NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10852, 18 March 1921, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

(By

“Emsworth.")

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mrs Aubrey Barclay arrived last night from i'alxiatuu. uud is staying with Lady ti 1 Lbs. Mrs Dc Castro left yesterday on the Ri ahine for Knglaud. Mr. Mrs anu Miss Cruickshank left on the Kuahine yesterday for a trip to the Old Country.

Mr and Sirs F. Samuel (Molesworth street.! hare left for a brief visit to Nelson prior to lea\ mg for Sydney, where they intend to spend the winter months. The inkstand g'ven by Mrs Russell for the Free Kindergarten was won by Mrs Butler, the winning number being 120. Mrs E. C. ltidcliford left on the Ruahiue for England. At St. Fetor s Church, Wellington, re-

cently. the wedding took place of Miss Alice Anton, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs S. J. Anton, of Wadestown, to Mr tlerborr Biggs, eldest eon of Mr and Mrs \V. Btggs. of Webb street, Wellington. The Iter. Canon Feilden Taylor performed the ceremony. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dainty gown of "white crepe-de-chinc and georgette. The veil, of embroidered tulle was worn with a Juliet cap, composed entirely of pearls, with a wreath of orange blossoms, and she carried a lovely pouquet of white asters an dmaidenhair fern, with tulle streamers. Misses Bertha and Mary Anton were brklosmaids, v earing ivory crepo-de-chiue frocks and black tulle straw hats, and each carried a bouquet of ptnk asterr and maidenhair fern. The bridegroom was attended by Mr S. J. Anton as best r.ian, and Mr Jack Biggs was groomsman. After the ceremonv the guests were entertained by the bride’s parents at the Ponscr.by Hall. Mr and Mrs H. Biggs left on a tour of the north, the bride traveling in navy tailored costume and black panne velvet hat. At a meeting of the Education Board this week the appointment of Miss Loy ns tutorwlibrarian an d instructress in heme science, at: the. Teachers’ Training ("’(•liege, Kelburn, has been confirmed. Miss Loy is at present connected with the Ashburton Technical School. Mr and Mrs T. H. TTamer and their son, left yesterday for England

At St. Pout’s Church, Cheltenham, recently. the wedding took place of Miss lean Buricll, youngest daughter of Mr Hugh Burrell) to Mr Adrian Basil Porter, third son of Mr Adrian Porter, both of I'eilding. The Kev. J. P. Mayo officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a. gown of white georgette over satin, with an overdress of Brussels lace caught at the waist with a satin girdle. Her veil of Brussels lace, which formed a train, wn« gracefully arranged from a small wreath of orange blossoms, and she carried a lovely bouquet of flowers in palest shade* of pink. The bridesmaid was Miss Margaret Atkinson, who wore a pretty frock of frilled pink silk net over satin, with pink and green sash, and a* black hat wreathed with pink berries and flowers. Sho carried a bouquet of pale pink carnations and autumn leaves. The best m.»n was Mr .T. Parsons. A reception was afterwards held at the residence of Air ITir.'h Burrell. The men of H.M.S. Chatham and Philomel will be entertained By the Navv League at a sports gathering in Kelburn Park on Tuesday and Wednesday, 22nd and 23rd, at 2 p.m. Members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary and the girls’ branch are asked to bring some home-made cakes, etc., towards helping tho tea.

At the Y.W.C.A., Boulcott street, last night, Miss Robinson (lady divisional superintendent of the St. John Ambulance) enrolled new members for first aid classes, and afterwards gave a short demonstration. Owing to the Easter holidays the class will mot resume until the 30th inst.

The first meeting of this year’s session of the Wellington Nursing Division, : St. J.A.8.0., took place this week, Mrs W. H. S. Moorhouse (president) in the chair. She made a happy little speech, welcoming the members to a. fresh year’s work and hopin’g the attendance would be good, as the syllabus contains a full measure of good lectures etc. The lady superintendent also spoke of the work to be done. The election took place of two members to represent the division on the committee, Miss A. M. Bartlew and Miss E. Mclntosh being proposed and declared elected by acclamation. Arrangements were made for the first picnic to he held here by the brigade. Miss C. D. B. Lambert was proposed a.s a member of the division and will be duly elected.

Miss Armour, daughter of the millionaire Chicage meat packer, and heiress to .£12, 000,000, whose engagement has just been announced, weighed only three pounds at birth, and her life was preserved im an incubator, says the Liverpool “Daily Post." An operation was performed when she was three years old, and for five months the child’s body was in a plaster cast. Later she was taken to Vienna, where she was treated ■by Dr. Adolf Lorenz, a famous bloodless surgeon. Now she is a healthy, normal girl of 25, and took a most active interest in war work, part of tho time as a nurse. Her fiance, who is the son of another Chicago millionaire, was a student at Yale when the war began, and enlisted in tho naval aviation corps. He never went abroad, .however, for when flying at Key West, Elorida, his machine came into collision with another. and both crashed to the ground. The officer in the other plane was killed, and for months young Mitchell’s life was in danger. An Aucklander writes from Los Angeles -. A curious outcome of the movie picture business is the necessity of keeping a competent oculist on every staff of producers. So very violent are the artificial lights used in movie photography, for inside work, and so necessary is it for the players to show a natural appearance, that eye-trouble is the rule among the stars. A good many movie people have entirely lost their sight in this way. The rewards, however, for a reasonably good pantoinimist are so great that blindness is risked. Scientists are at work devising means less harsh to assure the clearness necessary to the successful film. Hardly any actor or actress for tho film has normal eyesight, and as most New Zealand girls feel they ought to he film stars, this little fact won't do any harm.

Hair for all. Comfort of the head brings relief to the mind. It is the objective with woman-kind since the dawn of the first day to the sunset ot> the last day. Hiss Jlilsom provides the latest in Hair naturetle and Hair artificial. A shipment of first quality English hair 'has now been delivered, and all delays need no longer be apolo- 1 gised for. Call or write, with pattern of hair. Miss Milsqm. Face and Hair Specialist, 94. Willis street. 'Phone 814.—Advt. NEVER OCT OF FASHION. A 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 clear skin arid beautiful hair. Nature intended this should be so —an .1 so they are never out of fashion. Permanent hair colouring is mado a speciality of, as also faro and ccnlp treatment. Export personal service rr.d the very latest appliances are guarantees of satisfactory results. Miss Hilson, McDonald Buildings. next Albert Hotel, Willis street. Tel- 2802.—Advt. For oil soda r occasions Dustin’s Caterine is best. Wedding Breakfasts. Dinners, Dances, etc., catered for on ths shortest notice- Dustin’s, Ltd., ConfectionerSj 171-173. Cuba street, Wellington, also Wanganui and Palmerston North.— Advt.. i

Madame Jessie Stratliearn, during: her visit to Wellington, will be made an in.norary member of the Pioneer Club. Unfortunately, through the in-esident’s ‘.Lady Stout) .sickness, she will not be officially entertained. Miss L. Burnley, of Lower Hutt, was presented wjth a silver jewel casn and tray by the staff of Messrs G. L. line and Co. on tho occasion of her approaching marriage. Mr Kae, in making the presentation, wished her all prosperity for the future. Airs Lindo Ferguson, who lias been in Auckland for the last few days, has gone to ."Russell, but return© for Taster, end will be at the Grand.

The engagement is announced in the “New Zealand Herald" of Mis© Lena Brethcrton, dauglftor of Mr and Mrs A. O. Bretherton, of Toko, to Mr Laurie Bradley, youngest son of Mr J. Bradley, of Waveriey. Miss June Clifford has postponed her trip to England, until next 3-ea.r. Writing from London, a woman remarks on the extraordinary bargains which are to bo had there in the form of low-priced luxuries. Furriers have large stocks, and, in view of “money tightness' - ' are selling coney seals at 1U guineas, and other real, fine, expensivelylined fur coats at 25 guineas. Tweed costumes are gojug at three guineas, suede sloes at dttl, mother-of-peari and feather fans at 15s, and long, white kid gloves are to be had for 7s Gd a pair. Many ether bargain© are mentioned, and it is not surprising to hear that the shops wore simply crowded from opening till clcsing hours, as probably people were glad to replenish tho seriously-deideted waidrobes which wer© the result of inflated price©.

Doctors Anderson and Gillies, two ladies who recently graduated at the Otago University, have commenced their duties a.s house surgeons at the Southland hospital. Dr and Mrs Fitchett are leaving Auckland on Saturday for a fortnight's visit to Rotorua.

* It is not generally known that Prince 9 Arthur of Connaught was once arrested. H© revealed the fact himself, amid great r iai ghter, at a municipal banquet in Johannesburg. Tho Prince said that - tv.enty years ago, when he was an officer h in the 7th Hussars, he was arrested at r Krugersdorp, on the West Rand, on a , (charge of being an absconding bank clerk, i The report does not 6ay how Jong he was . detained, or what bail, if any, was der manded. 3 - s THE NEW FASHIONS. 1 - 1 FOR WINTER. WEAR. i . , I notice at the latest display of winte* - goods the absence of sensational novelties - Taffetas, satins, jersey cloths, and sergea > are all in evidence, ,in tho same familiar c hues that we have been seeing for , months. Perhaps til© fact that they are : built on lines with which for at least a year we have been experimenting will 1 moke it easier for the clear-headed wo- . man to make her choice. From this l point of view the stability of the now styles has a great advantage. Brown and henna, and all their intermediate 1 sha-des, will claim consideration, from the 1 v. ell-dre6Sed throng; the perennial claims • of navy blue will not be disregarded. Mole and gentle harmonies of grey and ► ‘naiivo will still combine in quiet ele- » gance. ’ W© have not yet quite caught up with thjo 'European fashions in the flaring basque lines of their newest tailor-mades. High collars may come into their own 1 when the blasts of winter are upon, us, but for the present the open neck maintains its precedence. Accordion pleating has taken a. new lea6© of life. Still, we ■dial! wear the same straight line; thq long waist, and, generally, the nhort skirt: but. happily, we may ©till suit our own particular styles and fancies as to the length or width of our gowns. We can still wire out our paniers in bouffant effects, or swathe ourselves gracefully in clinging draperies. Toques are indisnensahle. but the broad-brimmed hat will be worn by those it has always suited.