WOMAN'S WORLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18022, 22 February 1922, Page 12

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL NEWS. f Mrs. W. H. Partes is at present on a •visit to Hamilton. I Mrs. J. Calder and family are spending a few weeks at Talcapuna.

Miss E. Brett, of T« Awamutu, has been visiting Mrs. A. Brett, at Takapuna.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Whitney, and Mr. and Mrs. C. Whitney, have gon6 for a holiday to Wairakei.

Mrs. Kusabs and Miss Kusabs, of Matamata, are spending a holiday in Auckland.

Mrs. Douglas Jeffries is visitine hor sister, Mrs. E. Williams, Ulverton, Eemuera Road.

Mrs. E. Clarke, of Palmerston North, is the guest of Mrs. Percy Thomson, Edgecliff, Takapuna.

Mrs. P. Edson and her 6on, Norman Lowlher, left on Thursday for Dunedm, where they will tako up their residence.

■Mrs, McKenzie and her son, of Sydney, vbo have been staying at Beach House, Milford, have gone to Waihi to visit Mrs. J. P. Clarko.

Mrs. Helen H. Gardner is Woman Commissioner in tie United States Civil Service Commission. She is the first woman to occupy such a post.

Lady Knox, wife of Sir Adrian Knox, Chief Justice of Australia, arrived on Monday by the Niagara, and is staying at the Grand Hotel. She is accompanied by her daughter.

A vote on women's suffrage for municipal bodies and eligibility to munioipa affairs was recently taken by the city of Geneva. The proposal was rejected by the large majority of 14,166 to 6629.

Baroness Fnrnivali, who has been staying with Mrs. E. Bentley Davison, St. Leonards, Culverden, intends vfinung Lady Campbell, Davaar, and Lady Clifford, Stonyhurst, Christchurch, before returning to" Auckland.

Councillor A. G. Williams, J.P-, cx-Deputy-Mayor of Christchurch, accompanied by Mrs. Williams, is at present visiting Auckland as a delegate to toe Methodist Conference. They are staying at Takapiroa as the guests of the Rev. & B. Gosndl and Mrs. Gosnell.

It ig a new notion to have ornaments to vary tha same pair of shoes so as to suit different frocks. Smart decorations can bo maie out of chiffon shaped into bows, fans, and horseshoes. Organdie and tulle are also used. Small gilt or steel bends or tinsel stitching make a finishing touch to the ornament, which is sewn on to a small safety-pin so that it can bo put on the shoes as required.

Germany appears to be scarcely a paradise for domestic workers. Since law their wagea have risen only_ four fold, •while tie general cost of living has increased fourteen fold. A new act concerning domestio service provides that servants must not be kept on duty for over 13 hours a day, with the deduction of two hours for meals. On one week day, on alternate Sundays, and on official holidays work must- cease by 3 p.m. After nine months' service, a servant may claim one week's holiday on full pay- Servants nruet carry an official reference of the nature of a passport, bearing a photograph.

About three years ago a titled lady, iwifa of an English baronet, created some J sensation by assuming the management of a fashionable West End hotel. Since then several other ladies of good social position ia London have followed her» exampleT and many of them with great success. This is not surprising, for a woman who has managed a large house with a staff of servants has already much of the experience necessary for the management of a high-class hotel. Some of hotels thus managed are praised as eminently homelike comfort, refinement, and quiet being the special characteristics of their furnishing and management.

When Lady Glenconner marries Lord grey of Falloden she will become the wife of "the greatest statesman in Etrope," as the famous politician has moro than once been described. The engagement reveals a hitherto unsuspected romance. Lord, Grey is 69 years of ago and was the " boon companion" of the late Lord Glenconner, who was Mrs. Asquith's brother, lie bride-to-be is 50 years of f age, but looks easily 20 years younger. Lord Grey has also been married _ previously, his wife having been killed in an accident to a trap in 1906. Lady Glenconner, who lost a son in the war, is interested in spiritualism. /

Until lately the woman chef in England was unknown, but the war brought women to the front in the culinary profesllon, as in so many others. Now cooking is one of the most remunerative positions open to wome/i, but, of course, the plums can fall only to highly-trained and capable cooks. The training of the lady chef is expensive, the fee for the special course at the English National School of Cookery being £45 for a period of 39 weeks. A few lady chefs are in receipt of over £1000 per annum. Less highly salaried, but remunerative, positions are held by skilled lady cooks in numerous <$übs iwxi tnstitutrdns, as well as in private homes.

Even before the war many women in Enelacd were earning salaries of £300 or £400 as manageresses of first-class laundries, and since then salaries have ranged much higher. In order to obtain such a position a thorough course of practical training in every department of laundry work is requisite. Many big hotels run their own laundries, as do institutions. Some skilled laundresses have done veiy well by starting small laundries of their own for washing and getting up the more delicate and costly articles of feminine apparel—in thin silk, or crepe de chine. Such things are carefully washed by hand and with special 6oap, and the ironing is done by hand with electric irons. •

The household linen at Buckingham Palace is very fine,' the table linen being generally reckoned the finest in England, though that at Chatsworth has also a very high reputation. Some beautifully hand■woven tablecloths arc kept for special occasions. One of these is that made for the coronation banquet of Queen Victoria, -which is the largest of all the Royal tablecloths. It ran cover a table laid for two hundred and seventy people. Naturally, this only makes its appearance on the occasion of big State banquets. Two linen maids are employed at Buckingbam Palace, who each day distribute the linen required for use, and when the court is in residence they have a busy time. Th'j linen is kept in a large apartment lined with linen presses, which are divid«d into lettered sections.

In reference to this origin of jazz, a writer in an exchange says " Travellers eiate that instruments similar to those used by modern jazz bands have been found in Peruvian graves and ruins. Further proof of this has been found on old Peruvian pottery. The Indians, 'when dancing, used to clap their hands, stamp their feet, and beat their hips. Later, tho drum was devised to keep a sort of time. Tho first drums -used by the Peruvians were made of deerskin stretched tightly over a wooden hoop or section of a tree trunk hollowed out. To strike torror into the hearts of their enemies, ono tribe, the Hauncas, used for their ortims the sliins of their fal'en foes—and used to boast about the fact. Quite a cheerful suggestion as an additional attraction for a jazz cabaret.

Women in villages, who are still multiplying institutes all over tlie country, are vainlv seoluiiß lecturers on the subject of • domesticities" (states an English ex . chance).' Great schemes for winter lectures in which ueiKhbourinp institutes join ar« a little,..baulkedby.,the lack ol women who can talk pleasantly and informatively

on the art of the home. One of the favourite debates in these institutes is " Your Pet Economy" but now that most of the members bave confessed to their zeal in saving string, matchboxes, candle ends, and' fir-cones, outside lecturers are desired who can give real economical and artistic hints to suit all or any class. Here is a new career' for women. Contrary to the usual view, perhaps, the women in these institutes have been more successful than the men in their c'ubs in oombating- village snobbery, and also in establishing little village industries. THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OP WOMEN < In a bulletin recently published by tho .National Council of Women, Frederiksstad, it is stated that among the subjects to bo discussed at the Hague are: " Tho Most Effective Use of Women's Vote ; " Women's Pa.rt in the Campaign Against Venereal Diseases"; and "Beeent Ironlerns in Connection with Peace PropoAn interesting letter from Riga describes the sufferings of the Russian people, particularly those of the women and children, and gives an account of the valuable work done in this connection by the Women s Relief Corps, which proposes in the near futuio to send a report of its activities. Another letter from Belgium states that a "Better Film" Committeo has been formed there, and only cinematogiaplis which submit their films to tho censorship of this committee will be allowed to admit children below fifteen years to their performances. The Austrian report notifies the appointment of a woman, Frau Ida Schuppli, as inspector for Women's Agricultural Colleges. , i, • In Greece a committee on I>aws is requesting the organisation of Juvenile Courts with, femalo Judges. The Second Congress of Swiss Women, which was held at Berne, exceeded tho most optimistio expectations, being attended by about 2500 men and women. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. Wedding presents for Princess Mary are pouring in, says an English exchange, lhe boys of Harrow school sent a Chippendale mirror and a pair of antique dressing tables. Fifty thousand V.AD.'s of the Empire have given a diamond tiara- "he Queen intends to give the bride an illuminated copy of the marriage service based on old manuscripts. Girl Guides and " Brownies" to tho number of 215,000 havo scut a silver cheese tray. The citizens of Edinburgh aro giving a brooch which belonged to Mary Queen of Scots. lhe women of New South Wales have decided to purchase Arthur Strceton s oil painting, " Sydney Harbour," for £600, as a wedding gift. It has always been regarded as nnlucky in the English Royal Family to make use of a wedding present before the wedding. "All the Princess' presents will, therefore, be kept in a room at St. James' Palace, together with the presents sent to Lord Lascelles, until after the wedding. The marriage license will, if it follows precedent, be written entirely in Old English letterirlg and in black ink, relieved by lines in red ink under certain words. Royal licenses are the largest marriage licenses prepared, costing about £50 each; and they obviate the formalities connected with the ordinary marriage license, such as the swearing of affidavits and personal application by one of the parties concerned. Like otheT Royal licenses, tjie marriage licence will be preserved among the State documents. It is stated that after the marriage Princess Mary will be known as Princess Mary Viscountess Lascelles. PRINCESS MARY'S NEW HOME. There are few, if any, manors in England which have a more romantic and distinguished history than that of Harewood, the future home of Princess Mary, who will, however, it is nnderstood, spend the early years of her married life at Goldsborough Hall, Knaresborough (says aJ English exchange). Ever since the Conqueror gave the rich Harewood lands, with the neighbouring fee of Skipton-in-i Craven, to Robert de Romelli, one of his . soldiers, the manor has bad a sequence | of lords as illustrious as any in England. . Robert's only daughter found a husband | in William de Meschiiies, the Conqueror's great-grand-nephew, thus forging the first of many links Between Harewood and the Throne. . Harewood Castle, which had seen six centuries of splendid life, had become a dismantled ruin when, in 1738, the manor passed by purchase into the hapds of Henry Lascelles, ancestor of the present earl; and it was not until twenty years later that the walls of Harewood House began to rise; Although no link' of descent connects the Lascelles with the long line of earlier lords, they have worthily continued Harewood's splendid traditions for nearly two centuries. They bave added to the long and distinguished list of Harewood's ladies two daughters of marquises (Bath ami Clanricardie),' and the daughier of the third Earl of Bradford; and they have dispensed a regal hospitality from the days, a century and more ago, when the Grand Duke Nicholas was their guest, to the visit of Queen Mary and Princess Mary, who will be Harewood's first Royal lady.

ENGAGEMENTS. The engagement is announced of Miss Dorothy Foster, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Foster, Remuera, to Mr. E. J. Vallentine, of Auckland.

The engagement is announced of Miss C. B. Jones, Epsom, to Mr. C. C. Beale, £on of Mr. John Beale, of Clonbern Road, Remuera.

The engagement is announced of Miss Norah Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Patterson, of Karaka, Runciman, to Mr. Ted Wall, second son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Wall, Papatoetee.

The engagement is announced of Miss Mavis Clark, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Clark, of Deepdene, Remuera Road, to Dr. Henry Budd, of Hamilton, son of Mr. Henry Budd, of Dunedin.

The engagement is announced of Miss Shelah Thompson, daughter of Captain and Mrs. R. H. Thompson, Auckland, to Mr. Cyril Harden, youngest son of the late Mr. Robert Harden, of Whangarci.

The engagement is announced of Miss Meredith Stronach, e'dest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Stronach, Dcvonport, to Mr. R. S. Cay Thompson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Thompson, Matarana, Kaikohe.

The engagement is announced of Miss Margaret Parr, eldest daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. R. Parr, of Mount Eden, late of Hamilton, to Mr. Guy Perrin, of Trichinopoli, India, and son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Perrin, Kidderminster, England.