EVERY LADY’S JOURNAL

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4905, 26 June 1918, Page 3

EVERY LADY’S JOURNAL

.<>■■ , —... .. . • (By “Vivienne. ”)' 1 g • personal; ; ; v / . W"'. / 1 ?j Mrs Wiinklyn,-' of tlie guest of Mrs J. W. Nolan ;, -at “Otipi.” , r , The Returned Soldiers’ annual ball takes place on July 11, and promises to be a particularly enjoyable function. Aire Roy Cr&wford has been visiting her relatives in Gisborne,,, “Mercuric” in Current Topics in an exchange writes: —The New Zealand and Australian delegates to tho Imperial Conference were apparently relaxing to, some purpose on tb'e .voyage across the Pacific/ It is; recorded that Air Alassey and Sir Joseph Ward beat AIT Hughes and Mr Cook at deck .quoits, ah athletic triumph which suggests that the' eye and the hand of the Dominion’s delegated were affected neither by arduous work in New Zealand nor by the lieavings of the Pacific . Following this, sketches made on board of the politicians were offered at auction in aid of the Red Cross, and Australia s stock, fell still lo.wer; . Sir Joseph Ward’s likeness brought £8 ss, Air Massey’s £2 10s, and Air Hughes’s £2 ss. The difference in values appears rather' startling, but there is an explanation, Sir Joseph Ward was ."the au.ctio'neer_, and. bidding ■was a compliment to the manner m which lie wielded the hammer. Mr and Airs Iline are visiting in the south.

•. Air and Airs T. Sherratt the visiting in Hawke’s Bay. Airs Margoliouth lias returned from Hawke’s Bay. Air and Airs A. V. S/ Reed have ; returned from a visit to the Bay ol Islands. ’ Aliss H. Watkins is the guest of Airs Orr at Kanakania. \ Airs T. S. Williams lias returned from a visit to Russell. i The engagement is announced of | Captain G. M. AVilford, of the Now j Zealand Rifle Brigade, son of the j Hon. T. AVilford (Alinister of Justice) . and Airs Wilfor/i, (nee Alaclean). Dorothy, eldest daughter of Air Herbert AVilson, K.C., of Dublin and j Holmhuiist, f Stones, Ireland.’ | Writing to Air Chas. Gowland. in' Gisborne, Lord Jellicoe says: “I hardly know how to thank you for , all the interesting papers and cuttings from the Gisbornd Times and Auckland Weekly News you have ■ sent me from time to time. They i are read with avidity, and some of the pictures of New Zealand life have almost persuaded me to bring . my family out to settle in that most j charming Dominion after the-war is won.” i A SKATING PARTY. j Skating parties always prove to be ’ thoroughly enjoyable to young Gils- j borne people. Miss Lylie King and j Aliss Falkener organise/), a jolly party j for Saturday night last, when all the enthusiasts of the past-time were, present. The guests all brought tobacco for soldiers, and on this occas- i ion it was presented to the soldier ; inmates of the local Public Hospital. Amongst the guests present were: —; Mesdames King, Coker, G. AVillock, 1 E. Adair; Atisses M. Rees. Gambrill, G. Buswell, Chrisp (2), Hookey, , deLautour, Crawford, AI. Barker;! Alessrs AVilock. Hamilton, Breddoe, j White, P. Barker, Maynard, E. Ad- 1 air, AlacLaurin, Rogers and Brown. j SYDNEY NEWS. I Friday is frequently an eventful day in the Sydney calendar, a Tip for this month two patriotic Fridays were announced. The 14th, was to be A7iolet Day. in aid of the Soldiers’ Club, and the 28th is Italy’s Day. Writing prior to A 7 iolet Day, a correspondent said: “The usual workers are: throwing themselves with energy into these patriotic duties. . It i ; s the intention of A 7 iolet ! Day people to paint Sydney as purple as possible for one day only. \7iolets will be everywhere, quantities are being brought from Alelbourne. • A good idea N being carried out by Mrs Murray AVill and Airs Eyres (with a band "of girl helpers). They I have arranged a violet delivery cam- J paign. By sending an order to the ! Soldiers’ Club a dainty box of violets will he delivered, to any address. Pennons of violet silk will be the popular decoration for motor cars on the 14th.” j

ITEAIS OF INTEREST. Eggs are accepted for admission to a Baldock (Herts) cinema, and sent to war hospitals. Air Griefs, the culinary expert of the London County Council, is shortly to appear in a film. He will be seen making special war dishes, the recipes? for which will also be shown on the screen. THOUGHT PASTELS. In England there is fi well known saying: “By the street called Straight, we come to the house called Beautiful.” Or in other words, “Do right, and the good’ll take care of itself.” AATierever is, love and loyalty, great purposes and lofty souls, even though in a hovel or a mine, there is i ( airy.land. - > " A GEAI FROAI KINGSLEY. ABOUT LIFE. Is not that enough' to have lived for? To have found out one true thing, and, therefore one imperishable filing in one’s life. If each one of us could bu t say when he died “This one thing I have found out, this one thing I have proved to be possible; this one eternal tact i have rescued from Hela, the realm o fthe formless and unknown. How rich one such generation might' make the world forever ! v CONCERNING A CELEBRATED VOCALIST. Aldlle. Antonia Dolores, the celebrated FTench vocalist, has just finished her first professional engagement since the fateful August , 914, when she gave four, concerts m Sydney, After a comprehensive tour of the principal towns of New. South AVales she will come to New Zealand under the direction of M Duncan Neven. . . ABOUT LIEUTENANT FRIOKLETON, V.C. A correspondent in an exchange writes : —AVhen Lieutenant Frickieton V. 0., arrived in Christchurch by the'Lyttelton: train, he was rushed bv a party of returned soldiers and carried shoulder high the waiting motor car; several people - got near enough to greet him, but most people could see only, his hat ln L / fcs excitement the crowd had forgotten the mother who had travelled] with ' her son/ and after a long wait for her to appear the car had to .move off without her: It would have been almost impossible for a woman to have worked her v ? ay through the 'crowd. ■ , WELLINGTON. THE SOLDIERS’' CLUB. - 'Five hundred unexpected guests to tea meanf 'a busy time at the Soldier's’ Club, hut the hostesses made their preparations with lightning speed. Overseas soldiers • were the

' -T ' ... , guests, and as tlrc.y had had, a busy ' time sight-seeing all day they appreciated the rest and good things pro- j vided. Airs Arthur ' Myers was ! in j charge of .an impromptu concert, and the; soldiers sang marching songs. AUCKLAND NEWS - (Press' Association Telegram.) ' <. AUCKLAND. June 12. Government Hops.e is again in occupation, his Exceleqcy tjie Governorgeneral and the Countess of Liver-,’i pool having, arrived from RotorUa on i Alonday of last week. It seems quite a long time since the flag, was 1 j flying at Government House to show j that the King’s representative was \ there. "-SfcJ • *• '/ Relating her personal experience, j | Aladame Melba stated that until liqr I j arival in Auckland a few days" ago, j she had pot tasted 1 white brea/i foi‘ i ■ four months. * In all the American j hotels and restaurants the guests will j 1104 be supplied with an v . bread until ! they have had their meat. - Again, j they are only provided with one pat j of butter at a meal, and a small one fit that. Only one lump of sugar is allowed with a cup of teat or coffee, ] and to be sure on the point, the waiter takes the howl ns soon as the lump hafe been taken. Here, again the bulk of the supply of sugar in the country is being sent away for tho use of the Allied armies, and so with other forms of supply.

CONCERNING THE FRENCH CLUB IN AVELLINGTON. The French Club in Well ingt-on is showing the common sense of France in its discussions. Last week a debate was h#kl on the question of the substitution of female cooks' for male i cooks at Trentham, in view of the t waste. The question was entered ■ into with gi;eat spirit under, the leadership, in the affirmative, of Madame I Johnston, seconded by Aldlle. Alead, followed; in the negative by Air L. j Fanning, supported by Mr A. Lattey. j * DROLLERIES. “I don’t- believe you love me a bit,” sobbed his wife. “But I do. darling. I —-—” i “Don’t telf me. It’s unnatural ! you should. No man cou’d love a woman who wears such old hats as I do.” i First Actor: “I hear that the orchestra in our theatre was sacked in a body last night. AVhat was the matter?” j Second Actor: “AVliy, they spoilt the best situation in the whole play. A 7 ou know the court scene where the 1 j hero ?3 sentenced to death ?” “Yes.” j • “Well, they were told to play t something appropriate when the ' judge put on the black cap, and the i idiots struck up, ‘AVbere did you- get i that hat?’ ” »

: CAUSTIC. | Coming ont of church ’after listening to a sermon on “Married Life . and its JDuties,” two old Irishwomen commented on the address. i “It’s a fine sermon his riv’rence : would be after giving us,” said one to the other. ' “It is, indeed,” was the reply; 1 “and I wish I knew as little about the matter as he does!” j- FASHION NOTES. | Quiet colors reign supreme in frocks for all occasions, a little rej liefbeing afforded by the rrtetal tis- ! sues which are so much used for trimming, and by Ike fashionable gold and silver brocades. Coat-frocks, which showed a decided decline in popularity for a while, are being revived by the Parisian dressmakers, and promise to have a greater vogue than ever. Narrower skirts are unquestionably comnig in, but still a' little drapery is quite modish, and there does not . seem any occasion yet to dread a return to the more absurd phases of the hobble skirt. As a consequence of the narrower style, skirts are also being worn longer, just clearing the ankle as a general rule. j ■ TO MEND A KID GLOVE. J To mend a kid; glove place a bit of ! court-plaster, „ as nearly as possible the same shade as the glove, on the under-side of the torn part. Then bring the edges neatly together over , it. This will not tear out as do j stitches. Or place a thin piece of i muslin on the wrong side, hold it j seurely in place, and stitch on the ! right side several times on the sewing machine. A glove which is mended in this way usually lasts until the remainder of the- glove has completely worn out. j ' WHEN EGGS ARE SCARCE. A dessertspoonful of vinegar added to a igiil of milk answers the same pur- ! pose as two eggs in oakemaking. | STAGE GOSSIP. j Very much less than, two years ago i Misls Marie Fix, of Wellington, play- ’ edyfhe Moon Man and the Ship’s : Doctor in the play, “Sunset Land,” which was introduced by Miss Gladys Campbell. All Wellintgon saw that play and all remember with ddfight i the charming youthful maiden whose j acting was one of the features of the I performance. Soon afterwards Marie Eix went over to Australia. Her i friends heard that she had gone for - pleasure and that she might be taking lessons in elocution and singing ■ over in Melbourne. She did not soon ; come back, but is here now. and is known to the world as Mane Ney, and as leading lady in the Allan Wilkie Co.. is delighting Wellington -au- ! diences again (says the Free Lance), i “Why did she change her name r ’ she was asked. The smiling, answei | brought •an answering smile and a i complete understanding: Because 1 might have failed. I then could i have come home as Marie hix and no one would have been any the wiser She did not fail, but she keeps, the i stage name, and wilWprobably he \ known to a much larger world than the Australasian— some day as Marie Ney. Miss Ney is taking Mrs ! Wilkie’s parts, and the, whole town l is united in declaring that she is mak- • in g , a success of them. . She is g fti ed certainly and .has voice and pxesence and histrionic power. Bat, , ab ! n Ve all, and beyond all she has that ! wonderful quality which is. called “charm of manner,” which is riue’y found in people who are not veiy j kind and genuine and true . Lhu t- ! church people will be able to .l u d„e or j Miss Ney’s abilities tins week.