Jottings of a Lady About Town

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

Jottings of a Lady About Town

SHE ALONE KNEW . M [ TTVhappeped m a New Zealand churchy „., fashionable, but nbt-r-so to speak— 'uttra,-vio>iet. The 'clergyman had drawled happily through his Psaims ;.;and arrived at the text for his, sermon. "The text . is .. . .,".'■' he commenced. In strolled the latest thing* m lady parishioners wearing the least— as well as latest— thing* m the .way of short skirts and a. hat which might be.de- , scribed as the last word — but not a ; :word which one usually says m church; ' "Oh, ' Lord, "Whom seek ye here?" Bqtieaked the clergyman. .. Artd few, if any-^-jibt to mention the .'lady herself — would believe that he was -merely, completing; his text! ; ' WITHOUT TEARS IN her heart of hearts, every woman '.loves a kitchen.- and ';has just her own idea of what ,it. should be— tulip vyellqw china, shining saucepans, sun--5 shine, and ceteras. ' ' . > \ But it's not always, easy to come by and .one can well imagine how much nipre difficult it must have been to pro.vide the ideal kitchen — or something approaching one — for a place the size -■of the. Wellington. Hospital. ■..'■ /'•■ The < new kitchen is a recent product —huge, light; airy and completely run by .electricity. When dinner has been done' to a turn 'in : one of the electric ovens, it is popped Into its own com- . • partment on. ; the electrically-heated dinner- wagon— a. most interesting de- • ; vice, with \ big inset . holders iin which , i the; patient's • dinner • caiybe kept piping ;,V.;fti6^TT-a ;change . from, the 'days of four ,^y ears, ago, when, the- serving, of dinners. ■vftt'i'the 'Wellington. Hospital was only Jess bad than the cooking and quality lOf'the food itself; : .: 1 :.• ■■' ■•-■■ .i« ■:■"-■•'■#•' ■• ■ # ■ • ■ AUREVOIR, BATHIE! PETITE, black- hairety with wide : .. * hazel eyes smiling from under her tiny, black hat, Bathie Stuart (now Mrs. '' Umbers) waved good->bye to NeV Zealand from the deck, of the MaUnganui last week. • New Zealand,, however,: is to be by no means foi'gotten, for Bathie Stuart is one of the women who are helping to. put New Zealand on the map. .Over m sunny California, she is known as the only woman . impersonator of Maori folkrlore characters. Her stunt is to. give a little lecturette oh Borne custom or legend of the Maori " race and then, m costume, illustrate '. her story. "•'..• • This delighted the novelty-loving folk of the- United States, and' pretty Bathie was "taken lip 1 ' by the County Clubs, with whom she has several contracts 'to fulfil pn her return. Bathie is a Dunedin girl,' though for !•' a long tiime lived m Auckland ■\ She has "great personal' charm and a • knowledge; of ...Maori language, customs and life exceeded by .that of very few women m New Zealand.': ■ ■■ ' #-' ■■' * • • •♦ ' - ■ THE STAHS STTTTSfE : ; ; > ;■ \: ' /IUCKLAND was .presented with a '■-^S~i. nine-carAt.v;thrilL,.when- .iSignorlna. "Ninas Algozzino. — '"Nina"- for short— th,e ; creniny-voiced mezzorsoprano jof Jhe Fuiler-Gonsalez f oik, ' phose S,t. Benedict's as- the scene of her wedding with Renio Giol,ti, brother star, '.fe; ■ ;. , . Dnrk-eyed Nm^miide a.stately brjde In black satin, fox< furs .van d a. great/ bouquet of spring blooms which' added the necessary lightsome touch. -. ' V .^Maria;H,enkiria;. dainty lady of. Russ sia'^. atttende&'her in.a flared black satin t frocic H and •picture .hat made: dashing with rbses red and Avhite.y and there were t two j?blue-f rocked bridesmaids, Anitai.and Renm Pagni. . . fcady Il'y Her 'was there to smile on the fete day of her. husband's stars and looked very charming m misty blue georgette,- blue musquash furs and blue hat.-. ' ; .; : ' -:■■ ■.■ ■; .■■ . ■■■• ■ ; Auckland crowds, who have seen the bride as a most provoking and. sensa-: tip,nal "Carmen," may well be excused ■itiirj Kdiyihg- given the police some reason to do more, for once, than look ornamental. < ■'•.'. ■ #■. , „'■ ■• ■; ■ ■■*'■ '■' ■• : EpßHNft FATHER FED , } rjIETITJANS are beginning t«j be "'.-. looked upon with less sceptical eye^.ihan of • yore. Here, surely, is aC 1 profession ■'■ \yhere the 'GlevGr. woman may link up her instinctive .knowledge ofrgopd cooking .to a scientific ground-ingi;-knd turn, the *f wo into good hard capfi— not \po... mention good warm, dinners. ,•; I"' 1 "' "'.;•.:•' . ' ■;'.■.... Miss Shaw, of dhristchurch, has been ehbwing young folks what's' .what, everything from the light summer, luncheon to the dinrier-whlch one sets before admiring, dukes-^-being provided by way .of demonstration. ' ' ■;. v ' Truly, ■ the cooking school has changed since the days when it used to teach, us abo^t the fell purposes to which cold rice' "pudding and neck of mutton can be put. :Nbr has the. practical side been negr Jected. Miss Rehnie, of the 'Wellihg'-, ton Technical,. -prepares . . a weekly .diet, ■list.' .for; the Director.': of Health," iii :.'. which-. are given - enabling the honest working man with flye • children and £ 4/W- a week to spend no. more than thirty sh'illings'ph liis-"eats." r "Fact! ' - •■;' ■' '• .^ ■'■. * •■'•■ #'» ' '.' '. •■ - ■■'. ■' TTOLy OF;HOLTES,; ,. t ■/ ; - IT is well known that almost the last Tv "'sancttiary of the .vanishing male is Bellamy's 'bar afld dining-room up, at the House. No, member's wife, daughter or other female encumbrance is at any Jime; permitted, 1 to darken these — some say-^-holy doors. . ■ V '..'■'■ In the early hours of the morning, however, a staff of womenfolk creeps noiselessly into the premises and gets well and truly to work among the defunct cigar butts. Many a time .and oft) the only women who eyor enter Bellamy's catch a glimpse, of the lordly members of the House strolling up for a long, mllk-shake-^as it were— after an all-night sittings .' ; ' : '...[ "-■■.. .•; ■ v? '„-,. . There is ho mixed cbriipany, however, for as soon as a duster -wieider Bees a Thember, it. is her duty to drop 'whatever she may be. doing and scurry for her :life. to safer .quarters! . .^. . o' the- niorriihg. • is, ; the iirrie 'when' mpst;\ of 'these' energetic "ladles arise .and forget the comforts of their pillows." They must be up at the house by five and have their work well "out of the way before the sun shines m through the sacred windows. Otherwise, theirs is a good job— everybody treats them well— and most KB of them only x'egret that they are engaged for the" session only. . •, Mrs. Robinson,, the> supervisor, has Ween there for fifteen, year.Srr-and . isn't •■•it .yet ;•■• ; :.■■• • '■ '