WOMAN’S WORLD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19920, 16 August 1927, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mr and Mrs Clow, New Plymouth, are visiting Wanganui. Mrs D. G. Riddiford, Marton, is the guest of Airs C. Birch, Palmerston North. Mr and Airs J. L. Lambert, Hunterville, are visiting Napier. Air Naumann and Aliss Edna Naumann visited Wellington at the weekend to attend the Heifetz season. Mrs J. Blair and Aliss Cutfield, who have been the guests of Airs H. S. Brookman, New Plymouth, have returned to Wanganui. Airs A. Burgess, St. John’s Hill, and Aliss N. Burgess, are visiting Wellington. The friends of Aliss Valerie Vance will be sorry to hear that she is ill and in Athol Bank Hospital. Aliss Al. Hirst, who has been the guest of Aliss Mackay, New Plymouth, has returned to Bulls. Airs R. A. Burnei, of Mangahouhi, has been spending a few days in town. Aliss V. Haise, Marton, is the guest of Aliss Searle. Airs H. Drew and Aliss Dorothy Drew, Wanganui, are the guests of Mrs H. E. Fookes, New Plymouth. Aliss Abraham, Stratford, has returned from a holiday in Alarton. Air and Airs Izard returned late last week from the Islands. Alias D. Blyth, St. John’s Hill, is spending a very pleasant holiday in Samoa. Airs Leary, Stratford, is visiting Wanganui. Dr. U. Williams and Airs Williams left last week for Napier. The Wanganui Rowing Club is holding Its annual ball to-night. Aliss Ethched Taylor and Miss Mildred Newcombe were among the Wanganui visitors to Wellington to hear Heifetz. Airs W. H. Gilmour, A.T.C.L., L.A.8., Palmerston North, is to be the accompanist at our forthcoming competitions. Mrs Gilmour delighted competitors at the recent Palmerston North competitions by her dainty accompanying and the little dancers will be particularly pleased to find that she will play for them as well as for the singers. The Kakatahi settlers’ dance committee held a successful social and dance last Saturday in Baddeley’s wool shed. The Misses Alacrae, who have been staying in Wanganui, have returned to their home at Tarata, Inglewood. A very pleasant afternoon was spent last Wednesday, when the settlers of Long Acre Valley gathered together at the residence of Air John Gray, Hfelmore Street, Wanganui East, for the purpose of making a presentation to Air and Airs Gray who, after many years of farming, have come into town to live.

Among those present at a surprise party taken to Air and Mrs Rhodes’ residence were Misses M. Knight, C. Burdett, K. Wells, E. Glenn, B. Montgomerie, E. Anderson, J. Mclllvride, J. Christie, Alessrs N. Barclay, TV. Alontgomerie, G. Burgess, R. Aliller, G. Alallett, E. Lloyd, S. Nairn, R. Benjamin.

ENGAGEMENTS. The engagement is announced of Afollie, daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Searle, Hawke’s Bay, to Roy Hewitt, son of Mrs and the late R. W. Haise, Alarton, formerly of Hastings. The engagement is announced of ATargaret, younger daughter of Mr and Airs H. W. Gieson, “Otamaraho,” Dannevirke, to Cecil, third son of Mr and Airs Henry S. Ludbrook, of Ohacawai, Bay of Islands. The engagement is announced of Alda Alary, fourth daughter of Mr and Airs H. Brown, of Ferguson Street, Palmerston North, to Thomas Alfred, , eldest son of Airs E. E. Tr emew an and the late Air W. E. Tremewan, of Hokowhitu, Palmerston North. WEDDINGS. WING—WATT. St. Andrews’ Church, Marton, was tastefully decorated by the Bride’s Bible Class girl friends on Wednesday, July 27, when Afargaretta Inez, fifth daughter of Air and Airs W. A. Watt, Hunterville, was married to Lionel, eldest son of Air and Mrs J. Wing, of Makirikiri, Alarton. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dainty frock of white crepe-de-chine and silver lace, with the usual veil and orange blossoms, and a bouquet of jonquils and fern. Her cousin, Miss M. Head, of Wanganui, attended as bridesmaid, wearing a pretty pink georgette frock and beige hat, and she carried a bouquet of pink and white camellias and fern. The duties of best man were carried out by Air A. Wing, brother of the bridegroom, and the Rev. Mclvor performed the ceremony. After the wedding a reception was held, the tea tables being nicely decorated and a big three-tier cake from the bridegroom’s mother being much admired. Wedding in Scotland. The wedding took place at Christ Church, Falkirk (Scotland), recently, of Doris, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Hulme, of Auckland, and Mr R. L. Hunter, son of the Rev. R. G. Hunter, of Polmont. The church was decorated with pink and white Howers and ferns. The Right Rev7s G. H. Somerville Walpole, Bishop of Edinburgh, assisted by the Rev. G. Prestoi/Tonge, performed the ceremony. The bride was given away by the Rev. J. C. Alacmichael, and wore a gown of mediaeval style of ivory charmeuse, with a heavy pearl girdle. Her tulle veil was edged with pearls and held by a Russian coronet. She carried an ivory prayerbook and a sheaf of madonna lilies. The bridesmaids were Dr. Sheila Hunter, the bridegroom’s sister, and Aliss Muriel Lavelle, of Wellington. They wore sleeveless frocks of floral georgette in shades of pink and blue. The duties of best man were carried out by Air R. H. Wilson, of Edinburgh. Alany New Zealand friends were present at the reception which was held at the home of a friend. THE GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASIA Local papers last week reported that an effort is being made to solve the mystery of Frau Von Tchaikovsky. A correspondent recently returned from Berlin tells me that the papers there were full of excitement over the news. It is a most amazing story and reminds one of the Arabian Nights or some such fantastic fantasy; not a real happening in this every-day century, it ■ ill be remembered that the Czar and i zarina and all the family were mur-

dered at Ekaterinburg on July 17, J9IS. After the massacre a Pole named Tchaikovsky came with a cart to remove the bodies. He found that one girl, Anastasia (so the story goes) was alive, although wounded in the face and side. by bayonets, her teeth were knocked out, and altogether she was a

terrible spectacle. This man sheltered her, and married her. They fled from place to place, always afraid of being caught by the Soviet agents. After terrible experiences Tchaikovsky died and Anastasia was found wandering the streets of Berlin. No one believed her story, and at last, half crazy and suffering from an incurable disease, consumption of the bones, she threw herself into the Spree. Someone rescued her and took her to a hospital. The papers printed the story which the Dowager Czarina in Copenhagen, and the Queen of Denmark, who sent money to this mystery woman. American papers sent her old playmate, Gleb Botkin, to interview her, and she is absolutely certain that she is the Duchess Anastasia. Her old nurse, Madam Gilliard, also visited her and identified her. “The Duchess Anastasia” was flatfooted, so is this woman. Moreover, she asked the nurse if she remembered a special pleasure they had when very good, of being allowed to watch their mother, the Czarina, have her hair dressed, and of how, when most annoying to a sentry on board the Royal yacht, the Czar spanked her. Ever so many little, instances like these were mentioned by the Berlin papers, and her ability to speak many languages stamped her as a well educated woman. At the present time she is the guest of the Duke of Lenchtenberg at Castle Secon, Germany,

SHOWERS OF GIFTS PRESENTS FOR THE PRINCESS. Presents were showered upon the Duke and Duchess wherever they went in their Royal tour, and many lovely gifts were sent for the baby Princess, says a writer in an English exchange. Some of the more unusual ones are:— Suva, Fiji.—The canoe used to welcome the Duchess, whales’ teeth, bowls for mixing the sacred kava (made the yangona shrub), fans, water-bottles, and silver-mounted walking sticks. Christchurch, New Zealand.—A silkcovered box containing a doll, a wic-ker-work bassinet, and a “kewpie” mascot doll for Princess Elizabeth, rugs for the Duke, and hair brushes for the Duchess. Queenstown, New Zealand.—A nugget of gold in a silver and greenstone case. Auckland, New Zealand.—A big doll inscribed “To Elizabeth.” Tai-O-Hae, Marquesas Island.—A beautiful chaplet of coral beads for the Duchess. Port Louis, Mauritius. —Furniture for the Princess’ bedroom and furniture for a doll’s bedroom, two gold cups, several silver caskets, a map of Alauritins in silver with places marked out in precious stones, a buckskin blotting case, the cover of which is a sheet of embossed solid silver. Malta.—A scarf of Maltese lace. Adelaide.—A box of toys on which were coloured birds and scenes for the Princess; two threepenny pieces “for Betty’s money-box.” Perth. —A beautiful set of raffia baskets for the Princess, a miniature bed, and a box of doll’s clothes. ►Sydney.—An exquisite doll’s teaset in Australian silver for the Princess from “the children of the great outback, ’ ’ and a big teddy bear. Canberra.—A magnificent gold and ruby necklace.

Melbourne.—A gold porringer and spoon, a napkin ring of Ballarat gold, a silver mug for the Princess. Brisbane.—A stockwhip for the Duke from the champion whip-cracker. Hobart.—A doll’s furniture suite in Tasmanian blackwood, from the children. Gibraltar—A shawl for the Duchess. OLD HANDS MADE YOUTHFUL A FEW SIMPLE HINTS It is a curious but well-authentica-ted fact that a woman’s han/ls invariably give away the secret of her age (writes Clarice” in the Sunday Chronicle). Lined and wrinkled, with ridg&uj nails, they proclaim not only the summers that she has seen but the sad neglect with which she has treated them right through her life. If you would keep your hands soft and youthful and free from wrinkles right through your life you must give them as much attention as you do your face; in fact, they really need more.

Never use hard water for washing the hands if it can possibly be avoided, and always let it be lukewarm. Very hot water makes wrinkles, and cold cannot cleanse the skin properly. A simple and* inexpensive water softener is a bran bag. Get half a pound of bran, make some little muslin bags, and put into each a dessertspoonful of bran and one of fine oatmeal. Tie the bags up at the mouth like a miller’s sack and keep them stored in the bathroom. Put one in the washing water, allow it to soak for a few minutes then squeeze out. The oatmeal will give a milky appearance to the water, will soften it, and help to whiten the skin. Always dry the hands very thoroughly after washing. Then rub a little of the oatmeal well into the skin. This finishes the drying and keeps it soft, white, and smooth.

Cocoa butter is the very best feeding medium for the hands, and; it can be bought quite cheaply at any chemist. Get a stick of the butter, put it in an earthenware jar, and stand the jar in a pan of hot water till melte<|* Add two ounces of pure olive oil and a teaspoonful of extract of witch hazel. Beat these together, adding, drop by drop, half a drachm of simple tincture of benzoin. Put in a pomade pot, and every night after washing the hands in warm soapy water them and rub in some of this cream. Pay special attention to I the knuckles, backs of the hands, and I wrists. If the hands are in a very I neglected condition, it is a good plan i to slip on a pair of chamois leather | gloves and wear them during the > night. This, however, should only be done till an improvement has been effected*, and the gloves must be very loose fitting, with a hole cut in the paJm of each to allow of ventilation. Ridges on the nails can be smoothed down if well massaged with a little oil mixed with an equal quantity of white vaseline. This should be apI plied with a piece of chamois leather, and the treatment must be given night and morning till all traces disappear. Hands that are red and coarse-lpoking can be greatly improved with a calamine lotion. Any i chemist will make this up, and it j should be mopped over the hands with [ a pafl of cotton wooi and allowed to I dry on the skin.