Jottings of a Lady About Town

NZ Truth, Issue 1194, 18 October 1928, Page 19

Jottings of a Lady About Town

BOXER BRIDEGROOMS — -^ — ". • ." . :'?■-:■*:'... '^k' : fO'HNNIE LECKIE bad th^^yes off J with a vengeanbe^ thgv othejr; night; \ they wouldn't have ; bjeeff'mucb use to . him, when he was :flttln£Vtfiel3?edding ring on^the, finger. b£ihis Tttetty bride, Miss -Eileen Maguire';''o£oGrey,t;pwn. : • The'' wedding was; dohei i-rioii' darkly . by &cad of. nighty exactly, Sutyust the nearest possible day-time"couflterpart, for Johnnie has had his- fill of. crowds. \ H :!• So nobody .but' relatives and a few sympathetic professional friends were there at the "I will" moment. -,- ; The bride didn't wear a veil, but looked very. smart and rather dainty m her, neat travelling costume. ; Johnnie has sailed south, biit.H: won't be long before he is back again m the ring, blackening somebody's blue eyes. •'.' ■ -■■ m" ■ •, . ' 9 ■ BELLS PIANISSIMO £ARA CHAPIVjAN'S Wedding came so ** . soon after" her- sisteVs that perhaps another big affair* would, have , been, something m the nature of a fag. Anyhow, she had a very quiet, though very pretty, , bridal. hour dn , the same little Hutt eliurclt which" ;saw her sister wed.j; 4 ■v^/;>Va*,-I ■'. Delphinium floral georgette, golden freeslas, bronze pansies and a spring-tizne-y white hat made up the bridal • ensemble. Marjory Reid, Wellington,- ' provided dash m a bridesmaid's frock of vivid scartet "georgette. : The honeymooning ;pf Charles Huth- ■ waite Ronaldson and his bride, now of . ; Christchurch,"wiilbH- spent; at-Hanmer Springs— thereby carrying out the general' scheme of quietness, for. although it has. a, decentygolf cqurse^knd tennis courts- which, can- b&.boriie;, the little southern "■ resort is the vklnd of place • which has Nohty.' 6he ajore, '.designed to sell gumboots to grPuriiTginger. ' -^ \ v *« '■■■< ■:.. ARTISTSrAT m&ML ffffi ' ':'■;■ CNTEjR the #1928 '^istis*' 'Annual/' *£•' with o^uite^'a /.lai^ swHs ot talent tn^its :og<%£, Th6*^s?auce^.s ihave been hard at it-%Jhe. result is -a very fine and varied 1 -'^collection of the artistic v and. literary lapses of many New Zear landers. :, ,;>, • The annual .is still . cpnipaitatiyelyyoung, only three -issues -ha viijg been " published, but it's a precocious child and- many of the drawings are full, of wit., . .#■;.. ' •-. '^.vwijfc" -■■ ; -' ; ■: th^. -wpmen^ :^o'^bntribute ! yei i ge;vapd.''';pro.9e4;are?< ; J^gste'' Mackay, -Edith 'H6wes^S>o~ra #alia3&Snd many others!^ ■*-'•■:■■. . '"®?« ; '^ ; Eileen Duggan' sends m a quaint and wistful: little^'poena entitled "A Maori Mother to |^ri." : ' The ';"wofk" of this New^.vZealand i^oetessil^n SRjte of her serious illness^ impressed, one (as air waysl^w'ith itfeclarity "of music. The*tartooris^-many of them- striking- U^enessea^.^h'oiigh^j.nQt. altogether "flattering— of 'v¥rio.Us v pomp6'us people, will give half : an hour's quiet fun to most readers. school's out 4. THE capital city f -{^o*caUed, usually by itself) be isadly' shorn oE hostesses by "the general , exodus of members* wives and daughters, who are at present engaged m one blind' rush for ; boats and trains; Most of the old brigade were up m . the ladies' gallery, full uniform anda'r on the last night ,of the session. .-..." Marjprie . Sta;tham; Mr.. Speaker's striking. .brunette, daughter,', who debutanted (if .-.one i may cpjn' a' word) this season," was there m 'a Traihbow f rock, .rows arid rows of all ddiors— from pale lemon to cerise. . ,■ • : Since, the Speaker antf his family . belbflgirigs are . doomed- to live on House premises, never away, from the perfume: of Ministers; *at>cigars, Dunedin will. 'be the ioldr change that's as good as a rest., '..;. .- ■■ Another ipblitieal Vdisitaff- personage who's off and away is" M^s. Nosworthy, who left from Auckland by the Niagara, with the idea of meeting; iier husband (who has been an absentee {landlord of ; his seat this sission>;.u»aietneath a Raratpngan igpon; ; ";; ? ';' v ,•;. moti^rM^lm . BUNDLES andlij?ijndles '.of books, all , ; dressed up aid .with:.- hundreds of places to go, adorned the rooms of the Pioneer Club the. day after thje Victoria League held-its book tea. » - This happens twice a year and the books' are posted off to lonely "settlers' wives,.. ba v ck^lo..ckg^eac^ers and public 'schoolboys r'vrfio" have far«*. forth from Piccadilly to their fortunes m our prize-turnip patches,: . : -,> For the last, m particular, the league has \an exceedingly'- motherly wing— and does great work -welcoming and fostering the little strangers who arrive on our shores armed, ' With letters of intiroduction from the "overseas se.ttlementfolk. Mrs. Buckleton is president, arid, iifter the league's war dutieS. ceased, helped to make it a live audfimportant' bddy f by faking up the ainisr described above. . . '■ . ■ The league has a large- -membership and apparently, membersvare all bookIbyers,* for 'huge pil.eS ' Ibf books and magazines appear. f^qn^«\ddd corners of their libraries and/ .sfr'e:,^packed off to brighten the of the lonesome. ■ ' . ■„•"*"■■ ■'■, _;: # ' ■?( :■ ♦''; ', " TATTING/ ' CQR t sdtne.*'!l^ r^° I ?(^^^^P^^':' consists r^^-iJh^i^^iit^^acky^ That is \heir ! *lbss/ it>.was ittesmisf orturie of orie«good;.-,la^yUhft '^thf^thread Avhich sh^ plied -her. "tafetle" — a thing, used . f pi*- .'j>u.r, poses oof;f f ; tatting — was of more impprtkrice tocher trianthe thread on -the;, Ipom. of. the three .^Fates, the rope with which ■■ Judasu das hariged himself, or ariythingVetse to Vthexcjcit&'ri or cord departriientl "'.>',.-..'* •. v " ' J '^ : "'■- -^ ."-.- • -.- The "Welljngtipn :S;h'ow judges were unkind; -They awarded a prize for "fancy work??' v T |fe ''*&&? m tne case entered a tatte'd-^nbt tattered — baby's bonnet. Off wenf'the prize to a 1 silk cushion— indubitably^r- also a "fancy" exhibit. How, _ the tatter most "indignantly queried,' could -^ parcel of men presunie'to: judge l b'etweeri tatted bonnets and silk cushions? Where was he so - bold as to: judgela rnfxjedrclass of sheep and.QOWS? .. .'■ - v Anyhow, w'hiisfc on the agriculturnl question, it would be :well, v indeed, to sort out some of the s.heep from the goats among vrexhibittoii judges and authpriti^S,-. . XDpwn^^.with . those who didn't realize" th'e^deep^a'tid inward importance • at i tatttng!?;.-,- . .;?Q.n , the other hand, '.way up, .with .th^ose. prepared to give: tatted bonnets a: class and prize ail to thettiselvesi- " "■ : i ' More things which the lady urgently wanted were free passes for all exhibitors (she prefers a free to a financial country); vlawis^ prohibiting the ex- : hibftibrik'bf 'articies,, which had been sriiiled upon at other New Zealand - shows, with more classes devoted to needlewprk- and fewer to. aiannygoata— as.it were., . .;. ' She believes that the hand which, socks the tattle schools the world— and that it should receive due recompense. ' -V , ■■'■ ' '