NOTES FOR WOMEN„

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10851, 17 March 1921, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN„

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I SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mrs and Hiss d’Oyk-y arrived by the Ct.rintliic from Fngian'b and are .staying the Hotel Cecil. Alr« I*’ M. Xt. Fisher went across to Fuiis , lust autumn with her daughter, Father Fisher, who i« working steadily and making; great progress with her uir.sicnl studies. .Hr and M.ic» W. It. G. IT. AValmsley and tlicir two children arrived by the Coriutbic» and ale staying at Suyes Court. "Mrs and Miss Corry arrived from Blenheim yeslerday, and are staying at the ttoyul (Jak. On the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of tlm new Technical College buildings on Mount Cook site, on Mondav ailornoon next. Viscount Jellicoe will be presented with a handsome trowel of silver and greenstone, which hatf boon executed in the workshop of the Art School of the Technical College by Miss Hazel Julian. The trowel j» an excellent; example of students' work, and will be on view at Messrs Stewart Dawson and Co.'s until Saturday next. 'Che- leather case to contain the trowel is bcin'.r *oa<l-> hv XI isr> Uita Frier, an art student in. the leatherwork class of the Technical College. At St. Matthew® Church, Masterton. on Tuesdav morning, tlio marriage took place of Miss Gladys Murray, youngest daughter of Mr and Airs J. L. Murray, of Masterton, to Mr Donald James*, of WangaeUu. Tho bride, who was given away bv her father, a gown of ivorv . satin, draped with Mechlin lace, and a tulle veil, with orange blossoms. Miss Isabel James was bridesmaid, and wore a frock of powder blue crepe do chine, with a black hat. The Kev. J. Walker, Mj.A.*. performed the ceremony. The best man. was Mr Neale Jackson. Mrs J. A. Tripe has returned to Wellington from Christchurch. Aft* and Mrs A. G. .Fenwick (Dunedin) left Auckland by tho Alakura on Saturday for a visit to Honolulu. The engagement has just been announc* ed of Mi*s Margot Cinquevalii, the only daughter pf the late Paul Cinquevdlli (the most famous, juggler .of our age), to Mr H. J. Van Druten, the elder son of the ldte Mr W." Van Druten and of Mra f Van Druten, of Greencroft Garden, Hampstead. Miss Gladys Jesse!, the daughter of ; Sir Hubert Jessel,-Hart., is a young ac- j tress, who has made her stage debut in I

_ "The Great Lover” at the Shaftesbury. a London, which has proved itself as lis H a success as in America. Miss Jessel had S previously acted for the films, a dn Monday afternoon the Mayoress is a giving a reception to Madame Jessie 9 A.Tt.A.M. (London), the gift- | ed contralto, who is rendering three cona certs on behalf of the West Ham Central Mission, London. The function will take place in the concert chamber, Town Hall. On Tuesday Ladv Stout will bo giving a reception to this lady at the Pioneer Club. The belief that the pohutakawa, or Christinas tree, will not grow wh&ce frost occurs- is a fallacy, according to Mr C\ A. Whitney, who referred to the matter at a meeting of the council of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society. He said pohutakawa trees he had sent to a friend in Norfolk, England, were growing splendidly, and he mentioned that trees of the variety grew at Taupo, where heavy frosts were experienced. A lady who was in Taihape on Saturday stated that she had been living in such an out-of-the-way part of the district that she had not seen another woman for over seventeen months. The London Divorce Court decided that

a decree of the Indian Court dissolving marriages contracted in India between persons resident in India and domiciled in England is invalid. Consequently an Act of Parliament is necessary to legible numerous Indian divorces granted and remarriages during the last fiftytwo years. The monthly committee meeting of the ■ District Nursing Guild of St. John was held on Monday, March "th. at the residence of Mrs W. H. S. Moorhouse. There were present: Mesdames Moorhouse (presiding!, Balcombe-Brown and Strong. Sister Macandrew, Mies Robieson and Miss Rowley (hon. secretary!.- Apologies for absence- were received from Mrs Tripe and Mr's Corrigan. The nurses' report showed that during the month of February- 19 patients were registered, 12 discharged, 1 admitted to the hospital, and that one died. In all 234 free treatments were given at the patients' own homes, or at the office 91, Orhuznee street. Gifts of soup, puddings, clothing, boots, shoes, flannels, scarves, magazines, and sickroom requisites were received with thanks from Mesdames Moorhouse, Keene, Lomas, Hall, Nurse M. Walshe, Miss Jennings, Miss Hester McLean. Red Cross Society, and several anonymous donors. The nurses would be very glad to receive gifts of old clean white rag for bandaging. On Thursday afternoon, March 10th, a very interesting wedding was celebrated at Richmond Hill, Loburn. The | parties Were Miss Edi-lli Dora Webb, of Blackheath, London, and Mr . Stanley Barker, son of the late Sir Joseph Bar--ker, of Loburn. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. Howes, of Rangiora, assisted by the Rev. J. Guy, the appropriate hymns bring played by Mists Maud Barker. The bridesmaid was Miss Constanco Barker, niece of the bridegroom, the best man being her brother, Hr no si R. Barker. The bride, attired in a dainty gown of cream georgette touched with pink, and a large hat in the same tints, was given away by Mr Hodges . After the wedding delicious afternoon tea was served. The presents were numerous and useful. The bride's travelling dross was of checked tweed, with hat to correspond. The happy couple left for their honeymoon amidst a shower of rose-leaves and oonfetti. Miss Una Carter gave another of her cooking demonstrations at ;the Wellington Gas Company r-ooms yesterday, when tongue tart, rock cakes, fresh pasties, tea cakes and mock whitebait were all on the menu, and great interest shown by the many people present. “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” Hair for all. Comfort of the head brings relief to the mind. It j b the objective with woman-kind since the dawn of the first clay to the sunset of the last day. Miss Mi Isom provides the latest in Hair naturelle and Hair artificial. A shipment of first quality English hair 'has now been delivered, and all delays need no longer be apologised for. Call or write, with pattern of hair- Miss Milsom. Face and Hair Specialist, 94. Willis street. ’Phone 814- —Advt. NEVER OUT OF FASHION. V GOOD SKIN AND HEALTHY HAIR. It is not always possible to have correct features or a faultless figure, but it is always possible to have a char skin and beautiful Huir. Nature intended this should be so—an Iso they are never out of fashion. Permanent hair colouring is made a speciality of. as also face and scalp treatment. Expert personal Ferviec ftid the very latest appliances are guarantees of satisfactory results. Miss ITilson. McDonald Buildings, next Albert Hotel Willis Btreet. Tel- 2802. —Advt. For nil eoclar occasions Dustin's Catering is best. Wedding Breakfasts, Dinners, Dances, etc., catered for on the ■shortest notice. Dustin’s, Ltd., Confectioners, 171-178. Cuba street, Wellington, also Wanganui and Palmerston North.— Advt. For Chronic . Chest Complaints, Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure

CHOOSING WALLPAPERS. In choosing wallpapers or deciding how to havo one’s walls coloured, it is not sufficient to choose colouring attractive in itself; one must consider the size of tho room. its lighting, and, above all, what furniture and pictures you intend to go -with it. One must first remember light colours increase 1 the apparent size of the room, arid also giv© light, while dark ones contract size and make tho loom darker. Rale yellow is a very suitable tint for a glocmy room, for it bas a brightening effect. Decided colours, as positive red, groen, or blue, must be avoided. Neutral tones and pal© tiu'ts a*re _ more suitable. A restful harmonious effect is always to be aimed at. HEALTH AND GOOD LOOKS. Unless thei\9 is a definite trouble, there is nothing that *eo helps in keeping one fit as sleep, and plenty of it. Women wlo work the 'hardest at home are t&os© wlwv need the most sleep; yet they repudiate the suggestion, of taking a rest until the day's campaign is over and tho pressure off. Yet those who are liot strong would benefit igreatly by snatching a brief rest in the afternoon — even lialf-an-hour's rest would be better than non© at all.

Any woman will hold her vigour and retain her good looks the longer if allowed plenty of sleep, without which j eyes loose their brightness, cheeks grow i pale, and tired lines come and increase lin depth. The mid-afternoon rest is a I splendid tonic, but unfortunately the busy woman can rarely enjoy dt. But when she does she realises what a new grip it gives and how it enables her to finish the day fresh and strong. Of course, an afternoon rest of the briefest kind is impossible for the woman who goes out to business, no matter how. tired she may be; but at least she can go to bed early, and df easily fagged she should make a point of doing this. WOMEN IN THE MINISTRY. The decision of the Lambeth Conference to authorise women to teach in the j churches is not altogether novel. Wo- [ men formed part of the clerical order | during th© first seven hundred years of i the life of th© Church. "And I com- ! mend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is in the ministry of th© Church," wrote St. Paul to the Christians of Ron)©. One of th© duties of the deaconesses or consecrated widows was “to give sound teaching to ignorant and simple women." They were ordained by a bishop' who laid his hands on them, as at the ordination of men. In the early middle-ages a stole was placed on their shoulder®, and the bishop gave them a ring and a necklace as badges of their office.

, Unhappily thes© ladies became unmanageable, and in one place after ani other tho order was abolished. By the tenth century it had become extinct. A Council held at Orleans in 1517 put the matter delicately, and said that no more widows or deaconesses were to be ordained ,r on account of the frailty of their sex.” The truth is .that experience had proved that they would fall in love and get married, exactly as St. Paul, who had a poor opinion of young widows, declared thev would if they were np* pointed before they were sixty. Although th© deaconesses disappeared, there were still ladies who conducted services in churches, and they remain to this day. I happened once to go into a chapel in the town of Haywards Heath, in Sussex, and saw a number of ladies in surplices sitting in the choir singing •vespers without the help of a clergyman. They : were canonesses. Y&ars ago I heard the Benedictine nuns, who used to have a public chapel in the Rue Alontrieu at Paris, sing vespers in the same manner. Their singing was the sweetest I have ever heard. In Moscow I have seen nuns standing in the middle of a church, with tho congregation round them, to chant an office and sing an anthem. And in Switzerland I have heard a peasant girl lead a congregation of men and women in the recitation of the rosary.—By Dorothy Reynolds, in j “The Daily News. 0 W.C.T.U. CONVENTION NOTES. A few notes taken from the report of the W.C.T.U. Convention, which has been fitting in Ashburton during th© last few days-Although we have to ask year after year for the same reforms, with apparently little success, yet this year wo can point to several distinct gains in directions along which our unions have been working for years. Definite ptepo have been taken, towards introducing scientific temperance instruction into our public schools. In the recent conference of inspectors, headmasters, and representatives of tho Education Department, the chief medical officer of «chooU erfrongly advocated the teaching of «©x hygiene to children. An extensile scheme has been put into operation to provide dental treatment for the children' in our schools. A department of child welfare has been established- A woman also has besu appointed by tho Government on the Board of Appeal in connection with the censorship of picture films. The work at the Wellington Rest, where I have been personally engaged, says tho .superintendent, Airs 11. Niainio, vtU* continue*-to he a most blessed and. wonderful work, 157 men having definitely and publicly accepted Christ as their own personal Saviour, many of whom have been delivered from the drink iioiid, thus proving that "if any man bo in. Christ Jesus lie is a new creation."

Palnyerston North has rfelief looms, where second-hand clothing is collected and distributed. Willard Home committees meet in theso rooms, and the workstall for th© bhzaar was prepared there. More helpers are needed to carry it on. ‘X he local hospital .is visited, and oalcos, scene©, fruit, etc., givon to th© patients; chocolates, eggs and flowers are given to the children. Literature is distributed, and collections taken up for patients in the annex©.

Wellington Central has made a speciality o*f seeing that the railway boxes are kept there. A full supply is kept there end the of the caretaker enlisted, and when it becomes emptv she refills from her supply in the cupboard. Wellington Provincial Convention urged improved legislation dealing with child labour, and also th© establishment of continuation! /classes sor children who leave school after taking the. primary course. Napier and Wellington District Conventions Fcilding, and Dannovirko Unions advocated that th© father of a child born out of wedlock pi ould h© held equally responsible with the mother for the welfare of the child.

MRS ROLLESTON. ETC.. Hail- Physician anti Toilet Specialist, 256.. Lambton quay. The only permanent treatment for the j removal of superfluous hair is Electrolysis. It (loos not disfiguro or mor the most sensitive akin. Safe and reliable Advice given gratis. French powders and all other up-to-date toilet requisites always in stock. The best English hair kept. 'Phono 1599. —Advt. REJUVENATING FACE MASSAGE You ladies from the suburbs and country, have you ever experienced the dolightful sensation of having your skin toned up by a highly scientific face massage. First your face is massaged with skin food, then rejuvenated by the Violet Ray. It will make a. new woman of you. Consult Miss Laurenson (late Farmer, Sydney), En Reina Toilet Parlour. CO, Willis street. 'Phone 148- *

£T THE PIONEER CLUB. WOMEN CANDIDATES. Last night at the Pioneer Club the two women candidates for the forthcoming municipal election s.p©ke before a laige and enthusiastic number of memueif?, and. wet© introduced by Dr. Agnes Bennett. Airs Pre-ston gave an outline of her policy. Women should have much more to say as regards hospitals, prisons, schools, etc. She was not in any way opposed to th© men, but out to help in ©very possible way for the betterment of women and children. Tho housiug problem should be one of j:lie first things, to improve, and although Wellington has made a move, they must go on until all the insanitary houses are pulled down, and have built out of the towns- small' cottages at a cheap rental, with better environments, more women inspectors, and do awav with the shims. The remedy was that trams must go farther out, cheaper fares for long distances, as tram fares, it must not bs overlooked, must be added on as rent. Airs Preston supports markets which will help the small growers and the public to buy cheaper. Coal should be handled a better way and be less expensive. Miss Coad, ALA., said:—New Zealand is always looked upon as a democratic country, and in the matter of equal citizenship rights New Zealand women have been favoured above the women of other lands, but in spit© of this they ar© accused of not being such active citizens. There are two reasons for this—rth© majority of New Zealand women love leisure, and our women, I consider, are amongst tho hardest working women in the world in their own affairs. Th© central tendency of government h#e isproducing a lack of interest in municipal matters. The centralising tendency must bo carefully watched to prevent it developing too much. It i© on local bodies that English women, .have made their mark; it is rto novelty to see English women on local bodies in. England, but here (a democratic country) it as a novelty. I ask all present to do what they can fo rouse local interest*, it can be done by taking the trouble to vote intelligently, and supporting the women candidates. Housing the poor ie one of the first tasks of the democratic council. Wellington has mad© a. start, but only a start as yet. The council should acquire more land for building purposes for the future and regulate building operations. Finance is a matter in which the State should assist. The British Government is doing this, as it has planned to built" eight hundred thousand houses. felmih? are no place for the children who are to form an Imperial race. New Zealand people want to keep themselves free from the growth of social evils, and if they do that the Dominion will deserve a foremost place among the civilian countries of th© world, but eternal vigilance will be th© price of this. A vote or thanks was given for th© addresses given by the candidates.

Th© programme presented by Airs J Lewis to her sailor guests afc the Sailors Friend Society on Tuesday was well or* ganised and very popular. Th© performers were warmly appreciated by the crowded audience. Those who took part were the Alesdames J. Lewis, Chalk, and Edwards, the Misses May Lewis, Ashenden and Jessie Lewie, '“and Messrs S Airth, .Langley, Price, and Masters Arthur Chalk and Georg© Power. Aliss M. Lewis was at th.© piano. In resuming his temperance addresses Air Aloore, missioner spoke on “Why!"" and pleaded for abetenence against waste. Pledges followed. Prizes in the competitions cam©, from the Mayoress and the hostess and went to the Ruahine, Pakeha, and others.