WOMEN'S WORLD

Waikato Times, Volume 95, Issue 14949, 20 May 1922, Page 11 (Supplement)

WOMEN'S WORLD

fBY GIPSY.)

Mrs H. C. Ross is spending her vacation at Rotorua.

Mrs E. P. Cowles has just returned frorki a short visit to Auckland. ,•■* * * *

Mrs M. Nilsson, of Napier, is the fuest of Mrs H. J. Greensiade.

Miss R. Pearce, of Wellington, is viswing- Hamilton and is staying at Warwick.

Mrs McLernon returned home this week after a visit to her daughter, Mrs H. T. Gillies.

Miss Loveday Keam is spending her three weeks vacation from the Auckland University in Hamilton.

Mr imd Mrs J. Davidson, 'Of Frankton, were the guests of Mr and Mrs W. A. Wilson, Te Uku. last week end.

• Mrs Beere and Miss Bingiey were •amongst; the students wJ?o took the agri cultural lectures at Ruakura this week.

Mrs Nalder and daughter, of Blenheim, have been spending a short holiday with Mrs Cooney, of Te Aroha Street.

Mass Thorp, who has been amongst us lecturing on the famine in Russia, was the guest of fMi's H. Voider at “Edinthorpe.’’

Mrs Armstrong (senr.) has returned to “Brooklands” after spending an extended holiday with Mr and Mrs W. A. Wilson, Tc Uku.

Mr and Mrs A. F. Ellis have been at the Ruakura Farm all week. Mr Ellis is Commissioner of Phosphates from the Nauru Island.

Mrs and Miss Burley (Hamilton) luiv 0 spent three months in Brighton (says a London correspondent, writing under dale March 24), and they are now going to tour Switzerland and Italy before returning to, New Zealand. ' / « » * j Quite a number of nurses are taking the horticultural and dairy courses at Ruakura, amongst them being Sisters Atkinson, Butler, Edmonstone, Watt, Fanning, and Gilmer. Mrs Cox and Misses Nathan and Darling are also taking instruction.

A small representative meeting was held in Mr Dowselt’s rooms on Thursday to meet Miss Thorp prior to her meeting in the evening. Questions inundated the visitor, who freely answered in her pleasing manner all interrogations. All present were Uhorouglily impressed with the /Sincerity of Miss Tliorp, whose task of Raising a large fund, in these hard jmes, no matter how worthy the object, is not an enviable one.

A' piece of Princess Mary’s wedding take (says the Manawalu Standard) has been received by Miss F. Hobbs, who is well known in Danncvirkc musical circles, and is a daughter of the

Rev. J. Hobbs, of St. Peter’s Church, Terrace End, Palmerston North. The >• .memento -of the Royal wedding was forwarded: to Miss Hobbs by her brother in England, and was_ enclosed in a small silver-edged cardboard box. •*. » •

Finding himself unattached, at the age of 80, and having outlived three wives, Thomas Holmes, of,Waltham, Lines, is about to marry for the fourth time. He advertised his willingness' to remarry, and 160 women sent word that they were “willin,” Undismayed at this embarrassing variety of choice, he set to work to make a selection. His choice fell finally on ‘ Mrs Farrow, a widow of 70, of Glectliorpes.

horn and Miss G. Rawson were the hostesses. V

The girls were the guests of Mrs Whitehorn on Saturday at morning lea, which was the finale of theft*, annual festivities.. j • \

SOCIAL AT RUAKURA.

The'educational Masses at Ruakura Farm finished Jicir course- last evening with a social entertainment in Hie soldiers’ big lecture roofli. The evening was spent—as are ail the social functions at the farm—with the spirit of perfect enjoyment prevailing and . the refreshments on the well-known generous and toothsome scale. Mr and Mrs A. W. Green were indefatigable in their attention tp all present and the function broke up with cheers and counter cheers.

BIRTHDAY PARTY.

A" party organised by a few of the

and Pukeroro residents gathered fit Mr Dan Nicol’s residence,

“Springwood,” Pukeroro, on Thursday ' last. The occasion was Mrs Pennell’s birthday. There were visitors from Hamilton, Matamata, Te Aroha and Hautapu. The dining room was cleared for .dancing and .an extended programme of dance music and songs was heartily enjoyed. The music for dancing was supplied by Mrs Lawrence (Te Aroha), Misses Pennell and A. Niool and Mr Burty. Mr Nichol carried out the duties of M.C. Songs were rendered by Messrs Ken and Willie

Pennell, T. Turnbull and A. Devine. The' accompaniments were played by Miss Pennell. The party-was brought to an end at 2 a.m. by three cheers for Mrs Pennell, and the singing of “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” *

OLD GIRLS’ REUNION.

The old girls of Sonning held..their annual reunion last week, and had a memorable time. Many Inyapy incidents were left behind' to Help weld more firmly the long qhain of firm friendship which must be the result of these pleasant gatherings. v *: On Thursday the Old Girls playeo the Present Girls basket ball, the latter winning.. Mrs H. C. Ross in the afternoon entertained the girls at an at home, where there were competitions and music and a delicious tea. Amongst those present were Mesdames Whitehorn and Froude, and Misses Chadwick, Symes, Fisher, F. Jolly, H. Jackson, Hedge, Bryant, W. Manning, D. Hall, M. McNicol, M. Beale, Yule, Nicol, D. .Yule, A. Coventry, Drummond, Vercoe, Cox, Stott, Smales (2), and M. Sorby. In the evening Old Girls entertained the staff and Present Girls in the Town Hall, where many parents and friends 'were present at the concert given. Friday evening was the time for a merry dance held in the Assembly Halt, which was decorated with yellow chrysanthemums. The supper laid in one of (he large class rooms was supplied by the old girls, and was prettily laid' 4 out amid streamers of blue and gold, the school colours, and autumn foliage. . Mr Beg Cooke provided the excellent music. Miss H. Cowie was the debutante of the evening, and looked very sweet in her white evening frock. Misses K. Cowie, M. Manning, E. Clayton-Greene ;Tujd D. Manning were also added to 'jfi fee list on this occasion. Mrs White-

WEDDINGS.

CLARKE—COONEY

A pretty wedding took place on April 26th, at the Church of Christ, Claudelands, Rev. J. Foster officiating. The contraddng parties were Miss Aileen Marietta, second daughter (of Mr and Mrs John Cooney, Claudelands, late of Thames, and Mr John A., eldest son of Mr and Mrs Clarke, Victoria street. The church was prettily decorated by girl friends of the young couple, and Mrs McSweeney presided at the organ.

The bride, who was given'away-by her eldest brasher, Mr Frank Cooney, was gowned in a soft creation of while crepe-de-chene and georgette, with big hand-made posies of chiffon. A coronet of orange blossoms reposed under a prettily arranged tulle veil, and she carried a shower bouquet of deep cream chrysanthemums and maiden-hair.

One maid of honour attended Me bride, and was her sister, Miss Kathleen ‘Cooney, dressed in a coafjume of fawn cloth? 1 trimmed with georgette, in the. same shade, and smart hat in shades of mole and electric blue. She carried a bouquet of golden chrysanthemums and maiden hair. Mr Harry Clarke, brother of jhe test man.

At the conclusion of Ihc service '.ho wedding party and guests assembled at the home of the bride’s mother,.where the reception was held. The heavilyladen tables were beautifully decor-, ated with cream and gold flowers, with a touch of pink. The usual leasts were heartily honoure'd, after which the happy, ■-■couple left by motor for Taranaki on their wedding tip.

The display of presenis was the cynosure of all eyes..; They were not only numerous but valuable, bearing dumb testimony to the popularity of the young coup'e. The bridegroom’s present to the b; e was a handsome oak sewing-machine. The bride’s (ravelling costume was a well-cut one of navy cloth, with a stylish hat of fawn and peacocke blue. Mrs Cooney (mother of the bride) received her guests in a navy tailored gown, richly braded, and smart black toque. .

Mrs Clarke, mother of the bridegroom, wore a navy costume and black hs(V ' Others present were—Mrs Pearson, grey costume, with touches .of shrimp, red; smart hat and black furs; Mrs .T. Clarke, fawn costume and black hat; Mrs J .A. Sliand (Wellington), tailored coat frock, of navy, relieved with touches of jade, smart henna hat; Mrs D.- ScotV grey costume and pretty hat; and MeSdames .Stewart, Rototuha Peace, Peebles, and Eadc: and Misses. Menzies, Dann, Pearson (2), and A. Smith:

PRINCESS MARY

Now that Princess'Mary is happily married to a British gentleman, it is not untimely to expose the plans of the ex-Kaiser, when at the zenith Of his power, to bring about a marr.age between Princess. Mary and a German princelihg. One of the most daring diplomatic schemes ever attempted by the exKaiser was ids enutfavour to force an alliance between the Pr.ncess Mary and the Grand Duke of MeeklcnburgStrclitz.

In view of Hie fact that the European war was at that time so .far planned as to be almost a foregone conclusion, it is easy to understand tile Ka.ser’s anxiety lo cement an alliance with England by intgr-marriage bet tween our own Royal House and a ■Royal House of -the Gcuhaii Empire. An Inspired Announcement.

He thought it would be a good plan lo have an English Princess as consort lo the young ruler of Mecklcn-burg-Slreiitz—following out B.smarck’s idea of filling" the thrones of Europe with Princesses who should be, if not cf- German blood, then useful lo the Fatherland in case of war, as exercising a restraining influence upon relatives likely to bn hostile. The only matter in which tile exKaiser proved to be right was in assuming Britain to be “likely to lie hostile” in the event of war. Tile rest of his match-making went as wildly astray as didMiis war plans.The old Grand Ducticss of Mecklcn-burg-Strelitz was . tile cousin of Queen Victor.a, And grandmother of the young, reigning Duke of the joint territories of Mceklciiburg-Slrelilz and Meckien-burg-Soliwcrin, .two small States in Northern Germany, which in 1866 became a part of Hie. German Confederation of the -Rhine.

The Ductless;was'a frequent .visitor lo England in 1013, ifnd her grandson, acting, no doubt, on instructions from Hie Kaiser, proceeded to do bis best to make a favourable impression on King 'George and his Consort. He was a young man of engaging manners, musical, and unusually accomplished generally. He paid two visits to Windsor, and once stayed for several days at Buckingham Palafc. During that period it was twice reported in the Court Circular that lie had spent some time in the company of the:Princess Mary. Gossiping tongues, of course, were immediately busy, and those who make a point of airing their knowledge of Royalty and Hieir affairs began to hint that they could say quite a lot as to a coming marriage if they cared to do so. ■ All this, of course, suited the Kaiser’s plans admirably. If lie count but get the people of England- set on the match, a good many difficulties would be smoothed away. Schema that Went Astray. There was, of course, not a word of truth in these rumours. Nevertheless , the Kaiser himself evidently misread them, and gave' them undue weight, for he proceeded to develop his plan with considerable celerity. » One morning, during a time when the young Grand Duke and bis grandmother were in England, there appeared in Hie Morgenpost at Pastdam an obviously inspired paragraph. The paragraph was to the effect that. Ihc Kaiser had “graciously arranged a marriage between the Grand Duke of Mecklcnburg-Strelitz and Princess Mary”; and went on to deal at. length with, the great advantages which, the Empire would gain from such an alliance. One of the first persons to read this amazing anouncement was the British Ambassador at Berlin. He had no official intimation of any such arranger merit, and undoubtedly, had the statement been true, he would have hcen immediately informed. ll c went at once to call on the Kaiser and request an explanation o,f the paragraph. His request was met by the Kaiser 'with this astounding piece of arrogance:—

I have arranged the match. For

what could bo more advantageous to a Briijsh Princess than to become the Consort of a soil of the Fatherland?” The British' Ambassador murmured something lion-comm-lta]. and left the Court a muclr-amazcd man.

Apparently, however, the “advantages” which the Kaiser so graciously proposed to confer on the Princess Mary were not gratefully acknowledged on the other side of the North Sea. The announcement merely resulted in the sudden departure of I lie Grand Duchess and'tier grandson from England, and the severing of Ihc, cordial relations which had hitherto existed between the British Court and that of Mecklonburg-Strelilz. The plain fact was that King George had no intention of allowing the Princess Mary’s matrimonial affairs lo be arranged by his Imperial cousin, so the Grand Duchess and her retinue were politely sent home, and the match declined with thanks. Thus one more of the Kaiser’s schemes \yent astray, and Britain was saved from a very difficult position ■when it came to the declaration of war

THE ROYAL PRINCES.

People who know me tell me that the Duke of York is extraordinarily clever; he has a “head-piece,” as well as being a hard worker and an attractive young man,’states a writer in the Westminster Gazette. Prince Henry, at present, represents fashion and gaiety; he is quoted among Ihc experts as one of the host dressed youths in Ihc realm. This is a distinction in itself; but, by his natural wit, the third brother will make a conspicuous figure. Prince George, of course, a “snotty,” and midshipmen have a generic resemblance which they only lose when they emerge into higher rank. But the fact that the Empire wishes and expects ail four young Princes to marry into the British aristocracy makes society, at present, the centre of high comedy. They are surrounded by lovely girls by birth and position, so that every ball is pregnant with possibility, and every great country-house party may be the stage-selling for a Royal/romance.

DOING TOO ftfUCH FOR CHILDREN

At a children's parly a little blind hoy of six sat next to me. Without thinking 1 look his plate and was about to cut up Ins food for him when I found the knife and fork gently but firmly taken rom my band by the child’s uncle. “Frank can do that for himself,” he told rue. “Don’t deprive him of the pleasure.” How many of us are cruel to small children, not only to those physically affected, by trying to do things for Ihefn which they can quite well do for themselves!' 1 I remember seeing a 2-ycars-uld boy push away his mother with a tiny display of temper. lie wished to walk alone and she wanted to lift him over the difficult places. Impatieift “Grown-ups.”

So many grown-up people are unable to look on. calmly while little fingers fumble over buttons or the tying of bows.

“Don’t do it for me!” is a heartfelt cry that goes up from the little gi'l who is embroidering her first fancy work and from the small hoy Lauding iris first mechanical toy. 'Tile tendency nowadays is to try to explain tod much to children. I hav'd heal’d'.'mothers attempting to explain to their children obvious jokes and getting more and more involved in Hie process. If the child is no.t old enough Lo understand the obvious, it is surely heller not to press the point.

A PRETTY SWEET.

Ingredients. —i pint of custard, 8 whites of egg. vanilla essence, Goz. or raster sugar.

Method. —Make a rather stiff cuslartl with the -1 yolks of Hie eggs, J teaspoonful of custard powder, and J pint of milk, vanilla essence. The cuslard powder is worked smooth with a spoonful of cold milk and added lo Llic beaten yolks of ihc eggs. Pour on l.h e boiling milk, stirring well. Return to the pan and stir until the mixture thickens, but do not let it boil 'Or the eggs will curdle. When slightly coo.l, pour this into a glass dish, and leave it lo become cold. Beat the whiles of the eggs to a stiff meringue, stir in the sugar lightly, flavour with vanilla. Dip a dessertspoon into boiing -rs-sler, take a spoonful of meringue, shape it'wrifi a knife dipped in hot water. Have in readiness a shallow pan nearly full of boiling water. Draw it to one side of the lire, plunge the spoon gently into the waler, and the meringue will sip out.' When llio mixture is used up, allow the meringues to poach very gently for 7 minutes. Lift the in out with a flsh slice, drain and arrange on file custard. The water must not bol after the meringues go in, or they will break One-third of the mixture may he coloured pink and one-Hiird brown with coffee essence, if liked.

WHEN CAKES BURN

Unless cakes, arc badly burnt flic taste is not often affected by being scorched in the oven. Instead of cutting off ihc edges with a knife, as it usually done, scrape oft the black- crust with a fine grater, so removing all the darker portions and leaving a good surface to cover with icing. Clean, fine sandpaper can be used in (lie same way. The cake must not be handled until cold, and then only with great care. It can then he iced, tunning the he Horn uppermost to secure a smooth surface.