WOMEN'S WORLD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19503, 9 December 1937, Page 16

WOMEN'S WORLD

People and Parties

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Mr. R. L. Maclean, Harris street, js 'leaving at the end of this week for Hamilton and Auckland, to meet her sister, Mrs. O. R. Farrer, Hamilton, who is returning from England, accompanied by her three daughters, on Monday next by the Monterey. Miss Hilary Barker, who has been studying art at the School of Art, Christchurch, for .the past year, arrived by 'plane on Tuesday to spend a holiday with he r mother, Mrs. F. B. Barker, "Te Hapara.” Mr. and Mrs. R. Dobson, Huraliura road, returned last week-end after spending a holiday in Wellington and the Picton Sounds. Mr. Dudley Jeuhe, Fairlie, South Island, accompanied by his small son, arrived on Tuesday to spend a short holiday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. jeune, Rutene road. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Coop, Muriwai, left last week-end for the South Island, where they will spend a holiday, their itinerary including a tour of the Southern Lakes. Mrs. F. J. Jeune, Rutene road, has returned from a holiday visit to friends in Hawke’s Bay. Mr. and -Mrs. Kevin Thompson, who are paying a visit to Gisborne, intend returning to Wellington next Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Williams, Stanley road, returned yesterday after a holiday tour of the North Auckland province. Mrs. H. H. Dods returned to Whatatutu yesterday after a brief visit to Gisborne. Mrs. H. H. Smith, Haronga road, is leaving to-morrow for Waipawa to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs. D. Y. Allen. Mrs. F. H. Loisel, who has been in residence at her town house in Harris street, left last week-end for her country home, “Waihau,” Tolaga Bay, accompanied by Miss Levinge. Miss Brenda Cox, Harris street, who has been on exchange duty at the Auckland Public Library, for the past month, is returning this week to resume her duties at the Turanganui Public Library. Miss Mary Guy, Kaipara Flats, arrived in Gisborne yesterday and is the guest of Mrs. T. B. Spence, Tiniroto. Miss Nell Steele. Tahunga, was the guest of Mrs. W. K. Andrews, Mangapapa, last week-end. Mrs. G. Stock, Domett street, has returned to Gisborne after spending a holiday in Wairoa with her daughter. Mr?, E. B. Jardine Mrs. A. W. Mossman returned to Hangaroa yesterday after spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Corson, “Yelverton,” Riverside road.

Mrs. E. M. Hutchinson, Cheeseman road, returned last night after spending a week in Hawke’s Bay. Mrs. James Reeves, Tolaga Bay. was a visitor to Gisborne this week. Miss Molly Smith, who is the guest of Miss J. Jefferd, Tokomaru Bay. is expected to return to “Waitaria,” Patutahi, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. P. Bailey, who have 'list returned from a holiday trip to England, are now guests at “Waimarie,” Kaiti esplanade. Mrs. Innes-Jones, Christchurch, accompanied by her two children, arrived by ’plane on Tuesday, to spend a holiday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Corson, “Yelverton,” Riverside road. Mrs. C. M. Falkner, Rere, is visiting her i*nrents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H, Ormond, “Carmyllie,” Ormond road. Mrs. F. A. Parker, “Emerald Hills,” V/aingake, returned this week after spending over a month in Hastings with her daughter, Mrs. R. Byrne. Mrs. Byrne, accompanied by her infant son Donald, travelled to Gisborne with her mother, and is now spending a holiday with her parents at “Emerald Hills.” Miss Joan Fitchett, daughter of the Bishop of Dunedin, and Miss Marion Eveline Malcolm, daughter of the vicar of ITawera, have been awarded the Johanna Lohse scholarship for this year, according to the “Church News.” The soholarships are of £IOO each and th* award is made by the church property trustees. There were 10 applications. Miss Nellie Smith, Dip.H.Sc., Wyndbnm, has been appointed teacher of home science subjects in the Hamilton Technical College, and will take up her duties in February. Miss Smith received her training as student and as student teacher in the Southland technical College and then at the University of Otago. Her teaching experience was gained in Masterton and Southland Technical Colleges. During the present year she has been a parttime teacher in the Southland college. EVERYONE LIKES IT. Junket is delicious, especially when made with one of the six flavours of Birthday Renco. Try one of them today. You will then know why so many hundreds of homes are never without it. A change of flavour for every weekday. Think of it! How your children would love il too. Your grocer sells Birthday Renco, Ifld bottle.*

Mrs. Bruce Fraser, Whangara, is leaving to-morrow on a holiday visit to Palmerston North. Mrs. R. E. Tuke, Riverside road, is visiting Auckland. Mrs. J. Robertson, Dunedin, accompanied by her small son Blair, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Paltridge, Vogel street. Miss S. Spence, Tiniroto, is the guest of Mrs. L. Anderson, Cobden street. Mr. and Mrs. J. Burton, who have been touring the North Island, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. L Earnshaw, Te Karaka, prior to their return to Auckland. Sir Apirana and Lady Ngata, anc Lady Pomare, who were the guests of Mrs. W. Scott, at Putiki, Wanganui I for the consecration services at the new Maori church, have returned tc Wellington. The first woman to be awarded the Chartered Surveyors’ Institute postgraduate scholarship to Cambridge University, Miss Alma Royalton Kisch, aged 23, is the youngest womar chartered surveyor in England. Hei mission in life is to sweep away the insanitary rural cottage. She is taking, at ‘Cambridge, the university estate management course.

"Rio Rita" Dance at Le Grand Cafe

On Tuesday evening Le Grand CaiV was the scene of a very jolly danc<. given by the Gisborne Amateur Oper atic Society as a finale to the verj successful production of the musica. comedy "Rio Rita." The cast of "Rk Rita" were the guests of the socielx for the evening, and the function wa. organised by the following commit tee: Messrs. Mainland L. Foster, A. J Nicol, W. G. Bignell, W. Mitchell, Vv Kohn, C. V. Harre, W. J. Sinclair, anc C. G. Bayliss, secretary. The dance music was provided b\ Stuart Skeet's orchestra, and althougl the weather was rather too warm fo. dancing the evening'was thorough!: enjoyed, cooling refreshments bein; provided by means of ice-cream: While a dainty supper was bein, served a much-appreciated extra wa played by Mr. J. Nelson. Among those present were Mes dames W. Kohn, G. Heighway, J Phillips, K. Smith, A. Stone. S. Rees, R. Keiha, and T. Smith. Misses E. Ray, M. Mulligan, C. Perston, J. Bould, V. Andrews, N. AnIrews. M. Park, P. Jones, L. Whinray. N. Williams, F<» Morse, O. Whitty. S Maine, J. Coleman, E. McCarthy, E Johnstone, J. Clachan, E. Warner, N. Freidsberg, S. Spence, M. Barnard, G. McKenzie, N. Morrison, M. Hockley, J. Hewetson, B. Buscke, J. McKnight, M. Thompson, J. Poynter, S. Mayne, A. Coleman, M. Shone, T. Bayliss, N. Shone, P. Thompson, and M." Williams. Messrs. A. J. Nicol, C. G. Bayliss. W J. Sinclair, 11. Wall, R. Keiha, C V. Harre, L. Spence, T. Bright, J Forster, L. Cowan, W. Lysnar, S. Hill. G. Heighway, J. Stokes, J. Paine, J. Nelson, L. Margoliouth, Brown, R. Cederwall, S. Lewis, Barron, A. Allan, A. Stone, J. Broad, T. Martin, K. Monk, and L. Spence.

High School Dance As a finale to the series of dancing classes conducted at the Gisborne High School during the year by Miss Ngaire Hayes, a very enjoyable dance was held in the assembly hall at the school last Saturday night. The large room had been gaily decorated with coloured lights, streamers and bamboo by the boys, -md the science laboratory, where a dainty supper was served, had been transformed into an attractive sup-per-room by the girls, who had decorated the tables with sweet peas and carnations, achieving a charming effect.

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Miss Tui Hambly presided at the piano, providing the dance music, with a saxophone accompaniment. The young people spent a jolly evening, during which a statue waltz aroused much interest, the winners being Master JR. Smythe and Miss Joan Williams. The members of the teaching staff present were Misses McCarthy, N. Hayes and Cook, Messrs. Boagey and Bilham. Among the girls present were Misses Margaret Fraser, Beryl and June Bellerby, Sylvia Doig, Betty Fairweather, Betty Tombleson, Pat Lange, Margaret Long, Edith Talbot, Margaret Kemp, Merle Maunsell, Noeline Fredericks, Davida Williams, Joy Wauchop, Joan Faram, Dawn Hansen, Joan Aitkins, Helen Tamm, Isobel Maclcay, Eve Trafford, Theo Morice, Pat English, Marjorie Young and Daphne Pilcher.

House of Cavendish-Bentinck There were reports a few days ago —since denied— that the King of Belgium might marry Lady Ann Caven-dish-Bentinck. She is the daughter of the Marquis of Titchfield, son of the Duke of Portland, and heir to the title. She was born in 1916. The present duke was born in December, 1857, and succeeded in December, 1879. The family of Bentinck is of the ancient nobility of the Duchy of Guelder, where, at the beginning of the fourteenth century, a knight of the name is known to have possessed a castle at Benting, of Bentinck, near Gorsel, between Deventer and Zutphen, Holland. Hans William Bentinck, first Earl of Portland, page of honour, and subsequently confidential adviser of William, Prince of Orange, accompanied his Royal master into England, and. after William’s accession to the British Throne, was appointed to high offices and took a distinguished part in the Battle of the Boyne. In 1697 he was installed a Knight of the Garter. Since that time members of the house have occupied important offices in close attendance upon royalty. The first duke was appointed in 1716. The name Cavendish was introduced into the family in 1734, when the second duke married Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, only daughL er of Edward, second Earl of Oxford. The third duke, born in 1738, was a distinguished statesman of the reign -if George 111, being a Viceroy of Ire’and and twice Prime Minister. He assumed, for himself and issue, by royal license dated October 5, 1801, the prefix surname and arms of Cavendish. He married a daughter of the Duke of Devonshire. Dominion Girl Guide Camp Fires In conjunction with all the other Girl Guide companies of the Dominion, the four Gisborne Guide companies will take part in a celebration next Saturday evening by holding a camp fire at 17 Russell street in a paddock on the property of Mr. Richard Barker, who has loaned it for the occasion.

Fires will be lighted in every other Guide centre in the Dominion at the same time, 7.30 p.m., and a special ;eremony written for the event will :ake place. The object of the Domin-ion-wide gatherings of Guides is to collect medical requirements, clothes and other gifts for dispatch to the Red Cross for the relief of sufferers n China. The goods collected here will be handed over to the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Gisborne to je forwarded to the Red Cross. If the weather is unfavourable the ceremony will be held in the MasonicHall, Childers road. Invitations are sxtended to all interested persons to attend the function. Local Girl Guides have been busily mgaged during the last few weeks n preparing bandages, collecting first lid requirements and all manner of useful and suitable articles to conribute to the from the Gir! Guides of Poverty Bay. It is seldom that a camp fire i< held in a spot so convenient to town l as the Saturday night function will be, and it is hoped that the public will take advantage of the Guides' I invitation to attend and that many will be good enough to assist the Guides in their effort to help the victims of the war in China. As the Guides were unable to taL? part in the Coronation celebration<owing to the infantile paralysis epidemic, (lie ceremony of December 11 has been arranged on similar lines to the programme drawn up for thai great event. The following extract from ar article by the chief commissioner for Mew Zealand, Miss Ruth Herrick, in "Te Rama," explains the object of the Dominion Camp fires: "Instead o { celebrating a great national event we now have given to Us a great opportunity for service. All who read their newspapers will have seen the appeal made by the International Red Cross?' committee for the relief of distress in the Far East caused by the war The Red Cross societies in times of national disaster are known throughout the world for their impartiality in caring for suffering humanitv and directing assistance where the need is greatest.

“Mr. Lewis de Gielgud, under-sec-retar.v general, League of Red Cross Societies, who recently visited New Zealand, wrote to the press on the eve of his departure: ‘I am sure there will be no hesitation on the part of New Zealanders in supplying the Red Cross with the means of answering the cable it has received. But I am venturing to ask for the hospitality ol your columns in order to stress the character of the appeal made. The opportunity given is an opportunity to help in relieving dire suffering—an occasion for displaying not antipathy toward anyone, but concrete sympathy with people in dreadful distress.’ “We have suggested to the Red Cross Society of New Zealand,” Miss Merrick continues, “that as guides we should like to help, and so it is proposed to make this Dominion camp fire one of service to which we bring gifts of medical comforts and other things' suitable to send away to the East. The Red Cross Society has written to us telling us this will be a most acceptable’ way of assisting them in their efforts to supply what is needed. They will supply a list of the most suitable requirements. These can be put together in a box or case and handed over to the Red Cross or St. John Ambulance agents in the local centres and they will be responsible for sending them away. “Commissioners and guiders will interest their Guides and tell them what we are trying to do. I feel sure all companies will be keen to help and assist with the filling of a case of useful things. Almost everyone can make a triangular bandage of grey calico or an eye bandage and the youngest Guide will be able to share with the making and giving as easily as those of Ranger age. “We don’t often act together as one unit all over New Zealand, doing the same thing at the same time, and this* should make us feel strong and help us to enjoy to the full our own particular camp fire.” Hospitality of Duchess ' Many nurses and other women from overseas who worked in England or Europe during the Great War have reason to remember with gratitude the kindness of the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, who is now visiting Christchurch. The Duchess gave her historic home, Norfolk House, in St. James’ Square, London, to be used as a residential club by overseas nurses and women war workers, and a comfortable haven of rest it proved to hundreds of tired women. To prove to the duchess that her hospitality is still gratefully remembered, Mrs. John Studholme, vicepresident Of the Christchurch branch of the Overseas Women War Workers’ Association, entertained her and her daughter. Lady Winefried FitzalanHoward, at her home, Middleton Grange, Riccarton, Christchurch, and asked to .meet her the committee of the association and a few of her own personal friends. Miss M. G. Havelaar, actingpresident Of the branch, recalled the great kindness of the duchess, and assured her that her wonderful gesture of friendship would never be forgotten in New Zealand. Mrs. Studholme added her tribute to the thoughtfulness and practical help she had given. Comprehensive Trip Abroad Mrs. A. H. (Fred) Barwick, who lias just returned from a delightful trip abroad with her husband, is keenly appreciative of all she, has seen and the places she has visited during her six months’ holiday in the Old Country. She was most favourably impressed with the good nature and courtesy of the English people, and with the orderly behaviour of people in queues, no one ever 'pushing forward or trying to usurp another’s place. Mr. and Mrs. Barwick enjoyed many privileges and received a number Of invitations to social events and country homes through the Victoria League. One of these took them to a private home in Broadmayne, Dorset, where they spent four most enjoyable days, their host and hostess taking them to all the places of note in the town and district, including Ludworth Cove and Corfe Castle. The English custom of growing fruit trees against the garden walls and orange trees and other hardy plants in hot houses appealed to Mrs. Barwick as novel, but she was charmed by the beauty of the gardens and wonderful homes. In London she visited the Art School of Needlework in Kensington and saw the display of Coronation robes and other beautiful handwork. Much interest ■ was taken 'in the celebrated Masonic Hospital, said to be the most up-to-date institution of its kind in the world to-day, with its circular sun rooms and spiral staircases enclosed in glass: and a special kitchen for the Jewish fraternity with

its own chef, run by the Jewish section particularly for the preparation of the feast of the Passover; and its live X-ray plants. Another beautiful building seen was the Masonic Temple, erected by Masons from every part of the world in memory of those who lost their lives in jthe Great War. A feature of this temple is the wonderful beaten bronze doors engraved in Masonic symbols, one door weighing twO tons but so perfectly balanced that it can be moved by one’s little finger. Regarding social facilities, Mrs. Barwick considers New Zealand more advanced than the Old Country, especially in respect of home life, many houses in England being inconvenient and old-fashiOned, primitive conditions prevailing in many cases. In London entertainments were found to be expensive, and women’s clothes, with the exception of shoes and gloves, were dearer than in New Zealand, but men’s clothes were much cheaper. ,However, the shops were considered wonderful, especially the targe stores such as Harrods and Selfridges. Mr. and Mrs. Barwick were among the 8000 guests at the garden party al Buckingham Palace on June 22, and visited Hampton Court, Windsor Castle, seeing the beautiful old plate, china and tapestries in the State apartments, Kensington Palace, Westminster Abbey and the annex with its lovely tapestry and carpet the week after the Coronation; the not yet completed Roman Catholic Cathedral at Westminster with its wonderful mosaic; the performance of “Hiawatha” at the Royal Albert Hall, and the Tower of London, where shortly after their arrival came a large party of sightseers who had reached London that day as guests of Gracic Fields, the popular star having chartered 14 special trains to convey numerous people from Yorksire and Lancashire to the metropolis for a day’s pleasure. Mrs. Barwick was enthusiastic over the Chelsea Flower Show, especially mentioning the beautiful rock garden there. Enjoyable trips were made to famous seaside resorts such as Blackpool, where it as a common sight to see 2000 buses parked, and half a million peopleon the beaches in the summer. In September brilliant illuminations beautify Blackpool and attract crowds of pleasure-seekers. At Brighton Mr. and Mrs. Barwick attended an entertainment given by the Mayor for Masonic members and their wives at the celebrated Civic Building, once a home of Queen Victoria. This house had underground pasages and mews, and a theatre fitted with seats, on the top of which a danci floor could be readily fitted in sectionwhen required. Tours through Devonshire, Cornwall, Wales and Scotland were also thoroughly enjoyed, quaint fishing villages on the Cornish and Welsh coast.and the wonderful rock gardens a 1 Llandudno, as well as the picturesqm scenery being memorable features. Mr. and Mrs. Barwick visited Carnarvon Castle while preparations were being made for a visit by the Kmg end Queen, seats being erected for the crowds and effective decoration i being arranged. Numerous cathedrals weie seen, oi which Canterbury was outstanding m its- beauty and historical connections. In the town hand-weaving is still being done. A small Catholic church containing marvellous mosaic work at Droitwich also was visited. Returning via Suez, Mr. and Mrs. Barwick broke the journey to visit Egypt and the Holy Land. A fine building seen in Jerusalem was the Dome of the Rock, built on what is believed to havcS* been the site of Solomonls temple, and containing magnificent gold, jewels ano Turkish carpets. The Gisborne visitors were guests at the Y.IVI.C.A. in Jerusalem, considered to be the finest Y.M.C.A. in the world and built of natural pink finished hand-hewn stone, with accommodation for 100 guests, a swimming-pool, gymnasium, auditorium and a high tower lrom which an extensive view could be obtained of the surrounding mountains and valleys. The building was the gift of an American and cost £500,000 to erect. This Y.M.C.A. has a membership of 13,000, including Arabs, being open to all denominations. The new city of Tel Aviv was a source of great interest to Mr. Ba'wick, for the site which was deserf 20 years ago on his last visit is now a city with 20,000 inhabitants, chiefly Jews. A notable feature of Palestine was the orange groves belonging l( the Jewish people. From these 10,000,000 cases of oranges were shipped last year. Jewish girls were seer working in the fields and gardens in the same conditions as the men. A bathe in the Dead Sea was a novel event of the trip, the extremely salt water being extraordinarily buoyant.