WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2733, 30 March 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

' "' (By Imogen.)

Of New Zealand Interest;

Patriotic Cake Room,

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM tfAR AND NEAR.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

On Saturday, February 5, at St. Johiij Clmrcli, Redliill, the marriage took place of the Hon. Alan .-/'Boyfe. lieutenant, ltoyal Flying Corps; third surviving son of the late Earl of Glas.' gow, a former Governor of New Zealand, and brother of the present Karl, ttwl Isabel Julia, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. P. Hull, of Earls-" jvood, ,Mqunt Redliill . (states the "Queen"). . Tho officiating clergyniani at the service, wliiclr was fully choral, was tlie Her. Bertram |B. Slater, vicar, and the church was decorated with palms, and lilies. The. bride, who,'was given away by her father, wore a lovely gown of white and gold brocade, the train being lined with gold tissue. From tho shoulders foil a mantcau de cour' of white ninon, embroidered 1 with pearls. Her veil of old Limerick lace was lent by her sister, Mrs. de.Rouzy Martin, and was arranged over a wreath of mange blossom. She carried a beautiful bouquet of lilies,of the valloy, the gift of the bridegroom. -The bridesmaid, who was Miss Pamela Peel, wore a simplo gown of white ninon, and carrietl a bouquet of pink carnations, the gift of this bridegroom, together with n jbwelled pendant. The best man was Lieut. Bowlby, tlie Scots Greys. Following tho ceremony a small reception was heW by Mrs. Hull . at Earlswtel Mount, the guests including! tho Dowager Countess of Glasgow,-Mr. and Lady Augusta Inskip, 'the Viscount and 'Viscountess CHarlemont, Lady Alico For. gusson, Professor and Miss Hull, onel and Mrs. Hendloy, Majoi; Hon. John and Mrs. Boyle, Captain and Mrs. Leonard Hull, Major ana Mrs. HuntcrBlair, Hon. .Mrs. jfelson-AVard, Captain and Mrs. Jarvis, Hon. Rachel Cault'eild, The bride's travelling gown wiis of grey taffeta, and a fur coat, tho gift of her father, and the honeymoon was to be spent at'Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire.

| Tho. engagement is annomiccd' of Miss ■ E. Sniallhono, daughter of Mr. (J. F. -B. Smallbono, of Dannevirke, to llr. W. L. Newnham, A.M.1.C.E., resident engineer, Public Works' Department, ' Napier. . 1 Mrs. Hornabrook, who - has been spending some weeks with her, mother, Mrs. Doughty, at Ivaraka J3iy, leaves' on Friday for her home at Greytown. Mrs. Mellish, who lias been on a visit to her sister, Mrs, Gemmell, Palmerston North, has returned to Queensland, taking Miss- Gemmell for. 'a visit witli her. , At Christ Church, Ealing, the wedding took place ,on February 1 of Hugh Guyon Fry, lieutenant, Royal Engineers, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fry, of Auckland, and Miss Freda Joyce Fellgate, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.- AV. Fellgate, of 38 Gordon Road, Ealing. The .ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. J. Summerhayes. Mr. Fry obtained his commission last August.

The ladies of the Patriotic Cnke Room have pvery reason to be satisfied with meir efforts, the rentm for the four and a half months during which.'time it has been carried on being £220 for the- Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Mrs.' I'irth and the committee desire to express their great appreciation' to those who so regularly send every week, their contribution of cakes, sweets, or donations of money, etc. These give with the overwhelming desire to help the good cause' and they work for the Room willingly and untiringly. There aro still many members .of the Miraniar Golf Glub ivlio do not help, and this is much to be regretted. It is the earnest desire of the committee that all members should take their part and help in donations either of cakes or ol monoy. •As there are more troops leaving, there will be au extra demand For home-made cakes and sweets, and the committee would, very gladly welcome such Many ladies might perhaps bo able to help if, when making cakes for their own household, they made just a. little extra to suxd to the Patriotic Cake Room, in aid of a cause which everybody must be anxious to help in some way or other. The cakes —never too many;—find a ready salo. Thev are of the best, always fresh and wholesome.' There are also for sale many other attractive articles, such as babies' jackets, bootees, .leather bags, knitting bags, etc. The Room, 8 Hannahs Building, Lambton Quay, is open every' Friday. The committeo of the Patriotic Cake Itoom desire to • acknowledge with thaulfs gifts of home-made cakes,' sweets, etc., from the following donors: —Mesdames Firth, Findlay, Askew, Telford, Badham, Ballinger, • Betlrune, W.F. Ward, Palmer, B. L. Taylor, R, P. Ward, Isaacs, Hurst, Finch, -Misses Didsbury, Cameron, M'Kellar, M'Monamen, "Wheeler (2), Paterson Hall (2), Chalmers, liirkcaldie, P. Ward, Chapman, O'Connor,' Johnson, A'on Dadelszen, Saunders, Seed, Jacobsen, &iciey, Gavin, Turner, Barron, Richardson, Drunimond, Messrs. Firth, Janiscn. Royal Economies. Almost half the staff at Buckingham Palaco have been "released" for duty at tlie front (states an English newspaper). The King still allows no, win'o at table, and there is now a short, wartime menu. In dress the ladies of the Royal Family have long shown an example of self-denial. Queen Mary also insists on economies in all the bazaars, and other entertainments for charities which she reqognises by ter name or presence. She will have nothing to do with any cause that is not run on businesslike lines, and is of opinion that a good deal too much monoy is often wasted oil expenses of charities 1 where the results are meagre. ■ In lier own household the Queen takes great trouble to 'prevent waste at. any time.. She lias curtailed many cust<sin>ry expenses. One of the many Court institutions she'.has -reduced in cost is the Royal orchestra. At Princess Christian's house in Pall Mall the door is now opened, not by a sergeant footman or any other grandiose Royal servant, but by a ! parlourmaid in a dark > blue uniform.

Everyone interested in the Plunket work for babies is invitod to attend the afternoon tea which is being given by. Mrs.. 0. Richardson' on T/edneDffay next at her residence Selwyn Terrace, for the benefit of the Plunket funds. A variety of most attractive articles in the way of boxes for gjloves, blouses, neck-wear, etc., as well as bags •for holding needlework, knitting, etc., will be sold. With the proceeds, resulting from the afternoon tea and- tire v sale of the articles mentioned above, it is hoped that a satisfactory sum may be realised. Such a work as that conducted by the Plunket Society, valuablo at all times, is beyond all estimation this particular time, when life is being so remorselessly quenched. -

"Edith Cavoll," or Frau Karl Drusckii? Esther L. Thomas writes:—"All flower lovers will, I think, agree that our best white rose is the Frau Karl Drusckii, and to retain that awful name in face of what German kultur lias compassed during tho war is at once an offenco against our sense of the 'eternal fitness of things,' and a besmirchment of tho intrinsic good qualities of this glorious rose. Wo all love the rose, but abhor the name. That beautiful production, which, by its purity of bloom, appeals to the aesthetic in our nature, and by its dignity of poise and strength of growth, commands our respect, should possess a name that would at once suggest something of its own character. My lvumble proposition is that the name 'Edith Cavell' should be substituted for the present truly ugly name.

"Hospitals and institutions of various character will 110 doubt perpetuato the name of this heroic nurse, but I venture that if the above suggestion be effectuated she will more truly live in the hearts and affections of those who love the beautiful in 'flowerland' —and how few do not! Slightly varying the words of Holy Writ, I believe that if the change be made that wheresoever in the whole world this rose be grown, 'there shall also this that this woman hath done be told for a memorial of her." More Rice for Children. I "The rednption of the supply of sugar," writes a medical correspondent to the "Daily Mail"), "will mean improved health to a "re.it many people. Sugar is an admirable foodstuff for children and young, active people, being one of the best and oheapest materials for the supply of body-heat and energy. "But it is not indispensable. If the children have to do with a little less sugar its place can be quite adequately taken by a little more fat, or such starchy foods as rice, tapioca, cornflour, and 1 potatoes: "With middle-aged people many an inexplicable fit of indigestion is due to the three or four pieces of sugar taken in the breakfast tea-or coffee. Moreover, a cup of tea is robbed of a good part of its stimulating effect, by the added sugar. It is very easy to cultivate a taste for tea without sugar, and those who do so get very rnucn more of the brain-clearing value of their cup of tea. "Women in particular will be benefited by the restriction, for many of them utterly destroy their appetite for more necessary food by eating too many sweets."' ,

Mrs. Martin, Palmereton North, , wife of Major Martin, N.Z.A.M.0., who wrote "A Surgeon in Khaki," which is being sold -in New Zealand for the benefit of the Sick and Wounded Fund, is visiting Christohurch, and is _ tho guest of Mrs. J. H. Hall, Papanui.

Mr. Stuart-Fuller, Consul-at-Large for the United States, and Mrs. StuartFuller, who have been spending several days in Wellington, leave to-day for Tahiti..

The ladies of the Y.M.C.A. Triangle Depot are making an urgent appeal to friends in the country districts who have orchards to. forward whatever fruit the.v can spare to tho depot in Wellington, to aid the effort to provide small comforts and luxuries for the. soldiers at tho front. - Apples in particular would be most acceptable. Tho 1 committeo wishes to thank thoso who have forwarded their contributions for tho cause. ■ This week a party of Ngaio ladies, consisting of Mrs. W.'H. Barnes;..: Misses Jordan, M._ Jordan, Pearce, and A. B. Barnes, will bo in charge at the depot, and contributions of cakes, sweets, etc., will be greatly appreciated. — '

Pleasing hair work. AH hair work executed by' Miss Milsom gives the greaest satisfaction. .Only the best quality hair used, finest: weaving, cool and fenther,weigh. Fashions are changing r.'l the time, but whatever the modo wo havo it to 6how and advise. A perfect match guaaraanteed. So highly satisfacory is this department that the plaits, switches, toupees,. ; transformations, wigs, natural hair pads, and curls continually made are always life-like, and cannot be detected when worn. In addition, clients are taught the professional' way>io keep their, artifical hair to colourand lustre, and look as if it were growing from the head naturally. All hair and face preparations stocked: Call or write Miss Milsom, M Willis Street (4 doors past "Evening Post"). Telephone 814.—Advt.

Whoever 6uffers from chapped hands nnd does not use "SYDAL" (Wilton's Hand Emollient) is foolish, those who avoid having, chapped hands by using "SYDAL" .are wise/ Where do you belong ?—Advt. •

A veiy smart window display of beautiful silk scarves is attracting attention at Herb. Price's. LADIES, make a point of inspecting—Advt.

The Red Cross Shop, As next Saturday will see a parade of thellth Reinforcements, the ladies in charge of the Red Cross shop in Woodward Street will be very glad to rcceivo an extra specially large supply of cakes, fruit, sweets, etc., from which gifts for the soldiers may be purchased. On the last occasion that the troops marched through the streets Mrs. Thomson auc} Mrs, Rcilly sold a large amount of such things, and as the demand for them was very evident, tliey hope to be well supplied for the benefit of the troops, and the Red Cross this time. The Old Handicap. Miss Rosiua Buckmnn, the New Zealand operatic singer, played the part of the lightsome widow, Mrs. Waters, in the "Boatswain's Mate," an opera founded on Jacobs's well-known book, the music of which was written Dr. Ethel Sinythe, tho well-known composer. 'Hie opera was for the first time in London at tho'end of February, and according to one critic the music was far too good for the play. Dr. Smythe has the greatest objection to being spolcen of as ''the leading woman composer," and asks, "Why drag in my sex? Why woman composer? When a work of art is in question, what does it concern the critio whether its author is man, woman, or child? Why not treat it as a work of art pure and simple? And its composer as a composer pure and simple? On the Continent they draw no such distinctions. The finest musicians in France and Germany —men like Lalo Korngold, Bruno Walter, Muck, and dozens more—have praised my music in terms_ which seem extravagant compared with anything that has appeared m England; and not one has ever thought, when discussing it in print, to refer to the fact that I happen to be a woman. "Why is it so different here? I will tell you.. Because on tbo Continent the artistic sense is more highly developed, and a piece of music is considered solely as a work of art, and is judged on its merits as suoli. Can you not understand, therefore, how very tiring it is to find Ibis same old critical cliche tacked on invariablv to all the kind things which the English critics are good enough to say concerning me and my work?" How 'to Wash Silk Crepe. Washing silk crepes at a time when crupe3 are being so much .used, is certainly 'an accomplishment. The rules below/printed in an Australian daily, will show how to prevent the yellow appearance. of washed silks._ Luke-warm water should be used, with any pure white soap, that does not contain too much life. Professional laundresses 'uso & mixture of salts of tarter and borax, half and half, in warm water. Oily streaks, at tbe neck and wrists should | be removed with gasoline before washing. After a good suds is made, dip the garment in, and do not rub, but move it about in the water, so that the suds come in contact with all parts. Rinse 'ill several waters very thoroughly, so that ont one particle of 6oapsuds is left on tho garment. In each case Equeeze tho water out, never wring it, or the material will have a pulled appearance, even after, ironing. Also, all}' thin ciepc iu liablo to part, or give way, on the oross-tvise strands if it is handled ioughly. Shake out of tho last rinsing, and wrap the garment iu a cloth until nearly dry." Then iron on tho wrong, side. -With this.method a blouse or dress will look as if it had just come from tho shop. Flesh-coloured crepe do chine, silk, or batiste, should _ have a little red ink or a bit of red ribbon in tlio filial rinsing water. Be sure that the- ink or dye is evenly distributed through the water, or the material will bo streaked and spotted.

: The marriage took place at Pongaroa last Saturday of Trooper: Cyril Fairbrother and Miss Sylvia Gosling. Trooper Fairbrother was on final leave. He at -one- ,time represented Messrs. 'Abraham' and Williams, at Pong-aroa, ana was a wellknown footballer.

Lieut. A. Craig and Sapper W. M'Kenzie, of the 11th Reinforcements, were the guests of honour at a farewell evening, given by Mr. D. Leslie and the Misses Loslio last night. During tho evening pigskin wallets were presented to Messrs. Craig and M'Kenzie, for which the recipients thanked the donors. Contributions to the Countess of Liverpool Parcel Fund' have beon received as follow: —Mr. and Mrs. Wi S. Barraud, £2; ''Anonymous," 2s, 6d.; Miss Medley, 25.; Mrs. H. Pollen, ss. A, number of gifts in the way of sweets, writing material, ctc., have also been received. A donation of two guineas, in lieu of a Red Cross tea, is acknowledged from Mrs. Spragg. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Turnor, Mr. J. P. and Miss Lowes, and Mr. and Mrs. R. Hutchinson, who have been on a fishing excursion to Lake Tokoano, have returned to Eketahuna. <

Mrs. I'\ Armstrong, of Dannevirke, Miss Armstrong, and Miss Speedy, are .visiting the Hot Lakes District.

Nurse Sybil Greig, of Auckland, who has been attached to No 1 Stationary Hospital at Rouen, and more lately to the ambulance flotilla, was on leave in London last month, and was staying with Mrs. Leo Myers, formerly also of Auckland.

Mrs. F. W. Kemp,, who left for England some time ago, is, according to recent news, taking up staff nurse's duties at the New Zealand Hospital at Walton-oii-Thames.

Miss Nora d'Argel, the New Zealand singer, assisted at a concert which was given in February in the Aeolian Ball, London.

Mr. TVill Ogilvie's splendid poem, "The Australasian," which appeared in a recent issue of "Punch," has been reprinted in card! form by special permission of the proprietors of- "Punch," to bo sent to the Australian end New Zealand troops on active service. Mr. Ogilvie has taken as the text of his poem the words, "The bravest thing God ever mado"—a British officer's opinion—and it is seldom that a _ more sincere or more convincing appreciation of gallant deeds has been written m verse (states the "British Australasian").

Yesterday afternoon Miss Carter gave another of her interesting demonstrations of cookery at the Wellington Gas Company's lecture hall in Courtenay Place. There was an excellent attendance, among them being many fresli-comers, ' showing the interest which has been aroused in these demonstrations. On,this occasion, Miss Carter gave a number of "request" dishes, among them being flaky pa&tr.v, cream tartlets, boiled and soused fish, raspberry' toffee, sponge roll, liaricot bean pie, and nut bread. For the convenience of those who were unable to gain admittance at yesterday's demonstration, the management has decided' that another lecture shall be given at the lecture room on Thursday evening at eight o'clock.

Sports Suits in English and Colonial Tweeds. 17s. Gd. to 375. Gd. Every father can afford his boy one of these drossy stiKs at Hie prices we quote. Geo. Fowlds, Ltd.—Advt.

Wedding Announcement—Beautiful rosea and the choicc.it of flowers only arc used when designing wedding bouquets, which I malco s speciality of. Packed and forwarded through the Dominion. Miss Murray, Vice-Regal Floriste, 36 Willis Streat.—Advt.

ATTENTION, Ladies! Herb. Price Is showing a very attractive window display of beautiful silk flWti'ros—the colourltten are particularly ch&i'ffllaji, a»d the quali, ties BRnerb.—Adit