NOTES FOR WOMEN

Wairarapa Age, 6 October 1926, Page 2

NOTES FOR WOMEN

Mrs. Herbert Wood, wife of Dr. Wood, Ormondville, is at present visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Victoria street. Miss Sybil Tennent, formerly of Masterton, who has been on a visit to the Old Country, has booked her return passage. Sister K. Booth, who has been visiting her relatives at Middle Run, Car* terton, leaves for Cairo next week. Miss Hampton, of Island Bay, is visiting relatives in Masterton. Miss Pickering, formerly of Master, ton, has joined the staff of Chilton House School, Lower Hutt. Members of St. Matthew’s amateur players will take part in a concert to be held at Carterton this month. Miss Taylor, of Kohinui, Pahiatua, is visiting Miss Colquhoun, of Church street. The engagement is announced of Margaret Shirlaw, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Johtston, Tinui, to James S. Langdon, second son of the late James S. Langdon and Mrs. Langdon, of Larchbank, Tinui. Last Saturday was a gala day on the Martinborough links, when the prizes

Avon during the year were presented. Mrs. W. J. Martin, president of the club, made the presentations, while Mr. J. Martin spoke of the progress of the club and the keen interest taken on all occasions by the popular president. Special reference was also made to the energetic secretary, Mr. AV. Kitching, who always takes such a pride in his work and devotes a great deal of time to the club. The prize winners were: Ladies’ Senior Championship, Miss M. Martin; Ladies’ Junior, Mrs. W. Kitching; Men’s Senior, Mr. J. Martin; Men’s Junior, Mr. B. Thomas, who also won the medal; Ladies’ Highest Aggregate Score, Miss Martin; Men’s Highest Aggregate, Mr. J. McDougall. Mrs. W. J. Martin (president) was wearing a handsome black coat with hat to match and an ermine stole. Others present were: Mr. and Mrs. W. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Kitching, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Martin,- Mr. and Mrs". H. Blundell; Mr. and Mrs. Lorck, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Evans, Mrs. Geo. Pain, Mr. and Mrs. H. Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Biss, Mr. and Mrs: Norris (Wellington), Mrs. McLean, Mrs Fountaine, Mr. and Mrs. H. McMaster, Mr. and Mrs. D. Cameron, Misses Martin, Ussher, Daniell, M. Martin, Clarke, N. Martin, Hibberd, Tyler and Blundell, Messrs W. Martin, McKay, McDougall, Thomas, B. McMaster, Moffatt, J. and K. McMaster, and J. Kershaw.

Miss Stubbs (Martinborough) is spending a holiday in Wellington. Mrs. Geo. Pain has been visiting Wellington. Miss Annettee Barton has returned from a holiday in Christchurch. Mr. and Airs. W. J. Melody, who returned recently to the Dominion after spending eighteen months in Great Britain were entertained at a 14 welcome home ’ ’ at Lower Hutt on Saturday. The gathering was attended by the committee, headmaster and staff of the Hutt Central School, and other intimate friends of the guests of the evening. In extending a welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Melody, the chairman of the committee (Mr. W. H. Amos) spoke of the wide experience Mr. Melody had gained in educational matters while in England, and announced that he had kindly promised to deliver a lecture on his travels at an early date. The headmaster of the Hutt Central School (Mr. Tamblyn) seconded the welcome, and said that Mr. Melody’s added experience would be of great value to the school, as well as to education generally in the Dominion. In replying to these and other speeches of welcome, Mr. Melody spoke appreciatively of the splendid reception he and his wife had been given on their return, and gave some account of their travels in Great Britain, Europe, and South Africa. During his absence, Mr. Melody was promoted to the position of first assistant master of the Hutt Central School.

Raffia embroidery is one of the most delightful fads of the moment. A beautiful jade green frock recently seen was embroidered with raffia in shades of perriwinkle blue, emerald green and mauve.

Purses of aeroplane linen, painted with landscapes and fastened with amusing clasps in silver, are decidedly correct, while the sausage roll shape in lizard skin with padlock fastening will be a familiar shape.

The 44 sports” line triumphs everywhere. Evening jumper suits are delightful wear for the slim. One made of thick white crepe de chine bordered with the new Lely blue, was trimmed with cut suede in many colours.

Some of the organdi dresses arc of the crinoline order. In cyclament, or pale violet, saffron-yellow, dainty China-blue or pure white, almost all the muslins this season are printed with gorgeously contrasting designs, in green, rose-pink, brilliant red, or some other hue. Black is worn by older women, but on the whole is seldom seen at the gayer places.

A pretty theatre cap of finest gold filet, cut Russian coronial fashion and embroidered with flow’ers, has been specially designed for those who have to travel some little distance, and possibly drive their own car. It is light enough not to disarrange the coiffure in the least, but also snugly fitting enough to keep the hair beautifully tidy.

Glovcmakers for a long time have been baffled by the difficulty in producing a glove which docs not lose its shape because of the wrist-watch. The problem has been solved in Paris, where the fashionable glove now fastens at the back of the hand, leaving an aperture through which the tiny timepiece can be consulted at will.

The Daily Mirror, London, says: Lady Parr, wife of the now High Commissioner for New Zealand, is beginning to-take an active part in Dominion affairs in London. She is a pretty woman—far better-looking than her photographs portray her—and she dresses well, has a distinct charm of

manner and a nice voice, which are assets jaot to be despised in an important High Commissioner’s wife. Lady Rhondda is already a director of 28 important companies, not the least of which are those she inherited in 1918 from her father, whose right hand she was during the last years of his life as a great coal magnate and Government controller. Discussing’ the difference between men and women in business, Lady Rhondda declared to an interviewer that “it is impossible to generalise in this manner, and I do not see that women are any better than men. It is purely a matter of the individual. ” Princess Mary is a frequent Royal sponsor of the pink vogue, and chooses an exquisite shade that enhances her fair colouring and complexion (writes a London correspondent). Pink is also the increasingly favoured hue of society’s younger set. Lady Carnarvon, whose joune fille prettiness is always subtly emphasised by a perfect dress sense, appeared at a recent function is a much-remarked gown shot pink taffeta, in a semi-picture style, the long sleeves being very wide and slashed at the sides. Long-sleeved evening gowns arc rapidly becoming a feature of La Mode, though up to the present they have been seen mostly at dinners, and are only very gradually iiivadtng the ballroom. Pink, too, has long Been a recurrent choice of Lady Diana DuffCooper’s. Before her shingled and bobbed days she used frequently to tie up a coquettish side-curl with a little pink schoolgirl bow; and at a recent garden party I noticed she had succumbed to the lizard craze in a pink chiffon gown patterned to resemble the original skin.