WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 43, 15 November 1926, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAJX

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL , Mr. and Mrs. F. Bredin, Kelburn Parade, are visiting Mrs. E. G. Eton, Cornwall Street, Masterton. Mrs. Tattle, Wellington, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. Pisher, Lansdowne. Mrs. Sydney Longuet, the Terrace, is visiting Auckland. Mrs. W. Swanger, who has been the guest of Mrs. Pirani, Wellington, has returned to her home in Wanganui. Ladv Beauchamp went to Auckland to meet Sir Harold Beauchamp on his arrival by the Aorangi. They have now returned to Wellington. *Miss G. Clark, of Nelson, who has been the guest .of Mrs. B. B. Wood at Heretaunga,"has gone to Christchurch. Lady Hunter, Porangahan, who has been for some time in Wellington, is now visiting Auckland. Miss'R. Symes has returned to Hastings from Wellington. The engagement is announced of Miss J. Winifred Aitken, M.A., of Weilington, formerly of Dunedin, to Mr. Alan M. Pennington, B.Sc., of Canterbury, England. The Belmont Women’s Guild closed its first season by a social birthday partv, there being no meetings during the summer months. Mr. and Mrs. Howe,, of Wellington, received the thanks of the committee for arranging the programme of music ; part songs, solos and violin solos, which was much appreciated. Supper included a fine birthday cake.

Dr. and Mrs. Fitchett,' of Auckland, are passengers by the Marama for Sydney and Melbourne. In the latter town they will be the guests ol Dr. W. H. Fitchett, the well-known writer. Mrs. L. A. Elliot has returned to her hqme in Fielding. Mrs. Muir, Wellington Terrace, has gone to Auckland to see her daughter Kathleen off. Miss Kathleen Muir and Miss Clare Morison purpose spending a year at least in Honolulu. The wedding took place on Wednesday evening at St Mary’s Church, Parnell, Auckland, of Miss Rosie Fletcher, daughter of the late Mr. M- Fletcher, of Vavau, Fiji, to Mr. Stanley Pritchard, of Auckland. The church had been tastefully decorated for the occasion byfriends of the bride with masses of white lilies. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of Mr. W. C. Caldicutt, wore ivory georgette, finished with small gold roses and a long veil caught at the sides with gold roses over a long court train* from the shoulders, and she carried a bouquet of St Joseph lilies. Misses Elva and Phyllis L'pton acted as bridesmaids, and wore eau de nil georgette finished with deep cream lace, and carried bouquets of deep yellow pansies Crinoline hats were worn to tone. Mr. Arthur Roberts acted as best man. After the ceremony a reception was he' at the home of Mr. W C. Caldicutt, “Bretemby,” Quadrant Road, Onehunga, at which a number of guests- were present. Mrs. Caldicutt wore rose pink georgette and hat to tone, in which to receive her guests. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Canon James. Two engagements announced in an exchange are of Beryl Ellalaine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. R Thornley, of Palmerston North, to Allan G. Heriot, youngest son of. Mr. arid Mrs. Andrew Buchanan, of Featherston Street, Palmerston North, and of Ina, youngest daughter o? Mr. and Mrs. F. Robinson, Pikotuku,'Foxton, to Frances A. Mason, headmaster of the Foxton District High School. The distinction of being the first white child bom in Onehunga belongs to Mrs. Isabella Hutchison, of Norman’s Hill, Onehunga, who celebrated her 82nd birthday last Thursday, says an exchange. Mrs. Hutchison enjoys good health and for many years lias been actively associated with social and benevolent work in the district. Mrs. Hutchison was greeted by many friends and she received a large number of messages of congratulation by mail Mr. W J. Jordan, M.P. for Manukau, Mr. J. E. Cowell Mayor of Onehunga, and Mr. J. E. Green, a member of the borough council, waited on Mrs Hutchison in the morning and conveyed to her their best wishes. In the afternoon a deputation from the Onehunga Ladies Benevolent Society presented her with a. bouquet in recognition of her services to the society, of which she was one of the founders.

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Miss Ernestine Hadfield intends leaving early next year for England, where she will visit relatives, and. will also carry on her studies. She is a most successful student of Victoria University College, having been capped 8.A., and she will sit for the higher degree of M.A. at the present examinations.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Millward and Mr. Athol Mill ward are Wellington visitors to Auckland. Mrs. Curtis and Mrs.- F. Swan, of Wanganui, are visiting Wellington. Mrs. F. Von Dadelszen, who has been visiting friends in Wellington, has returned to Napier. Mrs. Triggs, Wanganui, is visiting Wellington. Miss Maida Hooker, formerly of Hawera, has been appointed organist of St Benedict’s Roman Catholic Church, Auckland. Signor Constantini, one of the Sistine Choir soloists is choirmaster. Mr. Reid, a pupil of Miss Hooker’s, won the first prize for piano solo, under 18, also the championship at the recent Auckland competitions. The second sitting of the women’s conference of the Presbyterian Assembly was a memorable one. Reports of the buying of two manses for the occupation of missionaries home on furlough were heard. These reports showed that £4OOO had been collected by the P W.M.U. for this . purpose. The ’ conference stood and Sang the Doxology in gratitude for their success An interesting address was given bv Mrs. Macneur, just home from China. In the afternoon the annual meeting of" the union was held in St. John’s Church, presided over bv the Moderator of assembly. An address was given by Mrs. Por-

teous, a returned missionary from India’ After this the conference adjourned to the Town Hall, where tea was provided. A large birthday cake was on the president’s table, as it was the twenty-first anniversary of the founding of the union.

Many of the newest coats show considerable width above the waist line and very wide arm openings, and are very slim below the waist. Velvet, with fur trimmings or without, is very popular in Paris for coats and also for gowns.

A dance under the auspices of the local branch of the Railway Officers’ Institute, was held in St. Francis’s Hall on Wednesday last, approximately 160 couples being in attendance. The hall was tastefully decorated, and supper and fountain drinks were provided. Excellent music was supplied, and those present spent an enjoyable evening. Added attractions were a streamer dance, and an exhibition of the French tango and 1926 waltz by Miss Margaret O’Connor and Mr. Leo Bowden. Among the guests were Miss Elsie Dick, Miss Leslie, Miss Edna Cairns, Mr. and Mrs. M. Dennehy, Messrs. A. S. Henderson, Davis Dender, Robieson, Alington, Fitz Gerald, Johnson, Misses Aitken, Carr, Hughes, Lee, Johnson, Stewart, and ’jones. The dance on Wednesday was the first of a series which will be continued during the remaining summer months..

Mr. Harison Cook, of Wellington, who produced “Our Miss Gibbs” for the Wanganui Musical and Dramatic Society, was tendered a complimentary dance at the conclusion of the performance. The cast presented Mr. Cook with a case of silver teaspoons, Mr. Louis Cohen, president of the society, making the presentation and also giving Mr. Cook a case of pipes.

One of the new' dress materials (and novelty in the present season’s clothes top of the gown. Another new material rather than of dress design) is Zible Kasha. It is generally in three shades of the same colour in parallel bars about half a yard wide, the darkest being at the foot and the lightest at the top of the gown. Another new material is Ellipsombrah, which is woven in different shades, and even in different colours, in large half-geometric designs.

Mrs. Mary Litchfield, .Moorhouse Street, Wade’stown, was hostess on Saturday afternoon at a children’s party given for her little daughter Geraldine. The decorations of mauve and pink were most effective. Among the grown-ups present were Mrs. McAlister, Mrs Batten, Mrs. Steele, Mrs. D. Stout, Miss Barnett, Mrs. G. Nathan, Mrs. Christophers, Mrs. Sinclair Thompson, and Mrs J. Hardy. A gay and happy gathering of children included the followiiig: Brodie, Mien, Paterson. Fay, Sinclair. Thompson, Meade, Marchant, Leitch, Stanhone. Nathan, Sloman, Blundell. Clere, Wheeler, Ward, Wilkes, Robertson, White, Ashbolt, Salmond, Norman, and others. There were very iollv games and competitions, and of coure balloons end bonbons, and then, after a delicious tea, the always wonderful ventriloquist.

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Like the Castlecliff Beach, the batiks of the lower part of the Wanganui River at present harbour unpleasant flood-borne carcasses (reports the “Chronicle”) Portions of the big sandbags skirting the channel below the city wharves positively reek, and occasionally high tides carry the corpses along the city waterfront. With the ebb and flow of the tide some of them become familiar objects to those who frequent tile foreshore. Even at night their presence becomes apparent. Recently a school of whales, six in number, was seen in the vicinity of Escape reef and Centre Island (reports a Riverton exchange). Some of the local fishermen tried to shoot one with a .303 rifle, but they were not successful. Some of the monsters were over GO feet in length. Weddings to be artistic must have bouquets to harmonise with frocks Miss Murray, 36 Willis Street. Deliveries anywhere in Dominion.—Advt