Women In Print.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1913, Page 9

Women In Print.

Doubt of whatever kind can be ended by action alone.—Carlyle.

The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Cottreil left for Lytt-elton last evening. Mibs Ledger arrived yesterday from Nelson. Mi\ and Mre. Alexander Cameron, of Makuri, arrived yesterday in ' Wellington to say farewell to Dr. and Mrs. Cameron, who leave for London on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander, ,of Timaru, are visiting Wellington. Dr. and Mre. Clay left to-day on a holiday visit to Rotorua. The matron of the Hospital desires to acknowledge the following, with thanks : —Flowers, Mrs. C. tl. Smith, St. Mark's Sunday 'School, Mre. Pinckney, Mrs. F. R. Hills; books, Mrs. C. R. Smith, Mrs. Pinckney; old linen, Mrs. Seamon, Mrs. Pinckney, "Anonymous." Children's Hospital : Flowers, Mrs. Freeman, St.. Mark's Sunday SchooU Mre. W. H. Meek; toys, Church of England Sunday School, Island Bay; doll and book, Mies Edith. Ayling ; books, Miss Lissack; clothes, Mrs. Jellie, Ngaio. Miss Stella Austin, of Ka,rori-road, who ha* been seriously ill for the last three months, is now recovering, and will leave as soon as she is able for a three months' holiday. " Mrs. *A. E. Kettiot, who has been tburingin England and Europe, arrived with Mr. Kernot this morning in the Mauttgahui. M*iss Harriet C. Newcomb, the secretary of the Australian and New Zealand Women Voters' Association, arrives her on the 28th, and will give addresses at the conference pn (a) The aims and work of this association ; (b) New Zealand's place in the world-movement for Womanhood suffrage, and the International Congress at Buda-Pest in June, 1913. Her friend, Miss Hodge, who is with her is a well-known lecturer in London, a social worker like ,Miss Newcomb and '.a .popular speaker on Women's questions. They are both wefy khown to Lady Stout, with whom they worked in London, and who is still the president of their association. Miss Hodge's subjects will be (a) The historj of the woman's movement in Great Britain—the price of aspiration, and the real significance of achievement ; (b) Women's work in local government. Staying at the Hotel Windsor are : Mr. and Mrs. Dodds (Gisborne), Miss Edith Pirthey (Masterton), Mr., Mrs., and Miss Cobbe (Feilding), Dr. Ada Patterson (Dunedin), Mr. and Mrs Seed (Christchurch), and Mr. and Mrs. Trounson (Auckland). Mrs. A. J. Williams "and family, of Napier, who have been staying at the Hotel Windsor for some weeks, returned to Napier to-day. There died at Woodville on Thurs* day last, another old settler of the Wellington district, in the person of Mrs. G. H. Crowe, who came to Wellington with her father, the late Mr. James Mat-shall, in 1844. The deceased lady resided in the district until about nine years ago, when she went to live at Pahiatua. For the last twelve months she has lived in Woodville. The late Mrs. Crowe leaves a husband, five sons, and' eight daughters, and thirty-seven grandchildren". . , Her family consists pf Mr. S. JVHbbbs, Taionui ; A. -J. Hobbs, Lower Hutt; A. H. Hobbs, Bulls j A. G. Crowe, Woodville ; L. Crowe, Putaneau ; Mrs. W*. Geary, Te Kuiti ; Mrs. Arthur Morgan, AkataraWa ; Mrs.' F". Knight, Lower Huty, ; Mrs. H. Radford, Onga-Onga ; and Misses Rosie, Mabel, Gladys, and Olive Crowe, Woodville. The funeral, which took place at Woodville on Saturday, was attended by a large number of relations and friends. A very interesting afternoon tea was given yesterday by Mesdames C. M. Luke, Lomas, Denton, and Corkill, the guests numbering some hundreds, being the delegates attending the Methodist Conference, now in session in Wellington. The hall — a difficult place to decorate-— was charmingly arranged with little flower-centred tables and tall stands with palms and, plants. Yellow was the main colour-note, and gallardias, escholtzias, daisies, and dahlias were used. Indeed, the table on the stage was extremely artistic— mombretias, (orange and scarlet) and the lovely leaves of the St.. Peter's wort (a decorative plant that is also, I believe, a noxious weed) being blended with distinct success, and tied with deep red streamers of ribbon. With such a great gathering, the distribution of tea was by no means an easy task, but it was wonderfully accomplished with the aid of a. bevy of young ladies, who, with the hostesses, were untiring in their • hospitable efforts. There was a cheery good-fellowship to be noticed in the assemblage, and certainly the volume of talk compared to great advantage with that of a similar number of women, who are always credited — quite unjustly — with greater volubility. But the delegates, who had just been acquainted with their new homes, had naturally an exciting topic of conversation. After tea had been served, Miss Muriel Bennett and the Rev. Mr. Mitchell delighted the audience with their songs, and the Rev. Mr. Lawry, Mr/ Blackwell, and Dr. Youngman all spoke thanking the hostesses for the enjoyable entertainment. I had an interesting little talk with one pioneer minister, who, forty-two, yell-s ago, preached in the, old church "(now sold) that still stands- in Sydney-street. Then the sea used to wash the foot of the street, and the Maoris waded out to get pipis where now the warehouses stand and the train runs. Then, too, there wei-e crowded congregations in the "little churches. The Women's Sick and Wounded Convoy Coi'i-s, a volunteer association in England, managed by its own women > officers, has done splendid work in the Balkan _ war. The commandant, Mrs, St. Clair Stobart, took the corps with a full equipment to Kirk Kilisseh soon after the War broke out. So complete were their arrangements that they were ready, for service as soon ns they arrived. They had a seven days' march to reach the front, and were obliged to tramp knee deep in mud and to sleep in ox wagons. Mr. Noel Buxton, the representative of the Balkan committee with the Bulgarian army, says— "Most of the ordinary units took several days to get ready for work, but these ladies had beds ready and wounded men in them within thirty hours. I really believe that a body of men doing the same work would have broken down." They are trained in resourcefulness and taught to make use of the materials at .hand when the proper equipment is lacking. By the list of matriculation passes sent to the head mistress of the Wellington Girls' College it was found that the name of Olive R. Salmon had been omitted from the published list of lasf ( month. A ball that will go down in social 'history as tho ''Pearl ball,"' because of the unrivalled display of pearls by the dancers was given at Washington ro-

cently by Mrs. Wiiiiam H. Draper, widow of a former United States Ambassador in Italy. Officially it was described as an eighteenth-century ball, and the 300 gitests were all dressed in eighteenth-eontiuy French Court co.itumee. The hostess vcre pearls representing an outlay of £100,000. Her ! hair was done in the Louis XV. style, nud waa crowned with a tiara of magniflccnt pear-shaped pearls. Her earrings were pea vie, "anil clio also wore a collar of pearls and a iov-i r- ( landed neck-lace with a long Miami of perils reaching from the shoulders neaily to the flool. Pearls formed her corsage, and an os nainent, stomacher-fashioned, of pearls covered her waist and hips. In the dress of a lady of the Court of Louis XV. the hostess presented a darling appearance. Her daughter, a slender girl, who is heiress to a fortune estimated at £6,000,000. wore a pink and blue costume with cascades of lace and a famous string of peavls collected by her father in the four quarters of the globe, including a remarkably fine specimen presented to her by Queen Marguerite of Italy. The display of the hostess and her daughter AVas rivalled by those of Mi's. Joseph Leiter and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, who are reputed to have searched the world in a quest for pearls; while the pearls worn by many other women were only less remarkable. A minuet was danced in a grand salon festooned and garlanded with Chri3tmai wreaths and ropes of scarlet satin. Before the ball the guests were entertained at a dinner given by Mrs. Richard Reid Rogers, who, as a compliment to Misß Diaper, transformed the house into an eighteehtlvcentury Flench garden. Even the costumed servants were in the fashion of the period. Miss Violet Asquith is the eldest daughter of the Pretniei of Englahd, and may be said to- have been first introduced to society when, iis a little ■girl, she acted as bridesmaid at her father's marriage to Miss Margot Tennant. She has grown up. as might have been expected, clover and cultivated, taking the keenest interest not only in Mr. Asquith's career, but also in that of her brilliant brother, Mr. Raymond Asquith. Miss Asquith is a . capital speaker^ quite at home on the platform, and it is said she can make speeches of uncommon vivacity. Tall, handsome, and picturesque in hci* dress, she commands attention wherever she goes. Miss Asquith is exceedingly popular, and has been prominent at many big Government functions, oftpn acting as hostess for lv»r fathtr when Mrs. Asquith has been unable to be present. For the assistance of women not, over thirty-five years in Paris in resisting temptatic-h, lime. Marie Leon Georges Esperonnier, under her will proved in New York, has left a fund of £6000. She directs that the income derived from the fund shall be distributed yearly, or every two years, among at least four and not more than ten "young girls and women, with or without children, who are without any fortune or Who have very small means who have been able, amid the dangers of life, to preserve their dignity and good reputation, and who, without being possibly free from reproach, have done what they have thought to be their duty to themselves, their families, or the men they love." The sairte beneficiaries, according to the will, may receive an income from the fund. , FOUR SUPERB PIANOS, . The Broadwood, The Lipp, The Ronisch, , The Steinway. ' i There are constantly received by the Dresden Piano Co., Ltd., big shipments of- pianos—new instruments, in brilliant condition and tone. Although these pianos have a world-wide reputation for style and quality, they can yet be sold by "The Dresden" at prices which constitute remarkable value f This firm carries the largest stock of pianos in New Zealand, and has instruments from the lowest to the • highest price, so that all can be s suited. The Dresden Piano Company, Wellington. North Island manager, M. J. Brookes.— Advt. The following programme of ttmsic will be played this Week by Godber'e Orchestra from 3 to 5 p.m. at Latnbton-quay s-<-La Jois dv Matin, Reveuse, Dawn, Sunshine Girl Valse, Qu&ndL'Amour MeUrt, Chant dv Repos, Jasmine, Simple Aveu, Kiss of Spring, Pahdora, Moon Madrigal, Salut D'Amour.---Advt. Weddings, beautiful Shower Bouquets, Posies, Baskets, Empire Staffs, Crooks, etc., artistically designed and forwarded to any pait of the Dominion by Mis* Murray, Vice-Regal Florist. 36, Willis-st. Carlyle said "Clothes have made men of us." Of course he was referring to the smartly dressed class of men, who buy at Geo. Fowlds, Ltd.— Advt. Warner's Rust-proof Corsets. Style 636 is specially designed for the tall, well'developed figure. Fits perfectly' and comfortably. Price, 16s 6d.— Advt.