WOMEN’S WORLD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 118, 15 April 1930, Page 11

WOMEN’S WORLD.

(By • “GE]

Mr and'Mrs H. G. Bagnall returned on Saturday, from a motor trip to Taupo. Mrs Ivan Johnston, of Ivopane, returned last week from Taupo. Miss K. Montgomerie and Miss G. Cheetham, of Kamvhata, have left on an extended trip to the South Island. Mrs and Miss Innes. accompanied by Mrs Marsack, of Auckland, left to-day for Rotorua. - - Mrs and Miss Mcßae returned yesterday from a motor • trip to Auckland. Miss Borrie, o£ Girls’ Flock House, was a week-end visitor to Wellington. Mrs 11. C. Abraham left to-day for a visit to Christchurch. - , Miss Margaret Sim has returned from a visit to Hawke’s Bay. ' - . Miss Alison Matheson, of Dunedin, is the guest of Mr and Mrs -H. R. Cooper, Victoria Avenue. The engagement has been .announced of Myrtle, only daughter of Mr and Mrs H. B. Watts, of Hokowhitu, ’ to Sydney, eldest son of 'Mr and the late Mrs E. C. Sutton, of Campbell Street, Palmerston North. The engagement is announced of Vida Clare, second daughter of Mr and Mrs D. Fleming, Palmerston North, to Gilbert Henry, second son of Mr and Airs A'. E. Ddinton, of Melbourne. The many friends of Mrs John Brophy, of Fitzherbert Avenue, will legret .to learn that recently she had toundergo .a serious operation in a private hospital, but will be pleased to know that she is now making splendid progress toward recovery. At a meeting held* at tho College Street School last evening, the following were elected a ladies’ committee for the ensuing year:—Mesdames R. E. Bole, A. Hopwood,' C. S. Pees, A. Worboys, W. A. Swinbourn, C. L. Mowlem, W. Briden-Jones, J. H. Whyte, ,P. \V. Barnard, A. McLeod, C. Turnbull, W. Oates, W. R. Taylor, G. J. JudcT, A. W. MacDonoll, It. Edwards, F. H. Tucker, H. C. Catton, W. M. Huntington and G. Watchorn. Mrs Hopwood was elected to preside over meetings of the committee and Mrs Turnbull was .appointed secretary. TO STIFFEN. If the brim of your straw hat is sagging, or has a droop, you can stiffen it with one part gum and five parts water, hut the trouble is that you cannot block or re-shape it at home. 'To tighten up the cane seats of chairs which are sagging turn the chair upside down and wet the cane thoroughly with hot water, then leave it out in tho sun to dry. A damp muggy day makes the process very slow, but you can use a fire provided you do not try to hurry the process by putting the chair too close to the fire. : PATCHING. Often one tears one’s sleeve out of a frock, or perhaps the frock wears out under the arms long before the rest of it.- A good idea when making a frock is to cut out two pieces of the material to dress preserver Ishapo, and sew them in your sleeves. This gives you something to pull against and - makes for safety. If the dress should wear out under the arms, the extra : material gives you something to darn 1 against. ORANGE AND LEMON COCKTAILS.

Squeeze and strain the juice of four oranges and 4 lemons. Sweeten and shake up with the white of ono newlaid egg. Serve with a cherry on a cock-tail stick.

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I LUCKY NUMBER. > The person whose birth date makes . the number 2 has a tactful, peaceloving disposition. Adaptable, affectionate and inclined to be changeable and easily influenced, they are also artistic, refined and imaginative. They have good inventive powers, but sometimes lack executive power. To find your number jot down the date of your birth, putting the number of the month instead pf the name, and only the last two figures of tho year of birth. Then add them all together until you have one digit. TABLE FLOWERS. When the occasion is an informal one, >the Queen prefers that the flowers on her dinner table shall be arranged in sparkling old English cut glass, rather than in gold and silver vases—and certainly they look beautiful in that. Lady Ravensdale thinks brightly coloured blossoms show up best in black glass. Lady Diana Cooper is all for iridescent glass. Lady Alexander very prettily arranges tire yellow flowers of spring in clear blue glass.. A MOTHER’S INVENTION. Mrs Ibbotson, wife of a dentist and the mother of three children, of New Cross, has invented an anti-dazzle device for car headlights. A celluloid shutter is opened or closed by pressing a button. HIGH SCHOOL GARDEN FETE. SUBSTANTIAL ~SUM OBTAINED. At a meeting of the Palmerston North Girls’ High School Parents’ Association last evening,- gratifying reports were tabled concerning the recent garden fete. The treasurer (Mr F. J. Oakley) submitted a balance-sheet showing a nett credit of £94 17s 6d. This sum will be added to the fund established for the purpose of building an assembly hall, and increases 1 the amount in hand to well over £7OO. With the Government subsidy added there would . therefore be available nearly £ISOO, which brings the object , aimed at within measurable distance of achievement. Gratification was expressed at the splendid manner in which the parents in particular and the public generally had rallied to the assistance of the committee, and the following motion was unanimously carried:—“That this committee desires to place on record its appreciation of the splendid manner in which parents and the public generally rallied to tho support of the committee, thus ensuring the financial success of the garden fete.”