SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19945, 1 November 1934, Page 12

SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs R. Cox (Christchurch) is staying at the Grosvenor. Mr and Mrs Douglas Cox (Christchurch) are staying at the Grosvenor. Mr and Mrs Kemp Cambridge, who were guests at “The Bungalow,” left yesterday for Oamaru.

Mrs J. W. Court and Miss Crisp (Auckland) are visiting Timaru, and are staying at the Grand. Misses Sylvia and Janet Orbell, Pentlow, will be the guests of Mrs Newton, Ashburton, for the show.

Mrs J. E. Triggs, who was the guest of her mother, Mrs Arthur Jones, Beverley Road, has returned to Ashburton. Miss Marawill Burnett. Te x\ka Station, Hakataramea, is spending a few days with Mrs Sholto Black, Branscombe Street. Mrs John Anderson, and Miss Dorothy Anderson, who were staying at “Beverley House.” Wai-iti Road, returned home yesterday.

Mrs R. Ensor. Rangiora, who is the guest of Miss Nancy Howell, Ranui, Grey Road, will return home to-mor-row.

Mr and Mrs C. L. Orbell. Pentlow. will leave to-day to stay with Mrs J. Grigg, Longbeach, for the Ashburton Show.

Miss Hope Pinckney, “Glenaray,” Southland, who has been staying at “The Bungalow,” Wai-iti Road, left yesterday for Orari Gorge. Mr and Mrs W. K. Paterson, who have been staying at “The Bungalow,” Wai-iti Road, have taken up their residence in Chalmers Street. Mr and Mrs J. D. Buchanan. Christchurch, who are staying at Beverley House. Wai-iti Road, will return home to-day. The Rev. W. H. Norton and Mrs Norton, The Manse, Tapanui. who returned last week by R.M.S. Rangitiki, from an eight months’ visit to England and Scotland, are the guests of Mr Norton’s parents, Mr and Mrs J. Norton, Rhodes Street.

Though now called “platinum varnish,” the newest type for wedding invitations is virtually a reversion to the silver lettering of the 1890’s. So alike, in fact, do the two styles appear that it may be fairly said that, as happens sooner or later in everything, the circle of fashion has been once again completed. The Business and Professional Women’s Round Table Club held an open meeting at its monthly tea on Monday night to welcome Miss Moncrieff, M.A., who has returned from China after four and a half years with the Y.W.C.A. in Pekin. Miss Moncrieff gave a very interesting talk, telling of various sides of Y.W.C.A. work in Pekin, which is the largest educational centre in China. She also spoke of the limitation of women’s lives in the old days and of the development of the women to meet the physical, educational and social conditions of to-day. After her talk a display of beautiful Chinese robes and garments was shown by Miss Moncrieff.

In the Children’s Gallery of the Science Museum. London, has just been placed a diorama of a modern kitchen as contrasted with the kitchen of a century ago. In the latter the maid of the period had many brass candlesticks to clean, an open fire of smoking wood, an awkward flour-bin from which to draw, a storm lantern ready for when, after dark, she needed water from the pump outside, and mice to keep her company. But in the up-to-date kitchen labour-saving devices enable the maid to attend to her correspondence while the dinner is cooking, though in the diorama she has paused in her letter-writing to chide a little girl for leaving the refrigerator open.