THE LADIES' PAGE

Otago Witness, Issue 3782, 7 September 1926, Page 67

THE LADIES' PAGE

By

Esther.

TABLE TALK. Monday. The Savoy Cabaret still goes on with great success, and on Saturday uight a large gathering was present. The room looked beautiful with its vases of blossom and spring flowers. On Saturday the Hunt Club’s races, which took place at Wingatul, went off in fine weather, although there was a very cold wind blowing. A good attendance was present, the ladies being mostly robed in coats and skirts and fur coats. Some noticed present were Mr and Mrs Hanlon, Mr and Mrs Hudson, Mr and Mrs R. Hudson, Mr and Mrs Jacobs, Mr and Mrs Scherek, Mr and Mrs J. A. Cook, Mr and Mrs Hazlett, Mr and Mrs Fenwick, Misses Denniston, Samson, Smith, E. Roberts, B. Roberts, Duncan, Hartman, James, Statham, etc. Owing to the grandstand being burnt at 2.10 p.m. many went away early. A very good attendance was present at the St. Clair Women’s Club on Monday evening, when Mrs W. Speight was in the chair, and had arranged the programme. The first part was quaintly pretty, and was chiefly devoted to recitations and singing of nursery rhymes, each individual being dressed in character. A delicious supper was partaken of, during which reference was made by Mrs Waters to the excellent services of Mrs T. Fleming, who is leaving St. Clair. The St. Cecilia Club held its monthly meeting on Monday evening in the Barth Lecture Room, when the evening was devoted to modern composers. Items were given by Misses Grieve, Wood, Beck, Colbert, Wills, Anderson, and P. Anderson. Bridge hostesses during the week have been Lady Ferguson, Mesdames Cook, Hilton, and Black, Misses Graham, Denniston, and Williams. On Monday evening the Orchestral Society held its concert in His Majesty’s Theatre, when as usual the house was packed. Some delightful orchestral selections were given. On Saturday morning Mrs M'Master invited friends to tea at the Kia-ora to meet Miss Belle M’Lean. The engagement is announced of Cecil, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Stock, of Mornington, to Mr W. M. Clarry, of Wellington. Miss Constance Williams left on Tuesday for the North Island, where she intends paying a round of visits. Miss M'Kegg, of Christchurch, who has been on a visit to Dunedin, was staying at Onslow House. Mr and Mrs Aufrere Fenwick left on Thursday for Christchurch, where they intend spending some months. Mrs M’Gill, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs Cheeseman, returned to Palmerston North on Tuesday. Mrs Allan Orbell, of Waikouaiti, and Miss Loraine Orbell were in town for the Hunt Club races. Mrs Stock has returned from staying with her daugther, Mrs Falla, in Wellington. Miss Graham has gone to spend a short time with friends at Waitati. Mrs Fitchett and family left on Tuesday for their country residence at Waitati. Mrs Riley and family are spending the holidays at Waitati. Miss Fanny Shand and Miss Elizabeth Shand left for Roxburgh on Thursday. The Misses M’Laren, of Timaru, are staying with their sister, Mrs J. M. Ritchie, Pitt street. Mrs John Mill and the Misses Mill, of Port Chalmers, left for the North Island on Saturday, and intend spending several weeks there. INVERCARGILL, September 4. Miss Gardner, of Cliftlen, is the guest of Miss King, Duke stre3t. Miss Doris Fleming is holiday-making in Gore. Mrs F. A. D. Barclay is at present visiting Queenstown. Miss M’Grtgcr, of Mt. Linton, spent last week-end in town. Mrs Stanley Brown returned from a visit to Dunedin on Wednesday. Miss Grace Basstian, Tweed street, has been visiting Miss Rena Berndt9en, of Riverton. Miss M'Dougall, of Bluff, is spending the holidays in Dunedin. Miss Bessie Lumsdan, of Dannevirke, has been visiting o’d friends in Invercargill, and is staying in Dunedin on her way home. Miss Esme Trotter, of Riverton, who is home from Archerfield on vacation, was in town for the Bovs’ High School tournamsnt dance on Thursday. .Miss Dorothy Schofield,- of Bluff, was also \ town for the dance on Thursday night. Miss Betty Andrews is at present down on the ’Varsity vacation, and is staying with her parents. Mis and Mrs C. de R. Andrews, Duke •trael. Miss Maiy Hunter is also home, staying with her parents, Dr and Mrs Hunter, Don street. A very quiet wedding took place at the residence of the bride’s parents. “Appleby, Dalrymple road, on Wednesday, when Gifford Johm son of Major and Mrs J. C. McNaught, of Wanganui, was married to Miss Molly M’Queen, daughter of Mrs and the late Mr John M’Queen. The little Misses Jean and Molly Macalister, nieces of the bride, were train bearers, Miss Peggy M'Queen acting as bridesmaid, and Mr E. K. Rabone as best man. The bride and bridegroom left in the afternoon for T^ejlington. One of the most enjoyable evenings held by the Cabaret Circle of the Women’s Club was attended by a large number of young people on Saturday night, the orchestra being particularly attractive. _ On Wednesday evening Mr and Mrs J. D. Gil mors entertained the judges, Dr Galway and Mr Warwick, at their residence, Don at reel, after the evening’s competitions. On Sunday evening they entertained a number of friends with nmaio, again in their honour. Among those present were Mr and Mm W.

W. M’Kav and Mips M’Kav, Miss Paterson (Gore), Mr and Mrs A. E. H. Bath, Mr and Mrs J. R. Haigh, Mrs Gilmore, sen., Mr and Mis J. E. Taylor, Mr and Mrs W. W. Millar, Miss Hamilton, Miss Cran, Mr Grenfell, Dr Stanley Brown, and Mr Howard Foster. There were eight tables for bridge at tho Women’s Club on Monday night, the top score being won by Mrs Robinson, and tho hidden number by Mrs Farrant. Others present were Mesdames A. E. Smith, Watson, Miller, J. Carswell, Garratt, Weymouth, Kensington, 11. Carswell, Stuckey, T. M. Macdonald Butchers, Rowley, Cult, Sale, Shand, Macalister, Johnston, llackworth, Handyeide, R. Crawford, Macleod, Plain, T. F. Macdonald, J. Thomson, Clarke, and W. Todd, and the Misses Brodrick, Rees, Waymoulh, and Henderson. OAMARU, September 4. Mrs Bury, Wharfe street, is spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs MacDonald, of Waimate. Mrs Brian Hewat, of Invercargill, is the guest of Mrs Humphries. Mrs Irvine, who has been some weeks in Wellington, has returned. On Thursday evening a most enjoyable Kahanga evening was spent at the Girls’ High School. Some being present were Miss Wilson, Mrs Scott, Mrs Hewat (Invercargill), Mrs Bulleid, Mrs Jones, Mrs MacCulloch, Mrs Orbell, Mrs W’oodward, Mrs SmithMorton, Mrs Mollison, Mrs Wakins (Christchurch), Misse3 Davies, Roxby, Humphries, Hewat, Reid, Swindley, M’Adam, Patterson, etc. Mrs Wensley Clarkson, who has been visiting Auckland for some months, has returned. Madame Winnie Fraser is at present visiting friends in New Plymouth. Mrs Smith-Morton has returned after having a fortnight’s holiday with her mother in Dunedin. Mrs G. Shand left for Wellington last week, where she intends to make her home. Mrs Max Douglas, who has been in town for the week-end, has returned to tho country. TIMARU, September 3. Mrs E. Inman, Cattle Valley, is tho guest of Mrs Melville Jameson, Otumarama. The Misses Kimbell, Craighead, who were also there, are now in Mrs Wilfrid Whita’s house, Summsrhill, Bevels. Miss Wright, “Secheron,” Wai-iti road, returned to-day from a visit to Woodville and Wellington. Miss Maud Seymour, of Christchurch, who has been staying in Waimate, will go to Dunedin, where she will be the guest of Miss Patience Morrell. Mrs Matthew Holmes and the Misses Holmes, of Wellington, are with Miss M’Laren, Ardgour, Sealey street. Mr and Mrs H. Innes-Jones, Sefton street, ami Mr and Mrs Bryan King, Saaley street, will leave by car to-morrow for Hanmer. Mr and Mrs J. Y 7. Fair left yesterday for Christchurch and Westport. On their return they will stay at the "Bungalow,”. Wai-iti road, till their house at Highfield is built. Mrs Hugh Acland and family, of Christchurch, are at Peel Forest. Mr and Mrs Gaorge Murray and the Misses Murray, who were at the Hydro Grand, have returned to Braemar. Mrs Wilfrid White and her daughter, Summerhill, Levels, motored through to Dunedin on Monday. The Misses M’Laren. Le Cren’s terrace, are spending some weeks with Mrs W. M. Ritchie, Balvraid, Dunedin. Mrs C. E. Thomas and Miss Rhodes, Hadlow, returned from Christchurch on Monday. Miss Eva Cox. Nile street, has returned from Christchurch Mrs Henry Bowen, of India, who was with Mrs J. A. Julius. St. Mary's Vicarage, has gone back to Christchurch. The Misses E. and G. Hansell, of Wellington, are the guests of their uncle, Mr Arthur Elworthv, Holme station. Miss Carine Cook, of Timaru. is the guest of Mrs U. A. Whitlock. Fendalton. Mrs R. B. Bell, Arden, Wai-iti road, returned from Christchurch to-day. On Wednesday night the Timaru Croquet Club gave a 27 bridge and 500 partv in Ye Goode Intente Tea Rooms, which were charmingly decorated with spring flowers. The president, Mrs H. W. Hall, wore floral ninon and a beautiful Italian shawl, and the captain, Mrs H. Thompson, was in black miroir velvet with a nosy of French flowera on one shoulder. The first bridge prizes were won by Mis R. H. Joyce and Mr Marshall, the second by Mrs N. K. Cox, ancD'the consolation bv Mrs Bunn and Mr M. Henderson. In five hundred the first prizes went to Miss Bovce and Mr Jones, and the consolation to Miss Cullman and Mr F. F. Neale. ASHBURTON. September 2. Mr and Mrs R. Brodie, of Rangitata, are staying in Christchurch. Mr T. C. W. Grigg. of Longbcach. who has been seriously ill in Christchurch, returned home this week. Mrs Arthur Grigg, of Longbeach. lias been visiting her mother, Mrs C. Wilson, Cashmere Hills. Mrs Seymour, of Christchurch, is the guest of Mrs E. F. NJcoU, North-west Belt. Mrs Compton, of Wellington, who haf been spending several weeks with her daughter (Mrs A. Fleming, Havelock street), is returning home this week. Mrs Jennings and Miss Margaret Jennings are staying at Sumner. Much interest is being taken in the Competitions, which were officially opened on Tuesday evening by the president. Dr M. Mull in. They will be continued for 10 days, and many entries have been received. Mr and Mrs C. G. C. Harper, of Hackthorne, spent a few days in Timaru last week. In the finals for the golf championship Mr D. Christie won the men’s, and Miss Stewart the ladies* championships In the seniors, while Mr Bathgate and Miss Peltey were successful in the Juniors. During the playing off of tha finals Mr D. Christie was the guest of Mr aJd Mrs A. Busbell. A very successful golf ball was held in the Orange Hall last week, the hall being prettily decorated for the occasion. Dayhour’s orchestra supplied the music, and guests from Christchurch and the surrounding districts were present, as well as members of the Golf Club and others. A dainty supper was served, and dancing wna kept up until 2 n.m.

Mr A. Mteft *one to Wellington to attend a fence of acclimatisation nocteties.

Mina B. Morgan leave* on Friday on a visit to Mr and Mrs W. A. Morgan, Mount Somers.

CHRISTCHURCH, September 3. Mrs Arthur Chapman, Knowles street, left on Thursday for a short visit to Hanmer Springs. Mrs Williams, Te Aute, is staying with her daughter, Mrs Crosse, Christ’s College. Mrs Leslie LeCren, of Dunedin, is the guest of Miss Nancye LeCren, Murray place. Mr and Mrs Georgfc Aitken and their children are staying with Mrs H. A. Knight, at Racecourse Hill. Miss Mary Petre left on Saturday to stay with her sister at Arthur’s Pass, Mrs Frank Graham, Heaton street, is staying at the Selwyn Huts. Mrs C. M. Ollivler, Mrs Arthur Reid, and Mrs Bridges Jones gave a very successful tennis tournament at the Opawa courts in aid of St. George’s Hospital. The prisewinners were Mrs Barker, Miss Richards, Miss Pearce, and Mrs Peppier. Amongst those looking on were: Mrs J. Todhunter, Miss Thompson, Mrs Macandrew. Mrs Crawford, Mrs Donald, Mrs C. Macfarlane, and Mrs Robinson. At St. Mary’s Church, Mertvale, the marriage of Marita Mathleson (eldest daughter of Mr and tfra W. Mathleson, of Roasall street, Merivtife) to Dr Ralph G. Stokes (younger son ef Mr and Mrs J. Stokes, of London street, Dunedin). The Yen. Archdeacon P. B. Haggltt was the officiating clergyman. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a pretty frock of pale heliotrope satin, trimmed with gorgette and silver lace. Her lovely veil of

tulle was hand embroidered. The bridal bouquet was of freesias and azaleas. Miss Katie Hay, - of Melbourne, and Miss Nancy Mathleson, sister of the bride, were bridesmaids. Both wore frocks of cyclamen and mauve French novelty crepe de chine, and crinoline hats to match. Each carried posies of lemon primroses. Mr Brian Davies, of Wanganui, was best man, and Mr R. Mathieson was groomsman. After the ceremony a reception was held by Mrs Mathleson at Ballantyne’s. The hostess wore a frock of black and white crepe de chine, a black rep coat, and a black hat. The bride travelled In a parma violet rep ensemble suit, a hat to match, and skunk furs. WELLINGTON, September 3. Invitations have been issued by their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Alice Fergusson for a recoption to be held at Government House on September 7. It Is stated by a northern exchange that Countess Dalrymple will probably visit New Zealand, while her daughter, Lady Marjorie Dalrymple Is staying at Woodford House, Havelock North. Mr and Mrs Frank Proctor, of Karluke, Marlborough, are visiting Wellington. Miss Sylvia Darling is visiting Timaru. Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson has returned to Wellington from Tongariro National Park.

Mrs and Miss Blaxall, of Wellington, art visiting the country.

Mr, Mrs, and Miss T. R. Lawson, of Wellington, are visiting Christchurch. Mr and Mrs Joel Hudson have returned to Wellington after a visit to the United States, where they spent some time with Mr Hudson’s relatives at St. Louis, as well as touring in other parts. Mr and Mrs P. M’Grath, of Wellington, are visiting Greymouth. Mr and Mrs Wilfred Leicester, of Wellington, are visiting Christchurch. Mrs J. Bruges has returned to Wellington from Christchurch. Among the Wellington visitors to Christchurch are Mesdames Atack, A. E. Whyte, M'Evedy, A. Donald, and Buddie, and Misses Howe and Weir. Mrs C. L. Dearsley. of Christchurch, is visiting Mrs J. H. Hall, of Khandallah. Miss Fitzgerald, of Dunedin, is visiting Wellington. The engagement is announced of Joan, younger daughter of Mrs Temple Perkins, and the late Dr A. Temple Perkins, of Wellington, to Graeme R. L. Alderton, youngest son of Mr G. E. Alderton, and the late Mrs Alderton. of Remuera, Auckland. Miss Valerie Corliss has conducted two series of recital lectures —one to teachers, and the other to a number of musical nonprofessional ladies. These lectures have given the greatest pleasure, and the list of participants has been fully filled up. The last afternoon was given up to Russian and Spanish composers, and a number of most interesting compositions were played by Miss Corliss and her pupils, the Misses Upham, Dennett, Richardson, Rowe, and Carey, and Mr John M’Gill. A lecture was also given by Miss Corliss on the modern Russian school, when she spoke of Moussorgsky, Borodin, Gliere, Tchaikowski, Pachulski, Rachmaninoff, and Scriabine. Much regret was felt that this lecture was the last of the season, and the large attendance of ladies expressed their pleasure at the intellectual treat given them. A very sociable and pleasant afternoon party was arranged by the Victoria League, and took the form a “book tea,” in order to gather literature for people in the backblocks, the lighthouses, the islands, and for some of the boys who come out to this country under Flock House or Government auspices, and are recommended to the league in Wellington fro the parent league in London. There was a very generous response, both of books and magazines, and these were referred to with much pleasure by the president (Mrs Buckleton), and by a vice-president (Lady Luke). A branch of the work carried out by the Wellington members is correspondence with some of the boys and their parents, and Mrs Buckleton asked for the names of other members willing to assist in this work, which is evergrowing, and is of very great importance. Lady Luke and Mrs J. D. Gray also spoke, and urged the extension of the league and its good works. Afternoon tea was served and enjoyed, and then there was an appreciated programme of music, arranged by Mrs Ivan Levy. Those taking part were Misses Tolan, Kathleen Jensen, Pennp, and France. The beautiful flowers used in the decorations were the subject of much admiration, and came from the gardens of two members, Mrs James Mackenzie, of Karori, and Mrs G. A. Chapman, of Lower Hutt. A wedding which occasioned considerable interest recently was that of Miss Jessie Edith Shorland, only daughter of Mr and Mrs J. 0. Shorland, of Island Bay, Wellington, to Mr Robert Ferguson, of Harihari, South Westland. The wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr Abernethy, of Christchurch (uncle of the bride), at the Island Bay Methodist Church. Very tasteful decorations had been done at the church, part of which consisted in a beautiful floral wedding bell, and streamers to match the wedding frocks. Miss Elsie Jacka was bridesmaid, and little Norma Lcckwood was flower girl. Mr Perry Shorland was best man. The bride wore a dainty frock of palest pink mariette, with a beautiful veil and bouquet tc match. The bridesmaid’s frock was of champagne and range mariette, while the little flower girl was in pale blue, and carried a basket of flowers. The reception was held at the residence of the bride’s parents, and Mr and Mrs Ferguson left by an evening train for the north. A small but very pleasant dance was given at Government House last night, mostly quite young people being present. Part of the large ballroom was used, the upper end being carpeted and arranged picturesquely with palms and groups of lovely flowers, the stand of rose cyclamen and ferns being particularly admired. Arum lilies and freesias (sent from Auckland) adorned the drawing rooms, and the supper tables were fragrant with spring flowers in silver jars, with small glass vases of fine primulas. A reel, danced by a number of guests, was an enjoyable part of the programme. Their Excellencies received the guests, Lady Alice Fegusson wearing black chiffon velvet, with embroideries of jet and diamante, and with a wrap of fine black lace. Among those present were Mrs K. S. Williams and her daughter, Miss Mona Williams, who have just returned from Australia, with them being Mr Geoffrey Cotterill (Bay of Plenty), Miss Williams’ fiance. Mrs Williams was in black, with cream silk embroidery, and her daughter wore sequinned and shaded blue georgette. Mrs Turnbull was in bronze satin, beaded to match. There were two debutantes, Miss Kathleen Haire, who was in primrose georgette, trimmed with rosebuds of the same material, and carried a posy of cream and pink; and Miss Donald, of Masterton, who wore white georgette and silver net, with a cream posy. Others present were Miss MolUe Hunt, of Auckland, in shaded royal blue georgette, embroidered in sequins; Miss Barton, of Featherston, white and silver; Miss Buckeridge, green and gold salmon pink with embroidered band at hem; Miss Buckleton, pink striped taffetas; Miss Marrow, mauve crepe de chine, veiled in silver net; Miss L. Brandon, mauve and silver; Miss Muckeridge, green and gold lace; Miss Bollard, cerise georgette; Miss J. Hawken, flame georgette; Mrs Sutherland, mauve and silver; Miss Alys Duncan, cyclamen georgette; also Misses C. Morice, Johnston, Dixon, Campbell, Leckie, Bothamley, Markman, M. Gray, Hadfield, L. Dyer, Levin, Joseph, Corkill, Gifford, Dennehy, Craig, J. Hunter, and many others. CARTERTON, September 2. The engagement is announced of Alice, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Georgo Ball, of Masterton, to Leonard Arthur, only son of Mr and Mrs Stimpson, also of Masterton. A quiet wedding was celebrated at St. Mary's Church in Carterton on Wednesday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr John Malone, of Wellington, fifth son of Mr P. J. Malone, of County Galway, Ireland, and Miss Teresa Annie Burgess, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs H. R. Burgess, of Carterton. The Rev. Father Hag9rty was tho officiating clergyman. The bride was attended by Miss Vida Edge as bridesmaid, and the duties of best man were carried out by Mr Hugh Fahe, The young couple left by the afternoon train for Wellington en route for Sydney. A most enjoyable dance was held in the hall at Martinborough last week. The chaperones were Mesdames A. D. M’Leod, Beale, and M'Kay. Among those present were Mesdames Blundell, Coleman, R. N. Barton, J. Caine Bidwill, W. B. Martin, Q. Donald, sen., D. C. Collona. Q. Donald, F. Hewitt, Morrison, Ward, Holmes. G-riffiths, H. Spooner, Ronald, Barraud, and J. W. Kershaw; Misses Wall, D. M’Leod, B. M'Leod. C. M'Leod, Stubbs, Beals, K. Martin, McGregor, E«ma Card, N. Sutherland, M'Cullen, Tullock, Willis, Abraham, M. Ruane, E. Simmonds, Patay Drummond, R. Sutherland, and many others.

The Oddfellows annual ball was held in the Ansae Hall in Featheraton on Thursday night. Extras were played by Mm Alan Donald, Mieses Williams and Ward, and

Messrs Moore and George. Mrs M. B. Tait and Miss Card had charge of the supper room. A dance in aid of the funds for the Dental Clinic in Masterton was well attended. The committee of ladies consisting of Mesdames Dixon, Lock, and Milne, and Miss Dixon were largely responsible for the success of the evening. Extras were eupplisd bv Mr A. Raine. ‘Miss Thelma Keltie is spending a holiday with her parents in Greymouth. Mrs W. Barlow, of Plimmerton, and Mias Bacon are at present on a visit to Masterton. Sister Kate Booth, who has been visiting her home at “Hawarden,” Carterton, has left on a visit to her sister, Mrs A. P. Roydhouso, of 'Dunedin. The Rev. E. T. Olds and Mrs Olds, of Wellington, who have been visiting Masterton. have returned home. The Rev. W. Bullock and Mrs Bullock, of Mastei-ton, have gone for a fortnight’s holiday to Auckland. The Rev. and Mre J. Cocker, of Maßterton, are spending a holiday in Auckland. Mrs Charles Jackson, of Picton, is visiting Featheraton. Miss L. Potter, of Mangaweka, is the guest of Mr and M» J. Potter, Kaituna,. Masterton. Mrs P. W. Reardon, of Taumaninui, is visiting her mother, Mrs Price, Masterton. BLENHEIM. September 3. On Saturday teams of ladles and men from the Marlborough Golf Club visited Picton for the annual inter-club matches, which resulted in a win for the former players. A sumptuous luncheon, and afternoon tea was provided by the Picton ladies. Some of those who motored down to play were: Mesdames Leech, Young, Crocker, Maclaine, and King, Miss Bishop, Messrs Jeffries, Chesney, Glennie, King, Churchward, Leech, Moore, Hulme, and Dr Bennett. At the Ladlee* Club in High atreet on Friday evening Mrs H. Hod son entertained a

few friends by means of bridge, when Mrs B. A. Moore was successful in carrying off the first prize. Others present were: Mesdames Maclaine, Bagge, Lightfoot, Wood, Churchward, Clouston, Chaytor, Murchison, Seymour, and Stocker. Mr and Mrs A. Nathan have motored to Nelson for a short holiday. Mr and Mrs J. G. Bacon are visiting friends in Masterton. Mr and Mrs G. Rudd and family aro spending the school holidays at their residence down the Sounds. Mrs Andrew, “Birch Hill,” and Mrs Gifford, of Hillersden, and their families are spending the holidays down the Sounds. Mr and Mrs P. Munro, “St. Andrew’s,” have returned from their visit down tho Sounds. Miss Nessie Buchanan, of Palmerston North, passed through Blenheim last week after a short stay in Marlborough. Miss Lowry, of Hawke’s Bay. is spending a holiday with Mrs Trolove at “The Shades.” Mr and Mrs C. F. Murray, “Wharanui,” have returned from a short visit to Christchurch. Mrs A. Cornelius, of Wellington, has returned to Wellington. Mr and Mrs Brammall are spending a few days in Wellington. Mrs Lindsay, of Auckland, is visiting Mr and Mrs A. Adams at “Langley Dale.” Miss Marjorie M’Rae has gone to Timaru to be present at the wedding of her brother, Mr Malcolm M’Rae, to Miss Carlton, which takes placo in Timaru this week. Mrs Warner, of North Island, is visiting Mrs A. Van Asche at “Sprlnglands.” Mrs M’Cracken, of Masterton, Is visiting her daughter, Mrs Renal, in Munro street. The engagement is announced of second daughter of Mr and Mrs H. Matthews, of Spring Creek, to Mr Kenneth Frank Wilkinson. only son of the late Mr and Mrs F. J. G. Wilkinson, of Christchurch, FEILDING, September 8. Mr and Mrs George Davey are visiting Masterton, and are the guests of Mr and Mis J. S. Murray.

Mra Ralph Anchor of Greytown, is visitingl her mother, Mrs T. L. Mills. Mrs David Bell is visiting Wellington. Miss Dorothy Elliot ia spending her holidays in Feilding, Mrs Fißh, Bank of New South Wales, was hostess at a most enjoyable dance *or her young daughter, Jocelyn. The rooms were most artistically decorated with wisteria and cherry blossom. The verandah wae covered in with tarpaulin, and was decorated with Japanesa lanterns and pink cherry blossom. Among the guests were Misses Bailey, Carway. Miles, Phillips, Hogg. Hewitt-, Hare, Masters, Connell, Miles, Phillips, Conway, Hare, Washburn, Perry, Webber, and many others. Mrs Heath was hostess at a most enjoyable bridge party during the week. Those f esent were Mr and Mrs Kellow, Mrs tiean, Mrs Sandford, Mrs Norris, Mts übertson, and Dr Salmond. A very jolly dance was organised or Thursday night and held in the Ladies’

Club Room. The room was decorated with pale pink camelias and large bowls of pink currant blossom. Those present were Misses Bailey, Goodbehere Webster, Hocking, French, Ross, M. Johnston, K. Johnston, P. Perry, Brewer Kuiti), Hare, Conway, and Fish. Messrs Bailey M'Lean, Ross, McDonald, Gorton. Stewart, Awdrey Hocking, Woollams, Johnston, B. Burrell, P. Burrell, S. M'Beath. HAWKE'S BAY, September 3. A fashionable wedding took place on Wednesday afternoon at St. John’s Cathedral, Napier, when Molly Elisabeth, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs H. B. Lusk, of Napier, was married to Wilfrid Selwyn Weir, third son of Archbishop and Mrs Averlll, of Auckland. The bride looked charming in a gown of cream georgette, embossed with gold, with a fitted bodloe and wide skirt of petals in cteam and gold. The train was of gold lame fined with satin and embroidered in pearls; her veil was prettily arranged with orange blossoms, and she car-

ried a bouquet of cream and gold flowers. Gold shoes and stockings completed her toilette. The bridesmaids’ frocks were carried out in shades of mauve, primrose, and green, artistically blended. They all wore full georgette skirts and taffeta Jumper bodices, with georgette yolks and large bows of taffeta at the back. Their primrose hats were of crinoline straw, trimmed with mauve and green, and their bouquets of mauve, primrose, and green toned with their frocks. Miss Y. Cotton wore green taffeta and georgette, her quaint bow being lined with mauve and mauve flowers. Miss R. Scannell and Miss B. Murphy, of Gisborne, wore primrose, their bows being lined with green and green flowers. Miss M. Lowry and Miss W. Averlll wore mauve, their bows lined with green and green floewrs. Miss Valerie de Latour (niece of the bride) was a trainbearer, and wore a dainty mauve taffeta dress, with frills and full skirt. Her little bonnet was lined with primroses, and her shoes were of mauve satin. The best man was Mr W. M'Lean, of Hastings, and the groomsmen were Messrs L. Lowry, W. Goring-Johnston, R. Lowry, and H. Cham-

bers. After the wedding Mr and Mrs Lusk held a reception at their home at Milton Grange. Mrs Lusk wore a handsome gown of beige georgette and lace, her hat being in pastel shades to tone; Mrs Averlll a pretty gown of electric blue, and hat to tone; Mrs Singer (sister of the bride) cof-fee-coloured georgette and lace and smart hat; and Mrs de Latour (sister of the bride) floral georgette, with large hat trimmed with roses. Mrs T. Cumming, of Hastings, gave a very enjoyable bridge party to welcome her sister-in-law, Mrs Ralph Shand, from “Centre Bush,” near Invercargill. The party took place at the Club Tea Rooms, afternoon tea being served on the balcony. Mrs Cuming wore a smart spring green crepe de chine jumper suit, with pleating, aud a beige straw hut lined with green ; Mrs Shand a smart black crepe de chine, with pleated georgette in delphinium and a delphinium blue crinoline straw hat with roses; and Mrs Ralph Shand goblin blue marocain and ribbon hat in the same shade. Mrs Foot, Mrs Strattan, Mrs O. Krogh, Mrs Rogers, and Miss Seal were all prize winners. Those present included Mrs Cunningham, Mrs Shand, Mrs R. Shand, Mrs Stratton, Mra Rogers (Havelock North), Mrs Foot (Havelock North), Mrs Foster, Mrs Krogh, Mrs Commin, Mrs Reid, Mrs Pittock, Mrs H. Stevens, Mrs Budd, Mrs O’Meara, Mrs J. A. Miller, Mrs Dinwiddie, Mrs Thomson (Napier), Mrs Letham (Napier), Mrs Rivers, Miss Small, Miss Brown, Miss Seal, and Mrs Ruddenklau. Mr and Mrs Hill, of New Plymouth, are visiting Napier. Mrs and Miss Sommerville, of Poverty Bay were in Napier during the week. Mr and Mrs C. R. Shank, of Invercargill, were the guests of Mr and Mrs Cunningham, of Hastings. Mrs J. Fraser, of Hastings, has returned from a visit to Timaru. Mr and Mrs Barron, of Hastings, were the guests of Sir John Roberts, of Dunedin. Dr and Mrs Singer, of Gisborne, are on a visit to Napier. Mr and Mrs H. de Latour, of Gisborne, are in Napier for the Lusk-Averill wedding. Archbishop Averill and Mrs Averlll were in Napier for the marriage of their son to Miss Molly Lusk. Mrs Fusßell, Mrs Smith, Miss O. Smith, Miss R. Smith (Napier), and Miss M. Lowry (Hastings) took part in the Tapapau golf tournament. Miss Lily Jackson, of Mangatahi, is the guest of Mrs Waterworth. of Napier. Mrs Hunter, of 'Wellington, has been visiting Havelock North. Mrs White-Parsons, of Napier, is visiting Australia. Mrs P. Wall, of Hatuma, was in Napier during the week. Mrs Spencer, of Palmerston North, is the guest of her sister, Miss M’Vay, of Napier. The engagement is announced of Nina, daughter of Major and Mrs Wain, Riverlands, Waimate, to Eric Dallinger, only son of Mrs Billington, of Tangoio. Miss Newbigin, of Hastings, is visiting in the Gisborne district. HAMILTON, September 2. An “At home ” was held in the Lyceum Club rooms on Tuesday, when the town members entertained the country members at a most enjoyable function. The competitions were won by Mrs E. R. Lee, of Cambridge, and Mrs M'Arthur, of Te Awamutu. Musical items were contributed by the following :—Mesdames Grimwall, E. M'Gregor, J. Oliphant, A. Morton, C. Long, H. M'Mullin, and S. Empson. Others present were: Mesdames H. Douglas, F. B. Jolly, E. E. Roberts, P. Cleary, W. G. Robbie, Grame Taylor, E. R. Gresham, Palmer, W. F. Currie, A. Joseph, P. Dingle, F. Seifert, N. Holden, J. Lewis, D. M'lntosh, F. Hetherington, T. Hall, F. Peacocke, W. Seavil, E. H. Hammond. Pricken. H. Clark, A. Cooper, P. Gannaway, T. Platt, S. Pratt, A. Beale, Battley, Seville, Blundell, P. Stewart, J. E. Page, H. M'Mullln, W. Fraser, T. Reynolds, Cronwall, A. H. Powell, A. H. Tompkins, J. Osborne, J. Warren, Hill, A. Ward, P. Stevens, F. Heath, L. Ewen, T. Holden, G. Gower, E. Wilson, Sutcliffe, Glendinning, W. Howe, Hubert Hammond, G. Smith, J. Ranstead, Prentis, D. Miller, A. L. Yule, G. Coombes, A. Ramsey, E. H. O’Meara, E. Walders, Lightbourne, Johnstone, Barnett, Vere Chitty, F. Burley, G. Rogers, C. E. Armstrong, D. Andrews, and M'Whannell, Misses Chitty, Stevens, N. Douglas, Currie, C. Jolly, Rogerson, Eggleston, Elliot, Loyel, M'lntosh, Seavil, Newell, Robbins, Burley, and Speedy. . A jolly surprise party was enjoyed at the home of Mr and Mrs Colin Taylor on Thursday night. The guests were: Mr and Mrs G. Crimp, Mr and Mrs J. Bollard, Mr and Mrs A. English, Mr and Mrs Eric Day, Mr aud Mrs A. J. Bond, Mr and Mrs Hubert Hammond, Mr and Mrs A. F. Meldrum, Misses W. Manning, E. Hammond, B. Jolly, M. Beale, A. Coventry, G. Hammond, and N. Monckton. The first of a series of bridge evenings was held at the Lyceum Club on Monday night. Those present were: Mesdames ' Douglas. H. M'Mullin, L. Day. P. E. Stevens, F B Jolly, T. B. Insoll, Seivwright, E. H. O’Meara, J. E. Chitty, Wyvern Wilson, A. Meek, J. C. Gray, Howe, Prenton, D. Dillon, H. Greenslade, W. J. King, W. Horton, A. Beale, F. Gruar, Walders, 0. Smith, G. Smith, Coventry, A. H. Powell, A. F. Meldrum, C. Lightbourne, E. M. Masters, A. Ramsey, Williams, Martin, P. Stewart, L. Ewen, York, Vere Chitty. R. A. Johnson, A Gifford, T. Lucas, and Hutchinson, Misses Stevens C Jolly, Wyatt, Rowe, Eggleston, Drake, Walmsley, Scherer,, Bliriey, Rapson, Bourke, Wallnutt. D. Johnson, and Stewart An afternoon bridge party was given by the Misses Eggelston for their gnest, Miss Elliott, on Thursday. Thoso present were . Mesdames E. F. Peacocke, H J. M MalUn, (l Crimn E. H. O Meara, and M. jonnson, Misses v! Dalzell, E. Hammond, B. Jolly, and Watson.

AUCKLAND, September 2. The chief social event of the past w-eek was the naval wedding at St. Mary 8 j _oi Parnell when Miss Rona Vaile, second Saughfe.? of Mr and Mrs H. E. Vaile, Glade Half, Epsom, was married to A J, Baker Cresswell. of H.M.S. Veronica, only son of the late Major A. F. Baker well, and of Mrs Baker Cresswell, of Hare hope, Northumberland, England. Masses of pink flowers decorated the church, the chan cel rails also being decorated with pink and white camellias, while the l ° ha " c *' arch , was banked with arum lilies. Poses oi nink flowers were attached to the ends of the pews with’ 8 white ribbons. The ceremony, which was fully choral, was conducted by Canon James. The bride wore a gown M white and silver tlssuo. the hnrifm of which was cut away from me shoulders, while the skirt over “‘JvertiSßue was composed of flounces of tulle edged with silver galon. Her veil of Brussels lace, which was arranged under a wreath of orange blossoms, formed the long court train, and was flnlshed with clusters of silver loses, and lined with tulle. A «he»f of cyclamen and sweet peas made a charming Hnlsh to the bridal array. The bridesmaids were Miss Marjofle vaile. Miss Dolly Valin, and Miss Nancy Colbeck, all of whom wore charming frocks of sunset pink taffeta, with full skirts, embroidered in blue silk flowers, and sashed with bows of hydrangea blue. Their hats were of pink crinoline turned up at the back, and finished with clusters of blue flowers and pink ribbon streamers. Bouquets of sweet peas in shades of blue and pink were carried. Little Ethel Mapping acted as train-bearer In ft pretty pink frock sashed with blue, and u pink crinoline straw hat. The best wan was Lieutenant Campagnac, of H.M.S. Philomel, and the groomsmen were Lieutenant-com-mander Bowen, of H.M.S. Philomel, and Lieutenant Boyle, of H.M.S. Diomede. On leaving the church the bridal couple passed

under an archway . formed of the crossed i swords of the officers of H.M.S. Dunedin, / Diomede, and Philomel. After the ceremony \ a reception was held at Glade Hall, Epsom,/ 1 when a large number of guests were pre- • sent. The beautiful wedding presents were on view in the billiard room, and in the \ dining room tall silver vases of pink came- ( Has decorated the tea table where the whtte i and silver wedding cake was placed. Mrat Vaile wore a frock of dark cream lace over' georgette, with swathing of petunia-shaded'. „ velvet ribbon round the hips, and small hatS of straw in a like shade of petunia; Mrs t Baker Cresswell (mother of the btidegroom) f hyacinth blue crepe de chine, with long/ coat of faced cloth in the same shade; her) small blue hat was finished with blue hya-l w cinthß; Lady Elliot a dark rose coloured silkj coat over a frock of georgette In a lighten shade, and a rose hat, with shaded ostrich] stole; Lady Lockhart black georgette em-l bossed in autumn tlntß, and black satlni hat, with touches of gold braid; Mrs Edi ward Russell dark red velour suit, and wine-; coloured hat with ospreys; Mrs Rathbone black and petunia ensemble suit, and blacky hat with eptunla ribbon velvet; Mrs Nolan; black marocain, and black hat; Mrs Colbeck black souple satin and lace frock, and black hat; Mrs H. Mowbray hjv(*tngea blue* taffeffta frock, and hat in a ih rWer Bhade; < Mrs E. H. Reid beige embroidered georgette 1 !, frock, and smart black hat; Mrs James nattier blue frock, and black hat ; Mrs Didsbury grey crepe de chine frock, and blackhat; Mra Waller dark green frock, and grew*

hat: and Mrs Hewitt black souple satin frock, and black hat of georgette. That same evening Mrs Valle entertained ft number of young guests to a dance at Glade Hall, among whom were Miss Betty Rutherford, in a frock of mauve beaded georgette; Miss Nancy Didsbury red georgette, with accordion-pleated skirt; Miss Ailsa Burns crimson georgette; Miss Ethne Lloyd hyacinth Wue accordion-pleated frock; Miss Audrey Stuaholme pink georgette; Miss A. Russell jade georgette; Miss Jean Lawford cream lace over pink; Miss Kissling primrose satin; Miss Nancy Rogers white georgette; Miss Macfarlane black taffeta; Miss V. Jackson gold tissue, and Miss M. Jackson shaded georgett*;Over 400 guests were present at the annual ball given by the Auckland Grammar School’s Old Boys and Old Girls' Associations in the Mount Eden Grammar School. The large assembly hall presented a brilliant scene with its gay decorations: blue and gold streamers, the colours of the school, formed a canopy overhead, from the centre of which blue and gold balloons were released during one of the earlier dances. The guests danced until an early hour, to the accompaniment of Birtley’s Orchestra, the music from which was entirely satisfactory. The monthly At Home of the Lyceum Club was held last week, when Mrs Casement Aicken, Mrs J. C. Dickenson, and Mrs George Morris were hostessefe. During the afternoon a programme of musical items was contributed by Mrs Rob arson, who gave a pianoforte solo, and the Misses L. Morris, L. Leatham, and Grant Cowen, who sang very charmingly. A competition was also heild. held. Miss Eileen Parkes has returned from a Visit to Wellington. Miss Boylan, of Remuera, is staying with friends in Dunedin. Miss Harman Reeves, of Dunedin, is the guest of Mrs W. P. Boyle, “The Pines,” Epsom. Mrs Copeland Savage and Miss Cooper have returned from Gisborne, where they attended the marriage of Mr V. Savage and Miss P. Barker. Miss Dorothy -Southey Baker, formerly of Hamilton and Aucklandjias decided to take up her residence in Palmerston North for the future, where she will practise her musical profession. The bride and bridegroom. Lieutenant A. J. Baker Creaswell and Mrs Baker Cresswell, left by the last trip of the Niagara, en route for England, and were farewelled on the wharf by a large number of friends. WEDDING. An interesting feature of a pretty wedding, which took place in St. Martin’s Church, West Acton, England, was that both the bride and bridegroom belong to New Zealand. The bride was Evelyn Constance, daughter of Mr and Mrs W. D. Napier, “Te Kiteroa,” Waimate, and the bridegroom Dr John Winterton Costello, son of Mr and Mrs E. T. Costello, of Napier, New Zealand. Given tw«xy by Mr Alfred Qu&ife, of Cumberland Lodge, Ealing Common, the bride wore a dress of cream georgette and lace, and a veil of shell}ink, kept in position by t coronet of

orange-blossom. As ornament she wore shell-pink pearls, and carried a bouquet of roses of the same colour. Miss Evelyn Herbert, the bridesmaid was gowned in a taffeta frock of apple-green, with a crinoline hat to match. Her shoes and stockings were of gold, and slie carried a posy of pink carnations and mauve sweet peas. The bride’s mother was attired in rose-coloured corded silk and georgette, with a black hat. Her bouquet was of cream roses. The mother of the bridegroom was gowned in figured crepe de chine, and her hat was also black. Mrs Quaife (sister of the bride) wore a dress of electric blue and ecru lace, and her hat was of cream, and she carried a bouquet of cream roses. Mrs Herbert, of Anderson’s Bay, wore a French model in almond green and mauve, with a green hat, and carried a bouquet of mauve carnations. Dr. Scoular acted as best man. A reception was subsequently held at Cumberland Lodge, Ealing Common. The guests included Dr and Mrs Lindsay Park, Mr and Mrs Free, Mr and Mrs Costello, Mrs J. L. Herbert, Miss K. Watson, Miss Mollie Burt, Dr. Scoular, and Mr Jim Napier (all of New Zealand), Miss Ranken and Miss Standring. After a honeymoon spent in Devonshire, Dr and Mrs Costello will make their home in Hampstead, and later in New Zealand. HINTS AND SUCCEBTIONB. Puddings containing custard should always be cooked slowly. When washing sateen, rinse it in borax water to give a good gloss. Soft brooms last longer if dipped occasionally in hot water and salt. To save firewood, dry potato peelings in the oven and use them for lighting fires. To remove scratches from varnish, apply a coame cloth well saturated with linseed oil. To clean tobacco pipes, pour alcohol into the bowl, and allow it to run out through the stem. To bake potatoes quickly, boil them in salted water for ten minutes before putting them into the oven. Save old stiff linen collars. Boil the starch out, then use them as rubbers for polishing metal taps. Salt will remove stains from silver. Just take a pinch, and rub the spoon between thumb and finger. When the canary is moulting, tie a piece of fat bacon in his cage. It will improve his song, and is a tonic. When polishing. furniture, add a little petrol to the furniture cream, and the result will be a polish that will not fingermark.

New blind cords are often stiff and difficult to knot securely. They may be made pliable by being rubbed with a piece of soap. A bad egg has a black spot attached to the shell, clearly visible wtien held to the light. Stale eggs are considerably -lighter than those newly laid. Books which are seldom used are liable to be attacked by insect*. Dust your books occasionally with a mixture of powdered alum and white pepper. For a fishbone in the throat, suck the juice of a lemon, letting it trickle slowly down the throat. This dissolves the bone and gives instant relief. After removing marks from a fabric with ammonia, you may find that the colour has suffered. Apply a little weak vinegar and water; this often serves to bring back the original colour. Taps should never be screwed down hard. If this is done their washers wear cut quickly, and the taps begin to leak. Scorch marks on linen may be removed by rubbing with a freshly-cut onion and afterwards soaking in cold water. Mirrors and picture glasses should be cleaned with a pad of tissue paper sprinkled with methylated spirit. Always mix starch with soapy water. This will prevent the iron sticking, and will give the linen a better gloss. When boiling a pudding . the basin in which it is cooked must be full or the water will get in and the pudding be spoiled. To whiten clothes that have become yellow, add a tablespoonful of cream of tartar to a gallon of cold water. Soak the discoloured clothes overnight in this ; then wash in the usual way. Put currants and raisins in the oven for a few minutes before adding them to a cake. When warm and swollen they are not so liable to sink to the bottom as the cake rises. Old gas mantles should be saved. The material is excellent for cleaning gold and silver jewellery. It is quite harmless, and the polish given is excellent. Use it dry on a piece of new chamois leather. Here is a substitute for cream: Warm half a pint of new milk, and when just on the boil stir in a well-beaten egg. Turn ifc into a basin to cool, and you will scarcely tell this from cream. A useful embrocation can be made by dissolving one ounce of camphor in a quarter of a pint of turpentine, add half a pint of best vinegar, and two fresh eggs, well beat up for half an hour. This is a good recipe. Choosing Turkish Towels.—Most Turkish towel are cotton, but the grades and wearing qualities of them vary just as much as the price does. Here are a *ew points by which the housekeeper may judge the quality. If the border across the end is fine and closely woven, he towel is a good grade; whereas if the plain border is coarse and loose, you may be sure that the towel will be “pully” nd will not give satisfaction. The loops are the next thing to examine. Some have only one thread to each loop, whereas others have two threads looped in a 'ubstantial background. Pull the material tightly across your fingers and notice whether the threads spread apart too readily. If they do it is a sign that the fibres have been weakened in the dyeing process. People who possess the virtuous habit of taking cold baths usually prefer the coarse towels, but for general use the fine ones are more generally liked and wear well. HOME INTERESTS. ORANGE SHORTBREAD. Put into a basin one pound of sifted flour, four ounces of brown sugar, four ounc9s of grated rinds of oranges, one teaspoonful of baking powder, and mix well together. Then add half a pound of golden syrup and six ounces of butter previously melted in a pan over the fire. Stir this well in, and then add two eggs well beaten, and the juice of two oranges. Mix all together until a dry paste is formed. Then bake in a large flat tin, or in small flat thick cakes, in a moderate oven for about one hour. When done, brush over with white of egg, sprinkle thickly with caster sugar, and return to the oven for a few minutes to glaze. HOW TO MAKE SAUCES. When making sauces, people *ail to get them the right consistency. A coating sauc9 should be just thick enough to smoothly cover the baok of a wooden spoon when it is dipped in it t while a flowing sauce must be just thin enough to flow round smoothly; it should not form lumps or ridges. ASPARAGUS AS AN ENTREE. Cut the asparagus into inch lengths, and put these in a saucepan with the crisp leaves of a lettuce and a small onion. Pour over a cupful of boiling water. When this has been absorbed, add three cupfuls of stock, a little seasoning, and a cupful of fine white breadcrumbs. Simmer gently, and

serve hot with one or two poached eggs on top. ASPARAGUS TIPS. Cold asparagus tips are a delicate addition to salads, or they may be * cooked (as they frequently are in France) like green peas. Here is a French recipe for cooking asparagus tips: Put the tips of some fresh asparagus together with some dice of fat bacon, a little chopped parsley, and salt and pepper in a saucepan. Cover with stock, and simmer gently until cooked. Skim, and serve very hot. WHEN THERE*ARE NO SCALES. One ounce of flour equals one heaped tablespoonful. One ounce of fat equals one level tablespoonful. One ounce of loaf sugar equals five or six lumps. One ounce of soft sugar equals one heaped tablospoonful. One ounce of currants equals one tablespoonful. One ounce of breadcrumbs equals half a teacupful. Half a pound of treaole equals one teacupful. COCONUT BISCUITS. . Four ounces of dessioated coconut, two ounces of flour, one egg, three ounces of granulated or oaster sugar, one ounce of cornflour. Mix all the dry ingredients together. Beat the egg, end mix with dry (ingredients. Add e little milk, just sufficient to make e drv paste. Put the mixture on to a slightly floured board. Roll it out to about a-quarter of an inoh to three-eighths of an inoh in thickness. Doit with sugar. Cut into rounds about tha aisa of a biscuit—use a sharp cutter for this. Place on a greased baking sheet and baka in a hot oven for about ten to fifteen minutes. (These are better if baked the following dayj

DATE BARS. Beat two eggs, add two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, two-thirds of a cupful of flour, and two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mix thoroughly. Have ready one eight-ounce package of dates, stoned and finely chopped and rolled in flour. Add to first mixture, with two cupfuls of nuts chopped. Press into square cake tins, and bake forty-five minutes in a slow oven. Cut in squares while hot, and roll in powdered sugar. PRUNE AND APPLE JELLY. Ingredients, half a pound of cooking apples, quarter of a pound of prunes, strip of lemon peel, three ounces of sugar, haft an ounce of gelatine. Soak the prunes in water over-night. Then put them in a stewpan with the water, the apples peeled and cored and cut up, add the sugar and lemon peel, and stew until the prunes are quite soft. Rub through a sieve, return to the stewpan, add the gelatine dissolved m a little water, stir over gentle heat until thoroughly blended, turn into a wet mould, and leave to set. Turn out and serve with custard or cream. JELLIED RABBIT. Ingredients, four ounces stewed rabbit free from bone, four ounces boiled pork or ham, two hard-bodled eggs, a teaspoon of chopped parsley, half a pint of rabbit stock, half an ounce of gelatine. Cut the meat into dice, slice the eggs. Fill a mould with layers of rabbit, ham, and sliced egg, sprinkle the parsley among them. Dissolve the gelatine in the stock, and pour it gently in. Leave until set. Turn out, and serve wtih salad. SUNBEAM BISCUITS. Four ounoss of sugar, three ounces of butter, oreemed together, add one egg « (beaten), and sufficient self-raising flour to make a stiff paste. 801 l thin. Spread with raspberry jam. Sprinkle with cooonut. Roll up, cut in slices, toss in cooonut, end bake in hot oven till set. Verr slowly afterwards, as the coconut burns easily.

A GREAT WOMAN MISSION ARY.

The long history of foreign missionary enterprise furnishes many heroic figures; but few are more wonderful than that of Mary Slessor, the Scotch factory girl, who, as pioneer missionary in the mission district of Calabar, Nigeria, lived alone among savages, teaching, tending the sick and injured, caring for sick and abandoned infants, ruling and dispensing justice like an autocratic governor. Going out to Calabar at the age of 28 she laboured there, with the brief intermission of some furloughs, for nearly 40 years, battling with discouragements and difficulties of all kinds, constantly encountering dangers and undergoing hardships that might tax the strongest and most enduring if only borne for a short time, and finally, physically worn out though still strong in spirit, she died at the remote mission station which was her latest point of advance in 1915. An account of her life and work has been written by W. P. Livingstone, from whose preface I quote the following characterisation:—

“ One, however, has no hope of giving an adequate picture of her complex nature, so full of contrasts and opposites. She was a woman of affairs, with a wide and catholic outlook upon humanity, and yet she was a shy solitary, walking alorle in puritan simplicity and childlike faith. Few have possessed such moral and physical courage, or exercised such imperious power over savage people, yet on trivial occasions she was abjectly timid and afraid. A sufferer from chronic malarial affection, and a martyr to pain, her days were filled with unremitting toil. Overflowing with love and tender feeling, she could be stern and exacting. Shrewd, practical, and matter of fact, she believed that sentiment was a gift of God, and frankly indulged in, it. Living always in the midst of spiritual darkness, and often depressed and worried, she maintained unimpaired a sense of humour and laughter. Strong and tenacious of will, she admitted the right of others to oppose her. These are but illustrations of the perpetual play of light and shade in her character which made her difficult to understand. Many could not see her greatness for what they called her eccentricities, forgetting, or perhaps being unaware of what she had passed through, experiences such as no other woman had undergone, which explained much that seemed unusual in her conduct. But when her life is viewed as a whole, and in the light of what she achieved, all these angles and oddities fall away, and she stands out, a woman of unique and inspiring personality, and one of the most heroic figures of the age.” I am sure that anyone who reads the book before me will agree with the author as to the rank given to Mary Slessor in the last sentence quoted. Miss Kingsley, celebrated as a traveller and investigator into savage beliefs and customs, in her “ Travels in West Africa ” says of Mary Slessor: “ This very wonderful lady has been 18 years in Calabar, for the last six or seven living entirely alone, as far as white folks go, in a clearing in a forest near to one of the principal villages of the Okoyong district, and ruling as a veritable white chief over the entire district. Her great abilities, both physical and intellectual, have given her among the savage tribe a unique position, and won her, from white and black who know her, a profound esteem. Her knowledge of the native, )iis language, his ways of thought, his diseases, his difficulties, and all that is his, is extraordinary, and the amount pf good she lias done no man ean fully estimate. Okoyong, when she went there alone—living in the native houses while she built, with the assistance of the

natives, her present house —was a district regarded with fear by the Duke and Creek Town natives, and practically unknown to Europeans. It was given, as most of the surrounding districts still are, to killing at funerals, ordeal by poison, and perpetual internecine wars. Many of these evil customs she has stamped out, and Okoyong rarely gives trouble to its nominal rulers, the Consuls in Old Calabar, and trade passes freely through it down to the seaports.” Miss Kingsley was strongly opposed to missionary enterprise, so her testimony to the value of Mary Siessor’s work is the more notable. She spent some time with Miss Slessor at Okoyong, and these two gifted women, so opposite in thought and religious belief, were strongly attracted one to another. Miss Kingsley was profoundly impressed by the power of the missionary’s faith. “I would give anything to possess your beliefs,” she said wistfully, ‘‘but I can’t, I can’t; when God made me He must have left out the part that one believes with.” She used to speak of Mary Slessor with affection and admiration, and the latter said that, for all her beliefs and unbeliefs, Miss Kingsley was one of the most truly Christian women she had ever met.

Nothing in Mary Siessor’s parentage and early life gave any premonition of her future career. She was one of the few who possess the independence of mind and the initiative to strike out a new line for themselves. And the force which determined the direction of her life work and upheld her through all its trials was her living religious faith. Mary Slessor was the daughter of a shoemaker, and was born at Aberdeen in 1848. Her mother evidently was a woman of fine personality, though she lacked the striking qualities of her daughter; she was sweet-natured and deeply religious. The father, unfortunately, was addicted to drink. Owing to this he lost his situation in Aberdeen, and the family moved to Dundee, which seemed to offer better opportunities of employment for young people. But there he did no better, and his wife and family were subjected to much hardship and suffering. Often Mary, after her factory day'/; work, would have to take a parcel to the pawnbroker, flying like a hunted thing along the quietest and darkest streets. All the efforts of mother and Mary—the eldest daughter—were directed to hiding the family skeleton, and there was no open disgrace. Mary was early innured to hardness and practised self-control. Mrs Slessor for a time worked iir-’the factory, and Mary became a worker at the age of 11, at first working half the day and going to school the other half, and later, as a full-timer, attending a night school. She then entered another factory to learn weaving under her mother’s supervision, and soon became an expert, and, as wages went, a wellpaid worker. The hours Mere from (> a.m. to 0 p.m., with two hours off for breakfast and dinner. Mary’s later recollections of herself as a child Mere that she Mas “a wild thing.” But she Mas early “converted.” She used to say that it Mas fear of hell that drove her into the Kingdom, but it became for her a kingdom of love, tenderness, and mercy, and never through her career did she appeal to fear as a religious motive, mind expanded tepidly in her ’teens; she craved to learn and understand, and began to steal time from sleep to study. She would read on her May to and from work, and have a book by her at the loom to glance at in free moments. She borrowed books whenever she could. Someone interested in her, to test her mental calibre, gave her “Sartor Resartus,” which many mature and cducationallyI favoured people . find too hard reading.

“It is grand,” she replied when asked how she had got on with Carlyle, “I sat up reading it and did not know how time went until I heard the factory bells calling me to work in the morning." Before this she had begun Sunday School teaching. When mission services for the young were started on Sunday mornings, Mary offered her services, and soon proved her capacities of leadership. She used to go among the tenement houses, and plead with the boys and lads to come to the service. She gained extraordinary influence over them, and was welcomed at all the houses s'e visited. As time when on she turned her thoughts to foreign mission work, and mentally chose Calabar, of which she had heard much from childhood as a field of mission enterprise by the United Presbyterian Church.

In 1874 the news of the death of Dr Livingstone caused a wave of missionary enthusiasm; new workers for Africa were called for, and Mary was accepted as a teacher for Calabar, whither, after a period of training ill Edinburgh, she went in 1870. Calabar is in the most unhealthy region of West Africa. It is said that the natives have been driven into it from healthier and more desirable districts, so that it constitutes a kind of “slum land." and the natives are considered to be the most degraded in Africa. Mary at first taught in the day school of the mission in Calabar town, but before long she went Oil a tour of the out-stations, and saw the people away from the restraining influences of white settlement. She devoted herself to acquiring the language, learning it by ear from the natives. She had the genius and the zeal to become a pioneer and a leader, and her biographer recounts her achievements in gaining influence among the natives, pushing mission posts further into the interior, teaching civilisation and elevating, and latterly ruling and administering justice. The British authorities recognising the value of her knowledge of and influence with the natives, invested her with the powers of a magistrate. Iler methods on the bench were her own. “I have seen her get up,” says a Government official of that time, “and box the cars of a chief, because he continued to interrupt after being warned to be quiet. The act caused the greatest amusement to the other chiefs.” Her hardest fights' with the chiefs were on behalf of the downtrodden women. Here she was up against superstition as well as aganst the right of the strong over the weak. The natives regarded the birth of twin children as a frightful portent, and tile unfortunate mother of twins was treated as a criminal, while the infants wore killed or thrown out to die. In the course of her mission work Mary Slessor saved many twin children, and used her authority to protect them and their mothers from ill usage. In the earlier years of her independent work she saved one twin whose mother was driven out of the village and would have been killed but for the presence of a missionary. The little one, a girl, proved an unusually attractive child, and Miss Slessor loved it devotedly, but at 14 months old it was accidentally scalded and died, in spite of all efforts of Miss Slessor, who carried it iu her arms to tlio nearest mission station where there was a doctor. She felt its death as if it had been her own child. But she had the true mother heart, and loved all the children who came under her care.

Space does not allow of more accounts of her work. Reading of what she did and went through, one might he inclined to picture her as a masculine woman of unusual physical strength. But she was a little woman, spare, and in her latter years very frail looking, and when she did not need to assert herself she was gentle and retiring. Slid could never see that she was doing anything wonderful; Bhe was utterly with-

out selfishness, and all her thought was for her work. Love was the power that inspired her life and enabled her to do her wonderful work. FROCKS AND FASHIONS IN LONDON. By a Lady Correspondent. (For the Witness.) There is something about a red gownif it is the right red gown—which has the same tonic properties as a new hat. I have noticed this from my own experience, and I have remarked the same effects with other people. It is impossible to. define, but it is so. A red gown imparts an “air”; it gives its M’earer confidence to meet any situation. The stimulation derived from a new hat is generally acknowledged, and so should be the similar properties of a red frock. It must be, of course, a certain kind of red—the deep-glowing red of a clove carnation, a jacqueminot rose, or of those spikey dahlias. Such a red gown I sqm’ Ihe other day iu the showrooms ot Madame Handley-Seymour. It was expressed in dahlia red pin-pleated georgette, with a straight bodice depended from a dahlia rod lace yoke, and merged into a skirt having pointed panels of lace. Crescents of lace Mere inset in the bodice, and the sleeves beginning in georgette helled out below the elboM-s into wide lace caught in again at the wrists. A georgette belt was held in place with a flat, dull-gold buckle in the centre front. Another model in deep clove red was carried out in alternate bands of crepe do chine and lace. The skirt fell in pointed panels of lace over a crepe de chine underdress, and flat applique red flowers of the crepe were the sole trimming. FLOWER-TRIMMING ONE OF THE ORDERS OF THE DAY. Applique flowers are having a great vogue as trimmings, and another most attractive goMn which I saw at 47 New Bond street w*as a typical example of its] popularity. This dress was of black satin. It was made with a straight back, and had a narrow’ girdle tying across the front only. Long satin rovers fell back to show a vest of lilac mauve georgette, edged with hyacinth blue, and decorated with flat mauve and blue flowers. The sleeves, plain black satin to the elbows, were finished with deep frills of blue and mauve georgette, also ornamented with flowers. BRAID RETURNS TO THE MODISTES’ FAVOUR. Braid is another re-established favourite, and it looked particularly well on a navy blue coat of heavy georgette, having loose panels and tying with a narrow strip girdle. The rows of braid were sewn to a considerable depth round the coat. “YOU ALL DO KNOW THESE MANTLES!” Madame Handley-Seymour always has been famous for her cloaks and wraps. She uses the most beautiful materials allied to delightful’ harmonious furs, and the most unusual trimmings. It is in the powers of a wrap to add incalculably to the effect of a gown, and, if it is well ,chosen, besides being a thing of beauty in itself, it can enhance considerably all the graces which its owner possesses. One of the most handsome cloaks I saw in these showrooms the other day was of black and silver lame, woven in a design which was a favourite with the great merchants of Genoa at the time Michael Angelo was working on the ceiling of the Sistiue Chapel, and the bold, bad Benvenuto Cellini was fashioning bibelots for the Medici. It w ? as made on a yoke of plain, in-tcnsely-black velvet, and had a huge fur collar, which almost topped its owner's head at the back, and fell open iu the front, forming a fine contrast to skin and jew’ds. This wrap was lined with hibiscus red chiffon velvet, and truly “did persuade the eyes of man without an orator.” THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS WITH # US ALWAYS. We all seem to turn the year about, and to take holiday whenever wc can, instead * of keeping up the general exodus at the end of the season. London in August is not the desert it used to be, and, if we cannot rush to Scotland or Ireland or Como, or take a “cure” somewhere, we arc still “quite happy, thank you,” for are there not winter sports and the mimosa of the Midi which we may be able to gloat over when our brothers at the moment enjoying the moors or the “cures” are tied in town, having almost forgotten that they ever had a holiday at all. Anyway, wherever we go one faithful and very necessary travelling companion is never overlooked. Wc have been brought up with the ever-present need of weatherproofs, and we have come to realise that it is not safe to go far without them. One hears a great deal about the sunshine of Andalusia and of the changeless perfection of Capri w’eather. But that is only a myth. I have known it as rainy and as misty at Capri as at Cavcrsham or in County Clare, and as wet and windy in Andalusia as at Aberystwyth or Aberdeen, so 1 prefer to take my Burberry and be prepared. TESTED IN ALL CLIMATES.

Looking at some new autumn materials at Burberrys’ Ilaymarket showrooms the other day, I heard a colonial customer asking about the dependability of a certain fabric for use in the tropics. Evidently he found the answer illuminating, for his order had augmented considerably before I left. This house has the most amaxing collection of testimonials from all parts of the wrorld ; Roald Amundsen has eulogised these weatherproof!; Shackleton wrote that their wind-clothing had saved

a man’s life; Scott said that the most important part of the sledging costumes of his expedition were those complete suits of thin gabardine manufactured by Burberrys. People have been through the rain forest opposite the Victoria Falls wearing Burberrys, and have been kept dry all the time; Australian hurricanes and the floods of Lucknow and Cherrapunji (the rainiest place iu the world) have all known Burberrys, and failed to make impressions on them. Personally, I consider every club of travellers and adventurers all over the W’orld should preserve one of these coats or suits in an honoured case, for there are few outposts where they have not been represented, and many pioneers and hunters owe them a very great debt of gratitude. Every season there are fresh models for the polar regions, fol* the tropics, or for the temperate climates, and there are always new designs in the softly or vividlycoloured fabrics wdiicli go to make Burberrys what they are, and keep them first favourites with the sportsman for town wear, for country wear, and for all sports. IN FASHION’S REALM. WEEKLY UP-TO-DATE DRESS NOTES. By Marguerite. There is one thing about short skirts I have never once seen mentioned, much less discussed. It relates to long ones, and the w r ay the woman of refinement of other dayg was able to manipulate them. With such the long skirt was associated with a dozen-and-one graceful movements, both when walking and jn repose. You have heard the saying, “ You can tell a woman by her shoes and gloves.” Well, in those decorous days you could tell her a lot quicker by the way she swished her skirt. Ever so long ago the poet wrote: “ And up the aisle her footsteps seemed to glide.” It Mas because no footsteps M’ere visible. She simply sailed along the while her less fortunate fellow-parishioners he.ird and noted the rustle of the silk that was able to stand alone, and wondered how much it cost a yard. She reached her pew and turned, and then a miracle happened. With a magic, invisible kick she simply sent all that voluminous material where it was calculated to impede her gracefully to the rear, and sailed to her seat, and disposed of it again as she composed herself for her devotions. But I prefer to picture her at the dance. She wore a train, and when it was time to dance she simply whisked it up, and £ ribbon held it. Peradventure it was a great occasion when the lady of the Governor was there. Well, some time or other she may have had to come up, and probably she curtsied. Alas for the days that are gone, as who w'ould be able to curtsey properly* in a short skirt. The long skirt was half the battle. By some means or other she reduced her height in the salutation mentioned, and as she did her skirt took ever so many curves of an artistic character. While short 6kirts are better than long ones I cannot concede that they are more graceful—in fact, the old gracefulness of the long skirt is impossible, and being this, passes out.

With the return of the hat with something like a brim the wise word is: “ Make tlie most of it.” For I have authority for saying that it is only a concession to summer, and that it will go as soon as summer does, with the result that the little briir will come back in all its temporarily eclipsed glory. But speaking of millinery, surely you are impressed by the extraordinary dearth of the old-time trimmings. Where are the feathers of yesterday? With yesterday, and so out of curl. Where are the flow’ers of yesterdav ? Where the flowers of yesterday generally are —removed! I might even say, Where are the ribbons of yesterday if it comes to the way they are manipulated, as what we have are the most simple treatments, albeit always pretty. The most wonderful thing about the millinery of the moment is, in my opinion, Mraoped up in the discovery that the old fear that largo brims M-ould not go with short hair, or short hair wdth large brims, was groundless. Now that M’e see the actual thing we also see that it doesn't matter a pin.

this: the shoe is of the utmost importance;' and because of this, too: the shoe of the hour is a work of art. I don’t care which of these two shoes you take, you simply

For this occasion I’ll start my pictures with a couple of shoes. It is because of

couldn’t have anything more perfect. Note the top one, the slipper-like lines, and that artful little instep strap, with anklet, and the bow with two dangling ornaments. This is the Paris shoe bow, which has been designed for spring and summer wear. Then note the shoe below, a less light style, but quite as nice. And this time there is a different kind of instep strap, with no anklet, but still with the Paris bow for a finish. Glad are the shoe manufacturers everywhere. When it comes to dress, his happiness is rivalled only by that of one other caterer to women’s needs —the hosiery maker. In fact, the shoe manufacturer and the hosiery maker must be making fortunes. * * * The modes for the season ar«, set, and, supplementing I have said already, I may remark these features: the very long bodice section, straight all the way down, and then the pleated skirt, which is straight or flared according to desire, with the tendency towards the latter. Then the collar—a decided feature, linked as it is, more often than not, to the ribbon scarf; and then the sleeve, and especially the one with the puffed end in contrast. The pleated frill is another thing, and a growing one, the manner of the manipulation being fairly infinite. Is there any need to refer to the cape? There is the cape proper, the cape sleeve, and the latest is the cape mantle. * * * The pleated skirt is the leading one at this moment, and is likely to run its allotted course. Here you see it in one of its acceptable forms united to a suitable bodice, a contrasting shade (silk) being

need for a finish, the bow being in keeping. The style is decorous and pretty, the length of the skirt beiug a matter of choice. I but follow the decree in picturing it as short as you see it —to just below the knee. # * # Returning to the pleated frill, a very hice way to have it is festooned over the sides. It requires some explaining. Imagine a quite plain dress, and then from a low hip level festoon three rows either side. They will bring you down to a well-above-the-knec level, and therefrom the skirt will be pleated in such a way that the lowest festoon will appear to be over this section. Let me complete

the picture with a “V” collar and a floating double ribbon, and with a sleeve with a puffed end, this being in contrast and finished with a ribbon cuff. But who can ever explain a dress with mere words. I ?aw just such a dress, and it struck me :is beautiful, but I see that it would repi ire a picture to convey a real idea of it. * * * There is an inclination for large, and, m the whole, elaborate bodice fronts. It will grow, as, noting the advanced designs, I see as much rather often. The opening from the neck is with an inset, and the sides of this opening represent the front —large revers, as it were, united below in bib-style, and very artistically designed as regards the edge. I think I am right in saying that the idea is likely to be exploited, if only because of the fact that it gives Dame Fashion a fresh excuse for a change. * * * The collar that suggests something that has come undone is one of the collars to talk about. There are many styles of it — some simple and others not. Here is a simple one, but as there was so little to show I decided to complete the dress. It is as a dress that it has to be con-

sidered. The bodice has just the*front said, with one of those ribbon finishes that are so liked, the cuff corresponding. And the line marking the skirt is shaped, and, for a change, instead of pleats we have what I suppose I must call tassels. Sketchily rendered it is a good type of dress. * * * Social frocks there are without number. Let us have seven, as though one for each day of the week. A line will suffice for the description: Number one, a black satin with elaborately beaded sleeves edged in blue; two, a navy blue georgette with organdy yoke showing colourful embroidery; three, black and white slip under a black coat; four, a two-piece hand-drawn frock in navy; five, a biscuit-coloured georgette with tiered skirt; six, another biscuit-coloured gorgette with hand-scalloped collar; seven, a printed georgette with coat-like panels. Thumb-nail notings are all that is necessary, as there it is again—if you want to show the dress in detail there is only one way of doing it—with a picture. * * * As in this case. The bodice sections must be imagined, and no doubt will be when it is said that in the case of the picture on the left it is plain, and that

of the ono on the right in character. The former dress is a pretty thing, with a

drape from the bodice over the skirt and in a way uniting with it, and, of course, the skirt is pleated; though not regularly, 'llie other dress has a frontal inset all the way down in contrast, though not as pronounced as indicated, and a ribbon makes a smart girdle, in which connection ribbon girdles lend a fine finish to almost any dress, and are much favoured pretty well everywhere