FEMININE INTERESTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 18763, 30 December 1930, Page 3

FEMININE INTERESTS.

PERSONAL AND FASHION NOTESMiss Joan Fry’s Wedding: One of England’s loveliest lawn tennis stars—Miss Joan Fry—was married at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, to Lieut. T. A. Lakeman, of the Royal Tank Corps. A great crowd of men and women—over whose heads “movie” operators “shot” the wedding scenes from points of vantage on walls and railings—gathered to see Miss Fry. The church, too, was full, and included among the guests were many wellknown tennis players—Miss Joan Ridley, Mr Crole Rees, Dr Gregory, Mrs L. A. Godfree, Mrs Beamish —to mention but a few. The wedding was arranged to take place at 2 p.m., but Miss Fry, who is 24, instead of exercising the privilege of the bride to arrive late, took every by surprise, by arriving nearly ten minutes too early, and she had to wait in the porch while many of the guests were shown to their seats. Through a guard of honour of the bridegroom’s fellow officers, she passed, looking very lovely, her dark beauty enhanced by her long, tightly fitting picture gown of ivory satin beaute, lin-

ed with peach colour. Her four yards long silver tissue train was also lined with peach pink georgette, while she wore a 200 year-old veil of antique Honiton lace held in place with a wreath of orange blossom, and she carried a bouquet of white Ophelia roses and heather. The little four-year-old train-bearer Miss Jill Debenham, was dressed in exact replica of the bridal gown, but trainless, and wore a wreath of silver leaves. The four grown-up bridesmaids, who included Miss Betty Dix. a well-known tennis player, wore long, graceful frocks and neat little coatees of peach-bloom georgette; they had wreaths of pink petals of the same georgette in their hair, and carried bouquets of pink roses. Dr A. C. Fry, the bride’s father, of the Mansion House, Stone, Staffordshire, gave her away, and Canon H. J. B. Fry, the bride’s uncle, vicar of St George’s, Cullercoats, Northumberland, conducted the ceremony. Miss Fry received many lovely wedding presents which were displayed at the reception at the Rembrandt Hotel. Brompton Road, after the wedding. Among them were a pair of silver bonbon dishes from Miss Betty Nuthall.

The Royal Nurseries: The arrival of Princess Margaret necessitated the making of several new regulations in the conduct of the nurseries at 145. Piccadilly, which came into effect when the Duke and Duchess of York settled there recently for the winter season, writes an English correspondent. Hitherto there have bem no regularly planned schemes. The two nurses who looked after the Princess Elizabeth had not a difficult task, ana the work went along smoothly without being definitely planned. The advent of an extra night and day nursery, meant, however, the arranging of a definite plan for the working of the royal nurseries. , ~ A time-table w's drawn up by the head nurse, with the approval of the Duchess of York, and hangs in her room. Rise 7 a.m., duty 7.30 am., breakfast 8.30 a.m., duty 9.30 a.m., dinner 1 p.m., duty 2 p.m„ tea 4.30 p.m duty 5 p.m„ supper 8 p.m., duty 9.10 p.m. (The word “duty” signifies that the nurse will be on duty at the hours specified, though her actual duties wall vary according to circumstances). The work of the head nurse is mainly to supervise—she has to see that the assistant nurses carry out their duties properly and punctually. There are four nurses under the head nurse, and each of them has been furnished with a time-table setting out the hour when she will be on duty, and particulars of the duties she will have to perform. The wardrobes of the tiro Princesses will be looked after mainly by the head nurse. At regular intervals, hitherto, the wardrobe of the Princess Elizabeth has been thoroughly inspected by the Duchess of York, who then decides upon what clothes the Princess would need in the immediate future. The Duchess has always loved choosing her little daughter's clothes. The head nurse keeps a wardrobe book in which is entered all the details of each addition made to the Princess Elizabeth's wardrobe, and also particulars of any garments cleared out. The same plan will be followed in the case of the Princess Margaret.

The Princess Margaret does not occupy the same night nursery as her sister, because the temperature of the nursery where the Princess Elizabeth sleeps is now allowed to fall lower at night than is considered safe for a tiny baby such as the little Princess Margaret. It may be mentioned that, except in very bad weather, the Princess Elizabeth has always slept in a room with the window open. In cold weather the fires are kept going through the night in the night nurseries, and the temperature is not allowed to fall below a certain level. Social Workers:

“We are social workers with the law behind us,” was the description given the Crime Prevention Bureau of Los Angeles by Mrs E. Richards, a policewoman of that city, who arrived in Auckland by the Tofua, after a visit to the Islands, states the “New Zealand Herald.”

Mrs Richards said it was in Los Angeles that the first policewoman in America was appointed twenty years ago, but now the city had thirty-two policewomen and a city mother, who had charge of domestic relations cases that did not go to the Divorce Court. “We have our fleet of cars and we have revolvers, but we carry them only at night,” Mrs Richards said. “With the Mexican and coloured people we are always liable to get among brawls. “We visit the questionable dance halls and picture theatres,” Mrs Richards continued. “Some of the theatres go all day and all night, and for a few cents it is possible to sleep there all night. When we go on any important job we take a man in plain clothes. Another part of our business is to round up boys and girls who have run away from home to Hollywood hoping to be engaged in the pictures. They came from all over the country. ’

For admission to the force there was a rigid examination, Mrs Richards said. Revolver practice was held regularly, both at targets and silhouetted figures, and an increase in salary was given with increased proficiency. “Children under the age of fourteen are not allowed on the streets in Los Angeles after 9 o’clock at night,” Mrs Richards said. “We take them home, but if they refuse to tell us where they live we keep them at the detention home until they d 6.”

Mrs Richards, who is on leave, intends spending eight days in visiting places of interest in the North Island, after which she will return to America, via Rarotonga and Tahiti.

Latest Lingerie Modes: The choice in lingerie, it was revealed at a recent display of the new modes by a well-known wholesale firm in the West End, lies between the new nightdress sets of three garments nightie, slip, and three-quarter or fulllength coat —which are distinctly feminine in line and trimming, and the three-piece pyjamas sets, including tuck in jumpers, trousers, and long or short coat, says a London fashion expert. All shades of green, from the palest almond to lime and jade, combined with lemon-yellow or peach-pink, are used for the pyjama sets, which are intended for sleeping or beach wear during the autumn. Some of the pyjamas are destined for studio parties or cocktail parties, or for informal dinner wear at home. These have very full “godet trousers,” each of them the width of an ordinary skirt, and many of them longer behind than in front, and lined with a brilliant and contrasting material of satin beaute or georgette over crepe de chine. c All the trousers fit snugly oir the hips with a shaped band, and two or three glass buttons at each side, and the sleeveless tuck-in- blouses are cross-over. There is great variety about the cut of the coats, which are all of brilliant and patterned lame, with tight-fitting and “bathing-cap” turbans to match. One model was so long that it trailed for 6in on the ground another was cut like a man’s white waistcoat, another was kept together by a huge “obi” sash in front. Woman as Rifleshot: Lady Astor, M.P., claimed recently to be as good a shot with the rifle as her husband —but it was learned that there was no immediate prospect of a shooting match to put her claim to the test. Opening the Bachelor Girls’ Exhibition in the new Horticultural Hall. Westminster, Lady Astor said: “I am just as good a shot as Lord Astor. lam able to defend myself in

the House of Commons by rifle or by wit. “Women must not despair about what hey can do. I have six healthy obstreperous children to look after, and I ilso have a husband who wants to be looked after. Yet I have been able ,o do what I hope has been good work n the House of Commons.” Lady Astor’s claim was not made in the nature of a challenge. “Lord Astor is recognised by his 'riends to be a good shot.” said his secetary, “but he does not do a lot of hooting. He has never entered for my competitive tournaments. He will jay nothing about Lady Astor’s claim.” The Scullins—Artists. Visitors to London have often complained that its inhabitants are unfriendly. Mrs J. H. Scullin, the tall xnd youthful-looking wife of the Prime Minister of Australia finds them far more friendly than she expected. London. she thinks, is the friendliest city in the world, and one of her ambitions while she was there was to see as much as possible of London and the country mentioned by Dickens, and to visit all the art galleries in London. Mrs Scullin’s interest in art is more than merely perfunctory. She is herself a talented painter, so also is her husband, but affairs of State prevent his pursuing this hobby. Mrs Scullin’s home in Canberra is adorned with a collection of her own works in oils and pastels, which, which, despite numerous reports, she has not yet consented to exhibit. Music is another interest the SculLins have in common. Australia’s Prime Minister is a skilled violinist, his wife m equally skilled pianiste. What She Must Expect: "There are just two reasons why men tolerate women in business: (1) Because they are cheaper, and (2) because their acceptance of the humdrum and lack of the spirit of adventure make them peculiarly suitable for the innumerable routine jobs of a mechanical civilisation,” states a writer in the "Evening Standard,” under the heading, "I Shall Have to Tell My Daughter.” “There are, of course, lots of men who like to have an attractively-dressed houri floating in and out with letters, cups of tea. and personal messages. But few of these men are prepared to trust the houri with any work of real importance, and fewer still to pay her pioportionately when they do. "I shall have to tell my daughter she goes into business not to be un_aly flattered by the attentions of the managing-director. He will be willing enough to waste her time in office hours, but he will unhesitatingly walk off at 5.30 for his first cocktail and leave her to finish off the arrears of work.