For Women Folk

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12068, 25 July 1917, Page 7

For Women Folk

By "STELLA."

PERSONALIA.

Mrs K. Williams, Tokomaru Bay. Is staying with 'her son at Warwick Hou'sei.

Miss Mildred Brodrick and Miss Mabel Orbell are on holiday in Sydney.

Miss Leila Way, Christchurch, is the guest of Canon"and Mrs Mayne, Napier. ■' * * » *• *

Mr and Mrs Walter Henderson, Invevcargill, arrived in Christchurch last evening, and have joined their daughters at Warwick House, where they expect to be two or three weeks. ■5 » v » •

Miss Eileen. Smythe, Papanui, has returned to Christchurch after a long holiday in Nelson.

Mr and Mrs A. A. Cameron and Miss Meredith loft Christchurch Jast evening on their, return to Masterton. " *****

Miss Tripp, Orari Gorge, has returned to her homo after paying visits in North Canterbury.

Mr and Mrs A. W. Rutherford, jun., Brcckdale, left, for Tiniaru to-day to ceo their children.

Mr, and Mrs G. M. Butterworth, Duncdin, are staying at the United Sendee.

# * » * * A reception for tho French soldiers who are at pre'iemt in Wellington was given by tho Minister of Defence, the Hon Sir James Allen, at the Wellington Soldiers' Club on Monday evening. *****

Mrs Milne. Hereford Street, is visiting Wellington.

MUKTT MISSION

Miss M'Gregor, one of the > enthusiastic mission workers in India, who are doing so much good for women of that country, is now on furlough in New Zealand after eight, years there. Yesterday afternoon Miss M'Gregor gave a short ehat to an interested audience of ladies, on 'the mass movement of the people of certain parts of India towards Christianity. Miss M'Gregor is a. member of the Mukti (Salvation) Mission, which is an interdenominational evangelical Christian Mission, designed to help high caste Hindu widows, deserted wives and orphans. It aims ait training the young women and girls sheltered in Mukti Home, mentally, morally and spiritually. Shortly Wore Miss M'Gregor left India, within two or three weeks, fifty converts from Hinduism were baptised, There are over two [thousand castes amongst tho Hindu peoplo in India. Many of the young women of the "Mukti Mission Institute are enthusiastic workers for the Red Cross Society. To-morrow evening Miss M'Gregor will give an illustrated lantern lecture Paul's Schoolroom, and has somo excellent views showing tlm different activities of the workeducational,, industrial, printing, domestic and patriotic. * * » * *

TEA DRINKING.

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN AND CON-

SCRIFTION. Tho Australian Women's National I/Caguo is not willing to take. any share of responsibility for the- rejection of conseriotion. The governing council of that body has passed l -the following resolution :—"That tfaa Australian AVomeu's National League repudiates Dr Sir A 1 moth Wright's assertion that the women of Australia were responsible for the defeat of tho conscription referendum m October last. The women of Australia, 12.000 miles from the battlefields of En rep?, have never faltered nor blenched,, but have_ proudly sent their men to light with England's sons in tliis great, war for justice and freedom. That the conscription referendum failed was due to tho sinister influeneo of disloyal men who, by gross misrepresentation, succeeded in misleading tho peoplo of some cf tlia Australian Stat-ns, thus securing a majority against conscription/' A TRIP IN BURMA . A New Zealand lady living out in Burma is Mrs Dudley lnskipp ''nee Miss Edith Thomas, daughter ot the late Mr R. D. Thomas, of Christchurch), whoso husband is manager of the Mutual Mines, Ltd. Some interesting details have arrived in Wellington, describing tho nineteen days' iourney from Rangoon to the mine. The first seven days were passed poling up a very beautiful river, the eye being gladdened by gorgeous bird life and wonderful colouring. Tho nights were spent in forest bungalows. Then a drive in a bullock cart brought the travellers to Papon, where only two white men live. That was th 3 last touch of civilisation. Next came three days on elephants, sleeping in the jungle at night. The. elephants take the mountain passes with ease—they "go over anything and everything quite calmly." Five days' J'ourney up the treacherous Salween liver followed, with its terrible rapids. The elephants once more were the motive power, and the destination was rea.ched right away in the Shan Hills, on tho Siamese border, where the white population consists of seven men and three women. There Mr and Mrs lnskipp expect- to remain tmtil March, 1918, living in a very comfortable little bungalow. The position is entirely shut ia by high hills; flat ground has no existence, and every inch of land used for

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HOLLAND'S FIRST WOMAN PROFESSOR.

; (By J. C. WRIGHT, F.R.S.L.)

bungalow-building has to be excavated. Wolfram, a very" valuable product in these days, is obtained from the mine.

COLONEL OF WOMEN'S ARMY.

The Commandant of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, which includes the lOjOOU women serving with our Army in France, is Mrs Chalmers Watson. It is essential that the leader of an army should be a good organiser, and there is no doubt that Mrs Watson is an excellent one. Not only has she done a great deal of organising before the war, but she is a member of the family of Geddes, which speaks for itself. Sir Eric Geddes is now First Lord of the Admiralty; whilst another brother, Brigadier-General Geddes, who in peace 'time was professor of anatomy at a university in Canada, is Director of Recruiting. Mrs Watson has to acknowledge her brother, the brigadier-general, as her superior officer, but she is the first woman to possess a rank equivalent to that of colonel.

Like her brothers, she is wonderfully energetic, and possesses what is often described as the "Go of the Geddes." She has, besides, great intellectual powers, and is altogether a very charming woman, THE JAPANESE SASH.

If the sashes grow more ornamental and inorease in size, our gowns will merely be accessaries to thcin. The Japanese obi, which was introduced by Jenny, has a dozen or more rivals on every kind of gown, fronj, a sports suit of jersey to a biill gown of bullionstamped satin, says a fashion writer. There are sashes that wra.p around the waist three times, to outline the various places where a sash is supposed to be; there are sashes that go ovea: the shoulders, pass around the waist, drop down the back of the skirt and across over the hem in front 'to give a barrel effect below the knees. In truth, there is no limit to what is done with sashes. Splendid ribbons are used, the kind that were made by hand, in the sixteenth century. They are beautiful enough in themselves for gowns, with the addition of a bit of lace or crystals.

The University of Utrecht, lias appointed Dr Johanna Westerdyk, daughter of an Amsterdam politican, to the chair of plant pathology. She_ is Holland's first woman professor, it is reported. * # • » »

Tea drinking is a modern custom. It was unknown in England two hundred and fifty years ago. The Japanese rave drunk tea for a thousand years; theii teapots and tea-jars are very beautiful. India has had the custom of tea drinking for ages. Tho people in that big country thought thai te.i. had tho power to dispel evil spirits. Now tho Easterns-—that is. 4hc people of China and Japan nnd Tndii and other countries in" that part of the world—do not drink tea as we do—they do not add either milk or sugar a, s a rule. Their modes of drinking, too, are different from ours. After making the tea the liquid is placed in a bowl, from from which the, guests partake. Teajars are sometimes pajised from person to person; these jars are very beautiful, and are much valued and admired. You may see specimens of these in the museums of our large towns and cities to-day. Though not so fond of art as tho Japenese, and caring less for the cup than its contents, wo like our tea, and tea drinking is not only common, but quite the fashion among all classes. Who does not know the meaning of "afternoon tea"? Of course, tea should only be taken when needed, or it may hurt our digestive organs. We suppose most geoplo know how to make tea, but it may be well to be reminded that to obtain the proper flavour the teapot should be heated hefore the tea is made, and the water, on being poured over the tea, should actually be on the boil. One more reminder: Do not Ist the tea stand for mora than two or three minutes before it is poured off. * * ♦ * • BORROWED PLUMES. A novel idea, but not one that would appeal to everyone, is that of a circulating clothes club. An English paper says that one has been formed by «ix girls, who have all much the same figure- They have a general post of outdoor clothes once a fortnight. Tho six are ividely separated, and 60 run no chances of their clothes being recognised. Economy indeed! * * * * * MRS ROLLESTON. London and Paris), IS RECOMMENDED for all Hair and Face Treatment (especially Falling Hair, Premature Greyness and Dandruff, Face and Complexion Treatments, Specialised. Hairwork o£ every description and Permanent Removal of Superfluous Hair by Electrolysis. DOMINION BUILDINGS, Cathedral Square. « ..... r FISHER'S, FLORIST AND FRUITERER, COLOMBO and GLOUCESTER STREETS, dlivercd on shortest notice, delivered on shortest notice. FRESK OUT FLOWERS DAILY. Nice Selection of Artificial Wreaths at Reasonable Prices.

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