NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10651, 26 July 1920, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mr and lira W. H. Rathbono, of Waipawa, have returned from a trap to Wellington. One of Auckland's earliest colonists, Mrs Prances Rowe, has died at the age of 85 years. She was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Trev-arthen. who arrived at Wellington from Cornwall when Mrs Rowe was a child. Afterwards Mr and Mrs Trevarthen moved to Auckland, and occupied a whare on the site of the present Government House, and while there the first Government House arrived from England to bo erected. A pretty wedding was solemnised "at St Patrick's Church, Grevmouth, when Mr Hugh Coll, of R«efton, and Miss Mary Murray, were united in the bonds of holy matrimony by the .Rev. Fatho» McGfath. Tho hnppv couple, farewelled by a number of friends, left by the overland express far Ohri6tchurcli this morning on their honeymoon.

A pretty wedding was solemnised at Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth, when Rev. Canon Carr united in the bonds of holy matrimony Mr Oscar Win. Berkland, of Wellington, and Miss Tui Jillsie Feary, of Greymouth. The best man was Mr Frank McGirr, and the brides, maid Mies Alioe Willis. Tho happy couple intend establishing their home in Blenheim.

At /Pahiatua on Wednesday, Mr A. Turner, a returned soldier, now farming in the Dannevirke distriot, was married to Miss Jessie Anderson, daughter of Mr \V. Anderson, of the Hukanui school. The ceremony took place in. the Church of England, the Rev. H. W. Mona?han being the officiating clergyman. The Cooked Food Company, with most ot Dunedin's most prominent ladies as provisional directors (the capital being X 1000), have opened a shop in George street (says a Dunedin correspondent). The scheme of the company is to send out by motor ,to any city address within a mile and a half of the shop, cooked and prepared dinners to order. That ia tbo main object. At present an. experiment is b&ing made with the midday meal, in the hope of doing something to solve the servant problem. Thn aim is to help the woman of education who is not accustomed to hard work, and is now unable to obtain domestin help or topay for it if it could be obtained. The company is not out to help poor people to «et cheap food, and there will be no attempt to sell cheap food. The proposal is to supply cheap and well-cooked home dishes. The price of the full dinner is Is 6d per head.

Mr and Mrs Hugh Boyd, two of th« best known and most highly esteemed residents of Kangiora. celebrated their golden, woffling on Wednesday. Mr Boyd, whose native place was Fentnck, Ayrshire, Scotland, on his arrival in Canterbury in 18&1 made Bangiora his home, aad six years- later married Miss Mary Anderson, who came to the colony with her parents from-Clonegiu, County Carlow, Ireland. Mr Boyd was for over thirty years a. member ot tno Borough Council, and some time as Mayor. They had a family of five eons and four daughters.

A visiting helper. .is wanted by the Mothers' Help Division. Details from Mrs Coleridge, Bishops Court, Mulgrave street.

To celebrate 61 years of wedded life is an experience that comes to very tew folk, and Mr and. Mrs A- Wilkinson, of Harbour terrace, Dunedin,■ are to be congratulated on the nniaue event (states the "Otago Daily Times"). They were married 6i years ago on Tuesday, and have spent 57 years of those years in Dunedin. At St. John's Church. Dannsvirke, on Wednesday, Miss Gertrude Emma Heibert, fourth daughter of Mr William James Herbea-fc (one of .the oldest settlers in the district) was married to Mr Kobert John Holms younger son of the late Mrs James, Holms, of Glarfston, Wairarapa, and formerly of iviibarchan, Scotland, and grandson ot tno late Mr Herbert Grant a^ pioneer wairarapa settler. Misses Margcret Stevenson (Foxton) and Margaret Urant (MangiAei,, cousins of the toidegrooni. acted as bridesmaids. Mr Ernest Herbert, voungest brother of the bride, acted as best man, and Mr Herbert Chote. a cousin, filled the post of groomsman. Mr and Mrs W. A. Veitch. of nui. were week-end visitors to Oteki, and were the guests of Mr and Mrs Sargisson. of Otaki railway. ihe latter is a sister to Mrs Veitch.

A ciuiot wedding- was solemnised at tho Basilica, Hill street, Wellington, on Wednesday, when Mr Athol Bennett, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Bennett, of Otaki, was married to Miss Dorothy Ooddard. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Dignan. The wedding was a quiet one, only relatives of the coxiplo being present. These were afterwards entertained at the residence of the bride's parents. The happy couple afterwards left on their honeymoon tour, after which they will take up residence in Palmerston North. , T&A. Mrs Wi F. Massey, who has presided at ithe iPlunket Conference- just concluded in WellingtoM, gave an afternoon tea on Saturday to ' the delegates at her ihbme, "Ariki-TcW Tinakori ro"ad. Tie large drawingroom was gay with spring flowers, and fires made it pleasantly warm after the cold outside. Tea was- set in the dining-room, the folding doors being thrown open, and the table* was decorated with yellow narcissii in a larjf© swan-shaped centrepiece. Afternoon tea was served by Miss Slassey, who was assisted fcy Miss Earle, Miss Anderson, Miss Clarke-Johnson, and several others. Plunket enthusiasts find plenty to talk over at all times, and their interet is ranfailing, so all those who mot aaain' on Saturday afternoon had many matters of interest still to discuss, and the time passed only too quickly. A eource of interest, too, were the many caskets presented to Mr Massey on his recent visit to England. These are in various shapes, and in EE>ld and silver, the largest one that ad recently been sent being from Cardiff, in Wales, a magnificent gold casket, on a marble stand, with miniatture pictures of tho town and the city's arms in enamel. Mrs Massey, who received her guests at the entrance to the drawingroom, wore navy blue silk, with wnite dfi/ee vest and collar. Miss Massey wan in a frock of black velvet. Among those present were Mrs J. P. Luke, Mr Justice and, Mrs Chapman, Mr and 3Jirs <New Plymouth),. Mrs Bristed {Cbrifltchttrch), Mrs Moore (Dun_ edin), Mrs C. Y. Fell (Nelson), Mr and Mrs Hudson (Mbtueka) Mrs E. W. Gibbs. Mrs J. P. FirttL Mra Trjggs, Mrs W. Nathan, Mrs W. Irake, Mrs Clarke-Johnson, Mrs C. Eaa-le, Dr Hay, [Mrs Etherington, «to.

LIFE ABROAD. That Australia is the cheapest placo in the world to liva in just now is tbc emphatic conclusion of two lady passengers by the Venture—Mrs Searl-e, who has been abroad for two suid a half years; and Miss Chalmers, who has boon away from .Sydney for six months, both on business as members of the staff of Farmer's (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph"). ■ „ , . Paris still sets the world's fashions, according to these ladies, who point out that very short and Very narrow skirts constitute the- fashion there at the moment with short-fronted shoes. Scarlet, they tell you, is on© of the most popular of the Parisian colours juat now. The interviewer, on dangerous groutin in discussing the latest vanities of the opposite sex, turned the conversation to a subject with which he was more familiar—the cost of living. "Australia," the two ladies volunteered, "is the cheapest place in the world to live in just now. Tha other places are simply appalling. London is crowded, but there appears to be a tendency to get down to normal there. Hut London—and this is applicable to all the world abroad—is still -willing to pay high prices. There is no alternative, in fact; if it doesn't, well, it baa to go without. From what we could seo, there is no evidence of prices coming down anywhere. There is a shortage of skilled labour, for one thing, and that is only one factor. Here is an illustration of the position winch will appeal to the womenfolk. Fine handwork it is impossible to got. \\ omen made so much at war work, and have become so unsettled, that they find it difficult again to sit quietly down to work of this nature. What is more, their bands are not yet in a fit state, after the tasks which fell to them during the war, again to take up delicate handwork." ~,, ,',, ... Paris, thev tell you, still holds.,»<*• own as the home of-fashion. -'Of tbat there is not the slightest doubt. ( You go to America," they remarked, ana see copies of things which, you had previously vseen in Parip. J This act of plagiarism was. enougn, in their eyes, to maintain Pans at that dizzy peak to which all the world of fashion looks for its . . ' Paris, after 10 o'clock at night, is enveloped in darkness nowadays, on. account of the coal shortage, which roba it of a lot of its old-time gaiety.