WOMAN WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17345, 17 December 1919, Page 3

WOMAN WORLD.

SOCIAL HEWS. t Captain and Mrs. Noel Pharazyn are visiting Kotorua, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. McLean, Napier, are visiting Auckland. J Miss Kathleen Holmes is at present on 1 a. visff to the Waikato. ' , I Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barker, Gisborne, * are at present on a visit to Auckland. ' Miss Logan (Auckland) is the guest of * her aunt, Lady Stout, Wellington. 1 Mrs. and Miss Seddon are returning to J New Zealand by the Bremen, via Australia. ■ l Miss Janie Williams, who has been r visiting friends in New Plymouth, has re- ' turned home. s . I Mrs. F. A. S. Moore and Miss Moore. } of Ponso»by, left by the Maheno last week - on a visit to Sydney. t —* 1 Mrs. Handyside, who has been visiting 1 relatives in Auckland, has again taken l up her residence at Cargen. c s Mr. and Mrs. G. Bloomfield and Miss '<■ Phyllis Bloomfield are due to leavu Syd- t ney on the 18th by the Maheno. " 1 ■ i Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Allan, who have f been residing at Cargen for several ' months, leave this week for Tokomaru I Bav. i . t Major and Mrs. Dean Pitt (Gisborne), ( Miss Flo Allen (Melbourne), Miss Nixon * (Canterbury), Miss Dunkex (Auckland) ' are among the visitors staying at Cargen. l A recent English paper announces the marriage of Mr. Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, ' the war correspondent, in Paris, to Miss ? Marie Alexandrina de Elizalde, of Argen- ' tin a. _____ ( Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Shorter (Australia), * Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Shand (Christchurch), ' Mr. and Mrs. Baker (Australia), Mr. and - Mrs. Too tell (Melbourne), Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Murray (Australia), are among the visitors at the Grand Hotel. J Mrs. J. J. Mackersey and Miss Mac- r kersey, Wellington, have come up to ' Auckland to be present at the wedding of Air. Mackersey and Miss Isadore Urnmings, which is to take place shortly. _____. j The sale of work in aid of the Door of < Hope funds, which was held on Saturday, ■, December 13, proved a very great success. | The function was opened by Mrs. W. < R. Wilson, who, in a few well- I ; chosen words explained the object of the ] sale of work. In the course of her re- , marks, Mrs. Wilson stated that this was the first time the home had ever held a , bazaar on the premises. Much praise is j due to the friends and patrons who spent ! , so lavishly. A unique feature of the work ; stall was "that the articles shown were all , hand-made and embroidered, and great , credit is due to the girls' efforts which resulted in the net sum of £73. , ! For some time past the senior pupils ; of the Karori school, Wellington, have - been strenuously engaged in discussing j political and social questions, with a view i; to an end which arrived on Wednesday | of last week. They produced, in their j limited area, all the features of a. general j election. Candidates addressed meetings; | committees were appointed, and worked j hard, too; even interruptions were not | unknown when the candidates were speaking, and many searching questions were asked and answered. Noiiination forms were filled in with due regard to the requirements of the Legislature Act, and the whole proceedings, which were instituted and supervised by the'headmaster (Mr. J. Burns) excited the keenest interest. Wednesday was polling day, and it is well worth recording that there was not cue informal vote in the Parliamentary poll, and only two in the more complicated licensing poll, out of 110 voters. A charming operetta, " The Fairy Shoemaker," was rendered by the girls of St. ,Cuthbert's College singing classes on Saturday evening at the Town Hsll Con- | cert Chamber. The choruses .of fairies | and shepherds were sung with cris-oness and decision, the quality and tone of the. voices being excellent, the girls acting their parts with spirit and freedom. The solo parts were pleasingly sung by the Misses Eva Robertson. Mary Parsons, and Olga Sturt. while Kathleen Bagnall, F. James, and the other shepherds gave intelligent readings of their lines. The dainty flower fairies were most attractive. The dresses of the fairies, the forest scene setting, and the effective lighting, and the support of the orchestra, completed a performance much appreciated by a very large audience. Misses Macfarlane and Miller were responsible for the dancing, Mr. W. Crowther for scenery, and Mr. Crosher lighting effects. Mrs. Sutherland directed the' performance in her usual capable manner. New Zealand's need is emphasised, says an exchange, as being that of " More co-operation"—-more is needed between men, between women, and between men and women. One of H. G. Wells' characters savs that it is trade that makes the world 'ro round. Quite so. but the rock on which trade rests is co-operation between different and differing classes of people This is the foundation of every successful enterprise, and of every great achievement. Even the individual is not exempt, for most can recognise how much is owed to other people. Women are now finding out that thev will never make any substantial contribution until they organise, and co-operate among themselves. This knowledge will prove stimulating wherever it spreads. After all, the problems of the nation concern women as much as j men. Women, moreover, will be quick to see that our biggest problems are not so , much economic as moral and, ethical, therefore educational. In these regions will thev seek for remedies. In these regions do we look to the younger generation to carry on work, but now in its j infancy. i COVERS FOR BOOKS. A slip cover is yearly always made for a- book for one of two objects, occasionally for both —either to protect the binding or to improve the appearance of the book, and when made of pretty material makes a useful gift. If only for protection, a simple linen cover, without any attempt at ornamentation, is generally used. There are various methods of making slip covers of this sort, but the simplest and neatest is the kind made of a long, straight piece of linen, which has the ends folded towards the centre to form two pockets, into which the boards of the book are. pushed. A common size for a book is eight inches in height by five inches in width and one and a-haif inches in thickness. To make a cover for these dimensions, cut an oblong piece of linen 9 by 22 inches. This should be carefully mea- ' sured. and cut quite straight. The raw edge at each end of the linen should be 1 folded in once, and sewn in a machine, a twice-folded hem is too thick Should • there be a selvedge it may be left witti- , out anv fold The linen should then be turned'wrong side out and pinned carefullv upon the volume for which the cover is intended. When it- is in proper posit.on. it should be tacked at either end of each pocket. It must not be made too tight a fit, as the seam must be allowed foi when it is turned right side out again ; j but it must not be allowed to be at ad I \Uien the tacking is finished, the boards I should be very gently turned backwards, and the cover slipped off again. 'I he I seams should be sewn in a machine, and ' the raw edees at the top and bottom of " the back, between the pockets, neatly I hemmed. The boards of the book should be turned hack and each put into its own pocket, so that both may be drawn on together, in order to avoid putting any strain upon the binding. ! The turned-in edges of the seams should 1 he kept to the inside of the boards, so , (hat the outside may look perfectly neat * and smooth.