Every Lady’s Journal

Gisborne Times, Volume LI, Issue 5245, 9 August 1919, Page 3

Every Lady’s Journal

By Vivienne

.Many people are the ]jossc.-sor.- of that happy adjunct “ a sweet tooth.” ; The making of simple and dainty sweets is not only a favorite hobby with many, but, withal the sweetmeats make very welcome presents for Christmas and birthday time, and parties of all kinds, -not to mention ~iieh occasion- a.s bazaars and fetes. A correspondent who is famed for her making of delicious confectionery, writes asking if any readers ot “Every Lady’s Journal” ecu tell uhv icing sugar sometimes melts on Turkish "Delight, and sometimes doesn’t. The correspondent does not u-e citric acid in her recipe, so the problem is what docs affect . tne simar? Anyone desirous of giving information should address care <n , “Vivienne” Times* Office. ibe .matte,- will bo most gratefully received. PERSONAL. Mrs Hugh Taplin is visiting rola- j tives in town. | Mis \. P. Coker has been the guest oi' Mrs J. C. Field at "Homebu’-h.' The marriage of Miss Sigma Evans to Mr Jack Bellerbv takes place at the end of this month. Mrs Fox (Auckland) has been the guest of Mrs V\ ■ A, Bowie. Custom House Street. Mr and Mr- Oswald Williams are tin* guests of Mr and Mrs H. k. Murphy. Patutalii. 1 Messrs K. and M. Fromm, who aro leaving next week for Hamilton, were given a suitable little presentation from the Holy trinity On -x Club of which they were members. j A charmingly arranged luncheon party was given by Mrs Frank Bark- , er at the Gisborne Hotel on I hlirs- . dav. About eighteen guests were present. The party later adjourned to the “Pictures” and concluded with j a nicely arranged little afternoon tea. j “Surprise” part it's, have become j quite fashionable aiul ‘ bv the way the reception rooms are in readiness for dancing etc., U would seem as if the hostesses were ; not altogether amazed at the arrival ; 'in their homes of musicians and ‘fox- , trotters." 1

STAGE GOSSIP. ! Women are taking up .management of theatres in England with much ap- , parent zest. The latest, aspirant Js , Miss Dorothy Dix. of hair and Mai-j mer. "I am determined to have !• my own theatre as soon as one call be : got,” said Miss Dix. "My May is : ready, hut all 1 ear. tell you about it j at present is that it is by a ] known author whoso worn was inter- . rooted bv active service ill r ranee. , Pro-peetive aetress-managers besin.*s j Miss Dix include Miss Iris Hoey. j Miss Gina. Palermo, M| ss Ethel Lev-, ev Mis- Constance Collier, Mis Etli,.'l ’lrving, Miss Olga Nethersole. and j Miss IfMon Raymond. T ho'o m be- . hie comprise Aliss Lillall M‘Cai;thv, ; Ladv Wvudlmm. I.adv 1* or bos l.ob- ■ orison Miss Mario Lohr, Mas Dons, Keane', Miss Lee White, and Miss , Glndvs Cooper. According to a Lon- j don newspaper Miss Mane Lohr s first year of management at me Globe’was “a triumph.” LADIES’ GOSSIP. To judge by recent wedding pro- | seiits sent bv Royalty, utility seems j to be the order of the day. Perhaps j they have heard something ot the • price of replenishings these hard tint- j es. Anyhow Princess Mary gave Lady Blanche Cavendish a set of coffee . cups, and gave a table to . another i friend who married a short time ago. j Time was when princesses did not j think about useful things at all, and j a Royal gift was somehow always the - sort of thing you would never get | from a non-royal. Xing Edward and Queen Alexandra once took to , giving blue enamel and diamond af- j fairs that can .still be spotted by any- i body as Royal gifts. I THE SHIELD FAN. i The paucity of material used in making the evening corsage of to-day has brought into fa-hion a fan which, when fully unfurled, is large enough to hide its wearer front her chin to her waist (says t-iie London Dailv Mail of May 13). Justly ealled the shield, this fan is made in one of its loveliest presentments of white ostrich feathers set in tortoiseshell -ticks, in which guise its cost mav add the sum of about £l9 IDs to the gown it adorns. PEACE TREATY PENS. The Peace Treaty pen- of ISoti, vve are told, are in the hands of the exEm press Eugenie, and it is recorded that "two pens for signing the Treaty of Amiens were sold in 1825 for £250 each." It will indeed, be interesting to know what the pen- used in the singing of a world peace will fetch ! But should not they ho preserved" in our National Museum, seeing that this peace-making will have been the greatest in the world’s history? ITEMS OF INTEREST. Unlike, many centenarians, who have score-: of descendants. Mrs Caroline Hughes, a Birmingham woman, aged 102. is alone in the world, as she has survived all her 10 children. A letter posted by a Peterborough man to his fiancee from a Welsh seaside. resort 16 years ago has only just been delivered. The couple were married 14 years ago. Among some old books which were sold for 3s by an Ealing bookseller as ••rubbish” were throe first editions of Shelley, in perfect condition, which wore resold for £47 10s. THE JEWELLER GOT A SHOCK. A South London jeweller who had put in his window a second-hand ornament. which was not priced, but which he was prepared to sell fop a five-pound note, had quite a shock when a customer came in and offered i him £.300 for it. The massive setting. which the jeweller had taken to bo silver, was of platinum, and platinum is worth three times as much as gold just at present. ITE WAS OX THE RIGHT TRACK. Doctor J. M. Buckley, the Methodist divine, was asked one day to conduct an “experience meeting” at a colored church in the South. A colored woman arose and bore witness to the preciousness of her religion as light-bringcr and comfortgiver. w “That’s good, sister!” commented Doctor Buckley. “But now about the practical side. Does your religion make you strive to prepare your lindiand a good dinner? Does it. make von look after him in every i way?” Just then Dector Buckley left a vank at his coat tails bv the colored preacher, who whispered ardently: “Press dent questions, doctor: press dom questions. Pat’s my wife!”

L_—— NEWS AND NOTES OF THE DAY

to keep evergreen. A lady writer thus expresses hor--e]j iii verse upon a subject of great moment to women: "Cease to fuss—which is the worst— Inventing storms which never hurst, 'second, al! backbiting shun, Which puckers lips and ages one. No scornful sneers. No bftter jeers. Frown* soon set fast , And then they last, E’en hitter thoughts indulged af will. Depress the mouth with cunning skill. B" sweet and merry, always gay. And wrinkles will not come your wav." Flic sentiment of which is irreproachable, though the diction may not be. up to that of a Port I.aureate. LONDON ITEM. Woman has already awakened to a ■anise of the seriousness of life, since war conditions have forced her thoughts and interests into new channels. She now must do her own shopping, and think out food problems. She must turn her attention to contriving new garments out of ild ones. .She must watch that nothing is wa-ted in the home. And in this process she is making great discoveries. She is astonished at the useful articles that- ear. he made of what has been thrown aside as "done with," and feel- humiliated as -lie notes how much waste there has been in the past. War economy has opened her eyes. A woman said to ; me the other day: "I had no idea i that looking after a house oneself j could be so interesting!” This woman had, until the war. kept four maids and an "experienced nurse.” Now she has one maid, and no liur-e. "J am nurse!’’ she said, laughing, "and really I had no idea I had such nice children.—Mrs Coulson Kerunlian in the Daily Mail. WAR .MARRIAGES. V large percentage of the soldiers who are returning to Australia in j thousands just now wore married j (says the .Melbourne Argus) after j their enlistment, a fair proportion ot j the number to girls with whom they j were barely aC'i"|uainted. A question i which is interesting a good many pro- . pie i-: How are these marriages turn- j ing out? lias the risk which both girls and men assumed apparently J without weighing it been justified ? i Have ih" glamor and romance winch J surrounded these hasty war weddings ; vanished, or will the wooing which in j many cases was certainly not long I adoiiig be crowned with permanent ; happiness? There are many eases in j which both the young husbands and ! still younger wives bitterly regret j their hastiness. i here are ill Mel- | bourne a good many associations .and , chibs, re-t-rooms, and so on wiiere tile returned soldiers foregather, and ; those who are in dose touch with the \ nu n suv that many -ad stories are j told them. On the other hand, wo- i nien who have "done their hit b> looking after the wives who were leit behind have many stories of disillusionment and disappointment on the part of those who were leit behind. Many girls married without anv distinct idea of the circumstances of their husbands. Ihe third and final proof of domestic unhappiness is unfortunately to he iounu in the Divorce Court records. Ihe rock that is wrecking many matrimonial ships is the dif.ieiiM PU'D find in making an income which was during the war comfortable enough for one maintain two people wAll an equal amount of comfort. I lie majority of war brides wore business Idris' wiio did not allow the lit el that they’ were married to interfere with their wage-earning, to which was added the allotment made by their husbands. In the majority ot marriages which are turning out. unsatisfactorily the wives are bust liesgirls who sav that nothing will induce then, to leave their employment and make a home. Many ot them declare that they actualy know nothin"- about house ami method.ut, nor do they want .to learn. In this wav the soldier is finding out that his heroine is lacking the qualities his experiences have shown nim to )e V sential to his happiness. At the same time it is equally probable the girls are discovering that out ot uniform their heroes are ordl }' ai * men. with the old-fashioned ideas that their mothers implanted in them.