Notes for Women

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19525, 7 July 1925, Page 5

Notes for Women

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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. Miss Ogston loft yesterday for the north Mr T. K. Suley returned on Saturday last from a visit to Wellington. Mrs Leslie Wilson gave a small dinner party last evening for Miss Huia Sargood. Miss Gwyneth Fulton has left on a visit to Christchurch. Miss Peggy Miller, of Invercargill, was a visitor to Dunedin for the week-end. Miss May Barron gave a small musical party for Miss Uuia Sargood last evening. Mr and Miss Vallange gave a cabaret party at the Tudor Hall on Saturday evenling last when Miss Huia Sargood was the guest of honour. . * • Mrs Ritchie gave a cabaret party at the Tudor Hall on Saturday evening last in honour of Miss Ogston and Miss Lambert. « # * Mrs N. G. Trotter and Mies F. Trotter, of Riverton, who have been spending a long holiday with Mrs A. E. Dobbie at Broad Bay, have returned to their home. * * * Miss Lorua Smith is staying with Mrs Stuart at Brooksdale, Tapanui. Mrs E. A. Richardson, who has been spending a short holiday with Mrs G. H. Thomas, of Roslyn has returned to her home in Riverton. * Mrs Gordon Macdonald, of the Federated Malay States, is on a short visit to her sister, Mr H.O. Haggitt, of Port Chalmers. » * » Mr and Mrs W. Menlove motored through from Athol and are staying with Mr and Mrs W. Maude Roxby, at Glenburnie, Tapanui. • * * On Thursday afternoon Miss Cook gave a small bridge party for Miss Sargood at St. Leonards. The guests were Mesdamcs Sargood, Hislop, R. Sise, Scherek, and Johnston, Misses Sargood and Stock. » • • Miss Le Cron arranged a happy surprise party at the home of Mrs Mandeno, Bellcknowes, on Thursday evening last. Those present were Misses Mandeno, Stevenson, Halstead, Priest, Pinch, and Le Cren, Messrs Jennings, Mncphcrson, Cook, Stuart, Hunter, and Murdoch. Mrs Durant and Miss Vallange gave a bridge party for Miss Huia Sargood at the Otago' Women’s Club on Friday evening last. The guests were Mesdames Vallauge, Vivian, and G. Sise, Misses Sargood, Finch, Roberts. Macandrew, Cook (St. Leonards), and Stock, Messrs Vivian, Sise, Hartman,, Wright, Andrews, Vallange, Cantrell, Haggitt, auod Macpherson. * ♦ » A cabaret pnarty at tho Tudor Hall was given on Saturday evening on the occasion of the coming of ago of Mr Hugh Speight, Those present were Mr and Mrs C. Spclgh , Mr and Mrs E. Syrett, Misses Bardsley, Hunt, Burt. V. Burt, Twhigg, Macaulcy, Howes, and Welch, Messrs H. Speight, A. Burt, Matthews, Macaulay, I. Stychc, Max well, and Twhigg. * * * The engagement is announced of Hughina, youngest daughter of the late Hugh Macdonald, M.D., Canterbury, and Mrs Macdonald, Gala street, Invercargill to Hugh Graham Webb, Alyne lea Estate, Cachar, Assam, India, second son of late Colonel William Holden Webb and the late Mre Webb, of Nelson. * * * Tho young people of Waikouaiti havo every facility for developing the physical of life. Tennis, football, _ hockey, and bathing are some of the pastimes indulged in; but there is also a society which caters for the inteUeot—tho Mutual Improvement Society. The membership at the present time is 45. Splendid meetings are being held week by week, and there are signs of increasing interest. Last Tuesday evening the meeting took the form of a mock wedding, which was hold in tho Waikouaiti Anglican Hall There was a largo gathering of guests. In© names selected for the contracting parties on this occasion wore Angelina, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oldman, and Horace, only son of Mr and Mrs Youngrnan. The principal actors were ua follow;—-Bride, Mt Norman Brown; bridegroom, Mr G. Duncan; beet man, Mr Timmins ; chief bridesmaid Miss Sizemore; bridesmaids, Misses A HaJfka and I). Murray; bride’s parents, Mr Bert Duncan and Mrs Stringer; bridegroom's parents, Mr A. Lang and Miss C Malloch • bride’s grandmother. Miss 1. Malloch: officiating minister. Mr G. Knight. The tolling of tho bell announced the arrival of tho bride and her attendants, tho former leaning upon tho arm of her father. After a humorous yet instructive ceremony had boon performed the guests partook 'of a well-spread breakfast. The cutting of the wodduig cake was the signal for the usual toasts, which were honoured in a hearty manner. The speeches wore both instructive and humorous. Numerous congratulatory telegrams, provoking much laughter, were read by the best man. The dresses of tho bridal party constituted a feature of the evening. The Rev. H. B. White made a capital chairman. The proceedings wore brought to a close by the singing of “Auld Lang Sync.” * * * A very successful evening was held in tho A. and P. Hall, Middlemarch, on Thursday last, when the Middlemarch hockey girls held their annual dance There was a large attendance, and dancing was kept in full swing till the small hours of the morning. To add to tho attractive decorations of tho hall was the fine array of striking dresses worn .by tho ladies. Among the ladies present were: —Mrs Leslie (jumper and skirt), Mrs J. James (brown morocain), Mrs F. Low (satin morocain), Mrs Ryan (dark dross), Mrs Lines (black velvet), Miss Cox (ngurod morocain). Miss B. MT.intock (apricot olaine). Miss E. Williams (figured silk), Miss M. Paterson (green silk), Miss E. Thompson (black velvet), Miss A. Inder (black velvet), Miss M. Sdiriffcr (figured niorooain), Miss E. Jones (navy dress). Miss A. Pedofsky (green crepe-de-chine), Miss H. Beattie (black velvet). Miss K. M‘R.ao (black silk), Miss N. Morris (white silk). Miss M. Slater (green morocain). Miss A. Beattie (grey silk), Miss E. Slater (apricot morocain). Miss H. Porter (heliotrope cropo-de-chinc), Miss A. Atkinson ('brown cropo-de-chine), Miss C. Atkinson (black silk), Miss R. Porter (pink charmcuse), Miss J. Menton (red crepe-cle-chino), Miss M. Menton (kingfisher crepe-dc-chine), Miss B. Innos (black cropo-de-chine), Mias W. Cogger _ (dark dress). Excellent music was supplied bv Mrs Leslie and Mr G. Dawson. Mr F. James acted as master of ceremonies, and carried out his duties very efficiently. * # * Wo would recommend inspection of (Messrs C. and W. Hayward’s showing of upholstered furniture at their promises, 141 George street. Don’t miss it! —Advt. CRIMSON CHILDREN. Hie psychologist is at work among the budding scholars, and ho divides them, not into classes, but into colours (says a Daily Chronicle writer). Those, he tolls us, who respond to the sound and can bo affected by the stimulus of music arc '‘blue,’’ and niust bo developed along the line of their emotion and intuition; those who aro found to bo less sensitive to music than to colour belong to tho crimson class, and demand a special measure of love and affection from all who train them, because tho road to their capacity lies through tho affections. dialers mean nothing to thorn, but; the persuasion of those who show a real interest will stir them to their best efforts. J'hev are said to be the most attractive pupils of all. The intellectual ones, those in whom the emotional side is never dormant, are classed ‘as yellow, and the very active ones as green. In schools where tho principal is a psychologist, and there is no tack of theno for those who seek them, the preliminary classification decides the precise nature of the instruction, the educai.ional bias, so to speak. You do not follow the same lines for a blue child and a yellow one, or for a rod and a green.

Items of social interest and topics relating to the home are invited. Communications must be accompanied by tho name and address of the writer. Notices of engagements must 9 be signed by one at least of the prino; pals, or by some responsible person, as a guarantee of genuineness-.

Underlying the principle of differentiation is the belief that every child is in embryo an individual, and that, if the individuality can bo brought out early in life, the road to complete self-expreasion will be shortened and made easier to travel. There is nothing here'to offend common sense, .but what would the old educationist say? His successor points out that by moans of selection and proper environment tho gardener has raised in tho past few years flowers of a beauty unknown to the generation that preceded him, and that the 'breeder of prize strains, whether animal or vegetable, has excelled himself by studying with a goal before him. WHEN WILD WINDS BLOW. An acknowledged beauty in filmland once confessed that in winter she always “felt quite plain. Tho sharp winds make one look drawn and old, bringing to light little wrinkles and linos which at other times would never be noticed, and not only the complexion, but the hair, too, suffers generally in winter.’’ And all this is undoubtedly true. Tho sharp winds dry tho natural oils from the skin and hair, making tho complexion harsh and the hair brittle, which is extremely hard on the woman who is passing out of her first youth. Cream—and plenty of it—is tht best thing with which to combat the onslaughts of winter winds on the complexion. Discard the use of soap for a few weeks and cleanse and feed the sitin with oil of sweet almonds and a good cold cream. First sponge the face, not forgetting tho throat, which is quite as much in need of attention, with hot water. Then pour about a dessertspoonful of puro almond oil into a little saucer, dip a small pad of cotton wool into it. and dab over the face and throat. Then dip the tips of the .fingers into some good cold cream and work it gently into tho skin. Treated in this way the pores of the skin absorb the oil, wmoh is the best medium for feeding them, for almond oil most nearly resembles the natural oils of the skin. When the cream has been wiped off and a dusting of complexion powder given there will bo no trace of groasiness visible, yet a perfect pretention will bo afforded against tho weather, however inclement it may bo. The hair should be given on oil ‘ hath. This is made by mixing equal quantities of almoffd oil and olive oil. Shampoo tho hair in the ordinary way, dry it, then pour a little of fho mixed oils into a saucer, and with a small sponge or pad of cotton wool dab the oil among the roots. Allow it to soak into the scalp for half an hour, then give a good brushing with a perfectly clean, dry brush, using a second brush as soon as tho first becomes very oily. Brush well for at least ten minutes, then take an old silk handkerchief, fold it in tho form of a pad. and “brush” tlm hair with it. Finally give it an air bath by fanning it with a palm fan, lifting tho hair in small strands so that tho air can penetrate right through it. This treatment not onlv strengthens, but beautifies the hair, bnng’s out all its bright lights, and gives a natural gloss. AN OLD-FASHIONED SHINGLE. ONCE AN ECCENTRICITY: AND NOW—I I have a dear old friend who has worn her hair out short for more than 30 years 1 It is a great source of amusement to her that from being most eccentric slie Eiiould now bo in the height of fashion. ,“Do tell mo about it?” I asked her. “It was a matter of comfort perhaps a declaration of independence, she replied. “My hair had always been a worry. Never very thick or beautiful, it waa of that nondescript colour, neither blonde nor brown, called ‘suet pudding. In the ’fifties I endured sleeping with knobby curl-papers. My mother was most particular about a neat centre parting, and, with natural perversity, my hair parted on tho loft side, with a strong ‘feather.’ This was plastered down with ‘fixatif.’ During the ’sixties I wore it in two tight plaits crossed at tho back and tied behind the cars with brown ribbon. “Next tho crimped mane became fashionable, and it was braided in many tight plaits at night, but mine was fiuo, soft hair, and did not keep tho wave, so if I was going to a party, it had all to be done again, and tho braids damped, and U'caecl with a flat iron! I had to hold my heaii level with the edge of tho table for the process and more tban once got i»n unpleasant burn on tho temple. At 14 I had it ‘put up’ over stuffings widen usually showed through! In tho ’seventies tnere wore again ouri-papers. As it was frizzed out in a silk net. I longed for a fringe like other girls, and oven ventured to cut a little lo hide my high, square forehead; but it evoked such a storm of parental wrath that I had to abandon it for the sake of peace; and still the parting grew ovoi* wider. All through tho eighties I wore it in a neat bun behind, stigmatised as a granny knot. “'11)011 one day I divided it at the side! A most mannish tiling to do. Had my mother been alive she would never have permitted it! This was an immense improvement, making my hair look thicker and following tho wave of tho obnoxious ‘feather.’ . . , . , ~ “At last, in tho ’nineties (by which time I was my own mistress), I took tho bntu stop and had it what is now called ‘Shingled’! I have worn' it so over since, and nevor once regretted it. A woman with short hair is better off than a man, as she does not need to shave. It is quick clean, and to mo more becoming than ’any other style, arid made me look 10 years younger; but I had to run tho gauntlet of many scathing remarks. _ •< ‘When did you last come out of jail? for instance. , , . “I could not step out of a tram on a railway platform without a chorus of bet yer ’air cut from loafers. Once, cycling in Annan, some children called put, Just look at tfiat funny old man, riding in a woman’s dress.’ . Small nieces wove a romance that Auntie Winifred was really a man in disguise, biding for some crime. ‘•But I think mv funniest experience was at Edinburgh. I had just boarded the train for Glasgow, and was wearing a darK coat and a left hat, when the guard camo up lo tho window and said — Bog paicton, sir but this is a ladies’ carnage. ( ‘‘•l replied—‘All right, I know it is, and then ho proceeded summarily to eject me. and it was not till saw my skirt, and mv friend with mo explained, that I could convince him I bad a right to remain where I was!”— -Tho Glasgow Weekly Herald. WOMEN WHO HOLD HONORARY POSITIONS. Active preparations for forming summer clubs are already in progress, and many women are gaily taking on honorary offices without quite realising the nature of the duties attached to them. It is true that women are coming more and more to the front in public matters, and conducting their affairs in a businesslike manner, and their meetings are every bit as correct in procedure as are those of men. But although some women arc extremely capable : n this respect, there are others who are still not quite certain as to various business terms, and often take on the duties of secretary or treasurer for some local affair without knowing or exactly realising their duties, which are consequently not as efficiently performed as they Plight be. Hie office which should not bo undertaken in a light and casual fashion is that of honorary secretary. As secretary for tho local tennis club or for any more serious institution cno is supposed always to be able to answer any questions put to one by outsiders as well as members. The secretary must be able to write business letters on behalf of her club, and it saves a good deal of trouble lo strangers if a “Miss" or “Mrs,” or other title, is inserted after her signature. Tho dare must always appear on the letters, which should bo clear, concise, and prompt. A copy of all important letters should lie kept and filed away. If papers are kept, alphabetically and methodically the work is considerably lessened and information will always be forthcoming instantly. A secretary is elected by the committee and is responsible to it, must act. as instructed by it, and not. merely according to her own views. The secretary summons the committee to meet and prepares ibe agenda. Another honorary office often undertaken lightly by women, only to be relinquished because of the responsibility and labour attached to it, is that, of treasurer. As to tho amount of work attached to this office

it depends, of course, on the size or nature of the club. The essentials of a good treasurer are a clear brain and good method. AH the money received by her for subscriptions, donations, and so forth must be carefully entered into a lodger on the credit side, and a receipt scut in acknowledgment promptly. If the institution has a banking account, the treasurer must see that the entries in her ledger agree with the bank’s passbook. The counterfoils of the payiug-iu and cheque books should be kept, and can then be compared one with the other. Accounts should be balanced up once a month and a balance sheet prepared at the end of the year. If the funds are low the treasurer should call it to the attention of the committee, and have suggestions ready for raising more money should it be needed. At the end of the year it is as well to put {receipts, counterfoils, ant! so forth in alphabetical order: they should be tied up together in a brown paper cover, and labelled and dated for future reference. Often women are not very clear as to the meanings of certain terms used at business meetings, so I give a few of the moat common which one comes across at most meetings. This knowledge will help the novice in such matters to follow the proceedings clearly:— Agenda Amendment. —Matters for attention at the meeting. A proposal to alter tile sense or wording of a resolution. It has to be moved and seconded and discussed immediately after the resolution which it, affects has been moved and seconded, and fhe amendment must be voted on before the resolution. If an amendment is carried, the alteration it suggests is made in the resolution, which is then discussed and voted on in its new form. A balance sheet is a summary of all accounts and shows a balance of all assets and liabilities. , Liabilities are sums owed by a person or organisation. Lie on the table means that no action shaii be taken in connection with a certain paper. Procedure. —Rules laid down for the management of business moatings. Resolution or motion ,s a statement of opinion dealing with onlv ono subject, which is brought forward by one person, seconded by another, when it is discussed and voted upon. Unanimous means that all present have voted for a resolution.—The Daily Mail.