Women Folk

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17012, 10 April 1923, Page 10

Women Folk

By

“STELLA"

“ Stella “ will be glad to receive items of interest and value to Women for publication or reference in this column.

Mrs Richard Wall work is returning from Timnru at the end of the week. Mrs Cayley Robinson and Miss Mona Robinson are visiting the North Island. Mrs Endell Wanklyn is the guest of Mrs Grigg, Longbeaoh. Mr and Mrs T. Churehwood motored »n irom Blenheim yesterday. Mr and Mrs Starm, of Durban, South \frica, left for Wellington last night. Mr and Mrs D. Si mm returned to Wellington last evening. Mrs W. A. Cotter ill, of Cheviot, is *snong the guests at the Clarendon. Guests at the Clarendon include Miss Jury, of Wellington. Dr and Mrs W. A. Scannell. of Tim®ru, are staying at the Clarendon. Mr and Mrs George Rutherford, of Nelson, are on a visit to Christchurch. Mr and Mrs W. T. Ritchie, Timaru, left yesterday on a visit to Hanmer. Mr and Mrs W. T. Ritchie and Mrs Cossins, of Timaru, are staying at W aroer’s. Mr and Mrs G. Morgan have return so to Wellington after a short visit 4o Christchurch. Mrs R. Acton Adams, who has been in town for a few days, will return to Dunedin to-morrow. Departures from Warner’s include Mr and Mrs Guild, who have returned to Timaru. Mr and Mrs Stockwe’l and family, Timaru, went back from Christchurch •n Saturday. Miss J. Drabble, of Kaiapoi, who has been the guest of Mrs R. Hoskin. Carey's Bay, Port Chalmers, returned uorne on Saturday. ? Nurse Crompton, Worcester Street, irned by the Dlimaroa last week *.n Sydney, where she has been spending the past three months. v and Mrs Spencer Westmacott, jr.ived in Timaru yesterday from Christchurch, and are staving at the Bungalow,” Wai iti Road. The Misses Newman, Christchurch, jrent to Timaru on Saturday on a farewell visit to Mr and Mrs J- P. Mewman, “Moana.” Mrs Max Deans, Christchurch, who ♦as with Mrs Hope, “ Tumanako,” has ieft for Orari Gorge to stay with Miss Tripp. Mr and Mrs Hugh Reeves and Mr L&o Acland, Hororata, who were at the Hydro, Timaru, went home yesterday. Mrs W. H. M’Kinney, of Herne Bay, Auckland, with her little sou, are the guests of her sister, Mrs W. J. Munro, M©rivale, and are making a long stay Christchurch. Mr and Mrs G. M’Oully and family will leave bv the ferry boat on Wednesday for their home in Dargavillc After a three months’ tour of the South Island. Mr and Mrs Allan Ronnel and Mrs B. J. Ronnell. lately of Fiji, are staying in Geraldine. Mr Ronnell is relieving Mr M’Kechnie, manager of the Bank of New’ Zealand, who is on annual leave. Mrs Ben Saville‘s party gave their monthly concert at the Christchurch Hospital on Friday afternoon to a very appreciative audience. Some very ixcellent musical items and recitations were given. The performers were : Miss Alma Fletcher, Miss Sheila Tobin Mrs Saville, Miss Pauline Rodgers and Misses Beatrice and Ada Gardiner 'Purau). National Portrait Gallery has •ecent-ly acquired the pencil drawing >! John Keats, done by his personal ; riend, Charles Brown, at Shanklin in 1820. This interesting record of their ’riendship has been presented to the nailery by Miss Brown, of New Zeaand, the artist’s granddaughter. The irawing was made when Keats and rawn were staying together in the •io of Wight. The two lived in a . a-e at Hampstead, which was bought the Keats Memorial Fund. Mr Uarles Brown went out to New Zea--nd about 1840, and his grandchildren ire in Auckland. English hunting circles have barely -ecovered from the squabble between poionel Selby-Lowndes and Lord Dalmen.y as to who shall be master of the \Y hand on Cliase next month, than they have, had another bombshell thrown into "their midst- This is the demand of several ladies in various parts of the country to be allowed to take part in the point-to-point races that the various hunts will shortly be holding. It is difficult to find any valid reason tor their continued exclusion, and there are certainly many well-known vomen riders w’ho readily come to mind who would give all their male competitors a very stiff race in an *:vent of this description, but there is very strenuous opposition to this innovation in many quarters, and a great deal of prejudice will have to be surmounted. Colonel William Selby Lowndes is connected with New Zealand through his marriage to Lady Dashwood widow of Sir Edwin Dn.shwood, arid formerly Miss Florence Norton. of Auckland, who died recently. JANE LTD., 733 COLOMBO STREET The selection of your winter outfit testifies care and comparison—Madamo Jane is displaying many models of ele--ar.ee ami value in coats suits, hats, ►nd gowns, and you will be well-advis-♦d and amply repaid for the time spent 'i her showrooms. There fashion’s a test, in infinite variety is displayed vith infinite courtesy and patience. Particularly attractive are the new • ats and suits styles, materials and •nt suggest quality, cosiness and comfort. 3031

Some of those present at the Waihi School Sports on Saturday included: Mrs Howard Tripp, Miss M. Tripp, Mr and Mrs Bernard Tripp, Mr and Mrs James Muling, Mr and Mrs Barklie, Mrs Mira ms, Miss Devenish Mcares, Dr and Mrs Carmalt-Jones, Mrs Denis Westenra. Mr and Mrs l‘\ J. Rolleston, Mr and Mrs Hugh Reeves, Miss B. Reeves. Mrs C. H. Gresson, Mr Leo Acland, Mr and Mrs J. Vernon, Dr and Mrs Unwir Mrs C. Hayter, Archdeacon and Mrs Julius, Misses Bowen. Mrs H. B. Johnstone, Mrs Morton, Mrs Thompson (Dunsandel), Mrs John Guthrie, Mrs Peter Harris, Mr W. T- Ritchie. Mrs and Miss Hope. Mrs Max Deans, Mrs Norton Francis and others.

On Saturday a most enjoyable evening was spent at the residence of Mi and Mrs Wellsley Worsford, “ Waitui,” Ngaio Sti-eet, St Martins, in honour of the twenty-first birthday of Miss Bertha Worsfold. The evening passed with games, competitions and dancing, while a splendid supper was laid out in the breakfast room. Mrs Wellsley Worsfold chose a prettv white soft satin and radium lace frock, while the guest of the evening wore an electric blue silk. Amongst those present were : Mrs D. Worsfold, Mr and Mrs D. C Marshall. Mr and Mrs S- Kershaw and Mrs R. Reed, Misses B. E. and W Worsfold, M. M’Leish. H. Henderson, I Johnston, H. Grenning, H. Walls E. Kershaw, N. Ashworth P. Zorab and Whittaker (2). Messrs H. and W. Worstokl C. Lye. S. and L. Newton, H. Wright, S. and A. Whitworth, C. Mahan. J. Gates, Gordon and Jack Worsfold. Mr and Mrs George Rhodes gave a delightful dinner party at their residence, ‘‘ Beverley,” to celebrate the twenty-first birthday of their only daughter, Miss Shona Rhodes. Mrs Rhodes wore a handsome trained gown of grey brocade and metal lace, and Miss Shona Rhodes wore a pretty frock of royal blue crepe de chine, trimmed with monkey fur. T'k© din-ing-room was artistically decorated wuh crimson roses and trails of crimson leaves. Miss Rhodes’s health, proposed by Mr M. H. God by. was drunk with musical honours. The guests included : Mr and Mrs Godby, Mr and Mrs Eric Milton Lady Patricia Blackwood, Misses N- Wright (Timaru), Cicely O’Rcrke, Edwards, Barbara Worthy, Barbara Clay den, Sally Holmes (North Island), Nancy Readel, Hon. Brinsley Plunket, Messrs Ben Howell, H. Helmore, J. Rhodes, Eric Rhodes, B. Dalgety, Y. Robinson, N. O’Rorke, O. Dampier-Crossley, F. Cracroft Wilson, Luceena, and T. Gibson. The Christchurch Technical College Past and Senior Students’ Association held a very successiul opening social on I riday evening last it* the College hall. Musical items and dancing were the main features of the evening. Miss E. Tilley short’s orchestra provided the dance music and Miss D. Howarth play ed the supper extras. Amongst those present were: Mrs M’Laren, Mrs S. Frost, Miss G. and O. Clark, D. Howarth. A. Skelton, P. Gordon, Anderson (2), G. Taylor. R. and VI. Craig, A. Williamson, Turnbull (2), B. Ward, D. Smith, Dawson (2), M. Lang, D. Hapwood, Messrs G. Morris, S. P'rost, L. Large, E. Harvey, B. Richards, A. Howarth, W Brown, F. Sullivan, B. Clark, E. Pillinger, E. Patterson, J. Hill, Barnes. V. Clark, R. Matthews. D. Smith, J. Hit-chins H. Locke A. Clarke, E. Austin, L. O’Malley. W. Thomas, E. Mai ley. B. State, R. M’Laren, W. Markholm.

Mr E. T. Campagnac, professor of education at the Liverpool University, speaking at the North of England Education Conference at Blackburn, said the reason why there were English children deficient in the power of conversation wjis the decay of liome life and the simpler forms of social intercourse. The children went to restaurants and to places of public entertainment. Home for rich poor alike had come to mean a place where they slept-, a place where they sometimes. ate, but. where they rarely assembled lor talking and listening. Conversing is a domestic art which cannot he cultivated without quiet security and leisure, he said, and broken sentences of the street and the halffinished phrase of the restaurant are as uniike conversation as the noises oi the jazz band are unlike music. A few years ago it was considered had form to adapt classical music to dance purposes, states a writer in the Australasian.” If a waltz was asked for, the orchestra was ready with ‘ Druids’ Prayer,” “The Chorister,' ‘‘ Destiny,” or some other popular composition of the hour. Better than all those was the beautiful “ Blue Danube ” waltz which delighted at lea-st two generations of dancers who wore just as appreciative of a good dance as those for whom a “ jazz ” is rapture. But those to whom a music of the finer kind is a serious cult must be prepared to have their sensitive feelings lacerated, for not only has the delightful “Chanson Indoue,” which Dame Nellie Melba sings with such exquisite expression and understanding been set as a fox trot “ rag,” but the lovely “ Madame. Butterfly ” music has been used, a piece hero and a piece there, in a lilting waltz. Another musical -n u.ilation is the adaptation of the aria, “ Softlv Awakes the Heart,” from “Samson Delilah,” which has been “ ragged ” to meet the in satiable demands of the moment foi something new and unexpected. Mrs Kenneth Street’s new Hons*. Service Company, which hopes to solve the problem of domestic service, is already a going concern. On its books are the names of several employers who are hiring domestic help on the part-time system (states a Sydnev exchange). The new housevworkers will address their employer as Madam and will themselves be called Miss. They i are not “ servants.” Also they are not 1 responsible to the employer, hut to a ! •supervisor, who arranges' all the work. ' and through whom all negotiations • must be transacted. Mrs Street ha - j found that she is able to get a number of well-qualified workers who will not j take a place because' thev do not like ■ sleeping in. There are many women ’ w’ho like domestic work in private 1 houses, but who do not wish to become j resident maids. In tin.- way she has ! found excellent material for her or- j gam ring abilities. What is to be the | cost.” 1 Well, it will not be found any j more expensive to em.plov | w-y’ ers for a stn+©d number nf U , slightly higher, but the expense of run- j ning a household staff, be it small or large, will disappear, ft is part of the I contract that, workers shall In'* proper!v |