NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12251, 24 September 1925, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL The engagement is announced of Kathleen, younger daughter of Mrs C. Bennett, of New Plymouth, to William E. Geldart, of Bombay, elder son of the Reverend and Mrs R. Geldart, of Worthing, Sussex, England. Miss A. Eton, of Masterton, is at present visitin" Wellington as the guest of Mrs Lowe, Brougham street. Mrs P. C. Freeth has returned to Wellington from Christchurch, and is at present staying with her daughter, Mrs Moss, in Wellington. Miss Gwitha Preston, Wellington, is visiting relatives in Pahiatua. Miss Helma Kummer has returned to Masterton after spending several weeks in Wellington. Mrs Mabella Donnoily, of Dunedin, departed on Saturday last for Wellington, whence she_ will leave by the Ulimaroa for Australia, en route for a 12 months’ holiday in the East, via Java and Singapore. Several parties were given in her honour prior to her departure. Miss Ada Hawell, of Dunedin, is visiting Wellington. Mrs Q. Donald, Featherston, has returned from Wellington. Miss Cameron, of Masterton, is at present visiting Wellington. Dr. Beatrice Helen .Bakewell has been appointed school medical officer of the Health Department, Wellington, as from August Ist. Mrs Sutton, widow of the late Mr Frederick Sutton, who died at Wellington at the age of 90 years, was a very old identity of Hawke’s Bay, residing in the province with her husband and famdy in the very early days, afterwurds going to 'Royston,” Clive, where, for a lime, her husband took up ehcep farming. Tile late Mr Sutton also represented JNapier in Parliament for some years. A novelty of the season is a reversion to" the old-time habit of introduction at dances, says a London exchange. Once more hostesses are making themselves responsible lor the success of a dance,, and are not relying upon their girl friends providing their own partners, and, perhaps, dancing; with one man throughout the evening. The “dancing partner” was always an evil custom, and it is good to know it is passing. Other hostesses are adopting the American habit of “stunt” dances, the obvious attractions of a good dancing floor, a firstrate band, and a pleasant supper being regarded as insufficient. Thus, one or two hostesses have devised crossword dances, in which .he men receive hats inscribed with a couple of letters or a syllable, and are lequired to select their partners for each dance from girls whose lettered devices complete the word on their own headgear. Other dance hostesses distribute toy favours such as the public dancing halls distribute, fans of crinkled paper, maybe, or musical instruments of quaint design with a monstrous capacity for noise-making. Two new women members have been appointed to the British Food Council, whose business is to protect the consumer pn the lines laid down in reports of the Eoyal Commission on food prices, instituted early this year, Mrs Draper, the first, ii chairman and member of several important councils, and also a London J.P. Mrs Ada Wilson, the second, gave evidence before the commission and will represent the interests of the worker, being the wife of a plumber. Che commission is under the chairmanship of Sir Auckland Geddfes, and its work is to investigate the distributive machinery- of bread, meat and other foodstuffs, of cotirse with the object of making them less expensive to the consumer. Certain recommendations nave since been ma_de by those appointed, concerning, for instance, the compulsory local, registration of retail butchers, the publication of statistics concerning meat held in cold storage, and the preparation _of reports on international food conditions by the League of Nations. -As women are mostly the purchasers, it is fitting that two more should , be appointed to help in this" important work. Mias Ena Falkinder, Christchurch, is spending a holiday with Mrs J. Laughton, Miramar. Mrs E- M. Shepherd, of Wellington, has gone South. - The marriage took place in Dunedin on September 16th of Mr J. Maurice Simson, eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. A Simson, of Hastings (H. 8.), to Miss Dorothy R. Bollard, only daughter of Mr ana Mrs P. W. Bollard, Northeote, Auckland. The marriage of Miss Ruby Eileen Morison, third daughter of Mr and Mrs J. D. Morison, of Takapuna, Auckland, to Mr Donald Gordon Cornish, Palmerstoh North, son of Mr and Mrs J. It. Cornish, of Te Aroha, took place last Wedneday, the Rev. J. H. Roseveare, of Pnpatoetoe, officiating. The service," which was choral, took place in St. George’s Church, Takapuna. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a wedding frock of ivory satin with a train from the shoulders, lined with pale mauve georgette. She also wore the orthodox wedding veil over a coronet of pearls and orange blossoms, and carried a bouquet of white and mauve flowers with ferns and white ribbon streamers. Miss L. M. Morison attended her sister as bridesmaid, wearing a pale pink satin frock with tunic of mauve georgette and a black hat with touches of pale pink and mauve. Her bouquet was of pastelcoloured flowers and ferns. Mr T. H. Chadwick, Te Aroha, acted as best man. Lady Nancy Astor, of England, has petitioned the directors of the Rotary international for the formation of women’s Rotary clubs on the same principles as the men’s clubß. At the recent conference, held in Cleveland. U.S.A., delegates gathered from north, south, east and west. The conference gathers additional interest for the women of Christchurch, on account of the presence of the Misses McMurray, both of Christchurch, According to an American paper, just to hand, Miss Ivy McMurray travelled 11.000 miles from New Zealand to greet Princess Guiding Star, native American. beauty from Glacier National Park. “There is neither creed, nor race, nor border, nor breed, nor birth” in Rotary.

Mr and Mrj W. M. Luke, who have been touring Canada, returned to Wellington yesterday by the Manuka.' Dr. W. P. Gordon and Dr. Doris Gordon returned to Stratford on Saturday night after an extended trip to Europe. Dr. Doris Gordon spent a few days with her mother, Mrs Jolly, at Kelourn, on her way hope. Recent arrivals in Christchurch to take part in the -Richmond School jubilee celebrations are Mrs M. J. Suhan, from Levin, North Island, and Mrs A. E. Lawrence, from Timarn. They are the guests of their sister, Mrs Jack .Petrie, “Ivanhoe,” Richmond. Mr Justice Reed and Mrs Reed will arrive in Wellington this week end . from the South. Dora Wilcox has written an AngloMaori play, which was read recently at the'" Lyceum Club, Sydney, and which met with much approval. Mrs D. C. Bates is on a visit to Auckland. The International Woman Suffrage Alliance News Service, London, states' that Princess Juiitna, heir to the throne of Holland, will be entered; shortly as a law student at London University. Miss Nancy Wilson (Bulls) has returned to the north from a visit to Mrs Walter Moore, in Christchurch. There passed away on Saturday a very old resident of Thames, in the person of Mrs James August Billings, in her 80th year. . Mrs Billings was one of the earliest settlers, coming to Thames with her husband during the opening days of ihe goldfields. Mr Billings died 49 years age. There are four daughters, Mrs William Taylor,, Mrs George Godkin, Mrs H. Taylor, and Mrs James McEnteer. Justice Georgia Phillips Bullock is the first woman police judge to take her seat on the Bench in California, states recent news from San Francisco. She sits in Los Angeles, and although her court is not known as a woman’s court, most of those with whom she deals in the court are of her own sex. Justice Bullock is a native of Chicago. She was married at 19, and has a married daughter. She did not take up the study of law until her daughter and son were well on with their education. In 1913 she received her LL.B. from the University of Southern California. SHINGLED SLEEP I feel so bucked because I have invented (at least, like the White Knight in “Alioe,” I’m sure it’s my own invention) a new use for old stockings (says an English writer). When you’ve just had a shampoo and a wave it is most important to sleep at night with something round your head to set the waves, otherwise you’ll wake up with your'shingle on end, and all the soft, curly pieces turned to spiky ends. You haven’t always a wide ribbon at hand, and besides a band is neither comfy nor becoming to go “byes” in. So you slip a silk stocking over your head. It fits like, a fisher-cap,,light and porous, and if you’re very finicky you’ll cut off the end and substitute a long silky tassel. Then your improvised nightcap looks fearfully fetching. But if you like to go to a hairdresser you cdn get an expensive substitute which is a hel-met-like structure of strong meshed net shaped rather like a Crusader’s headgear. It had a straight piece that came well over the nape of the neck, where it was kept in position by means of a silk strap and a' buckle. Having worn the cap all night you arise in the morning with the correct sleek outline at the. hack of the head. Similar flaps falling over the ears keep in place the side pieces, which make or mar the effect of the shingle. LET’S TALK ! A TLEA FOR REAL CON VERSA-. TiON. Once upon a time, long ago, people really had things to say to one another. In France there was an era when people gave parties at which you did nothing but talk and exchange ideas with your fellow-guests. No jazz band, blared round the corner. People talked to one another and liked it. They really had something to say. Nobody does that nowadays. We must either play bridge Or listen or turn on the gramophone, to fill the blank left by our paucity of ideas. We have lost, long since, the delightful art of words, and exchanged it for a shorthand known as slang, in which people endeavour to communicate with one another in the gaps between one record and another. Most people’s conversational outfit nowadays consists of a pack of fiftytwo platitudes—good old chestnuts we have all heard before and can recog- ■ nise at once. “Cheerio,” “Quite,” and “That’s right,” are all trump cards in this pack. “How are you ?” we : ask, and never wait to hear the an- : swer, which does not matter because we are not expected to. We are merely playing one of our cards in the ; great conversational gamel Let’s talk again. Turn off the gramophone nnd put away the listening-in set, and let us give ourselves time and quiet to think. Tear up that pack of fifty-two platitudes and start all over again, discovering words and what they really mean for yourself. It’s a fascinating pastime, and presently you will find yourself able 'to really talk to people who. for conversational purposes, were foreigners to you before. SAILORS’ FRIEND SOCIETY \ Tlio excellent programme of music presented at the Sailors' Friend Society on Tuesday gave the greatest pleasure to Mrs A. Fortune’s guests, who were rewarded with many encores. The performers were Miss Jean Turner’s famous band, who again and again received double encores; Mrs H. Fortune and Miss Barclay, and Messrs Baines and Bresill. Mrs A. Fortune was at the piano. "What of This?" was the subject chosen by Mr Moore, missionor, for hia temperance chat. Again pledges followed. The competition prizes came from Mrs Yule and wore won by men in port. Wrinkles banished in one week. Coman method—not massage. Call for particulars or send stamped and addressed envelope. Mrs. Hullen, Belcher's Building. Telephone 224)70 (near King’s Theatre), Wellington; also at Auckland.—Advt. That tickling, irritating cough can be promptly relieved by a few drops of “NAZOI,” taken on lump sugar. 60 doses Is 6d.