WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 85, 5 January 1920, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

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EIACTERS ®F INTEREST FROM BAB AND MPiPj

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss L. Bing, of tho Christchureh High School, is leaving shortly on a visit to England, ami will spend a year's furlough abroad. Dr. and Mrs. -'Puttie arc visiting Christchurch. Mr. anil Mrs. J. B. Clarkson nro leaving by the '.Uceraki tor Sydney this week. Jliss Lena van Staveren is visiting Chri=tchnrch. Mrs. and Miss Hosking are visiting Dnncdin. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Evans (Pahiatun) arc visiting Akaroa. About six hiindrwl Maoris from Tnurangn, Kotonia, Maliotn, Otaiuarnkan, Afatata, and Whakafane visited Jfotiti Island Inst week to attend the celebration of four marriages on Christmas Day. The visitors were entqrtainecl in a lavish manner, largo quantities of provisions, of all kinds being supplied by the island natives, who are regarded as one of the most prosperous Maori communities in of Plenty. The wedding took place quietly in St. Matthew's Church. Mosterton. last Wednesday of -Miss Charlotte Taylor, of "Teinairc," Featherston, and 'Mr. AValter Skinner, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Skinner, of Lansdcwnc, Masterton. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a silver grev tailor-made eostnniß and a black lr.eo hat with velvet crown, trimmed with pink (lowers. She carried a pretty banquet of white roses and Christmas lilies. The bride's sisters were in attendance; Mi=c Ada Taylor was in white till:, with a lint of black nnd pink georgette, nnd her bonrnrct was of pink roses and carnations. The two younger bridesmaids worn white ''frosted voilo dresses, and pale Wuo sashes, and ferried baskets of blue nnd wlr'fcp sweet peas. ' The best, man was Mr. .T. Taylor. The reception was hold at the BnrlinJ!toa ten rooms, nnd later the guests wero entertained at the home of the prrnom's mother. Liter Mr. nnd .Mis. Rkinnor left for Palmerston North, where the honeymoon is to lie spent. TJuvr future home wilL.be in Hustings. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Walker.* Mrs. Er] Williams (Lowry Bny) is stay-, ■'ng with her mother, Mrs. C. F. Vallnnce, ICnhumingi. Mrs. Smith, lady corps superintendent of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas (Auckland), is visiting Wellington. A conference of delegates of St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade Oversells from the different centres in New Zealand is to be held in Christchurch oil Wednesday, at which His Excellency the Governor-General will prefide. The conference is being held with the klea of putting the work of the Order of St. John on a. better footing throughout New Zealand. The Wellington delegates are Miss M. Bobieson, Tdrs. Waters, i Mr. Finla.v, and Mr. Seed. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke, M.P.) and Mrs. Luke returned on Saturday from a visit to their dniivlMer, Mrs. Charlesworth, Biackhill, Ilawks's Bay. Mr. and Mrs. Luke also visited Wnngamii, and on their return journey to Wellington they were accompanied by Mr. 1 . Charlesworth. Mrs. Preston (.Newtown) returned on Saturday from a visit to Pnhiatua. Dr. and Mrs. liutson (Wnneaii»i)'nre visiting Auckland, and later tliey go to Kawau. The Misses Trevelyan (England) are visiling New Zealand, and lire expected to arrive in Wellington to-day" from Auckland. Thsv will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs'. J. D. Gray. Mr. nnd Mrs. A. K. WJiyle and family have been spending the holidays at Iterstaungu. For the past three years the Auckland Returned Soldie:s' Association has been in thHiabil of paying fortnightly visits to returned men who are inmates of fro Mental Hospital, in corjunction with the Grey Lynn Ladies' Committee, the member! of which have been equally indefatigable in their ministrations to the meii. There visits are greatly appreciated by the inmates and also by their parents and relatives, particularly in view , of the fact that the visitors are permitted to bring little in the form of cigaretlcs, fruit, etc., which are much in demand. With the removal of the iumafei in the institution at Avondnle the visits ceased for some little time, but with lite arrival of a number of fresh cases have again been started, rrd will be continued as long as necessary. It is al-'o the intention of the association to send repnwilativc visitors to the institution at Tokanui. The' wedd'ng took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. LI. Le Page, of Avon-side /Christchureh). of Miss Evelyn Maugher L'aliev, second daughter of Mr. S. ILsbcy. Guernsev. Oh»-miel Islands, to .Mr. 11. T. Fr.lln. second son of Mr. D. J. Fallo, West-Melton. Miss Rottrny and Miss Gcerin. of Dun-r-ciin. have each rree'ved from their .Ma- 1 .irslk's the King and Queen of Belgium, the bronze modal of Queen Elizabeth with diploma in recognition of cei'vicis rendered for the relief a'! distress in Belgium durjig the war. The Welling!-™ Nursing Division was in charge of the St. John Ambulance casualty station at Lyall Bay during the recent carnival and there were people who had reason to be very glad that the .Nursing Division was on hand. Among the cases dealt with was one of silifjit'siiM>(roke, physical ' colInpse. one with a strained foot and various other minor complaints. / Life in Paris. Servants and the coal question . are worrying housuhoido'.s, writes a. Paris correspondent. One is as difficult to obtain as the other. Although there is some probability of coal being distributed to (he majority in time, there I seems no prospect of meeting with either | a responsible cook or parlourmaid. Girls arc- applying for situations witnout u I reference, and are surprised thai those i seeking domestic help <lo not accept them I without making inquiries as L> their an- ' teccdenls. A irirmi of mine (old me of i a maid who answered her advc'tiseinoiu. | She required 120 iratns a njouth wages, ten francs for wine, ten francs for fruit, and ten francs for the kineiiia!" "And .1 should have taken her if she 'had only had a nrfjiifhVs reference," she said. There was a. time when servants minted an hour of an evening to learn to ryelp, and grudgingly tins was accorded. Nowadays no" explanation is given if a servant takes an hour, and none is asked. But when wc are expected to pay /or fruit, and wine, and her amusements we begin to wonder what will be left for (he family housekeeping. TI:o Latcrai Bulge. Fashion is deiightluUy feminine, so contradictory, so unexpected, remarks the Paris correspondent uf the "Sunday Observer." The laiest invention is in the shape. Woinc'i 10-iiy are Mat at the back and Hat in front, but bulge ut (lit sides. Itow (hi.-; is ell'eet;d r the sectot ot the corsctieie and the despair of those who have become accuslumed lo the hygienic eeinturc. Hoops are giving the iiucr»sa.ry width at Lie dip.-, but wiiat has become ol the flesh that women are naturally blrsnd with? .Mysteiy. When you sre a "height of fiMioii" woman you wonder when she is j-uing to turn iier head in Ihe d'.reclion it slwuid g:i; she always seen..- jo be looking at you from thn wrong side. In he- bats she is charming; small and large tlr.y are all embroidered in eoluured silks in birds, beasts, and fisiie.-, with occasional surprises' in oxydit-.c-d silver on Russian leather. But the velvet hat with steel embroideries is most popular and becoming.

Ballet Superior to Opera. For nearly ten years past Londoners havo been 'captivated by Mine. Karsavina's twinkling feet. And not only by her twinkling feet, for everyone will agree that, altogether apart from her dancing, she is ono of tiio greatest actresses of our time. Those who' know her say that there is «- remarkably deep and cultivated intellect behind _ the spontaneous-seeming art of hers. This no quo who knows her varied impersonations will for a moment 'dount, and it is torne out by her essay, "An Aesthetic Argument for the Ballet," in tno November nuiaier of the "Musician. She writes as mi keen musician. " L'ho purest music whether vocal or orchestral, is music undiluted." And for her the' grandest music is the unaccompanied singing of a good choir. But 'at the risk of the 'stars' falling on my head," she insinuates that ballet nyiy be a superior form of art to opera. Ballet seems to satisfy both oar and eye, while opera too often outrages the latter Her aesthetic arguments for ballet are (1) "That the most beautiful created thing," of which the greatest works or plastic art register only fleeting aspects, ''is the human body"; and (2) that the spontaneity of bodily exercise, (i.e., dancing), excited by musical mythms, is proof of "a real flesh and blood alliance between bodily motion and music; based on the most elementary instincts of human nature." Realism, declares Mme. Karsavina further, is, either in njnsic or ballet, '"a digression from the true path of art." The Universal Evil. ■Vt Cardiff the Marchioness of Queensberry, trading is M. L. Eickel, was summoned for buying ducks at prices exceeding the maximum, niffl also tor otfcrin« to buy ducks in excess of the maximum. Lady queensberry was not present. It was stated by the prosecuting solicitor'that the marchioness carried on business in Cardiff as a fisnmongej- and ifaino dealer. Mr. Lcvison, for the marchioness, said that she had nothing to do with the management of the busino-s, and Miss Harris was now the manageress of tho two shops in Cardiff. The stipendiary said that it was not a serious case of profiteering, and imposed fines of £b each on the first summons for offering for sale, nnd the second was withdrawn. Lady Queensberry was fined XIO at Cardiff last. June for selling; sausages in her two Cardiff shops above the controlled price. Nun Doctors. A Polish nun . vfas .the first woman dentist that the American relief workers found in Poland. She had been pulling teeth of soldiers for many armies, and her equipment was much the-'worae for wear when the Americans found her. Besides the pun-dentist attached to this small militarv hospital in Slonin, there lire five other nuns who give medical treatment. One is a surgeon who lias performed several major operations, and though lacking- in up-to-date operating appliances is not lacking in skill, tirent ingenuity was displayed by the nuus in conducting their hospital. In their operating room they had stonlisere mado of brass sjiell cases and all their tableware they made themselves, including earthenware bowls and wooden spoon*. The- Red Cross aided them with hospital supplies. 1 FOREIGN STUDENTS AT PARIS THIS NEW CENTRE. • If, after wandering through the stately passages"of the Palais de la Sorbonne (the Paris University) you open a. door, you find yourself suddenly before an unexpected 'and charming spectacle (writes Andrec Viollis, a French woman journalist). , , . , In a vast, hall whose bay Windows tako captive all the parsimonious light i/ the dull rainy day, youths and girls are seated in fron' of tables rending, writing or in groups chatting gaily m suppressed tones. This is nothing unusual, is it Hut look at them more closely. \\ hat different '"rpos are to be found anion'! them 1 Kmne are tall mid thin, with almo't silverv hair and elear. transparent northern eyes, like the ice at the Pol". Others have clear-cut, accen.nia+ed features bronz«d complexions, glow-eonl-Mick numl? from the sunny south; others the high cheekbones and ion» evelids, mysteriously curved up, that ninv be found i-' Russia. Others nfflin linvo the athletic silhouette, s|rai"hiforward look, nnd clear, bright comnlexion of the Anglo-Saxons. Ml the r>op= of Europe are represented here without couptine Asia, w'tb the amiable p'M daintv Japanese, and even Africa, whose dazzling smile br»aks forth on one dusky face. And all the=e young people from every corner of tho v-"ri(l ere tryi'is, to '""ak French: with; differ-nt accents certainly—hoarse, nasal, or chirninir-but pronounced ninuslv p-vofnlly with the most touching good v.-m. " , Tp )b» learned Port-onnc transformed into a Tower of Ba'iol? On the cnut'nry it is n union of races driving for th" eonoiict of n lnnijuasre end an !d""l'"f eivilisalioi. For we are hi (he hall that the Sorbonne reservd fnv tl"» foreign' stuiW's "ntercd for tho •icw om;r-es created last year by the Paris University. They can rest l(ere, work between the lectures, and find, as well as a fire—a rare and precious boon just now—books, advice, and an atmosphere of affectionate solicitude. All at once, when the clock strikes, all our young people flit merrily towards tho IK-ighbourinrr "hall, where one of tlis masters of French thought calls un with a.subtle versatility, which for these beginners translates itself in simple and dear sentences, tiic fascinating' and disturbing image of the great Jean Jacques Rousseau. Every morning students can nttend three lectures delivered by illustrious professors on history, geography, literature, and French tbought. During the afternoon they go in for practical work-, when they are questioned, their exercises corrected, and they are asked to construe. / These courses lr.st for two terms of four months each and finish oft' with an examination, the Cr.rtificat d'etudes francaises, granted to foieigncrs by the Paris University. "We. do much 'more for (hem than for the French students," one of the busy organise; s of these courses told mo. "We give them a helping hand and not; only aid them with their studies but also find restaurants for them, families and boardinghouses where, even in those expensive days, they can live decently and cheaply. "Among the students, many—the Scandinavians, for e.vamnle, who are the dominating element liero at presentwould formerly have- attended (ienuan universities. Neutrals come to ' nt. France has lost everything—her youth, her monuments, her riches. Is it not just that she should keen intact and brighter than ever hcv intellectual and moral inheritance 'i After the victory on the battlefields, must not (he Allied ideal of justice and liberty triumph over the brutal Teutonic dogma Alight over Right?"