Women Folk

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16694, 28 March 1922, Page 9

Women Folk

By

"STELLA"

Miss Olive M’llrnith leaves Wellington to-night by the Athenio on a visit to Kngland. Miss Maude Elder, who has been staying at 1 ‘ White Rock,” returned home yesterday. Mrs Medhirst (Auckland) is paying a visit to Mrs Wyvern Wilson, Feudalton. Mr and Mrs R. Finlavson (Auckland) earn© up from Dunedin last night, and are staying at the Royal. Alias Gladys Lumeden (Sumner) and Miss Dorothy ShirrifFs (Christchurch) left last week on a holiday visit to Wellington. Visitors to the White Hart include Miss Lydia B. Allen of Napier, and Mr and Mi's E. M. Collins and Miss P'lora Badlev, both of Auckland. Mr and Mrs J. C. Morton (Melbourne) have gone up to Fairlie to stay with Mrs Morton’s sisteT and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs F. O. Scancs. Mis* Gwen Opie, M.A., At.Sc . Principal of the Ladies’ College (C.M.S.) Colombo, will leave OhriatI church for Ceylon on Thursday. . Mr and Mrs I,i. G. 6. Brodie. of Paikakariki, are staying at the Clarendon, and Mrs R. Vanderkelen (Melbourne) | arrived this morning in Christchurch, and is a guest at the same hotel. Mr and Mrs Robert Livingstone hare up to Wellington to say good-bve to Mr Livingstone’s mother and sister, Mrs C. Denham, who leave for Kngland to-night by th© Athenic. Mr and Mrs James Wnlsh (Whit© Hart Hotel) hare gone to Wellington to be present at th© Trentham Races. Quite a gap will be left in the social life of Christchurch by the simultaneous departure for Kngland of members of three of her leading families. Mr and Mrs Alexander Boyle and Miss Boyle. Mr. Mrs and Miss Cotterill, and Mr and Mr* George Helmor© and Miss Kathleen Helmore all left for "Wellington last night to join tbe Athenic. The engagement 5b announced of Miss Nora Campbell, younger daughter cf Mrs Campbell and the late Mr Michael Campbell. River Road. Avonside, to Captain P. E. Hanic. of the All America Cables Company. Miss Campbell leaves by the Tahiti on April 11 for New York, and her future home will be at Monto Video, which is Captain Harne’s present headquarters. Mr and Mrs Percy Klvorthy, who, aorompanied by Miss Rachel Elworthy. are up for the polo sports, are staying at Warner's. Mr Arthur Eiwortbv is the guest of Mr and Mrs R. M. Macdonald, Mr and Mrs Herbert El worthy and their two children are at Warwick House, Mrs Percy Johnson and Miss Sybil Johnson are in town for the «ame event, and other visitors are Major and Mrs Bond. Mr and Mrs J. C. Miller, and Mr and Mrs H. C. Orbed Crimaru) "and Miss O. W r . Lyon, the latter party being guests at the Clarendon.

Lieutenant Colonel the Hon Nigel iiathorne-Hnrdy and Mrs GatliomeHardv, with their son and daughter, were passengers for New Zealand by ib© Rernuem. Colonel Ga/thorne-Hardy, who is the youngest son of th© second Karl of Cranbrook. was A.D.C. to Governor of New Zealand from 190 < to 1910, and it was during his resident there that he married a daughter tf Sir Charles Johnston, of Karori. The son just born to Sir Francis and Lady Price is their third child (says a London paper). They have two daughters. Lady Price is a New Zealander, daughter of Sir William and Lady Russell. her marriage having taken place in the Dominion thirteen years ago. The eldest son bears the rather misleading name of Rose, but this is a family Christian name; his father is Sir Francis Cara doc Rose, fifth baronet, of Hensol. Glamorgan. Balla-ntyne's announce thtot Musao will be provided in their Tea Rooms from 10.30 to 11.30 daily, commencing on Motidav next. Afternoons as usual. TTS

Faster weddings are very fashionable, and we were recently very interested in being shown some new styles 1 n weddine: groups finished in “Sketch ” style (hilt far surpassed anything we had previously seen We would advise nmrr.G interested to see these at Millard’s Crown Studios. Appointments can ho made for da- or evening. 1231 There’s no period of life in which the changes are so rapid, the stages so in teresting, or the memory so well worth keeping as the period of childhood. Keep the record in a photograph. Begin with* a portrait to-day. Wrigglesworth and Binns. 738 Colombo Street. ’Pohne 1268. XD.

“ Stella ” will be glad to receive c items of interest and value to Women for publication or refer- ( ence in this column.

The first lecture of the 1922 session in connection with the Home Economics Association is to be given by Air S. E. M’Cart by in the Y.W.C.A. <n Friday evening next at eight o’clock. He is to speak on laws relating to women and children, which is a fairly wide subject and should prove of great interest.

It was generally assumed that the honour conferred upon Mrs Hughes in making her a Dame of th© Grand Cross of th© British Empire was recommended to the Governor-General by the Commonwealth Ministry, as usually happens when honours are given. “ It is understood, however,” says the Melbum© correspondent of ‘‘The West Australia n.’’ “ that no recommendation in regard to Airs Hughes was made by th© Australian Alinistry. H.M. tb© King has apparently taken th© initiative of recognising th© numerous public services rendered by Airs Hughes.’’ Alias Valmai Atatson was the guest of honour at a. “bathroom” afternoon given for her in Ballantyneds private room yesterday, by Aliss Alnrjorie Ta.it. Th© tea tables wer© placed in th© form of a T. and were gjiily decorated with Larkspurs in shades of blue, mauve and pink. A very recherche tea., was served and a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon spent. Aliss Matson went in a frock of navy silk, with jazz pattern, and wore a hot of navy straw. Among the guests wer© the Misses Rita and Rhona Matson, Wanda Warren, Edith Minty, Dorothy Diamond, Jeon and Alarjorie AC’Douga.il, Dora Wood (Afel bourn©), Rosamund Wood, Noelin© Knight, Winnie Piper, Doris Thacker, Aleg Garland. Joan Jamieson, Grita Clarkson and Zoo Gray. Tli© soldier patient© from Rnnnerdal© who are at present staying at Sumner had a very enjoyable and all too brief visit from mem hern of th© Liedertafel on Saturday night. A short and excellent programme was given, the men thoroughly enjoying every item and expressing grateful thanks to tboir entertainers. The men were aJs© present on FVida-<- night at an entertainment at the Institute for Deaf Mutes a.t Sumner by Miss M’Donald. which took th© form of a dance recital by !>©r talented pupils. This was most thoroughly enjoyed both by the children of the institute and the soldier-guests, the applause Jieing frequent and hearty. The visitors before they left wer© entertained to supper at the institute. “I wonder.” says Phyllis lot tb© ” British Aust.ralia.sian“whether tb© Alarchioness Gonyngham will retain her title when she marries Mr Rapcr? If she does she will have a. precedent in Constance, Duchess of Westminster, who retained her title after sho had divorced the Dike and married again. The Duchess of Afar]borough is sometimes referred to as Consuelo, Dichess of Alarlborough, and sometimes bv the name of her present husband, a commoner. The theory is, of course, that once noble always noble, and therefore the widow of a peer retains her title when marrying again. Divorce, however, was not prevalent in the. days when these rules were fixed, and it is doubtful what rule© peeresses who have divorced their husbands should follow when marrying again. Tt must be very irritating for a duchess to fall th© whole length of the ladder of the peerage with a thud, and to go into dinner at the tail instead of at the head of a procession! Some recent brides have shown an extraordinary disregard for custom and tradition, in that they have elected to "ear black frocks on their wedding day (says th© “ British Australasian ”). Lady Aluriel Bertie, only daughter of the Earl and Countess ol Lindsay, and so, through her mother, half Australian, who was married a few weeks ago, wore black; and so did Mrs Rosita t orbes, the well-know n explorer, who was married recently for the second time. Such a lack of what one might call proper superstition seems almost i shocking. It recalls the story of a j young American negress (though the motives must be quite dissimilar) whose husband died. Aa the belonged to the very poorest class, she could not afford to buy mourning, but had to continue to wear the coloured cotton dress which constituted her wardrobe. She fretted a good deal, as she felt that, her social position would suffer. However, in a lew months she became engaged again, this time to a prosperous young workman. On her wedding day she appeared. proud and happy, wreathed in smiles, dressed from head to foot in a complete outfit of widow’s weeds, even to a pair of tight black kid gloves, the ! gift of her new bridegroom ! ft is interesting to learn th© views of th© Rpr A. Cl. B. West, Rector of St Dj list a ns-in -1 h e-Ea s t (and for twelve years incumbent of various churches in Adelaide and Melbourne) says the. current number of th© “ British-Austral-asian.” on the comparative position of tbe Anglican Church, in Australia, and in England. He says that though the Church out there is nor, strictly speaking. endowed at all. the clergy are paid ,33 per cent more than in England, with all th© endowments. “You'D find,” ho says, ‘'that the theory of a. living wag© for workers extends there to the men who work from the pulpit. There is a. vitality in an institution which pays its way by the free will contributions of those who are interested in its efforts." And lie adds. “ The contrast ! Crowded congregations in a selfsupporting church less than fifty years old. on the fringe (of the. Empire) ; tinv congregations in a well-endowed church in the very h©nrt of the Metropolis, w here the worship of God lias been maintained unceasingly for over a thousand years.” Air West has proved himself a good friend to Australia in many ways, not the least of them being that he now enables us to quote him as a weighty authority, in i order to refute the charge of materia 1t ism which is sometimes brought against us. | Lighthouse Cleanser. Lightens Housework. All stores, fid per tin. 1

Th© dancing season for 1922 really begins with tbe polo ball, which takes place in th© Winter G-arden to-night, and' promises to be inaugurated by ) a really brilliant function. Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Viscountess Jellicoe, who are th© guests of Air and Airs A. E. G. Rhodes at “Te K. or aha,” will be present with their suite, and every detail which could conduce to the success of the ©veiling has been carefully thought out. The committee, which consists of the Hon Airs Tabu Rhodes, Airs Hutton, Air Bernard "Wood and Alajor iiig. announces that though the dance is an informal one. without programmes, it is in no sens© a cabaret dance, permitting th© guests to attend each with his own dancing partner, but really a ball without the use of programmes. Aliss MacDonald’s orchestra will supply the music.