SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19667, 8 December 1933, Page 12

SOCIAL NOTES

Miss J. Turnbull, Wai-iti Road, is staying with Mrs W. N. Bond, “Dunrobin,” Southland. Mrs Denis Muir. Auckland, is staying with her mother, Mrs G. Webster, Nelson Terrace. Mrs W. A. Moore, “Venard” Wai-iti Road, who is on a visit to Christchurch, is expected home to-morrow. Mrs T. Hope, Hastings, is the guest of Mrs A. Hope, “Tumanako," Wai-iti Road. Mr and Mrs Prank Smith, “Waratah,” Albury, will arrive this week to spend a fortnight at “The Bungalow,” Wai-iti Road. Mr and Mrs J. Peter, Goose Bay, arrived in Timaru on Wednesday and are staying in Miss Howell's flat, Grey Road. Colonel and Mrs W. Shakespeare, Auckland, who were staying at “The Bungalow," Wai-iti Road, are now the guests of Mrs C. A. Crowe, Geraldine. Mrs J. Ballantyne and Mrs W. Ballantyne (Christchurch) are staying at the Grand. Mr and Mrs A. E. Budd (Wellington), Miss Kermode (Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia), Mr and Mrs Small (Dunedin) are staying at the Grand. The engagement is announced of Florence May. eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Murray, Millerton, to Henry John, eldest son of Mr and Mrs H. J. Stare, of Timaru.

Misses Kitty and Cara Courage and Mr David Courage, (Shropshire, England), who are at present visiting the Hermitage. Mount Cook, will leave for Christchurch on Monday to stay with Miss A. Todhunter.

Miss Patricia Nelson, daughter of Mr and Mrs W. H. Nelson, Woodvilie, whose engagement to Mr Donald McLarty, of the Riverina District, New South Wales, has been announced, is a clever young actress who visited New Zealand last year. She has lately been touring the big towns in Australia in the “Tout Paris” Company (J.C.W.), and is now in Sydney. If, when cleaning white shoes, you moisten the whitening material with milk instead of water, it will not rub off. This treatment is also good for tennis balls, states a correspondent. Sometimes both balls and shoes get grass-stained and discoloured. They can be restored to their original whiteness by the following method: —First scrub with a stiff nailbrush, rinse thoroughly and quickly under the tap (never allow either shoes or balls to lie in the water). Rub as dry as possible with a thick, soft cloth, and apply peroxide of hydrogen. Put outside to dry. Two or three applications may be necessary. Pack the shoes tightly with paper before starting the treatment.

The anti-slimming campaign launched recently by Mussolini has been Rome's topic of conversation. By official order all the newspapers have begun a drive to impress on Italian women that the era of the thin figure has passed, and that a more rotund, plump silhouette is wanted. The word has been passed round that the too thin figure should be known as the "Crisis Woman,” and that she must be succeeded by the “Prosperity Woman.” Fashion artists have been ordered to abandon drawing slim silhouettes. The idea behind the campaign is eugenic. It is contended that anaemic, thin and pale women make unsatisfactory mothers and bear w r eak children. The annual cradle roll birthday party of St. Mary’s Mothers’ Union was held yesterday afternoon at Mrs A. Shirtcliff’s pretty home in Highfield. Thi garden was a gay sight with its beds of beautiful roses, borders of lavender in full bloom, and trim green lawns. Many members and their families were present to take part in the very enjoyable programme arranged for their entertainment, games and competitions being played with much skill. A babv show provoked a lively interest among the mothers of the small competitors. Mrs T. E. Holdgate and Sister Adams, who acted as judges awarded the following prizes: Under 12 months—Josephine Edwin 1. Pauline Williams and Margaret King 2. Under 6 months—Girl: Patricia Wallace 1; boy: George Boorer. Afternoon tea, which was served in the garden by the members of the Mothers’ Union, was very much enjoyed.

LATEST ARRIVALS. At the Grosvenor —Mr and Mrs H. A. Snow (Tientsin, China), Mr and Mrs U. Magnusson, Messrs A, G. Macdonald, D. P. Moncur, J. A. Helliwell, G. Austad, M. von Schelling (Wellington), R. A. Jones, R, King, R. N. Suckling, H. H. Stubbs (Christchurch), S. Christensen, G. Angus, L. D. Cogan, C. Haig (Dunedin), R. Macdonald (Waikuku), Dr. A. Kidd (Waipiata), and Miss M. B. Mills tßiverton),