Foxton Wedding

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20260, 30 May 1940, Page 9

Foxton Wedding

Dawes—Wright All Saints’ Church, Foxton, was the scene of a pretty wedding on a recent evening when Pearl, only daughter of Mrs. E. F. Crosbie, Foxton, was married to Luton James, eldest son of Mr. R. L. Dawes, Blenheim. The Rev. G. B. Stole-Blandy officiated. Entering the church with her stepfather, Mr. E. F. Crosbie, the bride looked charming in a gown of cream slipper satin, fashioned on classical lines. The bridesmaids, Miss Hazel Hooper, Foxton, cousin of the bride, and Miss Myra Dawes, sister of the bridegroom, were dressed in frocks of different colour but similar style. The flower girl, Rosalie Hodren, wore a frock of apple-green georgette. The best man was Mr. Joffre Dawes, Wellington, a brother of the bridegroom. At the reception the guests were received by Mrs. E. F. Crosbie, who wore a model frock of floral ottoman crepe with a navy blue swagger coat. The bride travelled in a bottlegreen tailored suit with a cream satin blouse and a pixie hat of fine straw 'nished with a veil. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Dawes have taken up residence in Wairoa. Health and Beauty Conscience London women are definitely health and beauty conscious. Two large buildings, one in Tottenham Court road and the other just off Oxford Circus, are the central London headquarters of the League of Health and Beauty. In normal times they are a seething mass of females of all ages, types and shapes, especially in the evenings, when “house full” signs could appropriately be hung outside. Packed like sardines in the cloakroom, they struggle for a few inches of space and a coat hanger, in all stages of dress and undress. The weighing machine is in constant use. Up and down the wide staircase flows an endless stream of women, barefoo*, in white satin blouses and black satin trunks. From the halls on each floor comes the sound of music and tapdancing and physical exercise. After a vigorous hour the chattering, laughing crowd hurries into the streets again, catching buses, trains, trams and tubes, physically and mentally stimulated. Household Hints A cosy cot mattress can be made out of sheepskins. Wash and tan well two medium-sized skins. Cut alike and sew together by hand, wool side in, and then turn inside-out. The finished article is a fluffy, warm mattress, which can be washed easily. When you are soaking dried fruit to cook add to the water the juice of a lemon and a tablespoon of glycerine. Let the fruit soak for a few hours. Hosiery can be made to last longer by immersing stockings when new in a solution of 4 parts water to 1 part vinegar. Steep for about one hour, then rinse in clean, warm water and dry the hose in the usual way before wearing. When using heather and mixture wools, to count rows of stocking-stitch count on the back, stretching the work very slightly. Lipstick stains can be removed from linen by soaking the article in cold milk for half an hour and then rinsing in hot soapy lather.