WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 53, 31 August 1926, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. Jasper Parrott leaves for Auckland on Thursday to rejoin her husband, Paymaster-Lieut. Parrott, of H.M.S. Dunedin. She will be accompanied by her sister, Mrs. W. P. Sommerville.

Mrs. M'Clure has returned to Mas terton from a visit to Wellington.

Misaes North and Rowley (Wellington) are visitors to Christchurch.

Mr. Justice and Mrs. Alpers and children have left to spend the holidays al Eakaia.

Mrs. Algar Williams has returned lo Christchurch from the North.

Sir John and Lady Findlay have returned to Christchurch from Mount Cook.

Mrs. W. Pearce is visiting Christclmi'ch.

Mrs. Longmore (Wellington) is visi ting Christehurch,

Mrs. G. D. Greenwood, Christchurch, is arriving in Wellington, en route for Sydney, leaving by the Maheno.

Mrs. K. S. Williams and Miss Mona Williams arrived by the Maheno from Sydney this morning.

Mrs. Arthur Barnett, Kelburn, is visiting her mother, Mrs. B. Gould, at Feilding.

Mrs. G. Nathan was among the passengers who returned to Now Zealand by the Maheno.

Lady M' Gavin is visiting Mrs. A. Fitzherbert at Palmerston North.

Miss Hays, Hawera, is visiting Wellington.

Mrs. Sievwright is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. F. Meldrum, Waikato.

The Misses Macalister, Wellington, are visiting Stratford.

Mrs. Elliott Lynn has added a leaf to her laurels, states an English writer. In July she won, and won easily, the private owners' race in the Air Pageant held by the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club at Sherburn-in-Elmet, near Selby. Mrs. A. H. Wyatt, Mrs. C. R. Smith, and Miss Tessa Smith, of New Brighton, who returned to New Zealand by the Maheno to-day after spending the winter in Australia, axe the guests of Mrs. Roland Hall, of Kelburn.

"Nobody doubted that Mi^a Margaret Bondfield would keep Wallsend for her party," says an English writer, "yet her nine thousand majority was startling. She is, of course, a woman of high ability, and fine power as a speaker, while her record assures her prestige, but by all calculations Sir Patrick Hastings had been an equally desirable candidate. How far the coal dispute served to bring her votes is uncertain. Probably the Wallsend figures should be interpreted as in the main a well-earned individual triumph to which something was added by dissatisfaction with the Government's handling of industrial affairs.

A pretty evening wedding took place recently at St. James's Church, Newtown, when Gladys, only daughter of Mrs. E. Diamond, of Wellington, was married to Nolan, second son of Mr. W. R. Ancell, Nelson. The Rev. Shirer officiated. The bride wore a charming French frock of ivory crepe do chine, heavily beaded in silver. Her embroidered veil was held in place by a bandeau of orange blossoms, and she carried .a posy of palest pink and white flowers. Miss Rita Hendricksen, who attended the bride, wore a frock of shell pink crepe de chine, with a pretty hat trimed with mauve and pink flowers. These colours were repeated in her posy. Mr. Don Hood wag best man. After the ceremony a small number of guests were entertained at the Eoyal Oak.

The engagement is announced of Gwyneth, younger daughter of the lato S. C. and Mrs. Barraud, and niece of Mr. W. A. Mowbray, of Lower Hutt, to J. Ramsay Mansfield, Kelburn, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Mansfield, Khandallah.

The winter term at Queen Margaret College was brought to a festive close when the staff and pupils entertained their friends at the annual school dance. The beautiful hall, whoso parquet floor lends itself admirably to dancing, looked more than usually lovely with festoons of lycopodium and fairy lights, while at intervals, a spotlight threw its elusive radiance across the scene. The dining-room, where supper was sered, was most effectively decorated with butterfly streamers of green and gilt, and brass vases were filled with daffodils and golden bracken. Mrs. J. M. Dawson and Mrs. A. P. Smith were the chaperons, and Miss Wilson received the guests. Gay frocks, dainty supper, excellent music, and; the general holiday spirit combined to make a most enjoyable evening.

The presentation of first aid certificates took place in the Council Chambers, Lower Hutt. The Mayor Mr. W. T. Strand, spoke of the good work the St. John Ambulance 'had done in both war and in peace. He trusted that all who could would take up the classes. The following received certificates:— Mesdames Gowing and Cameron, Misses Clendon, Watkins, Wolf, Matthews, Anderson; Messrs. Clendon, Featonby, Doran, Tullock. Hearty votes of thanks were given to the Mayor, Dff. Hutchinson (lecturer), Dr. Miriann (examiner), Mesdames Yates (sen. and jun.), Messrs. Hislop and Black. Mrs. Cameron and Mr. Tulloch were entitled to medallions. ';

Girls are certainly trying their wings (says a Melbourne writer). A mother and daughter, Mrs. Sl'Kellar and Aliss Kesta M'Kellar, of Bell Park, Geelong, have recently returned from a motoring trip to Darwin. Now two others are off on Friday to motor to Alice Springs. These two, Miss J. Webb and Miss A. Anderson, are on holiday bent, and are to take their time doing the trip. In a single-seater they go, and stowed away in the car are two'guns, sleeping bags, water, and a supply^of ship's biscuits. They intend visiting some interesting caves on the South Australian border, said to be inhabited by large wombats. ■ Sweets and tobacco are also carried; these are to placate any natives met on the journey.

The follcnving is a striking description by the veteran actress, Ellen Terry, of the form of nervous collapse known as stage fright—from which even the most experienced tutors and actresses are liable to suffer:—"You are standing apparently quite well in your right mind, when you suddenly feel as if your tongue had become dislocated, and was lying powerless in your mouth. Cold shivers begin to creep downwards from the nape of your neck, and up your back at the same time, until they seem to meet in the small of your back. About this time you feel as if a centipede, all of whose feet have been carefully iced had begun to run about in the roots of your hair. Your next agreeable sensation is the breaking out: in a cold perspiration all over. Then you foci afi if somebody had cut (he muscles .■it the back of your knees; you mouth begins slowly to open without giving utterance to a single sound, and your eyes seem inclined to jump out of your head over the footlights. At this period it is as well to get off the stage as quickly as possible—you are far beyond the hoDe of any human help."

The shingle and bob have been in vogue for a sufficient length of time to enable their effect on the hair to be ascertained (aays an English writer). Two most interesting facts are that the hair gains in strength as a result of being kept short, and that the colour becomes several shades darker. Some hairdressers, for instance, are of the opinion that there is not so much true corn-coloured hair in this country as there was ten years ago, for the quantity of colouring matter remains the same, whether the hair be long or short. One would not expect to obtain the same results by using a certain amount of paint on a small and a large surface, and exactly the same principle applies to the colouring of the hair. The fact that ladies have acquired the habit of visiting the hairdresser frequently is all to the good, but with the shingling vogue tv/o of the primary requirements for healthy hair, namely, plenty of brushing and ventilation, have been overlooked by ladies, and by the fashion, experts. A woman's hair, like a horse's coat, must be well and regularly brushed to produce a beautiful sheen. The fashion experts, by introducing the close-fitting felt hat which prevents the hair from being exposed freely in the open air, must also bear their share of the responsibility. The old-fashioned hats, perched on the top of the head, were infinitely to be preferred in this respect.

A Pans correspondent of "Time and licle says: "It sometimes strikes me as a little unfortunate, not so much that we should read newspapers as that we should not read all of them. If, that is to say you happen to read only one paper here during the past week, you ?™" ld _ V13. r 7 lik^7 get the impression that Fans has become a riotous city busily engaged in chasing English tourists, throwing stones at thorn, boiling them in oil, and otherwise interfering with their amusements. This ia not actually the case. On the contrary, it has lately been my privilege to escort some English ladies to various places of amusement and interest.Not only did we escape being massacred, murdered, or even tortured, but the elder of the two ladies .was rather indignant about it,_ as she had been told by foolish friends before she started that she must expect martyrdom, feeling that in some way she had been deprived of due excitement. '

It is stated in "Time tnd Tide" that a society recently begun in England is that of the "Young Suffragists," whose object is to obtain the vote for women on the same terms as men. Membership is confined to women under thirty years of age. The president is Mrs. Barbara Wootten, J.P. It is thought a very healthy sign of the times when the young women come forward and take a real interest in the matters which the older women have striven for so earnestly in the past. It has rather been the former policy for the younger women to stand aside and take all the advantages won for them in the way of freedom and opportunity in life, without doing any work for themselves. The new society should be a comforting support to older women's societies, specially as showing that there are new workers coming into the field of endeavour.

News comes from Mrs. Will French, who made many friends during her visit to Now Zealand, and who is once more at home in San Francisco. She is keeping well in touch with friends from the Dominion arid Australia, and was expecting to see Dr. Helen Bakewell in January, when she is to be the New Zealand delegate to the International Suffrage Conference. Dr. Northcroft, of Auckland, had written to Mrs. French saying that she hoped to be in San Francisco in August. Mr. and Mrs. French had entertained Mr. and Mrs. 0. Todd and family from Dunedin, who were on their way to the Botary Convention at Denver, and they were going on to London, to meet another daughter, who is studying medicine. "Since I returned home," says Mrs. French, "tire National League of "Women's Service, a war oganisation of which I was one of tho founders, now known as the "Women's City Club of San Francisco, erected a beautiful building, with rooms and board for guests of club members. They do a great deal of entertaining, and on Saturday we are, to give a reception for the Crown Princess of Sweden. The club expects every member to give some service. Some give afternoon tea, others library service, etc., anything that makes it possible to keep down expenses, and therefore the fees, rendering the club thoroughly democratic. Society, business, professional, and club women belong, and at present there !jre 1000 members, with over a thousand on the waiting list. Later on Mrs. French says, "You will be interested to hear that 'Ma' Ferguson, Governor of Texas, is stilly holding office, though opposed bitterly by the X.X.X."

The National Federation of Women's Institutes is making great strides in England. The time is rapidly approaching, says the London "Daily Telegraph," when no village, however remote, will be without a women's institute, with its manifold social and educational activities, for last year 328 new institutes were formed, making a total of 3507. The federation has its own magazine, "Home and Country," the circulation of which, in December, 1925, reached 40,914. A profit of £454 was handed over to the general funds. "But what does an institute do?" is a question often asked, for the large, annual meeting in London, presided over by tha chairman of the federation, Lady Denman, is no index of the work of individual institutes, inspiring and interesting though it is to the thousands of delegates who attend. The institute movement is, as the annual report says, domestic in character. This seems almost inevitable, since, although questions of national and international importance may be discussed at meetings, an institute is by its rules non-party and no»i-seetarian. The educational side of institutes is becoming of great importance, and beforo long they will be recognised, as part of the nation's educational machinery. They have done much to promote the starting of choral societies, and at county festivals adjudicators are recognising the great improvement in the classes for members of women's institutes, in quality, tone, and enunciation. In a few districts women's institutes run the choral competitions themselves. In many villages they run* choral societies for men and women alike, but where tlie men refuse to sing, countrymen being far more self-conscious than countrywomen, a choir for female voices is all that is possible. -Judging by the members who obtain certificates from the Guild of Learners, the most popular craft in the institutes is that of glovemaking, though embroidery is not far behind. Leather work comes next, followed by basket work. Other important crafts taught in different institutes are furcraft, household jobbing, which includes tinkering, um-brella-covering, and eider down quilt making, lacemaking raffia work, rush work, toy making, upholstering, and weaving. Not every institute can, or wishes to, adopt an industry, but where the members desire to do so every help is'afforded them.