THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1501, 30 January 1919, Page 36

THE SOCIAL WORLD

Announcements of engagements and contributions of interest relating to weddings and social gatherings should be sent to Lady Editor, “Sporting' and Dramatic Review” Office, Auckland. In all cases the writer’s signature and address must be attached (not for publication). Photographs of wedding groups will be reproduced by arrangement.

Mrs. F. E. Baume, Auckland, is spending a holiday at Rotorua.

Mrs. Truby King has returned to Dunedin after spending several months in Nelson.

Major Sir Robert and Lady Walker are making a tour of the South Island.

The engagement is announced in an exchange of the Very Rev. Dean Harper, of Christchurch, to Miss Ross, also of Christchurch.

Sister Jean Naismith, of Mosgiel, and Staff-Nurses C. and M. Campbell, of Auckland, returned to NewZealand by the transport Maunganui.

Mrs. George Chirnside has placed her home, “Wirribee Park,” Melbourne,. at the disposal of the Australian returned prisoners of war.

It is stated that the Anzacs who are marrying in Britain average 300 a month, an increase of 40 per cent, since the armistice.

Miss Isabel Ramsay, late of the “Sunday Times” (Sydney) staff has been appointed literary secretary to Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, and will reside permanently in England.

The matron of the Masterton Hospital (Miss Wilkinson) has tendered her resignation after six years' service. The resignation has been accepted by the Hospital Board with sincere regret.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Baddeley, of Dannervirke, are taking up residence in Auckland. At a farewell gathering presided over by the Mayor (Mr. E. H. Ranson), the guests of honour were presented with several handsome gifts.

My tailor tells me, says a writer in the “Daily Mirror,” that in the matter of clothes Mr. Lloyd George is conservative. The grey morning suit in which he appears at public meetings and the rough grey tweeds he wears at Walton are both of the same design and colour as those he has favoured for thirty years.

The lively interest taken in Auckland in the visit of the French Mission was demonstrated in the crowded attendance at the Town Hall Concert Chamber on Friday morning, when a public reception was held. The hall was festive with flags of the Allied nations, with the tri-colour prominent, while hanging baskets of scarlet fuchsia added a gay note, and masses of hydrangea banked the platform. General Pau was accompanied by the Mayor (Mr. J. H. Gunson) wearing his ceremonial robe, Colonel R. H. Potter, C.M.G., Major Sir Robert Walker, M. Hippeau (Consul for France), Madame Hippeau and Mrs. A. M. Myers, and on the platform were also members of th e City Council, consular representatives, and prominent citizens. The “Marseillaise” was sung by Mr. Sydney Butler, the audience joining in the refrain. The Mayor, in extending a hearty welcome to the General and the Mission, expressed the hope that he had entirely recovered from his recent illness, and briefly touched on the overseas national interests of France and Britain. On making reply, General Pau was greeted with cheer after cheer, his speech, which was interpreted by M. Leclerq-Motte, a member of the Mission, being received with th e greatest enthusiasm. He

thanked the Mayor and citizens for the interest shown in his health, which he was pleased to say was quite restored through the salubrious climate of New Zealand. “It has been a great honour,” he said, “for my colleagues and myself to represent France in New Zealand, and I am glad that it has been in this part of the world that w e have seen the dawn of victory.” The General spoke feelingly of the terrible desolation caused in France by the war, and paid a graceful tribute to New Zealand for all she had done to ameliorate the conditions of the war-pressed people there. “France must live,” he emphasised, “to fill her mission and take her place again among the nations” Concluding, he warmly thanked the gathering for their kind greeting, and said the Mission would carry away most pleasant memories

of our beautiful country. Hearty cheers for the Mission, the Allies, and the General, and cries of “Vive La France” terminated a notable reception.

According to an Australian writer, the finest pearl necklace in Melbourne is owned by Miss Roma Clarke, daughter of Mr. W. J. T. Cljarke, of Mount Schanck, and is valued at £lO,OOO.

The late Mr. Edward Brooke-Smith, who died in Auckland recently, was the founder of the Auckland Kindergarten Association, and up to the time of his death took a keen interest in the movement.

The engagement is announced of Miss Alma Stone, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Stone, of Hastings, to Mr. Jack H. Frith, son of Mr. W. H. Frith, ex-Mayor of Oamaru.

“It is quite safe for the scarred or limbless soldier to wed a healthy woman,” says Major Eccles, M. 8., in London recently, “for the offspring will not reproduce his.defects. It is up to the women to marry these men, even though deformed, and bear them children as a solace for their afflictions and for the maintenance of our glorious heritage.”

• The Auckland Women’s Mutual Aid Society are holding a street collection in aid of the Returned Soldiers’ Hostel Fund on Friday, February 28. • « • • The French residents in Auckland spent a delightful time with General Pau at the Grand Hotel on Friday afternoon, the distinguished host expressing keen pleasure at meeting so many from his own country in these far-distant lands. Amongst those present were M. and Madame Hippeau, M. and Madame Maire, Madame Villeval, Mdlle. Uhlmann, Madame Foley, Madame Gallet, Mrs. Irwin (nee Mdlle. Coche), Mdlle. Outhwaite, Mdlle. Blanche Rebour, and Mdlle. Madelaine Rebour. * * w * “War or no war, it is every woman’s duty to make the very best of

her appearance. But as long as there is a war, it is right that wardrobes should be founded on war-time incomes. Women will continue to dress well, but with sensible economy,” writes a dress authority from New York. “They will discover the fabrics that offer the best available service. Fashionable New York women who, in the past, have thought nothing of buying several gowns of practically the same type, now choose with care but one gown of each of the types essential for the season at hand. And if one gown will fill the roles of several so much the better. The woman of taste does not lose sight of important accessories nor of the possibilities which they offer. She will make her gown fit the many occasions she attends by a change of collar or the addition of a touch of colour, a parasol, a hat, or a veil, and by changing her low-heeled shoes for a pair of well-made trim afternoon shoes of patent leather, or of suede to match her costume. Usually these shoes are fitted with a buckle of cut steel or enamel. The type of gown for general wear which is so much in demand, presents something of a problem, as there are few materials that are adaptable for all occasions and all seasons, and there is a great scarcity of both silk materials and woollens. One of the foremost dressmakers in New York has

used Oriental silks with great success. These silks are very lovely, and are certain to be extremely fashionable during the scarcity of other silk.” Those who anticipated a revival of elaborate frocking for race wear now that the war is practically over, found their prophecies unfulfilled when the Wellington Cup meeting was begun at Trentham, says a writer in the “New Zealand Times.” The simplicity, not to say severity, of fashions during the last year or more in England was reflected in the dressing displayed by Wellington women; moreover, the weather, as is so often the case, precluded the wearing of anything summery, and the few who ventured out in light voile or muslin frocks must have felt sorry for their temerity. The chief characteristic of

the dressing was once more the wearing of the ever useful coat and skirt, the changes being rung solely in the trimming, which in a great .many case was carried out by lines of stitching, not merely the ’ severe machine-stitching which is always with us, but stitching in thick silk and even wool in cases. Hats, too, /were of the severely simple style, but of the simplicity which, alas, does not mean economy, and feathers, when worn, were of the type known as drenches, while more often seen were severe wings on a small toque, or quills used in different ways. Amongst well-known people on the lawn were: Mrs. Walter Johnston, Mrs. Arthur Russell (Hawke’s Bay), Mrs. Allen, Miss Clifford, Mrs. Greenwood (Christchurch), Lady Walker (Auckland), Mrs. Hume, Mrs. Bidwill (Featherston), Miss Thorne George (Auckland), Mrs. and Miss Wilford, Mrs. Dymock, Mrs. W. Turnbull, Mrs. Tringham, Mrs. Gillon, Mrs. J. Findlay, Mrs. J. Studholme’ Mrs. F. Nathan (Palmerston North) Miss I. Fraser, Mrs. Hall-Thompson’

Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall Macdonald, who, with his wife, did such excellent service in France during the war, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Nurse Turton, V.A.D., has returned to Gisborne after having served for twd years at the Walton-on-Thames and other hospitals in England.

An interesting wedding took place in England recently when Miss Doris Gould, daughter of Mr. Gould, the sporting novelist, was married to Sergeant Marryat, A.1.F., a great nephew of Captain Marryat, and a nephew of Florence Marryat, the authoress. The bridegroom is an Anzac and a Melbourne boy, having seen service with the A.I.F. since 1914.

From Paris comes word that, “The general silhouette is straight and very slim, with longer skirts. This effect is observed even when the skirt pegs at the top, or when drapery and pleating are used. There is nothing bouffant about the lines of the newest clothes. This is quite as it should be, for, in order that the supply of materials may be used to the greatest advantage, garments must be made up of as little material as is practicable. Lengthening the skirt uses a little more stuff, but it is almost an axiom of good dressing that one may have either short and full skirts or long and narrow ones, but that one should never attempt the skirt that is both short and narrow after one is 15 years of age!