WOMAN'S WORLD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19439, 27 October 1925, Page 10

WOMAN'S WORLD

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Colonel and Mrs. Goss and Miss Goss (England) are travelling through New Zealand. They stayed at the Imperial Hotel when in Wanganui at the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Rathbone and Mr. K. Rathbone, Roberts Avenue, arrived in New Zealand yesterday, after a long holiday at Home. Miss D. Hunter (Dunedin), who has been visiting in Palmerston North and Wanganui, returned yesterday to her home. Mr. and Mrs. W. Esson, St. John’s Hill, arrived in New Zealand yesterday from a holiday spent in Canada and the United States. Mrs. Gardiner (Palmerston North) is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. F. G. Beaven, Castleeliffi. JOTTINGS. The Bishop of Wellington held a service at the Collegiate School Chapel on Sunday night, when 58 boys were confirmed. The chapel was filled by the College boys and their relatives and friends, who had been invited to’ the service. The Bishop’s address was intently followed by the large congregation. Last week and week-end have been devoted to school sports. The Collegiate School held their usual Easter sports yesterday when there were a fair number of. visitors present. Clifton House sports were held on Thursday afternoon, and the Girls’ College, which make no afternoon for visitors to watch the sports, ran off their finals last Monday. The College boarders certainly make the most of their people when they come for the annual sports. One small boy was heard making an appointment with his mother for breakfast at 8 o’clock, “and I’ll bring another chap, too,” he added. CLIFTON HOUSE SPORTS. The annual sports of Clifton House School were held last Thursday afternoon on Victoria Park, St. John’s Hill. A very nice afternoon tea was served, and the afternoon being beautifully mild, the outing .was much enjoyed. Among those present were: Mrs. Joe Sutcliffe (Wellington), Mrs. Cramond, Mrs. Bethwaite, Mrs. Creed Meredith, Mrs. C. L. Ross, Mrs. Taiboys, Mrs. H. E. Ziesler, Mrs. Quigley, Mrs. B. C. Smith, Mrs. Hatrick senr., Mrs. N. Staveley, Mrs. C. Pownall, Mrs. Sidney Burnett, Mrs. Russell Stevenson, Mrs. Beck, Mrs. Harold, Mrs. H. Paul, Mrs. Alec. Wilson, Mrs. Jack Wells, Mrs. J. B. Porteous, Mrs. Hutton, Mrs. H. D. Skeet, Miss N. Currie, Miss A. Currie, Miss V. Craig, Miss E. Greenwood, Miss A. Strachan, Miss I. Hutton, Miss M. Mcßeth, Misses Stanford (2), Miss Treadwell. -

The judges-were: Messrs G. H. Pownall, A. Haworth, B. C. Smith, A. N. Cave, H. W. Wilson, C. P. Brown and B. L. Gibson. Results of the Sports.

25 Yards Open: I. J. Duncan 1, P. Lewis 2, J. T. Thomas 3. Goal Shooting (6ft.): O. Ziesler 1, P. Strachan 2, K. Wilson 3.

100 Yards Championship, senior: J. Duncan" 1, O. Ziesler 2, J. Bethwaite 3. 50 Yards Handicap, under 9: J. Burnett 1, E. Goss 2, C. Tye 3. 100 Yards Championship, junior: J. Smith 1, J. Nicholson 2, N. Lewis 3. Book Race: M. Peck 1, B. Wilson 2, Y. Palmer-Jones 3.

5 Years and Under: R. Cramond 1, A. Paul 2, M. Palmer-Jones and C. Graham 3.

High Jump, senior (championship): J. Bethwaite 1, K. Wilson 2, J. Currie

50 Yards Championship, junior: J, Nicholson 1, N. Lewis 2, N. Cameron 3. 7 and Under: J. Burnett 1, M. Taiboys 2, C. Graham 3.

Egg and Spoon: N. Brewer 1, J. Maclean 2, L. Haworth 3. 50 Yards Championship, senior: J. l, M. Hutton 2, O. Ziesler 3.

Wheelbarrow: O. Ziesler and M. Hutton 1, P. Lewis and N. Lewis 2, M. Porteous and S. Nancarrow 3.

High Jump Championship, junior: L. Haworth and J. Nicholson 1, E. Wheeler 3.

Obstacle Race, senior: A. Smith 1, M. Walpole 2, J. Burnett 3. High Jump, under 9: M. Brown 1, C. Tye 2, S. Duncan 3. Three-legged Race: J. Bethwaite and P. Lewis 1, J. Currie and P. Strachan 2, N. Cameron and Y. Palmer-Jones 3. Long Jump Championship, junior: Z. Haworth, 10ft sins, (record) 1, N. Cameron 2, R. Walpole 3. Potato Race: P. Strachan 1, Z. Haworth 2, A. Smith 3. Obstacle Race, junior: J. Nicholson 1, Z. Haworth 2, F. Moffett 3. Long Jump Championship, senior: J. Bethwaite, 13ft. (record) 1, N. Thomas 2, K. Wilson 3.

Squad Relay: O. Ziesler's squad 1, M. Thomas’ 2, K. Wilson’s 3. Sack Race: M. Walpole 1, N. Brewer 2, N. Lewis 3. Goal Shooting, 15ft.: J. Bethwaite 1, K. Wilson 2.

Squad Crocodile: O. Ziesler’s squad 1, M. Thomas’ 2, K. Wilson’s 3. Thread the Needle: M. Peck 1, M. Walpole 2, A. Smith and B. Skeet 3.

Form Relay: Form VI. 1, Form VI.A 2, Form IV. 3. 200 Yards Handicap: J. Burnett 1, E. Goss 2, G. Tonkins 3.

Old Girls’ Race: M. Latham 1, P. Wall 2, H. Bogle 3. Small Relations: M. Meredith 1, B. Hair 2, P. Hutton 3. Relay, Old Girls v. School: Old Girls. Fathers’ Race: Mr. Gibson 1. Consolation, senior: N. Hales 1, V. McLeod 2, J. Thomas 3. Consolation, junior: N. Cameron 1, N. Lewis 2, Y. Palmer-Jones 3. Junior Championship: J. Nicholson 13 points 1, Z. Haworth 10 points 2. Senior Championship: J. Bethwaite 11 points 1, J. Duncan 10 points 2. DURIE HILL DANCE. Miss M. Duncan, the third candidate for the Union Boat Club, held a very successful dance in St. Barnabas’ Hall last Thursday night. Mr. L. Smith was M.C., and the music was supplied by Mr. Foster.

Among those present were: Mrs. Duncan, cinnamon crepe de chene; Mrs. Wansbrough, emerald green marocain and silver lace; Miss N. Duncan, coral brocaded satin; Miss Duncan, green brocaded satin; Miss Macrae (Motukaua) pink crepe de chene and silver 'lace; Miss R. Wansbrough, rouge maro-

cain; Miss A, Fantham, pink shot taffetta; Miss Hoy, pale blue brocade and white fur; Miss K. Hoy, cream and green satin; Messrs Duncan, B. Lawrence (Tabanaki), McGregor, Doig, Pennyfather, Allpress, K. Nairn, Smith (2), Bev. Tye and many others.

When putting your furs away for the summer do not neglect to treat them with Furriers’ Moth Killer, the same as is used in the Salon of Madame Menere and Co., the Furriers, 127 Cashel Street, Christchurch. A tin will be forwarded you post paid for 3/- by Madame Menere and Co., and it will last you easily 12 months.

THE WOMAN-HATER

EVE’S EASIEST CONQUEST. (By Philippa Kendrick.) Whenever I hear that So-and-so is a “confirmed woman-hater, my dear’’ .... I know that very soon I shall have news of his easy‘capitulation to some designing daughter of Eve. Those pitiful barriers he erects to keep off feminine invaders crumble at a touch of the truly discerning hand! The reputation in which he rejoices, poor wretch, is a snare, not a safeguard. It is a direct challenge to the subtle weapons that woman never wields more skilfully than when she is attacking the citadel of a professed woman-hater. Easy Prey. For your woman-hater has been made so by some woman who was too clever to be bothered with him; or some woman who didn’t bother to be clever enough! He has been let down so badly that he immediately, pro. tom., dismissed the whole sex. What easy prey, therefore, for the woman who still thinks it worth while to play a masculine fish and land him! She can do it with a modicum of kindliness of heart, of pleasant charm, and of that balm-like flattery that is still the sovereign healer of the wounded masculine heart. Have you not seen her at the game 5 She begins by artfully admitting, with that sad, reluctant smile we know so well, that we are a bad lot. She affirms the masculine criticisms in toto, cleverly building up, so to speak, the picture of her own contrast with the contemptible herd. A Modest Creature. Once that creature is well established in the woman-hater ’s thoroughly well hypnotised mind, she proceeds to make further capital out of it by the assumption of a lovely generosity towards her own inferior sex. The woman-hater loves her for a modest, loyal creature when, once certain of her ascendancy, she assures him gently: “But, my dear, you musn’t think I’m an exception! There are hundreds of women to-day with quite as much capacity for bonne camaraderie as I!’’ Her reward, of course, is the bliss of hearing him protest: “Nonsense! you are a woman in ten thousand. In fact I don’t believe there’s another woman like you in the world!’’ Eve can play this card ad infinitum. The more generous a feminist she is, the more generous will be the misogynist’s estimate of her lovely character; and the more unshakeable his conviction that she is absolutely unique in her loyalty, her broadmindedness, and her love. Thus falls the mighty woman-hater.

UNPOLISHED WOOD HOW TO SECURE A FINE POLISH. (By STELLA HARLEY.) On the market these days arc numbers of pieces of handy furniture, made of unfinished wood, that are sold at extraordinary reasonable figures. There are tables of all sorts and sizes; there are roomy, low cupboards, with table tops, that are fine for the bathroom, and there are bookshelves for the bachelor girl’s sitting-room, or the bedroom that serves the dual function of sleeping apartment and * den’ for the girl just home from boardingschool. Camouflaging The Cost. Without going to the bothersome business of staining, you can camouflage the cost of this unfinished wood furniture by a very simple, housewifely method, imparting a lustre literally like satin. Use turpentine and linseed oil—equal parts of each. The liquid thus mixed should be applied with a nice soft cloth. Rub until you see the surface growing exquisitely polished before your very eyes. For this is not a treatment that wants a

terrible lot of ‘maturing,’ so to speak. Better Than Amateur Varnishing. And the ‘finish’ of the gleaming surface is ever so much finer than that obtained by the use of shellac or varnish. These really need an expert touch. But oil and turpentine are the house-wife’s own familiar friends, and they make her independent of the services of the professional polisher. NEW USE FOR ORGANDI USEFUL HINTS Many of the large shops are “selling off’’ their stocks of coloured organdi, for this is a fabric which does not pay if it is kept too long in stock. Buy organdi lavishly if it is reasonable in price, for curtains of this dainty material, in pastel shades of liac, pink and yellow, are going to oust filet net at a very early date. The little hangings will need full frills to give them their proper value, and these frills cut into a good deal of material, so calculate carefully for them.

The 19th century dressing-table, with a full organdi petticoat, looped up here and there with bunches of rosebuds, is quite the dennier cri in furnishing circles. A valance to match on your bed will look well, and, of eourse, your pillows must have frilled organdi covers for daytime wear. Organdi pleatings represent the last word in chic for lamp-shades. Their freshness is their great beauty, so have an extra length in reserve. When the first set is laundered, add to the rins-

ing water a little gum arabie to give stiffness to the fabric, and use the iron fairly hot, with a nice, shiny “slipper” sheath to make it run smoothly. If you want your maid to look particularly smart at your tea-parties give her a small apron of tinted organdi and a Russian mitre pleated head-dress to match. She could have nothing fresher or daintier. The set could be completed by cuffs and a Peter Pan collar of the organdi, used double. —M.D.

HINTS AND RECIPES To Clean Bronze. Bronze ornaments can be cleaned with turpentine, afterwards wiping well and polishing with furniture polish. The green arises from neglect in cleaning them. The furniture paste is quite sufficient afterwards, if cleaned regularly. * * * * Flower Vases. Are often spilled because they arc top-heavy. To prevent accidents put a few pebbles or some sand at the bottom of vases when putting flowers into them. The weight will prevent the vases tipping over easily, and the peb-

( bles often are a help in arranging flo I ers, as they hold the stems in poi tion. * # # #

Possess great cleansing power. Coli potatoes, used instead of soap, clrnri tho hands well and keep the skin soft! The water in which potatoes are boiled! is excellent for washing the table gild ver in, enabling one to keep it bright' with very little trouble, and after re-i moving egg stains from spoons. Potato water is excellent, too, for spongy, ing out dirt from silk.