WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16431, 27 January 1919, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor wiU be plewed to receive for publication in tie "Women's Corner'' items of social or personal news. Such items should bo fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited on any matters at- ( iecting, or of interest to, women. Dr. and Mrs Crooke are spending a fortnight at the Hydro (Timaru). Miss Marjorie Kirk returns to Christchurch tbis evening, after a fortnight | in Timaru. ! Miss Elenor Kidston, M.A. (Welling- [ ton) is the guest of Sirs Robert Mal- | colm (Opawa). i ]^{ r3 o. W. Earle (Wellington) and j \£i ss Earle are the guests of Mrs A. H. Bristod. Mrs Cameron (wife of Captain W. Cameron, of the ferry steamer Maori), and her little daughter, who have been I ih-ing in Christehurcli for several | montns, havo gone to Wellington, where they iutend to reside. : xbe Rev. and Mrs J. do B. Ghlwey ! iire staying at tho Hydro in Timaru. Miss Larsen (Wanganui) i 3 staying | with her aunt, Miss Thornton, Te P»epo, | llaiswell. ' Mrs jind Miss McDonald have return- ! e: i to Geraldine, after a stay with Mrs j Uavison (St. Leonard s). ! j.j r M.nrJ Mrs Herbert Elworthy (CraigmorC; Timaru) axe visiting the | l'Taaz Josef Glacier. ■, ■ Miss Leslie Wilson returns to Dunedin on Wednesday, after a stay in j Ciiristchurch and Altaroa. | i Mrs and Miss Rhodes (Bluecliffs) have ! returned to Timaru, after a stay in Christehurcli. They leave to-morow | on a visit to Dunodiu. * I Mrs Hogg returns- to-day fronx a visit to Surrey Downs, where sh% has been the guest of the Misses OHiver. : Mrs Crisp (Ashburton) returned home on Saturday, after a. stay m Christ- | church. . it i _ Mrs Hanham and the Misses Hanhaxn (Snmnor) have returned from-a trip to the Cold Lakes and Milford oound. • Mr and Mrs George Raymond, apd Miss Raymond, have returned from a motor trip to the Southern Lakes. Miss Cowlishaw has returned from a visit to Miss Tripp (Orari Gorge). Miss Turnbull has returned to Timaru after a visit to Chnstchurch. The King lias agread that Princess Patricia of Connaugbt should jounce her title and become _ Lady Patricia, itameay after her mam age. MRS EOLLESTON'S Course of Hair Treatment, at her charmingly appointed Rooms, has surprised many ladies by tho modesty of its cost. The course, however, is very thorough' and complete, comprising five separata treatments; nair-cuttmg, ana singeing; massage, with scalp lood; shampooing, with friction vibro and hand maaMge; besides all necessary preparations used, and aleo it lesson in hairdrebsing. Especially beneficial in cases o£ falling bair, and premature greyness. .MBS TuN (qualified London, Pane, and America), Dominion Buildings, Cathedral square, Chriatchurch.. THE BOY COMES HOME. I aril back in the office, again. On tho first day of my return, the undcr-manager seemed at a lobb .to know what to do with me. You see, I was just one of fifty ordinary, yoking clerks before I went, and; all, the work of this diss is now entirely, in the .hands of tho girls—crowds of them. I was i rusty, too, after-four-years in the Army, and there had been changes in the system. . ... , . , ''Let me see. Smith 1" ; he said reflectively. "You had bettor go on your old ledger work. Miss Thomson I" he called to a'demure-looking , young woman about twenty.. "Just show Mr Smith how we work the transfers now.'? \ And I was- led away to be shown my work by a young thing in a silk blouse and a ,6erge skirt. I. ( opened a drawer. I remembered it used to belong to "Punch" Smith, now somewhere in the Balkans. In the old days you generally found a boxing glove or so, perhaps a few golf balls. Now there were a manicure case,, a sentimental novel, and a little vanity bag. I,shut it hastily. Around me, as I pushed my unaccustomed pen along, was a constant babble of excited voices. I caught snatches of whisperings ' about hats, "darlings" r of blouses, and things that were "too awful for anything!" I looked towards the lijbtle glass boxes wherein dwelt and worked apart the men who held the lower administrative posts. Most of them were occupied by' anaemic-looking "C ,3's" about my own age—we had not thought much of them in the old days. While we had been away they had been pushed into the positions girls could not occupy—they were the only ones -left to choose from. The war has been a great opportunity ' for the "duds" in large offices. And they were rather patronising to* me now! t lam not grumbling. The company kept my job open for .me, made my Army pay up to my salary, and my i name is on the notice board in the list! of the gallant members of the Btaff i who gained distinction. " So I must buck up and try to do . a girl's job among the girls until I am fit for something better. That is quite all right for a man with a mechanical foot. ! Still, when "Punch" Smith, little Thorndike, D.C.M., "Bully" Green, D SiO., and the rest of the bova come back, after four years of real life, are they going to settle down to be educated up to their jobs again by young things in blouses? Are the anaemic C 3 "duds" to.hold the. administrative posts and perhaps be . promoted still higher to make vacancies in the lower posts for them? Will all of them be content? I 'dunnoj—("Clerk Again" in London "Daily Mail.") TO ALL LOVERS OP FTTRS. POLWILL, THE "FURRIER, has a Largo Stock of FOBS and FUR COATS. Latest Styles for the coming season selling at pre-war pnoee. CALL AND INSPECT MY STOCK. Skins of all descriptions Tanned and Dressed. 298 205 HIGH STREET. TO-DAY'S RECIPE. Apple Pudding.—Two pounds of apples, one egg, one pint of milk. 4oz of flour. Peel, core, and slice the apples. Grease a basin, and threequarters fill it; with, the thinly-sliced apples. Make a .batter with the egg, milk, and flour; allowing this to stand for an hour before using it. Beat thoroughly and pour over the apples. Cover the top of the basin with a saucer; tie in a'cloth', and" steam for two to two and.a-lialf hours. Turn out carefully, and serve with custard.