NOTES FOR WOMEN.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7451, 27 May 1911, Page 11

NOTES FOR WO MEN.

SOCIAL AAD PERSONAL

The Hon. Mr and Mrs Whiteley, who have been, tourin'? the Dominion, returned to Sydney yesterday py the Ulimaroa.

Miss Elsie Williams (Erimlcy, Hastings) left for Sydney by the Ulimaroa, on route for England.

Mr and Mrs Cross (Christchurch), who have been visiting Auckland and various districts in the north, have returned to Wellington, en route for Christchurch.

The Hon. T. and Mrs Fergus (Dunedin), who have Ix'cn north, arrived in Wellington on Thursday', and left for the south last evening.

Mr and Mrs Simms (Napier) are staying at the Royal Oak. Mrs Sainbury (Gisborne) is staying at tho Grand.

Miss Macdonald (Blenheim), who arrived last night, is on a visit to Wellington, and is staying at the Eoyal Oak. Mr and Mrs T. H. Lowry (Hastings), who arrived in Wellington on Thursday, left last night for Sydney,

Mr and Mrs A. Russell (Hastings), who arrived in Wellington on Thursday', are staying at the lloyal Oak.

Miss N. Hislop (Inglewood), who has been the guest of Mrs King, Dark street, is returning to her home to-day.

■ Mr and Mrs Anderaon (Karori) are on a visit to Wanganui. ,

The Misses Marsh (Blenheim) are staying a few days in Wellington before leaving for Dunedin.

Miss Elsa Hersehburg (Masterton) is staying with Mrs S. Harcourt.

Mrs E. F. Hadfield, "Bonchurch,” Hill street, .has gone to Napier on. a visit to Mrs Wood, and will also ..b«-the .guest of Mrs Alan Williams -at Te Ante.

Mr and Mrs Strouts have returned to Wanganui.

Miss Blanch Williams, who has/been spending some months in the Dominion, left for England yesterday via Queensland.

Miss Joan Duff (Hastings), and Miss Kitty Wood (Napier), are visiting Wellington.

Mr G. Empson and Miss Empson (Rotorua) are on a visit to Wellington.

The many friends of Mrs J.-F. M. Thompson will be glad to hear of her return to New Zealand to settle, with her family, in the Bunnythorpe district. Mrs Thompson is the eldest daughter of Mr J. F. Krull, German Consul at Wanganui, and has for some years past resided at Castlemaine, Victoria.'

Invitations are issued for the Tokerau Lawn Tennis Club’s annual dance, which takes place in the Goring street hall on Tuesday, June. 6th.

At Hitorangi. Wairarapa, on Wednesday, Mr Herman Nitz, son of Mrs Nitz and the late Herman Nitz, of Stansborough, Kaiwhata, was married to Miss Lucy M. McGregor, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs M-. J. McGregor, of Hikorangi. Misses Isabel and Barbara McGregor were bridesmaids, and Masters Malcolm and Alistair McGregor trainbearers. Mr E. Nitz was best man and Mr C. Carley groomsman.

At St. Matthew’s Church, Masterton, on Wednesday last, Mr William Taylor, of Beaumaris, East Coast, was married to Miss Elsie Smith, daughter of Mrs C. A. Smith, of Masterton. Tho hride was attended by Miss Winnie Jones.,

EDITED BY “ZEALANDIA.”

LITTLE GIRLS’ UNDERWEAR

In making the little girl’s underwear it is imperative that one should consider the question of physical comfort in its relation to development, and this should he a plea for the exorcising of judgment in tho selecting and making of all the little girl s clothes. Correctly cut underwear makes for tho normal development and tho good health of the child. There can never be that natural childish freedom —which js grace—without the ease insured by garments designed to fit tho child figure ana, at the same time, to hang smoothly over each other. In this modern underwear there is no such thing as an upper garment crowding an under one, because each is designed with a view to its effect upon, the other. In making children’s underwear, the same as in making these garments for women, it is more economical to buy a piece of the material to be used, cutting the several garments in quantity and laying in the smaller -pieces so that a minimum amount of material is lost. It is an excellent plan to cut these email garments when clothes for grown-ups are being made, as the small gores and body sections may be fitted in on the material in snch a way as to insure almost no loss. This is tho secret of economy in garment manufacturing establishments, and is well worth trying in the homo