NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11739, 29 January 1924, Page 5

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Hostesses for Community Club this week will beMonday, Mrs E. G. Pilcher; Tuesday, Mrs Mo rice; Wednesday, Mrs Percy Dalrymiple; Thursday, Mrs J C. Andersen; Friday, Mrs J. A. Campbell; Saturday, Mrs J. P. Firth; Monday, Wellington South Nursing Division. Mrs Rayward has returned to Muratai after a visit to her daughter, Mrs E. Gilkison, at Queenstown.? Mrs Hack worth and her children, who have been spending a holiday at Queenstown, have returned to Wellington. Mr and Mrs G. D. Greenwood have returned to Christchurch, after spending race week in Wellington. Sir Thomas and Lady' Mackenzie are visiting Auckland, en route to England. Mr and Mrs P. Birch are on a visit to Auckland. Mrs de Latour has returned to Hamilton from Wellington. Misses Stella and Alpha Baylay, of Dunedin, who have been staying at Upper Hutt and Hataitai with relations (Mesdames J. M. Lomas and J. A. Shand). left by last night’s boat for Christchurch, where they will spend a few days before returning to Dunedin. The marriage took place at St. Benedict’s Church, Auckland, recently, of Mr John Porteous, son of Mrs T. and the late Mr T. Porteous, of Huntly, and Miss Sylvia Reardon, second daughter of Mr and Mrs J. J. Reardon, of Mount Fiden. Mr Justice Reed and Mrs Reed, Auckland, aro at present in Wellington. Miss Edna McDonald has left Rotorua to take up her new duties at the Native Land Court, Wellington. Mr and Mrs J. Fell and Mr and Mrs A. Payne (Melbourne) are touring the Dominion, also Mr and Mrs C. W. White (Glasgow), and Mr and Mrs E. J. Hutchings (Melbourne), who arrived by the Makura. Mr and Mrs A. M. Haste, of Pittsburg, are sight-seeing at Rotorua. Mr and Mr s C. P. Agar, of Christchurch, are in Wellington. They will leave for England by the Athenic, which will sail from Wellington about January 30th. Miss Bertha Gore, of Kendal, England, has arrived in Auckland from Wellington Mrs J. Douglas Davys and Miss Hilda Nixon have returned to Rotorua from Wellington. Mr and Mrs Basil Harris, of Wellington, are visiting Greymouth, being the guests of Mrs Qua Schaef, Taiavi street. Miss Ihnes-Jones and Sister Edinger, Wellington, are staying in Hamilton. An interesting double wedding was celebrated at Mrs G. Cox’s residence, "Belmont,” Hamilton; on Thursday, 24th instant, the contracting parties being the Misses Ruby and Hilda Cox and Messrs E F. Benjamin and L. M. Ward. The Rev. W. Ready, Methodist minister, officiated, and the brides were given away by their brother, Mr S. R. Cox, of Te Kowhai. Miss Kathleen Cmiokshank, of New Zealand, gave her first vocal recital in London at Leighton House in November, and is now working for a second recital in the Aeolian. Hall early in the New Year. The Misses Mabelle Etequilante (Dunedin), well-known New Zealand contralto, Teresa McEnroe, New Zealand soprano, and Eileen Driscoll, of Wellington, also of New Zealand, are at present studying opera in Rome. I The Hon. Arthur M. Myers has taken I up his duties as a member of the Royal ! Commission on Local Government (says J the "British Australasian”). Mr Myers was approached, but refused to stand as! a candidate at the general election. Mr j and Mre Myers and their children are spending Christmas at St. Moritz, Switzerland. The marriage took place at St. Paul's Methodist Church, Cambridge, on Tuesday last, of two young Cambridge people —Miss May Alexandra Spargo, second daughter of Mr and Mrs William Spargo, of Hobsonville, Auckland, and Mr Wilfred George Ramson Gutry, eldest son of Mr and Mrs George Gutry, of Pukerimu. At Trinity Congregational Church, Christchurch, recently, the Rev. H. J. Huffadine solemnised the marriage of Jessie Millicent, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Boot (Christchurch), to Mr Frederick Lewis Brooks (Greymouth). , Mr Boot gave his daughter away, and I Mr H. O. Brooks, the bridegroom’s brother, was best man. Two residents of Auckland for over 40 years, Mr and Mrs B. Henry Blixham, celebrated the golden anniversary of their wedding on January 22nd at their resideuce, Mount road, Mount Albert. The husband arrived in Dunedin in 1870, by the ship Warrior Queen, and the w.ife in 1874, by the Dunfillan. After living in Dunedin for ten years, they went to Auckland to reside. They had a family of six girls and four boys. Two sons served during the war, one making the supreme sacrifice. There are 38 -grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. Miss Margaret Dyer, of King’s College for Women, London, who has been appointed to the position of woman inspector of domestic subjects under the Education Department, will leave England for New Zealand by the lonic on February 7th. Miss Jean Curlewis, daughter of Judge and Mrs Curlewis, of Sydney, was recently married in Sydney to Dr Leonard Chariton. Mrs Charles Cope, the mother of Mrs Curlewis, died two days before, but at the express wish of herself and her husband the wedding was not postponed. Miss Jean Curlewis is known to a whole generation of young Australian readers, even as ‘her mother (“Ethel Turner") was known to a preceding one. Jean Curlewis has not, however, supplanted her mother as a writer, for Ethel Turner’s books are as (popular now as they were when they first began to come out, before Jean Curlewis was born; Jean has merely carried on and extended the literary output of the family. There are no other writers so much read by Australian girls—and boys, too—as Ethel Turner and Jean Curlewis. with the exception, perhaps, of Mary Grant Bruce. Jean Curlewis writes, like her mother, of Australia and Australians—“ The Ship that Never Set Sail” is a charming little bodlo of hers. She conducts the Child- I Ten’s Page of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph,” besides being a prolific writer of Stories. For over 82 years Mrs James Sole, of Westown, New Plymouth, has lived almost under the shadow of Mount Egmont. On a recent afternoon, seated in a comfortable up-to-date touring car, she visited it for the first time. Next April marks Mrs Sole's ninety-fourth birthday, and, except for a brief period spent at Nelson during the dark days when the Maori War reached its height, she has lived at New Plymouth since November. IP4I.

Mr and Mrs D. E. Leslie and family (Wellington) have returned to their home after spending four weeks’ holiday in Christchurch. Miss Clifford (Nelson), who has been the guest of her cousin, Mrs Joseph Studholme, Fondalton, Christchurch, leaves for home this week. The engagement is announced in an exchange of Mies C. V. Rankin, eldest daughter of Mrs C. Rankin and the late Mr A. Rankin, of Lower Riccarton, to Mr L. G Nairn, youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs James Nairn, of Khandallah. Wellington. Miss Connop, of the Connop School of Dancing, has just returned from Sydney, where she lias peon since last .November. She and her sister have gone to the Manawatu, and will spond a few days there before returning to Wellington. Women on the racecourse are not unknown to history, for it seems that in {SO4 one rude in a challenge match, a fortune being at stake. She did not win, however, being less fortunate than her successor a hundred years later, who, in 1905, rode against a malo jockey in a one mile race at Epsom, defeating him. An officially recognised woman jockey, however, is another matter, and such appeared quite recently at Newmarket, England. This was a jumping event, the course being four miles long, and needless to say that course was thronged with spectators. Though handicapped by having an extra weight put upon tier horse, the lady rider did fairly well, coming third A film actress is said to have offered one hundred guineas for a race to be run with the jockeys all women.

There is no need for the batlid to kill good looks if a little care is taken (says an exchange). On the contrary, it should improve them. The sea bathe is health-giving, to the majority of girls A few it does not suit, but as a rule it invigorates the system and is better far than any tonic as an aid to beauty. When one is dressing for the dip a little vaseline should be smeared over the face, back, and chest, especially that spot below the chin that so quickly gets “caught” by the sun. This simple precaution will prevent the salt water from doing any harm to the most sensitive skin. Tho hair is a troublesome matter to the bather. If a waterproof cap is worn there is no difficulty, but many people find they get headaches unless they Wot their heads. There is a good way to overcome the trouble of having to dry, perhaps, a thick and! long head of hair. Coil all the hair up rather high at the back and then entirely cover the ooils with a small waterproof cap. After bathing therj will only bo just the roots of the hair to dry, so that a great deal of time and trouble is saved. Of course, any hair that is wet must he washed with fresh water before drying. The fresh water rinse is the great secret of keeping the skin soft and smooth, no matter how frequently a bathe is indulged in, and yet how often it is overlooked or thought too much trouble. If there is no fresh water obtainable on the beach, a little should! be taken with the bathing outfit. It is possible to manage with very little—a wet sponge is better than nothing.

Women who ha'-e thin ankles will he able to display to advantage the newest i sports stockings which are covered with I circular bands of colour such as black, red, and orange on a grey ground, or blue, yellow, and black, on a beige j ground. These colour “bracelets" have ! a bright but not a thinning effect. Then there . are tartan hose of many hues; checks, both square and diamond-shaped, which in some cases are quite two inches across. A striking stocking is entirely covered with very narrow circular bands of small black and white checks. Speckled effects are carried out in wool and silk in a variety of shades. , Shadow striped lustre lisle stockings are worn by women who do not care for silk or wool hose. Brightly coloured flowers axe embroidered on silk stockings, as are also sequin “snakes" and other designs for ovening wear. In the daytime the black stocking has almost entirely disappeared; in its place many shades of grey , and beige vie with each other for popularity, and are worn with black and coloured shoes.

General Travers, Colonel Clegg, Mr Travers, London; Mr and Mrs Donohue, Mr and Mrs Hallain, Misses Stedman, Messrs Campbell, Putterill, Booth, Sydney; Mr and Mrs Power, Melbourne; Mr and Mrs Combes and family, Mr and Mrs Alexander, Mrs Nicol, Miss Griffin, Mr Thorne and Son, Messrs Wilson and Jenks, Auckland; Mr and Mrs Giles, Wellington; Mr and Mrs Gotz, Fcilding; Mr and Mrs Campbell Pearce, Carterton; Mr and Mrs J. H. Strang and ■ Messrs Strang (2), Palmerston North; Messrs McHaruy and Rathbone, Waipawa; Mr and Mrs Tipping, Hastings; Mr and Mrs Pattullo, Messrs and Miss Pattullo, Mrs and Miss Yule, Mr W. Harvey and Son, of Napier, were visitors to the Terraces Hotel, Taupo, during the past week. In reply to a letter from the Wellington branch of the National Council of Women calling attention to certain alleged disabilities with regard to the payment and right of appeal of women clerks in the Post and Telegraph Department, tho following letter from the Secretary was road at the last meeting of the council;—ln reply to your letter of the Bth ultimo, having reference to the conditions under which women are employed in this department, I have to inform you that it was decided to fix the maximum salr ary of female officers or the clerical division at J 0225 per annum from April Ist I last instead of allowing such officers to proceed to the maximum salary allotted to male officers. In fixing a maximum for women the department brought the female clerical officers into line with, those employed in other Government branches. The fixing of a maximum salary for female clerical officers of this department was decided upon only after the matter had been carefully considered. _ It has been tho department’s experience over a period of years that it is undesirable to employ women excepting during certain fixed hours of the day and evening. It has also been found that they are unable to overtake the same volume of work as can bo handled by male officers Generally speaking, it requires three women to do the work of two men. It has been the practice for many years past to pay lower salaries to wemen than to men, and in applying the (same principle to the female clerical offioers. ihe department has merely extended that practice. It is considered by the department that the precedure followed in fixing a maximum salary for female clerical officers was the correct one and the Post and Telegraph Appeal Board, after hearing both sides, decided to disallow the appeal which had been lodged cn behalf of those women whose salaries had been fixed. It does not necessarily follow because the maximum salary of female clerical officers is fixed that such officers would not have an opportunity if competing for position above the rank and file. Every officer has such an opportunity and, if dissatisfied with any decision of the Promotion Board, has the right of appeal. The department' claims to have the interests of the wemen at heart, and considers that in view of the services rendered, the salaries at present paid to thorn compare favourably indeed with those paid to male officers.