WOMEN’S INTERESTS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 79, Issue 7146, 16 December 1949, Page 5

WOMEN’S INTERESTS

PRE-WEDDING PARTY MRS BOND ENTERTAINS A very happy and enjoyable time was spent on Friday evening last at the home of Mr and Mrs Allan Bond. The occasion was in honour of Miss Imelda McGovern and Mr Bruce Thompson, whose marriage took place the following day. The guests, who arrived in time for a buffet tea at six, were served with a most delicious and plentiful meal in a room gay with beautiful flowers. At its conclusion all adjourned to the lounge for a musical evening- which was much enjoyed by those present. Opportunity was taken during the evening to extend best wishes to Imelda and Bruce and in asking them to accept a very pretty cup and saucer Mr L. A. Truscott expressed the hope of all that they would be as happy as it was possible to be always. Mr R. Armstrong endorsed Mr Truscott’s remarks after which Mr Thompson replied on behalf of himself and his fiancee. He thanked the host and hostess, Mr Truscott, Mr Armstrong and those who had attended for their good wishes and the beautiful gift. CHILDSWEAR DANCE HELD AT KIHIKIHI The girls of Childswear Factory held a successful dance last Saturday evening, December 10th, on this occasion organised by their Social Club and was held in the Kihikihi Town Hall. The entertainment was controlled by Mr J. Barclay as M.C. Enjoyment was the order of the evening for all and thanks to the support of approximately 150 people the function proved an excellent one to all who were dancing and also a successful qpcasion for the Girls’ Social Club. During the evening an entertaining couple, Miss Jean Tuhi and Mr Maurihooho, presented their interpretation of a hula to a very appreciative audience. Novelty dances during the evening were won by Miss Jean Tuhi and Mrs Snowdon, Mrs Rosie Tuhi and Mrs Hunupo, and Mrs E. Dalton and Mr N. Legg. A most enjoyable supper was served by the girls of the Social Club and the evening ended with the playing of God Save the King. Blouse News It is reported from Britain that during the summer just past the representative tailored shirt blouse reverted to an almost classic cut and was relieved by cutting striped fabrics in mitred patterns, by novel collar cuts—mostly small but often favouring pointed shapes—and an uncompromising attitude toward sleeve lengths—long or short, seldom threequarter. For under-suit wear designers favoured some kind of yoke detail and the bow-neck blouse was making a small but significant comebackThere seemed to be fewer back-but-toning styles, mainly apparently because purchasers liked a blouse they could fasten without outside assistance. COUNTRY HOME SET IN BEAUTIFU’L SURROUNDINGS Not long ago Noreen Purdon, who broadcast the following from the 8.8. C., took train from a London terminus to the little country station of Sunningdale, near Ascot, and from .there walked two miles under the trees to peep, along with many others at Windlesham Moor, the delightful week-end home of Their Royal Highnesses Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. She says:—“l would like to tell you of the very pleasant Sunday afternoon I spent at Windlesham Moor, the week-end home of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. Much as I would have liked it to have been, this was not a personal invitation—the gardens had been opened to the public and my husband and I shared the view with many. We stepped out of the train on to the little station at Sunningdale, not very far from Ascot, and walked the two miles under the trees to Windlesham Moor. About a quarter of a mile off the road, past lines of parked cars, we came to the gates, and went in. I could not help thinking at once, what a wonderful time Prince Charles would have in those gardens when he was a little older. The house itself is not enormous—it is a friendly looking white house with red, weathered tiles. Wisteria grows at the front, and the big pillared potico looks on to a long stretch of green lawn with rhododendron bushes flanking it—growing with pale-pink, mauve, and deep magenta flowers. This leads down to a field which looked as though it were being prepared for cricket. At the side of the house is a large bowling green or croquet lawn, and, beyond it, a miniature golf course- At the back are the kitchen gardens, with a very homely scarecrow guarding new potato plants, a little glass-house with tomatoes keeping warm inside it, and some newly planted flower gardens. Somehow, it all manages to give the impression that a young family is starting to live there. There are wild parts to the garden, too, and shadowy woods beyond—wonderfully exciting for a young child to explore. There are white-washed bee-hives, and at a far enough distance from the house we came upon some pigsties, and, as well, there were some brown hens and white ducks. I thought the gold-fish I saw in the pond at Gigli’s house in Rome must be the biggest in the world until It saw the four or five in the lily-pond of Princess Elizabeth’s gardens at Windlesham Moor; they were easily a foot long—no, longer, I should say. And the pond, with an old willow sighing over it, and flowered rockeries leaning away from it, was filled with tadpoles. And I shall remember the hundreds of birds we heard singing in the garden. But I think the trees were the loveliest of all. The

copper beeches, the pink May, the soft, new greens of new leaves, the clipped yew trees, a trees with flame and green leaves, trees with yellow flowers, yellow broom, and azaleas—it looked as though the Chelsea Flower Show had moved to the country.”

APPEAL TO WOMEN GOVERNMENT LEAFLET The British Government is making what is described as an “unprecedented appeal” to the country’s 19 million women to aid the national fight for economic survival. It is the first Government leaflet on hard economics ever written by women and addressed to women only. Briefly, it advises women: “To see that your menfolk toe the line. See that they realise there is a crisis now. See that they share the burden of the family economics. Don’t try io shoulder them all yourself.” This comes after the frank statement that devaluation means higher prices, fewer goods in the shops, cuts in building, electricity supplies, and so on. This is because the safety of the people’s jobs and food must come first. It points out how women can help “Make the home a good placer to spend the evening in. It is surprising what going out puts on the family budget. Refuse to buy anything dearer than it should be. Take an interest in current affairs. It continues: “We women tend to leave the first pages of the newspapers to our husbands and turn to the fashions and the fiction, but unless we know what is going on we can’t expect to make our influence felt.”