WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17420, 3 April 1922, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in the "Woman's Corner" items of social or personal news. Such items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to, womesu

Miss June Clifford, Miss Aroha Clifford and Messrs Walter and ChaWes Clifford returned from Wellington yesterday.

Mr and Mrs M. Wilkin (Wellington) are amongst recent arrivals at the Clarendon.

Miss Mnrjorie Bain leaives next week by the Manuka for Sydney, en route for England Mr and Mrs R. Yanderkelen (Melbourne), who have been spending a few days in Christchurch, leave for the south to-day.

Mr and Mrs Frank Deverell have returned from a visit to the West Coast.

Mr and Mrs T. Salek (Wellington) are staying at the Clarendon. .

Mr and Mrs John Boag (Glasgow), Mrs and Miss Laidlaw and Mr Laidlaw (Brisbane) arrived from the West Coast on Saturday evening, and are staying at the United Service.

Recent arrivals at the Royal Hotel are Mr and Mrs W. G. Martin (Napier), Mr and Mrs W. Madeley (Wellington), Mr and Mrs A Shrimpton (Nelson), and- Mr and Mrs F. Watt (Ashburton).

Mrs R. M. Burden, who has arrived in Christchurch from India is staying with her mother, Mrs C. a. Bowden, Papanui road. Mr and Mrs Herbert Elworthy and their two children returned to Timaru yesterday. Mr and Mrs Hope (Timaru) arrived from Timaru yesterday and are staying at Warwick House. Miss May Newton, who has been visiting Mrs B. Newton, "Winchmore," is returning to Christchurch to-morrow. Mrs Percy Johnson and Miss Sybil Johnson returned to Mt. Torlesse on Saturday. Mr and Mrs J. G. L. Vernon, Mrs B. L. Blunden, and Mrs G. L. Rutherford, (Mucdonald Downs) were amongst the visitors at the Waihi School sports at Winchester on Saturday.

Mrs Percy Elworthy, Miss Rachel Elworthy and Mrs W. Bond, who have been spending a week in Christchurch,

returned to Timara on Saturday, and Mr and Mrs Miller returned yesterday. Miss Constance Leatham and Miss Edna Greatbatch leave to-morrow for New Plymouth. Miss Tripp and Miss Pinckney are arriving in Christchurch to-day, and will stay at Warwick House. The- annual University Ball held at the Easter tournament will be held this year at the Town Hall, Auckland, on Easter Tuesday, under the patronage of their Excellencies tha Governor-Gen-eral and Lady Jellicoe. Miss Burke has returned to Sumner after spending a few days with Mrs Orton Burke, "Birchdale," WoodgrQve. Miss Nellie Nottingham, "Woodbank,'' ITalswcll, is the guest of Miss Burke, "Mooroo," Esplanade, Sumner. Miss M. Bishop has returned from The Lodge, Hanmer Springs. Miss A. Spence, who after 85 years' senvice in the Richmond school is retiring on superannuation, was presented on° Friday hv the school staff with a suede travelling cushion and ebonyhacked hair brush. Miss Spence was also the recipient of a handsome hand mirror and toilet outfit from the upper pupils of the school. On Saturday morning at Ballantyne's Mrs Gerret van Asch gave a most enjoyable "handkerchief tea" in honour of Miss Valmai Matson, who is to be married this week. Amongst the guests were Miss Rona Matson, Misses Marjorie and Jean MeDougall, Miss Wanda Warren, Miss AV. Jakins, Miss Marjorie Tait, and Miss Enid Minty. A very enjoyable private dance was held in the Sumner Town Hall on 'Friday evening, when Mr and Mrs S. W. Dean and Mr and Mrs F. W. Partridge entertained a large gathering, which included not only residents "but also a large number of visitors from the city. The hall was tastefully decorated with black and white, while the supper tables were laden with delicacies of all kint«!. Miss Macdonald's orchestra provided the music, and a very jolly evening was brought to a close by the singing of "Auld Lantr Syne" and "For They are Jolly Good follows."

Mrs Paul Coffey, widow of the late Mr Paul Coffey, died on Friday at her residence, Oriental Bay, Wellington. Her husband died in December last. The late Mrs Coffey, who was well known for her charitable and kindly nature, was born in Nelson 77 years ago. She was the daughter of 6ne of the early colonists (Mr Newman), who came out to New Zealand in one of the first four ships, the Bolton. She was married to Mr Coffey at Nelson by the Rev. Mr Kirk; there being no church, the ceremony was conducted in the open. The late Mrs Coffey, who had been ailing for some time, leaves two sons (Messrs Newman and Paul Coffey, of Wellington) and three daughters, Mesdames Parry (Oriental Bay), Morris (Hataitai), and James Bod (Lyall Bay). .On Saturday afternoon, in good weather, the Rangiora Golf Club opened the 1922 season. Mr George Leech, the president of the club, in a short speech, congratulated the members on the spacious and convenient pavilion, which was used for the first time that day, and which would, re was sure, prove a decided acquisition to the club. Miss Lynskey, the club's lady champion, then hauled up, on the flag pole, a handsome flag presented by Mr Ray Smith and Mr Stewart, secretary of the club. A flag match was played by the members, the winners being Miss Bessie Boyd and Mr Kippenberger. The players and their friends, to the number of one hundred, were entertained by Mrs Leech, the president's wife, at afternoon tea, the tables heing beautifully decorated with sweet peas and yellow roses. In the evening a jolly little impromptu dance was held in the pavilion, the verandah of which is seventy feet long and ten feSfc wide.

There was quite a large gathering of ladies at the opening of the season of the Richmond .Hill Golf ClubTrt Sumner on Saturday afternoon. The coal breeze made the walk up the hill very enjoyabte, while the unsurpassed view from the club's pavilion was admired by all. The president of the club, Mr W. I?. Raphael, received the visitors, and expressed regret, at the unavoidable absence of Mrs Raphael. The lady members provided a delightful afternoon tea, which was daintily served in the pavilion. Amongst those present were: Mrs G. Gosset, Mrs C. H. Hamilton, Mrs H. J. Marriner, Mrs J. M. B. Crawford, Mrs A. Pullan, Mrs R. Wallace, Mrs T. C. Evans, Miss Poulton, "Mrs E. A. Johnson, Mrs H. H. Barlow, Miss Pratt, Miss E. Wilson, Miss \Famieson, Miss Holmes, Mrs R. A. "Row, Nurse Overton, Mrs Tnpson, Mrs Burns, Miss Martin, Miss Cargill, Miss Hamilton, Miss Pender, Mrs V. E. Hamilton, and Miss Barlow.

The Diplomats held another of their enjoyable functions at the Winter Garden on Friday evening, when a large number of people assembled to enjoy dancing to the melodious music supplied by W'Uiyams's jazz Band. Amongst those present were:. Mir Charles and Lady Campbell, Baroness Furnivall, Dr. and Mrs Louisson, Mr and Mrs Boulton, Mr and Mrs Canavan, Mr and Mrs A H. Wauoh'op', Mr and Mrs W., Alexander, Mr and Mrs Pollock, Mr and Mrs O M. Jones, Mr and Mrs Peoples, Mr and Mrs Lindsay Russell, Mr and Mrs R Francis, Mesciames Ken Williams, McCraeken, Ensor, Comerford, Wheeler, E. B.- Davison, Mr and Mrs M. Armstrong, Misses Olive Strachey, Birbara Oowlishaw, M. Hall, Lynne Edwards, Dot Cooke, Meg Wauchop, Ethel Wynn Williams, Zora Gunderson, Palmer, Ritson Thomas, Elsa Brown Hill, O'Sullivan, Barlow, McArthur, Dr. Russell, Captain Harvey (H.M.S. Melbourne), Messrs Bullen, Murray, Thomson, D. Gould. Gerard, Dalgety, Donaldson, B. B. Wood, Smith, Lawry, Singleton, Murray, R. Smith, Loughnan, F. R. Wauchop R. Hall, F. J. Craeroft-WU-son, Egan, Bailey, Hastings, Pearce, Blogg, and W. S. Wauchop. The Hagley Golf Club opened its season on {Saturday under favourable conditions. The weatiwr in the afternoon was excellent for golfing, and about i(X> players participated in the Mixed' Foursome Competition for the opening day Challenge Cup. The fairways were in splendid.order and the players greatlyenjoyed the improvements recently made on the links. Delicious afternoon tea was dispensed by the ladies' committee. Among those present were:— Lady Dennisttn, Mr and Mrs E. J. Ross, Mr and Mrs J. I>. Millton, Mr and Mrs H. D. Andrews, Mr and Mrs J. "W yn Irwin, Mr and Mrs G. Merton, Mr and Mrs C. Stringer, Mr and Mrs C. F. (smith, Mr and Mrs E. H. Clark, Mr and Mrs F. W. Freeman, Mr and Mrs F. W. Hobbs, Mr and Mrs D. Hutton, Mr and Mrs L. Pegler, Mr and Mrs Denis Hoare, Mr and Mrs Ronald Fisher, Mesdames Geo. Harris, Gresson, TosswiU, Green, Sellers, Tyers, McClatchie, van Asch, Kitto, the Misses Newton (captain), M. Morton {ladies' secretary), Boulnois, Bruce, Chapman, N. Knight, McDougall, Bonnington, Gerard, Thomson. Kitto, Inglis,. Guthrie, Ross, N". Williams, J. Smith, E. Harman, Messrs Boulnois, Harman (2), Montgomery, Laurie, Lewis, Stevenson, J. Robinson, Ronaldson, Morrison, Guernsey, Menzies, Abernethy, iSolomon, Tayler. A. Ross, R. Sullivan, Atkinson, Macfarlane, Dr. Fenwick and many others If there is only one child in a family, it is liable to suffer from peculiar conditions of health. Dr. Robert Hutchison gives some curious experiences of this "negativism"' (or "cussedness," to use a more popular term) in the current issue of the "Lancet." He presents a theory that the solitary child is apt to present peculiarities so we'd defiiied as to contitute a condition which medical men can recognise, and which he.describes as "only-childism." (These peculiarities include:—"Oldi fashionedness" j "a feeling that it is

the most important person in the house" ; "unmanageable traits" ; refusal to eat or "sleep; "pieksomeness" —fickleness in food; breath-holding. "In the majority of instances," says I>r. Hutchison, "it is true the child thus affected is the only one in the family, but well-marked examples are found amongst children horn _ some years after their brothers and sisters. The most pronounced cases of all, perhaps, occur amongst children brought up alone by grandparents. Thq adopted child, curiously enough, seems to be comparatively" immune from the disease." To cure this trouble the doctor savs "the doctrine of wholesome neglect must be inculcated; the child must no longer be fussed over physically, and his health and peculiarities must not be discussed in his presence." This disease is not to be confused with the "spoilt" child's ways; it is a "contrariness" of a different sort.

A Children's Plav Centre is to be established at Sydenham Park during the. week of school holidays in May, under the auspices of the Y.W.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A. The organiser for the former will be- Miss Jarvis, and for the latter Mr Spencer Green, and both will have the assistance of a number of honorary helpers. The idea of the Community Playground is onlv now being introduced to New Zealand. It was tried very sue■cessfullv in Wellington during the Christmas holidavs under the auspices of the Women's National Reserve, anu. under the direction of Miss Jarvis, of the Y.W.C.«A., and Mr Burton, of the Y.M.C.A. Large numbers of children attended at the Basin Reserve daily and benefited greatly from recreational games of all descriptions. The Christchurch Citv Council has wanted permission for Svdenham Park to be used during the week of holidays in Mav, except on the Saturday afternoon when the Park will be required bv sports clubs. The organisers' have their plans well in hand and it will be possible for them to hold the attention of hundreds of children daily. Apart from the recreational value of the games, the children will be taught the useful lesson of how to occupy their spare time with both plensure and prcfit. On the closing dav of the Wellington Piny Centre the Minister of Education (Hon. C. J. Parr) pointed out to the assembled children how honesty and unselfishness learned in games would help them in after life, and explained that to play the game finely was one of the best tilings in the world. He congratulated tlie. promoters on the success attained. It is expected that the Play Centre in Christchurch will be equally successful.

"The inevitable cup of tea" proved a matter of contention at the Conciliation Council at Wellington last week during the hearing of the bakers' and pastrymakers' dispute. It cropped up in connexion with the union's proposal to reduce the' period of work before breakfast from four and a half hours to four hours. The contention of the union, as voiced by Mr Andrew Collins, was that some employers kept their men in the bakehouse "without bite or sup" for the time first mentioned, and he gave a graphic description of the harrowing condition of the men, surrounded by every luxury the patrons of the pastrycooks could desire—pies, cheesecakes, jam tarts, cream sandwiches, etc.;—piled up in profusion all around them, without a bite for themselves or a drop to whet their parched throats, until the end of the long period of hard work, in a heated atmosphere, with a hot oven in front of them, enabled them to adjourn: for a meal, although the strength of his argument was rather lessened when it was pointed out that most employers provided something, if it was only a cu>> of tea, to relieve the tenseness of the situation. Then, while it was contended there were employers and employers, the union representatives endeavoured to have a condition inserted in the award providing for a ten minutes' interval in the first two hours' work for a tea. party. The employers' representatives • would not agree to insert such a clause without further consideration, and the whole question will be referred to the Court. The "Dominion" says this recalls to mind the 'objection made by one large office in Wellington to the growth of the morning tea habit, which was said to cost, in lost time, something like £4OO a year, and it nas consequently been "cut out."

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AMBERLEY BACES. The weather in the city on Saturday morning was not such as wouid tempt women to spend the day in the country, but those who went to Amberley were amply rewarded for their courage, as the sun ehone bravely all the afternoon, and the warm wraps necessary for the long drive could be easily laid aside at the racecourse. Many North Canterbury peop.e attended, and a very enjoyable day was spent. The drosses worn were mostly sombre in colour, and the hats email and tight-fitting, with here and there a welcome touch of brilliant colour. L;idy Clifford wore a dark costume, fur coat, and black straw hat; Mrs Georgo Macdonald, a rilayy cuotumo trimmed with military braid, and a navy velvet hat with cire ribbon; Mrs Bruce Douglas, creum costume, with royal blue stripe, black straw hat with royal blue ribbon; Mrs Harry Dampier-Crossley, navy blue costume, bLack hat wiuii gold lace and jade and rose-ooloured flowers: Mrs J/e Clero tatter, mole velour cloth costume, very pretty henna liat finished with shaded flowers at ono 6ide; Miss Polhiil, pretty Wedgwood bluo costume with striped coliar and cuffs-, small black hatter's plush hat; Mra C. 0. T. Rutherford (The Poaka), dark grey costume, grey and saxe blue velvet hat; Mrs T. T. Thompson, mole costume, burnt straw liat witti mole ribbon; Miss Olive Bxrron (Dunedin), blue costume, black straw hat with. Liberty silk swathing; Mrs H. D. Macdonald, navy costume, small navy velvet hat smartly trimmed with striped ribbon; Miss Nell Buss, nigger-brow u costume, and hat to match; Lady Campbell, fawn knitted frock, blue wrap with seal collar, black silk hat; Miss Peggy blue costume, white fox furs, black hafc with uncurled ostrich feather and black ribbon streamer; Mrs G. Rutherford (Nelson), brown costurhe with wlhite stripe and mole trimming, mole and vioiefc hat; Mrs Brett Wood, mastic accordionpleated frock and large black hat; Mrs C. H. Elisor, white cloth costume, violet silk h:it; Mrs S. F. P. Webb, blue and wliito striped costume, velour hat with uncommon feather trimming; Mra Godfrey Rutherford (Lochiei), black and white striped costume, plush hat with blue feather mount; Mrs J. McCraeken, navy coat, small navy silk bat with, vari-coloured flowers; Aire Percy Overton, navy costume, gold tissue hat with navy wmgs; Mrs Gordon Fulton, blue

costume with black braid, navy straw hat with violet leaves; Mrs A. A.'MoMaster, very smart grey knitted frock* blue silk hat with grey chenille embroidery; Mrs George Rutherford (Connemara), bluo costume, white fox furs, vieux-rose hat; Mrs Erik Rutherford (Inverness), navy coat-frock, grey hat; Mr 3 L. Lewis, musquash coat, smart little cream suede hat; Mrs Maxwell Deans, brown striped costume, brown hat with cire ribbon' and touches of silver; Mrs George ReLd, henna and grey striped costume, Oriental tam; Mrs Alan Macfarlane, grey costume, henna hat; Mrs P. Selig, navy ocstume, feather stole, black panne hat with -eoq'ue feathers; Mrs J. Dampier-Cross-lcy, blue costume, blue feathered hat; Miss Buss, blue costume, relieved with molo, and hat to match; Aire 'H. Pilbrow, blue costume, jade-green velour hat. Other ladies present were Mrs H. Acton-Adams, Mrs W. Buss and Miss Nora Buss, M iss Bstty Northcote, Mrs Leo Johns, Mrs H. Edgebrook (Waikari), Mrs Robinson. (Mt. Palm), Mrs J. Cracroft-YV ilson and Miss Doris Cracroft-Wilson, Mrs and Miss Jean Moßae (Waikari), Mrs and Miss Carrie, Mrs J. S. Neville, Mrs Redpath, Miss Inman, Mrs Jellett, Mrs Maskow, Mrs Joseph Hamlet, Miss Koi Rogers, Miss Dorothy Rogers (Nelson); Mrs Hugh Ensor, Mrs Marriiaduke Dixon, Mrs Rothenberg, Mrs H. Harris, and Mra Melville Bruce.

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS. It ;s not oi'en that music-lovers are treated to such an excellent musical programme as that given at the Jeliicoe lian on Saturday evening, when, following their annual meeting, the council ot the Canterbury toooety of professional Musicians held an "At Home." 'l'ho gues-ts were received by Madame Gowet-iJurns (vice-president), who wore an effective gown of - lucnsia shaued georgette, witii touches of gold. Mr Arthur Merton, president cr the Association, in a cordial speech, welcomed the guests and deprecated the idea that musicians were in any way inclined to disagree anifingst themselves. He congratulated Miss. Constance Leatham on :4ie success of her recital, and ombehalf of himself and the members of the Association, he offered to Miss Stella Murray, who had been so well received by the London public. A'■ very much appreciated programme con- | tributed to by Madame Gower-Burns, ' Miss Marion AVoodhouse, Miss Ibbotson, Miss Louise Croucher, Miss Constance ' Leathern, Mr Ernest Empson, Mrs 11. C. ; Zimmerman. Air Nevul-Sinith, and Mr : Sidney Williamson, was greatly enjoy- i ed. Mrs J. E Kussell and Miss lian- J nam were the aecompanistes. Alter a delicious supper hr.d been served on small flower-decked tables, Dr. John Guthrie", on behalf of the many guests, : thanked Mr Merton and the members of the Council for their hospitality and lor the musical treat they had so greatiy enjoyed. Amongst those present were Mrs Alfred Merton and the Misses Merton, Mr and Mrs Ernest Empson, }>r. and Mis Hight, Dr. and Mrs Uuthrie, Mr and Mrs G. L. Donaldson, Dr. and Mrs P. Stanley Foster, Mr Densem, Mr and Mrs Lance Lewin, Dr. and Mrs Pairman, Miss Millicent Jennings, Miss Alice Candy. Miss Alice Carter, Mr and Miss Zimmerman, Miss Duffy, Miss Edna Greatbatch, Miss Blanche Atkinson, Dr. and Mis Crooke, Mr and Mrs Mounsey.