WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 111, 8 February 1928, Page 4

WOMAN’S WORLD

MATTERS Of; INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR

Mrs. J. D. Smith, of Hamilton, is a visitor to Wellington.

Mrs. A. P. Wylie, of Wellington is visiting her parents in Hamilton.

Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Young (Wellington) are in Auckland.

Miss A. Larsen, of Greymouth, is on holiday in Wellington.

Mrs. R. M. Jack, of Wellington, is a visitor to Christchurch.

Mr. and Mrs. Ackland, Wellington, have been staying at Tetnuka.

Mrs. A. H. Watkinsou, of Greymouth is on a visit to Palmerston North.

Mrs. B. Bear, of Napier, is spending a holiday in Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mitchel], of Wellington, are visiting Hamner Springs.

Mr. and Dlrs. Louis Blundell, of Wellington, are in Auckland.

Mrs. Young and Mrs. Tolhurst are visiting Christchurch.

Miss Al. ATiller, Havelock North, is visiting Wellington.

Mrs. D. Hursthouse, Hastings, is in Wellington. Miss Merle Miller, Lyttelton, will arrive in Wellington to-morrow en route for Sydney.

Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Phillips leave Auckland to-day for a holiday in Wellington.

Miss A. Fuller, of Picton, is staying in Wellington with friends. She will remain here for a few weeks.

Mrs. E. Chapman, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Tennent, Karoro, has returned to Wellington.

Mrs. W. Helmore, Miss Elena Helmore, and Master John Helmore, Wai-iti Road, have returned to Christchurch.

Mrs. Doctor, Wadestown, will leave in April on a visit to relatives in Scotland and England.

Miss Rosina Benson (Brooklyn)) has returned from a visit to Auckland and Rotorua.

Miss Cauldicott, who has been the guest of Mrs. T. R. Rhodes, Christchurch, arrived in Wellington yesterday.

Miss Anette Patchett (Wellington) is the guest of Mrs. D. Hyndman, Stratford.

Mrs. T. Gill, of Hastings, and her children, are spending a holiday in Wellington.

Mrs. and Miss Kelsey and Mrs. D. Evans have ■ returned from Havelock North.

Mrs. Stephen Curtis, of Wellington, who has been staying with her son in Auckland, has returned.

Miss Madge Macaulay, ■ who has been visiting Cisborne and Wellington, has returned to Auckland.

Miss Muriel Young, who has been spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Dlrs. W. IT. 11. Young, in Stratford, has returned to Welling-

Mrs. and Miss Dixon, of Wellington, are the guests of Mrs. A. Willis in Wanganui.

Miss E. Thurston (Wellington) and Miss Madge Thurston (Masterton) are at present spending a holiday at Plimmerton.

Mr. and Mrs. 11. Ward, of Sydney, are visiting Wellington. Airs. Ward was before her marriage Miss Dora Wilcox, tile New Zealand poetess.

Dr. and Mrs. Scholefield (Wellington), who with their family have been on an extensive motor tour in Taranaki and Waikato, have returned to Wellington, ria Taupo and Napier.

Miss Florence Blair, of Glasgow, who has been staying with the Misses Leithend in Napier, passed through Wellington yesterday to Nelson and the west Coast. She will return to Wel-

lington for a few days later. Miss Blair is one of the best-known woodcut artists in England, her work being frequently the subject of articles in the “Studio” and other magazines.

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, presided at the annual meeting of the Cape Town branch of the National Council of Women on November 4. Her Royal Highness, who is the wife of the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is honorary president of the South African council, but this is the first time that she has attended a meeting of one of its branches.

Sir Truby King with his daughter will leave for a visit to England next week. Yesterday morning a tea was given by the Plunket Society Committee to farewell Sir Truby King, and a number of other members of the committee who will also leave shortly for England. These include: Mrs. Macar-thy-Reid, Mrs. C. Morice, Mrs. C. Richardson, and Mrs. Doctor.

The report of “The Physique of Women in Industry,” published by the Industrial Fatigue Research Board, is a remarkable testimony to the physique of the modern woman (says “Time and Tide”). The investigation was carried out at the request of the Home Secretary, with a view to discovering the maximum weight of load which can be carried by a woman without injury or discomfort. According to the report, the investigation proved the undoubted superiority in phvsique of the country dweller over the town dweller; but the town dwellers examined revealed a quality of physique that surprised the investigators. Among these latter was a group of workers in a Glasgow chemical factory, who did navvy work ror ten hours a day. It is stated that “all the women and girls worked with ease . . . without exception their carriage and phvsique were literally remarkable. The report provides—what it was certainly not intended to provide —a complete answer to the advocates of special protective legislation for women. It establishes the fact that the present conditions in industry indict neither injurv tior even inconvenience upon women workers in the matter of weight-lifting or other physical exertion.

Mrs. T. W. Lewis (Hastings) came to Wellington this week with her daughter, who is attending Marsden School.

Dlr. and Mrs. R. C. Leonard and family have returned to Lower Hutt after spending several weeks at Otaki.

The funeral of the late Mrs. George Tattle took place at the Bolton Street cemetery yesterday afternoon from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. C. B. Norwood, 68 Hobson Street. The services at the residence and the graveside were conducted by the Rev. C. Eaton. The City Council was represented by the Mayor (Mr. G. A. Troup) and Councillor W. 11. Bennett. Representatives of the Government Printing Office (with which the late Mr. G. Tattle was connected for over 40 years) acted as pall-bearers, and included Mr. DI. Marks (ex-Government Printer), Mr. W. A. G. Skinner (Government Printer), and heads of departments. Among other organisations represented at the service were the Early Settlers’ Association, N.Z. Alliance, W.C.T. Union, Plunket Society, Siemens’ National Reserve, Mothers’ Union, and the Victoria Bowling Club.

It is becoming almost a commonplace for women to set forth on long and arduous journeys by motor-car nowadays. But it is a long time since a horsewoman lias attracted a world-wide notice. Recently, however, a Frenchwoman, Madamoiselle Rachel Dorange, completed a journey of two and a half months’ duration on horseback, riding from Paris to Cologne and Berlin and back, a distance of 1250 miles. Ten days of her time was wasted because of a wound sustained by her horse, her daily average being 25 miles.

Statisticians have been tracing the progress of the merchant "princesses” of London. Two years ago there were two women members of the Chamber of Commerce; a vear ago there were fiftv; and the number is now 110. Lady Rhondda, leader of the movement, is a director of thirty companies, and has a potent voice in business affairs. The Stock Exchange still refuses to admit women members, but Miss Doris Mortimer is a successful stockbroker.

Wedding at Akitio. A recent wedding was that of Esther Victoria, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Armstrong, of Akitio, to Edwin Arnold, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilding, sen., of Christchurch, and brother of the late Mr. Anthony Wilding. The ceremony took place in the beautiful garden at Akitio, which made an ideal setting for the wedding group. The Rev. G. B. Stephenson, of Dannevirke, officiated. The bride and bridegroom Stood under a spreading ash tree, while overhead hung a wedding bell of fragrant stocks and sweet-peas. The bride was in a simple Victorian frock of white lace, the veil being hand-made, and forming the short train. The four bridesmaids, tbe Misses Avrie Strachan, Marie Stead, "Billv” Hnssal, and Diana Armstrong, all of Hawke’s Bay, were in tloral ninon, in shades of pink and applegreen, caught at the waist with green sashes, 'and finished with hems of georgette and lace. The best man was Mr. G. Burdoti (Otago), the groomsmen being Messrs. Hamish Armstrong, Cvril Keele, and Harry Guinness. There were over two hundred guests, and the newly-married couple were the recipients of inanv good wishes from these, and from all the employees of the station. The wedding breakfast was held ; n n large • marquee, which was turned later into a ballroom, where the gttesfs thoroughly enioved themselves till a late hour.' The bride and bridegroom left by car on the first stare of their journey south, their future home being in Southland. The bride travelled in a fawn suit and hat to match. Dlrs Frank Armstrong was in powder blue georgette. with a feathered hat to match; Mrs. Armstrong, sen., (grandmother of the bride) was in black with gold embroidery. Mrs. F. Wilding was in dove grey frock and liat. School Celebrations.

Old girls of St. Andrew’s Collegiate School, Dunedin, will be interested to hear of the reunion held last week in Dunedin in honour of the twenty-fifth birthday of the school, and although it is now eight years since Miss Margaret Smyth, M.A., its beloved principal, was forced to give up her work, the gathering was no less successful on that account. Commencing on Sunday afternoon, January 29, with a service conducted in First Church by the Rev. E. J. Tipler, 8.A., the celebrations extended over a period of four days. On Monday a garden party was held in the grounds of First Church, and afternoon tea was served in Burn’s Hall, assisted by Miss Mary Anderson, secretary of the ex-pupils’ club. Miss Sinyth received the guests. She carried a floral spray tied with ribbon of the school blue, and looked very nice in a navy crepe de chine frock, relieved with deep rose, hat to match, and handsome fur wrap.

On Tuesday a dinner was held in the Strand Salon, when a delightful toast list was honoured. The tables wer" decorated in the school blue, swee* peas, scabias, and asparagus fern being used for the purpose. Wednesday saw the close of festivities with a dance in the Tudor Hall.

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