Women Folk

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16455, 17 June 1921, Page 9

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Mr and Mrs *T B. Reid went ti ►unedin for the races.

Miss Naucarrow has returned to Christchurch from Dunedin. Miss Valerie Reid has returned to Christchurch from Dunedin. Mrs Selby Palmer (Hawke’s Bay) and her children are staying with Mrs Wells. Mrs M. H God by has returned from a brief visit to Wellington, -where she left her two sons at school Mr and Mrs C. Rutherford and Mr and Mrs Gordon Rutherford have returned to Canterbury after a trip to Duaedin. The engagement is announced of Miss Edith Haggitt. youngest daughter of Mrs B- C. Uaggitt, Anderson h Bay. to Mr Guy Sinclair, son of Mr Sinclair, Lawrence. The most novel dress in the world is that of the Laplander. He wears two or three of tlio same garments, one over the other, including two pairs of shoes filled with dried grans- and two pairs of gloves stuffed with hay. In addition, his. cap is filled with an eiderdown pillow, and a long woollen scarf is wound several times round the neck and over the head. Most of the world’s emeralds now come from the Muzo mines, in the republic of Colombia, where an emerald weighing 630 carats was found recently. The Mu an mines are in a mountainous district, about ninety miles from Bogota, and most difficult of access. An the miner:! employed there are pure-blooded Indians, who show an almost, incredible degree of skill iu breaking through the limestone containing the gems. Few people in London know that the Savoy Hotel burns no coal. It is the first hotel iri the. kingdom to take advantage of iuel oil. The test has passed the experimental period, with the result that, other hotels are expect ed to cancel their coal, contracts very soon. In tlje old days the Savoy burnt 20,000 tons of coal a year. Coal carts were at the door all day long. The storing capacity was one day’s reserve of coal; now the Savoy keeps fourteen days’ reserve of fuel oil. A Harley Street '(London) specialist, who has been experimenting with tho violet ray, recently delivered a lecture at tho Royal Institution on its properties, and mentioned casually that by its aid it was nossihle to determine at onto whether diamonds .were genu in© or not, as linder it a diamond appears black, whereas paste, however good, will sparkle- Since that lecture any number of his women friends have brought their rings to him to (bo tested. and he has had to come to the conclusion that over 70 per cent, of tbo big stones which are worn in rings are not diamonds at all. Ho always now endeavours to avoid applying the* test, thinking it a pity to shatter domestic illusions, since most of the rings arc gifts from husbands! The weeklv meeting of the Social AVelfa.ro Guild was held in tho Poultry Club Rooms last Friday .; present—-Mes-daraes H. F. Herbert (president), Lack, Bartlett. Bell. Lingham, Snell, L. R Wilson. T. E. Tavlor. W. Taylor. Wegg, Griffith. G. Edwards. Armstrong. Napier, Bilteliff, Fever ill. Pyno, M Combs and Anderson, Misses Carclale (honorary secretary), Tabart, Taylor and Henderson. Mrs Herbert reported that most useful work hnd been done, bv the members during the week. Employment had been found for several men and women. Many cases of distress caused by sickness and unemployment had been attended to, and members were endeavouring to obtain warm clothing for children and invalids. It was decided to form a Visiting Committee to visit sick and needy cases; a Sewing Committee, to make un garments: a Finance Committee, to collect money and suggest w ays and means of obtaining funds; and an Entertainment Committee, to arrange for entertainments at. tlie various institutions. A quantity of useful clothing was received from the W.C.TI ~ who offered to sew one day a week for the guild. Other organisations also offered their support. It was suggested that gifts of money, clothing and vegetables would be most, acceptable- to carry on the work of the guild. There’s no period of life in which the changes are so rapid, the stages so interesting, or the memory so well worth keeping as the period of childhood. Keep the record in a photograph. Begin with a. portrait to-day. Wriggles worth and Binns, 738, Colombo Street ’Phono 1268. Xl>

The annual ball of the Crown Clothing Company's 'employees was held last Tuesday, in the Svdcnham Football Club’s half. The hall was decorated tor tho occasion with paper streamers of gold and blue, and large baskets of green plarits were suspended from tlm veiling. Miss M’Don a Id’s orchestra supplied the music, which was much appreciated. The duties of M C were efficiently carried out by Mr C. ,J. Emp&om. Late in the evening a dainty supper was served. About one hundred couples were present. * The members of the- committee were Misses B. Walter, R. Ledshaui, M. and X- Smith, G. Pedler and A. Campion. The Women's Wear Exhibition drew attention to an accessory of the drapery trade which is playing an increasingly important part in the great London shops, states an overseas tor respondent. Wax figures, designed and modelled by real artists, and figuring in fully-fur-nished rooms, are a feature iri muliy West End windows. Tailors are even showing male was figures. Children dancing on tip-toe are ot her variations upon the olcl-time wax mannequin. It is astonishing how life-like a scene, with a dozen or more of these artisticwax figures, can be assisted by clever lighting effects, good carpets, and suitabb- furniture. ' Passing such a window, a sensitive person may well get the shock which arises from coming by mistake into tho room of a. stranger, (‘failing upon a dozen of these wax is tempted to apologise, and hastily ■ lose the door. .However, the majority oi women shoppers seem to like the novel Iv. and lhe artistic was. model has evidently come to stay. When touring New Zealand a little ■more than two years ago. General Pan sent a message to Mrs Moeller, of Napier. asking that she meet him. at Palmerston North when he was passing through, so that he might thank her on behalf ol the 1* rench Government and people lor the work she had done for the women and children of Rhoims during lbe war. Mrs Moeller had sent repealed shipments of clothing arid contributions ol money which she had collected for (be people of Rheims. M hen personally thaifking Mrs Moeller, the fact was elicited that Mrs Moeller .s grand-uncle (the brother of her grandfather) was Marechal Jourdon one of tho most distinguished soldiers in French history. In Fobruurv last Mrs Moller received an intimation that the French Government had •conferred upon her the Medaillc de la Roconnaiss Franca iso, and the diploma and insignia of this decoration will shortly come to hand. By the last mail, also, she received from General Pan a letter, in which he. says he has much pleasure in forwarding her two engravings of her grand-uncle- Mrs Moeller has since received from Madame Krug, to whom the goods and money were sent for distribution, an acknowledgment of a further £SO. w hich was forwarded it) December, and which doubled in currenc-v value bv reason of the difference in exchange. (.oncoming fashions, late news from London is as 1 ollows-Tho skirt of D2l will bo rather longer, and fuller, but will be cut on straight lines. Women will not bo asked to sacrifice the comfort of a short dress, though tho skimpy skirt of last year will no longer bo worn by women who know the right from the wrong in dress. ’Waists are to bo cut long, giving a negligee effect m afternoon and evening gowns. As for colours, they • are generally bright., orange and blues being specially pomilar. Iho girl who desires to be quite up-to-date may wear a smoking jumper and a smoking cap. The mannequin who displayed this noveltv at the Women’s Wear Exhibition wore a quaint jumper of crepe de chine, embroidered with medallions of royal blue, red and gold. The smoking cap. with its prettv tassels, was made to match. Four-foot long parasols, recalling the Empire period, are recommended for garden, parties and regattas, where a touch of tlue bizarre is allowable. Handpaint ed stockings, warranted to wash, were also on show 7. A noveltv in sports clothes was lawn tennis headwear, which took tl.o form of a brightlveoloured silk handkerchief of bold design, worn in the turban style. In the French gowns of the hour, brick-red is a popular colour. Navy blue serge embroidered in red, red embroidered in black, or black gowns with red coats are colour combinations which are often seen. So is scarlet and. navy bine or scarlet and pale grey, the scarlet being used with care. as. for example, in the buttons or in pocketpi pings.