WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 45, 17 November 1926, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD

! SOCIAL AND PERSONAL ! I) Mr. and Mrs. Cresswell (Wellington) n ■ nave gone on a holiday trip to Queens(j town. (( ;( Commander Godfrey, of H.M.S. Diomede, has been spending a short holi- < day at the Southern Lakes. It The engagement is announced of Pliebe Nellie, daughter of Mr. H. G. 'j Forlong, of Marton, to Richard Guy i Thurston, son of Mr. G. 11. Kingdon, J t of Bulls. '/ Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Francis (Wel--i lington) are visiting Mrs. H. C. West, Richmond, Christchurch. ! Miss Dorothy Boyd (Wellington) is ■ visiting Auckland. . ' Mr. W. G de Gruchy, manager of I the New Zealand branch of the Com- { monwealtb and Dominion Line, and < Mrs. de Gruchy are returning to Welj lington, via United States. f Miss Barnicoat has returned from a j visit to Hastings. ( Miss Muriel Turner, who has dis- ( tinguislied herself as a pianist in Eng- ’ land, is at present visiting her old J school, “lona,” and later will stay with Mrs Blair, Havelock North.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Hayward arc visiting Auckland. • Miss N. W. Anderson, who has spent the last three years in Canada and the United States, returned to New Zealand on R.M.M.S. Aorangi. Miss Anderson is staving with her mother in Christchurch. The engagement was announced in the “Times” of-October 2 between Mr. Alan H Rose, of -Glenlyon, Agrapatana, Ceylop, .only sop of /he late Mr. J. G. Rose, of Lvham, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and of Mrs. Newmarch, 15 Evelvn Gardens, SW 7, and Mary Riclimoiid, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Cruickshank, of Masterton. Lady Fergusson and her daughters, who are at present the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. Birch, Murphy Street, will shortly visit Lady Fergnsson’s brothers in the Wairarapa, and her sister, Mrs. Arthur Russell, at Palmerston. Miss Dunning, of St. Alban's, England, has arrived from India, where she has been touring for the last eighteen months, and ’s row staying with Miss Freeman, of Karaka Bay, before visiting Hawke’s Bay and other parts of New Zealand. Miss Lilah Roddam, a daughter of the late Mr. Tudor Boddam, formerly of Oriental Bay, is appearing at the Theatre Royal,. Sydney. as one of the bridesmaids in “Abie’s Irish Rose.” Miss Zillah Bateman, the leading actress, in “The Unfair Sex” company, which arrived from Sydney yesterday, is staying at Sayes’g Court. ' The wedding was solemnised, at St. Luke’s Church, Te Kuiti, on November 11, of Heather, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Lusk, and Heath, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Mason, of 'Oparure, and formerly of Masterton and Wellington, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. A. Drake. The. bride, who was given away by her father, wore a frock of pink brocaded crepe de chine with pink tulle veil, and carried a pink shower bouquet. She was accompanied bv two bridesmaids, her sister, Miss Joan Lusk, and Miss Mona SeabrookMason, of Wellington, the former wearing -flame-coloured crepe de chine and the latter flame-coloured taffeta, both having gold leaves round their hair. Mr. Cory Matthew was best man,and the bridegroom’s' brother, Mr. Jack Mason, groomsman. During the ceremony appropriate music was rendered by St Luke’s ' choir, Miss E. Drake presiding at the organ. After the ceremony a reception was held, and later, at the residence of Mrs. S. Craig, dancing was indulged in till after midnight. The bride’s travelling dress was a silk jumper suit of bois de rose and tagel hat of the same tone, with a putty-coloured tailored coat and shoes and stockings to match. Softlv-waved hair makes a flattering frame for anv face, and a wave bv Stamford’s artists will ensure that confidence and peace of mind which ate entirely dependent on how vour hair is cut, waved, and dressed We offer unequalled service in Staining, Marcel, and Water-waving, Shingling. Massage, and Shampooing Agents, Elizabeth Arden’s Toilet preparations Stamford and Co. Ltd.. Willis Street. ’Phone, 44-745.—Advt. “Eve,” 10 Woodward Street, is expecting a number of new summer garments to arrive, and these goods will probably be . on view early next week Frocks for dinner dance wear, for afternoon and informal wear, and frocks for tennis and morning shopping This little establishment holds a store of lovelv imported French and English models from well-known fash- ( ion centres.—Advt. , “Home Sweet Home” is made clean , and bright by using C O Waxshine, the , great linoleum polish It’s mother’s , favourite. Procurable from all grocers . -Advt. j Weddings to be artistic must have f bouquets to harmonise with frocks ? Miss Murray, 36 Willis Street De , liveries anvwherc m Dominion —Adv! ;

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR

MISS ZILLAH BATEMAN

A VERSATILE ACTRESS. A most attractive appearance and a charming personality—these are the outstanding characteristics of Miss Zillah Bateman. Typically English, with blue eyes, tall, graceful figure, and glossy golden hair, which she wears in coiled plaits over her ears. Miss- Bateman’s stage experience includes performances at the Savoy and the Empire, a sketch at the Alhambra, and : musical comedy at the Gaiety, in London. At the latter she played the part of Polly in “The Beggar’s Opera,” and in the sequel to it, “Polly.” Twelve months’ run in London, and then on tour. Her next venture was “Trilby,” in which she was billed as “the singing Trilby,” as she actually sang the songs with Svengali in the orchestra. Her "Ben Bolt” was such a success that the audience simply would not let the performance proceed until she had sung again, so she sang ‘Annie Laurie”—the song scorned by Svengali! Following this Miss Bateman played Jose Collin’s part in “The Last Waltz,” afterwards accepting an offer to go to South Africa to play the lead in “Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife,” a part she enjoyed greatly, although she says-she enjoys all her parts in turn; still, some must be favourites. Later she played with Guy Bates Post in the “Green Goddess” in Melbourne, and in “The Masquerader,” and then with Moscovitch in “The Great Lover.” Then she and her husband started their own company and played, a record season in Melbourne of nine weeks at the Athenaeum; then Sydney, Hob-' art, Queensland, and here. Miss Bateman loves Australia, and, being very fond of riding; had a pleasant holiday with friends on the big Queensland station, “Molainfool,” owned by Mr. Gaden. Miss Bateman is also fond of other outdoor sports. She studied singing and music for four years in Germany before the war, being a student at Dr. Hoch’s Conservatorium in Frankfurt. She was also a pupil of Herr Leiner for elocution and dramatic art. She, with her sister, only left Frankfurt at the end of July, 1914, never dreaming of what was to happen so soon. Miss Bateman left all her heavy luggage behind, including much valuable music—many beautifully-bound opera scores, which had been given her by a friend, Princess Schwarzberg, all of which she never recovered. One expressed regret that Miss Bateman was not doing anything musical on this tour—say, "Enter, Madame,” in which, when she played lead in London, she sang the aria from “Tosca”; however, some other time they may bring a musical play. In the meantime she sings a song in “Eliza Comes to Stay.”

AN INTERESTING VISITOR Among the arrivals in Wellington yesterday was Mrs. Coralie McKellar, a New Zealander, who returns after an interesting and varied period with the idea of doing something noteworthy in and for her native land, her ultimate idea being to found a children’s room in museums, a room so stocked and arranged as to be educative in beauty, history, travel, and geography, to develop the childish ideal along right lines, to bring to them the art and beauty of the Far East and of old civilisations. Mrs. McKellar is a journalist, and has been editor of the "Triad.” She has made a study of life in the South Seas, especially in so far as it affects, the White Australia policy. Mrs. McKellar was responsible for the collecting of thousands of pounds for the purchase bv Australia of Egyptian curios, the result being that the Australian Government secured four or five cases of treasures from the grave of Tutankhamen. Mrs. McKellar herself possesses a fine collection. which, however, she did not bring with her, except one, a jade tile ring which once trraced the hand of Auk-na-ton, the wife of Tutankhamen. Mrs. McKellar proposes ' to give lectures of special interest to the voting She has a fund of lore of the East. Tn Chinn she found that all the talcs for the von nt’ expressed the symbolism of nuritv. Io e and simplicity— differinn fundamentally from the fairy tales of Enron' in that they have no cruelty or nnhanniness or suffering in them. Mrs McKellar has brought with her, I

Miss D’Emdeii, formerly of Waipukurau Sanatorium staff, has gone to Samoa to take up the position there of matron at Apia Hospital. Among those returning to New Zealand by the Uliniaroa yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. F. Samuel,. Miss L. Maudsley, Miss M. Kane, Mr. and Mrs. S. Tatham, Mrs. McKellar, and Mr. and Mrs. W. Watt. Miss Florence Athya, M.A., Southport, England, who is expected to arrive in New Zealand shortly, will be the guest of her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Athya, Kelburn. Mrs. Colin MacDonald, Papanui Road, Christchurch, is visiting Wei lington. Dr. and Mrs. J. Laurenson (Matamata) are staying with Mrs. G. Laurenson in Christchurch. In connection with the naval and military tattoo and pageant, the Navy League girls’ committee had the choos ing of a girl to be the league’s Queen, representing Britannia. The choice fell upon Miss Mollie Bevan. Othci selected Queens are _ Miss Muriel Frazer for the Community Club and Miss Eileen Norwood for the Artillery Queen.

amongst other interesting things, a stool ’of repentance—the only punishment ever inflicted on a Chinese child being to sit on it until he feels sorry for being disobedient. “Obedience,” said Mrs. McKellar, “was the first law to be made and the first to be broken,” and therefore children should be taught the beauty of obedience.