WOMEN IN PRINT

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 45, 22 February 1930, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT

ENGAGEMENTS,

TODD—CROON.

Tlio Engagement is announced oi'. Vora Garltoii, eldest daughter oi! Mr. and Mrs: ■Charles Linegar, .of AVelliugton, to Bruce Richard, youngest son of Mrs. and ' the lato Mr. T. N. Todd, of Auckland. CAMPBELL—BOWBOTiIEM. 'J'lie engagement of Elsie Eileen, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. , Campbell, to Bert; son of Mr. and .; Mrs. Bowbotaein, of Camperdown, - Sydney. . Mrs. Albert Eussell has returned from a visit to Otaki Beach. Mrs. Gilbert, Westport, who is competing in the croquet-tournament at Lower Hutt, is the. guest of Mrs. A. M. Gilbert, Constable Street. Mrs. Geo. Aitken, Westport, is the guest of Mrs. W. G. Mac Donald, Hataitai. Lady Beauchainp, who had been visiting Auckland, returned by tho daylight Limited' yesterday.. Mrs. J. Hare,' Khandallah, and her daughter, Mrs. W. Hughes, arc visiting Wanganui. Miss T. K. Palmer, Wellington, who, in company with Mra. Wright Cobb, U.S.A., recently toured Australia, is leaving by the Tofua for an extended visit to.the South Sea Islands, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Lyon returned this morning from the South after a motor tour of Canterbury. .' ■ \ Miss Edwin has returned to Wellington from a visit to the Marlboi-ough Sounds. Worth on Hairdressing. An authority writing from London states that the controversy about tho fashionable length of the hair has died down. According to Worth the new silhouette demands as small a head as possible, to increase the effect of height and slenderness, so perhaps it is on this account that tho 'shingle- retains its popularity. Even the mannequins who favour extravagances of fashion in hair dressing—it is always safe 'to model one's style on theirs —wear their hair cut to the extent of its natural growth at tho base of their heads. All curls are flattened, a soignee effect being preferred at the moment before anything. Accountants' Convention. The social side of the Accountants' Dominion Convention, which opens on Tuesday in Wellington, is not by any means a minor feature of the gathering. The Convention Committee has had the co-operation of a ladies' committee, and an attractive round of entertainments will be' provided for the visiting accountants and their wives. On Tuesday evening a theatre party is proposed, and on tho following evening a social function at Kirkcaldie and Stains' tea-rooms will include dancing and bridge. Tho official dinner on Thursday will bo a.."hien's affair," when the visiting, ladies will be, the guests of. the society, at a, theatre. A programme -of motor drives and sports has been planned for Saturday, in 'which convention members : and their friends will participate.'- ■;.. Bead Fashions. . With.the advent of so, much artificial jewellery,;both- expensive and inexpensive, the vogue for beads has steadily increased, and designers, to keep pace- with the demand, have put upon, the- market' a greater variety of this form .of "ornament than has ever been available before, -says an English exchange. .. In fact, beads have varied so enormously in colour and material that it would almost seem as though nothing was left.to them in the matter of change.' That carved bead is, however, very much liked at the- moment, and old necklaces are sought made of carved ivory or wooden beads. Of the modern'■: carved beads the mpst striking are those .made of-wood, which have geometrical designs upon them. There have also been, attempts at carving in. amber, in a very simple design. •Tho glass bead has been quick to follow the movement for greater variety, and strings of these are enjoying much popularity, particularly when carried out in fashionable shades, for then they can give a finishing touch to an ensemble. Necklaces arc growing rather longer,' in conjunction with the movement towards the longer dress, although tho choker is still, considered as fashionable a necklet as any. Excess Dangerous. ■ . Our ancestors., fought shy of the sun. They used thick woollen curtains in their houses,, and covered their, "bodies with, thick woollen garments m summer and used parasols. We have gone to the opposite, extreme, and now expose ourselves to: the sun at its strongest,' because we have read somewhere of its wonderful curative powers, says an overseas authority. Excess is danger6us! The most, wholesome food becomes injurious, and so doe 3 the most wholesome drink ■ if taken without discretion, while^ the most wonderful curative drugs kill instead of curing if too much is taken. Among the greatest healing (and tho quickest killing) drugs are stryclmino, arsenic, bella .donna... Likewise, the powerful sun is terribly dangerous:' ' At'midday birds and .animals hide in the shade in summer and come forth again in the cool of tho evening. The savages and the civilised southern nations also flee from the powerful, sun.. If an Italian or a Frenchman encounters sun , bathers when the sun is at its hottest, he will say:"They must be English! They are quite madl" In innumerable cases over-exposure to' the powerful sun causes the most in-tractable-skin diseases, nerve diseases, and even cancer. Sun cancer and rodent ulcer attack the unprotected,: unshaded portions of face and neck, and tuberculosis is - also ; aggravated by over-strong sunlight.. Crowe House. "At Ci:ewe House, the London home of Lord Crewe', tho Women's Liberal Federation recently held a bazaar. It is tho- first time that tho house has been lent for such a purposo since- Lord and Lady Crewc returned from Paris, states a- correspondent. But it is so peopled with illustrious shades of .tho past that the very walls must bo imbued with wit and success, and gaiety. During the last' century—and in the eighteenth, too—as Wharncliffo House, under the witty genius of the Lords and Ladies.: Wham cliff c . of; those days, it. used to hold tho most famous and brilliant of London salons; when politics were interpreted in quick, flashing conversation, and in subtle undercurrents of crossing comment. Some of that old house remains still —though it was largely added to in 1900 or so —and one of the most charming boudoirs still is hung with the pale blue- damask and gold that adorned it a hundred years-or more ago. It is one. of the few London houses which still have their own gardens and lodge gates. Lady Crowo, remarks the writer, is a fit person to carry on tho fine debonair spirit of the old house. She is lovely to look at; tall, with a" fair skin andhair tho colour of a turning leaf. She is witty and very intelligent and is one of the nios popular "Ambassadresses ever sonfc to Paris, probably because she has a real love for French people. She still has a flat in Paris and spends a good deal of her time over, there.

Red Cross Gifts. Following is the list of acknowledgments of gifts received during, tue mouth of January for patients Cross Hospital, Hobson street: JHOWors, Miss Willis, Kosalino Bates, har-dener-at Porirua, Mrs, Saw: (Nelson), Miss Davidson (Nelson);, plums, Mrs. Edwards (Nelson); tomatoes,. Mrs. O'Brien. (Nelson); ~ beans, , Mr. -bins (Nelson). "Daily • Mirrors," Mrs. AVylie and Mrs. Lang; kindling ■wood, Mr. Eennie; novels, Mrs.' Morley. Sensibly Unsuperstitious. We are to Jiavo a "green winter" tUis year—in the fashion world, at any rate, states a London "writer.. -A sudden "and unexpected demand for green fabrics, hats, and trimmings,has sprung up in the drapery trade. Buyers from tlio big stores and from the specialty fashion shops have been scouring markets buying up novelties in shades of green. Wholesalers of novelties and trimmings in the city and in the big provincial centres, have been "rushed off their feet"—the words of the principal of ono big establishment —to; supply the sudden craze, aiid dyers are busy on special rush, orders. NewZealanders' Speech. In his opinion the speech of New Zcalanders is better than that of any other British possession, said Mr. Alexander Watson, the celebrated. English elocutionist, to a Christchurch "Press 1 representative. 'New Zealand's method of teaching- English, both spoken and written, followed, very closely the methods employed in Scotland. Scottish methods were acknowledged to bo better than those used in England, so New Zealand was very fortunate. On his first visit to New Zealand, Mr. AVatson was much impressed with the purity of speech. On one occasion ho heard a woman.speaking in the corridor of his hotel. On leaving his room he was greatly surprised to see that it was one of the maids, and not, as he supposed, a guest of tho hotel. The isolation of the country was probably the chief reason for its good speech. To a certain extent carelessness in speech ,was creeping in, but the process was a very gradual one. "This cannot bo . attacked with full success., in , the schools," said Mr. Watson. "The tendency is that carelessness in speech in the pupil will be repressed when he is at school, but at soon as he is free it will break .out again:in full force. The teaching of English must begin in the home and be followed up in the schools. This is, of course, an ideal, but there is no reaspn why wo should not endeavour to attain it." There is no doubt that the education authorities wero becoming alive to the necessity of the proper use of the voice. A great improvement in the clearness of ' enunciation' was being attained by the teaching of phonetics. In Brisbane a. great advance in this direction had been made by the introduction of .special classes aiming at clearness of enunciation. In New South Wales, - also, strenuous efforts to induce clarity.in speech were being made.' " . . . - . "Mothers' Chair" in the South. , Councillor Annie Fraer introduced a deputation of. women to the Christehurch City Council to discuss plans for a'iiiass meetiug^b'f women to launch"; a campaign for obtaining-the district allocation ■of tho £25,000 needed to adequately set up the; Chair of Obstetrics at' Otago University, says an exchange. Mrs. Cracroft Wilson mentioned that the northern parts' of the Dominion /were: already at work and: it was hoped to make a-start in Christchurch with a mass meeting to .be addressed by Dr. Doris Gordon. Maternal mortality in New Zealand was far too high, she said, and it was felt that so far insufficient instruction had been given to students, and a first-class professor was necessary to, undertake the work of instruction. Dr. Jessie Scott' said that the mortality in the Dominion was, roughly speaking, about the same as that in Great Britain, where alarm was ' felt and measures , were being taken to improve matters. In this country the figures were 4.9 per 1000 births, and there was no sign of reduction. , She urged the necessity of more tmd better training for students. The Mayor agreed to give what1 assistance was necessary. , ; The Worlds Favourite Princes Everybody agrees that the departure of the Prince of' Wales for his holiday in Africa—well-earned though that holiday undoubtedly is—will make all .the difference in the world to social life in London for the next few months, writes a correspondent. Tho Princo has his own set of intimate friends,-with whom his hours of leisure are spent, but ho moves as well iii practically every circle from time to time, and gives lavishly of personality and service to'-the many causes bound up so closely now with entertaining. So he will be missed from one end of Mayfair to the other. The Prince has.had a hectic week of final preparations and; farewells, and must have forgotten how many times he has shaken hands and said "an revoir." A friend who bade him good-bye and was one of a party to do so, remarked afterwards on his modesty arid a certain innato shyness when there were expressions of regard for him. -; The number of little parting gifts he. has received from well wishers, known and unknown, has touched the Prince very much. Political Dinner Parties. ' A good deal is being heard of the expenses of a Prime Minister, but one doubts if Mr. Mac Donald has:to spend anything like as much in entertainment as some of his predecessors, remarks a writer overseas. Fifty years ago, for instance, it was , considered proper for a Prime Minister to dine/ in relays, all his supporters in both Houses. It: is true that any. attempt to revive that old custom might t>e a little inconvenient just now. There would -be rich humour in a dinner party .at No. 10 for the revolting wing, of tho Government Party. : The, after:dinner. 'speeches should.be worth hearing, especially as many of the revolters are stern teetotallers and would not have even the mellowing influence of a glass or so of champagne. - - -~ Invitations Issued., . ■ Mrs. G. P. 1-i. -Davidson has issued invitations to a garden party to be held at her residence, Ruwhiti Terrace, Kelburn, on Thursday, 6th March, in aid of the Wellington Free Kindergarten. , . ; The New Zealand Nurses' Christian Union has issued invitations to a Welcome. Tea at Kirkcaldio arid Stains in connection with their sixth annual conference, to be held in Wellington from 2Stb February to 4th March.