NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11960, 15 October 1924, Page 5

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Miss Loughnan, Melbourne,. who has been staying with her _ .it, Miss Hester McLean, left yesterday by the Tahiti for Rarotonga. Miss K. Hally, of - Cambridge, has been visiting Wellington for the golf tournament. Mr and Mrs Cullen are visiting Christchurch. Mr and Mrs T. H. Lowry, of Hawke’s Bay, returned by the Tahiti (rom Australia. The death occurred in Wellington yesterday, aflter a brief illness, of Mrs L. Sow man. Mrs Sowmaa was well known in the city, and her death will come as a shook to her many friends. Mrs C. Claybum is visiting the South Island During the visit of their Excellencies to Christchurch, Lord and Lady Jellicoe will inspect the looal Boy Scouts and the Girl Guides. Lady Jellicoe is very much interested in the latter movement, and will review the Guides in Cranraer Square next Saturday. Miss O. MSorioe. and Miss Shirtcliffe went to Master-ton yesterday, to attend the wedding of Miss Constance f ree to Mr Daniel. Mr and Mrs W. G. Stead- were among the passengers by the Tahiti returning from Australia. Miss Kathleen Bristed, who has been staying in .Wellington to attend the recent golf tournament, has returned to Christchurch.

The engagement ia announced of Miss Jean Waghom, only .dausditer of Mr and Mrs Waghorn, of Palmerston Nprth. to Mr Arthur George Bennison, only son of Mr and Mrs G. R. Benmson, of Palmerston North (formerly of Mangomaire). Miss McLean, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland. The engagement is announced in the Home papers of Miss Alice Moir, lady superintendent of King Edward VII. Sanatorium for consumptives at Midhunt. Sussex,, to the Rev. Edgar Foreman, 8.A., Presbyterian minister, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The engagement is interesting to New Zealanders because before the war Miss Moir .was in New, Zealand. For wax Service she was decorated personally bv the King. ■ Miss Mpir has many relations in the Dominion, and is a niece bf Mr W. K. Howitt, of Stanley Bay. The Rev, Foreman has a 'brother and a sister in the South Island, which is a connecting link with the' Dominion. Lately he won the gold , m ®£ al J° r oratory, which was open to the students of all the Canadian Universities. The marriage is arranged to take place next summer. , ■ ■ The engagement is announced of Miss Audrey "Maok, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs P. F. Mack. The Terrace, WelUngton, and Mr Arthur 1. Frori, son of Mr W. T Frost, Manchester. England. Miss Mack is well known in dancing circles m Wellington, and Mr Frost is the musical director of J. C. Williamson Vaudeville Company which is at present appearing at the Theatre Royal, Christchurch. Mrs W. Hill, a very old member of the Ngaroma; Croquet Club, . was the honoured guest of a croquet afternoon on the club alawns on Monday. The president, Mn L. Wilkinson, presented Mrs Hill with a 1 handsome umbrella on behalf of™ l ® members, and also expresed regret at losing Mrs HiU’s services as a member if the club, and wished her every success in the future. The presentation was concluded with “usicaL honours. Mrs Bennett returned thanks on benoon o te^”2 il iervtd V iS r tlre n pavilion: -nioj Wy- Mrs Bennett. . , At Holy Trinity ChurA, Gw^me, the wedding was solemnised by Canon of Winifred, the only fighter of Mr and: Mrs Hepburn, Aberdeen road and James Park, third son of Mr fl _ j Mrs A. Park, of Stafford street. The bride was attended by Miss Nessie Park, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Kitty Bullen, cousin of the bride. The duties of best man were earned out by Mr L. Johnston, while Mr L. Faulkner acted as groomsman. The church wad prettily decorated by girl friends of the bride. An adjournment was made to Findlay’s tearooms, where the usual toasts were honoured. The happy couple left in the afternoon by car for the' south, where their future borne is to be. The monthly meeting of the Wellington Convalescent Home was held at Mrs W. Young’s on October Bth. There were present: Mrs Martin (in the chair), ’ Mesdames Watkins, Young, JO7 soph, Morris, Stout, Kirkcaldie, Miss Harcourt (hon. treasurer), and Miss Morris (hon. secretary). Very great regret was expressed, and a vote of sympathy passed with Mr Moorhouse m the death of his wife, the late president of the home, • all present standing. The tpafron reported nine patients admitted and twelve discharged during the month. - 'A dance for the benefit of the Thorndon Association Football Club is advertised in this issue to take place in the Sydney street Hall next Saturday evening. Mr Percy Simpson’s popular orchestra will provide the music, and the M.O. duties will be carried out by Mr I. Hartshorn. When a suhi-hurned skin becomes much inflamed and seems likely to blister, there ia no safer remedy than bnracio starch jelly. This is made in the following manner: To four tablespoon, fuls of finely-powdered white starch add one of boracio powder. Pour on cold water, ar little at a time, until the whole is made into a smooth, thick paste. Then add half a pint of boiling water, stirring until a clear jelly is formed. When cool, spread some on a piece of linen, which is about the size of the burned skin, and then, before applying, cover the affected part with a piece of very fine muslin or gauze. The application has a most soothing effect and reduces the inflammation.

Lady Osborne-Gibbes is visiting her diughtex, Mrs Thompson, at Pahiatua. Mr and Mrs H. Morgan, of Wellington, are staying in Auckland. Mrs Hi C. Tewsley, of Auckland, arrives to-day on a visit to Wellington. Miss M. McCallum has arrived from Greymouth. Mrs J. O’Brien, of Greymouth, is on a holiday in Wellington. The wedding of Miss Dora Solomon, second daughter of Mr S. Solomon and the lato Sirs Solomon, of Marshall street, Stanmore and Mr I. Goldstone, of Auckland, took place in the Synagogue, Sydney, on September I7th. Mr and Mrs ■ Harold Cooper, of Palmerston North, who have been on a visit to Auckland. have returned south. At the monthly practice of the Wellington- Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, overseas, held on Monday evening, reference was made to the loss the brigade. had sustained ip losing its esteemed lady district superintendent, Mi's Moorhouse. Members stood in silence in respect to her memory. First add work, those presentworking in squads, was the work t for the evening, Mr Hislop and Mr Richardson criticising the work. Members were reminded of the competitions for Labour Day, to be held at Pctone. This being a new departure, members were urged to enter to -make the competition worth while.

Another successful afternoon at rosemaking was held at Mrs C. Morice’s house, Hill street, yesterday, and a great many roses were made. The numbers are gradually creeping up and there will be many hundreds ready for Rose Day, for the War Memorial .which is to synchronise with Armistice Day. Although there are a number of willing workers more are needed, and on Friday Mrs Morice is having another afternoon, when friends and sympathisers are invited to come and help. For those engaged during the day there is an evening class to-night, while gifts of paper tor making the Coses would be greatly welcome. A meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary bf the Navy League was held at the League’s rooms yesterday afternoon. Mrs J. P. Firth presided, and there were present: Mesdames Larnach, Phillips-Tumer, Middleton, J. Myers, and Harding (hon. secretary). Apologies were received from Mesdames Darling, Tripp, and Hamerton. Mrs Firth reported that the farewell party to Her Excellency Viscountess Jellicoe by the Ladies’ Auxiliary had been very successful; and a special vote of thanks to the girls’ branch was passed for their help on tliat occasion. The secretary was instructed to write to Miss Dyer (secretary of the branch) expressing the thanks of the Ladies’ Auxiliary. Mrs Harding reported that a case of clothing for the orphan children of sailors had been forwarded by the lonic. This contained 450 new garments, and the opinion was expressed that it was the best case sent so far. A special vote of thanks was pasted to the school children for helping with the sewing; also a vote of thanks to Miss Simon, of the Petone Technical School, for her help, and to Mr 8. Kirkcaldie for* giving a window for the display of the work. The children’s farewell to Lord and Lady Jellicoe was discussed. A visit was paid to the home of Mrs Botha by the Australasian Parliamentary delegates jjisiting South Africa. Everybody was greatly interested in this good lady, especially General Ryrie —who fought against General Botha in the South African war, and had the greatest_ admiration for him. Mrs Botha lives in a beautiful turreted castle in miniature. This is the munificent gift of Sir Frank Reynolds to the country in which he has made his wealth. It'belongs to Mrs Botha as long as she lives, and after her death it becomes the property of the Prime Minister for tho time being. General Six E. W. C. Chaytor and Lady Chaytor have returned to London, after a most enjoyable motor tour and a round of visits in Scotland, .Sussex, and the Cotswollds, concluding with a stay in Oxford, when they were 1 shown round nearly all the colleges. SecondLieutenant E. J. C. Chaytor, who lately passed through the Staff College, Camherley, does not join his brigade—the 17th Brigade, R.F.A.—for another week, and this interval will be delightfully occupied by a niotor tour to Devonshire and Cornwall.

Mrs E. F. Allan, M.A., LL.B., a Melbourne journalist, represented Australia at the League of Nations in Geneva recently. Mrs Allan is a New Zealander. She was educated at the Christchurch Girls' High School and Canterbury. College, New -Zealand University. She had a brilliant school and college career. She took her M.A. degree with first-class honours in languages, and also did an honours course in political science. She then qualified for her LL.B. degree and admission to the Bar, a special Act of. Parliament being required to make the admission of women possible. Her interest in law was chiefly on the political side, and on completing her law course she was offered and accepted' the position of Parliamentary correspondent and political leader-rwriter on the “Lyttelton Times.” The appointment created some sensation in journalistic circles; the position was regarded as one of the “prizes” of the profession, no women having ever occupied a place in the Parliamentary Press Gallery. Mrs Allan resigned this appointment on her marriage to Mr E. F. Allan, assistant editor of the Wellington “Evening Post.” She went to Melbourne in 1903, Mr Allan having accepted a position on the leader-writ-ing staff of. the “Argus.” Early in 1908 she was asked to initiate a special column for women. That was the beginning of the women pages. Two years ago she was appointed to take charge of the ladies’ Pages of the “Australasian.” Those troublesome shoulder-straps to our lingerie I How much time and ingenuity have been spent in rendering them invisible. The latest idea is to have them of round, flesh-coloured silk elastic, which scarcely shows at all. The black satin tricornes so much in vogue now sport a little monogram in white to match an identical one at the end of the black satin stock rapidly becoming the most popular of neckwear.

BT. ANNE’S BAZAAR

AND QUEEN CARNIVAL. The above was continued on Monday and last evening. There was a very large crowd present, and business was very brisk. An excellent programme of dancing was provided on Monday, the following contributing: —lnternational reel, Misses Evelyn Wright, Ruby Bushby, Lorna McKay, Josephine Moron; Russian dance; Miss Billie Murphy; Dutch dance, Miss Gwen Ward; sheauntriubhas, Miss Lorna McKay; skipping rope dance, Miss Ruby Bushby; Melbourne clog dance, Miss Evelyn Wright; Irish jig, Misses Gwen Ward and Billie Murphy. An exhibition dance, entitled the “Lancashire Duo,” was ably rendered by Miss McMillan and Mr Phil Barry. Mr R. Taylor’s orchestra was also m attendance. The following is. the position of the queen contest:

Last night the bazaar concluded, and the various raffles were drawn. CROQUET NGAROMA CLUB. The Ngaroma Croquet Club’s lawns were opened for the season recently. Mrs T. M. Wilford performed the opening ceremony, and in a happy little speech complimented the club on the .splendid condition of the lawns, thanks for which are due to the green committee, Mesdames Smith and Tregear, and the greenkeeper, Mr Wright. A large number of guests were present, and were received by the president, Mrs F. Wilkinson, and secretary, Mrs R. A. Gower. A delicious afternoon tea was served in the pavilion, the tables being decorated in the club’s colours, red and black. Various competitions were played during the afternoon, the winners being:—Angles, Mrs Osborn, .Wellington; golf, Mrs Bock, Lower Hutt; French, Mrs Header, Khandallah; break, Miss Lempfert, Kelbum; target, Mrs Lowery, Karori; pig, Mrs Alcx&ndcr , Ltfwci Hutt. Prizes were donated by Mesdames Matthews, Powell, Fox, Wilkinson, and Gower. WHEN A WOMAN RULED SEATTLE’S ACTING-MAYOR. The Mayor of Seattle recently proceeded to New York to attend the Democratic Convention. He left Mrs Henry Landes as acting-Mayor in charge of the city’s affairs during his absence. * A. correspondent of the “New York Uutlook states .that the acting-Mayor had no sooner assumed charge of city affairs than- she called in the chief of police, William. B. Severyns, and handed him a letter urging him to do away at once with certain- intolerable conditions she found existing in his department. . The chief, in reply, sent her a note m which he, with evident irony, railed heir attention to a provision m the city charter which allowed the Mayor or acting-Mayor to taike over the department in times of public stress- . 'The chief evidently thought that this would “faze” the lady Mayoress. Not at all. Her reply was, in essence, “Quite so. I’ll do it.” What she did was to write to the chief a long letter, in which she declared that ho was not maintaining the law; that the leading spirit of the liquor nng was a frequent and apparently a welcome visitor at police head.quarters; . and that pool and card rooms (which are licensed only after the department makes recoin mendatioins) were nearly always licensed because the department made no adverse reports. The letter closed by relieving the chief of his office and directing him to put his second-in-command m charge. Thereafter Mrs Landes, in sccordance with -the ironical suggestion of the chief, issued' a proclamation stating that she had assumed control of the whole police force of the city in view of the emergency. Her programme of reform, however, was cut short because the Mayor saw fit to curtail his political duties at the Democratic Convention and hurry hack to Seattle. He reappointed Mr Severyns again as chief of police., and the Tva S! l t wo J n ®ii ini Seattle ceased. Mrs Landes haa resided in Seattle for upwards of a quarter of a century. ,s endowed with great executive ability, nod some day Seattle may acclaim her as a Mayor who “does’* things, instead of making promises that are rarely -fulfilled. Be that as it may, woman in politics has long conned to bo a novelty, and is now an assured fact:

10 „ mont Wy meeting of the Royal New z «aland Society for the Health of Women and Children, Upper and Lower Hatt branch, was held on Tu©sday, October 7th, in Mfars Crabtree’s room. Upper Hntt. The meeting was presided over by Mrs Leckie, and the ollowmg members were present: Mesdames Balcome, Brown, W. R. Keys, Dick, Crabtree, Tustain, Thomas, Ivimey, Rogers,' Leighton, E. Campbell, Lowe, Lodge, and Miss' Macamdrew. The nurse reported a number of cases of whooping-cough and measles .n the dis'rict. It, was decided to hold a gift and buy afternoon at Mrs Ivimey’s, Trentham, on Wednesday. October 29th, to assist the funds, and it was also suggested that the annual j garden party be held at Mrs BaloomibeBrown’s early in the New Year. A letter was sent to the new members of the Town Board, requesting the continuation of the use of the reading room for ♦Ve mothers to consult tbe : Piunket N-v •.• in. Mrs W. B. Keys • was elect 3d vice-president of this (branch.

WOMAN’S VISIT TO LHABA

KALIMPONG. Bengal.—Mme. Neel, the woman traveller, who recently visited Lhasa in disguise, had as her only companion on the journey a Tibetan youth whom she has adopted as her son. Instead of money she corned small gold hairs hidden in a waist belt. Once when stopped by Chinese brigands, who began to search her, Mme. Neel burst into tears when they found a few coins, and not only convinced the brigands that they were taking her all but also prevailed on them, to return what they had already taken. . Sho travelled as o beggar-pilgrim, visiting the shrines in Tibet, and her disguise was so good that it was never detected, even during her two months 1 residence in Lhasa. Mme. Neel is a tiny, frail-lookmg woman, of 60. Sho speaks Tibetan like a native. She said the nightly halts in the crowded caravanserais were the mo9t dangerous andl trying periods of the journey. Only by steadfastly maintaining her character as a beggarpilgrim was she able to avoid detection. The gold she carried was On additional anxiety, for she was unable to remove her clothes for fear of someone seeing her hoard.

THE QUEEN’S NEW VOGUE

Tho Queen has set the seal of Royal approval to a fashion that is the most practical, as well aa the most becoming, of recent yeans that of the knitted suit. She has not worn any knitted' dresses until recently, but now has a number in her wardrobe at Balmoral. They are beautifully modelled and woven of silk and wool, edged with silk binding. One is a Dmard suit of softest blue on very simple lines. The blue is. that delicate oolour favoured' by Prinoess Mary, another is of mignonette green with a roll oollar, also a simple design. The skirts of both these are straight and perfectly plain, one coat narrowing a little at the waist, the other having a belt. Both have silk jumpers in the same colour as the binding. Knitted coats and skirts- are much worn at fashionable gatherings, for which they are quite suitable, so wide is the variety of texture and design that is obtainable. Gold j.nd silver silk, woven with lacquer or delphinium blue, is particularly popular. Larkspur blue, woven with silver, gives a ‘love-in-a-mist effect that is particularly smart. Chinchilla rabbit fur dyed to the colour of the wool is a feature of knitted cloaks and wraps. This, again, is perhaps most charming in blue.

VERSAILLES PALACE

WORK OF RESTORATION PROCEEDING. Extensive restoration work at Ver sallies has recently been begum by the French Government, says the Paris correspondent of the “Christian Science Monitor.” Funds were voted in part by Parliament and in part raised by means of public and private contributions. So far. 6,000,000 fronts have <been allocated for the work. The Government Director of Fine Arte states that while the necessary restoration. work at Versailles is extensive, the reports regarding the dilapidated condition of the palace have been greatly exaggerated. , Work has been -begun on the old Louis XHI wing in the Marble Courtyard. The interior is being renovated throughout, new woodwork even being put in. Concrete is being used to replace wooden, -beams in the lx>uis XIII pavilion. The marble statuary besides the Latone and Apollo ponds has suffered from exposure. .In t the process of renovation a special preparation is being used to coat the statues. This preparation has already proved its worth in arresting decay in the oaso of Girardin’s “Enlevement de Prosperrrine,” that stands in the bosquet or the Colonnade, which was treated several years ago, -and has since shown no signs of disintegration Tho work being done on Tabi’s famous Apollo’s chariot requires great care and patience. This group is made of ’e»d, supported by iron props. Where the supports have become rusted away they are being replaced by now ones, coated with galvanised lead, a rustless metal. The present refounding and remodelling is being carried out, under tbe supervision of France’s greatest animal sculptor, Gardet, who is a member of the institute and a pupil of the famous Fremiet. At the Petit Trianon an ambitious scheme of garden restoration will be carried out. This beautiful park, according to the plans, will cover F. 30 acres of land, and will be one of the largest and finest of its kind in Europe. It is contemplated planting a rich collection of trees, bushes, and floral ornaments from, every corner of tho universe. Included will be magnificent rose gardens. ‘

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