Notes for Women

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12611, 23 November 1926, Page 5

Notes for Women

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr and Mrs A. E. Knox are Wellington visitors to the South Island and West Coast. Miss E. Port, of this city, has left for a visit to the South Island.

St. Chad’s Church, Linwood, Christchurch, was the scene of a wedding recently, when ..ilhelmina Edith, second daughter of.Mr and Mrs J. Benfell, of Avonsicie, was married to Leslies James, only son of Mr and Mrs J. Orr, of Linwood. The Kev. E. E. Malden officiated.. Mrs Garcia Webster (Wellington), who has been spending a few weeks in Christchurch, returned to the north on /Sunday. Miss Gibbons returned to Wanganui on Friday from a visit to Wellington. Mr and Mrs Cheveral, of Wellington, are visiting New Plymouth. Miss Ivy Nathan, Wellington, is the guest of Mrs H. J. Nathan, Christchurch.

Miss R. O. Goodwin, of New Brighton, left on Thursday by the s.s. Waliino to catch the s.s. Ulimaroa at Wellington for Australia, where she will spend an extended holiday touring Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Melbourne and Adelaide. Miss Goodwin expects to return in .February next. Mrs Matthew Holmes has been elected president of the Wellington Women’s National Reserve during the absence of Mrs Tripp in England. Miss Gladys Denz left Hamilton for Wellington on Sunday evening, and will later visit Palmerston North. Mrs W. H. Price, Christchurch, is visiting relatives in Wellington. Mrs H. St. A. Murray, of Christchurch, is paying a short visit to Wellington. Mr and Mrs J. McGuinnes and Mrs Hogg, of Wellington, are spending a few days at Hamilton. Miss Yera St. John, with Joseph Cunningham’s English Comedy Company in Wellington, was last in New Zealand with Allan Wilkie.

Mr and Mrs W. Watson, Wellington, are the guests of Mrs J. Watson, Parnell, Auckland.

Mrs K. Gould, of Wellington, has been staying at New Brighton, Christchurch. Mr and Mrs S. R. McK. McLennan, of Wellington, are staying in Christchurch. Mrs W. Lee, Redcliffs, has arrived ih Wellington, to attend the marriage of her niece, Miss Eileen Pender.

Mr and Mrs A. McKay and Miss Lorna McKay, of Wadestown, who have made a tour of Australia, England, Scotland, the Continent, America, and Canada, returned to New Zealand last ■week by the Aorangi, via Honolulu and; the .'Western Pacific Islands.

The engagement is announced in a Christchurch exchange of Harold Edward Lionel Porter, M.C., younger son of the late Mr W. S. Porter and Mrs Porter, of Birkenhead, England, to Boris Studholrae, younger daughter of Mr and Mr 3 J. M, Barker, of Waihi, Woodbury. Mr Porter, a well-known mountaineer, who is visiting New Zealand, will soon attempt the ascent of Mount Tasman, in company with M. Maroel Kurz. Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., and Mrs Wilford are spending a week longer in London than they anticipated, their vessel having been delayed at Hamburg through a strike. They are coming out via the Cape. An engagement of New Zealand interest is that between Lieutenant .T. Torlesse, R.N.. and Geraldine, older daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarke, of St'one Cross, Ashurst, Kent. Lieutenant Torlesse is the younger son of Captain A- Torlesse, R.N., and Mrs Torleese, of Lymington, Hampshire, and grandson of the late Charles Obria Torlesse, of Rangiora and Christchurch.

A very pretty wedding took place recently at the residence of Mr and Mis 'V. J. Fletcher, Linwood, Christchurch, when Miss Alva Inglis Kirk, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs W. Kirk, of 88, Poulson street, Addington. was married to John Arnold Colin Fletcher, only son of Mr and Mrs W. J. Fletcher, 15, Wyon street-, Linwood.

Miss Una Castle (Wellington), the holder of the 1926 Scholarship for Languages, awarded by the University of Now Zealand, arrived at Tilbury at the beginning of October with her sister, Miss M. Castle, states a London correspondent. They are now in France. At Poitiers Miss Castle will do • research work in a district which contains some of the oldest monuments of early French culture and late Roman civilisation. She will be on tho Continent for two years studying languages. The Misses Castle travelled from London to Paris by air. and, like the majority of passengers who go this way for the first time, they experienced the discomforts of air sickness. However, they decided that the experience was well worth while. One of the most ingenious and interesting adventures in life is that which is being carried out by Mrs Grace Lovat Fraser, who’ continues the theatrical designing and decorating business started by her late husband, and is responsible for the dressing of probably more plays than the publio is aware. “The thing which is engaging my spare time,” Mrs Fraser said, “is the novel house decorating lectures l am giving in the Midlands. There are to be 14 altogether. The platform on which I stand is converted into a small stage. It is built up in sight of the audience by four stage hands from the local theatre, and as I talk about the dining room, tho drawing room, the kitchen, the bedroom, and so on, the men change the curtains and the carpets, the furniture and the ornaments, before tho eyes of my audience.”

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The annual flower show of the Pioneer Club will take place this afternoon, to be opened at three o’clock. Mr and Mrs H. R. Dix, of Nelson, left Wellington yesterday to join the Aorangi at Auckland, en route for Honolulu, where they will spend a holiday. Hr and Mrs R. Rankin, of Wellington, have been visiting Timaru.

Dr and Mrs W. E. Redman, of Nelson, are visiting Wellington. Airs E. Riddiford and Mrs P. Kettle, who spent a few days in Timaru, have returned to Napier. Bright blues, such as ultramarine and royal, • are favourites for house painting in London, both for private houses and shops, especially in the neighbourhood of Kniglitsbridge and South Kensington, where there are so many artistic little shops. There is an old country superstition that by painting your house blue you beep the witches. away from it and attract good luck. This may . have something to do with the present love for blue. The craze for ear jewels is evidently still very much alive, and we have become so accustomed to women wearing strange contrivances dangling from their ears that it seems almost an impossibility for there to he any originality in this direction. Nevertheless, the earrings one woman wore, at a London theatre struck a note of originality, consisting as they did of small jade parrots in golden cages. If the creature in a cage becomes popular as an ear pendant there is no end to the amusing little fashions which femininity may perpetrate.

The annual meeting of the KelburnNorthland branch of the W.N.R. was held recently at the residence of Mrs Hargreaves (president), there being an excellent attendance. Mrs Parkinson (secretary) read the report and bal-ance-sheet, which werb passed as being most satisfactory. Mrs Hargreaves was re-elected as president, gnd Mrs Parkinson as secretary. The following committee was elected: —Mesdames Mulligan, Brown, Morris, Dryden, and Miss MacDonald; vice-presidents, Mesdames Platt, Salt, Grant, and Preston. A .number of new members were enrolled. Afternoon tea was served by Mrs and Miss Hargreaves. Airs F. J. Earle was presented with a pot-pourri jar by the president, on behalf of the committee, and given many good wishes for her happiness and prosperity in Nelson.

The wedding was solemnised at St. Luke’s Church, Te Kuiti, on November 11th, of Heather, eldest daughtei or Mr and Mrs N. B. Lusk, and Heath, elder son of Mr and Mrs T. G. Mason, of Oparure. and formerly of Masterton and Wellington, the ceremony being performed by Rev. A. Drake. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a frock of pink brocaded crepe de chine with pink tulle veil, and carried a nink shower bouquet. She waß accompanied by two bridesmaids, her sister. Miss Joan Lusk; and Miss Mona Seabrook Mason, of Wellington. Mr Cory Matthew was best, man. and the bridegroom’s brother, Air Jack Mason, groomsman. During the ceremony appropriate music was rendered by St. Luke’s choir, Aliss E. Drake presiding at the organ. After the ceremony a reception was held, and later, at the residence of Mrs S. Craig, dancing was indulged in till after midnight. The bride’s travelling dress was a silk jumper suit of hois de rose and tagel hat of the same tone, with a puttycoloured tailored coat and shoes and stockings to match.

Hostesses for the Community Club this week will be:—Monday, Wellington South Nursing Division; Tuesday, Airs Mahoney; Wednesday, Airs W. D.’ James; Thursday, Mrs E. C. Cooper; Friday, Mrs E. E.*Muir; Monday, Mrs Keddell.

Mrs T. Jordan has been appointed District Commissioner in the Wairarapa for tho Girl Guides’ Association. The inaugural meeting of the Lower Hutt branch of the League of Mothers was held last Thursday afternoon in the Lyceum Hall. Aluch enthusiasm was shown, and the following officers were elected:—President, Mrs H. W. Kersley; secretary, Mrs E. Dawson ; treasurer, Air C. Fraser; committee, Mesdameß Strand, McArthur, Stuart, McCaw, McArthur, Rowe, Radford, Saunders, and Wall. The Mayoress, Airs Strand, introduced Mrs Kersley, who briefly outlined the aims and objects of the league. Dr Eligabeth Bryson gave an interesting and instructive talk on the responsibility of mothers in the training of their children in the best possible way for the best possible results. During the afternoon a telegram was read from Lady Alice Fergneson, the Dominion president of this movement, wishing the branch every success. A bright programme of music and recitations was presented by Mesdames Phillips and Chisholm, and Miss Findlay, and afternoon tea was served. The league starts with a large membership and an enthusiastic committee, and its success is already assured." It is hoped that another meeting will he held before the Christmas vacation.

WEDDING AT HUH

The wedding was solemnised recently at the Alethodist Church of Edna Myrtle, third daughter of Mr and Airs Edwin Judd, of Lower Hutt, and Roy Clifford, eldest son of Mr and Airs George Rudman, also of- Lower Hutt. The Rev. W. Rowe officiated, and Air R. Horman presided at the organ. The bride wore a gown of ivory mariette and lace, embroidered in crystal beads. Her embroidered veil was held in place with a coronet and orange blossoms, and she carried a shower bouquet of cream roses and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaids were Misses Ettie Judd and Ruby Rudman, wearing pretty frocks of blue mariette and cream lace inset. They had cream taffeta picture hats to match, and carried bouquets of pink and cream roses. Little Edna Clarke made a dainty flower girl in a frock of pale pink frilled georgette with a Juliet cap of silver lace, and carried a Victorian posy of pink and blue. Mr Leslie Ivime wns best man, and Mr Joe Rudman was groomsman. On leaving the church the bride was presented with a si Ivor'horseshoe by Daphne Rudman. A reception was afterwards held, the guests being received by tho bride’s mother, who wore an ensemble suit of navy rep cloth and hat to match, and carried a bouquet of crimson roses. Mr and Mrs Rudman left later for the north, the bride travelling in a bois de rose frock, blue coat with grey furs, and hat to match.

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