A PAGE FOR WOMEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20014, 3 December 1927, Page 18 (Supplement)

A PAGE FOR WOMEN

Social News Fashions, & General Topics

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Items of interest, social or personal, should be sent to the Editress, c/o * ‘ Chronicle. * * The sender’s signature is necessary, and news Intended for Saturday’s paper must reach the office by Wednesday evening; for Tuesday, ‘ by noon, Monday. Miss Keeping is visiting her. sister, Mrs J. Colomon, Wellington. Mrs Hunt. Nelson, is visiting her sis•r, Mrs Spier, Palmerston North. Mrs James Campion. “Ok#»rae.‘’ is ow residing at Braeburn. Mrs Jefcoate wa* hostess at bridgt □ ring the week. Miss E. Mitchell. St. John's Hill, ha turned from Nelson. Mrs M. McCartney returned early ii te week from eTaihapp. Mr and Mrs Hope Gibbons left fur Wellington earlv in the week. Mrs A. Gibbons left for Khandalial lis week. Miss M. Harrison returned froi lasterton on Wednesday. Mrs F. Webb Jones, Wanganui i- ' iing Auckland. Mr and Mrs A. H. Christie and M - hristie. of Manaia. returned fror vdnev It<t week, and spent a feu dayi Wellington prior to their return tLady Hb-haidson. who is at prrsen isiting Samoa, intends to return t Jew Zealand early next month. Mr Emus. Wellington, and Mr Its Roberts, Auckland, are guest< : Jraeburn. Mrs R. Jackson and Miss Hilda R r: -- ers were in Fciiding for the races th»> reek. Mrs J. P. Ward. Wanganui River, is' he guest of her mother. Mrs Jefcoate. I Miss F. Saxon, Wellington, is the ru«‘st of Mrs Beaglehole. St. John's| Dr and Mrs Aldred, Wellington, art I ;:e guests < i Mr and Airs Wallace, i inkatahi. s J. Elliot, of Rangitikei. is the I in st of Mrs G. Williams. Palmerston' ><rth. .Miss Naomi Whalley will leave l*al- | rcr-ton North next month r«»r Dunedin. <’ie b.a< !•••. r. engaged bv the Dunedin ii<ir:J -ietv for the performance of ■ •The Messiah.” Mrs Alim Hogg, vrtm has been the! Z.i-i-t of hr- mother. Mrs Swan, left tor In'. •. rcargill on Monday. Mrs Irvine. of Oamaru. is visiting Friends in Palmerston North. Mr* Rankin, who has been the guest , I'f Mrs Svdmy Rankin, left tor Wei- ■ iingtou on Monday. Colonel and Mrs J. T. Standish, ot i Auckland, who lived in Palmerstun | North some years ago, again intend to , ake up their residence in that town. Mrs A. Grav. sent., left last Monday ' for Wellington. Mrs Bullock Douglas was hostess at ; bridge on Friday night. Mrs Norman Bla«-k left for New Plymouth on Wednesday. Mrs J. P. Cann (Sydney . Mr end ; Miss Anderson (Sydney . ami Miss i Rowden (Wellington-, are guests at i Braeburn. Mrs McArthur (Dunedin*, is visiting! sister. Mr E. Collins (Fordell-. I Mrs A. M. I>*wis. Wellington, and | Miss Lewi*. London, who have been ; Mrs Peter lewis' guests, left for Tan marui.ui and Rotorua on Thursday morning. Mrs Bates wa« hostess at bridge on Tuesday afternoon. •1 rs Latter is staying at Braeburn. Misses Bayley were hostesses at bridge yesterday. ENGAGEMENTS A recent engagement of New Zealand interest is that between Mr H. S. H. Gilmer, son of Dr H. Gilcior. or V»"oi lington, and Miss Rewa Weston, daughter of Captain and Mrs T. 8. Weston, who are now resident at Southsea, says an exchange. The engagement is announced cf Nvrah Henley, only daughter ~f the late Dr E. A. W and Mrs Henley, of Napier, to Dr William Anderson Bird, son of Mr and Mrs W. Bird, Wellington. The engagement is announced of eldest daughter of Mrs C. Evans, tnd the late Cecil Evans, of K a pong a. to John, youngest son of M r and Mrs J. Tyack. Pukehou. Hawke’s Bay. The engagement is announced of Zellie Dupraz. second daughter, of Mr and Mrs Robins, of Auckland, to George Rae, youngest son of Mrs Mon teith. Epsom, and th, late Mr J. H. Monteith, of Hastings. ODDS AND ENDS. Mrs T. Rhodes has donated a dainty »air of silver ami greenstone knife •eats for the “A” croquet players of .he St. John’s Hill Croquet Club, and Mrs Pauli, a “croquet” gold brooch to the “ B ” singles players. Miss D. Robertson. Green Lane. Auckland ha*- received word that she has won a scholarship in the Australian School of Art. Miss Robertson was educate*! at St. Mary's Convent. Wanganui. It is not generally known in Wan ganui that Mr J. Huxley, son oi Pro-

- lessor Huxley, accompanied Mr Amery j ‘as secretary. When in Wanganui h< , ; met Mrs Wickham. who had worked' ; with him for an election when she was i j in England. Letters have come to hand from Miss . Olive Cooke now in London, where she j jis having a most enjoyable time. Miss I r.nkc is well-known in "Wanganui as j I formerly one of the teachers at the ' I Avenue School. How many children know of the - stirring history of early Wanganui, or of many historic spots near their ' homes? One •lay some children were j taken to an an-H-nt Maori pa. where . the history of an old time battle that > broke the power of a great tribe was; unfolded. Although it was but a couple | of miles from the town most of the i children had never been to the pa and | knew nothing whatever of its history. > And so it i* with a thousand historic ’ -puts throughout New Zealand. Iu format ion has been received by ; M;s- Elsie Garner, of the Grey mouth | J'.rl Guides, to the effect that she has | • „■. n successful in gaining the first I •ar fur New Zealand in an essay com- j ~-tition entitle.! ” Hiawatha's Christ t.ur<h Day." say- an exchange. Miss ..I.cl Peacock, the New Zealand ..ithoress. who judged the essays, says ••■T Mi-s Garner’s essav was. without ioubt, the best work submitted. Otlnr countries besides our own Mam-times mete out inadequate punisii-,n.-n: -says an Auckland writer;. I.n rhcsier* six weeks’ hard labour was i <• sentence -riven to a man who had . tt a a two-vear-old child until Tt fainted, the mother having to listen , • u.-ide a locked door. The child was r-'-irted to have seven digererit kinds I wounds and bruises. At about the -.- : .me a man was given nine | .... nths' bard labour for being concern • ; in the theft of two motor-cars. The ! is not so much better for children after all. In the course of a letter to a iricnd, Nurse Welby, who was formerly district jiur.c at Mokau-Awakino. states that she is visiting Rotorua tor a few lavs prior to leaving for Sydney tovisit a sister, ami also to meet another sister, a nurse who is returning from America. Nurse Welby is going to .Xmerira earlv in the new year. She a-lds that her great news is the publrcatipn of her book on nursing, which has been accopta’.- by a firm in Sydney. Al-s XViedman. wi-»ow of the weitknown Channel swim trainer, is practising at Dover for an attempt to swim the Channel this summer. Births in London during 1926 numbered 7b.525. as compared with 82,401 n 1923. stated Dr F. N- Kay Menzies, i Medical Officer for the County of LonI don, in his annual report. A difficulty often met with, more es- , pceially among the lower middle das?. I is the objection on the part uf lancr- • ionds to children. . “No children taken” is frequently I a stipulation, and the doctor suggests ' that, as the cost of repairs is likely i to be increased in a house full of chili dren, if the landlord were entitled to 1 make some deduction from the rates j in respect of premises occupied by par- ; < nts with children, his attitud-c wou’ ’ . b«? changed and it might even result in I preference being given to such, tenants. A jeweller tells me that emeralds . are fetching exceptionally high prices • just now. In fact, they are eonsiderab!ly dearer than diamonds. Carat and > olour are, however, the chief factors which govern the price. t i ■’ SCOTCH SHORTBREAD Ever;- ne likes Scotch shortbreid and yet few are able to make a success of the home-made variety. I had similar trouble until one day I had the good fortune to obtain the perfect recipe. If stored in an air-tight tin, ’he 'hortbread will keep for a. considerabl e ! rime and never lose its crispness and i freshness. Beat 4ozs. of butter and 2ozs. of ' sugar to a cream and add 4ozs. of flour, ' a handful at a time. Mix carefully and slowly together and. when all the flour is added and almost mixed in, j turn on to a board and sque.eze well ! together with your hands, which should ! be perfectly dry. Now make the mixture into a roll about 3in. or 4in. in diameter and cut I into rounds about ’’n. thick. Place i the rounds on a baking tin and bake ; in a slow oven for 40 minutes taking j care that they do not burn. CARE OF THE FEET ■; Aching feet are often feet that are j becoming flat. Exercises, such as walk i ing un tip-toe. or standing with the ! reels together and alternately raising and dropping th<‘ heels, should be done i night and morning. For ankles th'at ' need “thinning” gentle massage i should be given, always working from - ankle to knee. For instance, sit on the bed and put the foot on the back of a | chair. i Perspiring feet can be remedied by - dusting well with boracic powder, if I they perspire excessively, a hot foot . bath should be taken every evening lasting from ton to fifteen minutes, j The bath should contain the following 1 lotion: Potassium permanganate 2 j ounces, water to 10 ounces; one ounce of the lotion to be used to every half I pint of water. Tender feet can be hardened by rub- ■ bing every other night with a little I methylated spirits. After a djance al- • ways soak the feet for a few minute? i in warm water.

(WOMEN’S DIVISION OF THE 1 FARMERS’ UNION The largest and most representative (gathering of women over held in Wan ( ganui took place in the Sargeant Art ■ Gallery last Friday afternoon, when the ‘ Tvlayoress (Mrs Rogers), and .the (Womens' Division of the Farmers’ Inion entertained Mrs Amery, wife of (Mr 1.. H. Amery. Secretary of State for (the Dominions. Representatives of the Victoria League. Piirnket Society. District Nursing League. St. John Ambullance Brigade, Lady Jellicoe Club, Sali vat ion Army. W.C.T.L’.. Presbyterian I Ladies Guild. Girl Guides. Girls’ ' Friendly Society, Ladies Auxiliary of j rhe Rotary Club. V.M.C.A., Swankers’ (Club. Ladies’ Committee of the reI turned Soldiers’ Association, and Wan I ganui Orphanage were present. ' Mrs Amery was met at the entrance By Mrs W. .1. Polson (Dominion President of the W.D.F.I’.). Mrs R. Lilburn (President of the Wanganui branch), (Mrs J. Joll (Hastings), Mrs Carson i- Palmerston North), Mrs Carter (Eltharn ». Mrs Groome (Waipukurau). Mrs Gorringe ( livin’). Miss Simpson ( Marton). Mrs T. Stewart (Ohingaiti), Airs Swainson (Hunterville), and Mrs R. Somerville (Okoia). Mrs Amory, wore a tailored costume of grey with small rose hat and grey Little Catherine Gibson, daughter of Mrs R. 1.. Gibson (vice president of the Wanganui branch) presented Airs Amory with a bouquet, tied with the Division’s colours —red. white, blue and ; green. Aji efficient orchestra under Mr I-’. Holloway played selections during - the afternoon and Airs Leo. Campion sang two songs, one of them a New Zealand anthem, with a male quartette for the chorus. Mrs Polson welcomed the visitor on behalf of the Division, and spoke of emigration. Mrs Lilburn also welcomed -Mrs Amery, and members of the organisations who attended the gathering. while Mrs Wickham, in a short ’ s speech, spoke of the happy time she had spent in England. Airs Amery's address laid special stress on unity in the home-life, thus laying the foundation for unity in the Empire, and the world. Also the importance of obtaining the right class of women for work in this country. Among the many present were: Mesdames W. Rogers, Hay-Campbell. A r . Williams. A. J. Crawford. 11. D. Robertson. H. Christie. R. L. Gibson. Avery, Nicholls, AV. Birch. C. Bignell, F. I Lomas, AV. Wall. N. Bain. IL R. S. Tay- | lor, T. G. Oldaker. A. G. Bignell, H. V. j Hammond, H. D. Bates, F. (’. Fantham. j A Hatrick sonr., E. Forlong, A. Afurchic, .1. Alartin. F. P. Taiboys. A. I Came rota, A. Hammond. Alitchell, ’ McPhail, A. Anderson, D. Henderson, Dykes, AlcAliilan. Lawrie, Simson, B. Cave, Cocker (Hawera), Pre.sttdge (Hawcra), Sultyeberger (Hawera), ’ Miss Carter. (Hawera), Brandon, CreedMeredith. 1. Newton, AV. Veitch, G. Afurch, E. Silk. Newrick, Morrison. H. 1 Collier, AVylcy, A. Collins. AVolvern, E. Herlihy (Okoia). AV. A. Macdonald, C. PoyntCr. Feist (Brunswick), Carver, ’ Duxficld, E. Cox. Hargreaves, AVhiternan, G._ A. McDougal. W. Ashton. Ful- • ton, B. Rice, AV. M. Falconer, G. Hand- ' lev. Preston, E. McDonald, Shcrriff, C. ' Hunger. L. Shcrriff. J. Taylor. N. G. (Armstrong. H. Al. Langridge. Mullins I l(Brunswick), Parker. AV. Glasgow. A. ; i J. Barton, AL Spurdlc, J. Russell. i K. H. Cave. J. Harold, Palmer-Jones. E. { Merewether. Leo. Campion. Leon AVil- ' kie. Hay Campbell. D. Mason. S. Davis, G. Franklin. C. P. Brown. A. Crawford, A. J. Crawford. G. IL Robertson. S. I Cross, J. Burnet. AVuotten. A. Boyes, T. I I Hine, < . L. Duigan, G. Harper, AV. . Stewart. J. C. AVickham, O. Hales. G. H. t I E. Wall, S. Aloffett, G. Bullock-Douglas, . ;T. Wells, H. A'. Haszard, Haszard senr., H. Duigan. J. Harrison. D. Blythe, J. Anderson, F. Bryce (Marton). A. Stevens (Al art on), B. Gillies, F. .1. Denton, I F. Cunningham, B. Atclntosh. L. Bran--1 don, V. R. Cooke, Allan Hogg (Auckland). AV. Draffin, R. Hughes, Olsworth (Hunterville). D. Sutherland (Fordell). ’ S. Hammond. Low’ry (Hunterville), J. Knight, AX'. Cunningham. James Cam- ‘ pion ( Fordell), A. Robinson, D. Campion. • J. A. Neame. J. Blythe, 1.. Bell, F. 1 Parkes, Tarrant, J. Coull, A. Doig. R. J. Jackson, Simons. C. AA r . Babbage, A. Turnbull. G. Glenn, R.P. Giblin. T Scott. ' E. A. Gibson, H. E. Ziesler, R- Jackson. 1 Preston. D. G. Polson, T. Rhodes, J. e Watt. Dr Mollie Christie, Misses Cruick ’• shank. Grcttargh. Mitchell. Carver. l>aird. M. and J. Medonald, Mullins (2) | Jordan. L. Lilburn. AL McDonald Blythe, Cohen, Frazer. Avery. E. Davis. ! J. Strachan, Al. Jackson, Hamilton. Polson. Benjamin, Anderson. Higgle, Pratt II Tosswill, E. Mclntosh, Anderson (2) I (Alakiriki), N. Scott,*V. Hammond.

A “PARTY” SWEET <• 1 STRAWBERRY CUP n ; - ii I e j Make up a pint of strawberry jelly, a according to the directions on the pack-: et Allow to set overnight in a quart v basin. Make half a pint -of custard f and allow that also to set 't overnight. The following day, beat g the jelly well with two silver forks. Add a quarter of a pint of thick whipg ped cream, and keep on beating well 2 until it is all feathery light. p Now vou can begin to fill the cus- ’ tard-cups, one for each person. First put in a layer of strawberry jelly and ’’ whipped cream, then a layer of cus c tard. and next a layer of banana, scraped to a pulp with a silver knife ,R and free of those little black seeds at the core. Now more strawberry jelly with whipped cream —or strawberry 'cream as it has become through the beating —more custard, and more banana, until the custard-cups are full of the alternate layers. Pile whipped P j cream on top, and a sprinkle of chopped pistachio nuts in the centre. Strawberry cup is a sweet that is always t' remembered!

MR AND MRS AMERY TWO RECEPTIONS. Mr and Mrs Amery had a very busy day in Wellington on AX r ednesday attending various gatherings. After the Government luncheon at the Town Hall they were the guests of the English Speaking Union at the Dominion Farmers’ Institute Building, and then of the Navy League and; A’ictoria League at the Al id lan,d Hotel. Air and Airs Amery were received by the president. (Sir Frederick Chapman) and Lady Chapman, the chairman of the executive (Air A. L. Hunt) and Mrs Hunt, and metnbers of the executive. Lady Chapman presented Mrs Amery with a posy of apricot-tinted roses and, bronze pansies, which toncvl with her costume, which was an ensemble suit, the frock of crepe de chine in ciawn pink, the coat, slightly more beige in shade of cloth, with fur collar, and a small felt hat to tone, with a diamond ornament in front. Airs Amery on this occasion said a few words, expressing her enjoyment of her tour and the pleasure she had felt in renewing acquaintance with many people whom she had met in her own home in England. Among the many present were: Airs Lowrie (wife of the American Consul), Lady Find,-lay, Mrs M- Holmes, Airs Le Oren, Airs Davidson, Mrs Al ago us, Mrs Doctor, Airs Alea«k>wcrofl. Mrs W. Reid. Mrs Bethune. Mrs Macarthy Reid, Mrs G. H. Davidson, Dr Platts-Afills, Dr and Mrs Morice, Mrs Lemon, Mrs »S. Brown. Airs Carter. Mrs London, Air and Airs Morpeth, Airs Hodson, Miss Poynder, Miss Greig. Airs Preston, and Alias O’Shea. At the Midland, Hotel members of the Navy aiyl Victoria League were accommodated at tea tables in the din-ing-room, th c whole accommodation being severely taxed, while thc official guests were seated at a long table at one end of thc room, so that those in the annexe as well as the main diningroom could see and hear. L'he flags of Nelson’s famous signal, thirty-one in all, which had just been received by the Navy League, and which hung aiong one wall, were a feature of the decorations. Air and Airs Amery were received by Sir Alexander Roberts, president of the Navy .League, an,d Airs Buckleton, president of thc Victoria League. Lady Roberts presented Airs Amery with a bouquet of pale pink roses. Lady Roberts wore China blue georgette and a white hat wi.h blue ribbon; Mrs Bucklcton was in black, with large, flowers on a black hat. Seated* at the official table, also, were Air Bucklcton. Captain Brass, Airs James Hislop, Mrs J. G. Coates, Lady Pomare, Lady Findlay. Air and Mrs Afirams, Mrs James Findlay (president of thc .Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Navy League), Airs Larnach (vice-president), Sir Charles Skerrett and Mrs Skerrett. Air Amery paid a tribute to what the Victoria League was doing in welcoming immigrants and visitors from overseas, an activity which he stressed as a necessary part of the co-operation between England and the Dominions, of which he has spoken much. Among those present on this occasion were Airs Harding, Mr and Airs D. Peacock, Air and Mrs Yaldwyn, Airs S. Alyers, Mrs and Miss Ormond Cooper, Aliss Davidson, Mrs Alacarthy Reid, Airs Rawson, Airs Lyons, Airs A. L. Warburton, Sir Douglas and Laxly McLean (Hawke’s Bay), Miss Desborough. Lady Rhodes, Airs Morgan, Misses Harding, Miss Clayton i (Blenheim), Mrs G- Chapman, Mrs li. | Kirkealdie. Airs R. N. Kane, Mrs Cor- | liss. Airs W. .Luke, Airs Freyburg, Air ■ J. B. Harcourt and Aliss Harcourt, Al.rs j Bernard Wood (Christchurch), Airs i Cable, Alias Cable, Mrs King, Airs i Cowles. Aliss Aiiec-n Stevens. Aliss Wili cocks, Mrs Pow, Aliss Edwin, Airs rigan, Airs James AlcKenzie, Mrs J. D. I Gray, Aliss Norwood, and several who ! had been present at thc English Speak- | ing Union reception.

HORNET’S NEST IN BERLIN WOMEN'S FASHIONS OBJECTED TO. Roc-kid coats, advertised by several firms as thc latest thing in women s fashions, have stirred up a hornet s nest in Beilin. Members of Parlia- j ment, hunters, sportsmen and numerous I nature lovers have joined in protest ! against “such a gross nuisance, con ! demning young deer only a few weeks I old to brutal slaughter to satisfy thc ! passing whim of certain women.” Jt is alleged that if thc fad becomes . popular it will menace all German game i preserves, for the conservation of which so much is being done, since it will mean the “wholesale butchery and ultimate extinction of all young deer/* Inspireci by the. German Association for the Preservation of Game and thc I German Chamber of Huntsmen, ail parties of the Reichstag, with the ex- i ception of the Communists, passed a resolution demanding “that the Reichstag a/Jopt measures prohibiting the manufacture, advertising and sale of all articles of wearing apparel made of roe-kid skins in all the German federated states.’’ NOT FOR SALE Sing a song of lovely things that money cannot buy! Sing a song of rainbow gold agleam in silvern sky; sapphire noons and amber eves, pearl and coral dawns; diamond dew and opal sheen on moonlit emerald lawns. Sing a song of precious Chings tbit take no count of wealth; a heart at. peace, a mind at ease—the sovereign gifts of health; a soul to see, a will ro wake the beauty of the world; to keep, amid the stress of life, the flag of hope unfurled. Sing a song of gracious things; of kindliness and trust, that scatter heavenly largess when earth’s dross is turned to dust. Sing a song of happy faith, and hoar Love answer why there nro so many lovely things that money cannot buy! H.B.