NOTES FOR WOMEN

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16840, 11 September 1920, Page 5

NOTES FOR WOMEN

BY SISTER ANN-

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Mrs. E. A. Walker leaves next week for Havelock North.

Mrs. E. P. Webster has returned after spending a few days in Hawera.

Mrs. and the Misses Cholmeley have been visiting Wanganui.

Mesdames E. C. and 0. Horner and the Misses E. and A. Horner have returned to Patea.

Mrs. Heycock (Okato) is staying at Chatsworth.

Mrs. A. Alexander is visiting Waverley.

Miss M. Avery (Awakino) has returned to New Plymouth a few weeks.

Miss N. Thomson (Awakino) is visiting Mrs. Vaughan (Waitara).

Miss Elsie Bullard has returned to Wellington.

Mrs. O. Blundell and Miss Menzies are spending a short holiday in Masterton.

Mrs. Craig and Miss Currio, Wanganui are the guests of Mrs. A. Alexander.

• • • Miss Pratt has returned from Auckland.

Mesdames Stevenson (Patea), Taplen (Eltham), and Henderson (Hawera), are staying at Eahui.

Mrs. Shield was a visitor here this week and has returned to Patea.

■ Mrs. F. L. Webster left by Tuesday’s boat for. Auckland.

Mrs. B. H. Chancy left for Te Kuiti on Thursday. • • »

The engagement is announced of Miss Dorothy Bayly, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \V. Morant Bayly, Gisborne, to Mr. R. C. Jamieson, of Sumner, Christchurch.

Mrs. B. Hirst has left for Inver cargill. m

Miss Alice Cocker, M.A., who has been spending a holiday in New Plymouth, has returned to Wellington.

Miss Barr returned from Wellington on Monday. ...

Miss I. Hirst has returned to Havelock North.

Miss Marguerite E. Leech (of Inglewood) was successful in gaining the Licentiate Diploma (L.C.L.) of the Trinity College, London.

The Misses Ethel and Eileen Leech, have been spending their vacation at home (Inglewood), and returned on Saturday to continue their studios at Victoria Uni College.

A quiet but very pretty wedding was celebrated at -Matarawa on September 1 when Miss Marjorie Livermore, only daughter of Mrs. Livermore, Auckland, was married to Dr. H. M. of Taihape. The bride, who was given away bv her uncle, Mr. J. W. Hirst, looked charming in cream net flounced to the waist, with swathed satin belt, and she wore a veil and orange blossom. After the ceremoijy the guests were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. J. ■\V. Hirst, at their residence, Okoia, only immediate relations being present.

Mrs. H., C. Davies returned from Hamilton on Friday. * ♦ ♦

Mrs. Courtney was hostess on Thursday at a farewell bridge party for Mrs. R J. Matthews, who is leaving shortly for Hamilton Mrs. H. Baily and Mrs. W. Bayly were the prize winners.

Mrs. Howard Christie (Wanganui) arrives on Tuesday on a short visit.

Miss C. Hamerton left on Tuesday for Auckland.

Mrs. D. Hutchen was hostess at a children’s party on Friday. Mrs. H. Matthews (.Hamilton) is the guest of Mrs. R. J. Matthews. Miss Pixie Laing (England) is the guest of Mrs. G. Home^ Miss I. Kirkby is spending a few days at Inglewood. Miss N. Capel is spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Hugh Good, Stratford. . . . Mrs. H. M. Didshury (Auckland) is a visitor here.

■ Miss F. Winfield leaves on Tuesday to spend a holiday in Wellington.

Mrs. Roy Jackson (Auckland) ‘is staying with her mother, Mrs. H. H. Mace.

* • * Mrs. Barthorpo is "visiting Auckland.

Mrs. B. H. Quilliam left this week for Wellington and Napier.

Mrs. and Miss Liversey, Christchurch, arrive to-night on a visit to Miss Liversey, “Noradene.”

Mrs. F. G. Hanrie is spending a holiday in Cambridge.

Miss Sybil Thomson was hostess at a very jolly little party on Thursday evening. A guessing competition was held, which was won by Miss Wise and Mr. H. W. Whitcombe, and musical items were given by Miss Wise and Mr. 'C. B. Webster.

The engagement is announced of Miss Liena Gleeson, of New Plymouth, to Mr. Wm. Taylor, also of New Plymouth.

Guests at the White Hart include Mesdames Bowler and Stanton Edwards and Miss Fitzgerald (Stratford), Mrs. Witty (Thames), Mrs. M‘Chesney (Auckland), Miss Forsyth (Wellington), Mrs. Bennett (Sydney), Nurse Wilson and Mesdames Pacey, Burns, and Meuli (Hawera). • * •

Visitors at the Terminus this week have been Mesdames E. C. and 0. Horner and the Misses Horner (Piitea), Mrs. Shield (Patea), Mrs. M‘Cosh (Wanganui), Mrs. Faker (Auckland), and Mrs. Fowler (Patea).

Mrs. IV. N. Perry, Hamilton, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. E. E. Bayly, Omata.

Miss Helena Cooper, Associate to Mr. Justice Cooper, who has been visiting her, brother, Dr. H. A. Cooper, of Eltham, has returned to Auckland, and is accompanying Mr. Jutsice Goopc on circuit.

A remarkably pretty wedding was celebrated at Holy Trinity Church, Woodville, when Miss Dorothy Charlotte Grant, third daughter of Mrs. and tho late Mr. John Grant, of Woodville, was married by the Rev. A. I’Hall to Mr. J. K. Thorburn, of Hastings.

The engagement is announced of Miss Dorrie Kcnderdine, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Kenderdine, of Mt. Eden, to Mr. Eric Tonks, only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Tonks, of Rerauera.

, The marriage of Miss Gwendoline Margaret Hole, only daughter of, Mr. and Mrs. H. W.. Hole, of Wanganui, took place at little St. Agnes’ Church, Tayforth, the bridegroom being Mr. Maurice Campbell, eldest son Mr. and Mrs. Ewan Campbell, of Kaitoke, the Ven. Archdeacon Reeve officiating. The bride, who was given away by her father, was gowned in ivory brocaded charmouse., The softly draped skirt was worn over palest pink chiffon, and the jumper bodice had a broad band of silvery lace falling below the waist. Tho under bodice and sleeves were of georgette. She wore an old Brussels lace veil (lent for the occasion), caught with bntial flowers, and carried a charming bouquet. The bridesmaids wore Mias Jessie Martin, Martinborough, .and Miss Valeric St. JohnSmith, of London, England. They wore very dainty frocks of apple-green brocaded crepe do chine. Tire skirts were frilled and finished with jumper blouses. Their hats were of niggerbrown tulle, finished with yellow daisies and green leaves, and they carried bouquets of yellow and green, and wore gold knife-edged brooches set with aquamarines, the gift of tho bridegroom. Mr. Frank Newman, of Wellington, and Mr. diaries Hole attended as groomsmen.

Many people will hear with very deep regret of tho death of Mrs. Garfield Crawford, of Invercargill. Mrs. Crawford, who before her marriage was Miss Myra Sliirtcliffe, was a very energetic and popular war worker, and did a great deal in connection with Lowry Bay Convalescent Homo for Soldiers.

A Hastings girl, only about 1C years of ago, has achieved the distinction of winning a prize of £uo for a photo play, written by her and adjudged first m a competition held in the United States. The talented young girl is Miss AVilheima Campbell, "daughter of the lato Mr. Jas. Campbell, of Hastings. She intends to take up tho stage as a profession, and will join one of Williamson’s companies in Sydney about tho end of the year. Miss Norma Talmadge, tho celebrated screen star, who is going to start a studio of her ow.n, has been communicating witli Miss Campbell, and has asked her to send some of her film stories, with a view to production. A. London correspondent writes as follows Miss J. M. Girdlor and Miss G. Watkins, the delegates appointed by tho Department of Overseas Trade to inquire' into tho conditions of female labour in New Zealand, have now arrived here. Although greatly delayed their voyage was an uneventful one, and they devoted their time on board in preparing their report. This has now uecn handed in to the department, but it will probably be some weeks before it is printed and ready to bo laid before Parliament. Miss Girdler tells me that she and her colleague have tho happiest impressions of their visit, but as they were both very much at home there, they did not visit the country as strangers. There are plenty of opportunities, sho says, for the right women in New Zealand —not only domestic servants, but educated women of ability and enterprise.

Lord and Lady Islington’s only child, the Hon. Joan Poyndcr, made her maiden speech—and a very good one—recently at her parents’ house, 20. Port man Square, London, where, at tho invitation of Lord and Lady Islington, tho State Children’s Association held its annual meeting. Miss Joan Poynder, who is only 23, has for a long time taken an interest in children, and she at one time nursed at the Alexandra Hospital for Children. During tho war she nursed at the hospital for officers which Lady Islington opened at her house in Chesterfield Gardens, and later she was nursing at Rouen. She showed her love for children by adopting the war baby of the rather Cargo family of a soldier killed in France, faking the child to her cottage in Kent and providing a nurse for it. Handsome and popular. Miss Poynder has, on various occasions, acted as bridesmaid to girl friends. CHILDREN’S FANCY DRESS PARTY IN AID OF HOSTEL FUNDS. Fairyland itself could not have devised a prettier scene than that presented by the interior of they Workers’ Social Hall on Tuesday evening, when a children’s fancy dross party was in progress. At a little after seven tho grand march began to move off, and when all had joined in, the line of little couples made a circle right round the hall. Everyone seemed to be there —the fairies and gnomes and dwarfs, one black butterfly, little Jack Fro-t with a tiny Red Riding Hood walking at his side, the Knave of Hearts with tho stolon tarts, little Cupid with his golden bow and arrows, 80-peep, a courtier and a powder puff. Tom' Thumb, who had escaped from tho fairy tale book for the evening, escorted a tiny French peasant,, and the 'White Rabbit from “Alive in Wonderland” walked round at his leisure, quite unafraid. Nearly every kind of flower had sent a blossom to represent it, and the queen of the roses herself was there, besides a tiny girl dressed as a leaf. Then there were .miniature pierrots and pierrottes, a Spanish dancing girl, two Chinnihen, two Indians, Dutch boys and girfs, a French maid, a Rod Cross nurse, Alabama Coon, and a gollywog, and so many other littlo people in fancy dress that the judges had a hard task to pick out the prizcvrinners, although there were 24 prize.to be disposed of. After the grand march the children formed two long lines and a game of “Nuts in May” was played. Miss I. Hirst accompanying on the piano. Then the hall was divided into halves, tho bigger children dancing in one half and. tho tiny tots playing games in the ether.

The party proved a great success in every way, the parents enjoying it almost as much as the children. The tinv fancy costumes, in every colour and style, made a very pretty sight, and the joy in each little face was just what was needed to turn the place into fairyland.

A most enjoyable “Hard Up” and Masquerade Dance in aid of the fund for the Girls’ High School Boarding House uas held in the East End Pavilion on Wednesday night, and proved a great oneness. About 60 couples tverc present and the promoters, the Misses Monteath and Watkins, have every reason to feel proud of their effort. The ball tv as tastefully decorated with flags

and streamers, and tho supper tables - presented a most novel aspect, being genuinely “hard- up.” Clusters- of bracken and gorse wore arranged the whole length of the tables, and dotted here and the"e were birds’ nests and large leaves, wherein lay the delicacies to bo partaken of. Some very original and quaint dresses were to be seen, ranging in variety from bath towels and crinolines to those of fern and flax. The dancers in their many lined dresses made tho scene a very gay and pretty one indeed. FASHION' NOTES. The price of everything in Paris is doubled, quadrupled, in some cases increased as mucu as ten times. The bare necessities of life—food of the plainest sort such and bread (and black oread at that) miik, meat, and butter, cost sums which cause one to wonder how the poor manage to keep breath in their liodies. A mandarin orange costs four francs in some of the smart restaurants, And where one could get a good dinner for ten francs before Die war, -it now, costs one 50 francs for a very simple meal. Clothes, not creations, but just coverings, are .sold at unthinkable prices. At present silk stockings cost 80 to 100 francs a pair, end gloves from 30 francs to 50 francs a.pair, Tho only faint star of hope in the horizon with regard to the-fasliions is that they can’t become any dearer. There are . some enchanting tailormade models to bo seen, perfectly simple. One in fine white cloth, cut, as to the coat, on very much tho sanio lines-as a man’s dinner jacket, only flaring out a little on the hips, took my fancy tremendously. It. was -linkedwith a single button in front, to show the white antelope waistcoat buttpning with little crystal buttons opening over a soft white blouse of white linen trimmed with not jabots and Hillings. A white cloth skirt, perfectly fiat and plain fore and aft, wag kilted at the sides, giving tho wide hip effect, and at the same time allowing the silhouette to remain supple and slim. Leather is very much to the fore just - now for waistcoats. Just .why it is so strikingly smart when used in combination with silk cloth or velvet one cannot say, and every well dressed woman in Paris is wearing it in some form. There is, for instance, tho long tunic of white kid, sleeveless, and open in the front, which may be worn over an undcrslip of dark blue serge; this is very new and chic.. Leather as binding or piping is another of fashion’s happy inventions. A dark blue sergo frock, whoso buttonholes and lengthwise panels _ were piped with green kid, was a joy to bohofS. TVe have all lind a surfeit of the black leather hat, and personally I am glad to see its exit. But the other day I saw a toquo in black satin cire trimmed with rod leather cherries and green leather foliage applique in an altogether fetching cluster at qpo side, which pleased me mightily. For motoring nothing could be cosier than this.

High collars are a feature of tho present fashions, and, somehow, curiously smart. To-da? 1 saw a black satin corsage with a very high satin collar, buttoned from chin to waistline with - crystal buttons, and was, impressed with its perfect stylo.' High collalrs are also worn with tailored frocks, the collar being attached to a decorative waistcoat. HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS., . ’ Three pennies weigh one ounce. A piece of old velveteen is. an excellent substitute for chamois leather for all polishing purposes, and is much cheaper. If a little sweet oil is put on a cloth and rubbed into the furniture it will feed the wood, keep it from shrinking and' give it a good gloss. Cauliflowers often break when removed from boiling water. If they are cooked in a clean muslin bag, however, such trouble does not occur, and tho vegetable can bo lifted from the pot without fear of spoiling. Allow cabbage water to got cool before pouring it down drains or sinks. It will then leave no unpleasant smell behind. To take grease out of leather, apply white of egg, to the spot, and dry it in tho sun. Repeat the application until all marks have disappeared. For a dent in furniture, first of all wet the part with warm water. Double a piece of brown paper into six thicknesses, soak in warm water, and lay it over the dent. Then apply a hot flat iron until the moisture lias quite evaporated. If tho bruise has not gone, repeat the process until the dent is raised level with the surface. A good polish can bo obtained on furniture if the wood is first over with a cloth wrung out'ln hot water. Glycerine is excellent for removing tea or coffee stains from linen. Pour it over the stained part, rub well in, and wash in tho usual way. The stains will quickly disappear. AVet boots and slices should never be placed near a fire, as this renders the leather hard and brittle. After removing them from the feet wipe with a soft cloth to remove any surface water, then place on trees, and while still wet rub with a little kerosene oil. Put them in a warm place and allow to become partially dry, then give another rubbing with oil. Afterwards polish in the usual way. An ounce of alum dissolved in the last water used to rinse children’s clothes will render them uninflammable or so slightly combustible that they would take fire very slowly if at all, and would not flame. Ladies’ dresses may .-be made fireproof by steeping them (or tho material used in making them) in a diluted solution of chloride of zinc. The finest cambric, held in a flame will char to dust without igniting. Marmalade.—Ei<*ht oranges are quite sufficient. AVash_them, and cut them into ' four pieces; take off the peel and scrape off all the white pith adhering. Take out the pulp, remove tho seeds and the thin white skin. Put the pulp into a large basin with rather more than throe quarts of cold water. Add the peel, cut into the finest possible shreds, and leave all for 24 hours covered with a cloth. After this time boil for two hours steadily, and then put all back into the basin, and leave again for 24 hours. Finally boil all with a little less than 41b of sugar for two hours.

Djh/te Blancmange.—Required : One pint of milk, 4az. of dates (stoned), 2oz of custard powder, sugar' to taste, a few drops of vanilla. Rinse out a mould, with cold water and turn it downwards to drain, but do not, of course, dry it. Put the custard pow’der into a basin, and mix it thinly and smoothly with a little of the milk. Put the remainder of the milk into a pan with the finely-chopped dates, and carefully heat it—fid off - the pan—until it is just reaching boiling poiftt. Don’t forget to keep an eye on it, for milk very quickly boils over. Then let it stand for about 10 minutes to soften the dates. Then reheat again and pour on to the custard powder in the basin, stirring it all the time. Stir briskly, or it will not thicken evenly. Pour back into the pan, sweeten to taste, and cook the mixture gently

for about three minutes to give it the creamy taste it ought to have. Then turn it into the mould and leave till cold. When needed, loosen the edges, shake down gently on to the left hand l , and slip the shape out on to a cold dish. Mutton Broth.—Required; One pound of mutton (middle neck) two quarts of cold water, loz of rice, one breakfastcupful of carrot (diced), one teacupful of turnip (diced), one teacupful of .onion (diced), one teacupful of celery' (in rings), one tablespoonful of parsley (chopped), salt-spoonful of herbs (powdered), seasoning to taste. Wash the meat quickly, dry it, cut off the fat, and save it to render down for dripping. Chop bones into small joints, and cut meat into largish cubes. Put these and the bones into the water, add a toaspoonful of salt, and heat very slowly till boiling. Then wash and add the rice, the vegetables, and powdered herbs. Simmer about two hours, or till the meat is fender. Then skim off any grease, saving it for basting purposes. Take the pieces of bone out of the broth, see that the meat is in pieces convenient for eating with a spoon, and add the parsley and seasoning. Serve in a hot tureen, and, as with all soups, be sure the plates'are thoroughly hot. Onion Hash,—Never try to nurry the preparation of a hash. It is most tempting if carefully made. Required: Some cold meat, one onion, loz of fat, loz' of flour, half a pint of stock one dessertspoonful of sauce or ketchup, salt, popper, sippets of toast, one carrot. Cut the onion in rings, and fry till well browned. Remove it and brown the flour, adding a little more f*t if necessary. Add the stock, and cook well together. Season carefully, and put back the onion. Mix again. Cut the meat in small, neat pieces, and now add it also. Allow all to become hot through, then pile on a hot dish. Sprinkle a little of the grated carrot over the top, the rest as a border ■ round the dish. Fingers of toast should be arranged at either end of the dish. Small-cubes can bo heated in the mixture just before serving if the quantity is barely sufficient for the number to serve. If ready too soon, turn tho whole into a hot ‘casserole, and stand in the oven or on the stove. Results will be far better than if the hash is dished and then kept hot. This plan holds good in many such cases. .