THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 218, 19 October 1914, Page 4

THE SOCIAL ROUND

Miss Zoe Gillespie (Palmerston North) is visiting friends in Temuka. Mrs Rose, of Dunedin, who has been staying in Wellington, has gone on to Eotorua. Mrs and Miss Macfarlane, who came up to town on Friday, returned to Kaiwara to-day. Miss M. Cotterill, Christchurch, is visiting Mrs Arthur Elworthy, South Canterbury. Mrs Cyril H. Biss has returned to Christchurch after a visit to Auckland and Wellington. Mrs A. F. Hawke and Miss Hawke (Invercargill) are at present in ChristchuTch, and are staying at Warner's. Mrs Fosbery Handyside and Miss Miles, who came up from Dunedin on Friday, went on to Wellington on Saturday night. Mr and Mrs A. A. Scott, who have been to Wellington to say good-bye to ttvo of their sons who are with the Expeditionary Force, returned to Timaru a couple of days ago. Miss Cox, Christchurch, is the guest of Mrs Francis Barker, Timaru. Mr,* Ross and Miss Pincknev, who have also been staying with Mrs Barker, returned - to Christchurch at the end of l&st week. The national secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association for Australasia, Miss Helen F. Barnes, is expected to arrive in Sydney on Monday next, after her visit to Europe and America. A very hearty civic reception was accorded to Mr and Mrs Philip Snowden in Wellington on Friday, and numbers of people enjoyed chatting with the interesting visitors. Mr and TVlrs Snowden are the guests of the Rev. J. Dawson .while in Wellington. Miss Adelaide van Staveren, the ! young Wellington singer, is amongst those whose fortunes have suffered by the outbreak of war. She had signed an engagement with Mr Thorrias Quinlan, the well-known producer of opera, for an important provincial tour, which was to be followed by a world tour. The war has interfered with opera production to such an extent that the tour had to be cancelled. The disappointment is naturally great, but Miss van Staveren is fortunate in having a number of other engagements. She has already signed on for a month's engagement •with the Spizzi Company to sing " Carmen, " Azucena, . and Sybil *'Faust") at the Middlesex Theatre, and recently she appeared in London in a very successful concert, in which she •was associated with the Violinist, Melsa. , At the end of July Mrs Bridge (Christchurch). and her daughter went to Norway for an extended tour, first visiting Christiania and the Centenary Exhibition, then travelling on the mountain railway right across the country, writes the London correspondent of the '' Post" on September 2. They saw the finest scenery in the great Logue and Hardanger Fjords, spending sev- > eral days among their recesses, and driving through the noted Flaam Valley, also the Naarodal, comprising some of the grandest scenery in Norway. Bergen was next reached, and there some very anxious days were passed discussing ways and means of getting back to England, for war had been declared. The tickets, having been taken by an English liner, were now valueless", as no vessel flying the British flag dare attempt to eros 3 the North Sea. Eventually Messrs Thomas Cook and Son came to the rescue of English tourists, and liberally advanced the money to pay the heavy fares demanded by the Norwegian shipping company, whose risk ... was great in travelling across the North Sea at all after the outbreak of war. After an eventful voyage, Newcastle-on-Tyne was reached, and Mr and Mrs Bridge were thankful to be in England again. They are now staying at Brighton with. Dr Watson Griffin, formerly of Christchurch and Dunedin, but resident at Brighton for a number of years. He is the brother of Mrs Bridge. The apening of the Canterbury Bowling Club's season was performed under very happy circumstances on Saturday. The occasion was Ladies' Day as well, and the president and Mrs E, A. Summers were host and hostess to a large party of guests. The green bore an animated appearance with its crowds of people, the ladies for the most part in summer frocks, while the gentlemen who follow the pastime of bowls exchanged their conventional coats for the less sombre bowling blazers. Tea-tables were scattered around the edge of the green, and for those who preferred to take their refreshments indoors, there was a long table in the club room, which was charmingly decorated with cherry blossom and lilac. The beautiful old garden belonging to Mr H. L. Bowker, which adjoins the green, was thrown open

to the visitors, who spent a pleasant half-hour walking along its neat, wellgrassed paths, and admiring the trees and flowers. The children found the swings particularly desirable things. A string band (Fox's) played bright selections during the afternoon, and, a feature of the day was the presentation, by Mrs Summers, of a box of sweets to each lady, tied with club colours, and bearing the date and the occasion printed on the lid. In each box was a number, and the lady securing the box with a similar number to that held by the president received a [handsome silver vase. Miss Scally, it transpired, was the lucky winner, and was duly presented with the ornament. Mrs Summers was in a smart navy blue corded silk coatee and skirt, with vest of floral silk, and navy blue hat lined with old rose satin. Mrs Geo. Payling was in black charmeuse and black hat, with a white mount; Mrs Shand was in lime green satin and hat to harmonise; Mrs M. Barnett, black corded silk costume, fawn and black hat; Mrs Peter Grant, grey and white striped coat and skirt, black hat with plumes; Miss Hughes, navy blue serge costume, blue and white hat; Miss Barnett, floral voile, and white hat; Miss Ivy Barnett wore a violet sports coat over her white pique frock, Panama hat; Mrs Agar (Lyttelton), tiavy striped coat and skirt and floral hat. Other ladies present included Mrs and Miss Pascoe, Mrs I. Allen, Mrs and Miss M. Davitt, Mrs Hill, Mrs Smith (Lyttelton), Mrs Fletcher, Mrs Baron, Mrs Redpath, Mrs and Miss Ness, Mrs Bowker, Mrs Crawshaw, Mrs Hall, Mrs Climie, and many others. In recommending, as an industry for women, perfume-making, the "Australasian" says: "Once well started, laven-der-growing does not give much trouble. One plot of land can be used year in and year out, and no doubt in our climate the plants would do very much j better than they do abroad. During the j last two months of summer, when the blue spikes have reached the zenith of I thoir lovely colour, they are cut for the distillery. Each bundle is placed on the top of its bush till a large quantity has been reaped. Then going back, it is collected and carefully packed in large | sheets of perfectly clean sacking. When packed, the lavender is eventually taken to the distillery. This process is very interesting work. It appears exceedingly simple, and is something as follows:^ —There is an aperture at the top of the still, through which the feeder appears, and the sheaves are handed down to him from a sort of stage, which is level with the top of the still. He packs them carefully in, pressing down the stalks fairly tightly, till the still is quite full. Then they are covered with eold water. The still-head, which communicates with a coil of copper pipe, contained in a tank filled with eold water, is then bolted down, and the lieat applied. After a time the crude oil of lavender, a yellow, slightly turbid Liquid, distils over with the vapour of the water, and the two pass out together in a receiver. The oil, being much lighter than the water, rises to the top, and is carefully skimmed off and filtered. Lavender sachets and faggots are also made in the * lavender-growing districts. The flowers for the former are dried on canvas trays in warm cupboards, and then ground and mixed with powdered gum benzoin, a small quantity of otto of lavender being added to the mixture. The lavender faggots are cut when the flowers are fully expanded, the spikes being spread and dried slowly in a cool, shady place before the bundles are made up. 11l Surrey, roses of the sweet-scented varieties are now being cultivated for perfume on a very large scale, especially by women." . Thousands of sombre-clad women marched down Fifth Avenue, Newj York, recently, to the beat of muffled ! drums, to signify their opposition to war. Nearly all wore bla,clc dresses and black hats, and at the head of the procession marched a standard-bearer, with a large white flag, inscribed in black with the word "Peace." Dark rainclouds added to the melancholy atmosphere which the women sought to create. There was no racial divisions. Women of Teutonic, Slav, and Gallic extraction marched side by side with evidences of solidarity of their sex against the cruelties of war, according to a New York paper. Nearly 2500 women took part in this demonstration, which had the sanction of President Wilson. Boy Scouts with drums led eg,ch division. The lone banner which fluttered in the breeze was the world ensign of liberty and peace which floated at the foremast of the Government steamer Ancon when it passed through the Panama Canal. Behind this flag walked women who

have become known in religions, litera-

ture, the woman suffrage movement, society, and many professions; a few who were refugees abroad when the conflict began, and many more —socialists, social workers, delegates from women's organisations, and others. They represented many cities. In a division of automobiles rode mothers with their babies. The peace parade started at Fifty-ninth Street, and disbanded after being reviewed at Union Square by Mrs Henry Villard, an active leader in the protest movement.