NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21241, 23 January 1931, Page 13

NOTES FOR WOMEN.

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. By Phillida. Guests registered at Wanaka, Hotel, Lake Wanaka, during- the past week include: —Lady Rutherford, Miss E. Gibson, Cambridge; Mr and Mrs Gaunt, Mr and Mrs M'Glaughlan, England; Mr and Mrs Milne, Chicago; Mr Walter Gledhill, Messrs H. and E. Waters, Sydney; Miss Olive Horscroft, Mrs G. C. French, Messrs A. and G. Poole, Melbourne; Mr Henry Wilson. Mr K. H. Wilson, Mr M. E. Wheeler, Auckland; Mr and Mrs P. Barker, Hawke’s Bay; Mr, Mrs, and Miss Barnett, Mr E. E. Copsey, Mr and Mrs Neill, Miss Neill, Mrs and Miss Fairbairn, Mr and Mrs J. E. Bates and children, Dr and Mrs Hand Newton, Mr A. Poole, Mr R. B. Spicer, Mr H. M. Forsyth, Christchurch; Mr J. N. Cobb, Mr F. A. Crimp, Mr P, W. Hargreaves, Omaru; Miss Florence Couston, Mr and Mrs Andrew Armstrong, Miss Winnie Armstrong, Miss Elsie Armstrong, Miss Jessie Armstrong, Mr W. A. Ayres, Mr M. J. Miller, Mr B, Stewart, Mr Dawson, Dunedin.

* * * The marriage took place at St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, on December 20, of Bessie Margaret, second daughter of Mr and Mrs S. J. Harrison, of Anderson’s Bay, to Alfred, younger son of Mrs and the late Mr A. Walmsley, of Outram. The Rev. I. L. Richards officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in an ankle-length gown of ivory chenille georgette, and a handsomely embroidered veil with coronet of orange blossom. She wore a necklace of moonstones (the gift of the bridegroom), and carried a beautiful bouquet of cream roses, touched of pale pink. She was attended by her sister, Miss Doris Harrison,' who wore a floral georgette frock of blue and gold, with hat and shoes to tone, and carried a bouquet of blue delphiniums and gold roses. Mr William Ruflel, of Dunedin, was best man. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion by members of the choir with pale pink aquilegia and blue delphiniums. The reception was held in the Taihoa Tea Rooms, Anderson’s Bay, where the bride’s mother assisted By the mother of the bridegroom, received the guests. Mrs Harrison was attired in a navy blue silk gown and coat, and a navy Bangkok hat, and carried a bouquet of blue and scarlet anemones. Mrs Walmsley, sen., wore a gown of grey charmelaine and black hat, and carried a bouquet of lavender pansies. Mr aiM Mrs Alfred Walmsley left later by car for the north, the bride travelling in a model frock of blue wool georgette, worn with a navy hat and coat, and navy shoes to match.

When Princess Margaret Hose was just 10 weeks old she was christened in the little private chapel at Buckingham Palace, says an English exchange. 'A big crowd patched the departure of the Duke and Duchess of York and the two prim cesses from 145 Piccadilly. The Duchess wore a bdttlegreen coat trimmed with a fur collar. Nurse Beevors carried the tiny Princess,, wrapped in a white woollen shawl. The christening robe, of delicate cream-coloured Brussels lace, originally made for the baptism of Queen Victoria, and which has been used at nearly every roy;al christening since, was used in honour of Princess Margaret. Brought from Windsor, the magnificently-carved gold "lily font” was filled with water from the Jordan. The Archbishop of Canterbury performed the baptismal rites. The baby had five sponsors—Princess Victoria, Lady Rose Leveson-Gower, the Duchess of York’s elder sister, after, whom the Princess is named. Princess Ingrid of Sweden, the Prince of Wales, and the Hon. David Bowes-Lyon, the Duchess of York’s brother. As Princess Ingrid and the Prince of Wales were unable to be present they were represented by Lady Patricia Ramsay and Prince George respectively. The Hon. Mrs David BowesLyon and -Rear-admiral W. S. LevesonGower were the only members of the family present besides the King and Queen, and the Duke and Duchess of York and the sponsors. > * * * On a journey round the world to study the economic and political status of women in the chief countries of the Occident is little Mrs Aiko Kawakuchi, who might be termed Japan’s “ Mrs Pankhurst,” states a London correspondent. She is president of the Japanese Women’s Suffrage Union, honorary director of the Women’s Suffrage Alliance of Japan, and vice-president of the Professional Womens League. She is the founder and head mistress of Koishikawa Girls’ School in Tokio, and of the Nippon, Girls’ Polytechnic Institute —and she is hardly 4ft 6in. Masculine opinion in Japan, she declared in a recent address, is about evenly divided on the votes for women question. Japanese manned women and most girls and women are married—are more decile and less self-assertive than the women of the Occident, and have confined themselves to endeavouring quietly to influence their own menfolk. Such public agitation as has taken place has been accomplished mainly by widows, unmarried women, and a few married women of the professional class. The present atmosphere in Government circles,” she said, “ is favourable to granting suffrage to women, and we may look for political enfranchisement within the next four or five years. Japanese women already exercise a great, even if indirect influence in politics, and all the political parties are angling for'the womens vote when the franchise is finally granted to us We do not intend, however, to be used as a cat’s paw by mens organisations. In Japan women possess no rights either as wives or as mothers, me first thing to be done is to secure sucn rights.” The marriage age in Japan is gradually being raised, according to Mrs Kawakuchi; not long ago it was usually 18, now it is 20 and later. Much more freedom of choice is granted to young people, and social life is far more free from restraint and conventional stiffness than it was, a decade or two back Social conditions are gradually improving with the entrance of women into more important industrial posts, and into the professions. # * On New Year’s Eve Mrs Stephen Parr gave an enjoyable party for the members of the New Zealand Anglican Bible Class Union, who were quartered in the Christchurch Cathedral Grammar School tor their annual conference and camp, borne 120 girls gathered together from all parts of the Dominion responded to her invitation. Mrs Parr was the ideal camp mother and hostess, and there was never a dull moment during the evening. sang to the girls and told them amusing stories. For ‘their fancy dresses for the party the girls were limited to what they bad brought into camp or could find there. They had not been allowed to buy anything, and • the result was astonishing. All the costumes were cleverly contrived. Gay kimonos, striped towels, uniforms, and happicoats had all been requisitioned for the occasion. In the grand march were fearsome Indians with tomahawks, throe live ghosts, three white sisters of Worcester, two wedding groups, footballers, bathers, a Red Cross Knight, lawyers, and representatives of the local bag wash and miniature golf links. Three judges awarded the prize for the most original costume to Miss Sunaway (Timaru), who appeared as a pompadour lady in a panier gown, deftly made out of a floral sateen eiderdown quilt. The prize presented by Mrs Parr for the prettiest costume was divided by Miss Platts (Auckland), and Miss Ashley-Jones (Wellington), who represented a Japanese couple. During the grand march six specially invited guests arrived from the junior camp at the Boys’ High School Hostel, headed by the chaplain, the Rev, R. de Lambert, and a most realistic sundowner escorting an Indian lady. Other visitors were Mrs Fry (Wellington, president), Miss Richards (Dunedin, president), the Rev. J. W. Wiltshire and Mrs Wiltshire (Palmerston North), Mrs Harold (Tinwald), Miss M. Davies (travelling secretary), and many leaders from various places in the Dominion. Miss Hall later gave some interesting reminiscences of her visit to Hollywood. After ice creams and fruit salad had been handed round. Miss Honour Wilson presented Mrs Parr with a bouquet of roses. “For She is a Jolly Good Fellow ” was then sung, and Mrs Parr responded by singing the Maori version of the time-honoured song. Much amusement was caused by the reading of the camp inspector’s report, and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing.