WOMENS WORLD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 243, 11 September 1935, Page 13

WOMENS WORLD

Mr and Mrs J. Turnbull, of Wellington, are the guests of Mr Turnbull’s parents, Mr and Mrs T. J. Turnbull, Fohangina. Mr and Mrs W- H. Lampen-Smith, of Singapore, are the guests of ,Mrs Lanipen-Smith’s parents, i\Tr and Mrs J. D. Balmer, Raumai. Mr LampenSmith, who is an officer at the Singapore cable station, is on eight months furlough. Mr and Mrs C. Baynes, of Wellington, are at present the guests of Mrs Heard, Pirie Street. Mr Baynes, who is the manager of the Princess Theatre at Wellington, formerly held similar positions in Palmerston North. The engagement is announced of Bertha Louisa, daughter of Mr and Mrs G. K. It. Hallett, of Palmerston North, to Arthur Edward, eldest son' of Mr and Mrs W. S. Studd, of Dannevirke.

Miss E. M. Bland, who has been a member of the staff of the Terrace End School since April, 1927. has been transferred to Central School. Reporting to the meeting of the committee last evening, Mr A. W. Thompson (headmaster) said that Miss Bland had carried out her duties most conscientiously and he recorded appreciation of her services over the period and wished her success in her new sphere. Regret was expressed by the committee at the loss of Miss Bland s services, a motion expressing appreciation of her work being passed.

In spite of bad copra prices and hard times, the Samoan still manages to celebrate his family feasts and Church festivities with due pomp and ceremony, irrespective of cost (says an Apia correspondent). A wedding is announced in the near future of a young local-born boy and a Samoan girl of a high chief’s family, from the island of Manono, a “taupou ’ or village virgin of high rank. For the “taumafataga,”- the great wedding feast, at midday, and for the dinner and dance in the evening, invitations have been sent out to hundreds of guests, Europeans and Samoans. The bride and bridegroom’s families nave collected the amount of £2OO each to pay for the expense of the elaborate celebrations. TO POLISH GLASS. There are many nses for used tealeaves. Here’s one: Save them after ear'll pot of tea, and when you have about a bucketful, pour over a quart of boiling water and leave for an liour. Strain and bottle the liquid. When polishing mirrors and glasses, apply it on a piece of soft material, flannel, if possible, and you will be surprised at the gloss it imparts.