Ladies' Column.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14274, 13 August 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)

Ladies' Column.

_— >«o* (By "Moira.") Mrs. Loughnau is at present visiting Christidiuich. Mr and Mrs \Y. Olphcrl are spending their houeynioon in I'iniaru. Miss Ncsta Howell has gone to Christchurc.il. The members of the. Pirates Football Club held their annual dance, in the Assembly Rooms on Thursday, and the function proved a great success as usual. The room was artistically decorated with greens and pretty muslin curtains, pictures and Club photos were hung on the wails. The stage was arranged as a drawing room, and presented qui to a dainty and inviting appearance. The supper room was also tastefully decorated. Some of the ladies present were Mra Cameron, black lace over satin; Mrs Davey, pretty cream chiffon taffeta Empire frock; Miss Serimiger, dainty white muslin; Miss Harrison, white silk trimmed wdth lace; Miss Simmons, pale green ninon, with dainty lace trimmings; Miss O'Connor, smart white muslin frock, with white lace trimming; Miss Barton, white muslin; Miss Carlton, handsome A'hite chiffon taffeta, gown, touched with silver; Miss Mitchell, white silk; Miss Kane, white ninon, with ; silver trimming; Miss Hertnon, pale pink silk trimmed with cream lace; Miss Sehaab, white muslin; Miss Courtney, dainty white muslin and lace; Miss 1). Kennedy, cream ninon, with lace trimming; Miss Maling, champagne oharmuese satin veiled in sea green tulle, with gold spangles; Miss Cunningham, cream aecordian pleated chiffon gown ; Miss Bradley, pale blue silk, cream lace trimming; Miss Stee.hniann, white, embroidered Indian muslin, dainty lace trimmings; Miss Wall, Tokio blue silk, cream insertion trimming. Amongst the gentlemen present were: —Messrs Rodgors. Carltons (3), Dnveys (3). Roddick, Kennedy, Darroek, l3oothe, Hertnon, Crombie, Coles (2), AVall, Kane, Courtney. Knott, Anderson, Smith. Burton, Muling, Waldio, Grier, liosey, Sehaab and O'Connor.

"Sydney girls have a world-wide fame for their charm and grace and beauty,' said Dr Max Herzh at the New South Wales capital recently in the course of :i lecture under tho nuspices of the Health Society. "Some of tliem are not really pretty; they only look that way. Their complexions are not always their own, their fine teeth are often their third ones: hut a good nattired observer, satisfied to look only, will generally admit that the general effect is pleasing. But the charm of the girls' good figures would he brought to perfection would they practice an upright carriage, and avoid the curved hack and round shoulders." HA.PIM KR MARRIAGES.

No contract of marriage, declares ilr Cecil Chapman, the metropolitan magistrate, should he entered into unless the man sets aside for the woman at ]ea''t one-fifth of his earnings. This was one of the suggestions made by Mr Chapman in an address on marriage and divorce at a meeting at the Caxton Hall recently, under the auspices of the Women's Freedom League. Mr Chapman held that it was neccsBary to get rid of the patriarchal view of marriage that woman became one with her hushand in consequence of a service that was prouounced over her and him. The statement that the man endowed the woman with all his worldlygoods was absolutely worthless. There would not be so many scandals if the contract entered into in church contained more reality and less fiction. Mo contract of marriage, should be entered into unless man set aside for the woman at least one-fifth of Irs earnings. Half of the misery which came before the magistrates, 'lie said, was due to the economic dependence of women in marriage.

Other suggestions made by Mr Chapman were that .marriage should be more openly discussed by parents, that marriage, ought never to' be undertaken without the consent of both parents and that a health ocrtificatr- oucrht to be produced showing that the parties intending to be married were physically fit. The people who said that marriage, was indissoluble were both pious and cruel, and he did not want to have nnvthing to do with them. Human nature could not stand it mid would not stand it. and laws opglit to be made to suit human nature as it was and not as wo wanted it to he.

LATEST SOCIETY FAD. AVIATION. Modern Society, says "M.A.P.," is nothing if it is not up-to-date. Smart femininity of today would no more think of being behindhand in matters of general interest, than they would he behmd the fashions. No topic, no subject, no science is too obstrusc to attract Milady's shallow devotion.. At the present moment all her interest and all her enthusiasm is centred on aviation. Go where you will, vou are sure to find the subject under' discussion. Everyone has something to sav concerning dying, and those who fly. No matter whether you can fly vou'rBelf or not; no matter whether ' you 'know one end of a flying machine from another; no_ matter if you have to confess to igiiiorance concerning the difference between airships and aeroplanes, you can he an enthusiast all the same.

So far as Society is concerned, women are the great champions who have fnised the living craze, to a. cult. The fair sex are to be seen at all the flying meetings; in the proportions of about five to every one man—all eager and -agog to see and to experience tint latest sensation life can provide. It is true there are several devoted and enthusiastic women in our midst who are doing all that they can to encourage the more serious side of aviation. Many of these are ultra-fashionable Society folk who liav? taken up the idea in all seriousness. Many have shown their pluck by making perilous ascents in flying machines, whilst ballooning for ladies is fast becoming a recognised sport.

But for every one of these strenuous Bupporters there are a, hundred-and-one fair frivollers to be found who declare themselves bitten by the allurement of the navigation of the air. Of the fads and follies practiced by such as these there is no end. Dainty airships made of coloured silk, shield the electric lights in all her rooms; miniature flying machines and balloons made of fragile blossoms adorn her drawing-room, her boudoir and her dining table alike; cardboard aeroplanes and air-ships are the favourite boiiboiinieres of the moment while models of flying machines cut'out of wvry, of tortiseshell. or carved in wood are toys which find a Tcady sale amongst tho grown-up community. Even more dainty and more expensive are the jewels which the cult has produced; for if you would be really chic and up to date, in place of the' usual hatpin and brooch of eonvential design you must wear a tiny diamond aeroplane or flying machine fashioned on the exact lines of the type used by the particular flying man who happens to Vje your hero of the moment. Another form which the new craze takes is, admirers adopt a copy of their Favourite flying machine as their own cypher. This appears on the fair devotee's notoparrm-. ft i s to he seen embossed in gold upon her dainty leather handbag and on her card-cae. and on her puw. .With infinite patience and

artistis skill Milady embroiders it in lantastis colours, or in rich gold and silver threads upon the cushions that adorn her boudoir ami her drawingroom; while a. tiny model of the same fashioned in gold is worn hanging from ho-r bangle, her chatelaine chain, or as a pendant, whenever she attends a. Hying meeting, in the firm belief that this charm will act as a. talisman of good luck Lo the hero she delights to honour with her attentions. For to have, achieved any success in aviation nowadays is .sufficient to transform the merest mortal into a. social lion, whom every woman worships with undisguised admiration. One famous flying man boasts that if he had any social ambition at all, it would be in his power to spend a, whole year going from one stately home in England to another. How much further these exfravagences and follies will be carried it is hard to say. Some declare that the flying craze is as yet only in its infancy, and that we may look for further and still more ludicrous developments of th fad in the near future. This may or may not be true —possibly .something newer and more original may attract Milady's fancy. But for the present moment, flying and every phase of aeronautice dominates Society, to the exclusion of all other interests and pastimes. HINTS FOR STALLHOLDERS. A popular method of appealing to a generous public for funds for a Charitable purpose is to hold aa garden fete or bazaar of sorts. The great difficulty of arranging for such a fete, whether in or out -of doors, is almost annihilated when a decided original note is struck. "Spring Fair" does not indicate anything fresh ,while the "Japanese. Village" idea has been done to death, and the same applies to many other propositions. Then again the simple laying out of stalls for work, cakes, sweets, and so on does not sound particularly attractive; vet a refreshing stamp of novelty can he given by classing them (for example) as representing the "Days of the Week." Thus the. stall-holders of "Monday" would sell all the requisites pertaining to washing day, such as cloth's-baskets, and lines, pegs, soap, mangles, wringers blue, and the rest. At the "Tuesday" stall the full equipment for ironing requisite would he obtainable. "Wednesday's" promoters could dub theirs a house-cleaning stall, whore all the necessities for genera! housework could be bought. Tf 'would l.v qinie appropriate to devote '•'Thursday," a work stall, to the supply of articles of clothing for children and r-dulK d'ovlcv travclofhs. and household odds and ends generally. "Friday" might be the "day at home" stall, and should he equivalent to the conventional refreshment stall. As "Saturday" is the "housekeeper's day," produce of all kinds, including cakes can be sold. And thus, after all, the old and successful "bazaar" is carried on under a new name. "The seasons of Life" is another original notion, which cculd be worked without too uracil trouble. A "Bride" stall would explain itself, and so would a ''Babvhood'' one A "School Children" .stall at once suggests a whole host of articles, which mothers of families would gladly purchase. Then the "Matron" could be supplied vHh all sorts of goods, for to her the ■ r-tiro range of household requirement- is necessarily one of deep interest. Lastly the very name of "Grandmothers' " stall is sufficiently significant of the thousand and one things that elderly ladies so often ask for on such occasions.—"Argus."