WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 22, 21 October 1919, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

HATTERS 01- INTEREST FROM FAB AND KMB,

(By Imoqen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

. Great_ interest centres in the coming production of "Once Upon a Time," which ig to be staged by Miss ffiadys Campbell, and opens at tho Grand Opera liouso on October 28, for a season of three nights. Tho authoress, Mlrs. Madge Heaumont, of Preston, England, will be remembered as having written "Sunset Land." "Once Upon a Timo" is one of a series of plays specially written by Mra Beaumont which have met with wonderful success in England, and ■ intending patrons are promised an artistic treat of tlie highest order. ,M 1 the ballets yhich come into the play are of an original nature, and 'will be seen for tho first time in Wellington. The box plan opens next Thursday, and early booking is advised. Miss Campbell is shortly leaving for England, and there will! be no repetition of the performances. Their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Countess of Liverpool have intimated their intention of being present. Tho lielburn School children's annual meeting of the Young Helpers' League took placo on Friday. Mrs. Luke, in distributing tho medals, congratulated tho children on having collected this year a sum sufficient to keop a dot in ono of the London homes, and 6ho hoped that iJi future years tho school would continue to maintain tho cot. The sum collected was ,£35 ?s. Tho recipients of silver medals of tlio Young Helpers'I.engnio were: Nance Hay, Dorothy Hay, Eileen Tingey, Ena Spence, Robin Oliver. Tho engagement is announced of Miss; (rlodyE Lynch, elder daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. P. if. Lynch, of Pukutoatoa, Kumeroa, Ifa.wke's Bay, to Mr. AY. J. J. Miller, second for of Mrs. Mif.ler nnd the late Mr. P. C. Miller, of Auckland. ■ Mrs. Helene Cross has returned to Christchurch after a brief visit to Wellington. Mrs. Cross has just finished an extended edition of her "Sold'ers' Spoken French," which proved such a boon to overseas soldiers, and this will lie published in America. Tho monthly meeting of the Levin Memorial- Homo .Committee was held at tho home, Berh&mpore. Miss Archibald presided. The matron reported that since the gift tea held on September 18 donations and gifts had leen received from the following:—Mrs. it. A. AVilliams, .£5; Miss Newiown, vfil; Mrs. Kirkea.ldie, ,£l,"Mrs. Monrad, bedstead, mattrees, a.nd pillow; Mrs. Evans, jam; and Mr. Nash, roll of dress material. Gifts for the month were acknowledged from the following;—Mr, <!. West. Miss Archibald, Miss Speed, Mra Christie, Miss Young, Mass IMbieson, Mrs. luiowlcs, ITawlco's Bay Fisheries, nnd the Ford Motor Company a load of wood.

An early Christmas effort vs being made by a committee which is organising o dance, the proceed? of which are to be used for gifts for the children at Wellington Hospital. Tho dnnco willl be held at St. Peter's Hall, G'hujsneo Stre«t, and in view of the excellence of Hie object Bhottld bo n great success. Tho chaperons include Mcsdmnes Hoyle, Kent, M'lntyro, and Lynford. Tho members of committee are Messrs. Bratind, Poppolton, M'llrridp. and Ky'e, with M.C.'s Messrs. Bolt, Wilson, and M'llvridc.

Tetrazzini is remembered in London by t:lio senEation which' her oppeaTatice in opera on used rame- years hack. Tho famous winm donna in' yet another of those who have devoted their talents to raisritfi funds for war charitios. At tho Tnaig Opera Ilottao in At>ril of this voinr her singing realised tho' sum of il7,Wft for the French lied Cross Society, nnd if the hundreds who were unable to obtain o.'lnvission to the Opera House is any criterion,- her popularity shows no sign of waning.

Miss Helen Gard'ner, who is to play the part of Turn Yum in "The Mikado" with tho Wellineton amateurs, has arrived from Dunedin.'

Miss Luscombe lias joined tho nursing staff nt Trentham Military Hospital as a V.A.D.

Mrs. and Miss Joseph, ulio have been visiting Auckland, left; for Wellington last week. .

At Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne, the mnrriage took piano of Mis* M. Ellmers, daughter of Mr. K. EUmevs,, of JTangaroa. to 'Mr. P. Tonks, son of Mr. Tonks, of Wellington.

Mrs. Bett, of- Palmerston North, is visiting Napier.

A monument to the mothers who waited so bravely for the return of their sons from the war was suggested at a meeting of Christchurch motorists by Mr. J. S. Barrett. Such a monument, ho said, v ßhould carry the inscription from the introduction to Nansen's hook. He had often admired the extraordinary sublimity of the languago of the explorers of the polar regions. Scott's Inst message couM never be surpassed, _ and the epitaph on Gates, "Hereabouts died a very galant gentleman/' wns enough to ntir anyone's blood. Nanten, also, in addressing his book to his wife, wrote, "To her who had the courage to wait." That was the inscription that should be placed on the mothers' monument. American Dressmakers in Paris. Paris at the present time (writes tho i'aris correspondent of "The Queen") is lull of vis.tors; every first-claw hotel is doing a brisk trade, for we are in the season of American dressmakers, milliners, and i.ingercs. Twice a year this (light of. charming migrants, daintily dre. ; sod, grave as plenipotentiaries, Mosses tho ocean; as regularly as swallows in tho spring-time, the dressmakers return, oach to, her "own" hotel, on the first of August, when, in the deepest, secrecy and the strictest confidence a foretaste of fashion is displayed to the duly accredited representatives of tho 'cailers of Fashion overseas. But this year tilings have not gone mioothly. The American clients have one idea, the Parisian creators another. Columbia has so far refused to acceptskirts <;ut off at the ltpees, sleeves showing the vpccination mark, bodices that are little more than breto'.les; gatcli generous display of lior charms seems to her suited to the Imth rather than tho garden party, and hor dressmakers have made it known that slw wants no mora extreme styles. If that is to be shown again they will not buy; they will abstain: New York will launch her own fashions! And Paris retorts that she has heard that sort of tiling bfiore; and that well-dressed women, all the world over, have ended always by wearing what she decrees, and will always continue to do so! The discussion rests there at the moment of writ jig. But America is tho richest power in the world! Wherever wclook, wherever we go, whoever we meet, whatever we read, that incontrovertible fact is brought home to us. ' The very bread and beef we are eatv.ug is American grown! And is it not becauso wo owe America so much money that a dtilar is worth seven franca fifty, instead of five? The women on this side of the Atlantic who can afford lmlly to dress are counted by hundreds; but who can number tho multitude of American millionaires? Proverbial wisdom luis it .that punctuality is the secret of sue?sss, but every-' 0110 who has done business in Paris knows tki.t this is not true of tho Fashion industry. Even after fivo years of war I'aris reigns supreme,'and the Parisians mo not, never have beffli, and probably never will be, true to time. But in trutii procrastination often succeeds- where punctuaKty would come a cropper. The angry passions roused on both sides would have resulted in a policy of pinpricks if the fashions had been ready for exhibition on the first: a fortnight's reflection will probably d'sclose a via media, aiwl so we hear that owirs to the Fetes, and owing to that over-useful scapegoat, the e>orh.t hours day. the models cannot be exhibited before Hi" 15th: un P"u de patience is locoinimx'd'xl to Indies who are dwoneerted to find how far afl that has b<v>u told them of the cost of living m Paris falls short of the real thingi

The Paper Frock, An America a woman staying at an hotel where I was dining came into the lounge beautifully dressed lor .dinner. in what looked like oyster brocade, writes an English correspondent. By arid by I spit was not krocade at all, but a peculiar fabric, soft and pliable, which fell in lovely lines. Noticing that I was interested she told me it was paper 'backed by tlio softest gauze, and that the fabric is expected to compete in the market with expensive satins and' silks. Entertainment in the Concert Chamber.' Yesterday evening an entertainment, organised by Mrs. Percy Woods and hor pupils for tho benefit of the Y.W.C.A. Building Fund was held in tho Concert Chamber of tho Town Hall. An interesting programme had been arranged consisting largely of sketches or playlets interspersed with songs and vocal duets by tho Misses Chatwind, Godier, Fuller, and Mr. Goudie, whoso contributions were warmly received by the audience. In addition to .their eongs Miss Chatwind and Mr. Goudio also contributed a vocal duet. Tho first of tho 6kotohes given was entitled. "Wanted, a Governess," a playlet in two scenes. Taking part in it were Miss Waters, Miss Alma Hutchison. Miss Phylis Dowsbury, Miss Lambert, Miss Perrin, Miss Wilson, Mi6s Ilazolwood, Miss Evans, Miss Hickey, and Miss Huntingdon, all of whom sustained their characters very creditably. "Under Distinguished ■ Patronage"' was another sketch, the performers being Miss Wilson, Miss Hickey, Miss Lambert, Miss Dewsbury, Miss Cawley, MissEvans, Miss Waters, Miss . Hazelwood and Miss' Huntingdon, and in the third sketch, -"Apartments to Let," tho various characters were taken by Miss Wilson Mi.is Perrin, Miss E. Watters, Miss Huntingdon, and Miss Exton. All three sketches were of a humorous character, and were enjoyed almost as much by the girls taking part as by tho audience. For tho vocal items Miss Caddick acted as accompanist. Remunsration of Australian Nurses. The valuable work done during the recent epidemic of pneumonic influenza by all grades of its nursing staff, was recognised in a practical way by the board .of directors of tho lioyal North Shore Hospital at its last monthly meeting, when the salaries of the whole of tjie nursing staff were readjusted, so tliat probationers and nurses in training, as well as sisters, would be on a muchbettor footing than hitherto, states the Sydney "Daily Telegraph." For some time it has been- thought that the remuneration of nurses in the public hospitals was' not keeping in step with tho rapidly increasing cost of living, and the part played in tho. recent epidemic b vtlie whole nursing staff of this hospital! without exception, decided the board to immediately take some steps to more adequately recognise their true value. Although this .will mean an increase of al>out lfl per cent, upon the cost of maintenance, the board bclioves the public generally will cordially endorse the step by granting tho additional assistance necessary to meet tho cost. Women's Responsibilities; "Neir Zealand women may well learn a lesson from tlio women of England as regards bilking an intelligent interest in the politics of their country," said Miss 11. Melville at Auckland on Tuesday. "It is no credit to the women of this country that they do not know moro about politics, and if our legislator were not very well aware that so many women neither know nor cared much about tho matter, they would never dare to have brought about tho'present position right on tho evo of a general erection! It ip our own fault that they think wo oan.be ro .easily hoodwinked; we have been asleep, and it is high timo wo. wokoup.. Let' us all study our own national questions and politics- with more interest;'it is no use women.growling about .bad laws; before'good "women's -representation, can be secured, women will havo to realise moro thoroughly their .responsibilities ond .acquaint ,themselves with all matters making for : good government."

The Garden Sleepers. Sleep in the garden! ' The war has left ,us the ground sheet, which makes it possible to sleep dry however wot with dew the ground may be. The best spot to make one's bed is not perhaps the lawn, which .may be hard from much mowing and rolling. If there bo a rougher spot where the grass is lush and about, four to six inches high, that is tho place to choose, for here one will lie as comfortably as on a feather bed. And if a bush bo handy, so much the better, for it.will help to keep of? the dew, which is often heavy. He who sleeps in the garden does not expect to sleep long. He may be 6ome time settling down, because the noises of the night are so well worth listening to. There is no sweeter sound than that of the stir of the breeze in tho leaves above and around him—it is a soiind as of. cool waters, tho cleanest, freshest sound in the world. There is music, he will find, even in tho cry of the owl,. And other sounds, soft mysterious sighs and rumbles coming from afar off, widen the sarden for him to a broad countryside, reminding- him as they do of. places a lone; tramp away. When he does fall asleep, it is to 6leep dreainlesslv, restfully. And if he awake earlv it is to a new, strange, and fascinating world. The shadows are all the wrong way alxiut, so that ho hardly knows his garden. And oreatures of the wild are astir that he neYer expectcd lived near him, He' sees in the flesh birds and little beasts of which he r6allv knows little except by hearsay. And may bp lie catches''the rascal rabbit at its wicked work among lik green 'stuff And lie is a? gloriously ready for hi.breakfast as the rabbit.—"lMl.l)./' .in the "Daily Ifail."

To. clear tho skin of any blemishe there is no treatment so effective as fae. massage when it is properly administer ed. Airs, llolleston, '256 Lambton Quay Wellington, who is a highly . (jiialifiei specialist' in skin and hair treatment gives a complete course of Face Massage for one guinea, including all. .necessary preparations— Advt.

Boy's Golf Hose, in all school colours from 3s. to ss. Geo. Fowlds Ltd. Manners Street.—Advt.

Our exquisite bouquets of roses or lih of the valley add the finishing touch ti a smart' wedding. Miss Murray. Viceregal Florist, Willis. Street, Wellington —Advt.

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds, never fails.—Advt.