NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11250, 30 June 1922, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

| SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. At the meeting of the Wellington Hosi pital Board yesterday it was reported i that the following nurses have passed 1 their final hospital examination : Nurses ! N. Fisher, N. P. Moffat, C. A. Mad Don; aid, T. J. White, W. G. Henderson, C. j Evans, F. Rolfes, E. M. Walter, and M. j S. Hunt. Five out of nine gained over | 70 per cent, marks, and there were no failures. The resignation of Nurse H. Romans, , who has completed her four years’ training, was accepted with regret. I A wedding was celebrated on Tuesday 1 at Mr H. P. Maxted's residence, when Miss Eileen Maxted, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs R. P. Maxted, of Masterton, was married to Mr Daniell McGill, of Masterton, youngest son of Mr and Mrs John McGill, of Carterton, Mr and Mrs B. B. Asher, of Sydney, were through passengers by the Niagara, which reached Auckland on Monday, en route for Vancouver. They were met by their daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Percy Nathan, of Wairarapa. A wedding of much interest was,-cele-brated in Ruapuna on Tuesday afternoon, the contracting parties being Miss Sarah Glassey and Mr William Hutcheon. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. Mr Johnston, of the Presbyterian Churcih, Mayfield, and Miss Cora Argyle presided at the organ. The fortnightly meeting of the Brooklyn Methodist, Musical, Literary, and Debating Society was held on Monday evening. Mi's W. H. Hindle presiding over a large attendance of members. The evening was devoted to the publication of the journal which was edited by Miss Smith. The variety and quality of the material it contained was commended by those present, and all joined heartily in congratulating the editress on the success that attended her efforts. One article in particular caused considerable discussion, that being an article urging co-operation between the Liberal and Labour parties. Before the .meeting concluded the members took the oppor-tuni-ty of congratulating Mrs Hindle on being the first lady to preside over a meeting of the society. The engagement is announced by the "Auckland Herald" of Frances, the youngest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs F. McArthur, of Remuera, Auckland, to Godfrey, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Harvie F. Hirst, Pembroke street, Victoria, British ColumbiaMr and Mrs W. D. Sneddon are visit* ing Christchurch. The Misses Goldie, of Auckland, arrived in Wellington yesterday and are staying with Mi's J. H. C/Bond, of Tliomdon. Mi's Algar Williams is staying at Meadowbank with the Hon. Mrs Tahu Rhodes. One minor but none the less pathetic mishap which occurred with the wreck ot the Wiltshire, was the loss of the beautiful wedding dress sent out from Home for Miss Nancy Johnston, whose, marriage to Mr John Rolleston takes place in Hawke's Bay next week, says an exchange. Mrs R. Campbell, a member of the Women's National Council at Durban, is at present visiting Auckland. Mr and Mrs E. J. Vallentine, of Auckland, left Wellington by the Maunganui at the beginning of the week for Byd« ney, whence they will go on to Melbourne, returning to Auckland in about six weeks. A farewell reception was given on Monday evening to Dr. Julia Seton, M.D., of New York, by her Auckland friends. The function was held in the ball! room at Cargen, and there were about two hundred guests present. The marriage took place at Kawa Kawa, Bay of Islands, on June 22nd of Miss Norah Hall, the fifth daughter of Mr J. A- L. Hall, to Mr Harold G. Peacocks, second son of Mr Gerald L. Peacocks, of Pa pa too toe. The recently started Aero * Club in Auckland held a ball there on Tuesday night. A very pleasing function took place at Bt. Joseph School on Friday afternoon, when Miss Rubi Curran was presented with her bridal veil by the pupils of the school, says the "Wanganui Chron- ' icle." hiiss Curran is an old pupil, and has been associated with the in the capacity of accompanist since hei school days. The veil was beautifully worked by the Sisters of St. Joseph's as a tribute of affection to their old pupil. The honorary division of the ‘Women’s National Reserve in Auckland, of which ’ Mrs F. Fitchett is president, is endeavouring to establish a rest room for mothers in that city on the lines of the Wellington one. The Knrangahape Road Business Men's Association has offered to co-operate with the reserve if the rest room is opened in Karangahape road.

The one unfailing attraction, at tlia lawn tennis courts of the Riviera is beyand all question Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, atates an exchange. At present sho plays in "exhibition’' matches only, yet when partnered with Gcrbault she drew the largest attendance- seen at a tourna- . ment in Cannes this season. Among those present were tho King of Sweden, the Duke of Connaught, Princess Alice and the Earl of Athlone and their child, ren. King. Manoel and Queen Augusta Victor, Prince Philippe of Bourbon, the Rajah and Ranee of Pudokofa, Sir Arthur Balfour, and other notabilities. Lady Laurier, widow of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian statesman, whose estate has been returned at £ 24,764 in her will makes 35 bequests, including that of her husband’s old home in laurier avenue, Ottawa. This, with historio gifts given to Sir Wilfrid on his visits to England, is presented to Mr Mackenzie King, the present Prime Minister. "Tho house having been given to us," Lady Laurier states in her will, "by political friends of my husband, I consider it should revert to tho Liberal party as represented bv its chief, Mr Mackenzie King, for his official residence.’’ Valuable jewels are given to many eminent political friends, and there are other bequests to hospitals and servants Mr Charles Graves, who has fust completed "Mr Punch’s History of Mo. dorn Enplan'd," "besideis his ■well-known humorous works lias also been a distinguished musical critic, and was at one time assistant editor of the "Spectator.’’ His wife is -the eldest sister of Viscount Grey of Faliodon. His brother, Mr Alfred Porcival Graves is equally well-known as an author and poet on Irish subjects. They are both sons of the late Bishop of Limerick. LA MERCEDES. MISS MILSOM’S SELECTION.—The beet, most beneficial creme for the human skin ever known. Try but one jar to test why and what she went abroad in search of. La. Mercedes complexion oreme is the newest scientific preparation. The Hair and Face Specialist, 94, Willis street. ’Phono 814.—Ad.vt FREE DEMONSTRATIONS OF BEAUTY TREATMENTS. Ladies are invited to visit m.y Demonstration Parlour and have an actual free treatment, also to receive samples of "Rusmarine” toilet preparations made in my own laboratory. Many of these exclusive preparations were secured from leading beauty specialists by me on my recent American trip. "Kusma” (Reg.' is guaranteed to absolutely destroy unsightly superfluous hair*. Painless.' permanent, harmless. —FLORENCE HULLEN, C.M.D.. "Rusma" Laboratory Ba, Courtenay place, Wellington. ’Phone 22-070. Open till 0 p.nT. Fridays; all day Saturdays.— Advt.

1]s T o one can say that overseas cole* brities aie neglected when they come to London. On the. contrary, they are always jtho heroes or heroines of the hour. One week last March, among many other entertainments, Mrs L. S. Amerv gave one of her “Dominion" teas for Lady James Mitchell, the wife of the Prime Minister of Western Australia, and on the following Tuesday the Duke of York dined with the Canada Club at the Savoy, when the other guest of honour was Mr P. C. Larkin, High Commissioner for Canada. A telegraphed message from the “Times's" Macderton correspondent states ' that Mrs H. Whitburn, of Wellington, i died at Masterton Hospital yesterday (Thursday). Deceased, who was thirtysix years of age, had endured a long and painful illness. A husband and two sons 1 are left to mourn their lo*>s. Mrs Whitburn was a native of Feilding, ■syhero her father now resides. She liad been an inmate of the Masterton Hosi>ital for about twelve months.

Mr-3 Boden, Palmerston North, came to ' Wellington this week tor the opening of Parliament. Miss Brock, an esteemed ex-member of the staff of the Post and Telegraph JJe--1 partmont, was found dead in her bed • on Tuesday morning at Wellington. Miss * Brock was an ex-officer of the account- * ants* branch of the Post and Telegraph 1 Department, having joined the service as far back as 1575, and retired on super- ■ annuation on Juno 30th, 1908. Miss l Brock was the first lady in Now Zealand ’ to be awarded the Imperial Service Med- ’ al, which is granted to members of the 1 Civil Service who do not belong to the 1 administrative or clerical branches of the ' service. The late Miss Brock was 82 J years of ago. 1 The funeral of*Mrs M. BaTrell, late matron of Wellington College, took place ‘ yesterday morning. —Mrs Barrel!, who ‘ died after a very short illness, was a ; very faithful and highly-respected mein* I ber of the house staff, her devotion to ; duty and kindly disposition endearing her ’ to aill who knew her. At her funeral yesterday morning tlio whole school lined 1 the avenue to the school gates. The l ' masters acted as pall-bearers at the college, and the house prefects at Karori > Cemetery, where the llev. C. F. Askew 1 conducted the service. The college was 1 represented by Mr and Mrs T. li. Cresswell, the school staff by Mr P. Thomson, j and the boarders by the .house prefects. The house and grounds staff also attended the funeral in a body. The engagement is announced of Veronica Gwendoline, eilder daughter of Mr and Mrs J". Gorrie, of Edendale, Mount Somers, to Arthur Edmond, third son of Mr and Mm W. H. Burney, of springeton. “Mothers* Day ,J was first proposed by* Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, U.S.A. She had been in the habit of setting apart one day in the year in memory of her own mother, and conceived the idea of getting others to act in a similar way. The idea caught on at once, and is now acted on in all English-speaking countries. At a time when even quite [poor people travel abroad for a week's holiday, Beems odd to reflect that Princess Mary, before her marriage, had only twice left England, once in 1912,_ when she went with her mother to visit her aged relation, the Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, and then again in 1918, a few days after the Armistice, when she visited the V.A.D/s and Q.M.A.A.C.’s in Franco. It the more curious because her brothers and parents have travelled so much abroad. A bill has passed the French Chamber by which the age when men and women may marry without obtaining the consent of their parents has been reduced from thirty to twenty-five. A quaint courting* custom in the Island of Tikapia, told by Mr Jtlector MacQuarrie in connection with the tour of the Southern Cross, is that of the man hand- ! ing a nut to the maiden of his choice. Should elie accept it, it meant that ail was well with hi® suit—ho was accepted, with the nut. Should she refuse, however, the penalty was death—for her, and it wo* a fact that the dead bodies of girls who had refused, the nut land the man) were sometimes found in the water. •As a rule, however, the wit of the woman usually triumphed, for she contrived that only the right man shoud come to her “with the nut. Another curious custom was the fact that a mother-in-law dare not speak to her son-in-law. If any communication had to be made, even tile presentation of a highly-prized gift to the son-in-law, it had to be done through another person, and his name not even breathed. Melanesia and the Solomon Islands are places, without a doubt, of curious customs.

Sir Courtauld Thomson, chairman of the Provisional Committee of the new National Council for Mental Hygiene, the British body studying “auto-sugges-tion" as a cure for all ills, is a man of many parts. He has jokingly described himself as “the outside director of Whiteleys." Sir CourtauM’s recreations are fox-hunting and travel. He used to keep a hunting-box in the Atlicrstone country, where he delighted in gathering around him at dinner an assembly of guests as*mixed as possible. On one occasion he entertained a county court judge, a Catholic priest, a. newspaper proprietor, a parliamentary candidate, an amateur lightweight boxing champion, and a very knowing terrier, who bad hie piece at the table like the rest, sitting paws up. At these times Sir Courtauld would say, quite seriously, “It i« the cus- ; tom in this house for guests first to call the name of the housekeeper," and he woud begin ''Ma-til-da," all the guests following in chorus. Then in came tho soup, Matilda leading on. Lady Rachel Cavendish ie not the only one of Princess Mary’e bridesmaids concerning whose matrimonial prospects rumour is active (say® a London society paper). Tho youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Strathmore, Lady Elizabeth Rowes-Lyon, now back at Glamis Castle fulfilling public engagements for hot* mother, who is ©till suffering from the effects of her recent illness, shared with Lady Rachael the distinction of being tho meet attractive of the Royal bridesmaids. Rumour is now busy predicting for her also a brilliant marriage. St. George’s Church, Frankton Junction, was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Wednesday, June 14th. when Miss Alice Lean Jones second daughter of Mr and Mrs H. S. Jones, of Frnnkton was united to Air William John Maisey, third son of Mr end Mrs It. J. Maisev ? Matamata. Rev. J. Harty was the officiating clergyman. CARE OF THE HAIR. Is the title of our booklet dealing with the Neetle permanent hair-waving. This branch of the work is entirely under the special care of a duly qualified expert, and fc .? two and a half years has given every satisfaction, as our clients nave testified. Write for booklet (post free). Electrolysis is another special branch under the control of a certificated expert, who gives her concentrated attention to this work alone. Other treatments by efficient staff. Special appointments for hair-dressing after 6 x ) -m. — Mrs Rolleston Ltd. Still under the personal management of Mrs CnmpbellRussell, Qualified Hair and Skin Specialist, 256, Lambton quay. ’Phono 1590. —Advt. SWOLLEN TON-SILS. Neglect of a simple sore throat often leads to Tonsilitis or Laryngitis. A teaspoonful of “Fluenzol" gargled daily will effectually prevent any such trouble (or diphtheria) developing. Children and adults unable to gargle should (while lying on back) have warm Fluenzol dropped into the nostrils.