SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20102, 8 May 1935, Page 12

SOCIAL NOTES

Misses A. Price and C. Price, Invercargill, are staying at the Dominion. Mrs A. Jackson, Wai-iti Road, has left for Wellington to join the Wanganella for a trip to Australia.

Dr. and Mrs Stanley Brown, Invercargill, are the guests of Miss Brown, Dinting House, Temuka. Mrs J. Mowbray Tripp. “Silverton.” Woodbury, who is on a visit to Christchurch, is expected home to-day. Mrs Charles Tripp, Southland, arrived yesterday to stay with Mrs C. H. Tripp, Wai-iti Road. Mrs W. J. LeCren, who has been staying with Mrs E. J. LeCren, Evans Street, has returned to - Christchurch. Mrs Donald Burnett and Miss Marawill Burnett, “Te Akatarawa,” Kurow, are staying at their home in Wai-iti Road. Mrs Huddleston, "Cadogan,” Sefton Street, accompanied by the Misses Edith and Lucy Huddleston, will leave to-day to stay with Mrs Hall, Rotorua. Miss Elsie Oddie, Wellington Girls’ College, is spending the holidays with her parents. Mr and Mrs J. C. Oddie. LeCren Street. Once again needlework is in fashion, and it is quite modish to arrive at a friend’s house to spend the evening, carrying one of those giant needlework bags made of cretonne or tapestry, that the Queen bought at Lady Londonderry’s sale (writes a Londoner). I have even seen those large Victorian work baskets in use again. It is very modish to arrive at a party with "my needlew’ork, dear.” You can make yourself a delicately fragrant face lotion, which will soften and W’hiten your skin and renew its vitality, by using sprigs of rosemary. Gather a goodly quantity of sprigs and put them in a large saucepan. Bring to the boil and allow to boil rapidly for a few minutes, then allow to simmer for about half an hour. Simply strain the liquor off through a colander, and then, before bottling, strain it again through butter muslin. It will now be ready for use. The second Sunday in May is held sacred as Mothers’ Day. The foundation of Mothers’ Day was the idea of Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who, in deciding to commemorate the anniversary of her own (pother’s death, conceived the great thought that it would be a beautiful tribute to all mothers, living or dead, if, on a given day all youth united to make Mothers’ Day universal. Many will assemble on the second Sunday of this month to pay homage to their mothers. On this day it is customary to wear a white flower—the emblem of Mothers’ Day. The Women's Engineering Society of London has as its new president Mrs Amy Mollison. the celebrated aviatrix, who, in writing to a Sydney member of the Society, speaks of her own and her husband's great disappointment in failing to reach Australia in the Centenary air race. During her term of office, the Society, Mrs Mollison says, will devote special attention to aviation matters of general interest, and the programme was to be started with a debate between her husband and herself on the subject, “That Recordbreaking Plights Serve No Useful Purpose.” Mrs Mollison was to support the motion and her husband to oppose it.