WOMAN’S WORLD

Gisborne Times, 21 April 1928, Page 7

WOMAN’S WORLD

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. (Miss Jean Faulkner (INJumvai) is visiting Hawke’ .<3 Bay.

Miss A. Barker has returned fron visit to Lake Rotoiti.

‘ .Miss .Cecil Barker returned on Monday from a visit to Rotorua.

Mrs. ,G. M! Tbdgslnm returned, on Thursday after a. .lengthy visit to Auckland; ,:••• • ;

’V Miss /' ; J/Ehidep (Hamilton) is. the gu'est oft'(Mrs. A. ■ Blackburn, Score Road. •• ... .

■Mr aiid ,'i\trs Harry Chrisp returned on Thursday., from, a visit to the .South. .

Mrs. ISfephensqn- Smith (Blenheim) is. the (gheist ofj her sister, Mrs A. T. Coleman, R utene' Road.

li.Miss Irene Chambers, of Havelock North; will- leave this month on a trip to England.,;, . ,

Mr. and Mrs. IV. Strange, who have been Visiting Gisborne, have returned to Palmerston North.

. j\lr. and Mrs.. V. Barker return tot Jay from a visit to Rotorua and Auckland. .

Miss Rose Gardner (Hawke’s Bay; is .staying, with. Mrs.. A. J.. Faulkner. “Wairakaia,” Muriwai.

Mrs. and Miss Egerton, of Auckland, are the guests of Mrs. Claud Williams, “Coventry,” Muriwai.

Miss Selby-Tpppen (England), who has been the guest-of Mrs. W. R. Barker at Lake Rotoiti, has left for Wellington.

Miss Jocelyn Ludbrook, whp since her return from Rotorua on. Monday has been the guest of Miss Cecil Barker, left for Ruatoria yesterday.

.■Mrs. M. P MeSweeney. and Miss Rita Barry, who have been holidaying in Auckland, returned to Gisborne on Thursday. '

Mrs. F. B. Barker was hostess at a delightful luncheon party' at “Tt Hapara” on AVednesdav in honor of i Mrs. Hugh Williams, Tutira.

Dr', and’Mrs. J. W. Williams, Mrs K. S. Williams, Mrs. J. H. Taphn (Ruatoria), and Messrs. J.. and M. Williams returned on Thursday from a brief visit to Hawke’s Bay.

Mrs G. D. Gow, of Auckland, who has spent the last two months in Gisborne aa the guest cf her parents, Mr and Mrs IF. Clayton, of Palmerston Road, returns home this morn-

Argentine Women’s Club is organising the third international women’s congress to take place in Buenos Aires cn November 29 this year. The programme covers every field of women’s interest.

On Tuesday an afternoon tea Will be held under, the auspices of the AY omeri’s Christian Temperance Union m rindlay’s rooms, to receive tlie delegates' report of the convention held _n Napier recently. A delightful programme of music has been arranged and all friends are cordially invited to attend. ,

Miss Vera Harper, aged 19-, is Sjad to lie the first woman,to try making a record in roller • skating out ot doors. Lately she roller skated from Westminster .to Brighton (England) in six hours forty-one minutes, a distance of fifty-two miles. Another woman to venture on new paths or another kind is -Miss Watts, of Tatsfield, Surrev, who breeds spaders. These.are of a special kind, however, that make the delicate silk for fixing the centres of lenses in microsscopes. Sometimes _ even this is too thick and it is split by delicate instruments. This splitting is done by girls using magnifying glasses, very steady hands being needed.

Among the visiting competitors to the Napier Competitions was Miss Iris Lette, whose talent and artistry were verv highly praised by the judge, Mr.' Barry Coney.- In the course of his remarks, Mr. Barry Coney said Miss Lette was the possessor of a very sweet and fresh soprano voice, and, it was a very fare tiling to find a; soprano with the same forward, production in her low notes as in her high. This quality Miss Lette possessed to the utmost, and her head notes and intonation were excellent. He advised her to keep on as she was going and she would make quite a- name for herself. The judge also congratulated her. on her good fortune in being under such a very fine teacher as Miss Ellen Millar. Miss Lette’s successes, in most classes against 25 competitors, included: 2nd in .Irish song, 2nd in Soprano Test, 2nd in character song, and 3rd in the and English Song.

Miss May Beatty, the well-knmyn actress, who was last in New Zealand some three years ago with “The O’Brien Girl” company, left Auckland by the Tahiti on. Tuesday last for Sydney. Miss Beatty has been engaged for a term by J. C. Williamson, Ltd., and will appear in “The Girl Friend” and “Hit. the Deck” shortly. Since her arrival from America Miss Beatty has been staying with relatives in Hamilton. In addition to her theatrical work, Miss Beatty has now a substantial interest in a costume business in New York, her clientele . extending to manv. members of her own profession. It is rather a curious coincidence that, in the same month in which the? Wellington Amateur Operatic Society is to revive “The Belle of New York” two of the originals of the first professional cast should be here. These are Miss Beatty, who was the original Belle with the Pollard Opera Company, and Miss Tillv Woodlock, who was the original Mamie Clancy in this country.

Women are naturally proud that so important a competition as that for the design of the Shakespeare Memorial, Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon has been won by a woman architect, Miss Eh’sahefch Scott (savs- the “Queen”). These ; who prophesied that the entry of women into the architectural profession woukl rpyr lutionise domestic architecture will perhaps bv this success l>o < brought to realise that a woman architect will not\ necessarily concern herself, with domestic work. Nor. does it follow , that she" . will design better .houses than those' of her male colleagues. She has, indeed,. no more .first-hand knowledge of the ■ housework on which the planning of the comfortable..'home largely depends than has her brother, -for after ah early girlhood at school has followed immediately her period of ti-aining in nn office. She has the advantage o* bearing other women talk freely of their domestic affairs, but she has to overcome the habit exto'led m Wetorian days, ns the virtue of “making the best of things..'' which- we pow recognise as the obstacle of putting up with things as they are when with inoermitv and mental energy they might be made better

Almost unknown outside the country -where her work has lain, there is in Jappn an Englishwoman who has spent nearly the whole of her life among the lepers. She founded the first hospital—the Hospital ol the Resurrection of Hope—for the treatment*, of lepers in Japan, and conducts it on self-governing Christian lines. She herself designed the church, which is connected with the Holy Catholic Church of Jar-tan. The name of Miss Riddeif, says Edith G'ittings Rleid in an article in “St. Martin’s Review,” ,is well loved and honored throughout Japan. The Hospital of the Resurrection of Hope at Kumomoto (a garrison town in the south of Japan) is the work of a great woman. Many, of the patients are without hands or eyes, all slowly dying with a loathsome disease; hut they were surrounded by beauty- and love and intelligent cai’eT' The once barren acres that Miss Liddell -put. her all into are now beautified with trees, most of which she herself planted; there is a radiant flower garden in which the lepers work, and as you ■ pass from house to lonise (for it is built on the cottage plan) you are never away from the beauty of nature. NYvt a single case of con tag ion has occurred among the doctors, nurses and attendants during its existence’ of some thirty-six years.

BRITISIH COMMON AVEALTH LEAGUE. The British Cbmmonwealth League, a body, which peek-s to draw together women all over the British Empire who are interested in the women’s movement and in equal citizenship between men and women, has been in existence four years. It has held a. conference each year in July in London. This year’s subject is: “Some (TVoblplms of Government in Relation to AAVimen “ Within the British Empire.” The conference will, as usual, he opened by the president, Mrs. Corbett Ashby, and existing legal inequalities between men and women in Great Britain will be discussed, and overseas speakers will also be invited to speak. “AA’omen’s AA'ages,” “AA r omen in Industry,’ “AA T om.en in the Professions,” and “A\ r omen as Employers” will be the subjects for the following dav, and as usual there will be a good ch al oi entertainment offered, including a reception at Crosbv Hall, the t ew International Htestel for Uniyersitj Graduates, belonging to the Federation of University AVoinen, v iien a number of women M’s.P . will be present, including Lady Astor, the Duchess of Athol, Lady’ Tveagh. Miss Bondfield, Miss Wilkinson and Miss Susan Lawrence.

A CONCERT AT iPATUTAHI. A most enjoyable and successful cn. tertaininent, , which reflected the greatest credit on the organiser, Mrs liawnsley, was held in the Patuiahi Hall on Tuesday night, the object being to raise funds to instai electric light in the vicarage. The programme opened with a pianoforte duet hv -Mrs. Rawnslev and Miss Powell. A chorus, of tiny children sang ‘‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” very prettily, ana a Hungarian dance in costume by John Thodf ey followed. A vocal quartet by four Manutuke Mission gins and a .-eng, “Percy,” by Mr. Williams, were very much enjoyed. A song and dance, “Baggy Breeches,” by twelve girls and boys in costume, with solo clog dance by John Thodey drew much applause. A dialogue >-v Al'ißS IT. )\ llliams ana Mrs. Poi ,Poi was cleverly rendered, anil an action song, ' Down Came the Pain Drops,” by a chorus of little children gave great pleasure. A song and Poi dance by Mission girs; a song, “Loander,” by bigger girls; a graceful Eastern dance by Mrs. Poi Poi ; and a chorus, “Merry Little Sunbeams,” by tiny tots, concluded the first part of the programme. in the second half, an amusing little play entitled, “Their New Paying Guest,” was cleverly staged. The part of the “PC.” was taken by Miss Picken and Mrs. O. Thodey filled the role of the nervous hostess, her two daughters were played by Misses Ena' Patterson and Betty Sherratt, while the part of niaid was taken by Miss Margaret Bilham. The performance will he repeated at Manutuke on Thursday night, Apri 26.

A BRIDGE LUNCHEON. On Tuesday Airs. W. Graham invited a number of friends to a very delightful bridge luncheon, at her home, “Ngakaroa,” Ormond, to bid farewell to Airs. G. M. Reynolds and Airs. W. Clark, who are leaving early next month'on a visit to England. ■lt was a day of brilliant sunshine and luncheon was served in the pergola in the picturesque garden, autumn flowers decorating the table most effectively. Bridge tables were arranged in the drawingroom, which was adorned with roses and cosmos in delicate shades of pink and mauve, and here most of the guests assembled, while others enjoyed the garden, which was looking particularly attractive with its many gay flower-beds. The decorations in the diningroom were artistically carried out in autumn tones, golden marigolds and bronze zinnias, adding charm to Hi© tea-table. Airs. Graham welcomed the guests wearing an elegant gown of rose beige crepe-de-chine and lace, while Aliss Janet Graham was attractive in a smart frock of crimson and ivory striped crepe-de-Vhine'. Airs. Clark wore a graceful frock of grey pleated crepe-de-chine with touches of cyclamen and a cyclamen straw hat ornamented with a large silk flbwer ‘to tone. . , - Airs, Reynolds was smart m beige accordion plpated crepe de chine inlet with lace to tone, and a beige crinoline hat trimmed with velvet ribbon to match. Airs. Roland Graham was wearing a handsome black coat over a red and white figured crope-de-emne frock and a black hat. . . . x . Some of the guests included: Me-s----dames. J. • Jamieson, F._B. Barker, R. Scott, L. Oottenll, W. G. MncLaurin, G. W. Humphreys, AY. Robson; Misses N. Maelaurm B. Orr, ,1. Marshall, P. Humphreys, N. Cotterill and,R. Scott.