COMING-OF-AGE PARTY

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 81, 27 June 1927, Page 4

COMING-OF-AGE PARTY

A most successful* coming of age party was held at the residence of ■ Mrs. C. F. Gardner, “Launata,” Links J Road, New Lynn, on Friday evening, j the guest of honour being Miss Daughts j Miller. The hostesses were Mrs. Miller j and Mrs. Gardner, assisted by Miss Pat j Miller. The rooms were prettily decorated j with Iceland poppies, violets, and roses, I also mauve streamers and gaily- j coloured balloons. The musical items • rendered by Mesdames Sims and Parry and the Per Roukin were much appre- | ciated between the dances. Miss W. Miller wore a pretty frock of shot taffeta with an apricot shaftrl. Mrs. Miller’s frdek was of black crepe merville and silver lac£. Mrs. Gardner was in black georgette over rose satin. Miss Pat Miller wore a primrose taffeta frock with velvet trimmings. Among the guests were:— Mrs. Gardner, sen., in a gown of black silk with Oriental shawl. Mrs. J. O. Gardner, navy and gold crepe de chine frock. Mrs. R. O. Gardner, frock of pink satin and gold lace. Mrs. Parry, cyclamen taffeta frock. Mrs. Harre, flame frock of satin. Mrs. Harold Court, black georgette frock with silver lace. Mrs. E. J. Taylor, powder blue frock of georgette. Mrs. Ranigee, royal blue gown of brocaded georgette. Mrs. Rankin, black crepe de chine frock. Mrs. Wiggle worth, black satin frock with blue and scarlet shawl. Mrs. Alexander, conflower blue frock of georgette. Mrs. Sims, white satin frock and shawl. Mrs. Brook-Taylor, smoke grey crepe, de chine gown. Mrs. Waygood, black crepe de chine frock with scarlet trimmings. Miss B. Gardner, frock of gold lace, cream georgette. Miss Cleary, black marocain frock with Oriental trimmings. Miss Rose, black taffeta frock. Miss Lois Hardie, frock of honey dew georgette and gold lace. Miss Gwen Clark, beige georgette, frock. Miss Garry, shell pink frock bf georgette, and white shawl. Miss Maddock (Sydney), apricot satin frock. Miss Metz, cyclamen frock of velvet chiffon. Miss J. Mueller, frock of white crepe de chine and rose trimmings. Miss B. Mueller, pale green satin frock. Miss E. Bowell, cream georgette frock with silver lace. Miss M. Drummond, frock of cyclamen taffeta and cream shawl. Miss I. Jenkins, fiance satin frock and Oriental shawl. Miss M. Gardner, pink crepe de chene frock. Miss G. Gardner, frock of rose taffeta. Miss B. Bygate, black crepe de chine frock with Oriental trimming. Miss Mulgan, tomato georgette frock with silver and blue shawl. Miss Matthews, peacock blue panne velvet frock. Miss Clively, blush pink crepe de chine frock. Miss Foote, black chiffon velvet frock. .Miss M. Milne, frock of black lace ever red satin. Miss M. Johnston, rose pink satin carreau frock. Miss B. Buckley, sea green frock of georgette. Miss Ellis, frock of powder blue crepe de chine. CHILD WELFARE The welfare of the child is more important than the vindication of the law, says “Time and Tide.” In its report issued last week, the Departmental Committee on the Treatment of Juvenile Offenders has consistently borne this principle in mind, though its recommendations do not always go so far as workers in the field of social reform would desire. It recommends, for example, that the jurisdiction of the Children’s Courts shall apply to children between the ages of eight and seventeen (the present age-limits are seven and sixteen) and that the age of criminal responsibility shall also be raised to seventeen. We should like to see the age raised to eighteen. The report has much of interest to say upon the Children’s Courts. These Courts depend for their success almost entirely upon the personality of the presiding magistrates. Some Courts are models of what they should be: others might just as well not exist. Says the committee, “many magistrates take a sincere interest in the Juvenile Court and the welfare of the young offender, but instances were brought to our notice in which magistrates . . . were unfitted through deafness or other physical disability for the work, or ‘in which the work was done perfunctorily or without any genuine grasp of the problem involved.” The committee recommends that special fitness be taken into consideration in all cases, and lays stress upon the necessity of securing the appointment of a sufficient number of women magistrates. It also urges the appointment of younger magistrates. In its account of the All-India Women's Conference, “Stri Dharma’ speaks of this event as the first great effort of women all over India to meet and deliberate on problems affecting them as workers and wives who should share in the work of national i egeneration. Important resolutions were passed on compulsory elementary .education for girls, physical education, artistic and manual training, and other important subjects. Mud should always be brushed off patent shoes while wet. It cah then be easily removed without scratching. To soften eggs that have been boiled too long put them into a basin of cold water and leave for half minute. A tablespoon to turpentine boiled in the copper with white clothes will enhance their whiteness.