WOMEN’S WORLD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 165, 12 June 1928, Page 11

WOMEN’S WORLD.

Miss Miles, of Lower Hutfc, is the guest of Mrs Strachan Goldingham.

Mrs Mall, of the Kairanga, is at present in Millington. Airs Holdsvorth, of Millington, is staying with Miss Elaine Wall.

Sister Anderson, of Hillsbrook private Hospital, M r aipukurau, is in town on a visit to lrer mother, Mrs K. Anderson, 156 Ruahine Street.

The death has occurred at Knkaramca of the widow of the late Mi' AA’illiam McGlashan in her eighty-ninth year. Mr and Mrs McGlashan came to New Zealand by the ship Egmont, landing at Auckland on July 17, 1860.

Through the death of Mrs Eliza AA'ilson, of Joseph Street, Gore, at the age of 84 years, the Dominion lias lost another of its pioneers (states an exchange). The late Mrs Wilson, with her parents, intended coming to tho colony by one of the first four ships which arrived in Lyttelton in December, 1851, but circumstances arose which prevented the family leaving England at the time. They, however, arrived in the following month in the ship William Hyde, and landed at Lyttelton, subsequently settling at St. Albans, After nearly 88 years’ residence in New Zealand Mrs Johanna Simmonds died, after one day’s illness, in Auckland, in her 90th year. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Airs Simmonds came to Now Zealand in the Jane Gifford at the age of two years. Her early life was spent in Auckland, where her father operated a lime kiln in Mechanic's Bay, near the site of the present railway bridge. Airs Simmonds married the late Air John James Simmonds, who was engaged in contracting. One of the contracts All- Simmonds secured was that of removing the ore from the mines opened for the extraction of copper at Hawaii Island. Alany years of Mrs Simmonds’s life were spent on the island, and it was there she reared her family of 13, nine of. whom are still living. Since her husband’s death in 1887 Airs Simmonds had lived in Canterbury, Palmerston North and Auckland, and for the last three months she had been living in Auckland. She is survived by her sister, Airs J. Al. AVarddell, of Seafield View Road, and a family of nine—Airs A. Grimwood, Wellington; Airs A. Houghton, Ronsonby; Airs A. Swan, Hawera; Airs M T . Horne, O'nakune; Air A. Simmonds, Sydney; Air J. J. Simmonds, Blenheim; Mr Al. H. Simmonds, Napief; Air J. R. Simmonds, Auckland'; and Afr L. D. Simmonds, Palmerston North. The death occurred in- Palmerston North yesterday of Aliss Harriet Harris, a resident of the town for 25 years past. Deceased came to New Zealand from Alargate, England. For the past three or four years' .she had not enjoyed the best of health. A brother who lives in Auckland susvives her. The death occurred at Otaki on Alonday morning of Airs l l ’. Al. Simcox, widow of the late Air M . H. Simcox,. of “Forest Lakes” (writes our Otaki correspondent). The deceased, who was 84, years of age, had been ailing for some time. Mrs Simcox, who was the only daughter of Rev. William Colenso, was born at the AJission Station, Waimate, Bay of Islands, in February, 1844. In 1845 the family moved to Ahuriri, Hawke's Bay, to open up a new station amongst the East Coast Alaoris, later .moving to Taupiri, Waikato, Mission School. In 1861, when the Waikato War broke out, they went to England, sailing in the ship Boanerges, with Airs Selwvn, wife of the first Bishop of New Zealand. In 1865 they returned to Auckland, and in 1870 Aliss Colenso married All* Simsox and they went Home a second time. On their return in 1874 they settled at Paihia, Bay of Islands, for a .short, time, and in 1878 moved to Otaki, where Airs Simcox had resided over since. Mr and Airs Simcox assisted for many years in the Sunday School and in church work, and did their best for the -good of the community, being instrumental in starting cricket, rifle club, tennis and golf, and helping largely to' raise funds for the local hospital. Airs Simcox had nine children, of whom p six ’are alive, viz., Mesdamcs Swabey, Keeling and AV.hitehorn and Messrs F. S., AY. Al. and E. P. Simcox.

STOCKING SINS. Maybe hundreds of you on reading these lines will be. as cross as two sticks, and will say “AVliat business is it of hers to growl at us about our wrinkled stockings,” says Lady Duff Gordon. “This talk on wrinkled stockings is rather more than a growl; it is almost a snap and a snarl. There is no earthly excuse for any of you to put on your stockings so badly. Don’t you realise that, no matter how smartly and expensively dressed you are, if your stockings are not . taut you spoil the whole effect of your appearance. Nowadays, when your legs and knees are so generously displayed to each and every .passer-by, you- should be extra careful. But I must confess and sad I am to ' say it—that these stocking sins are mostly sinned" by middle-aged women (at least they looked it) with skirts of reasonable .’shortness. Just below the skirts, on the ankles came hunches of wrinkles', then flat-footed shoes with the heel well out at the back. Depressing sights indeed they were! Don’t you realise, dear middlo ageds, that you can look as smart and trim in your owndin© as any young tiling’ but that, already handicapped with middle-ago in face and form, you have to be extra careful with your adjuncts and all your details? No matter if you can only afford a £3 10s suit and its etceteras, all cheap, you can wear these cheap clothes as well and as carefully as if they cost twenty guineas, and the less you can afford on your street outfit tho more care you must take on putting it on and wearing it with an air. A pair of stockings of artificial silk at 2s lid can look better if carefully put on than a wrinkled pair’at 12s ’6d, and it is the same with every single stitch you wear. It is just liow. you put on vour clothes ‘that makes or mars your whole appearance and that’s wlmt I want you to understand that the principal destroyer of a smart appearance is slovenly and carelessly put on stockings Please, please remember this, and there is really no excuse for you, as all the belts and elastic, wrap-one of to-day aro sold with, four good strong suspenders attached for you to pull up so it’s your own fault if you don’t pull your poor stockings up sufficiently to prevent them wrinkling. AVlien your stockings aro nude colour and wrinkled, it gives the appearance of having some skin disease. Aro you not glad that ‘nude’ stockings are no logger ‘it’ for day wear, but shades of mole or cocoa, or dark grey are right, and shades matching exactly your shoes?”. —Sydney Sun.

i MAKE-UP. French women seem to have rouged and “made up” from time immemorial! A story is told that,, under Louis XIV., a courtier implored his wife in verse not to use too i much rouge although rouge was the fashion of the day. ~ Being a dutiful wife, she complied with' iieri husband's request, but by so doing' she did not improve her appearance. Tlio duke (her husband) was informed by the master of ceremonies that the duchess, being now as yellow as a guinea, the queen looked upon her refusal to rouge with disapproval, &ad» pious though she herself

(BY “GERMAINE.”)

DISTRICT NURSE

AIEETING OF GUILD

was, she did not despise rouge. This placed the duke in an awkward dilemma. He therefore proceeded, to write another poem to implore his wife to return to her first love, and once more paint on her face the blushes of youth. Of course, she complied and there is a happy ending to the story. For the present year of 1928 ladies are allowed to rouge as much or as littlo as they please—or not at all. Neither are they limited to pink and white complexions. THE AAIATEUR IN THE SICK ROOAI A woman who is undertaking the charge of an invalid has 'to remember not ' only to carry out carefully the doctor’s orders and make her patient as comfortable as possible, but she must see that her manner is free from anything which might irritate a person in a weak state. She must be quiet and quick in her movements, and absolutely devoid of clumsiness. There must be no banging of doors, noisy shutting of windows, rattling of coal scuttles or dropping of dishes. She must also combine gentleness with firmness and decision. Too often gentleness is only another name for irresolution, and this frequently ends in the worried patient being obliged to make an effort to decide a point himself in order to put an end to the wearying vacillations of his nurse. A nurse should never forget that a weakened body nearly always means a weakened mind, and she should as carefully avoid requiring from her patient an unnecessary mental effort as an unnecessary bodily one. In the state of intense mental languor which so often accompanies severe illness it is an untold relief (o a patient to bo able to lean mentally on the firm strong will of his nurse. She will do better to suggest to him what lie is to do than to ask him what he would like to do. If lie has any wish on the subject he will soon let her know, and if he has none she will save him much by making up his mind for him. In the case if irritable and refractory patients firmness and decision in the nurse are of the greatest importance. In such cases irresolute nurses only irritate their patients. SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. DANCE IN ORANGE HALL. A most enjoyable evening was spent on Saturday night when Alisses C. Spellman and H. Hunter, assisted by Messrs R. Forrest and P. Upton, entertained their friends at a dance in the Orange Hall. The dance room was tastefully decorated and gave a festive appearance . and a pleasant evening was brought to a close- with the singing of “Auld. Lang Svne. Those present were: Alesdames F. N. Andrews, AY. Royal, J. Allen and H. R. Thorburn; Alisses H. Hunter, E. AlcKee, A. Browncjohn, Al. Aloore, J. Blackwood, J. Litchfield, J. Neilson, S. Needham, At. Linklater, R. Linklater, Al. Saunders, N. Read, B. 'Hancock, H. Alurdoch, G. Birch, E. Atoffatt, N. Nash. Al. Wilson, 11. Thornley, Al. AlofFatt, E. Cotterell, C. Spellman, Al. Cotterell, Al. More.ll, P.. Simmonds, H. Cunningham, R. Barling, E. Spellman, Al. Dewiss, J. Muir, A. Dawick, J. M’vcherley, B. Evans, N. AlcAulay, Al. Thorburn, V. Royal, Al. Ferguson, D. Cheetliam, U. Hancock, B. Horne. Alessrs Allen, Andrews, It. Forrest, P. Upton, I/. Cope, P. O’Shea, H. Swindell, B. Norris, L. Pacey, J. Banks, J. Rose, B. Linklater, G. Dawick, Id. Palmer, G. Patton, B. Rising. J. Young, J. Pcgden, T. Mansell, S. Beverley, H. Edwards, T. Spencer, G. Pickering. K. Browncjohn, J. AVaiker, T. Thornley, 11. llryden, N. Lovelock, 1). Lovelock, G. Cotterell. C. Browne, L. Lovelock, Al. Scott, H. Robinson, G. Evans, J. Dempsey, AV. Noedl, T. Louisson,, A 7. Treinewan, S. Hay, M. AVilliamson, 11. Roddy, Cole, B. Tidwell, G. Riddell, A. Strange, L. Dawick. During the evening Aliss Muir and partner gave an exhibition of the “Yale Blues.” SOCIAL CLUB’S EUCHRE.

On Saturday evening last, in the Oddfellows’ Hall, the Social Chib hold its usual week-end euchre tourney when there were 144 players present. At the conclusion of 24 keenly contested games the following were declared the prizewinners : -—Ladies: Airs Thompson (i ton of coal). Airs R. Jones (/01b hag of sugar), Airs Gold (51b box tea), All's Alabey (251 b bag of flour), Airs Barret (bag of coal), Airs Zimmerman (lib tea), Airs AVild (fireshovel). Alen: Air Bassett (} ton of coal), Air Gulliver (70l!> bag of sugar), Air Trask (51b box of tea), Air Rutherford (251 b bag flour), Mr Blumont (bag of coal), Air Healv (llh tea), Air Iveeley (fireshovel. The following players, in addition to those whose names have been already published and others to be decided, will participate in the play-off for the gold wristlet watch, to be decided on July 7th: Air Fletcher, Air Gilbert, Air A. Richards, Air R. Hogg, Air Prior,, Air AlcCormack, Airs AV. AVriglit, Airs C. AVriglrt, all with scores of lli. The highest score registered was 194 out of a total of 24 games played. A pleasant evening’s amusement was brought to a close by tho partaking of a tasty supper and tho presentation of tho prizes.

FUNCTION AT FLOCK HOUSE. Members and friends of the Young People’s Fellowship, Congregational Church, went to Boys’ Flock House, Bulls, on Saturday evening. AVit'n Flock House boys and. staff there numbered well over 100. The room was decorated with streamers and Japanese lanterns. A dainty supper was served by the boys. AlnsLc was supplied by Airs Captain Billington, Aliss Al. Aluirhead and Air D. Rickard and members of Flock House. Dancing, games,i terns and cards were the main features. Items were rendered by Al iss F. Howloy (violin solo), Aliss James (song), and Airs Ballenger (elocution). Air D. Murray acted as AI.C. Cars were kindly supplied by Rotarians and friends. Amongst those present from Palmerston North were Alisses J. Burgess, James, Grace, F. Ilowley, Aliss Al. Aluirhead, Al. and K. Engleficld, R. and D. Edwards, Dean, L. Torstonson, E. and Al. Hm'diis, 1. AlaclHimon, Allen, Wood (2), D. AlcCulloch, Christian (2), AlcDowcll and Aliss «!. Lees, Airs Ballenger; Messrs D. Rickard, A. Edwards, F. Smith, D. Murray, ■ N. Leet, ■F. Simmonds and Air Lees.

Mr J. A. McLeavey presided over tlm monthly meeting of the District Nursing Guild yesterday afternoon. There were also present: Mesdames Gill, L. A. Abraham, Morgan, , Coles, Misses Cunninghame and Nairn and Mrs Aitchison (secretary). . The district nurse, Sister Alexander, reported that 233 visits had been paid to 44 patients. Twenty-two patients had been discharged and 3G admitted to the books. There wore still 17 patients on tho hooks. Donations of clothing were acknowledged as follow: Mrs Spencer, Mrs Opie, Mrs Stubbs, Willard Home committee, Cuba Street Church Ladies’ Guild and many anonymous friends. Anonymous donations of bread had also been, received and

distributed at intervals to 25 families. It was decided to give the nurse a small sum monthly towards alleviating the distress in'homes that she might enter. TINY TORTOISE. AYOAIEN’S LATEST NOVELTY. PARIS, May 31. A tiny tortoise, fettered to the wrists, is the latest novelty in women’s bracelet adornments. It costs ten shillings, and requires a nibble of salad once a day. WEDDING. A very pretty wedding of local interest, was solemnised in (lie Presbyterian Church, Waiata, on Wednesday, June 6th, when Alary, second daughter of Air and Airs A. G. Buchan, of Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, was united in the bonds of holy matrimony to Samuel William, son of Mr and Airs J. Hodge, of Alangarimu. The church, which was filled to its utmost capacity, was beautifully decorated by friends of the bride, a pleasing feature of the deeorations being a huge creme floral wedding bell which hung suspended over the bridal party. Key. F. AY. Alarshall was the officiating minister, and Mr R. \A ; . Brown presided at tho organ. Tho bride, who entered the church on the arm of Air \\’. Jensen, who gave her away, was attired in a charming gown of ivory crepe de chine panelled in radium lace, beautifully embroidered in pearls and caught at the side with a large diamond eaboehon. A beautiful wedding veil of embroidered tulle edged with luce was arranged in mob-cap style and surmounted with a circlet of orange blossoms. She carried a lovely bouquet of white and bronze chrysanthemums, autumn leaves and asparagus fern, with streamers ot white satin and also wore a beautiful gold brooch set with pearls, the bridegroom's gift. The bride was attended, as bridesmaid, by Aliss Esther Hodge, sister of the bridegroom, who was gowned in a frock of ivory crepe-de-chine with largo posy on the left shoulder and hat to tone. She carried a pretty bouquet of shaded chrysanthemums and autumn foliage with satin streamers. Two little flower girls, Alisses Gladys and Joyce . Edliouse, of Colyton, looked very dainty, wearing dresses of pale blue silk trimmed with rosebuds and bandeaux of gold leaves: They each carried posies of palest pink and blue flowers and wore pretty bangles of silver, the gifts of the bridegroom who also presented the bridesmaid with a marble bedroom clock. The bride’s gift to the bridegroom was a collar case. Mr E. Hodge, brother of the bridegroom, was in attendance as best man, while Air D. Jensen carried out tho duties of groomsman. After the ceremony the many guests were entertained at a reception held at Fcilding. Airs AV. Jensen, who acted as hostess, received the guests wearing a brown tailored costume with hat to tone. Airs Hodge, mother of the bridegroom, wore black silk with black furs aiid hat to match. After tho breakfast at which the usual toasts were honoured and the beautiful and greatly admired wedding cake, the gift of Mrs Jensen, was cut, the happy couple left by car amid showers of confetti and good wishes, cn route for their honeymoon. The bride travelled in a frock of bois-de-rqso,' with green velour, coat and hat en suite. The beautiful bouquets carried by the bride and her attendants were presented by Airs Alarshall, of Fcilding.—Colyton correspondent.