THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3294, 12 August 1911, Page 4

THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE.

BY "ROSALIND.”

SOCIAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Mies Hazel Nolan, left on Sunday for a visit to Christchurch.

Mrs Finn, Misses Redstone and Graham, were the hostesses at “afternoon tea” at the golf links on Saturday last. Some of the ladies present were : —Mesdames Hendorsen, Traill, King, Rees, Morgan, Cole, Bull, R. Willock, O’Meara and Barlow, Misses Nolan (2), Davies, Murray, Bull, Sweet, Bright, Black, Rees and Pyke.

Mr and Mrs E. M. Hutchinson are visiting Dunedin on account of the latter’s health.

By the death or Mr Kennedy, many of the “lolanthe” chorus will ramem-

bcr how, when they were down in the dumps, it was ho with his ready wit and appreciative word that helped ro keep all amicably working, and it would have been strange, however tired they were, had a smile not 'been forthcoming.

Marriage is nothing but an institution for the blind. Before marriage a young man will give his sweetheart a lock of hair; ‘after marriage she helps herself.

Another subject that appeals to me is the mother-in-law question. On all sides w© hear of the poor motiher-in-law She is constantly harassed in the daily papers. Wherever her name is mentioned it is greeted with a laugh. When you go to the theatres epithets are hurled at her, hot and heavy. I consider it a shame. It is a disgrace. I think so much of my dearly-beloved mother-in-law —yes, this is true—that every Sunday, rain or sihine, I take a trip up to the cemeter- to see if she is still there.

Mrs F. Trask, of Nelson, and her daughter, Mrs A. M. Beer, of Gisborne, intend visiting Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Continent before returning vo New Zealand.

It is generally known that Mrs Hetty Green is one of the richest, if not actually the richest, women in the United States. And though she has entered her 76th year she has just taken a long lease of a suite of offices in New York, where she intends to personally superintend the management of her estate, which is valued at twenty millions sterling. Hitherto the management has been in the hands of banking institutions, and it is understood that this change in her relationship to the banks with which she has been in the habit of doing business is due to her desire to be free from all influences arising out of the acceptance of the favor of free rental. Mrs Green is a strange, hard woman.

The engagement is announced of Miss V. Howell, eldest daughter of Mr R. E. of Wellington, to Mr R. G. Blow, second son of Mr H. J. H. Blow, 1.5.0., Under-Secretary for Public Works, Wellington.

In August .last this advertisement appeared in a- New Jersey paper: “Daughter of a farmer, 37 years of age, American Presbyterian, affectionate, height oft 6in, weight 1891 b, perfect health, loving home life, well educated, blue eyes, blonde, sincere, desires early marriage.” Mr "W. Marten, or Pomona, 1 op-lied to the advertisement, in the following October he sent the lady her railway ticket, and two hours after she arrived at Pomona they were married. In April Mr Marten applied for a divorce, but the Judge, though acknowledging that the petitioner had made out a good case, marked his disapprobation of the manner in which the marriage was entered upon by keeping the petitioner in attendance on the Court for 43 days before granting his application.

FASHION NOTES. Sales still continue to he the order of the day, and shop windows present anything but a tidy appearance in an endeavour to show the many tempting bargains to.be had. Sales prove more than sales to some women, in fact women become fascinated to such an extent that they forget to use a little discretion in buying, but purchase anything and everything, whether useful or not. Sales are certainly a necessary evil to some mothers with' large families, who are themselves capable of making up little odds and ends into something ieally smart for present wear. Ono well known society woman was heard to remark recently, “Do vuu know L love sales, xhey fascinate me, and though I can’t afford to buy all I would like it delights me beyond words to lummage among the things.” Methinks that possibly the saleswoman does not relish this style of sale-shop-per. After the sales we are promised some very fine displays of the new season’s goods which are anticipated to outclass any previous spring styles. Many of the new' underskirts for summer wear will be seen in Chinese silk with lace edged drills. Silk stockings in all shades will be much in evidence. Bordered veils in the big sport, with satin or lace edging will be again fashionable this summer. A black hat five feet across and two feet high was shown recently in a well known London milliners, the trimming was entirely of black ospreys, and it was said to have cost 200 guineas. The newest jabots, says a London

NOTES AND NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.

correspondent, necessitate a neckband, and the latest collar, an all-round Toby frill of pleated lace, is mounted on a narrow guipure insertion. It seems probable from these that collarless necks will not be so popular as they were last year. The latest London craze is to have very small mirrors called “Vanity mirrors” suspended from the neck on a Long black velvet ribbon. The longer the ribbon and the more expensive the design the better. The grandfather frill still holds its own at Home, and in its newest form it consists of a triple frill of point des--1 prit net, falling like a gossamer casI cade down one side of the corsage and I providing a charming finish to the sim- \ plest frock. * Wedgwood hats, made in the exquisite Wedgwood vases are offered as Coronation novelties by one well-known London milliner. They are in various shapes, just like Wedgwood vases, and are in soft blues, pinks, and greens, j and they even are finished with Wedg- •' wood plaques and Wedgwood cameo hatpins. Much too tasteful and pretty ,to ever become widely worn, I’m afraid! Beaded embroideries, though hound to lose their original ultra-smartness by too great popularity, are still in vogue > and this form of elaboration is also seen on cotton voile, marquisette, and silk blouses. French knots made of cotton in imitation of beads are a satisfactory means of working out new patterns on washing shirts, used in some cases in solid designs arid in other instances employed to produce an outline effect. Mile. Vassilli Monroi, a beautiful and wealthy girl in Bucharest, Rumania, has, says the “Mail,” been shot dead by her lover for wearing a harem skirt. Her fiancee had often expressed strong views on eccentrio fashions, and was particularly bitter in denouncing harem skirts. 'Out of mere waywardness Mile. Monroi determined to get a harem skirt, but the first day she u ore it she met her lover. Without saying a word, he took out a revolver and fired at his sweetheart, and killed her by a shot in the head. When arrested he stated that he did not regret his act, and wished to be sentenced to death as quickly as possible. “I could never marry a woman who deliberately opposes my will,” he said, “and life without her would have been quite impossible.” Many quaint and pretty customs prevail among Tyrolean women, but none more so than that relating to the tearkerchief. Just before a girl leaves her home to go to the village church to be married' her mother gives her a handkerchief of newly-spun linen, which is called the tearikerchief. With it the bride has to dry the tears that are regarded as only natural when she leaves the parental roof. The tearkerchief is never used after the m ariage day, but is laid away with f 1 e bride’s most cherished possessions till the day of her when it is l ak :n out and spread over her face before the coffin is screwed down.