WOMEN’S WORLD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 227, 24 August 1929, Page 15

WOMEN’S WORLD.

(By “GERMAINE.”)

Mrs E. V. West and her sons intend spending the school vacation at Foxton Beach. Mrs Norman Sinclair, of Alan Street, is spending the school vacation with her family at Paraparumu. Mrs J. Midwood, of Sydney, who lias been the guest of Mrs E. V. West, of Victoria Avenue left Wellington yesterday by the Maheno for Sydney. A farewell was arranged this week for Mrs O’Sullivan, of Annadale Avenue, who, in company with her mother, Mrs F. Bock, and her two daughters, is going to reside in Wellington. Mrs O’Sullivan was presented by a number of friends with a bedroom clock. Mrs Birkett, of Brooklyn, Wellington, who will celebrate her ninetyeighth birthday next January, has had a long association with New Zealand, coming to the colony by the vessel Tyne which sailed from London in March, 1841. Mrs Birkett has six children living, while one of a number of grandchildren is Mrs H. Silvester, of Palmerston North. There are also great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. OBITUARY. MRS A. STANDISH. By the death of Mrs Standish, senr., which took place on Wednesday after a brief illness. New Plymouth loses a very highly respected citizen who for a great number of years was a prominent figure in the social life of the community, states the Taranaki Herald. Born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1847, tho daughter of the Ilev. H. H. Brown, the deceased lady came with her parents to Now Plymouth in 1859. Her first home was in the Omata district, where the family lived at the outbreak of the Maori War in 1860. She then went with her parents and sisters to Nelson, where they remained until it was considered safe to return some four or five years later. Tho family then took up land on tho Carrington Road, known as Welbourn and the Rev. W. Brown continued to combine farming with his ministerial duties. In 1868 the subject of this notice married Mr Arthur Standish and went to live at Dartmoor. About 1879 they built the house in Wallace Place, known as “Witiora,” where for many years they dispensed a generous hospitality. After nor husband’s death in 1915 Mrs Standish built a house in Devon Street, but for the last few years she had resided with her son, Mr A. R. Standish, in Gilbert Street, where she died after a brief illness, resulting from a severe cold contracted only about a fortnight ago. Mrs Standish was of an exceedingly kind and lovable disposition, a gentlewoman in the highest sense of the word, and there are many who will have the most agreeable recollections of her kindly hospitality. She was a devout churchwoman and an active worker for St. Mary’s Church, and she identified herself with many social and charitable organisations, until an accident a few years ago, in which she sustained a broken leg through slipping in a corridor' at the’ hospital, made her more or less a cripple, though she continued to take a warm interest in cevrything that went on around her. She is survived by a family of six: Mrs Walter Bayly (Auckland), Mrs C. Gilray (Dunedin), Mr F. M. Standish (Tarata), Mr W. Standish (Ivaipara), Mr A. R. Standish (New Plymouth), and Lieut.-Colonel I. J. Standish, C.M.G., D. 5.0., (Palmerston North) Three of her brothers, Messrs Thomas, William and John Brown, and one sister, Mrs J. S. McKellar, are also still living, all residents of New Plymouth. Outside of the family circle there are many who will mourn the loss of a very dear friend. CROQUET. COMMENTS ON GAME’S GROWTH. LETTER FROM DR. WHITAKER. Some interesting comments on croquet in tho Dominion were contained in a letter from Dr. AVhitaker, of London, and formerly of Palmerston North, read at the annual meeting of the Manawatu Bowling, Croquet and Tennis Club last evening. It was felt that some recognition ihould be put on reoord of the valuable work dono by Dr. Whitaker in establishing croquet in New Zealand, and incidentally in Palmerston North, and accordingly he was elected an honorary life member of the club. It was in acknowledging this honour that Dr. Whitaker wrote as follows: “Croquet would never have been so quickly established in New Zealand if the Christchurch Club (which had carried a Dominion tournament for four years), and the well established clubs in Auckland had not, with great selfdenial and large vision, agreed to place their position in my hands on Condition that a good club centre was built up in the most convenient city of Palmerston North as the centre of a proposed croquet council. Provided with that essential sacrifice of the only croquet clubs really functioning elsewhere, it was not difficult to interest the far-seeing men in Palmerston North, chief among them Mr James Nash (tlien Mayor), C. F. Spooner and F. J. ‘Nathan (members of the Borough Council). With their help, backed whole-heartedly by the original members of - the club, who seemed .to arise out of the ground, we signed the guarantee for the Fitzlierbert lease and work was put in hand. Actually, a year later, we held the 1920 Dominion championship on those grounds, so fulfilling my promise and showing Auckland and Christchurch that what Palmerston North promises it can and will perform. The enthusiasm of the original members is evidently sustained by those since enrolled. The facing ot tho upkeep of the grounds may_ be financially more burdensome but it is the only way to efficiency and must reflect beneficially, upon the standard of nlav tho excellence of the grounds, nnd ’what visitors’ impressions are ot them. The English team was very impressed with our Palmerston North. LADIES’ HOCKEY. MEETING OF EXECUTIVE. The executive of the Manawatu Ladies’ Hockey Association met last evening, Mr B. E. Temple presuhpg. Also present were Messrs A\ . Broug vton,, J. Mitchell. W. Lundy and F. 1. Vasey (secretary). , . . The Wairarapa and Ruahine Associations forwarded the names ot referees for the Harper Cup matches and the Referees’ Association nominated leferees for fixtures. The Ruahino Association wrote stating that it much regretted having been unable to play the, Manawatu B team last Wednesday, owing to a shortage of grounds at Dannevirke. Authorisation of the Manatvatu team’s tour of Eltham, Waikato, Rotorua, Auckland, Te Kuiti, Hawera and Wanganui was received from the New Zealand Ladies’ Hockey Association, The Bunnythorpe and Premera Clubs stated that they were agreeable to gunranteo £4 for each player nominated for the touring team. It was resolved to hold a cake day early in September and clubs notinea

that they were agreeable to help the association. It was decided to commence the second round of the competition on Wednesday. Fixtures are as under:— Premera v. Rongotea at Sportsground, at 2.30; AV.E.O.G. v. High School at Sportsground, at 2.30; H.S.O.G. „,v. Bunnythorpe at Bunnythorpe, at 2.30. C. and C., a bye. MANAWATU A. AND P. BALL. Once again last evening the Amusement Hall at the Showgrounds was a scene of gaiety—this time for the first annual ball of the A. and P. Association. Trellis work screens cut off one end of the hall for the chaperones where bridge tables and comfortable chairs made it a tempting place in which to sit. Bright lights, shaded with criss-crossed streamers, alternated with hanging baskets of fern and multicoloured Japanese lanterns. A distinctly new feature was tho placing of the orchestra in the centre of the hall where it could be heard equally by each one of the big crowd. Sitting out places and cosy bridge rooms were screened off in the adjoining hall, wattle and masses of greenery being used most effectively while the supperroom was canopied with blue and white streamers. The active committee deserving of congratulations on tho success of the evening’s entertainment were Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., Mesdames L. B. Wall, G. Haggitt, L. H. Collinson, H. Palmer, O. A. Jorgensen, L. Cooper, W. J. Day, K. Trask, A. J. Pliillipps, Miss E. Macaulay and Messrs L. B. Wall, L. H. Collinson, and the secretary, Mr C. J. Roberts. Mr Nash read an apology from the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates who, owing to pressure of Parliamentary duties, was unable to attend. The ball started with a swing and, from first to last, there was not a dull moment. Wonderful novelties, confetti streamers and squeakers distributed after supper added to the gaiety, and everyone voted the ball a huge success, and all hope it will become an annual fixture. Amongst those present were: —Mrs J. A. Nash, black lace over cedar green; Mrs L. B. Wall, black lace and oriental trimming; Mr 3 L. H. Collinson, blue georgette and gold lace; Miss Anscombe,_ blue georgette; Miss Marjorie Ansoombo (Wellington), green georgette and satin; Miss R. Conway white satin and silver lace; Mrs G. Haggitt, black ring velvet; Miss H. Westland (Wellington), shaded pink georgette; Mrs H. Palmer, black georgette; Mrs Trask, black and silver lace over grey; Miss Marea Baifey (Kiwitea), blue and pink spot net; Miss M. Linklater, scarlet satin; Miss R. Linklater, pink georgette; Mrs Linklater, blue georgette; film o. Powell (Hunterville), pink georgette flared with panne velvet; Miss K. Lewis (Wanganui), red georgette and diamante trimming; Miss Patricia Harman, silver tissue and georgette; Mrs Mcßoth (Feilding), white taffetas and silver; Miss P. Goodbehere (Feilding), rose georgette'; Miss B. Dernier (Cheltenham), rose spot net and georgette- Miss E. Barber (Foxtoni, pink georgette, blue bow; Mrs BrookeTaylor, black georgette, Miss Z. Brooke-Taylor, apricot georgette and gold lace;'Miss E. Geere-Watson, silver tissue; Mrs IT. Jorgonson, coral georgette and gold lace; Mrs S. Alcoclc, black French satin; Mrs R. Hanger (Feilding), floral georgette; Mrs E. J’irani (Feilding), gold lace; Miss' D. Duthie (Feilding), apricot georgette nnd satin; Miss D. Bousfield (Awahuri), pink shot taffetas and r.et hem; Miss O. Jackson (Auckland), green chenille and georgette; Mrs I' R. Taylor (Kiwitea), black with gold sequins; I Mrs Gordon Perry (Waituna), blue lace over pink georgette; Miss S. Brooke-Taylor, lemon georgette and black picture frock; Mrs K. Spring, black taffeta; Miss Joyce Spring, green charmeuse; YJiss A. V a'coe, blue georgette; Miss W. Flemming, daffodil satin; Mrs H. G. Bateman, gold brocade: Mrs W. Norris ''Feilding), black georgette; Miss E. ALoffatt, s\.-ar-lrt taffeta; Airs E. Alabin (Tokomaru), black georgette and gold; Aliss Olga Wall, black taffeta; Miss E. AVall, black lace; Aliss Jean Fee (Auckland), lemon embossed georgette; M iss R. Gillies, blue frilled taffeta; Miss Molly Gillespie (Wellington), black and gold spot net and gold lace; Airs A. J. Pliillipps, black and tangerine; Aliss AI. Wall, green georgette; Aliss B. Wall, lemon frilled, georgette; Aliss AI. . Cragg, rose tulle and lace; uiss G. Rhodes, black georgette and lace; Miss Z. Morton, cream lace and chenille; Miss Norma Read, blue and petunia georgette; Mrs J. Purves, amber taffeta and net; Airs J. Danlcs, blue embossed chenille; Aliss A. Cornfoot (Feilding), mauve georgette; Mias AI. Gillies, orange ring velvet; Miss Crabb, green georgette and gold; Aliss D. Crabb, black and gold lace; Miss L. Moore (Feilding), pink spotted net; Airs L. Cooper, lemon georgette; Aliss N. Adams, ivory georgette; Airs Norman Inder (Dannevirke), blue georgette and lace; Aliss P. Carruthers (Wellington), lemon georgette; Aliss West, cherry georgette; Airs A. E. Bailey (Kiwitea), gold lace; Airs Warner Knight, primrose taffeta and georgette; Airs R. H. Warden, black oriental georgette; Airs J. Bradley (Feilding), white beaded georgette; Aliss Baigent, cherry and silver; Miss AI. Alufiins, cream and pink georgette; Aliss M. Radomski, lemon taffeta ; Aliss H. Hunter, pink georgette; Aliss L. Sinclair, blue taffeta and net; Aliss JSandman, tango embossed georgette; Miss L. Kennedy (Wellington), pink tulle and taffeta; Aliss N. Green (•Feilding), pale pink ninon; Miss K. Green (Feilding), shaded pink net; Airs A. AI. Palmer, amethyst georgette; Miss D. McNabb, white net and satin; Aliss D. Paviour-Smith (Dannevirke), black net and silver; Aliss M. Saunders, black georgette; Aliss AI. Alacaulay, daffodil tulle and gold velvet; Miss M. Stokes, green georgette and gold lace, Aliss 1. Wallace, gold taffeta and tulle; Miss AI. Hogg (Levin), Lemon beaded georgette; Aliss AI. Nicliolls green satin and georgette; Aliss P. Nicholls, apricot taffeta and georgette; Aliss G. Jones, apple green and pink taffeta; Aliss Purvey (Levin), green velvet; Aliss V. Hammond (Hunterville); gold lace,'' Miss AlcNeil (Levin), black lace; Miss L. Ryder (Levin), champagne georgette; Aliss M. Ryder (Levin), blue silk net; Mrs Alacaulay (Levin), black georgette; Mrs W. J. Day, blue georgette and chenille; Airs O. A. Jorgensen, lemon geovgette and gold lace; Miss P. . SimmondSj black and gold lace; Aliss E. Hureoinb (Apiti), blue taffeta; Aliss G. Bayly (Sanson), pearl embroidered georgette; Aliss. C. Spelman, blue georgette and pink taffeta; Miss A. Lewer, rose pink chiffon velvet; Airs J. S. Nelson (Woodville), black satin; Aliss G. Alillwood (Woodville), black georgette and pink taffeta; j Miss G. Loveday, pink taffeta. and 1 georgette; Aliss E. Hogg, white georgette and silver; Miss E._ O’Connor, amethyst shot taffeta; Miss K. McLean, green crepe-de-chine and lace; Miss M. McLean, green taffeta; Miss J. Lennon, black velvet; Miss A. Pickering, - blue crepe-de-chine; Aliss S. Lucas, green georgette; Aliss C. Paul, apricot georgette; Miss N. Braddell, blue taffeta; Miss B. Alillcr, flame , taffeta; Miss N, Gavin, white satinj

Mrs C. R. Phillips, red georgette; Airs W. Larkins, white georgette and silver lace; Aliss M. Bennett, blue taffeta and georgete; Aliss Alay Akers, pink spot net; Mrs Clapeott (Sanson), lime green taffeta; Aliss E. Alanson, daffodil satin and taffeta bow; Aliss G. Scott, black lave and taffeta; Miss H. Wylie, whitebeaded satin: Miss Emilio Macaulay, black lace; Aliss G. Brophy, daffodil satin; Aliss N. Alahon, white soft satin; Aliss AI. Parsons, primrose satin and tulle; Aliss I. White, blue beaded georgette; Aliss AI. Banks (Feilding), white t crepe-de-cliine; Miss J. Banks (Feilding), white satin; Aliss M. Beattie (Feilding), mauve net over satin ; Miss A. Alarshall, apricot crepe-de-cliine ; Miss E. Green, green embossed georgette: Airs J. Black, black taffeta and lace; Miss F. Conway, black georgette and embossed chenille; Aliss B. Woodward, black spotted net over pink silk; Aliss Al. Fry (Kiwitea), floral georgette; Aliss M. Thomas (Wanganui), mauve chenille georgette; Miss 0. Jackson (Auckland), green chenille georgette; Aliss B. Gaisford (Marion), rose taffetas; • Mrs R. Akuira, black georgette; Mrs Les. Oliver, gold net and tissue. TIGHT GOWNS. PARIS FASHION DECREES. Doomed to wander ceaselessly without rest—such will be woman’s lot if she accepts the latest Paris dictates of fashion. For so tight are the gowns that the first experiment at sitting down may result in immediate disaster. London Daily A!aH says that it looks as though the ordinary woman will have to stand up to the experts, for she will be physically unable to take their dictum sitting down. The Daily Mail’s fashion representative toured the leading Paris houses and found that in both day and evening dresses tho silhouette is tightest around the hips, and keeps slim midway to tho knees. Even the ebullientlyskirted frocks have such a tight bodice and waistline that the stitching gives way merely through pulling them on and off. The wearers of the new creations must pseserve tho normal lines of a post or a drainpipe. The mannequins, who were all very slim, didn’t dare sit down, learning from a previous catastrophe. There is a movement in London to rebel against the decrees of Paris designers. The Daily Alail urges women to “stand up to them,” nnd asks: “AVon’t the daughters of those whose hobble-skirts prevented their going upstairs, except by sitting, and the grand-daughters of the wearers of crinoline protest if they are forced to abolish chairs from their houses and introduce a device enabling them to suspend themselves in a comfortable perpendicularity from liatpegs?” Aliss Binnio Hale, the musical comedy star, declares that frocks tight enough to spoil a woman’s walk are hopeless and ridiculous.