WOMAN’S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 206, 26 May 1921, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR.

(By

Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL A very pleasant afternoon tea was given by Mrs. O. V. Ellis at her home in Tasman Street yesterday for her sis-ter-in-law,.Mis. Rowland Ellis, who, with her husband and. family, is leaving very shortly on her return to Singapore. White and yellow chrysanthemums were arranged in the drawing-room and din-ing-room, and in the latter the tea-table was decorated with yellow daisies and autumn foliage, yellow shades to tone over the light* adding a soft glow to the room; An amusing guessing competition took place, and was won by Mrs. Collins. Mrs. Ellis wore a frock of black taffetas with ninon corsage embroidered with steel beads, touched with peacock blue, and Mrs. Rowland Ellis was also in black taffetas, with neck and sleeves outlined with emerald green. Among those who were present were Mrs. Sullivan and Miss Sullivan, Mrs. Cowan, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Burton (Auckland), Mrs. Thrower, Mrs. Gill, Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Gleeson, Mrs. Hamilton, Miss M’Killop, and Mrs. Bourke. The engagement is announced of Miss Winifred I. Kent, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kent, of The Pines Ngatiawa, and Mr. Harold S. Monk, youngest son of Mrs. A. Monk, Rcikiorangi.

Miss Annie Sheldon, of Hataitai, and Miss D. Compron, of Kelburn, are leaving for Auckland to-morrow, and from there they are going for a trip to the Islands.

Mrs. Norman Burton (Auckland) is visiting Wellington, and is the guest of Mrs. Sullivan, Roxburgh Street.

A very successful dance organised by a committee consisting of the Misses M. Fenton. A. M'Davitt, Mulligan, and Manson. and Messrs. Brazendale, Fenton, and Nicholls (the latter being hon. secretary for fife dance), was held in the Ponsonby Hall on Tuesday evening. Not too many were present for comfort in dancing, and with excellent music and a good floor all the requisites were present to secure a very enjoyable evening. Shaded lights" gave a warm glow to the room, and tho decorations were carried out with autumnsleaves and chrysanthemums. Miss Fenton wore a frock of grey, taffetas, with a touch, of blue; Miss M'Davitt was in cherry-coloured crepe de chine; Miss Mulligan, pale blue net with rosebuds; and Miss Manson, in saxe blue georgette with lemon-colourcd beading.

Mrs. Post has returned to 'Wellington from a visit to Auckland.

The wedding took place in St. Luke’s Church, Christchurch, on Tuesday, of Miss Edith Amelia Faris, elder daughter of Mr. G. P. Faris, to Mr. Ernest Stock, of Christchurch. The Rev. F. N. Taylor performed the ceremony. Miss Annie Faris was bridesmaid, and Mr. P. Pritchard, of Wellington, best man. A reception was subsequently held by Mr. and Mrs. Faris, and Inter the bride and bridegroom left on their wedding tour.

Mrs. Rogers, who is leaving for Hastings, was recently entertained at afternoon tea by about seventy of her Feilding friends, and those associated with her in the work carried out during the Great War. Mrs. Tingey, on behalf of the ladies, presented Mrs. Rogers with “wo silver photograph frames and a flower vase, at the .ranio time wishing her every 'happiness in her new home, and hoping tiiat tier Feilding friends would often see her back amongst them. During the war Mrs. Rogers worked very hard, and her absence will be a loss to Feilding generally. Mrs. Rogers was also presented with a beautiful shower bouquet made by Mrs. Barltrop. In thanking those present, Mis. Rogers said she would always look back with great pleasure to the five years spent in Feilding, where she had made'many friends, and, she hoped, no enemies. The hostesses were Mesdames Tingey, Webster, and Hickson, and amongst many others present were Mesdames Atkinson, Wqlker, Phillips, Le Cren, Fitzherbert, Barltrop, Lethbridge. W’alpole, Binns, Weymouth, Gorton (2), and Haggitt (Palmerston North).

The death occurred in Dunedin on Sunday of Mrs. Margaret L. Gould, widow of the late Archdeacon Gould, who for a number of years was vicar at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Dunedin. She was a daughter of Mr. Thomas Cane, of Christchurch, and was married in 1878.

For tho purpose of augmenting the funds of the club, the members of the Petono Tennis Club held a dance in the Oddfellows’ Hall last, evening. Tim gathering was highly successful. The following committee was responsible for the excellent arrangements:—Mesdames Evison and Morris, Misses Haughton, King, Curtis, Cochrane, and Walters, and Messrs. W. F. Sturman, L. Marsden, J. Fernandez, and E. Hogg. Mr. G. Walters carried out tho secretarial duties. The music was supplied by Mrs. Pollock, extras being played by Miss Pomfrey and Mr. Fernandez.

Miss Peggy Maude (Christchurch) has recently completed her training course at St. Thomas’s Hospital, but she will probably remain there until the end of this year, when she hopes to go to New Zealand, states a London correspondent. Miss Maudo came to England in 1917, and was to board the Rotorua when she was torpedoed. Until the end of the war she was attached first to tho New Zealand Hospital at Codford, and then to the Ao-tea-roa Club.

A “Peace Memorial Home,” which is the result of the hard work and enthusiasm of Presbyterian Church workers in Auckland, was recently opened by Sir Frederick Lang, M.P. for Onehunga, where the home is situated. About fifty boys are in residence there already, and it was stated that many had to be refused owing to lack of funds. The building contains ten large rooms, and stands in ten acres of ground, favourably situated. Japanese Pearl Culture.

Japanese pearl culture was the subject of some remarks by Mrs. Lilian Francos Fitch at the meeting of the Auckland Sunday School Union on Monday. She said she had been shown the method of this culture, and had a pearl in her possession which, if a genuine one, would have cost £lOO, but she had paid only £1 for it. This, she said, went to prove that the Japanese made no attempt to disguise the fact that the culture pearls were not real pearls. The method adopted was to give the oyster a bead in place of the ordinary grain of sand, and this was gradually covered with successsive coatings of pearl, until it eventually- looked like the real thing. Statements had been published recently suggesting that the Japanese had deliberately sold these culture pearls to British merchants, but she was so sure of the bone fldcs of the Japanese in this matter that no one could get her to believe such a story. There were in America men who ycre not: quite Christians, and might not bo past taking advantage of this system of creating pearls to pass them on to their own people, and doubtless there were Englishmen who would.do the same thing. When o'" heard of apparent fraud, it was immediately credited te the Japanese, without reflecting on the’possibility of other par ties being responsible. She was appealing for a little kindness for the Japanese and the Chinese. These were generally called heathens, but she sometimes wondered who really were the heathens. In the rush for the almighty dollar, she said, we had lost a great deal of courtesy, but the Japanese were wonderfullv courteous, honest, and truthful.

WAIRARAPA POLO CLUB’S BALL A GREAT SUCCESS. By Telegraph—Speojal Correspondent. Masterton, May 25. The Wairarapa Polo Club’s first annual ball was held in the Municipal Buildings to-night, and was attended by upwards of 200 couples, numbered among whom were prominent visitors from all parts of tho Wellington Province. The Cabaret Orchestra from Wellington rendered excellent music, and nothing was left wanting for the proper enjoyment of the evening. On all aides the ball was pronounced to be the social success of the season. This was in the main duo to the untiring efforts of the secretaries (Messrs. K. M’Bean, Stewart, and B. P. Perry), who were assisted by the following ladies’ committees:—Mesdames C. F. Vallance, F. B. Vallauce, Ralph Beotluun, Wardell, Free, C. Bennett, hi'Bean, Stewart, _Gage Williams, Roy Barton, Guy Willfams, Gordon and W. Howard Booth. Tho guests were received by Mr. C. F. Vallauce, president of the Polo Club, and Mrs, Vallance, . who wore black net over silver satin. A feature of the ball was the decorations, carried out under the supervision of Mesdarac% C. J. Bennett, P. Gordon, and Guy Williams. Green was the predominating colour throughout the decorations. Tho walls of the ballroom were draped with lycopodium, relieved hero and there by vari-colouijed bunting, and red and black rosettes. Strings of lycopodium were ssupended from the ceiling and caught up at the walls, while a touch, of brightness was added in the form of long red and yellow streamers, suspended from tho lamps in such a manner that light shone through them. The stage was transformed into a lounge, whilst the orchestra was placed in a lattice-work enclosure at the other end of tho hall. Sitting-out places were provided in the vestibules. The decorations of , the supper hall were on the same lines as those of the ballroom, except that vases of chrysanthemums supplied the colour. Amongst those present were:-*-Mrs. IL Barton, black frilled net over gold; Mne. Gage Williams, moonlight blue charmouse over silver; Mrs. 11. Booth, saxe blue taffeta with silver trimmings; Mrs. Ralph Beetham, emerald green georgette with gold; Mrs. Wardell, jade green and gold-brocaded satin; Mrs. Guy Williams, oyster grey chiffon velvet; Mrs. F. B. Vallance, black satin and gold Ince; Mrs. M’Bean Stewait, emerald green accordion-pleated georgette with gold; Mrs. J. Caselberg, black satin and jet; Mrs. A. Caselberg, black satin and sequins; Mrs. Free, black lace over white satin; Mrs. Laing, mole charmeuse; Mrs. Hugh Williams, black brocaded satin; Miss Z. Vallance, Wack taffeta relieved with blue; Miss Foster (Auckland), apricot taffeta with gold lace; Miss Barbara Henry, pink satin with overdress of pink georgette; Miss Alison Purdy (Lower Hutt), black satin with accordion-pleated panniers; Miss 1« Kummer, black net with scarlet; Miss Young, royal blue and gold; Miss D. Vale, white charmeuse with georgette overdress; Miss M. Perry, black and gold; Miss H. Laing, emerald green; Miss G. M'Kenzie, royal blue with blacK sequin trimmings; Miss B. M'Kenzie, cream law chiffon with floral trimmings, Mrs. N. H. James, jade green ° T ev r oyal blue; Mrs. Ramsden, pink and gold shot taffeta; Mrs. Pavitt, yellow taffeta; Mrs. W. Hume, black satin; Miss Hume, heliotrope net over taffeta; Mrs. W. P. James, black velvet, with steel trimmings; Miss Free, pink with white frilled overdress; Miss Tlolmwood, yellow taffeta; Miss M. Smith (Pahiatua), pink; Mrs. Betts, cerise; Mrs. S. M. Baird, yellow; Mies JI Smith, pink satin embroidered vita silver; Miss M. Collie, buttercup-coloured satin; Mrs. Carne Bidwill, grey brocaded crepe de chine with georgette; Mrs. C. Bennett, old gold silk with lace trimmings; Miss May Young, emerald green; Miss .Tenn Shirtcliffe, white net with black velvet; Miss Moira Kennedy QAel-liiißton)i-white satin and lace; Mrs. Siadden, cerise satin; Mrs. Guy Mace, pale bine taffeta: Mrs. Cecil Famsden, flame taffeta; Mrs. Arehe.r Hosking, Miss Shirtcliffe (Wellington). Miss W. Hume (Featherston), Mrs. Peter Harrison, Mrs. Gerald Stead. Mrs. (Dr.) Herbert, Mrs. Ormond Cooper. Mrs. Hewett, .Mrs. PiL rrier, Miss. T. Keeping, Misses Evans (2) (Martinlwrojigh). Miss Marion Findlay (Wellington), Miss Sohackletdr (Pahi.-v--tua), Misses Bolton (2) (Pahiatua?, Miss Blackiston (Dannevirke), Misses Marfin (3) (Martinborough), Miss Armstrong (Akitio), Miss K. Dalziell, Miss Helen Hewett, Miss N. Kendall. Debutantes: Misses K. Holmwqod, N. Cooper (Wellington), E. Percy. ■ .Carew Smith, E. Homer, J. Lowes (Eketahuna), Cameron (2) (Moeraki), M. Carrick. Women's Wear at Islington.

Describing the creations of women’* wear shown at the annual exhibition held at Islington, a- writer in an English exchange states that the exhibition does not definitely solve the great question whether skirts are to be longer this year. Perhaps most of the models on the wax figures are long-skirted, "“the. other hand the mannequins wore-skirte of quite a convenient length. The representative of one great firm said he thought there would be no alteration m the length of the skirts. He had, indeed, been astonished to receive an order for a sl P rt t"» inches shorter than those he had been selling. High collars appear On a good manv B of the frocks and tailor-mades, but there wore also quite a number ofronnded necks The sleeves for afternoon, frocks were frequently very short, or, as a compromise, the elbow-length s eeje _ a satin or silk frock was made ofl net or fine lace. Most of the tailor-mades had a sort of trimming embroidery, or atouch of " contrasting colour, but one was glad to see that this ornamentation was never overdone. The general effect remained restful. The skirt of a contrasting colour was a new idea. Ono tailor-made of tobacco-brown cloth had an a«ordeonpleated skirt of jude blue and a vouch nf the same colour on pockets ana coi Lar Flamecolon- and s of coral sometimes relieved * _ j;anie ming of grey, 7 loaks o f 60 ft silken shades m beaut f mnt(jria ,i s> material. In tllc - , ; combination which verv tew floral designs With £ a £ ten’ but y there wae an endcore to bo seen checks, and less variety frock of stripes. A sniait P glass-cloth putty-coloured cloth »tn a b keek, was cteth P unctofh eoat of Pit horizontal coloured s -kkirt to the unbe used to it as Pans »■