Every Lady’s Journal

Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9671, 18 April 1923, Page 3

Every Lady’s Journal

: V: NEWS AND NOTES OF THE DAY .

•v PERSONALIA. The engagement is announced of Miss Hope Wood, daughter of Miami Mrs Henry Wood, 'Christchurch, to Mr Geoffrey Welstead, 13th Hussars, only son of Mr Leonard Welstead. of Richmond, Surrey, England. The engagement is announced of Miss Leah Harris, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Harris, Napier, to Mr Mark Lewis, of Wanganui, youngest son of. Mrs F. and the late Mr Lewis, of Essex, England. A London correspondent writes: An engagement that will be read with .general interest in New Zealand is that announced between Major G. G. Russell, D. 5.0., and Miss Mary Le Uren (Mollie) Michie, of 18 Kensington Gate, and formerly of Dunedin. A very happily ’ arranged luncheon was held yesterday at “Waikanae,” the home of Mr. C. J. Parker, at Makaraka, the g'tiest of honor being His Lordship Bishop Liston, of Auckland. Amongst those present were: Father Holbrook, Father Lane and Father O’Brien. Others present included Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Parker, MrsT Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Hanan, Mr. J. Parker, and the Misses Parker (2). A delectable •luncheon was served and the floral decorations were greatly admired. • A wedcling of - much interest to Hawke’s Bay residents was celebrated in St. Luke’s Church, Havelock N., on Wednesday afternoon, when Miss Helen Nancy (Nell) Chambers, daughter of Mr and Mrs Mason Chambers, of Tauroa, Havelock North, was margined to Mr John Frewen Swinburn, son of Mrs Swinburn, of Waipawa and Hastings. The service was a choral one, the officiating ministers being the Revs. J. B. Brocklehurst and Canon Maclean. The bride, who entered the church on tho arm of her father, wore a frock of cream georgette over charm euse, with gold tissue panels on cither side, and train of georgette and gold tissue falling from tho shoulders, finished with a plaited gold belt. She; also wore a tulle veil and orange blossoms and carried a hcaiitilul shower bouquet with colors to harmonise. Miss Margaret Ken- \ nedyj of Gisborne, was chief brides- j maid, and the Misses Beatrice Nelson j and Helen Coleman, nieces of the pride and. oridegroom respectively, j were also in attendance. Miss Ken- ' nedv wore a gold taffeta dress, with i hat, shoes and stockings to match, j the hat being trimmed with autumn tints, and carried a bouquet. Tho ; ; little bridesmaids also wore gold tnf- I feta dresses and carried small posies, j Mr Dubrelle Morrali was best man i After the ceremony a reception was \ held at Tauroa, where Mr and Mrs Mason Chambers entertained some 20!) j guests. Hie honeymoon is being 1 spent on the West Coast, the bride's j going-nway dress being of grey gabnr- j dine,trimmed with liberty silk, and i hat to match. The future home will ; be at Ha turn a j

GISBORNE’S PROMISING VOCALIST.

MISS CKRISSIE ORMISTOX’S CAREER,

The wide circle of fniends of .Miss 0. Ormiston, the gifted Gisborne vocalist who went to Australia to complete her musical education, will be pleased to hear that she is making rapid progress in her profession. In a letter to Mr G. Crawshaw, Miss Ormiston states that since being in Sydney she has also sung for Maestro Fassati, twice for the North Sydney bowlers, and North Sydney Orphans’ Society, and had promised to sing later on at Manly, and for several hospitals and charity concerts, and was also® a member of the Mosman Musical Society. The Society is staging "Pepita” in a couple of months. Miss Ormiston says she will he returning to Gisborne some time this year, and she hopes she will bo in time to accept an engagement (if one is offering) with the Society. A letter has also reached Mr Crawshaw from M. Agostino Fassati, teacher of Miss Ormiston, who writes in enthusiastic terms of his pupil. “It gives me much pleasure to write you that Miss Christina Ormiston, a young New Zealand soprano, considered by me to be a most promising young artiste. In the short time that she has been studying under my direction she has shown exceptional ability, realising such rapid progress which encouraged me to present her among my best pupils at my recent concert. The impression she made at this first appearance before the Sydney nublic gives a secure faith that she will have a sure place in lyric art.- Not only has Miss Ormiston good vocal qualities, but she also promises excellent interpretative taste, an indispensable requisite in an artist of distinction." PEACE. The bells of Peace arc ringing to-night Glad tidings on land and sea; That Peace reigns o’er the earth again The Ip el Is tell joyfully. Put th<#/ do not tell'the price that was paid, For the peace that is ours to-night, Of the lads who gave their life, their all, For Humanity, Peace and Right.

As I watch the bonfires burning, And list to the ringing bells, My thoughts go over the ocean wide, To the blood-stained Dardanelles. Where the., waves are ever singing A lullaby sweet and clear, And the northern stars their vigil keep O’er the grave of my soldier so dear.

There are many sad hearts like mine to-night, Away near some hallowed sod In France, or in far-off Eastern lands, But our soldier is safe with God. And this thought brings pence to my sad heart; As I list to the bells, and I pray For the dawn when my soldier will lead me to Christ, And the Peace that will last for aye, Gisborne. —G.E.’S.

HERE AND THERE

“Now, ladies,” said the attendant, as he strapped them in their places in the aeroplane, there is one thing wo insist upon. You must on no account attempt to speak to the pilot,' After roaring for ten minutes, tho 'plane did the leaf-flutter, a couple of loops, and a nose-dive. _ After straightening out again tho pilot felt a tap on his elbow. ’“l’m sorry to break the rule,” strict the elder lady, “but ISlliel’s-. gone!”

An amusing account was given at Auckland by M. Schwartz at the reception at tho Women’s 'Club, of'‘how, when he, landed at Vancouver he saw an advertisement promising to teach jazz music in ten lessons, and when he landed in Auckland lie heard ot someone who was offering' to teach the violin in two. It interested him very much, as he had been trying to learn tho blamed tiling all bis life. It was pathetic that intelligent people could believe such tommy-rot,, and send a child to a music teacher who talked of teaching in eight lessons without any. hard work. It was a tragedy that these poor souls wore spoiling the education of tho next generation. • f

By Viviennc

LADY OF LETTERS

! DORA WILCOX IN SYDNEY

“UNIVERSAL AUNTS.”

■ “Jail the flirt” is the .slogan of tho L Anti-flirt Association, which was or- , ganisecl recently at the Hotel Bilt- , more in New York City to prosecute a campaign against the masher. ’ Through publicity the association intends to educate public opinion to the point where a woman will consider 1 it her duty to prosecute tho masher t who attempts to force his attentions upon her. The intends to , have its own counsel, who will aid in , prosecuting all masher cases. MY OLD HOME. t Only a house in a'garden wild, . , Where you heard the sound, of the I sea, , An old-fashioned house, to the passer- : by, But home, sweet home to me. : The biyds made their nests in the tail bamboo Where they sang their vesper hymn, ; You could hear their twitterings fainti or grow j In the twilight grey and dim. ! i The flowers grew there in a tangle j wild, i And climbed the magnolia, tree, Bright' roses red, the passion flower, And pink and white sweet pea. . The waxen syringa grew close to tho j gate, t ' And the flowers of the golden broom Scented the air of the summer night, : With their delicate perfume. That dear old home was a peaceful place, With its birds and fragrant flowers. Oh ! I look back now with great regret On those happy vanished hours. For those I loved were living tlien, Who shared my joy, my pain, Now they’re far away, like the dear old home. / ! We shall never meet there again, i r I cap still hear the moan in tho distance Of tho sea as it breaks on the shore. . But now it sounds like a requiem ! Of days that return no more. For tlie old home has gone for evei, And all that remains of the past. Is the scent of the flowers, and the S memory | That will live while life shall last. ; ; It is memory and hope we live in, | When the evening of life draws near iWo think how we prayed at our !. mother’s knee, i In the morning of life so clear, j And this thought is ever with me, i That in the eternal years, i When we all meet again in our ! Father's hamc, | There will be neither death nor 5 ! tears. Gisborne. I —G.E.S.

Dora Wilcox (Madame Hamelius), who has returned after 20 years’ absence to renew acquaintance with Australia and Her birth-land, New Zealand, is a vivid personality (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph of February 13.

Before going to London, Mrs Hamelius taught for two years at the Girls’ Grammar School at Armidale, and she was a piquant contributor of verse to the Bulletin. She is the widow of a Belgian professor of English literature, who was at the Liege University. Madame Hamclius has contributed two volumes to literature—Verses from . Maoriland” and “Rata and Mistletoe,” the latter being impressions of Now Zealand and England. She is also a writer of short stories for the English magazines, and she has a play to her credit, and,"as an art authority and ■ critic, contributes, regular ly to English artistic and literary publications. Research work in art has been another avenue of Mrs Hamelius’ energies. She has traced the connexion of Charles Mcryon, the eminent French etcher, with Australia and New Zealand. Mrs Hamelius declares the study of Meryon’s life -to have been most fascinating. She found that he was the son of a Frenchwoman and an English doctor of Huguenot origin. He came to New Zealand as a midshipman in a French ship, Le Rian; in 1842. and stayed for nearly four years at Akaron, where there were French settlers. This fact was doubly interesting to Madame Hamelius, as she knows that part of New Zealand well. THIN LOVERS OR PAT? PARIS ACTRESSES AS ARBITRATORS. PARIS, Jan. 21. Do stout or thin men succeed best in love? Such is the question which the Parisian newspaper L’Avenir has been putting to its feminine readers.

Leading Parisian actresses are as undecided as their less conspicuous sisters. Here are some typical replies Mile. Madeleine Charlier (of the Modador Theatre) : To dine well and live well may be all very nice, but for' my part X prefer thin men. Mile. Marcelle Vrven.—All stout men I know have charming wives who simply adore them. Stout men generally are red-faced, jovial, gentle, and good. Mile. Louisa de sique has nothing to do with affection. It is the--soul alone that matters.

Mile. Sarah Rasale.—Love has nothing to do with corpulence or thinness* Love is deeper than physical appearance. Mme. EUen Andree, —Stoutness, in my opinion, is a physical defect. Fat men cannot possibly be attractive.

According to the Westminster Gazette. it is a growing custom for women who can no longer afford to keep up fashionable houses to take over charge of those the owners of which are away. One titled woman is said to have established a considerable clientele. Sh e moves from one house to another fulfilling the offices of a steward in the master’s absence. Another takes over such duties for six months in the year, and is thus enabled to keep up lier own house during the rest of tho year. Associations such as ‘‘Universal Yunts” and “Useful Women,” who supply workers for a hundred and one kinds of social' work, are constantly receiving applications from titled people for- employment. Chaperoning is another office for which women eagerly offer themselves. Americans, who like to send their daughters to visit Europe frequently; make use of the services of Englishwomen, whose prestige and savoir-faire are most valuable on the Continent, There are many duties which require no special knowledge with which societies like “Universal Aunts” can put them in touch. Taking care of children, mending bachelors’ clothes, providing emergency bridge players, and exercising clegs arc amongst the varied kinds ■of - work" given.