffrey, of Inchbonnie. In the competition for the best, article made from household scraps. Mrs G. Anderson won with a child’s dress made from two Hourbags. Airs Cochrane was second with a pair of slippers, and Miss A. Hamer third with a. handkei chief tidy. The ■.ell call was to name a. book and its is the mother of invention.” Afternoon is tiie mother of invention.” fteinoon tea was served by the hostesses, Mosdames Lalor, Steel, and Reedy.

STRANGE WEDDING SCENES. BRIDE AND GUESTS SHUT OUT. LONDON, June 30. When Lady Patricia Moore, only daughter of the Earl of Drogheda, arrived shortly after two o’clock yesterday afternoon at, St. Margaret’s Westminster, for her marriage to Sir Paul Latham, M.P., she found the doors of the church closed and a long queue of guests, four deep, waiting to get in.

The chauffeur had to , drive the bride round and round Farliamentsquaro until arrangements could be made for her to enter the church. This was the climax to twenty minutes of the most extraordinary scenes ever witnessed al a fashionable wedding. The church holds just over a thousand people, while three thousand invitations bad been issued, and over two hundred of Sir Paul Latham’s constituents from Scarborough and Whitby had come up by special train. The result was that, the church was packed full of people by 1.15, and yet guests continued to arrive in a steady stream. The officials of the church did the best they could. They closed the doors against the crowd of anxious guests, and went round asking those already in the pews to squeeze togethei so as to admit as many more as possible. Then the doors were opened, and a. number of guests allowed to enter. Half-a-dozen time:, the doors had to be closed on the crusli outside, while those who hau just been admitted wandered affiuu locking in vain for seats. Soon every corner of the church where standing was possible was crowded. jMany were squeezed together standing in the aisles.

It had become physically impossible to admit any more. And still there were wailing ciowds of guests outside. Among those who had to be denied admission were numbers I of piominent people, including the Duchess of Westminster and her met her, l.ady Ponsonby, the Marquis and Marchioness of Iluntly, Countess Jcllicoe, and Viscountess Dunedin. NOVEL GUARD OF HONOUR. When it was known that the bride had arrived and had driven away again, the vergers asked the still waiting guests to' lino both sides of the path to the north door. Through the lane formed by this novel guard of honour the bride was at length able to enter the church with dignity. Inside the church the bride and her father had to make their way up the aisle between the standing groups of people. Somewhat, confused by these happenings, Lord Drogheda took up his position on the wrong side of the bride. At. the last, moment, he discovered his error, and stepped to his daughter’s left hand. The service began—it. was conducted by the Bishop of London —but lato arrivals, who were unaware of the situation, knocked at intervals on the church doors. The vergers had to open the doors a few inches and explain that there was no more room. Some of the guests did not take these tidings kindly, and several times during the service the sound of angry voices could be heard demanding admittance.

When eventually the bridal procession, with its ten bridesmaids, emerged from the west, door and walked towards the Abbey, there, was a. crowd outside of several thousand spectators and guests. Large numbers of guests, who, though inside the church, had been unable to catch even a glimpse of the. bride, now hurried out of the north door and ran round just in time to see the- procession, many women in their haste throwing their ti ailing skirts over their arm.

Alter the bride had driven away, the traffic was disorganised for over half-an-hour by the dispersal of' (he guests. DANCING IN ENGLAND. For all the depression ami the economy campaign, there has been no falling off in the popularity of dancing in London, •’ll plays a fur more important part in social life, than it does out. here,” said a London dancing teacher, newly arrived in Melbourne, "and many doctors are prescribing it as a recreation and exercise for their patients. Indeed, in many instances they are working in close co-operation with dancing teachers. And special championships tire at ranged for ‘dancers over Id.’ Oldlime ('aneiny Ims lately gained quite a hold in England, not in sophisticated London, but. in the provincial towns, Manchester, Leicester, and especially Liverpool. There the dance palais have, one night a week for oldtime dancing, and invariably the ballroom is packed to the doors. ‘’Ninety per cent, of the dancers are middleaged.- ’ the- dancing teacher said, "and if any bright, young things intrude with modern dances they are promptly shown the door.”

STALE FRIGHT "Singe fright is like nothing else in ilie world, - ’ snid the late Dani" Ellon Terry, in hm memoirs. "You are standing on th” mage apparently quit-' well and in your right mind, when suddenly you feel as if your tongue had been dislocated and was lying powerless in your mouth. “Cold shivers begin to creep down from the nape of your neck and all up you at the same time, until they seem to meet in the- small of your back. About this time you feel as if a centipede, all of whose feet had been carefully iced, has begun to run about in the roots of your hair. The next agreeable sensation is the break-out of a cold sweat, all over. “Then you are certain that someone has cut the muscles at the back of your knees. Your mouth begins to open slowly, without giving utterance to a single sound, and your eyes seem inclined Io jump out of your bead over the foot-light:-. Al ibis point ir i J as well to get off the- stage ms quickly as you can. for you are hcrond all human help." A KNITTING MINT. When knitting a pattern it is often difficult to remember how many rows you have done, particularly when other people are in the romm To overcome this difficulty, place a pin-cushion on the table and stick in-