WOMEN'S WORLD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19759, 13 October 1938, Page 18

WOMEN'S WORLD

Hamilton Queen Carnival A queen carnival, which lias been in progress in Hamilton during the last three months, and which was organised in aid of the Catholic Church and convent building fund, concluded last week. The amount received totalled £2124. The committees associated with the- three competitors taking part in the carnival received the following sums: Parish Queen, Miss Mary Foley, £900; Convent Queen, Miss Mary Casey, £823; Clubs Queen, Miss Amy Barnett, £4Ol. Ladies' Golf Notes Ideal weather prevailed on Tuesday for an L.G.U. match played on the Awapuni links by members of the Poverty Bay Golf Club. Miss P. Burke was the winner in the A. section with 89—18—71. In the B section Mrs. S. D. Nathan proved the winner, her card reading 90 —19 — 71. The last match day of the season will be Wednesday, October 26, when driving, putting and approaching matches will be played, followed by the prize-giving. The season will be brought to a close on Saturday, October 29, with mixed foursome matches Flag- Five-Hundred Evening On Tuesday evening the Mangapapn Girl Guide Committee' held a most successful (lag five-hundred party in the Scout and Guide Hall, there beiny 1 six tables of players. The games were supervised toy Mr. Mclvor. - The winning table comprised Mr. and Mrs. Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Sutcliffe. A prize for the most flags went to Miss H. Ritchie. 'Mrs. Burch won the travelling envelope prize, and another prize went to Master Elston. A dainty home-made supper was served by the committee. Women's National Reserve

The monthly meeting of the Women's National Reserve was held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday afternoon, there being a small attendance of members owing to illness. The president, Mrs. W. E. Goffe, was in the .chair. 1 It was decided 'to hold a flower-day on Friday, October 28, the proceeds to go towards the Women's Rest Room fund.

Mrs. Baty reported that, in the absence of the president last week, she had placed a wreath on the Cool: Memorial. Keen regret was expressed by the members that the anniversary o'r the landing of Captain Cook in New Zealand was allowed to pass without a ceremony. • At the conclusion of business a delicious afternoon tea was partaken of. Garden Party Perfect weather prevailed on Saturday for a most successful garden party held at Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Singer's pretty riverside home, '-3ridgewater," the proceeds going to the Waikanae Beach improvement Fund. The guests spent a delightful afternoon strolling in the well-kept garden, where lovely beds of cinerarias, stock, aubretia pansies and violas were greatly admired. Novelty games and clock-golf were arranged for the entertainment of the visitors, while a gay splash of colour was made on the lawn by members of the W.E.C.M.R. Band in their scarlet uniforms, who played spirited music. The committee responsible for the excellent arrangements comprised Mesdames A. L. Singer, W. A. Bowie, J. Oman, H. Berkeley Tyerman, Sceats and J. L. Cowan. Valuable assistance was given by Mesdames H. Black and Ashworth, and a band of willing young helpers. A| delicious afternoon tea was served on the lawn. Spring Fashions at Ellerslie The perfect spring weather which prevailed on Saturday attracted a large attendance to Ellerslie for the opening ,day of the Auckland Racing Club's spring meeting. A noticeable feature of the frocking was the vogue of the tailored suits in light-weight summer tweeds and more particularly in pasteltoned, grey, and grey and white pinstriped flannels. The latter were charming combined with contrasting blouses and jumpers in tones oi navy blue, vivid green, daffodil oi vicux rose, the matching felt hats being in many cases banded with ribbons to match the jumpers. Smartly-cut wool georgette coats over patterned silk frocks also had their adherents, while a few sheer frocks and picture hats gave a hint of the styles which will be seen at the summer meetings. Some beautiful furs were worn, both in silver fox necklets and the becoming waist-length dyed squirrel capes, while many of the cloth coats were finished with collars of beige and smoke-blue fox framing the face. Te Karaka Party

Miss Rose Telford, whose marriage to Mr. C. B. Wallis is to be celebrated next week, was the guest of honour at a very enjoyable party given by Mrs. C. C. Dowding at "Rangatira on Tuesday afternoon. Beautiful scarlet ranunculi were used for the decoration of the draw-ing-room, where the guests were entertained with bridge and mahjong. The dining-room, where a dainty tea was served, was artistically arranged with bowls of golden ranunculi. Mrs. Dowding welcomed the guests wearing d graceful black frock with black and white trimmings ori the bodice.

Miss E. M. Dowding's .frock of primrose pique was finished with brown buttons and a brown belt. Miss R. Telford chose navy sheer georgette patterned in a large floral design. The guests included Mesdames H. Telford, W. Robson, Spicer, W. Graham, R. Scott, .J. G. Appleton and R. D. Dymock; Misses J. Waldie, M. Spicer, F. and L. Orr, V. Seamons, E Hamilton and J. Scott.

Jewish Nurses from Overseas The admission to New Zealand hospital training schools of Jewish nurses from overseas has been approved by > the Department of Health, and the registration as nurses of persons of , Austrian-Jewish birth under certain ! conditions, is to be permitted by the ; Nurses' and Midwives Registration Board. The Auckland Hospital Board decided this week to take one of these nurses as a third-year nurse upon her arrival in New Zealand. Informal Afternoon Mrs. D. English, Childers road, invited a few of her friends to a jolly informal tea to meet Mrs. Hassell Payne, Piopio, yesterday afternoon. The guests were entertained in the drawing-room, which was prettily arranged with bowls of anemones, white stock and arum lilies. A dainty afternoon tea was served informally. Those invited were Mesdames A. S. Seymbur, J. G. Nolan, G. W. Kells, J. Blair, F. Evans, G. Kemp, and Miss Rees. Mah-Jong Party for Bride-elect Yesterday afternoon Mrs. B. R. U. Burke was hostess at a very jolly mah-jong party at her home at Ormond, given in honour of Miss Every Barker, next week's bride. | The mah-jong tables were arranged in the drawing-room, which was prettily decorated with bowls of lilac, flag lilies and Iceland poppies. A delicious afternoon tea was served in the dining-room, the table being enhanced with bowls of nasturtiums. Mrs. Burke received the guests wearing a smart frock of golden brown flat crepe, trimmed with a darker shade of brown. The guest of honour looked charming in a frock of dove grey wool marocain, worn with a small black hat. "The Women of China" Mrs. R. J. McLaren, president, and members of the Canterbury Women's Club, welcomed to their clubrooms Madame Feng Wang and Mrs. W. E. Barnard, who have been entertained extensively during their brief visit to Christchurch, states the Press. Madame Wang spoke of the part played by Chinese women in the de-dc-nce of their country. Madame Sun Yat-sen and Madame Liao Chung-kai were the two famous revolutionary leaders; Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Feng Yu-hsiang had devoted themselves entirely to the work of national salvation, Misses Chen Po-er, Ting Ling, Hu Lan-yi, and Hsieh Ping-. yang organised women's parties for the entertainment and comfort of troops at the front; Miss Pei Man-na was the leader of girl student soldiers; Mrs. Chu Teh went into battle, and fought agains the Japanese, and old Madame Chao, who is about 60 years of age, had been actively engaged in defence, and was known as the "Mother of Chinese Guerrillas." These women, said Madame Wang, were but a few of the heroines of the millions of women who had taken up duties for the defence of their country. Mrs. Barnard spoke briefly of the work being done to assist refugee chiildren in China, and received donations from club members for the fund.

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Birthday Presentation

A surprise presentation on the occasion of her birthday was made to Mrs. K. V. Lyndon, who has the longest period of membership in the Friendly Circle Choir, at the conclusion of the choir practice on Tuesday evening.

The conductor, Mr. J. Carrington Wellby, when handing Mrs. Lyndon a crystal vase in behalf of the choir members, congratulated her on her lengthy membership, and hoped that sue would have many more happy birthday functions with the choir, At supper time a oeautnuby icea birthday cane was cut, and afterwards Mrs. Liyndon contributed a song. A welcome was also extended to Mr. Aubrey Lowdeii. Mr. Lowden is at present a student at Knox College, Dunedin, and was travelling northwards with his parents. What People Have Said Rosa Stuart (newspaper reporter): "One peculiar thing about gossip is that often you are likely to be especially definite in statement when you are most unsure." Margaret Lawrence (biographer): '"Alter women have written down all the pent-up sorrows of womanhood in a world made for men by men, and after they have satisfied themselves that they can hold whatever they want to get in that world, we shall be racially much further on "

James Joyce (author): "The works of Bernard Shaw make me admire the magnificent tolerance and broadmindedness of the English people." Mary Roberts Rinehart (novelist). "Marriage has grown more complex in the past 20 or 30 years. The strain of rapid and intensive living threatens it."

Somerset Maugham (dramatist): "I know people who can read the same book over and over again. It can only be that they read with their eves and not with their sensibility.

It is doubtless a harmless occupation, but they are wrong if they think it an intelligent one." Margaret Culkin Banning (journalist: "We want and we need to discuss the personalities of heroes and great men and fine women and failures and successes and criminals, because if we are to understand what makes people tick, sometimes we must take them apart." L. S. Amery (M.P., Britain): "An educated man is one who has had his innate qualities of body, mind, and heart fully developed in order to fit him for life as a sane and intelligent individual, as a member of society, and as a citizen." Dr. Samuel Johnson: "Life does not permit delays: when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disoosition to be pleased." Mary Roberts Rinehart (novelist): "No outsider can judge the curious combination of chains and bonds which we call marriage, with its fine adjustment of balances and its mysterious depths of feeling. All we can say is that it is too firmly built for easy destruction, or even for easy criticism, and that women have built it."

S. M. Furnas (nutrition expert): "Half a peanut can supply the physical energy for an hour of adult mental work; but there is no ; such thing as a specific brain food which can increase anyone's mental stature above the level determined by parentage."

Margaret Culkin Banning (journalist): "The individual who cannot keep his tongue off other people's affairs usually sharpens it upon them." . •- ■ . ■; - Health Leader's Marriage A specially chartered train will take hundreds of members of the League for Health and Beauty in Great Britain to the reception which is to be held by the Duchess of Hamilton prior to the 'wedding of Miss Prunella Stack to her son, Lord Malcolm DouglasHamilton, on Saturday. Miss Stack is the leader of the movement and she intends retaining her active interest in it after her marriage. New Zealand members of the league have sent Miss Stack a greenstone tiki as a wedding gift. Recently Miss Stack took a visiting team to Italy, France and Germany, where they gave demonstrations of exercises which greatly impressed the people of these countries

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