SOCIAL NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21555, 18 January 1940, Page 10

SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs R. A. Holdgate, Park Lane, has returned from a visit to Wellington. Mr and Mrs O. D. Flamank, Orbell street, have returned from a visit to Blenheim. Miss Eva Bldlake, who has been visiting Mrs R. Myerscough, Archer Street, will return to Auckland to-day. Mr and Mrs C. H. Gresson, Selwyn Street, have returned from a visit to Mrs Leo Acland, Hororata. Mrs J. M. Ritchie, Dunedin, is staying with her mother, Mrs W. H. Orbell, “The Levels.” Mrs J. Stronach, Elizabeth Street, has returned from a visit to Christchurch. Mr and Mrs H. Oddie, Trafalgar Street, have returned from a visit to Picton and Nelson. Mr and Mrs J. S. Neville, Sumner, who have been on a visit to The Hermitage, Mt. Cook, have returned home. Miss Mary White, “Summerhill,” Levels, will leave to-day on a visit to Dunedin. Mr and Mrs C. G. Bryan King, Sealy Street, have returned from a visit to the North Island. Dr. and Mrs P. B. Benham, and Miss Pamela Benham, Wellington, are staying in Dr. Mackenzie’s house in Queen Street. Mrs K. D. McQuire, Remuera, . Auckland, who is the guest of Mrs W. TL Jones, Caroline Court, will leave for Dunedin to-day. Canon H. J. Knights and Mrs Knights, St. Andrews, who have been on a visit to Port Chalmers will return home this week. , Mr and Mrs John Holdgate, North 'Street, and Mr and Mrs H. B. McClatchy, Otipua Road, have left on a visit to Marlborough and Nelson. Mrs C. Batchelor, Onslow, Miller's Flat, who has been staying with her mother, Mrs Herbert Elworthy, "Craigmore.” will return home to-day. Z The marriage of Miss Diana El■.worthy, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs P. A. Elworthy, Gordon’s Valley, and Mr Hamish Wilson, Bulls, will take place on February 6 at St. Mary’s Church. The Sub-Commissioner of Railways in Denmark is Anna Vestergaard, an intellectual woman of athletic appearance. She began her career as a shunter, later became a stationmaster, and was finally appointed to an administrative position, which she filled so well that she was made Sub-Com-missioner. She will probably be appointed Chief Commissioner shortly. Four New Zealand nurses are on the staff of military hospitals. Three are at No. 1 General Hospital, Tidworth. They are Miss Leah Hood, Miss Margaret Heller, and Miss Sybil Anderson. They are all sisters. Miss Hood (Wanganui) joined the Territorial Army Nursing Service soon after her arrival in England and expects shortly to be sent on active service overseas. Miss Heller trained at Dunedin Hospital, and Miss Anderson at Christchurch. The fourth is Miss Quita Cordner, who is on the staff of Fairview Hospital, a new military hospital in Bedfordshire. She trained at Christchurch Hospital. Mr and Mrs Allan Lewis, New South Wales, are the enterprising originators of the first Australian puppet troupe, and will soon travel by caravan with their 15 gaily coloured puppet to present revues in country towns. This novel venture is the outcome of their successful puppet show, held in Sydney, where children took great delight in the puppets. Mr and Mrs Lewis, who are artists, soon became so fond of their work that they decided to give it their whole time and make it their living. To make a new broom last longer, soak it in hot salted water before using. The salt toughens the bristles. When clamping the mincing machine to the kitchen table. Instead of slipping in a fold of newspaper to make it grip, use a fold of sandpaper or emerypaper. It will ensure the grip. When using tinted starches test them first on a scrap of material. To get a pleasing ivory or old lace colour, try a tea liquid Instead of coffee. One tablespoonful of a cheap, black tea boiled in a pint of water until the required colour is obtained will give a pleasing result. Two years ago women’s silk stockings were dyed in more than 600 tones, some so nearly related that only an expert could detect the difference. Last year the range was much restricted, dyers having decided to cut out the uneconomic dyeing of many tones. Next year the colour range will be further restricted to 10. These shades, which are contained in the 1940 colour card of the British Colour Council Hosiery Advisory Committee lists, are burnt nude, carlb. goblin. Newmarket, mist beige, graphite, dryad, gunmetal, vogue, copper skin. Copper skin is a neutral beige suitable for those wearing blues and brown. Burnt nude, dryad, carib, and goblin are warm colours, and the mist beige and vogue denote the trend towards wine-tinted hosiery.

Woollen stockings—warm, but not dowdy—are the new wartime fashion note. They are being designed to eke out what will be a somewhat depleted supply of silk and artificial silk stockings this winter, states the London “Daily Mail” reporter. The London designer who produced them has made them of black, trimmed with gold clocks and they are supposed to be worn in the evening underneath a black woollen evening frock, with its neckline also trimmed with gold. But there are others. They include bright red ribbed ones for cycling and walking, some with elastic tops that come just about four inches above the knee. This device obviates the use of suspenders. For day-time the brighter the colours the better. So those with shapely legs—go to it!

Here is a really tip-top, perfectfitting and easily-made pattern of a balaclava, which in warmer weather can also be used as a cap with a rolled edge and will on that account be popular with yachtsmen and the boating fraternity. Materials.—3oz. 4-ply wool and four No. 8 knitting needles. Cast on 108 stitches—36 on each of three needles. Work in rounds of ribbing K2, P2 until you have done lOin. Cast off 28 stitches in purl and plain loosely. Work backward and forward in the rib for 2Jin. Cast on 28 stitches again, then join up the round Work four more inches in the rib. Finish the cap in plain knitting and decrease as follows:—First round: Knit 17th and 18th stitches together. Second round: Knit plain. Third round: Knit 16th and 17th stitches together. Fourth round: Knit plain. Fifth round: Knit 15th and 16th stitches together. Sixth round: Knit palln. Decrease in this manner until 24 stitches remain. Then run a thread through these and fasten securely.