FOR WOMEN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17661, 13 December 1917, Page 3

FOR WOMEN.

NEWS AND NOTES.

Hfcr Excellency the Countess of Liver, pool will presonf the prizes to the pupils of tho Girls’/High School in the Choral Hall this evening at half-past seven. Mrs Heron (Timaru) is visiting Christchurch. 'Miss Gouda Tesehemalccr is staying with Mrs J. 11. 31. Tripp, Woodbury. Miss Kitty Lane is visiting friends in the North Island. Miss Murray-Aynsloy and Miss Gerard have returned from Mount Grok, Miss Cracroft-Wilson lias gone to Auckland to stay with Mrs C. Thomas. Mr and Mrs T. Gibson and the Misses Knight (Racecourse Hill) have gono to Rotorua. Miss Joan Hambcr, who has been staying in Auckland since her return from Samoa, arrived in Christchurch yesterday morning. Airs Walter Chapman (Shirley) and Miss Iv. Chapmah left on Tuesday for Timaru, where they will stay at tho Hydro Grand for a short;holiday. Tlie Christchurch free Kindergar-

toils “ break-up ” this week on the following dates:—Sydenham, December 12; Sunbeam, December 13, and Phiilipstown, December 14, all at 2.30 p.m. No doubt many interested parents and friends will, like to bo present /tho work of the Kindergarten schools being the foundation for all school work, owing to the excellent training given to little • fingers and young • brains- Discipline and orders ‘-neatness and dexterity* are all implanted 'at aii early and impressionable age, making school work much easier later on.; • •

During last week we had our first real summer weather; ' and I have noticed some particularly . charming frocks on different days. The new line is evidently to be straight, and one girl who has recently roturned from America was looking very smart and neat in a closely pleated skirt of bluo and whito checked sponge cloth,, made with large flat pockets. The skirt was j attached to an apronrshaped top, worn over a fine white voile blouse, with its solo decoration of small blue buttons. Another slim, fresh-looking girl of twenty or so pleased the eyo with her cool looking frock of mauve linen, the skirt coming up in points back and front, over a white bodice. Her hat was of linen also—rather large and flat, and trimmed with flat buttons of whito crochet. One of tho daintiest frocks I have seen was of fine white voile—the skirt giving the appearance of the newest French trottoir —this effect being obtained by tho finest of pleats. The bodice was made with a modified fichu, and was embroidered in faint shades of mauve ancl pink. This girlish frock was set off with a white hat lined with pink and banded with mauve. In these days when economy should be practised, quite inexpensive frocks can be made by girls with deft fingers. A little embroidery makes worlcfs of difference to most garments.

Rot-proof Mosquito Net, 72 inches wide, in green only, Is 9d yard; aiso Whito .Mosquito Nets* 72 and 108 inches wide, 3s 3d and 3s lid yard—at Ballafttyne’s. X

WEDDING. A quiet but pretty wedding took 'place at St James’s Church, Harewood, oh Tuesday, when Mr Stanley Wright, of Little Diver, Was married to Miss Fanny Dawber, of Harewood. The ceremony was performed by the ltev A. H. Julius, of Akaroa. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked very charming in a frock of blue grey taffeta silk, with hat to match, and carried a sheaf of Christmas lilies. The bride’s two sisters, the Misses May and Flossie Dawber, acted as bridesmaids and wore pretty white silk frocks, with hats of white and pale pink, and carried bouquets of pmk sweet peas. The tw.o little flower-girls, Miss May Reid and Miss Nancy Dawber, looked sweet in frocks of white silk, and carried baskets of pale pink sweet peas, Mr j James Wright, cousin of the bridegroom, and Mr Arthur Dawber, brother of the bride, acted as best man and groomsman. The bride and bridegroom left the church to the strains of tho “ Wedding March,” played by Airs Wooldridge, accompanied by Mr Wooldridge with the cornet. A reception was afterwards held at tho residence of the bride’s parents, where the usual toasts were honoured. The happy couple were the recipients of many beautiful and useful presents. Later the bride and bridegroom left by t motor for their honeymoon, amid showers of confetti and good wishes. ! . . HOT WEATHER, HINTS. Scald milk as soon as the milkman delivers it, and-pours it into a clean, cold jug. If milk goes sour, tho jug or easin' it has been in must be scalded well with boiling water, then allowed to get quite cold before it is used for milk again. If you do not possess a butter-cooler, put tho butter into a basin, ..and stand this in a. deep plate of cold-water. Cover the basin with a piece of muslin which dips into the water all round. Don’t leave it whero tho sun cun shine on it. Don’t put meat away flat on a dish, but. sand it on "a trivet of some kind, so that tho air can get underneath. Cover it with butter muslin. Rest of all, hang the meat from a hook in the coiling, it should bo loosely tied in a muslin banthat flies cannot touch it.

HOLES IN STOCKINGS. A big hole in children’s stockings will be easy to darn if you keep a piece of fine*black net in your work basket. Cut a round patch and sew it neatly with cotton over the hole. Then unravel an old stocking and use the wool to darn in and out of the meshes of the net. It makes a beautifullly neat, strong darn and hardly shows.

i, STAINS ON DELICATE FABRICS. Delicate fabrics may be cleaned without injury to colour or texture by a liquid made from grated raw potatoes and water.. Grate the potatoes to a pulp. When there is a pint of tho pulp, add a pint of water. Run tho mixture through a sieve and allow it to settle. After it is settled, carefully pour off the clear liquid. Dip a sponge, in the liquid and apply to the fabric until spots are removed. Rinse ill tepid water and press on tho wrong side with a warm flatiron.