Women Folk

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16942, 17 January 1923, Page 10

Women Folk

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"STELLA"

-'"ysssrsai 153155555301135581 The Misses Madge and Dorothy Par onsou left for Timaru to-day. Mr and Mrs M. S. Brown. Webb Street, are motoring: to Hamner this week. Mr and Mrs A. A. M’Master, Amberley, are staying with Mrs Gower Burns. Mrs A. W. Bull, of Auckland, is staying at Warner’s. Mrs H. Douglas, of Glasgow, is at the Clarendon. Mrs H. H. Fisher, of Albury, is staying at the United Service. Mrs A. Watson and Mrs J. Miller, of Oamaru. are among the guests at the United Service. Miss Ida Gough, of Sydney, arrived from the Coast last night. She is going on to Queenstown. Mrs A. K. G. Rhodes is the guest of bar daughter, Mrs George Hutton, at “ Bangor.” Mrs Bernard Wood is the guest of hor mother, Lady Ward, at Heretaunga. Mrs Neill Rattray is staying with her mother. Mrs Helmore, “ Millbrook,” Fendalton. Mrs and Miss Speedy, of Lower Hutt, who were in town for a few cloys, have gone on to Mount Cook. Mr and Mrs A. E. Budd, of Welling- 1 ton, are amongst the guests at the j Clarendon. Mrs Stronach Patterson and her daughter are visiting Wellington and are staying with Mrs H. W. Lever. Misg Way, of Christchurch, is the guest of Mrs Harcourt Turner, Wellington. Mrs Robert Johnstone, of Wellington, and her two daughters, are on a | visit to Christchurch. Mr and Mrs W. Sparrow and Miss \ Sparrow, of Ashburton, are the guests of Mr and Mrs A. F. Smith, Hack- j thorn© Road. Cashmere. Mrs Nesbit, of Dunedin, and Mrs j Crouch, of Brisbane, who were visiting i Christchurch, have left for the Herrni- ] t-age, Mount Cook. Mr and Mrs George Dickinson cam© 1 from Ashburton for th° TW’Lachlati- ! Smith wedding, which took place toMr and Mrs Howard Seldon are Ashburton visitors to Christchurch for the wedding of Miss Thelma. Smith and Air Archibald Af’ La chi an. Miss Thelma Thompson leaves Christchurch to-day for Timaru, to take part in the Messrs Wauchop's revue, “ A La Carte.” The engagement is announced of Alix, youngest daughter of Air and Mrs •T. H. Kirk, “Abberley.” St Albans, to William, youngest son of Air and Mrs H. Ck Jamieson, Esplanade. Sumner. On Saturday afternoon, at the residence of Messrs Gale Bros., 407. North Road, Styx, Airs and Miss E. Gale entertained a number of their friends at a garden party. Afternoon tea was served on the lawn, after which a ver\ pleasant time wns spent in music and games. The guests present were : Aleedames Gale. Neale, Hurst. Leonard. AFMillan. Misses Gale. Neale (2), Hurst. Horne (2), Hart. Leonard, Hooper (3>3reckon, Ait ken (2). Milne. Chapman. Roper, Williams and Yeoman. The weather was not the most pleasant at Wellington on. Saturday, but m spite of the high wind that swept, through the city quite a. number of tile delegates to the Science Congress at present sitting in Wellington, attended the picnic at Wainui-o-mata, which was arranged in their honour. Tire beauties of the drive were much enjoyed and the famous tunnel was viewed with much interest, several of the party going into it. for some little distance. } Tables were set under the trees, anil j after the long drive the ai fresco meals were aprpeciated. His Worship the Mayor welcomed the visitors and one or two other speeches were made. The visitors were much interested in al! that they saw at Wainui. and thoroughly enjoyed the outing. Another party was also entertained by Alr H. Field, ' M.P.. at his Waikanae residence, and a very pleasant time spent. French and English are the official languages iu use- at tl»e League of Nations, said Airs Dale, the Australian woman representative on the Council of the League. Anyone who has not ;• working knowledge of either of these must bring an interpreter with, him at his own expense. TheTe was an attempt to place Spanish upon the official list, as about, ninety million people speak it : but it was not carried. Es}>eranto has also been strongly advocated. This, too, was rejected on the plea that it was an “ orphan” language. “No father, no mother, no literature of its own ? Who want? to learn it?” asked the objectors. But those who had learnt it pretested, and vor-> much annoyed at its rejection. So annoyed. Indeed, that the question was submitted to the board of intellectual co-operation. JANE, LTD.. 733. COLOMBO STREET. Madame Jane's showroom ic rich in attractive garments for present wear. Not only i« the quality of everything offered unimpeachable, but the value -»s unsurpassed. Take a nary gabardine coat frock. most originally trimmed with steel nailheads—handed low on the figure —a youthful and modish garment, attractively priced at 9 guineas. For wear with this delectable gown. a. choice of chic navy hats, small r*r largo, each earrying its own particular appeal—an appeal enlianoed by tlie prioe, 42a. 1682

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Airs Pinckney. Hastings, is staying wit-h th© Aiisses Cox, Nile Street, Timaru. Airs Ernest Pallisor. Lynll Bay, has left for a visit to her parents at Red cliffs, Christchurch. Air and Mrs Alec Duncan, who hare been in Wellington, are in Christchurch cii route for their home in Dunedin A dance in honour of the visiting New South "Wales ladies’ tennis team will be hold in the Dixieland Cabaret to-night. Aliss Alurray, recently of Adelaide University, now on the staff of the Cawthron Institute. Nelson, is in We! lmgton attending the Science Congress The engagement is announced of Nurse Ina Al. Weaver, late of Staffer * Hospital. Blenheim, and the fourth daughter of Air and Airs A. Weave/. Glenburn, ’ Kaituna, Alarlbo rough, to Air R. G. Nimzno, the youngest son of the late Air R. H. Nimmo, of Fox ton.