WOMENFOLK

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17040, 14 May 1923, Page 4

WOMENFOLK

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A CHRONICLE Ob SOCIAL EVENTS I

Dr Elizabeth Gunn is visiting friends in ('hristchureh. Mr and Mrs A. T. O&rtwright i.i Christchurch oh a, visit, from Mel Lngfcon. Mr and Mrs Frank Stringer, of Tai hape. and their daughter. Miss Marie Stringer, are visiting Christchurch. Mr and Mrs J. G. Laucaat«r. of Wellington, are in Christchurch for the Canterbury College Jubilee eelebra Mrs E. W. Parke* (South Africaand Mrs AV. H. Gillett (Brisbane) ar river! in Christchurch from the West Coast on Saturday night, and are staving at the United Service Hotel. People who go about talking of “ Betty blue ” and Betty ” this or that, in connection with Lady .Elisabeth Bow«*-Lyou’s trousseau are making an absurd faux pas. snid an English writer. The future On chess of York has never been railed anything but Elisabeth in heT life, and certsinly her Royal fiance has not beat owed Betty upon her as a pet name. Signor Mussolini, the Italian Premier. i$ to preside as honorary president at the opening of th«> International Woman Suffrage- Alliance Congress in Pome to-day— just two days before the opening of the Italian Parliament. He is now entitled to wear the Collar of the Aiinunziata. a decoration bestowed on him after the marriage *of Princess Yolanda with Count- Calri. the civil ceremony of which Signor Mussolini conducted as .Votary of the Crown. He is also a GOB If she is at all superstitious Lady Mary Thynne will not officiate any more as bridesmaid after she has done so for Lady Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon next month, says a writer in the ‘‘"Westminster Gazette/’ For 3fc will be her third time in that capacity—the other two being first when she was bridesmaid to her sister, now the

Marchioness of Northampton. and the second when she made one of tho Princess Mary’s bridal retinue. Perhaps. however, “three times a bridesmaid and. never a bride” is an old saw that carries little weight with modern girls. Certainly many of them defy Fate by being married in May. ami some- go the length of introducing a touch of green into their bridal toilette, a dreadful thing to do according to the older generation.

A very interesting report has been issued by the English Board of Education upon sex in school training which eliould be read by ail who are interested in the education of girls. The committee rewpemioie tor the report are not convinced that there is any well ascertained difference between the sexes upon which an educational policy may be based. There is every reason to believe th3t girls can match the achievements of boys when they enjoy the same training. But the conditions of health are not the same, and the freedom from home demands i% much less for girls than it is for boys. _ The report, therefore, urges that, for many girls, a later age for passing examinations. and, for all girls, a shorter period of school hours are imperatively necessary. Girls are more industrious and conscientious, and less able than boys to protect themselves from overwork by 1 a healthy idleness. ”

Among all those who have been trying to obtain a second edition of youth through the grafting of some mysterious gland. I do not think that there has been one woman, and this in spite of the fact that old age is the classical bugbear of woman rather than man, says an English writer. She who is supposed to dread the coming of wrinkles and grey hairs more than any man ever did. yet holds back from tho remedy—and why? Not from any fear

or suffering, for she will submit cheerfully to the torture of having her face skinned and its contours ‘‘lifted’’; nor because she shrinks from any association with monkeys, since she festoons herself most contentedly with their fur; but rather because her craving for youth is not as a man's craving. Woman's longing to remain young becomes most acute when she finds her first white hairs, and sees for the first time that the mischievous crow has left his tell-tale footprints at the corners of her eyes; man’s only begins when a round of golf takes it out of him unduly. and he notices that the young men call him 1 sir." She prizes youth when she sees it first begin to slip away from her: he seldom misses it until it hir; gone. To a woman lhe loss of her youth means the lose of her looks. It does not worry her in the least if she cannot walk as tar as she used to do, or play as strenuous a game of tennis; she is only concerned with the fact that her checks have lost their bloom and her hair its colour, the rest doe** r.oL matter. And when the beauty specialists, and the masseuse, and the rest of the experts, have done their self, more or less., to the inevitable. ' Besides, sin may have the consolatio " J woman knows the .joy of that. * Being a grand!ather is by no means the same Huns; age bring- f* r mere oom B ei,sa t.cms to a woman than to a man. in spite ot-popular belief to the contrary Yvi on a man grows old he probably hac >° B* ve »P doiner most, if not nil. of the things which to him made life worth living, while to the normal woman the things which demand merely physical strength for their accomplishment will always take a secondary place. Loss of power, whether physical or mental, affects the average man | more strongly than the average woman, j Ton will not often find a woman who 1 breaks her heart because she Ims to re- | lire from business, yet it happens often ! enough in the case of men. You oanj not gainsay nature indefinitelv. and the | ordinary normal w«w*n would never 1 change a haopv grandmotherhood for j > <*®cond b<dv»?n*r «t (he ha nonet of ! 'filth - through prohablr gland doctors. JANE. LTD.. 733. COLOMBO ST Every woman desires a gown which , will receive the approbation of her as • *ociate»--let every woman visit Madame Jane’s showroom, where gowns of the utmost grace in line, rich in contrasting colour, spirited in style and spark ling with beauty, nre on view, and where overv courtesy and civility will attend her reception Hats and suite nre moderately priced, and von can detect Madame Jane’s hats and suits by their beauty of detail and expert tailoring 44filX LITIO If ANNUCOI. rhe rifted ’oeilie* with Madam* D'Alvarez writes:—“ Q-tol I find invaluable for beeping the hands flexible, also for aoftenme fhe beard before •having." f

Mr and Mrs O. H. Ellis, of Auok land, are on a rieit to Christchurch. Mrs A. A. E. Peijnefatber, H.i/jhficid, !cf{. for Chrifttchurefe cm Saturday. Mr and Mrs George T*;bot, Christ i. bur oh. are st&y mg at the Grerrenor Me tel. Timaru. .Miss Margaret Porker, who ha* been visiting Timarwu reto-rned t-o Oh Hatch urch on Thursday. Niva Tima.ru Rhode#! and family and Miss Caygill (“ Hadlcxre Grange ” are visiting Dunedin. Mr and Mrs T. D. Yonag and Mis* Young, Tim am, hare returned i roin C. hriatcfeurch. Mrs W. Bain, who i? with Mrs Gorc'or Wood. Tiniiirn, will return to Christchurch to-dav. Mr and Miss Ellis. Sumner, arc the guest* of Mrs A. Hamilton. Trafalgar Street. Timaru. Mr and Mrs C. T. Salmon, of Palmerston North, are the guests of Mra Claude Saw tell for the Jubilee Celebrations. The Hon George Fowlds and Mrs Fowlds arrived from the north yesterday. and are at the United Service Hotel. Mrs L. Williams (Reclcliffs), who is fhc guest of Mrs Sams. “ Balmoral,” is expected in Timaru shortly. While here she will be the guest of Mrs Clowes. AVai-iti Road. The engagement is announced of Miss Lf. Harris, second daughter of Mr and Mrs G. C. Z. Harris, of The Esplanade, Sumner, to Mr J. A. Wilson, elder eon of Rev and Mrs G. D. Wilson. Woodvine. On Saturday- the dance at Dixieland was a great success, and was thorough, l.v enjoyed by the sixty couples present. Sutherland * Jazz Band supplied dance music. Amongst those present were: Mr and Mrs West. Mr and Mrs Frank Jones, Mr and Mrs C. V. Loemmg. Mr* Gray. Mrs M’Kellar. Misses P«ggy Norton, M. Mason. G. Mitchell, Clark. Patterson. Painter. V. Montgomery. Mad alette Vvner. Xgalo Marsh, Rich, Bean. O’Sul'livan. M’Gallan. Hart. Whitmore, M. March. Mona Neary. Elza, Schumaker. O. Owen, Esma Rastrick. Earn© Williams, T. Quinn, G. Holley. P. Montgomery, Ahson Madeod and B. Shackle toil. Dr R. G. Shack let on. Messrs Andre Sknlski. S. A. Bennett. Glauville. Hammond. Harris. Hean. Wilford \ J. Shackle ton. R. Hall. Upjohn.' F. Craeroft Wilson, B. Dalgety, Willis. L. Cooke. I. Saxby. N. H. Graveston. D. Joynt. E. F. Ward. E W. Watson. \ icror Weston, David M’Milian. Noel Jones. Peter Sloane. A. Smith D A Lightband and W. Hicks.

Miss Gibson and the members of the Women Graduates Association provided afternoon tea for the radii ate,s and visitor? after the capping day ceremonies at Canterbury College on Saturday. The tables, which were ari anged with beautiful chrysanthemums and palms looked particularly attrncj tl ve. Amongst those present were Dr and Mrs Chilton. Professor Macmillan Brown, Dr and Mrs Hight and Mias Doreen High*. Mr and Mr* 11. D. A eland, the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr and Mrs Flesher). Professor* and Mrs Wall. Professor and Airs Blunt. Professor and Mrs Denham, Professor and Mrs Hansen, Professor and Airs Speight and Miss Speight. Dr Rankine Brown. Miss Herriott, Dr and Mrs Thacker, Air and Aire Henry Holland. Dr J. W. MTlwraith, Dr O. E. Adams. Mr and Mrs Milnea, Air and Mrs O. T J. Alpers. Mr and Airs J. E. Purchas, Mr and Mrs E T. Norris. Pro feasor and Airs Shellev. Professor and Airs Salmond, Dr »b<| Mis# Farr. Airs W. H Clark, Air and Mrs J. Collins Air and Mrs R-onajd Cuthberfc, Mrs and the Misses Fairbairn. Air* C. L Hart. Air and Airs A At. Burns. Mr and Airs Widdowson. Miss Oxley. Mi Louis Cohen and Miss Cohen. Air H voti Ha*st. Mr W. F Ward, Mrs Rob ert Bell. Hon O. W. Russell, Miss Joyce, Mrs Asohtnan. Miss Alice Condy. Mr A. K. Anderson. The De Luxe Jazz Club held its opening dance in the Art Gallery on Thursday evening. Excellent music was supplied by the Syncopated Saxaphone Orchestra. The decorations were very effectively arranged. Among those present were: Mis* Gladys Rugg. peacock blue velvet with sleeves and panels of cire lace; Airs A. Broome, black satin and net with gold trimmings; Miss D. Whitley, black taffeta* embroidered in green sequins: Miss W illis. cerise taffetas, velvet bodice , Alias A. Liggins, black silk; Miss K. Clmrch, blue satin and silver tissue ; Miss V. Thompson, pink satin : Mrs S. Hodgson, black satin and gold sequins: Airs Whitley, Lack satin embroidered in red; Miss Loose, lemon crepe cle chine: .Miss Voice. lemon georgette: Miss Rees, blue satin; Afiss M. Hodgyon, blue georgette and Met ; Miss E. Shami. blue taffetas: Miss L Moore, geranium pink crepe de chine ; Alies ( . Whitley, kingfisher blue satin; Miss Avrey, jade satin ; Mrs Grose, blue taffetas and sequin overdress; Mrs 111. L. Kettle, can de nil and gold rose trimmings : Afiscs O. Gates, jade green satin ai / georgette; Miss A!. Gates, pale pink crepe de chine and silver trimmings; Miss Pettyjohn, cream silk and ihum lace: Miss Carnback. shell r>ink silk; Miss 1. Ilonan. lemon satin; Miss M. Lewis pale pink crepe de chine: Miss Lye, plum coloured satin: Miss Al. Hodges, apricot crepe de chine embroidered gold beads; Miss E. Kettle. blue satin ; Miss- V. Kettle, pale blue taffeta*: Miss C O’Connor, pink satin and radium lace; Alias R. HookfuuvL blue satin : Atis* Ai’Gill. crushed strawberry georgette: Miss H. Circe, black satin and georgette; Aliss D Crm. black satin : Alias O Greig. red satin and velvet; Miss H. Ayrcv. blue shot satin: Miss Smith, jade green; 1 Mrs S. Burnside rose pink crepe de ; chine: Miss M. Matthews, cream satin. Messrs J. Oawood. M Craw. 1,. Craw. C. diamlterlain. Gay. Parker. C. Higgs. W’hitlev, Pnrves (2\ Tipler C2), Foster. Ashby, Voice. C*. Waghorn. Cruse A. M'Donald. Groff ski. L. Halliday. AT'Kenaie. W. Watts. C. H. Harvey. Burnside. S. Hodgson. I> Al’Grade, AV. Nicol. Trevalvn. Squire, .T. Edwards S. .Millar, C. North. H R Kirchner. Morrison. Law. T. Brown. J. Quickeniden, Dillinmn. A“atemanStevens.* Anderson. ‘ VAREX ” FOR BAD LEGS. Even when hospital treatment lias failed to cure varicose ulcers, permanent healing is accomplished by Yarex j Treatment. Cures without pain while you work. Four to «ix weekly dreeaI ings for ordinary ulcers. Write to j Ernest Healey. Chemist. Foxton. Local representative : Nurse Curtis, 249, I Manchester Street* 4

Mrs Ballard. North Island, is with Mrs W. Priest, Timaru. At the conclusion of the course in invalid cookery held at the Technical College for hospital nurses arid technical students an examination in tho principles and practice of the subject was conducted bv Airs Gardner, Afiss Gilmour and Miss Beck, and passes were awarded as follow: Nurses— First class: Atisses G- Aitken. N. Baxter, C-. Carnavan, G. Garden, M . Jakins, K. Parlane. A. Rattray. 1. Stewart, and J. Symon : second class; P. Ilolphes. Technical students- • Fiv*t class; Misses 1. Baker and P» Patten. A surprise dance was held at tho residence of Mrs Edmonds. New Brighton. The iooms were prettily decorated with Chinese lanterns and stream ers. Among those present were Mrs Edmonds. Mrs VvuJinms. Misses R. Edmonds. X. Edmonds, B. Edmonds. R. Jackson. M. Bridgens. O. Harcourt. IL Hamilton. T. Kennedy. L. Cooper and G. Hulston, Aleser* S. Jackson. G. Kemp, K. Edmonds, A. Boon, 1. Cromb, F. Dewitt. K. Brown, W. Cameron, L. Clarkson and A. Clark. Miss E. Af’lnman, Lagmhor. Ashburton, arrived on Friday and is spending two weeks in Christchurch. The Republic of Armenia has the credit of having the first woman cuttle expert. This is Madam Zoi un Tsendorf. a Russian refugee, who has been appointed chief veterinarian and director of stock farming for the America.- Near East Relief Orgauis tion in Armenia. In her new post she will have control of several of the most important stock farms in Armenia. Madam Tsendorf was formerly the wife ot one of lire largest stock farmers in Russia. She lived in Moscow and | insisted her husband in the I n.ent of seven big estates ; n Southern I Russia. She received the title of vet- ; eriiiavy from tho Government • College in ATos.tow. During the revoj lotion slve h••••*«me a in Sor.th i Russia, and finally, when her lost r«j Kources wer* gone, she found herself j an applicant for refugee relief. It way j d‘yoOTSv.-d, ths. •. she wa« a- cattle **- ! port, and <h.e was imruedintcD emn’oved ‘ f.armir.g rry-*c;'. i« N rtf Vrr? -nia. f.on which she . «ose i-ap •> her jwsition as director i for the Republic.