Women in Print.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 15, 18 January 1924, Page 9

Women in Print.

Mr., and Mrs. G. A. -Troup, of Kelburn Extension, have returntd from a visit to the Auckland district. Miss Skerrett, Lowry Bay, lms returned from a visit to Taupo. Mrs. W. R. Birch is the guest of Mrs.' A. de B. Brandon, Hobson street. Mr. and Mrs. R. Nalusch, of Hayplock North, have returned home after a visit to Wellington. Mrs. T&pp. with Miss Eudora Henry, has returned from a visit to the South. Miss Frances Moore, of Wanganui. is visiting Wellington. ' The wedding was celebrated at the Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, of Miss Ethel.Clarence Morrison, fifth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Morrison, of Canvasstown, Marlborough., and Mr. J. t. G. Smith, eldest son of Mr. J. Smith, of Highbury, London. The Rev. L. M'Masters officiated. ' The bride was given away by her, brother, Mr. A. E. Morrison, and wore a light fawn gabardine costume with a hat to match. Miss Maud Morrison, in A three-piece navy costume, accompanied the ' bride. Tha best man was Mr. Les Smith After the ceremony the bride's sister-in-law entertained the guests at her residence, Laura avenue, Brooklyn. A new departure in the teaching of ;. cookery is bejng tried with success, at the Edinburgh Schqol of. Cookery and Domestic- Economy, Athol crescent. This is the application of the Dalton system, the keynote of which is to develop initiative, responsibility, and forethought in the pupils. They plan what they will make on the following day—expedience teaches them to plan wisely: they make out a list of the ingredients required, writing an order for what they do not find in the . larder, marking against each item the approximate cost. In this way they learn the' cost of all the dishes they make. Next day, when they come to prepare the food, they have to plan fchir work so as to make the best' use of their, time, the object baing --to keep them continuously employed.. Lady Jellicoe, who has bean absent from t|ie 'Dominion for the pa&t four months, during which she visited China, accompanied,by the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe, returned by the Maheno to Auckland from Sydney, her daughter having romained in Australia. Lord Jellicoc; with the young members of the family, boarded the Maheno ,m the stream, "and welcomed Lady Jellicoe. The' party came ashore in one of H.M.S. Chatham's steam launches as soon as the Maheno had been cleared by the port li/ealth officer. Mine. Curie, the discoverer of radium, mice received a strange rebuff in London. A famous British scientific body wished to honour Professor Curia mid his wife, and they accepted the invitation to come to London, when iho society found that its rules' did not permit a wqman to.be present.at its meetings. Therefore the professor entered alone to hear the eulogy on his wife's work, the actual.discoverer, having to remain outside. But is this curious proceeding any more amazing than the present franchise law which permits Miss Helen Ursula Williams, aged 26, to stand as a candidate for Parliament, and yet does not permit her to have a vote be-cause-she is 26 and not 30? An extension to the Nurses' Home in connection with Auckland Hospital is to be commenced shortly. Sir Maui Pomare, Minister of Public Health;, has been invited to lay the foundation stone of the ■ new wing. Visitors from all parts have been congregating at the Hermitage this season, and Mount Cook has had admirers from England j America, South Africa, Australia, and from-the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The Wellington visitors include Sir John and Lady Findlay, Mrs. F. M. Hunter, Mrs. EM. Laurie, Mrs. F.. H. Peyton, Miss Andrews, and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Huan. "In the cathedral at Lourdes," said the Rev. Father Lockington iv ,the I course of an address at Dunedin, "are | hung the flags of many nations. I was pleased to see hanging there.the Aiv/ac flag—our own Australian "and New Zealand flag—where our boys had. left it on their way to the 'front.' " Later I (says the Dunedin "Evening Star") the speaker showed pictures of the graves of New Zealanders and Australians being tended by the ■ little-children of France. "Does France," he said, "ask whether these men were Anglicans, or Presbyterians, or Methodists, or Baptists? No. It is enough for France that they came to her aid and gave their lives for her. France has taken them to her great heart, arid sho is praying for them." Anton" Lang, who plays the Christ in the Oberammergau Passion play, i's talc-' ing his fellow-players lo'.New. York A writer in the "Western Mail" says--— "Hunger—and probably hunger alone— has driven forth into the world the Oberammergau Passion players. At last the members have been induced to g0..t0 America. In New York ,they will play scenes from the wonderful Passion play' that since-the year 1634 has been acted every ten years in the quaint, secluded little town of Oberammergau. Twelve years elapsed between the- last perform?m Cn '" 7 1922 a? d, the Previous ones in 1910. War and -hunger1'- are stern and relentless. Ihey even force the faithful to break their vows."- ■ ' -■ \ "Most of us feel that we "were in far too great a hurry to be born,, and nothing accentuates that feeling more than contemplating the grace- aud> comfort of tho up-to-date child," writes a, con. tributor to the London "Daily Telegraph."'. The writer goes-on- to-recall the tight-waistcd- frocks, mostly starched which it was a deadly sin to crush and soil; the over-warm dresses in winter tho heavy mackintoshes, vtho poor provision in umbrellas, when-children had to cower under those carried by older people, whereas nowadays,-if they are used at all, each child has its own "brolley." The knotting-up of hair in pieces of paper to produce artificial curls, or the plaiting of the same to produce . waves, were mere torture though kindly intended to beautify little straight-haired girls. Nowadays these Would have bobbed locks, or a plain band placed across the forehead and in either case be perfectly comfortable looking quite as pretty as the rest The old-fashioned muslin scratched- abomin ably, specially when well starched,-and most of the older women remember the irritable saying, "Now, don't fidget you look very nice," when wriggfin*' miserably to .try and soften the ed"es° Shoes were not nearly so well cut \nd linsey-woolsey, was another -torturinc material. Babies and small, children wer« "swaddled up" in numerous useless garments Which would not be looled at by the mother of to-day) a ! nt l wheu the onlooker of mature years - tool's at tha dainty knitted clothes of the boys and girls, the. bare arms and feet, and tho sensible head-coverings, it is with a renewed feeling of regretting tho'pre cipitiincy in entering this planet At the same time a leclmg of congratulation comes Hint- the bad o!d days "of u-ibv gicmc clothing, so for as children ai-imncei-ricd, arc past, it is hoped ü BYC r lv | return.

An'interesting-wedding was that celebrated yesterday afternoon at St. Paul's I'i-o-Cathdral of*' Miss Ethel Ida Russell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Russoll, of Palmerston North, and granddaugHier of the late Mr. and Mns. T. C. Williams. ear!v residents of Wellington, to Mr. Charles Victor Birch, of Wellington/ son of Mrs. Birch and the late Mrs. Azim Birch, of London, formerly of Hawkes Bay. Bishop Sprott and the Yen. Archdeacon Johnson officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, wor« a lovely gown of ivory brocade and lace, draped and caught at the leftside with a diamante ornament. Her long tulle veil fell from a 1 coronet of orange blossoms over the court train of brocade, ornamented with sprays of orange blossoms. Major Brandon was best man. The church was prettily decorated with blue hydrangeas and palms. After the ceremony a reception was held by Mr. and Mrs. Russell at Miss Malcolm's, oil The Terrace. All the rooms were gay with flowers, the dining-room being massed with blue hydrangeas. Mrs. Russell wore a gown of black marocain patterned with violet and a small black hat with a drooping plume of the same colour; she carried a bouquet of pink carnations and roses. Miss Beatrix Russell, sister of'the bride, wore a frock of beige taffetas, made in Early Victorian fashion, with a pretty hat of crinoline, and carried a, posy of flowers. Amongst the guests were tile Bishop and -! Mrs. Sprott, General Sir Andrew Bussell, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Williams, of Masterfcon; Mr. and Mrs.- Guy Williams, and their children, of Masterton; Mrs. Algar Williams, Christchurch; Mrs. Hosking, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Riddiford, Mrs. and Miss Tweed, Mr._und Mrs. Ernest Hadfield, Mr. Guy Russell, Sir Donald and Lady M'Gavin, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Nigel and Mis. Gathorne-Hardy and their' children ■; Mrs. H. D. Crawford, Mrs. Werry, Mrs. Alex. Crawford. Colonel and Mrs. J. G. Hughes, Miss' Barron, Mr. and Mrs. A. de B. Brandon, Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crawford, Mr. and Miys Harcourt, Miss Duncan, Dr. Newman, Mr. and Mrs. A. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. W. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Arkwright (Rangitikei), Mis. F. Riddiford, Mrs. I illy, Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt, Mias Hewitt (Palmcnston North), Captain and Mrs. Hawkins (London),1 Mr. G F. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs.. Cscchia Birch (Marten), General and Lady Chaylor, Mies Denniston (Peel Forest), Miss Clarke (Canterbury), Mrs. and Miss Stowe, Mr.1 A. and Miss Cooper ' Mr. and Mrs. Battersby, Muss M. Watson (Palmerston North), Miss Enid Bell, Mr. Ernest Bell, Mr. and Mrs. George, Mt, Sclandsrs, Miss Balchin, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnston, Mrs, W. Turnbull, Miss Brandon, Mir. Lamach, Mrs W. R. Birch, Miss Kebbell, Dr. Arnold Izard, and others. Later, Mr! and Mrs. C. V. Birch left for their wedding triu, the bride's travelling gown being of black raaroijiin with beigo lace bodice and a black satin cloak and black clocho hat trimmed with black osprays. The future home of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Birch will be in Wellington. A local in "The Post" a few days ago reported the rescue of a dog from the cliffs near Island Bay by a member of the Gertrude Elliott Dramatic Company. It is now stated that the animal was a young d6g,:dFConsiderable^alUe;1 a well-bred English setter, so that apart from sentimental reasons the owner, a lady resident of Island Bay, is very glad to have" had it recovered, none the worse. , Fruit for jam-making ig being distributed by the Housewives' Association in Melbourne, states an Australian paper. Mrs. W. Thomas, the president, has received a request from the Fruitgrowers' Association' to continue the distribution, the hope being expressed that the members will establish a bureau of their own. The prices quoted by Mrs. Thomas included the following :— Raspberries, 7s 6d a dozen lb; blackberries and loganberries, 5s per dozen lb; apricots, 8s per case; plums, 4s j black currants, Is per lb; aud Cape gooseberries, 9d. oil-painting—-a portrait of two sisters— at her exhibition at Thq Little Art Gallery, Adelphi, the remaining thirtyeight pictures being either water-colour fetches or crayon drawing, writes '.Ihe. Post's" London correspondent. And they are all very clever. Art critics consider that this New Zealand artist has developed considerably of jate, and that she has attained to greater firmness than previously. The crayon drawings are varied—landscapes, interiors (by day and by night), and character-stud-ies to the life. The 'Gamblers" and the "Cardplayers" are wonderfully descriptive, and the types of the four men m the water-colour called "Cards" hold one fascinated, by the subtle way m which they are portrayed. Miss Hodgkins spends much time on the Continent, and subsequently her beachscenes are fulhof animation, and allow of vivid colour-splashes. They are exj actly what one may see on any summer day at any French plage. Treboul 1 lage has given her inspiration for pleasing studies of this kind, and "Les Martiques" is an excellent presentation of fishing smacks drawn up in a line at a quayside. The tense b!a"ekness of her crayon drawings is very striking; 'in none is it more effective than me one entitled "BJack Eyes," while the cunnin" and craft of "Mephesto" are boldiy emphasised by the same medium. Apparently the "keep to the left" business is fairly universal. News comes from Auckland and from Sydney of the difficulties experienced by those who enr deavour to keep the new rule. That it is a matter of great difficulty, not to say impossibility, has been "found in Wellington, and therefore it is rather amusing to find the suggestion made "that if each person on the right (that is to say the 'left) side insisted on those on the wrong side moving over, the custom would have a much better chance of becoming general and comfortable. .Visions arise of a timid, little person, man or woman, coming up against a large and "hefty" personage, and, perchnace, not a good-tempered looking one, and "insisting" that he or she should move over to the other side. The prospect is not inviting. Therefore, it looks as though keeping to the left twill have to filter in gradually to the inner con. sciousness of a great part of the world, ami those who are "quicker in the uptake" will have to possess their souls in patience with the less observant people. ' Some very quaint contretemps can be seen in the streets any day and time, but the optimistic are "looking for an improvement soon.