NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11740, 30 January 1924, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

80CIAL AND PERSONAL

The Earl and Countess of Harrowby and their daughter, l.auy Frances Ryder, will be the guests of N.Z.E.F. ex-officers in the R.S.A. rooms to-day (Wednesday), at 5 p.m. During the war, it will be remembered, the Earl and Countess of Harrowby extended much hospitality to officers of the New Zealand forces, and on the occasion of their -visit here it i, hoped to extend to them a small courtesy in return for their great kindness. It is anticipated that as many exofficers of the forces as possible will be present to meet the distinguished visitors. Miss Paterson is the guest of her sister, Dr Ada Paterson. She leaves for her heme in Dunodin on Friday. Misses Gertie and Maisie Burt have returned to Lower Butt, after visiting their parents, Mr and Mrs T. Burt, of Featherston. Misses Allan, of Main road, Lower Hutt, are expected to arrive home shortly from tho Nelson district. Miss A. W. Hardy, Lyttelton, is a passenger by the Athenic on a lengthy visit to Great Britain. Mrs Douglas Seymour, of Hamilton, leaves to-day to visit • her relatives in Nelson, after a few days in Wellington. Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Jellicoe. who are in residence in Auckland, went behind the scenes at a local performance of '■‘Tutankhamen" recently, and congratulated the principals and chorus on the success of the ,play. On arrival at the theatre Their Excellencies were presented with papyrus scrolls mounted on Egyptian silk, bearing the names of tho principal characters in the play. The scrolls were adorned with Egyptian figures, and blue wax seals were appended as emblems signifying the sun god Ra and the tower of Luxor. The members of the Vice-Regal party were presented with souvenir programmes containing portraits of the principal performers. Miss H. Freeman has returned to Christchurch from a visit to Wellington. Mr and Mrs F. D. Luckie, Hastings, have left on a visit to Ebgland, embarking at Wellington. Among the examiners appointed by the Minister for Health under the Nurses' Registration Act is Nurse Kathleen Davies, Wellington. Miss Netta Hammond, a well-known Australian entertainer and physical culturist, who has been visiting New Zealand in company with Mies Irene Flynn, has returned to Sydney. Miss L. M. Roberts, of the staff of the Training School of Massage and PhysioTherapy at Dunedin, Hospital, left by the Ruapehu for London, where she will take a course of teacher-training at St. Thomas’s Hospital. Miss R. Ward, Wellington, is visiting Christchurch. Mrs Darling, accompanied by Miss Darling, has gone to Auckland to attend the Dominion Conference of the Navy League. Mesdames S.- Bendall and J. Belcher, of the Wairere Croquet Club, Hawke's Bay, who left on Monday on a year’s visit to England, were farewelled by their fellow-members prior to their departure for Wellington. Each lady was presented by Mrs George Chetwin, club captain, with a useful travelling cushion The engagement is announced in an ex. change of Miss Kathleen M. Neill, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Neill, Napier, to Mr E. C. Inkster, youngest •on of Mr and Mrs R. Inkster, of Linwood, Christchurch. Mrs S’. M. Paulsen, of Paulsen’s Pfahlert’s Hotel, Sydney, is arriving in Wellington by the Ulimaroa next week on a visit, and will be the guest of Mr and Mrs W. Jorgensen, Seatoun, during her short stay here. Mrs Nellie E. terser left Auokland last week by the Ulimaroa for Sydney, •n route to England, where she intends holiday-making, and, incidentally, to look into educational matters. Mrs Ferae r is a prominent worker in educational matters in Auckland city, and the promoter of many schemes for bettering child life, playgrounds feeing a particular feature of her social activities. Mrs Feraer has been a frequent visitor to Wellington as a representative to educational conferences. Miss Drummond, matron of the Waipukurau Hospital for the past two years, has been offered, and has accepted, the Government position on Quail Island. The previous matron, Miss Carston, also left to take up the Quail Island position, but is now at Christ’s College. A surprise party, comprising friends of Mi6s R. Adams, the only daughter of Mr and Mrs F. Adams, of Camp road, Lower Hutt, visited her parents’ residence lest Saturday evening. An enioyable -venIng was spent in musical items, and a delightful supper was eervlod to tho guests. Through the oourtesy of the management of the King George Theatre, Lower Hutt, in giving the hall free, for the benefit sacred concert, organised by the Lower Hutt Municipal Band, in connection with the Radium Appeal Fund, a goodly attendance of local residents took place last Sunday evening, and the chief feature of the evening was the well-got-up programme of band, vocal, and instrumental selections. Among the New Year’s honours is the name of Miss Nina T. Brentnall, BA., of Sydney, who has been awarded the Kaiser-I-Hind medal for distinguished service to the Empire. Miss Brentnall has been fourteen years in India in the service of the Y.W.C.A., first as a student secretary an a field stretching from Calcutta to Rangoon, and later she did some special war service. For the last five years Miss Brentnall has been secretary of the Y.W.C.A. in Jndia, and this work is very highly esteemed by the native ruler, the Maharajah of Travancore. In this State the women are emancipated and educated, and the Maharajah has provided largo university colleges' in which both women and men receive higher, eduoation. One part of Miss Brentnall’s work has been to provide a hostel with suitable living accommodation for the girls who come from different parts of the State to attend the Maharajah’s college. The significance of this work for the development of India lies in the fact that it ss| to the State of Travanoore with its educated women that India must largely look for its woman leadership, and tho home influence and training provided in the Y.W.C.A. by Miss Brentnall, is a very valuable factor in the development of wieer and more balanced leadership for the women of India. That ihe significance of this work ie appreciated by the Government of India is evidenced by the fact that this high honour 'nas been awarded.

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Mr and Mrs A. D. Gaunt'! Weliingfoßj have been visiting Dunedin. Sir George and Lady Fenwick were passengers on the Maunganui for San Francisco, en route to England. Mr and Mrs William Wilson, of Roslyn, Dunedin, joined the Ruapehu at Wellington on Monday on an extended trip to the Old Country Mrs Falla, Wellington, was the guest at a most enjoyable bridge party at the residence of Mrs A. A. Finch, Dunedin. Mrs Reading, another Wellington visitor. Was among thoee present. Tho engagement is announced of Miss Beulaih Schneideman, fourth daughter of Mr and Mrs I. Schneideman (of Auckland) to Mr H. Karo Emanuel, only son of the late Mr A. I. Emanuel and Mrs Emanuel, George street, Dunedin. The engagement is announced of Mias Annette Aubin, daughter of Dr. E. D Aiibin, to Mr D. C. Purdie, younger son of Mr and Mrs E. C. Purdie, Parnell Miss Etta Field, the talented singer, is a passenger on the Port Victor for England, where she hopes to continue her musical studies. Mr and Mrs Frank Tait, who arrived from Sydney by the Maunganni, left yesterday for Auckland. Lord and Lady Strathspey are at "Kenilworth" while visiting Christchurch. Mrs H Boulton, Mrs J. Baffin, and Mrs Wilkes have returned) to Christchurch after spending race week in Wellington. Mrs L. S. Fanning, Wellington, is the guest of Mrs Cull, Christchurch. The staff of Messrs Stevenson and Cook assembled cn Mondav to bid farewell to Miss I. Dunlop, who is leaving Port Chalmers to take up her residence in Wellington. The firm’s manager (Mr J. T. Knewstubb), in presenting Miss Dunlop with some handsome gifts, referred at length to the esteem in which the recipient had been held during her stay with the firm, and, on behalf otf the staff, conveyed their best wishes for her future happiness. Miss Wendell is visiting New Plymouth. Mr and Mrs Tombs and Master Tombs, Wellington, are in New Plymouth. Miss Chesterman, Wellington, is visiting New Plymouth. Miss Rachel Powles and Miss M. Crompton Smith, Wellington, are the guests of Miss Percy Smith, New Plymouth. Miss Grace Mouatt, New Plymouth, is a passenger on the Maunganui for Rarotonga. She was accompanied as far as Wellington by her sisters, the Misses M. and E. Mouatt. Mrs A. A. Bennett has returned to New Plymouth from a visit to Wellington. Miss Tipler (Wellington) is the guest of Mias Stephenson-Smith, New Plymouth. Miss Eva Booth, of Carterton, leaves by the Maunganui for San Francisco, where rile will join her sistor, Sister Kate Booth, and both will proceed to London. Nurse Booth will re-visit Egypt, where she spent some time in war work, and Miss Booth will remain in London until her return. Mrs RueselL Christchurch, the guest of Mrs B. M. Wilson, Belmont. Miss Meggie Albanesi, a talented young actress, who 'had captured the hearts of English audiences, died at the end of last year at the early age of 24. A few days prior to her death, Miss Albanesi was ploying in “Lilies of the Field’’ at the Ambassadors, London. New Zealanders wiho had seen her work, predicted great things of the charming young lady. The Crown. Prince of Belgium, whose name has been coupled with that of Princess Mafalda of Italy, bids fair to be as fine a man as his father. Princess Mafalda is said to be in every way delightful, and to be the one of the Italian royal family who most resembles her grandmother, Queen Margherita. “Pearl of Savoy,” and idol of the Italian people. The Count of Flanders, -ue younger Belgian Prince, was at Eton, and is now in the British Navy. He Is twenty years of age. The daughters of the new Prime Minister of England, Mr Ramsay Macdonald, are all girls of particular charm. Sheila is the youngest, Joan conies next, and Isihbel will be hostess for her father. Mrs Ramsay Macdonald, who was a daughter of the late Dr J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., died .in 1911. A memoir of her life has been published by Mr Macdonald. It is remarkable that the author of the best detective fiction since the Sherlock Holmes tales should be a woman, for women writers have not hitherto been pre-eminent in that line. Agatha Christie, in private life, Mrs Archibald Christie, is a charming young lacly with a cheerful piquant personality. She Is the creator of the now famous crime-tracker, Herculo Poirot, whose thrilling exploits 'have made Mrs Christie's books immensly popular with readers of all ages. Mary Garden, queen of grand opera, has recently gone in strongly for athletics. and has taken up tennis enthusiastically, looking forward to games with W. Tilden and S: McCormick. It is said that her weight is now 120 pounds—pro•bably the lightest of any really great prima donna. There is at present a tremendous “boom" in “Joan" as a Christian name for girls, writes a correspondent of the “Tasmanian Mail." Though if I had my wav I would make every one of them a favourite. I cannot, in l a country with two million surplus women, conscientiously tip each of these Joans as a "Darby" winner. The Egyptian influence which was so solf-evident in feminine attire, consequent on the wonderful discoveries in the Valley of Kings, far from suffering the early eclipse foretold for it by fashion experts, is asserting itself more vigorously than ever, and has even invaded the latest designs for cushions and draperies o f all descriptions. Writing in tho “Graphic." “Candida." the English may correspondent, says:— Evening cloaks are to the fore again. Until lately the idea was that fur coats, however expensive, were a 'positive economy, because they could be worn both by day and iby night; a capital idea and a likely one to convince (him who paid the bill. For years (the last few economical ones, anyway) people wore the same mole or beaver coat over their morning gaberdines' and their evening brocades. It was very dull and not at all nice to cover your gold and silver magnificence with the earns garment that had wandered about all day in the rain and the fog. The new idea is to wear nothing furry at night except, of course, sable, ermine, or chinchilla, and to match your gown with a magnificent cloak carried out in the grand manner; in gold tissue, let us say, or Florentine brocade, with a collar of ermine or silver fox. It sounds delightful, I must say. and, thanks to it, I hope that the theatres will recapture the "air" whioh they lhad lost ever since the war. Handsome cloaks would make all the differono-j to the house; the dresses underneath are not half so important. Of late, people have been wearing their rabbit ooats and motor-wraps and things over seedy semi-demos, which gave the house a deplorable, negligee appearance

Mrs Florence Hullen, Beauty Specialist, late of 3a, Courtenay plaoe, begs to notify her many Wellington friends that she has removed to Belcher's Buildings, TanamalWi place (near King’s Theatre),Wellington, and at Auckland, -where she hopes to merit their confidence and patronage.—Advt.

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WEDDING AT KILBIRNIE

The wedding of Miss Jean McDonald, daughter of Colonel and Mrs T. W. McDonald. Waipapa road, Ilatadtad, to Da W. T. Hutchison, son of Mr and Mrs J. Hutchison, Dunedin, took place on Monday evening, at All Saints’ Church, Eilbirnie, tho Ven. Archdeacon Johnson officiating. The bride wore a charming early Viotorian gown of shot heliotrope and silver satin. The trimmings were of roses of silver tissue and long streamers of silver ribbon from one shoulder, held by a cluster of silver flowers. The veil was of heliotrope silk net, with a wreath of silver leaves, the wedding posy being of heliotropo and pink flowers. Misses Kathleen Copeland and Doris Whitson were 'bridesmaids, their frocks being to match that of the bride in style. They were of gold and silver shot material, the streamers from the shoulder in each case being heliotrope in colour, fastened with) flowers to match. They were poke bonnets, and carried posies of gold coloured and heliotrope flowers. A little Nnridt posy Jaatortecl it o match was a pretty touch. Little Betty and Jean Kimbell were flower girls, wearing frocks of heliotrope taffetas, that shade and gold being repeated in the rosettes worn in the hair. They carried gold baskets filled with Sewer petals, which they strewed in the path of the bride and bridegroom. A reception was held by Colonel and Mrs McDonald, tfie decorations in the hall, drawing-room, and bil-liard-room being of very beautiful flowera, the shades of .pink and heliotrope prevailing. A dance followed during the evening, and later when the bride and bridegroom left for a tour, the former was wearing a frock of green taffetas and a grey crinoline straw hat with small colcured flowers burched at the back. Charming gifts were presented to the bridesmaids, flower-girls, best man, and groomsman, the latter being Dr Scott and Dr McLaurin respectively. Among tho relatives who v/ere present were: Mr J. Hutchison (Duredan). father of the bridegroom, Mr and Mrs A. H. Kimbell, Mrs McNeill. Dr and Mrs Hutchison (Wanganui), Mr Douglas Hutchison (Carterton), Mr Heotor McDonald, Mr and Mrs F. Pope, Mr and Mrs Young, Mrs Sohlaadt, Mr and Mrs J. Young, Mr and Mis Reid.

I RED CROSS SOCIETY

NEFW ZEALAND BRANCH. A meeting of the New Zealand branch of the British Red Cross Society was held in the society’s chambers, Dixon street, yesterday, and was presided over by Mr T. A. blunt, chairman. Tho resignation of Mrs Tidey t Pukeora. was accepted -with regret, and it was decided to appoint Mrs Hodgson in her stead. The resignation of Mr T. Munt from the position of chairman was accepted with regret, and Mr Burnett was appointed to take his place. Acoounts totalling .£413 18s 4d were passed for payment. NAVY LEAGUE DOMINION CONFERENCE THIS t , WEEK. < An important agenda paper has been prepared for submission at tile Dominion Conference of the branches in New Zealand of the Navy League, whioh meete in Auckland to-day (Wednesday) and and Tliurdsay. Following are the delegatee Auckland. —Messrs A. M. Ferguson, A. G. Lunn, C. H. T. Palmer, Commander J. R. Middleton, D. 5.0., R.N., and Lieut R. P. Nisbet, D.S.C., hon. secretary of the Auckland branch. Cltfistohuroh.—Messrs C. J. Treleaven, Robert Bell. Wellington.—Mrs Darling, Messrs I. P. Firth, and R. Darrodh. Marion.—Mrs Hewitt. Masterton.—Mesd-ames H. H. Beetham, A. Oiselberg, W. H. Jackson. Picton.—Misses Seymour and Allen. Nelson.—Mr H. R. Duncan. Napier.—Messrs R. D. Maclean and C. F H. Pollock and Rev. J A. Asher. Gioborae.—-Mr F. H. Rowley. HOROWHENUA NOTES (Special t>o “N.Z. Times.") Mrs Hodgson left on Friday for Wellington. After a holiday in the city, she will proceed to Wanganui. Mr and Mrs Kupa Hawea and daughter leave to-morrow for a trip to the north. Mrs and Miss Hawea will probably stay at Auckland for a time with relatives, while Mr Hawea will go further afield. Mr Len Morgan, son of Mr and Mrs Thos. Morgan, of Otaki Railway, has passed his LL.B final examination at the Victoria University College with credit. We congratulate Mr Morgan, an ex-Otaki school boy, on his success. Mr A. Knight, who has been indisposed for some time, is now making a good recovery.