THE LADIES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15456, 19 September 1914, Page 3

THE LADIES.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. (By "Jean.") [News of weddings, dances, and other social happen ngs of mterou to lad.es wiii b> welcomed ior tins column if sent in by our readers. Contr.lmtions shouid bo adilresseil to •■Jean/' ••Hera.d" O.fieo, and received not later thau Thursday.J .. I Mrs George Fenwich and Lilian Fenwich, Mornington, arrive in 'liuiaru to-day, and will stay a week at. the Hydro. . Jjr and iTr.s Gabites spent last week in and returned on Tuesday. Miss K- Gresson. who has been the guest oi Mrs Gordon, Union Bank, and Mr., Gresson, Selwvn Street, has gone back to Christchurch. Mrs Begg, liunedin, and M : ss ltty, Chr stchurch, arc at Stutehbury House. Mrs Evans and Miss Alice Evans aro back from We.lingtoiiMr Scot ten. manager of the Dresden, left for Dunedin a fortnight ago. Mrs S:\itien wont last Saturday. Mr Crowe, who is now managing. " comes from Dunedin. Mrs Hayter and Mr and ilrs CHayter, Rollesby, ;ire at Sefton House. Mrs Nisbett. who was also there, lias returned to Dunedin. .Miss Rouse, Chris-tchurch, is the guest of Mrs Cotterill. _Wai-iti Road. General interest is being taken in the Orchestral Society's concert, which takes place next Monday night in the "lheatro Royal. A most attractive programme hns been arranged, and already tho dress circle is finite full. Miss. Coles. ChrUtchurcli, is staying with her sister, Mrs George Hart-, "Waverley." M;.<- Rickman returned yesterday from Christehureh and Ashburton. The Misses Ruddenk'au, who were the giiests of Mi-s Rickman, Marchwlel Street, left for Waimate yesterday. Visitors at tho Crown this week include: —Miss Lucy Cowan (Christ-t-hurclO, Mr Clarke (Fairlie*. and Mr H. Ayson, inspector of fisheries, who left for the south on Thursday. Miss Gwen Wood returns to-day from a week's visit to Mrs Wilfrid White, Snmrnerhill.

M iss May (Auckland), is tho guort of Mrs Betts. Victoria Street. Mrs Jonrs (ChristchurclO, and her little daughter, are staying with Mrs Scuter, Mere-Mere Street. Mrs Philipps- (Waimate). and her guest. Muss MeKenzie (Shag Point), were in Tiniaru on Tuesday. Mrs Murray Aynslev and Miss Gerard, wl:e were at the Hydro, returned to Christehureh on Wednesday. Dr and Mrs Shand. Miss Sliand, and Mrs Leslie Orbell, went to Dunedin on Wednesday. Lieut, ii. Gordon Wood is staying the week-end with Mr and Mrs G. P. Wood, Wa -it! Road. Captain and 31 rs Marshall, who woro tlie guests of Mi's Temple, are staying at Government House, Wellington. Mrs W. J. LiCren. who is tne guest of Mrs F- J. LcCren, Gapes Valley, Leaves for Christehureh to-day. M iss Wigley has returned from Fail-lie, where she was tho guest of Mrs Rudolph Wigley. Mrs Buckley returned to Oamaru from the North this week. Mss A. Cbo mondely. Vho was the guest of Mrs George Murray, Sarah Street, has gono back to Chr - .stchurch. M iss M. Cho'.mondely is stay ng with Mss Hall. Eiizabetii Street. Mrs Studholme, LcCren's Terrace, gave a small musical on Thursday afterneon. Mr and Mrs F. A. Raymond and their sens are back from their camp at the Oplhi. Miss N. Wright has returned from Fairlie. Mrs Inne-s-.Tones :s in Christehureh. Mr and Mrs Empson, Christehureh, are at Beverley House. Mrs R. H. Rhodes and M"ss Rhodes, Biuecliffs. aro back from Dunetlm. M ss McKn'glit (Auckland) and Miss Daley (Ma Waro). have been spending a few days with M ss Hanna, Trafalgar Street. Miss Gwen Rudgo and M'ss Koro Mansford have returned to town after rpending an enjoyab'e holiday with Mr and Mrs George Scott, "Harlau," Sn'isburv. Mss "B. Wagstaff. of Epsom, Auckland, is visiting friends in Tirnaru and I'areora.

WEDDINGS. SHAXNAHAN—ELSOM. Ou August 26th at- St. Joseph's Church. Tomukn, Miss May E.soni. eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs G. F.Isoxn, cf XV m hester. was marr ed to Mr Frauds P. Shannahan, son of the "ate Mr John Shannahan and Mrs Shannal.an, o: Gteyniiiuth. The ceremony was performed by the 11 er. Father Kerley. The br<!e, who was given away hy lier Uroih m\ Mr Georjio ELoui. wore a navy costume w'th cc-ris? tr.'nih'ack velvet hat trimmed w.th sax_- hue. ph.inhs and n r.se hei lies. She tarried an -vor.- - bund prayer book. The br d sma'd. M;s X. Thomson. t:ous n of the hr'de." was dr<ssed in a str njr-co'our, d silk po7>'/n trnimnd 'ace, black ve vt-t hat. nink phinibs. She also carried an ivory bound prayer l-ook. The best man was Mr T.'i< mas K e!v. nephew of the br:de»room. The l'.appv couple left hy the sx-oud express for th? south, where the honeymoon .was spent. MISTRESS OF MILLIONS. ROMANCE OF KRT7PP "WARFACTORY. Bertha Krupp. mistress of the world's meat st war-facto v, is t : hj w, rld's richest woman. H. r Income, pr or to the outb.eak < f war. was estimated at one and a-luiif nu lions sterl nj;. When Fie clricii Krupp d ed, leaving no sou to carry on the m:.iumeimiit of th s vast business, he d'lvcted in his w.ll that the prop.rtv should pass into the possession of his eldest, daun'litet. Bertha, to he managed as a joint stet-k cciuriauy by a hoard of s : x m number, and t was thus that Bertha Krupp Ijeiauic the world's heiress. In ISXJt; Frau'e n Krupp married, and her husband, who also assumed the name of Krupp, bvtame pres dent, of tho board The story cf the growth of th s >d-gaut-'c enterpr s> is int. iv.-fng. T.n 1 or ji nal little Krupp workshop is stiil priittTcd at Fs.-,eu. where. 10-1 years Fro drill, iireatu andfatlicr of INirtlia Ivrup.i tried to make cast stee!, the si-ret t.f wli'ch was mia.ded in ! [ a fa'lure. Pers> vt r nir. h wever. ho t nuuuiL' d to prolu •> an infeiior qiiali-y ! of ■ ast st- oi, I.lit- found that the d> jaimd '.us . not .-ufftc ent to the works t;o nu. A snc niir AND A FORTUNE. Fro drill Ivrupp d Oil in ]S2(i. a disaj.|> inte,( man. hut b li re lie d • d, he confided to h s ioiirtee ;.v, ar-o!d son. Alfr d, th" seer-1 of tnak nii <-a-t stie'. Th" bivh it hm>l and worked at the cruc'b i-~. and lii>- ativnt :mt of tho world was tir«.t tirawn -to hi> work at thy t:r-.-at ex'tb.tiou oi nhvn ii"

showed a huge cast steel ingot and a s:x-pounder cannon of cast suvl. I'.ns seemed l.nne, and ill ISOI Pruss a Krupp's breeeh-ioading canulieli were iargely used in the Fi auco-Pruss:an war of IS7O. But although it was Alfred Krut>;> who tlius laid the foundation of this great firm, it was li's son Fre dricli who developed it on mode.n 1 nes, and who extended it until ,t became tvie world's greatest war-factory. Some idea of the manner :n which he developed the. works may I>> gathered from the fact that during h:s" management the number of men employed rose from about 20,000 to 47.000 m 1901, a year before he d.ed. WHAT ONE WOMAN CONTROLS. The works to dav employ something I'ke 70,000 people. It :S somewhat d fficult to estmato t'heir extent, for apart from tho steel works and coal mines at Essen, there are iron ore m'nes, foundries, shipbuilding yards, and steel works in other paits of Germany. Little d d Fre- dricli Krup;> dream, when toil ng his son the secret of making cast steel, that h;s little forgo wou-d grow into the giant works of to-day; still less did he dream that th s great enterpriss, \\<h.ch has a share cap tal of nine mill ons sterling, wou'd come under the control of one woman.

MR. WILSON'S BEREAVEMENT. A TRUE HELPMATE. In the death of liis wife, President Woodrow Wilson leses a real helpmate. Mrs Wilson came to the Wli-te Housa a year and a-half ago a strong, robust woman. Her health was undermined by her conscientious conception of the ditties devolving upon the "first lady of the hind." Da iy slio ass sted the President in tho conduct of official affairs, consult ng and advising w.th him when important decisions had to bo made, and it was no uncommon tiling for M:s Wilson to receive delegations calling on her husband when he was too busy with otiier matters. This was all in add tion to the arduous social duties of a Pres dent's wfe. President Wilson is a sorei.v stricken man, but is not nursing h's grief in retirement. Return ng from the funeral last Tuesday, lie plunged immediately into the mass of work nvolved in the European war. His closest friends, however, doubt whether he will over again have the same amb'tion and zest for work that have an mated him in the past, and it would surprise no one if he were not a cand.dato for re-elest.on in 1916. President Wilson is not a strong man Ehysically, and the burden of his office as already told on h m. That Mrs Wilson was in danger of death was kept from the knowledge of tho nation until about three days before slio entered her last sleep, and until practically all hope had been abandoned. Sho had been ill since last ! February, when sho fell on a rug m White House and strained her spine. She virtuallv recovered from that injury. but in the meantime, kidney troub'e set in, and she gradually grew weak?r. About two months ago her condition began to grow serious, and : tra ned nurses and special sts were in I constant attendance for the last three 'weeks.

Amongst 'the' public' matters,, in : - which she displayed the most keen interest was a scheme for the improvement of tho alleyways in the City of Washington. Some of these alleys, adjacent to fashionab'e streets, are occupied by peop'e liv ng in abject poverty. At her request a measure had been introduced in Congress provld ng for their improvemcnt. On the last day of her life Airs Wilson had th© satisfaction of learning that the Bill had been passed by the Senate. A word to' the leaders of the S?nate by the Pres dent's secretary had effected this result-, and tihe measure was adopted in silence by tho Senate, as a tribute to the dy'ng woman. Mrs Wilson was possessed of clear judgment on political affairs and broad views on educational questions. With her Mr Wlson wrote his books, and on her judgment lie relied constantly. Her anxiety for tho President's we'fare was such that during lic-r illness she frequently cautioned t'ha Eliysician not to tell lier husband if she ad passed an uneomfcrtab'o hour. The body was interred at Rome, Gcorg'a. the birthpla-re of her parents. Tho President was at the graveside. Heavy rain fell durng tlie last rites, and as Mr Wilson stood in the storm, tears coursing down his cheeks, l>v{li~ scene was of the deepest pathos.—Corresnondent of the ■\\dungton "Evening Post."

A WOMAtf WHO WATCHES. THE EX-EMPRESS EUGENIE. There is one woman in the world, who, outs do ot" the many thousands of women who have relatives at the front, is watelling tlie progress of the war with int.nse interest. She is the exEmpress Eugenie, who has l'ved in Eng and over since her es ape from Par s after the French detent at Sedan in IS7O. Nearly 90 years of age now. the ex-Empress has had a ms'i-veUous career, full of romance and pathos, resplendent w'th the glor es ot' a dazzling and unexpected r'se to supreme poucr, d.mm d as suddenly and unexpectcd'v by the tragedy of an irrctrievab e fall. The story of her flijrht from the Tuii-lt-ries after Sedan is the mo-t dramatic cp sode n her h story. Tlie first vague news of the Em. :eror's can tulation had reached Paris on Septemb >r J 3. Up to noon of the next clay there was no popular d sturbance. Then crowds be«nn to overflow th? gardens of tlie Tuillerics and rt.il towaids the pa.'ace in long steady streams. Not yet was the crowd stormy or turbulent, but its quiet strength was irresistible. She was warned that her Ire was in danger, and that it was t me for her to fly. ; She bade a hurried ad'eu to her friends • and was driven to tlie house of Dr I Evans, an Aiiv.-r'ean, who was possessI ed of a - i -'mmenso fortune, an European ! reputation. and a golden heart. Dr Evans enl'sted the services of a Fel-low-countryman. and arranged for the departure of Eugenie from France on the fo'low »g dnv. Wenr'ng a bonnet and a v-""'v th r-k vc : J. she was driven in a landau to Deauville. whence, in a boat i lia ru ncl by Dr Evans. she reached li yd" in safety. Later she trave'led to C!ijsleh"rst. and there ha.? l'ved ever since. Napoleon TIL, after h : s release from Willie'mshohe, joned h'-r in March, IS7I. A gloom which notlrni: cou'd <1 spcl hung over tlie Enneror. D'seaso and melancholy had marked liini for the : r own, and Irs death in .January, 1873. came almost a-, a re'ie-f. The Eni'ire.-s's son was KIWI 'n Zu'u'and, whither he had gon» with a Br't'sh force : n an unofficial capac'ty !iis c.'n : ins as the heir of the Uenaiiii ites forb'dd'ng his takng of the catli of allegiance to the British Crown. . | -