WOMEN’S WORLD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 103, 1 April 1929, Page 11

WOMEN’S WORLD.

Mr and Mrs Eric Lawry, of Hawke’s "Bay, are in Palmerston North for the Easter golf tournament. Mrs E. H. de Jersey Clere, of Wellington, is the guest of Mr and Mrs J. Bigg Wither.

Miss E. MacLennan has returned from Hawke's Bay and is the guest of Mr and iVlrs J. B. Pascal for a few days. \ The Countess Thelma Metaxa (Galway, Ireland), who is visiting friends in the Dominion, is now in Auckland, where she is the guest of Her Excellency, Lady Alico Bergusson. The Anna P. Stout Scholarship at the University of Otago, which was established in 1920 by Lady Stout, has this year been awarded to Miss A. S. Asiin. Miss Aslin will undertake research in connection with the home science department.

George was reading to his wife an exciting newspaper report of a fire. “And, my dear!” he cried, “one poor woman had to escape down a waterpipe at the back of the nouse.” “Oh!” signed his wife, “how splendid to be.,as slim as that!” ,r

The death of Miss Isabella Campbell, aged 80, of itemuera, Auckland, occurred the other day. Miss Campbell was born at Rc'diesay, Scotland, and came to New Zealand with her parents 51 years ago. Her brothers, the late Hon. J. P. Campbell, M.L.C., and the late Mr Hugh Campbell, were leading citizens of Auckland. ' The marriage took place at St. Thomas’s Church, Wellington South, on Monday last of Noeline Daphne, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs M. I. Mitchinson, Hiropi Street, Wellington, and John Alexander, only son ot Mr J. A. Young, M.P., of Hamilton. The Rev. C. V. llooke was the officiating clergyman. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a frock of ivory crepe de chine with godets of georgette and guipure lace, and a large tulle bow attached at the side. A spray of orange blossom adorned the shoulder. She also wore an embroidered tulle veil, which was held in place by a coronet of orange blossom, and carried a shower bouquet of white and pale pink roses and maidenhair fern. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Joan Mitchinson, who wore a torquoise blue crepe de chine frock with tight bodice and frilled skirt, and a headdress of tulle and forget-me-nots. She carried a bouquet of tea roses and maidenhair fern. Mr J. T. Ewan carried out the duties of best man. The bridegroom’s present to his bride was a diamond dress ring, and the bridesmaid received a gold wristlet watch as her gift. Later, Mr and Mrs Young left for the north, the bride travelling in a two-piece, brown and fawn jumper suit with orange trimming, a fawn fur-trimmed coat, and hat and shoes to tone. FEILDING RACES. In spite of the inclement outlook on Saturday morning a record crowd attended the Eeilding races and as the day cleared it tempted a few to shed their coats. For the most part the frocking was of, wintry aspect; mostly coats and skirts of tweed with furs were worn and small felt hats. Amongst those on the lawn were Mrs Fry, Mrs . Cameron, Mrs John Graham, Miss J. Bailey, Mrs Perrett, Mrs Frank Newman (Koputaroa), Mrs Eliott, Mrs Imlay Saunders (Wanganui,!, Mrs P. L, Sim, Mrs F. S. Mcßae, Mrs Putnam, Mrs R. P. Abraham, Mrs H. R. Cooper, Mrs J. B. Pascal, Mrs Harold Abraham (Stratford), Miss Diana Sloman (Wellington), Mrs Bale, Mrs Wild, Mrs Clayton, ‘Mrs N. Sinclair, Mrs Maurice Millar and Miss Millar, Mps E. Short, Miss Shannon, Mrs Mcßetli, Mrs A. N. Barraud, Miss E. Abraham, Mrs Ralph Hewat, Miss MacDonald (ltaumai), Mrs Wmgaie, Mrs Spencer, Mrs Bransgrove, Mrs Salmond, Mrs Lorenzo Baker, Mrs C. Dermer, Mrs. E. H. de J. Clere (Wellington), Mrs Rishworth, Mrs Warner Knight, Miss Fry, Miss M. Bailey, Mrs J. Logan Stout, Mrs J. Banhiil, Miss Monckton, Mrs A. E. Russell, Mrs W. Henry Knight, and ever so many others. DOMESTIC SERVICE. “The conditions of domestic service, it is stated, have of late greatly improved,” the London Times observed in a leading article recently. “Domestic servants have more liberty, more wages, more help from the mistress of the house and from labour brought in from outside, better quarters, less work, better food, more amusements and recreations than ever they had before; and they are encouraged, as they used not to be, to consider themselves members of the household rather than hired workers. And . still the supply of domestic servants is not equal to the demand; and girls will flock into shop and factory on almost any terms rather than accept the gentler, safer, more womanly and more comfortable life of the houseworker.” After discussing some of the reasons for this, including “the silly snobbiness which brands domestic service with social inferiority,” the Times asked: —“Will it not soon be time to ask whether the process of making things easy has not gone far enough, and whether it might not be worth while to try to make them a little more strenuous and more interesting? We cannot hope to restore the oold variety of domestic work which prevailed in days when few things could be bought and most had to be made at home. But it might be roughly ruled that the sort of girl who, if left to choose, would take kindly to domestic service is the sort of girl who would make a worthy wife and mother; and as a serious preparation for marriage, even in these days of tinned food and automatic devices, the house is far superior to the shop or the factory. The outlook is not bright: but the idea of mothercraft and of what might he called wifecraft is one that could he made to appeal td women before they find themseclves bewildered by the claims upon a wife and mother. It cannot be that there are no women left who feel the home to be their honourable and "their proper sphere, and are willing to learn in other people’s homes how to make their own happy.” __ ( LATE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS. SIMPLE FUNERAL AT FROGMORE. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, March 30. Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke and Duchess of York were present at the funeral of the Dowager Marchioness of Cambridge at Frogmore to-day. The funeral was of a simple nature. '

(By “GERMAINE.”)

SOCIETY WEDDING. -HON. D. BOWES-LYON—MISS SPENDER-CLAY. ENTHUSIASM FOR DUCHESS OF YORK. On February 6, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, was thronged witn an animated crowd on the occasion of the wedding at tot. Margaret's or tne Don. David uowes-nyon (mother or the Duchess oi Yorit) and Miss JXaenei Spender-Clay. The Dune and Duchess of York attended the ceremony. ' People began to arrive in Fariiument Square as early as D a.m., and an hour oeiore the ceremony tile pavements on both sides or the square were crowded, the roadway ueing Kept clear by a strong torce or ponce, many ot whom were mounted. uoth the church officials, and the ponce were given instructions to allow no one to enter without a ticket. The ceremony lasted more than threequarters or an hour, when the bells announced its termination. The appearance of the bridal couple outsiue the church was greeted by a nuttenng of handkerchiets and a waving ot hats, : a welcome also accorded to tne bridesmaids. But the g’reatest enthusiasm was reserved lor the Duke and Duchess of lorit. ilieir appearance m the porch was the signal tor a burst of cheering. Cheers were renewed in waves until they reached their car. As the Ducliess followed the bridesmaids out ol the church and down the path through the Abbey precincts she smiled, to right and lert on the crowd there assembled. A small section of the crowd deicated the poiico vigilance at this point, and surged round the car waving handkerchiets and hats. Their greetings were acknowledged by smiles and nods from the Duke and Duchess as they drove away, after which the crowd dispersed. Two tall standards filled with white lilac and two magnolia trees wore placed near the altar, and the entrance to the chancel was banked with hyacinths and tulips in many colours and with snowdrops. It is stated that most of the flowers came from the bride’s country home, Ford Manor, in Lingfield, Surrey, and it was she who, with tne help of her mother and the head gardener from Ford Manor, had arranged them. The head gardener was a guest at the wedding, and so also were dozens of other members of both outdoor and indoor staffs emplyed by the bride's and bridegroom’s families.

The bridegroom is the youngest-son of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, and the bride is the younger daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Spen-der-Clay, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs Spender-Clay. Archbishop Davidson officiated and gave the address. The bride was given away by her father. She wore a graceful, clinging robe of white and silver brocade in a delicate design lined throughout with rose-pink chiffon. The bodice was draped to the figure and slightly gathered at the waist. Her train, of the same subtle fabric, was finished at the hem in three oval scallops and was 1 'almost covered by her net veil, which' was trimmed with excellent point. d’Alencon lace. A bandeau of similar lace finished over the ears with lappets, held in place her veil. Instead of a bouquet, she carried a silverbound prayer-book, with a long silver marker embroidered with orange buds. Two pages in bright red velvet suits, with net frills (Master John Astor and Master James Brand), and Miss Anne Bowes-Lyon walked immediately behind the bride, the retinue being completed by seven maids —Miss, Phyllis Spender-Clay, Hon. Elizabeth Elphinstone, Hon. Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Hon. Phyllis Astor, Miss Margaret Mercer-Nairne, Lady, Margaret Bingham and Miss Joyce Phipps. The maids’ charming gowns of ivory panne velvet had skirts formed of long, painted panels, edged with rouleaux, and the perfectly plain bodices were slightly gathered round the waists. Deep bandeaux of green leaves, starred with coloured polyanthuses, gave a delightful finish to their toilettes. Each carried a sheaf of tulips in mixed colourings. The reception was held at Viscount and Viscountess Astor’s residence in St. James’s Square. Among those present were the Countess of Strathmore, Hon. Mrs Spender-Clay, Viscountess Astor, M.P., Hon. William Astor, Hon. John and Lady Violet Astor, and Mr and Mrs Paul Phipps.

WOMEN CLIMBERS. Miss IC. Gardiner, of Liverpool, who recently climbed Mount Cook, 12,349 feet, in 151 i. 45m., has added to the series of thrilling performances by women climbers in recent years. Only a little more than two years ago Miss Sheila Macdonald, a London typist, climbed Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa,' being the first woman to do so. Dr. Dorothy Jordan Lloyd, who is a D.Sc. of London University, made the ascent and descent in a day last August of the Eiger, 13,949 ft. high in the Jungfrau Alps. About the same time Miss Evelyn Curry, of Manchester, a typist, reached the summit of Mont Blanc in six and a half hours, half an hour less than the guides’ allotted time. Last summer another London woman, Miss Maud Cairnway, achieved the distinction of being the first of her sex to ascend Dent Blanche, 14,318 ft., near Zermatt, from the eastern side. Miss Dorothy E. Pilley, of Camberwell, had a similar distinction in 1926, when she went up Mount Baker, a 14,000 ft. mountain in the Rockies. Another amazing performance was that if Miss Wheston, an Englishwoman, who climbed the Wetterhorn’s 12,000 ft. at the age of 72, in 1925. * HIPS ARE DEFINED. LONDON SEASON’S COLOURS. LATEST PARIS STYLES. Only the evening gowns show notable changes, says the Paris correspondent of the London Times. The waistline is often higher and the skirts much longer at the back than in front, and these show lace and chiffon petticoats. . A sleeveless' net dress will be trimmed only with jewels, but has a wellcut necldine. Flowing draperies or the straightest folds are worn under velvet, satin, or lame cloaks.. Fashionable colours are white, rosepink, pale green, black, black and white, black and pink, or two shades of yellow combined. Tailor-mades have fitting hips with pleated flounces with a scalloped beading, of a deep, circular hem. Either a beltless coat or one in sports style is worn over a blouse

which is tight at the hips. ' Three-qUarter coats are also seen, and these are flared at the hem and have a low-set’ belt. / Summer suits wib| be made of natural or coloured Shantung, checked Rodelic or dull satin.

Wedding gift seekers should pay a visit to “Arts and Crafts” showroom,, Coleman Place (upstairs,' Lewis Studio entrance). —Advt.