THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1596, 25 November 1920, Page 28

THE SOCIAL WORLD

Her Excellency, Viscountess Jellicoe, was the guest of the Hon. H. F.. and Mrs. Wigram while in Christchurch.

Miss Eileen O’Leary, Auckland, is leaving for England by the Corinthic.

Dr. and Mrs. Bowerbank, Wellington, have been on a visit to Rotorua, staying with Colonel and Mrs. Hogg;

Miss A. Brett, Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. J. Taylor, Majoribanks Street, Wellington.

Mr. E. K. Mulgan, senr., inspector of schools for the Auckland district, died last week.

Mrs., Christophers and her sister, Miss Bremner, 'of Wellington, are visiting Auckland.

Miss F. Hall-Jones, who has been the guest of Mrs. 0. Clarke, Auckland, has returned to Wellington.

The death of Mrs. Eyre-Kenny, widow of the late Judge Eyre-Kenny, took place at New Plymouth recently.

A Streets Day is to be held in Wellington on November 26 in aid of the “Save the Children” Fund. *,* * *

Mr. Gordon Shortt, of Adelaide, one of Australia’s most brilliant pianists, passed through Wellington last week on his way to Australia from Europe.

His Excellency the Governor-Gen-eral • and Lady Jellicoe were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Lindo Ferguson during their stay in Dunedin.

The engagement is announced in a southern paper .of Miss Emily S. Deighton, daughter of Mrs. F. M. Deighton, “Leventhorpe,” Mangaweka, to Lieut. B. Kingdom M.S.M., son of Mrs. Kingdom Wellington, and formerly of Nelson.

~ Sir Thomas and Lady Mackenzie ’’"and their daughter, Mrs. MacDonald, arrived in Wellington by the Remuera last week.

At St. Mark’s Church, Remuera,

Auckland, on October 27, the marriage took place of Miss Ruth Buckland, daughter of Mrs. Alfred Buckland, Epsom, to Mr. Arthur Waller.

At the annual meeting of the Manawatu Patriotic Society a vote of sympathy in her illness was passed to Mrs. L. A. Abraham, who has been outstandingly prominent in her energies. .

Mt. John Prouse, Wellington, left by the Corinthic for London, where he will join Mrs. Prouse, who has been staying for some time in Milan, Italy.

Sir Conan Doyle, interviewed in Sydney, said he did not think he would write any more novels unless he could see a novel which would help . the people to v understand spiritualism. He had been reading up spiritualism so closely the past few years that he had no time to watch any other- developments.

At Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, on-Tuesday week, Miss Audrey Gribben, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Gribben, “Overdane,” Devonport, was married to Captain W. F. R. Bloomfield, son of the late Mr. M. R. and Mrs. Bloomfield, Gisborne.

Miss Amy Evans and Mr. Fraser Gange, the brilliant vocalists, had a great reception at their final -concert in Wellington, and crowds besieged them as they left the hall, and sought to shake hands as a mark of their eeteem.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. N. Worsley, Auckland, have arrived in England.

A French war bride, Mrs. Athol McKenzie, formerly Mademoiselle Therese Dubois, died at Marton on November 13. Married in Amiens three years ago, she and her husband came to New Zeaalnd a year later. She was only twenty years of age.

The frocking at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day was very smart and very expensive. A brilliant note was struck by a woman wearing a white skirt widely striped with emerald green, and over this a jumper of the brightest emerald green silk lace. Her hat disappeared in the sound of the frock. Quite a number of bright-coloured silk frocks were unrelieved with any other colour. These occasionally gave a fruity, vegetable effect from a distance. Distinctly painful to Onlookers were a trio of maidens —a tomato, a giant cherry, and a persimmon—walking along the lawn together. Another feature of the frocking was the par-lour-game effect. Draught boards have been in evidence before, but to-day these had come as far as the parasols. Noughts and crosses, beloved of the idle schoolgirl in lesson time, is quite the newest patterning.

Many women are spending in undies more than their great-grand-mothers spent on their whole kit, a London writer. Lady Dorothy Nevill, a queen of her time, tells us in her amusing memoirs that £6O a i year was all that she had to dress 'with.

Mrs. Corbould-Ellis, a . well-known miniature painter from England, is the guest of Mrs. Ralph Beetham, Masterton. Mrs. Ellis has painted many miniatures of the Royal Family. She is a member of the London Society of Women Artists.

The duties of secretary of the Mbthercraft Training Centre at Earl’s' Court (founded by Dr. Truby King), are now undertaken by Miss Agatha Havard, who 'has succeeded Miss Iris M. Clark. The latter, who is wellknown to New Zealanders, left to be married to a New Zealander —Mr. C. M. Smith (late Lieutenant N.Z.M.G'. C.) —who, as the holder of an N.Z.E. F. scholarship in forestry, is a student at Edinburgh University.

The wedding took place in St. ilohn’s Church, Wellington, on November 4, of Miss Effie Pearson, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Pearson, The Terrace) to Mr. William Tailby, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Tailby, of Auckland. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Gibb, and a large number of relatives and friends were present. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a very pretty frock of accordian pleated cream georgette, with a veil of Limerick lace, caught to the head with orange blossoms. She carried a boquet of cream, roses and maidenhair fern. The ' bridesmaids were Miss Elsie Tailby (sister of the bridegroom), and Miss Joyce Pearson (sister of the bride), both of whom wore frocks of champagne coloured georgette with blue sashes and wide Leghorn hats trimmed with flowers. Their bouquets were also of cream roses and fern. The best man was Mr. Alfred Tailby (the bridegroom’s brother), and the groomsman Mr. Arthur Harper. After the ceremony a reception was held by Mr. and Mrs. Pearson at their residence on The Terrace, a very large number of guests being present.

The love Which soonest responds to love —even what we call “love-at-first-slght”—is the surest love; and for this reason — that it does not depend upon any one merit or quality, but' embraces in its view the whole being. That is the love which is likely to last — incomprehensible, indefinable, unarguable.—Sir Arthur Helps.

Girls with very sensitive skins can take the special precaution of using a little oatmeal bag instead of soap when washing the face. The oatmeal should be renewed every two or three days, and a little muslin bag thoroughly washed out. « « « « Genevieve Ward, the veteran actress, said: “I certainly am not growing less happy, as’ I grow older. I think I can say the same from observation of my friends, both men and women.” * * * . After an absence of seven months Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Eliott, returned ; to Palmerston North last week. In the course of their tour they travelled extensively in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. # * * <• * At St. Phillip’s Church, Earl’s Court, on October sth, the wedding took place of Dr. Sydney H. Hay, of Dunedin (late captain N.Z.M.C.), and Josephine--. Trevelyan Turner, granddaughter of the late Mr. William Buckingham, of Northcote Manor, North Devon, and 12 Southern Hay, Exeter. * « e- « Pearls for th£ neck are to be the vogue. The correct length has been just sufficient for the pearls to nestle round the throat —about 16 inches — now the string will have to be about 24 or 36 inches, in order to be up to the minute. Collarettes of two or three strings are also finding favour, and the muff-chain of pearls will be greatly worn. * * * •. « The marriage took place very quietly in St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Wellington on November 10, of Miss Amy Grace Anderson, second daughter of the Hon. G. J. Anderson (Minister of Internal Affairs) and Mrs. Anderson, of Gore, to Mr. J. W. MacDonald, of the Head Office of the Government Insurance Department, Wellington. The ceremony was performed by the Ven. Archdeacon Johnson, and only relatives and one or two intimate friends were present. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore her travelling costume of navy blue, smartly braided, with a vieux rose toque. Her sister, Miss Marie Anderson, attended as bridesmaid, and wore a peacock blue coat and skirt and peacock blue hat trimmed with coloured raffia. The best man was Mr. C. B. Ferguson, of Wellington. Miss Findlay, from Auckland (aunt of the bridegroom) and Miss MacDonald (sister) were also present at the wedding. A join presentation was made to the bride from the officers of the Government Insurance Department, and the members of St. Paul’s Choir * * * * Lady Loughborough, who was popular in society as Miss Sheila Chisholm, returned to Sydney early this month. She left Sydney for Egypt soon after war broke out, and is at present staying with her parents at “Duntrulum,” Darling Point road, Sydney, the chief object of her visit being to introduce her two children to her parents. Her eldest boy, the Hon. Anthony St. Clair Erskine, is three years old; her second child is the Hon. Peter, aged two. Rumour had it that Miss Chisholm met her future husband under romantic circumstances; but with a laugh she explained that she had not nursed him in hospital, but had prosaically met him at a dinner party in Cairo. Another rumour that has gained wide credence is that the Prince of Wales acted as godfather to Lady Loughborough’s elder child. This, too, Lady Loughborough intimated, was untrue. It was Lord Leopold Mountbatten, a cousin of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was on H.R.H.’s staff, who was the boy’s godfather. In England Lord and Lady Loughborough lived in their London house; and at the conclusion of hex’ trip Lady Loughborough will return there to live. Her husband was wounded at the Dardanelles, and on recovering served throughout the remainder of the war. The-marriage took place at Cairo.. At present h e is in India, and will probably rejoin his wife in Australia.

Miss Balcombe Brown was among the passengers from England by the Remuera recently. '

Mrs. H. B. Kirkcaldie returned to Wellington from Sydney by the Manuka last week.

Mrs. Northcote, who has been stay ing at Sumner, Christchurch, for the past twelve months, has left on her return journey to England.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Duncan have returned to Napiei’ from a trip to the Islands.

General Sir Andrew Russell and Lady Russell were in Wellington for a few days recently to ffiid farewell to Miss M. Russell, who has returned to England.

(Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, latje Governor-General of Australia, has been created a Viscount in recognition of his services in Australia.

The engagement is announced in an exchange of Beryl, youngei’ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Selig, of Christchurch, New Zealand, to Oscar Lewis Gilbert 'Josephson, eldest son of Mrs. M. Josephson, of Sydney. Miss Selig’s fiance served in the war for four years. & It is announced that a marriage will shortly take place between Robert Irving, son of Richard Irving, of Brownhill, Albury, Canterbury, and Mary Jacintha, eldest daughter of Sir George Meyrick, Bart., states the writei’ of the Anglo-New Zealand notes in the “British-Australasian.” * * * * Miss Craig-Robertson, who recently visited New Zealand while on a world tour, and has been elected as a representative on the Glasgow Town Council, has been appointed recording secretary of the International Council of Women for 1925. Miss Craig-Robertson is a distinguished linguist, as the discussions are carried on officially in at least three languages—English, French, and German. * * * * Viscountess Jellicoe and hex’ daughter attended the trotting meeting at the recent Christchurch carnival, accompanied by the Hon. and Mrs. H. F. Wigram. Her Excellency was gowned in a heavy black tricolette costume, the coat being relieved with white georgette and a small frilled net vest and a smart black hah The Hon. Lucy Jellicoe, who put her hair up for the first time, was in a simple frock of buff-coloured gabardine, the small coatee falling over a pleated skirt, with which was worn a small tete-a-tete negre hat. ' * * * # When it comes to making changes in her headgeax- a woman is a positive genius, says a fashion expert. She will keep half a dozen different trimmings ready to be .pinned in place when she wants a new hat. And no man would ever believe that the "foundation of straw remains the same.' The tying of a cute bow, the tilt of the brim (which can be ironed straight at any time), and the addition of bright flowers, make a complete transformation for any shape. A woman with dexterous fingers will take a length of silk, twist it round her head, jab a millinery pin in on side, curl up the ends on the other, fix the lot with another pin, theix walk down the street five minutes later in a turban nobody has seen before. And nobody will ever see the same hat again—next time it will be something entirely different.

Beauty of colouring is a feature of the hats and adornments showing at the Regal, Queen Street, where Mrs. Robson’s artistry is expressed in the latest vogues. Every conceivable shape is displayed, and every face can be suited at this modish salon. Ribbons, flowers, feathers, fruits are woven with deft design into the trimmings to give each hat a distinctive touch, and never has there been a more varied and beautiful assortment to choose from.

The latest adjective is “screenish.” \To get it applied, we understand, you must be emart and alluring to view. * ♦ " » ♦ A thirty minutes’ fiat-on-the-back rest every day—feet slightly raised — in a cool, quiet room-. No reading—let everything slide. There’s nothing like it for rejuvenation. It acts like magic. A drink of hot water regularly half an hour before breakfast and last thing at night. Take special care of your teeth —seeing your dentist, if possible, once every three months or so to make sure there’s nothing wrong, rather than wait until something undoubtedly is wrong before going. Have plenty of interests, and switch off from one to another. A change of thought to the mind is like change of air to the body. ♦ ♦ ♦ # An elastic, snappy skin is that of a young person; a .sluggish, doughy one denotes age. There are men and women young at 60; or they may be old at 35. The skin-test tells. Hold youi> fingers out straight (says a writer in “Good Health,” an American journal), and pick up a fold of skin on the back of the hand. If the skin snaps quickly back into place, you are young. If it stays up in a ridge you are old. It’s no use to say you aren’t. - You are 70 or 80 or 90 years old, no matter what the date of your birth. You are prematurely old. Even so, perhaps by painstaking effort you can win back some of the youth l you have lost,. He continues. “Now look, at your hands and see what story they tell. If you find a shiny, wrinkled skin, or one that has lost its elasticity, this is an announcement of the fact that you are prematurely old; and if you haven t already taken cognisance of this fact and begun to mend your ways, to economise your energies, to cultivate health and longevity, you would better begin at once. Cut out all meats from your bill of fare. Discard tea and coffee. Take pains to masticate your. food thoroughly.. Avoid overeating. Discard condiments of every sort. / Go early to bed, and sleep eight or nine hours out of the twentyfour. Take a day off for an outing two or three times a month. Live in the open air as much as possible. Sleep in the outdoor air on a porch or with widely-opened windows’. Drink two or three quarts Of water every day. Make a liberal supply of greens a part' of your daily bill of " fare. Eat potatoes largely instead of bread. Eat a big spoonful of bran at every meal. Don’t worry.”