Every Lady’s Journal

Gisborne Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6321, 25 February 1922, Page 3

Every Lady’s Journal

ta crJ By Vivienne

PERSONAL. Airs R. K. Murphy is at present visiting in Napier. ++ t , Airs E. G. Alattlieww me guest of Airs J. Alead, Tolcomaru Bay. t s- + 4* 4* Airs Alelville Edwards lias Returned from a visit to Hawke's Bay. I J I Air C. E. Armstrong and Ali-ss T. Armstrong left last week on a visit to A Wellington. v v r •4* The Women’s National -Reserve instead holding their annual meeting on 'Tuesday evening in the Gisborne Women's Club, Lysnar's Buildings. The president (Airs Goffe) would like to see a good attendance and extends a hearty welcome to new members. If a sufficient number give in their names a class for ambulance and sick nursing will be formed.

I A CHARMING DANCE. A charmingly arranged dance was given by Mr and Mrs W. D. Lysnar at “Kelvin” on Wednesday evening, and like its predecessors was much enjoyed. Miss M. Palmer (Wellington) was the guest of honor. The reception rooms were attractively decorated with belladonnas of delicate hue. The guests were welcomed by the hostess in the drawing-room and later passed into the spacious ballroom. Mrs Lysnar was wearing ivory duchesse satin with corsage drapings of net and overdress of bronze beads and touches of orange. A beautiful cameo necklace and ornaments were worn. Miss Winifred Lysnar, jade green georgette with effective opalescent trimmings worn over dainty charmeuse. Miss M. Palmer, sweet frock of vienx rose georgette over silk of the same shade and waistbelt of gold tissue and gold shoes and stockings. Mrs A. L. Singer, tasteful toilette of black charmeuse with metallic beads and dainty trimmings. Mrs P. Pattullo, safrano rose taffeta with overdress of flounced shadow lace. Miss B. Norris (Waipul uran) flame and gold tissue exquisitely fashioned and enhanced with roses and graceful tulle scarf. The bodice showed a dainty floral design on satin. Miss N. Jeffreys, pretty frock of shot silk taffeta smartly fashioned. Miss L. Scctf, turquoise blue taffeta ■ charmingly designed. ! Mrs H. Drummond, pretty toilette j

of shell pink with dainty trimmings. Mrs Ji. Packs, black oriental satin and dainty corsage on suite. Mrs J. C. Pield, uncommon toilette . of black cacliemire de soie with a floral design in salmon piulc. Miss S. Jex-Blake, maize tinted crepe j de soie gracefully fashioned. Mrs. J. (J. N. Thomas, floral taffeta, daintily fashioned and trimmings en i suite. ! Mrs E. It. Ludbrock. pretty toilette ! of black with beaded trimmings. Mass (.'. Poster, tasteful toilette of black net over oriental silk and effec- 1 live trimmings. ! Miss E. Williamson, pastel tinted frock with modish and dainty trim- ‘ mings. j Miss M. Hughes, taffeta chiffon frock designed in pannier fashion with pretty 1 trimmings. Miss Helen Packs, charmingly fash- j mned frock of white ehnrmeuse with accordeou pleated panels. |

Miss Margot Rees, sweet frock of primrose taffeta effectively designed.

Miss N. Cotterill, white charmeu-se prettily fashioned with dainty trimmings.

Miss A. Pasley, pastel channelise with overdress of flame georgette and ninon. Miss B. Blackburn, ciel blue tafl'eta and lace prettily fashioned. Miss 7i. Williams, orange-tinted toilette with pretty trimmings. Miss K. Vittar, graceful frock of jade green with golden tinted trimmings. Miss L. Holden, pretty white and gold brocaded frock charmingly designed.

Miss I’liyllis de Lautour, black cliarmeuse with cstrich. and pink beaded trimmings. Miss M. Macaulay, effective and pretty flounced frock of rose pink with trimmings en suite. Miss I). Broadhnrst, smart becoming little frock of black with trimmings to match.

Miss F. Field, smart little pasteltinted frock with charming trimmings. Others prettily attired were: Mrs Gardiner, Mrs 11. V. Gully, Miss M. Falkner, Miss Vera Williams. Miss Muriel Barker, Miss Phyllis Maiuler, Misses Kennedy (2). Mrs P. Hamilton, Miss A. Kettle! Amongst the gentlemen present were: Canon Packc, and Messrs Armstrong, Allison, J. C. Field, IT. Barker, Cooke, Blackburn, Whyte, E. Chrisp, G. B. Smith, Thompson (Christchurch), G. Craig, Pettit, T:t. Chrisp, I). Cook. H. Beds. M. Falkner. S. Hay. S. Gray, Jex-Blake (2), Gardiner, Williams, G. Lysnar, Hods (2), Jenkenson, P. Hamilton, McLeod, M. Maude, Parker (2), MacLaurin (2), Piper, E. G. A. Stock, ,T. C. N. Thomas, Stevenson, J. Williams, and Dr. Bowie. Supper was handed round in the various recetion rooms anci soft drinks were obtainable throughout the evening. The delectable dainties were much appreciated. Mrs Thomson played the dance music, whilst extras were delightfully contributed hv Mrs E. !R. Ludbrook, Miss C. Foster, ai:<l Mr E. Chrisp.

LONDON FASHIONS. For some weeks crimson lias been the favorite tone in the hats of smart women ; ever-changing fashion is now fa vo ring black and red. One quaint model is a tiny scarlet hat with black wings on cither side, while many allblack hats are decorated with bright scarlet to left and righ t. In the realm of dress Some prettily embroidered short coats are coming from Paris for wear with the one-piece frocks which are so popular this season. Finally, the novelty of the hour in hairdressing is the Spanish comb, worn with a coiffure imitated from tbe Spanish. The mantilla has not yet been seen in London, but experts say that it i» foreshadowed by tlie big flowing veils which are being worn over the little black and red hats of the hour.

CONCERNING SARAH BERNHARDT

Sarah Bernhardt is 76 years of age, arcd has begun to work upon her tomb. Australians who saw the great French actress in Melbourne will know that this does not presage an approaching demise. Madame Bernhardt looks far ahead. If or her grave she has purchased a wild rocky islet in the Bay of Biscay from the French Government for 1250 francs. Here she is constructing a magnificent' mausoleum, which will bo crowned with a marble statue of the actress, with arms outstretched, as though beckoning seme harassed sailor into the tiny haven of her island, there to escape the perils of the sea. "When I am dead my tomb shall serve as a guide to safety for the brave fishermen I love so well, enabling them in the sudden storms which sweep np the Bay of Biscay to sight the way to a haven of refuge, where they may shelter till danger is anst." Sarah Bernhardt will herself design the statue, which is to

NEWS AND NOTES OF THE DAY

THE PUFF.

be cut from Carrara marble, and, indeed, has already set Co work. “I’ve not got far,” she said, “but there’s plenty of time.”

SPORTS FOR WOMEN. Masculine football players have declared open war upon their sister devotees in the game. Last week the Football Association, which is responsible, for the regulation of association football in Great Britain, banned wo-

men players from all the grounds under their control. They decided that the game was quite unsuitable for females,

and ought not to be encouraged. Since the war elided, women’s football lias increased greatly in popularity. I have described in earlier letters the teams o'Ms who play on the village greens M Kent and Surrey in masculine “shorts” and striped jerseys, to the dismay of their Victorian parents and the amusement of their Georgian brothers (states a Londoner in the Australasian). To-day, the spectacle is almost too common for notice, and teams of girls even venture to challenge teams of young men, “barging” and kicking with quite as much zeal as their opponents of the opposite sex. In the north of England, teams of factory girls have had great success, and have earned scores of thousands of pounds for soldier and other charities. Indeed, it is probable that these charity matches, rather than the unsuitability of football for women players, form the real reason for the Football Association’s action. In the north of England, the factory football players are semi-professional. If a girl can dribble and kick surely and makes a pretty figure in, her “shorts” and jersey. few questions are asked as to her skill as a machine-hand. She plays three or four times a week for ti:e

firm's football team, and draws a proportion of the gate money as “'expenses.” In the south of England there is as yet n-o professional element. The girls on the village green play for the love of the game and the excitement of doing a daring tiling.

Sportswomen are loud in their condemnation of the Football Association's action, and an English Ladies’ Football Association bas been founded to safeguard the special interests of women football players. It is claimed that women have cut out the frills from their game, and that the day is not far ahead when a, first-class women’s team will hold its own against a first-class men’s team. It may be so. The women players I have seen certainly would fare badly if opposed by Sheffield United or any other League team. But the girls certainly locked healthy and happy.

HAD lIE SEEN HER. If there was one thing- more than another that Brown hated it was to be “caught.” As a consequence he was very suspicious of any deed or word the meaning of which he could not immediately u nderstan d. Once when lie visited a menagerie lie had an interesting chat witli one of the keepers, and as he was about to leave the man asked, “By the way, sir. have you seen our black-faced antelope?” “Ah.” thought Brown, “lie’s trying to make a fool of me. “No,” lie replied stiffly. “May I ask with whom your black-faced aunt eloped?” LONDON GOSSIP. ' Lord Lasecllcs’ eccentric great-uncle, who left him two millions, lived in two or three rooms at the Albury and fastened his coat with string to save the expense of buttons. Ever since the announcement of her engagement Princess Mary has been literally inundated with requests that she shall open bazaars and attend all sorts of similar functions. APPRECIATION OF DICKENS.

George Santayana, the distinguished philosopher, writes in the “Dial” an appreciative article on Charles Dickens'. He says:

“I think Dickens is one of the best friends mankind has ever had. He has held the mirror up to nature, and of its reflected fragments has composed a fresh world, where the men. and women differ from real people only in that they Jive in a literary medium, so that all ages and places may know them. And they are worth knowing, just as - one’s neighbours are, for their picturesque characters and their x )a_ thetic fates. Their names should he in every child’s mouth; they ought to he adopted members of every household. Their stories cause the merriest and the sweetest chimes to ring in the fancy, without confusing our moral judgment nor alienating our interest from the motley commonplaces of daily life. In every English-speaking home, in the- four quarters of the globe, parents and children will do well to read Dickens aloud of a winter’s evening; they will love winder, and one another, and God the better for it. What a wreath that will he of ever-fresb holly, thick with bright berries, to hand to this x>oet’s memory—the very crown be would have chosen!”

A WORD ABOUT POWDER —AND

That "touch cf powder,” liow many pretty faces it spi-oils, just because it’s a common sort, rubbed into the skin. Only a good quality, fine powder should be used (a. vegetable one is the best), and only a little put on. It is most important not to block the pores uxi. The skin must always be thoroughly dry before any is used, and the powder mast bo kept quite dry; damp powder is so bad.

Instead of a powder puli', a small wad of cotton wool should be used —on no account a piece of chamois leather. The great secret is to powder lightly, whether as an aid to beauty or to. protect the skin. AVhen a wad of wool is used, this is quite easy to do. Take a, piece of white cotton wool and draw from it several small bits, about as much as would stand on two square inches, make each into a little wad or pad and keep them in a tin or wide-m-outh bottle. As soon as the one in use gets soiled throw it away and use a fresh one. If a powder does not look very fine, or is inclined to be lumpy, sift it through very fine muslin. Powder is a good protection against a keen wind, only really a "touch” is nreded, and let it he a flesh-color one; also in frosty weather if the skin is very sensitive, it is useful.

A little faintly-tinted powder will help to hide a red hand.

THAT TIRED KEELING

It is not natural to have that tired feeling day in and day out, that you go to bed with at night and get up with in the morning—it is a sure sign that your system is out of order. To refresh yourself and regain that strong vigorous feeling you should take a course of Chamberlain's Tablets. They will strengthen your stomach and stimulate your liver and bowels to renewed activity: although you have not realised it, it i& those organs that have caused that tired feeling. There is no better medicine made for all disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels than Chamberlain's Tablets.—Sold byE.D. Smith, Chemist. Gisborne.