NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8737, 20 May 1914, Page 5

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

There was a largo attendance of (members of tlio Women’s Social and jPolitical League last evening at the Tiffin, Manners street. Nominations /wore received for tiio election of officers for the ensuing year. Tho election is to take place tho first Tuesday in Juno. It was decided that the meetings be held at the Tiffin in the future. Tho secretary was instructed to write Ito Mrs and Miss Mackenzie, wife and daughter of the High. Commissioner, 'who are members of the league, to represent tho league at the conference of women taking place in England in July. Some new members wore elected. Mrs Fenwick, Napier, is on /visit to Wellington, and is staying at the Hotel Windsor.

Mrs Halligan, of Sumner, is visiting Wellington, and is a guest of Mrs 1. A. Walker, Burnell avenue. The Misses Shand, of Hautama, Hawke’s Bay, are staying at the Windsor Hotel.

Mr and Mrs Arthur McCarthy have returned to Napier.

A largo ball, to b© given, in the /Art Gallery, Dunedin, during “Show 'Week,” tho first week in June, is being organised by a committee or ladies.

Mr and Mrs Stewart Douglas, of Auckland, arc on a visit to Napier. Mrs J. G. Parker, Hastings; Miss Mueller, AVaipa'a; Mrs Thompson, and Mrs Cameron, Masterton; and Mies Bergoson-Milier, Melbourne, are guests at tho Hotel AVindsor. In an interesting interview with “Ghryssa” of tho - ‘Star,”_ Maud Allan gives some interesting details about Nordica. Miss Allan arrived at Thursday Island on hor way hero after her wonderful Indian and Eastern tour, of which we have heard so ranch, and finding that Madame Nordioa was still there she went at once to the hospital to see her. The nurse told her that madam© had just got sleep after tho terrible time she had had, and that they oonld not wake her. Mrs Baldwin hod gone out for a walk in consequence. When Miss Allan first appeared before the late King Edward it was at Marienhad, and he had expressed a wish to see her dancing, of which so much was being said. It was necessary for her to have a second pianist, and Madame Nordica, a friend of the King and Ws mother, lent Mr Romayn© Sammons for the purpose. The appearance before King Edward was daily given, and his strong admiration expressed, and Madame Nordica and bliss Allan bocctute friends. Unaihle to fi©o Mad' ame Nordica or Mrs Baldwin, Miss went to see Mr Simmons, and he, too, was in bed ill, but got up, and they chatted on the verandah till Miss Allan had to leave. She found from him that madame was possessed of the desire to got home to the United States, and though tho doctors bad warned her that Shh was not fit to travel, her long and dreary illness at Thursday Island had got complete, ly on. her nerves, so they had finally yielded, and a deck cabin on a Dutch steamer leaving nest day had been fitted up as a hospital, and, with two nurses and a doctor accompanying her, Madam© Nordica was to set out for Batavia on route to San Francisco; the members of the company, jfho had all been at Thursday Maud the whole time, going also. Miss P. Mahoney has returned from her holiday visit to Auckland. The marriage of Mr Peter Hockley, second son of Mr William Hockley, of Christchurch, New Zealand, to Miss Alice Maud Willcox, youngest daughter of Mrs A. H. R. Willcox, of “Teignmouth,” Camberwell, was celebrated at St. Columns Church of England, Hawthorn, Melbourne, on Tuesday, April 14th. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. D. M. Deasey, assisted by the Rev. D. Rowell, and tho church was prettily decorated by tho girl friends of the bride. Mr W. A- M. Blackett gave tho bride away. She wore a very becoming gown of white oharmeuse satin, draped with lace, the train being ornamented with orange blossom and pearl true lovers’ knots. Her veil was arranged over a chaplet of orange blossom, and she carried a shower bouquet of white azaleas and chrysanthemums, and. wore a turquoise bracelet, the bridegroom’s gift. The bride was attended by her sinter, bliss Elsie Willcox, and her cousin, Miss Lillian Bennett. They wore cream silk frocks, with pink and white embroidered overdresses, and pink tulle hats, with panne velvet crowns. Their bouquets were composed of pink carnations, and they wore the bridegroom’s gifts, to the first maid a tourmaline necklet, and to the second a cable bangle. The brothers of the bride, Mr Harold R. Willoox and Mr John Willcox, acted as best man and groomsman respectively. Mr and Mrs Peter Hockley left by the Sydney express en route for New Zealand, and on their return they will reside in Parlington street, Camberwell. The bride travelled in a saxe blue coatee and skirt, and a black tulle and velvet hat.

Pace Treatment. —Ladies should learn the scientific way to treat their own faces. Miss Milsom imparts this knowledge, and teaches clients their own face massage and how to nso the Sirin Pood “Cultene,'' registered. This takes very little time daily, and the results obtained, both to health and texture of the skin, in a very short time is marvellous. This treatment is a positive and only cure for wrinkles and withered skin. _ Clipping, manicuring, electrolysis, hairdressing; all hair work. Miss Milsom, 94 Willis street (opposite Shortte Picture Theatre). Telephone 814. •

For Wedding-,—Appropriate Bouquets for either lar"u or small weddings are boing continually designed, and embody the unique distinction of all Miss Murray’s creations. Blowers for all occasions forwarded to any part of th» Dominion by Miss Murray, Vice-Segal Florist, 3S. Willis street •

Every lad should wear a Jersey in winter time. Our selection and prices will convince careful parents we’re right out for their ordeiu. Geo. Powlds, Ltd., Manners street, •

UKESSCUTTTNG TAUGHT BY COKEBSPONDENCE.

T!HE "Ideal Home” Chart System is the very latest production of dresscutting experts. The fcystem is simple and easy to learn, being difficult to make mistakes; cultivates good taste and originality; any mother can cut her own or children's dresses, and do it welL Course of sis lessons and set of charts, .£1 ss; three lessons and set of charts, -£1 Is. Write or call tor particulars. Address, -Vdelphl Chambers. Willis street. (Only system readily taught by correspondence),

EDITED BY “LOUISE."

Mrs Hudson, Dunedin, is staying at (the Empire Hotel. Mr and Mrs BunIby and Mrs Saunders arc also guests (there at present.

, mss Maud Allan., interviewed in Christchurch, says that, so far, MasIterton people formed the ‘coldest laudience she has danced to in Few lZealand. The Chemiavskys once re. imarkod about their audience that the residents of Bloemfontein o txiejr imost frigid experience. “They wore (.o -unresponsive,” remarked Jan ortho .curls, “that wo came to the ision they had breakfasted off morphine, and it was hopeless t°;,try and rouse them from the stupor. Staying at tho Grand Hotel are Mr (and JVtrs Fernandez (Few York), Mrs AYilloughhv (of Wainui-o-mata), Air and Airs Brand (of Few York) who leave on Thursday for London), and Air and Miss Franklin. Mrs F. T. Dodson, of Awarua, Marlborough, passed through Wellington yesterday on her way to spend a holiday with her sister, Airs James Clark, at New Plymouth, during tho absence ot Mr Clark, who is leaving for a. sixmonths’ holiday trip to England. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE. The first-aid classes for women are now commencing for the season at the Y.AV.C.A. rooms. Dr. Robert Stout will lecture, commencing on Wednesday, 27th inst., at 8 p.n., and on Friday, June sth, at 3.45 p.m., Dr. Whyte will he the lecturer. _ It is not too late for those who wish to join I>r. Platts-Mills’ class, which meets on Friday, at 7.30 p.m., at the Newtown Museum. Tho men’s first-aid classes will bo held as follows-.—Friday, Alay 22nd, and fortnightly, Tramway Ambulance qi#.rters, Newtown Park gates, 7.30 a.m., Dr. Tolhurst, lecturer. Friday, 29th, and weekly, Oddfellows’ Hall, Lambton quay, Dr. Duncan Stout, lecturer. VICTORIA COLLEGE. Invitations have been issued by the council, the Professorial Board, and the Students’ Association of Victoria College to meet tho Graduands of the year. The function will take place at the Town Hail on Thursday evening. DIFFERENT WAYS OF CLEANING DRESSES. Remow© aE dust with a stiff brush. To three pints of warm water add one part liquid ammonia. Rnb the dress thoroughly with a piece of the same material- Then with a sponge wrung out of cold water go over the whole surface. Hang the garment in a shady place to dry. Black dresses may also he cleaned by dissolving as much indigo bine in water as will make the latter a dark shade. The dress should be thoroughly sponged with this, and then hung up to dry. Mud stains on dark dresses which cannot be removed by brushing generally disappear if rubbed with a piece, of! raw potato. Tib remove shine from a black cloth skirt rub it well with a piece of flannel dipped in spirits of turpentine; dry in the open air.

When sponging and pressing lay the cloth on a table, being sure that it is perfectly smooth. Cover all over with a muslin cloth wrung from hot water. Roll on a stick carefully, allowing no folds on either goods or muslin. I.ay away for one hour; press on the wrong side with" a hot iron on a perfectly smooth table. Never mb the iron across the goods, but always with the threads.

To press seams in heavy cloth, wring a napkin from hot water, lay it on the seam, rub the iron over, remove cloth and press until dry by setting the iron on the seam, pressing, then lifting the iron to press the next Section, never moving the iron along the seam.

Light coloured cloth may he cleaned with benzine. Ammonia or benzine will remove spots from rough brown cloth. Iron the stain through a wot piece of the same material with a very hot iron. The skirt and the piece of material adhere to each other, and when pulled apart the nap of the cloth is raised. AUSTRALIAN ROMANCE. America has not the monopoly of romantic affairs, although quit© a number of pretty love stories originate in that land of easy separation. This time it is our neighbouring Continent which provides a pretty story of a sweet-looking country girl, who camo to Sydney and entered a wealthy firm as junior typiste. It was not long before th© senior member soon discovered in the typiste his twin soul, and as all went smoothly, they are now wed and are spending their honeymoon in a most romantic walking tour round Mount Buffalo district. An Australian writes they both carry a swag, and the bride’s extensive outfit consists of two pairs of trousers and a howie knife, with on© skirt to don when near civilisation. They sleep ’neath the blue vault of Heaven, with th© stars as canopy, and “with a loaf of bread beneath the bough and a flask of wine, the wilderness is Paradise now.” RUSMARINE. BEAUTY AND OXYGEN. Women have long recognised that to bo beautiful is more than half way to success, whatever their walk in life; therefore anything that increases and preserves the comeliness of the already ’ beautiful and considerably adds to the attractiveness of the Jess fortunate ones, will be welcomed with both hands; and such a preparation; after years of experimenting and study, has now been put on th© market by MADAME HULLEN, who has been fortunate in having th© assistance of an eniinent physician, and has enlisted his sympathies in such a way that valuable advice has been obtained in the preparation of this beautifier, the name of which is “ Rusmarine.” By means of this delightful emollient the natural bloom of youth is revived, and the cheeks glow with hor.Hh, the oxygen in the preparation acting with a stimulating effecton the tissues and blood-vessels, and a wonderfully youthful appearance is the result. Madame Hullen, at her wellequipped rooms in Boulcott street, personally prepares “ Rusmarine ” as well as her other equally beneficial creams ami lotions, all of winch are highly commended,—Advt, .

AMERICAN “WRINKLES.” Substitutes' for Cream.—Add a sliced banana to the white of one egg and beat until stiff. The banana will entirely dissolve and you will have a delicious substitute for whipped cream. A marshmallow added to a cup of chocolate or coffee is an excellent substitute for whipped cream. To Clean a White Straw Hat. —Place a tablespoonful of ammonia in two quarts of boiling water. Brush the hat, then dip it into this solution, sprinkle with sulphur ; then soap a nailbrush and scrub the hat, dipping tho brush constantly in the water. Rinse in tepid water, and dry.

The addition of a little soda mixed with a teaspoonful of corn starch to the cream before pouring it it into the tomato mixture, will prevent curdling in tho making of creamed tomato soup. A spoonful of vinegar in the water in which,meat or fowls arc boiled will add to their tenderness. A little vinegar rubbed well on a steak before it is fried or boiled will have .the same result. If a beef roast is tongh, rub it over with vinegar before putting in the oven, and haste with water to which a teaspoonful of vinegar has been added ; the meat will not taste of the vinegar. When boiling meat is inclined to be tough, put a small teaspoonful_ of baking soda in the water in which it is cooked.

WOMEN AND BUSINESS. Talking to a London “Daily Mail” representative about women and banking accounts, a West End bank manager said: “You can’t conceive the • amount of trouble which married women’s accounts give Us. We have a number of them, of course, and I can only think of three or four women among them who. have auy sense of business at ail. Tho most amusing client I ever had complained bitterly when she' was told she had overdrawn her account. ‘Why,’ she said, T have lots of cheques left in my chequebook. How can I be overdrawn ?’ One came in with a cheque drawn to her own order and endorsed. She wanted money for her weekly bills: But she had actually crossed it, and when, it was pointed out to her that this made it payable only through a banker, she said, ‘How funny! I never know what those scratches were before.’ ” Another story is that a woman who had overdrawn her account proceeded to write out a cheque to make up the deficit. THIN CLOTH BUTTONHOLES. lu making buttonholes in a thin material sUch as voiles, place a piece of tape on tho -wrong side of the material where the buttonholes are to he made, sewing through the tape. When the-buttonholes are finished the pieces of tape between, the buttonholes can be cut away. This insures a good-looking, firm buttonhole. WHY YOUR STOMACH HURTS. A DOCTOR’S. COMMON-SENSE ADVICE. Pain in the stomach, variously called indigestion, dyspepsia, flatulence, heartburn, stomaclx-actho, etc,, is usually attributed to some unnatural, abnormal or diseased condition of tho stomach itself. Nothing, however, could bo further from the truth. Nineteen times out of twenty the stomach is absolutely healthy and normal, the pain and discomfort being entirely duo to the acidity and fermentation of food which irritates and distends the stomachy although if this condition is allowed to run on, in time the constant irritation of the acid is likely to oat into the stomach walls and produce ulcers and sometimes cancer of tho stomach. Medicine is useless in such a case. The acid and fermenting food mUst bo removed by a stomach pump or an emetic, or you must neutralise the acid and stop the fermentation betaking half a teaspoonful of bisurated magnesia in a little water. Tills latter is by far the simpler and safer method. Bisurated magnesia almost immediately neutralises the dangerous acid and by correcting the food contents enables even a tired, weak stomach to digest almost any food without any difficulty. Physicians advise that bisurated maguesia should be kept in every homo, and a little taken after each meal whenever the slighest tendency to food fermentation is shown. Be sure to obtain bisurated magnesia, as other forms of magnesia aro valuable as tooth and mouth washes, but they do not give satisfactory results m. stomach disorders. —Advt.