Milady picks up the Gauntlet.

NZ Truth, Issue 1193, 11 October 1928, Page 19

Milady picks up the Gauntlet.

|ottings,of a Lady NAbout^T^

StATRON AT HOME

k .WHEN Miss Cookson, of Whangarei, „ Tv .comes to take over her duties as * matrpn-pf the Wellington Hospital, she will "find- very snug little quarters provided for* her by the powers-that-be. ■'„. An entire flat— slttiri g-ropm, : -guestroom, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen — -has been set apart m the new wing. ■She will have her own maid to look V after the matter; of nieals, and where, - at present, emptiness looms, will be .• the comliest .furniture the hospital authorities can provide. Everything has been distempered m a warm, creamy color, and there Is. a , - blue-tiled open fireplace which 'will be exceedingly cosy on a winter- night. The little rooms are. in the hospital, ■;'. but not of it, for there is nothing to ; distinguish them ' from a very enviable ; private, residence except an .occasional whiff of ether along the corridors. ; ■ .v ■-■.■• •*' ... ,;.-.■ •*• •■•• ' • ■'■ ■ •■ .WEDDING BELLS CA^NSOUTH ISLAND, engagement of ''**l great interest is that of ":Helen J3uddb, of Christchurch, to Bryan Todd, „f.;'bf)*the ■ Scottish. City., 1 ..•"■-. ; - ,?/:.He lens papa Is the ; Hon. David - Buddo, once upon a time Minister for Education, and things » equally impos.•,lhg,.to/a long- defunct Liberal Govern-' rjnent, and still one of ' Parliament's Old , jDearsr— if one may so describe the 1 gerilor 'members "of that' cheery .club, the 'vHouse bt Representatives. I^e resigns his ' seat this" year, how- ' fever*, and will be able to -devo.te large eliqjesN of , time to cornering confetti for his daughter's wedding. , -The rest of the Budcio family has already fared forth on. the matrimonial highway. ;•- Helen', herself is, -..a very popular southern lass, goes everywhere, {mows everyone, plays tennis and can • ewing a fierce golf club. . . . .■■ * ■■•■■• -.• ..' * nVABE SPUDS !< IA WORD of advice to erring sisters A (if any) • here present. Just now, certain firms are offering for sale erstwhile 13/11 silk stockings at the. modest figure of 8/11, which, seeing that said stockings are fine silk right to the top, makes the tired flapper think that after all there must be some good oven m business men. • .-■ BUt two pairs, bough t'to encase the Flippant Feet you see mentioned above, looked very nice until suri'set of the first day of wearing, when they quietly, parted from their, moorings round about \the instep, the silk opening, into • yawning chaama that, even a Victorian lassie wouldn't rush to darn. • . . The holes" didn!t 'wear •or tear — they Just happened along — and the same hing occurred. in the same place with', .two pairs. :of the same brand: tJnlesa the reader to spend her time concealing her legs beneath- tables arid yearning after' ;i th'e' days of long v skirts, she^-will be^.weU, ■advised to buy warily. '"•.:■<"' '."-.' "T ""TV •; :r::/\r? •,:.:*.;•■:;. .■••;.■ ;: DELIVERY, DE LUXE CTROLLERS m Wellington may ...V-, sometimes notice a very natty little two-seater car, fawn-painted, put -Built lip' behind into a small van. As the car doesn't carry any adver■i,tlsem§nt, a littiiei -feminine curiosity /may be .aroused as- to what the van ;■ //.really, contains. ■': .:_' • ■". •-: /. fit she waits ibrig 1 enough, the gazer - Vrill probably see the car pull up by idine confectioner's or tea-room, and :; 'ft- sniartly-costumed little lady . jump : ; :^t, open her Van' door and produce -a '"' "paker'a basket full of loaves — or a tray piled, high with delectable-looking cakes. . ■ • , • ■ ;; TKB,,littla. lady hails; from the Wai r 1 farapaj; where 'hard times came to the family. \ So whilst hubby, pins a white - .apron Ground hia waist and does Jrnanual labor m a small bakery m Vivian' Street, Wellington, the. daughter attends to the shop and the wife ■■•■■ hais converted her car irito-.a delivery- ■ Van. :-. ' ■ . •.■••• „/<', , . feho hasn't been driving very, long fend ; \Bome of- her adventures with Wellington traffic are enough to curdle the cream m the puffs. But she keeps ': ji. cool head and a pleasant- smile, and , Is : probably at this moment the best boy'" m Wellington. • _. • ■■ • ■'#■• '-.- ••.•• ' GHEERS THE BOYS •<• i i . • • • ■ • ■ .■■ • ■ '••' tLORITA, a parrot, Fred, a oat, and "V.-Misa Mcßae, matron, have equal pharos m keeping the boys at the Bed ; t3?oss Hospital, Hobson' Street, WelJington, aa bright- as their- circum- • V .ftt^ncea will , allow. , s ;.: ,;.•:.- •.'• K;J3unny days aren't so bad, for the: • .Hospital, which has been made over ; fronx" one of the oldest and finest wooden houses m Wellington, stands ' In beautiful grounds, and cot cases can take the air on green lawns, with JEPlorita close al hand to contribute breezy conversation. The hospital started Its career six years ago, when the cases were handed over from Trentham to these pleasanter jKlrrbundings. Miss Mcßae, who is an t exceedingly kind and cheery. boul, was herself v a nursing sister at the military hospital of Walton-on-Thames; and all the. nurses have. seen war service. ■ : : 'Th© big house m Hobson Street: con- . trives ; 't6 look more like a private home than a hospital," with its sunshiny kitohens, sun-balconies , and carefullykept flower-bedg. . A splendid * spirit of independence is encouraged among the. men, ' who one and all have "learned their "trade" at Trentham; send carry it on 'here. , One i makes dainty wicker, baskets, another designs and finishes leather goods, yet another is', a past-master, of the most delicate. Richelieu work, and m spare ' moments v 'make's fascinating little brooches and hat ornaments^of. raffia. •Plorita arrived 'eighteen months ago End has made herself very much ait : home. Y.She chuckles loudly when some ! calamity—such as a visitor dropping a plate-^T-occurs, swears fluently m Spanish and is rapidly becoming a complete mistress>.of.the English language. "She 1 shares the mascot ; . honors of the hospital with -Fred, a gigantic tortoiseBheir/cat. '. .'• ...

The glo v c s shown- -on this page Illustrate the preponderance of the gauntlet mode. They are m both, silk and.'leather,: with \ bright stitching ; and embroidery. I

Time, was when', gloves were \ plain and .unassuming, and to i have any embroidery 6f' bright- I ness upon them was; a 1 mark of I bad- style.: ; Now , : black < ones j are adorned with ';■. scarlet, 1 and i ■white .silk -models^; are picked J out m • black , stitching* Gloves i iare a ; very "necessary part of the costume. They need not be an absolute match, but must blend with. the rest of the toilette. . . ■;■•■■•

The most useful tone, m. gloves for the average well-dressed woman is one' or other shades of beige, firus^ed with brown stitching on the gauntlet. For a black frock,..wa"sh leather gloves or gun-metal grey are suitable. ,=■-" ' v •

The

haughty ladies o i v another age Jw.or.e. jewels m their riding gloves well as rings • oh their fingers and bells on their toes, but the ladies of this age go one bet-' ter ■ — the^; ; b ; ii --t to n : .--t he i r gauntletedi gloves 'witii preoio us and semi-precious

stones.

No doubt the beaiities 1 .of those other days - : indulged m

real '.pearls and -rubies, but the lesser lights of ' to-day have to, -put 'up -with vthe

humble jade button * and synthetic pearl. Imitation amethysts, brighter ; than/ even . the brightest of real gems, are used as dome fasteners, ?*& \ -and French pearls \ blossom on : V ivwhite silk gloves. :

letting? #^Lady Lingerie novWj&l novelties are alreaay. ** beginning toY creep ; intii* the shops and one.; 6f -: .the'Lr daintiest i^is the new nightdress-caste, 'which la}, made xjf. rows and rows' 1 , of l : siat^n..;r.!bboh, sewn v into the shape pit a° gigjantic periwinkle.- ':'{.•■.' . * '•'? .•• .'■ -•. You can have .your choice — pale mauve, pale blue, pale pfnk or pale green—ana the interior &is ; quilted, softly enough for the newest trousseau nightie to be quite happy when reposing therein. ?■ -# X '■ A really handy novelty comes m the shape of Milanese knickers and camibockers, all m delicate' . shades, and . each blessed '. with a tiny pocket, m which is stowed the wisp pf handker- . chief so necessary and so hard to dispose of, with 'Out pocketl^ss evening gowns. ■•'" - "■■-. v ">'•■ ;■■: \ ■ ;.. •: ■ \ f • _ •;•/" **, \* ■■ ■ ■ THE "WISHING ' UOW'many Wellingtenjaris can beast 11 of a wishing r w^)V|ti' their own backyards? One : bgl : ongjr j.6 an oldhouse on }the Terrace, the property of " the W. H.-;. Den-ton family, v . . : , >..•■■■: • ; "Fernhill" is the-rianae p$- the house • and perhaps there's something In ' the old legend that fernseed is magio atuff, for the wishing well 'has :jhany true believers.. ' - .p. :• ;.. Most years, the grounds are laid open for a garden fete to which all -the. Wei- ," lihgton College girls, very natty m their white boaters and navy, blue costumes, a^jih^teicL^;;,.; ::^\ • ■A "drink of w t ishing-^ell, -water is an acknowledged -rite bfr they afternoon, v and, with eyes tight shut,' ; the small drinker wishes feryent;lyTajid silently for the desire of her heart, which Is delivered — if the" wishing Veil is In good : working; ', order^bjr '.^^parcel post next mofning." ■" " . "^ v ■"' •v- '■■■" *--5« '"^- .^•"••:-- '.- ; \. ; THREE GBAQES, j •-; V DAT ?kn4 MargdtV 'Catherine Qraeroi ■•A ;•- twoi 1 small vsis^er,s ? helped her ProCathedral weddfng to be the charming affatatthatiiifc .wa^ifThe.itali;, brunette^ bride,'. w.ent,right back ( to,,great-grahd- . mairinSa's'/days- 1 . arid --fearae- forth m a hoopskirt of ■creamy^grosgraln taffetas which touched the flobK Her grown-up bridesmaid, Yvonne Gribbin, was aT goldetf "girl- m parma veiyetj.'gpld ihoad-dress and gold tulle ribbbns r for her bouquet, but the foiir .' little maids, Catherine's sisters, and , Valeric and, 4[oan Berry, aU wore quaint lemon^cblorfed' >f racks' bf ■ 'Charles lf':r period. ,;;ißligh- ; S^ift vGtribbln^of Auck^ land town, was bridegroom. . The wedding has a good deal. of New Zealatid interest, for the bride's father h'asi>held ; .sonic; notable .positions, including that .of Maori interpreter to Pa'rlikmerit, where he was also a member for Tauranga. • - Gattiertee^s-dark-eyes-and-hair .come from her mother, who was a Maori princess. " ■ ; "-,"-. ' „: ;.•'•' • ' : , •• . ■■■■■■■.: FCJTURIiSTIC FRANCES . FOREIGN travel and study somer times does queen things to our artists. Mrs. Malcolm Ross came back with memories which have. enabled her to, contribute a very pleasant .little Thames-study to the Wellington. Exhibition, Miss Helen Stuart's work is.?.full of vivid recollections, and several others have shown considerable imr prbvemerit as a result of their peepsat the wide world. Frances Hodgkins, who is sister to Mrs. W. H. Field, of Wellington, had always a, pleasing gift of sketch-work, : and one or two small portraits m her sister's Terrace home show the worth of fier talent. ■ ■ " , „ '■'[ 'Since her travels abroad, she has ob.yiously come very considerably under futuristic influence and some, of: her v exhibits > are rather m the nature^ of problem plays to -the Inexperienced eye. . " ■'"■•.■• • . ' ■ • m one, entitled "Waiting for the Ferry," it is a little hard to tell where water' leaves off and the ferry begins. "Venetian Lagoon" is along, the same line,s. • " * ', ••.••■ However, pijssibly the futuristic craze will grow on WelHnston— or wear off with the artist. '.-'■'. *"'■;• *■ '' ■ s -* WELJ) THE BRUSH THE paim for portraiture (among V Avohien) nuist be handed to Mrs.. ■ Hi. ~Ev -Tripe, of Wellington, who shows/ some very charming work m thi» year's exhibition. A portrait of "W. H. Millward" has caught the humor of Icindliness o&the sitter's face m a delightful way. . . One of '^Miss 1928" would pleaße that young la^y, though some of her critics niight hbld that the delicate charm ot the girt" model,' with her filmy pink , frock and background of flame-colored feathers, is far from a modern production. ... Other women m the exhibition have done notable work, but there are three v.ery-. talcing exhibits from the. cliv« hands v of a girr'^hp is scarcely past school &g ehrr-Yvonne ;' Bendall. , Yvonne is , a ; little, dark-eyed, shy : youiig la,3y> ;•■ round: ;about 'sweet seventeen m year 9 .; She Is half> French, > daughter of the :; Madame Bendall, who is such -,a well-known . figure at the Wellington French. Circle. Her piotures;are fairy-tale stuff and would be- charming ~&s- illustrations to a story pf-moon. magie:^She also shows a.. plaster plaque i"-bf.'tfie horse Pegasus— a- ( very siiirited thing. Miss J): K. Richmond's "Marigold" painting— full'"' of ! golden gleams of color— has been bought up by Government House.- There are some quaint contributions by Miss Rhona Haszard," whb^e clear-cut, queerly- colored little landsca^ies arg •well--, worth" their place. ' Grace Sutler's paintings are all good; especlally"dne<:of pale hydrangeas and a dainty Dresden figure, and Elizabeth Wallwork' shows one titled "Eyes of Yptith" — dark brown- eyes, they are, and,' coupled with flaxen hair, help tto make the sitter one of the prettiest child subject's of the exhibition.