NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11773, 8 March 1924, Page 10

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Rachael Barnett, of Wellington, is leaving on Monday for Palmerston North. _ ~ Madame Lipkovska end her husband, M. Richard, leave hy the Sydney iboat to-day on their return to their home in Prance. Mrs David Nathan, of Auckland, is on a brief visit to Wellington. Mrs Bailey, of Hataitai, leaves on Monday for Auckland, and will spend a week there before proceeding to England. The monthly meeting of the Wellington Convalescent Home was held at Mrs W, Young's on March sth. There were present Mesdamee Nathan, Joseph, Martin, Kirkcaldie, and Miss Morris (lion.' Secretary). The matron reported ten Satientg admitted and eight discharged uring the month. At a meeting held at the Y.W.C.A. yesterday, it was decided' to hold a garden fete at the Prime Minister’s grounds (kindly lent for the purpose) on March 22nd. The, following stalls were decided upon:—Produce, fruit, cakes, fancy, afternoon tea. There will also be a band in attendance, and side-shows, gymnasium displays, etc. Miss Hemp, of Hastings, and Mrs England, of Napier, have left en route for England, on a visit to their parents. Miss E. M. Jones, assistant mistress at the Clive Orange School and an English teacher on transfer, left there on Thursday, en route for England, after "twelve months’ service at the Clive Grange School. On Sunday last she was met by members of the Anglican Church and the Rev. T, Pisher on behalf of the congregation, preserited her with a gold-mounted fountain pen, and in doing so expressed the high esteem in which she is held, and wished her bon voyage and happiness and prosperity in her future. Lady Sybil Laurence, sister of Commander Stopford, of H.M.S. Chatham, and her two children are on a visit to Auckland, and tire staying at Royal Court before proceeding to Napier to join her hqsband. ’ Mr J. Vigor Brown and the Misses Brown arrived in Auckland on Wednesday from Australia, and will stay there several days before coming on to Na- , pier. Mrs Macdonald, matron of the Napier Hospital, is at present on a visit to >he South Island. Miss Noni Riayward has returned from Auckland. Mrs Parsons, of Auckland, is visiting ■ Wellington, and is staying with Mrs B. Wilson, Lower Hutt. The death oocurred at Auckland on Saturday, of Mrs Elizabeth Amelia Lush, who had attained the great age of 94 years, of which 72 years had been spent w Auckland. Mrs Lush was born in Prance in 1830, when the country was in a troublous state, and on the verge of revolution. It was in that year that Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, was proclaimed King of the French, following on the abdication of Charles X. To avoid the impending crisis Mrs, Lush’s father, M. Galiegue, crossed over to England. wjth his family. In 1852 they arrived at Auckland by the ship Stately. A wedding whioh was of muoh interest to musical circles in ChTistchurch was celebrated on Tuesday morning at St. Mary's Church, Merivaie, when Miss Irene Morris, daughter of Mr R. B. Morris, late Secretary to the Post Office, was married to Mr Harold Beck, son of Mr Beck, Wanganui. Archdeacon Haggitt was the officiating clergyman. The bride was given away by her'father. -lie wore a frock of apricot panne velvet with a fichu georgette, a black hat with touches of colour to match her frock, and carried a bouquet of autumn-tint-ed flowers. Miss Dolly Beck, of Wanganui, was the bridesmaid, and wore an embroidered net frock and a hat of' apricot shade. The bouquet was of cream roses. Mr D. Lightband attended the bridegroom as best man. Following the ceremony a reception, "a,t which onlv close relatives were present, was I held at the residence of Mrs H. J. Beck, jPapanui. i j Miss Henderson, president of the National Council of Women, Christchurch, has resigned her position, as-she is leaving on a tour in America and England. The engagement of Sir Keith Smith to Mrs Anita Crawford is the thrill of the week, says the "Adelaide Observer.’’ All the world knows of Sir Keith and 'his fine courage during' the war, and later, when, with his brother (the late : Sir Rioss Smith), he did the famous fly ■ from England to Australia. He is in 1 London at present, associated with the 1 famous firm of Vickers, Ltd. Mrs Craw- ■ ford, too, is in London, at least, her • headquarters are there, but she aeroplanes to Paris constantly, and from these two world’s centres bnya latest fashions for a well-known Adelaide drapery firm. She is a most charming aiid brainy woman, callable and extremely versatile, a good business head, yet most j artistic, an excellent musician, her j favourite instrument, the piano, which she plays beautifully. Practical to a de- j gree, she can cook and serve a dinner <j that would make any chef sit up and s take notes. She, too, possesses a fine <J courage. It is very 'Satisfactory to those who j, desire to see "women taking their place " in public life to note that nearly nine s hundred women are doing useful work 1as magistrates up and down the country, says an English exchange. Yet it is only c within the last five years that women " have taken a serious part in the adminis- * tration and framing of the law. Magis- n trates are nominated by the LordLieutenant of a county, who recommends *• suitable candidates to the Lord Chan- a cellor. This official, acting on behalf G of the Crown, makes the appointments. " A local advisory committee, formed from ° representatives of all political parties, P assists the Lord-Lieutenant in .his pro- P limihary work of selection.

Several big Paris shops have followed the example of the Galeries Lafayette, which has a day nursery with 50 cots for the children of married women employees. The nursery is free to all babies from one to 15 months’ old. On the arrival of the baby in the morning, it is taken in charge by a nurse, who bathes it, dreases it in clothes provided by the firm, and puts it to. bed. Once a week all the babies are weighed, and the result is noted on a record sheet. Each mother is allowed to arrive half an hour later and leave half an hour earlier than the other employees, and, in addition to the free lunch provided for all the workers, she gets a milk ration.

MILSOM’B specially announce:—We are specialising in our Hairwork Department. Prompt dispatch given to orders. Transformations, Toupees, Switches, and every class of Hairwork. Suggestions and latest designs. Hair Treatment Course from a guinea. Inecto and Henna -Staining, Hair Clipping, Marcel Waving, Marcel Waving Irons 10s 6d. Manicuring. Pace Treatments. All toilet requisites.—MlLSOM AND CO., 94, Willis Street. 'Phone 814.—Advt. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR destroyed by "Rusma" (Regd.). Trial treatment free. Mrs Hullen, Belcher’s Buildings, Corner Taranaki Street and Courtenay Place (near King's Theatre)! and at Auckland. -Advt.

An unusual exhibit has been sent td England for the British "Empire Exhibition at Wembley. It is a bedstead of original design, finished in oxidised silver, with legs mounted on rubber-tyred ball-bearing castors. The head and foot ere ornamented with a large, solid gold map of Australia) hearing the Southern Cross in black fiery opals, on each eido of which are aboriginal figures holding boomerang and spear. The wire mattress is made of highly finished steel, and. the mattress and four square pillows are covered with finely woven mauve damask. This elegant piece of furniture was shown in Sydney before shipment, as an example of first-class work of the kind. There are to he nine Australian artists in Rutland Boughton’s last work, “Alkesti-s,” to be produced this month at Covent Garden hy the 8.N.0.C., says a London correspondent. Clara Serena, the South Australian artist, who made her London debut under Ada Crossley’s wing recently, and scored a big success, is to take the name part. Boughton has chosen Gilbert Murray's vorsion of Euripides’ drama, and he has followed tho text very closely. It was previously performed m Glastonbury, and is considered by the author to be the best thing he has ever dramatised. “The Guiding Book,” just published, contains a facsimile message from Princess Mary Viscountess Lascelles, Com-mander-in-Chief of Girl Guides. The Princess says:—“The creed of, the Girl Guide" is summed up in the commandment ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour, as thy self,' the,meaning of which is taught, nqt only hy the Christian religion, but by all the great moral teachers. A true Girl Guide finds pleasure, in her duties and all the training and instruction is vain unless it inspires her to do what is right and to do it smiling. May guiding be for ever a strength to those who serve, a help to others, and a power in all' hearts.’’ The Duchess of Atholl, the new Unionist member for Perth 1 and Kinross; is no stranger to politics, having helped her husband, who represented the same constituency from 1910 to 1917, when he was the Marquis of Tullibardine. TheMurrays qT Atholl are among, the oldest of Scottish families, and have progressed, to «■ Dukedom by way of about ten titles in Scotland and three or four in England, while they own more than 200,000 acres, and have a private army of Highlanders to defend them if necessary. The Duchess is not tall, hut gives an impression of height and dignity, and is interested in agriculture, having lived in rural Perthshire practically all her life. She has no children, and, though sympathetic to the women’s cause, would give no pledges to the feminists. Her electioneering has been done by motor-car amid snow and frost; and although hecklers have put her some posers, she has been too much respected in the district to be roughly handled.

WOMEN ANp THE EMPIRE

A Women's Section is being organised in connection with the British Empire Exhibition. Her Majesty the Queen has consented to becomo patron, and H.R.H. the Duchess of York, (president. While the British Empire Exhibition is in no sense a purely man’s exhibition, it is felt that the organisation of a women’s section will be of the greatest value in promoting the aims underlying the whole Wembley project, and in bringing out the, real eignificance of “Empire Year.’’ The objects of the Women’s Seotion are briefly:— To organise hospitality, more especially for visitors from the dominions and colonies overseas. Nothing is more desirable than that Empire visitors should be made really welcome, not only in London, but throughout the length and breadth of the Home Country. 'To organise “Home Weeks," as understood in the Dominions. In Easterh. Canada, for instance, Old Home Weeks are an established institution, and it is certain that visitors from overseas will ' wish to visit those parts of tho Home Country to which they of their ancestors belong. -' ' To assist in promoting the Fellowship of the British Emipire Exhibition, of whioh the Prince ,of Wales is president, and which already has members in all parts of the Empire. ; To assist in the organisation of private accommodation for visitors from oversees. ’ i To form l a representative body to which the Board of the British 'Empire Exhibition can refer on all matters, particularly affecting women’s interests. The following are among the ladieß. who have already consented to act on the general committee: —H.R.H. Princess Arthur of Connaught, Lady Patricia Ramsay, Duchess of Norfolk, Duchess of Devonshire, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, Viscountess Gladstone, Viscountess Novar, Lady iSwaytbling, Lady . Emmott, and Lady Allen. 1

USEFUL HINTS - .

To make cold starch that will keep for several months, mix together half a pound of starch, a tablespoonful of turpentine, a teaspoonful of powdered borax, and three pints of boiled, oold water. Vinegar is useful for reviving colours. Add one teaspoonful of vinegar to each quart of cold rinsing water. Thoroughly saturate the article, wring tightly, and dry quickly. A sponge cake always looks more tempting if these is a nice orust on the top. This is obtained by sprinkling castor sugar over tho top of tho cake before Putting it into the oven. When velvet is Very crumpled,- hold' the creased part over a basin of (boiling water, with the back of the velvet next to the water. Tho pile will soon rise and the material look like new. It is sometimes difficult to bring" back Ihe freshness to carving that has been allowod to grow dull end heavy looking. Get a full bristled round brush some-, what on the shaving brush plan, to go : over the crevices with a mixture of one ] part of American turpentine to eight j parte of raw linseed oil. Use this: brush (cleaned, of course) to remove the dust as it accumulates, and it will never ' get to tho same degree of dullness. If | the carving has been, polished, use ani- ! lino stains malted in methylated spirit. When peeling apples for dumplings or stewing, put them into a basin of cold ! water with a little salt as you cut up each one. This will prevent them from turning brown and soft. For renewing a Brussels carpet, pour half a pint of spirits of turpentine into a pail of water, dip a carpet broom therein, shake well, nmdl then go over the carpet with it twice. In tho kitchen a littlo borax in the washing-up water is* a splendid grease and stain remover, and it should always ,be added to the water in which teacloths are washed. A pinch added when boiling green vegetables keeps them a good colour, /while a hot solution is ex- ; cellent for cleaning a sponge.. j We always keep tho very best quality English hair. Our present stock is well worth inspection, consisting of Trans! formations, Toupees, Braidings, Temple Waves; sets of curls for side and book dressing. Pin Curls, Ear Puffs, Switches of every description and shade.—Mrß Rolleston, Ltd., Specialists in Beauty Culture, 256, Lambton quay. ’Phone 1599.—Advt.

Procure your Pionio Supplies—Fruit Tarts, Sandwiches, Meat Patties, Dainty Cakes, fsom Dustin’s. Ltd., Cuba street and Newtown.—Advt

Rheumo relieves, rheumatism by removing the cause—4s 6d.