WOMEN’S WORLD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 313, 1 December 1933, Page 11

WOMEN’S WORLD

Mrs J. Linklater, of Milson’s Line, and Mrs R. Linklater, returned home on Saturday after visiting Queen Charlotte Sound.

Mr and Mrs F. Gowing, of Palmerston North, have been spending a holiday in Wellington.

Mrs A. Fitz Herbert, of Palmerston North, is the guest of Mrs Charles Morice, Eccleston Hill, Wellington. Mrs J. Sliepstone, of England, has arrived on a visit to her sister, Mrs W. R. Stowe, Linton Street, Palmerston North.

After a holiday spent as the guest of Mrs B. Grant in Palmerston North, Miss Molly Dailey has returned to St. Albans, Christchurch. Mrs Cavan, of Auckland, is at present spending a holiday with her sister-in-l'aw, Mrs Crowe, of Palmerston North.

Miss A. Bonisch, of ;Palmerston North, who has been visiting Mrs O’Boyle, of Owen Street, Wellington, has returned home.

At the annual meeting of the Titirangi Ladies’ Golf Club the sum of i!u was voted to the fund which has been established with a view to sending Misses O. Kay and B. Gaisford, New Zealand’s • two leading lady golfers, to England to compete in the Eng. lisli championships. The trustees of the Wellington Diocesan School for Girls, Marton, have received confirmation that the selection committee appointed by them in England to find a successor to Miss McCall as headmistress has unanimously chosen Miss Mitchell, B.A. (London), at present senior French mistress at Dudley Girls’ School, England, and formerly house and second mistress at the Roedean School, Johannesburg. Miss Mitchell will sail from England at the end of December, and should arrive in New Zealand in time for the beginning of next term. Miss Polly Larkins, whose essay “To Rangimarie,” or “Peace,” gained first award in the competition conducted by the National Confidence Carnival Committee in Wellington, is a daughter of Mr and ,Mrs W. Larkins, of Rangiotu, and a grand-daughter of the late Manawaroa Te Awe Awe. During the war period the deceased gentleman, who was the chief of the Rangitane tribe, placed his property at the disposal of the military authorities during an outbreak of spinal meningitis and a camp was established at Rangiotu for the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Miss Larkins comes 1 from a family which has been closely associated with the early history of the Manawatu and her subject was a particularly fitting one.

While the feminine lawn tennis world in Australia is up to its dainty knees in a controversy whether shorts should be worn on the lawn tennis court, factory, girls at a Sydney woollen mill are working in long trouser slacks. Even girls, with nice legs worth revealing. Slacks are a fashion vogue now, but safety and efficiency are the reasons why 40 of the 60 girls working at the weaving looms at woollen mills at Waterloo, Sydney, are trousered in dark blue linen. The firm supplies the slacks, the girls like them, and soon all will have them. Some who live nearby wear them to the factory. The innovation was the idea of the factory manager, Mr J. C. Macken. He related how one girl had had her dress caught. Slacks save wear and tear on dresses, and are cool and comfortable for work. GARDEN PARTY AT COLYTON. Favoured with a bright eunny day and held amidst the ideal surroundings of Mr and Mrs H. E. Hocken’s home, “Grassmere,” Colyton, the garden party on Wednesday afternoon, under the auspices of the Feilding branch of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union, proved a delightful function. The party was officially opened by Mr J. H. Mason, chairman of the Feilding branch of the Farmers’ Union, who spoke of the splendid work of the ladies in holding out a helping, hand to their less fortunate sisters in the country. He hoped that all would assist in helping along a function organised to swell the funds of the division. He also congratulated the president and her oommittee for the untiring efforts they had shown in the organising of an event that promised to be so enjoyable. After referring also to the generosity of Mr and Mrs Hocken, who at all times were willing to throw open the beautiful grounds of “Grassmero” and assist at any social event in the district, Mr Mason declared the garden party open. There were attractions for all; a sweet and ice-cream stall in charge of Mesdames Prousc, Fraser, Edhouse and Laing; a produce stall in charge of Mesdames Mason Durie and K. Ross; and a cake stall presided over by Mesdames Green, W. Booth and Mise Green. AH did a brisk business. Numerous competitions were held, including clock golf, ladder croquet, quoits and tennis and were well patronised. Afternoon tea, in charge of Mrs Hocken with a band of willing helpers, was most attractive, the tables being laid in the cool shady portico screened with soft greenery and decorated, one in pale mauve and one in palest pink, the colour scheme being carried out in sweet peas with delicate foliage to tone. Mrs Hocken was wearing a smart navy frock and hat and Miss Hazel Hocken a dress of lemon spotted organdie; Mrs J. Williamson (Taonui), president of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union, wore green figured elephant crepe, with mustard hat. Among the other guests present were: Mrs J. G. Cobbe, of Feilding; Mrs Jenkinson, president of the Feilding Plunket Society; Mrs Beatson, president of the Colyton Women’s Institute; and Mrs Bruce McLeod, president of the Waiata Women’s Institute. Members of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union Committee who worked hard for the success of the function were Mesdames Williamson (president), Colquhoun, Wild and Prouse (vice-presidents), Foster (hon. secretary) and the members of the committee, Mesdames Green, K. Ross, Taylor, H. E. Hocken and Mason Durie. The gardens were ablaze with colour and were greatly admired by the guests, while the rose garden in the centre of the lawn made a delightful setting for the quaint and pretty folk dancing performed by the girls of the Feilding High School, under the guidance of Miss E. M. Taylor. Competitions were won as follow Clock golf, Mrs F. C. Twigg and Mr C. Evans; ladder croquet, Mrs J. Mason—Colyton correspondent. British made for British maids—Fairy Dyes for your sbekings.—Advt.