FEMINIE REFLECTIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 171, 10 October 1927, Page 5

FEMINIE REFLECTIONS

EVERYDAY ECONOMIES THE WiTS-END CLUB A new novel may be selected by the winner each week as a r/ize foY the most original household hint or recipe that has been tested and found to save time, labour or money Many folk might be glad to have the benefit of your experience, so send in your suggestions, addressed to The Homecrafts Editor, Women’s Pape. THE SUN. Auckland. The prize has been awarded this week to Mrs. N. M. Cullen. Morningside, for the following suggestions: FOR SCORCHED LINEN A good mixture to keep in the house for use when linen as scorched is made by slicing up a large Spanish onion, pounding it well, squeezing out as much of the juice as possible, and adding an ounce each of shredded yellow soap and P'uller’s earth and a pint of vinegarBring to the boil and apply to the scorch* leave it to dry on, and then wash the article in soap and water. When the mixture is needed again, reheat before using. N.M.C. ECONOMY IN BUTTER In preparing a large number of sandwiches for a picnic, butter disappears with remarkable rapidiy. A great saving may be effected, and the butter made to spread more easily if the following plan is adopted: Place half a pound of butter in a basin and pour over it a gill of boiling milk. Allow it to cool a little, then with a wooden spoon beat it up till of a creamy consistencey. It is then ready for use. N.M.C. ICE SUBSTITUTE When ice is needed for the sick person and cannot be obtained, take equal quantities of milk and spirits of wine, soak a cloth in this and apply. This is one of the coldest lotions you can have. AFTER MOTORING If you have eyes that are easily irritated by dust and wind, it is a wise precaution to carry a little borax in the pocket of the car. Take a pinch of the borax in an eggcupful of warm water and bathe the eyes with a morsel of cotton-wool. This will give immediate relief to eyes irritated by dust. A KNITTING POCKET An improvement in a sewing apron is a round hole about the size of a three-penny-piece made in the front of one of the pockets and buttonholed round. When you wish to knit or crochet, put the ball of wool in the pocket, slip an end through the hole and commence work. The ball of wool will keep in the pocket without any trouble or entanglements. A PLEASANT MEDICINE i lb. raisins, £ lb- prunes, few good figs, 6d senna (powdered); put through the mincer twice; take 1 good teaspoonful at night. This is excellent for chronic constipation. PAPAKURA BEAUTIFYING SOCIETY ANNUAL SALE OF WORK The annual sale of work in connection with the Papakura Beautifying Society was held in the Methodist Hall on Friday, October 7. The sale was opened by Mr. E. D. McLennan, M.P., and there were large attendances at both afternoon and evening sessions. The stalls were all charmingly decorated with peach blossoms, maiden-hair fern, flowers, etc., together with clusters of coloured electric lights, and presented a gay appearance. The sale will benefit the society to the extent of £l2O. The stall-holders were as follow: V/ork Stall. —Mesdames R. Willis, J. Walker, E. Roache, and Miss N. McFarlane. Produce Stall. —Mesdames A. Willis, Haynes, Woolley and Teacher. Cake Stall. —Mesdames Langford, Clarke and McEntree. Plant Stall. —Mesdames Widdowaon, H. Wilson, and G. Boagey. Competition Stall. —Mrs. W. A. Pavitt, and Miss A. McLennan. Sweet Stall. —Misses J. Walker, J. Little and R. Young. Ice-Cream Stall. —Mrs. J. Richardson and Miss Walkinshaw. Tea Room. —Mesdames J. Slack, Walkinshaw, J. Richardson, Misses King, O. Slack and Brooks. Lucky Packet and Dip Stall. —Mrs. (Dr.) J. B. Page, Mrs. Aitcheson and Mrs. Rushworth. Shooting Gallery. —Mr. C. Tuehy. ATHENIAN CLUB The Athenian Club, which has justly become noted for its hilghly-suceessful gatherings, concluded its 1927 season on Saturday evening with a most enthusiastic and brilliant function. Being Ladies’ Night, the evening’s arrangements were in the hands of a committee of ladies-—the mere male members having perforce to-take a back seat for Once —and very successfully did the ladies orga.nise the dance. The setting of the stage, for which A. Richards was responsible, was particularly attractive; the distribution of favours, roses, hats, etc., helped considerably toward the fun of the evening; while Al- Cliarke’s Dance Band provided just the right kind of music. Mrs. Wilfrid Wright opened the proceedings with a few happy remarks, th€> main theme of which was the significance of woman and the insignificance of man. Miss Laura Walker, as the “Prince of Head waiters,’’ with her corps of assistants, all dressed as male French waiters, made a great hit in a. song and chorus introducing the supper interval, and in afterwards attending to , the wants of the inner man—and// woman. The artists who contributed to t*4*e evening’s enjoyment were: Mis; jes Ruth Scott, songs at the piano; Audrey Perry, elocutionist; Nena Scctt, soprano; Laura Walker, soprano; M'Vssrs. Rex. Yates and Wilf. Wright, hum / ur. The following ladies assisted n materially toward the success of the evening: Mesdames O. Richardson, No’*le Gilmore, W. Wright, C. M. Em anuel, F. Jackson, V. Trask, B. Kissin, Nicholson, Clements and Williarr/55; Misses L. Walker, H- Rainey, jviunro N. Kirkby, 1. Blewden. The club is holding its 'annual fancv dress ball to-morrow evening.

LEAGUE OF PENWOMEN !' ALEXANDER WATSON’S ADDRESS Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Watson were i the guests of honour at Friday’s meet- } ing of the League of New Zealand Pen- 1 women. Mrs. Mary Stuart Boyd, presi- 1 dent, was in the chair and in a delightful welcoming speech expressed the 3 pleasure of members in meeting in per- 5 son the distinguished visitor who has, j during his present and previous tours of < the Dominion, won for himself so many sincere admirers through his inimitable recitals. Continuing, Mrs. Boyd said ] members would like to know the secret < of Mr. Watson’s remarkable success—his marvellous memory, command of dialect, dramatic force, and powers of 1 gauging the tastes of his world-wide audiences. Mr. Watson, thanking the president, graciously consented to give a short address, though he averred that the making of speeches had for him a ter- : ror that no lengthy professional programme ever aroused. Mr. Watson modestly disclaimed any special powers, < but said that he considered if anything is worth doing it is worth doing well, and that he worked on that principle. “Very few people really understand what is meant by elocution,” stated Mr. Watson. So many people associate it with recitation Recitation, when it is of an ultra-treat!leal character, is outside naturalness and is something to run away from. Unfortunately the teaching of it is based on artificiality. Many teachers make the mistake of imprinting upon their pupils their own form of expression, and students are turned out on one standardised pattern. If teachers make students recite according to their ideas, then the students’ efforts are insincere and artificial. Expression should embody absolute sincerity Elocution is "a speaking out” and has nothing to do with expression. Elocu- I tion should concern itself only with | voice production or training, and clear | enunciation: students should then be left to express themselves. Another fault in the teaching of elocution was pointed out by Mr. Watson, and that is the disposition on the part of teachers and students to associate recitation and the stage. The actor imitates a part, and is one of many others doing the same thing in the telling of a story in action. The actor is am impersonator the reciter is just a narrator. The latter has to appeal to the mind’s eye only, but the actor appeals to- the physical eye. So often reciters try to act. as well as to recite, whereas they should endeavour to stir the imagination only. Mr. Watson explained that we should endeavour to extract all the beauty of the human voice even in ordinary conversation. There are many more beautiful voices in the world than we realise. Elocution should not be applied to recitation or platform speaking only—it should be applied to ordinary conversation. Public speaking is merely an expansion of our conversational address. Questioned in regard to peculiarities of accent, Mr. Watson said that New Zealanders on the whole could congratulate themselves upon the purity of their speech. At the conclusion of Mr. Watson’s very interesting address, Mrs. Boyd voiced the thanks of all present, after which an adjournment was made for afternoon tea. The clubroom was charmingly decorated with large bowls of Watsonia—in graceful compliment to the distinguished visitors—and a pleasant hour spent in meeting and chatting with Mr. and Mrs. Watson. DELEGATES TO VICTORIA LEAGUE CONFERENCE Miss J. Mowbray, president of the Auckland branch of the Victoria League, Mrs. Bdger, vice-president,' Miss Hadfield, secretary, and Mr. A. H. Luxford, are leaving this . evoninct to attend the fifth biennial conference of the Victoria League of New Zealand, to be held in New Plymouth on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. A number of remits to be discusse# at the conference deal with immigration in various forms, encouragement of British films and British literature and the strengthening of the ''Victoria League in New Zealand. LATE MRS. MARY TJEMM Mrs. Mary Temm, who flfied at the home of her son, Mr. A. , w. Temm, Albert Street, Ellerslie, at the. age of 67, was born i/i Melbourne. She arrived at Oneh'/inga with her parents about 1861, h'-r father being stationed with the t?/oops * then protecting the city arid surroundings. He was shortly afterw.'/rds transferred with his regiment tcyopotiki, where the family took part part in many incidents dui'ing the Maori War. For many year* Mrs Temm lived in Opotiki, and sett/ed with her husband in Thames and W*tihi, the family being well-known on . the goldfields. Valuable service wrjfe given by Mrs. Temm, who was a by profession in Waihi in the days when nurses and doctors werey scarce. For the past 20 years she ltA’/ed in Auckland. Mrs. Terrjgm is survived by three sons, Messrs. F* G. J. Temm, W. C- Temm, A. W. Te/tjrim, and one daughter, Sister St. Julies, of the Notre Dame des Missions C/ynvent, Petone. L£TE MRS. M. M. BELOE Airs. M. M. Beloe, widow of the late ? /r. W. L. Beloe, of Lynwood, PukeAohe, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. Bromley. Arkell Road, I Mount Roskill, on Friday, at the age of 83 years. Born at Woodside, Mount Eden, Mrs. Beloe went to Scotland to marry Mr. Beloe and lived in Britain for about eight years. When they came to New Zealand they settled at Fukekohe, where Mr. Beloe for many years was a well-known nurseryman. Mrs. Beloe is survived by a family of seven.

rO-NIGHT’S THE NIGHT OF THE TREASURE HUNT The Regent Ballroom, with its strikng new scheme of decorations, prolises to be a delightful place this evenng, for the crowd that will foregather o dane there, prior to taking part in he treasure hunt that commences at nidnight. The entire ballroom has been transerred into a semblance of some strange pot at the bottom of the sea. When ne considers that the work of redecoation was done by the Elam School >f Are, one can easily imagine just how original it will be. The treasure hunt idea, despite is lewness to New Zealand, is proving Lecidedly popular, and the committee members are still being besieged for ickets for to-night’s dance, as the ickets include participation in the iunt. A few tables are still unreserved and nay be secured at the Regent ballroom 3r from any of the committee members, who include the Misses Val Jackion, Mabel Jackson, Jean Macindoe, Joy Bartley, Helen Montague, Marie Gauiin, Messrs. Frank Mase, Rex Carew, md H. S. Withers. The clues for the hunt will be handed 3Ut at the ballroom and the cars are :imed to leave the Queen Street entrance on the stroke of twelve. AT DIXIELAND Dixieland was once more thronged with an eager crowd of dancers on Saturday evening, when the Famous International Orchestra, under the baton of Clyde Howley, played a joyous selection of dance tunes from the tick of 8.30 until the clocks struck 12. Mr. Loveridge was here, there and everywhere, as usual, doing all that a manager can to ensure his patrons enjoying themselves, bringing them armchairs—supplying extra cushions and giving all the cheery little attentions that help to make Dixieland the popular rendezvous it is just now. Among those present were: Mrs. N. Hanna, frock of ombre georgette in dull gold. Mrs. H. W. Wilson, shaded frock of larkspur blue georgette, trimmed with self frillings edged with gold. Mrs. Mark Davis, sequined steel tissue gown with rose beaded motifs. Mrs. Ernest Alison, frock of silver lame, and a sleeveless coatee of jersey chenille. Mrs. Mervyn Reed, frock of ivory charmeuse banded with black velvet and veiled with fine black lace. Mrs. F. Maslin, ivory georgette frock, the tunic bodice patterned with roses. Mrs. Ernest Bolton (Christchurch), gown of apple green georgette, inset with silver lace and girdled with crepe faille. Mrs. C. Montague, frock of black charmeuse and lace. Mrs. Taylor, oyster grey tissue frock. Mrs. Rouse, gold lace over primrose satin. Mrs. Levey, sequined gown of moonlight blue, Mrs. Pitt, tiered frock of burnt orange panne velvet. Mrs. Carter, beige lace frock, Parisian blue shawl. Mrs. de Luen, wildrose taffetas and silver lace frock. Mrs. Merlin, crepe faille frock of delphinium blue with matching shawl. Mrs. Greenfield (Christchurch), frock of black beaded georgette. Miss Jean Macindoe, rose du barri panne velvet frock. Miss Rita Cornaga, shot taffetas frock of prunelle and blue and gold lam© bridge coat. Miss Edna Rhodes, cameo pink ninon frock encrusted with sequins. Miss D. White, crystal beaded frock of peacock blue georgette. Miss Bailey, crocus-mauve georgette frock. Miss F. Wallace, beaded georgette frock of chartreuse, with side panel of black. Miss C. Wallace, frock of geranium red lacquered lace. Miss C. Gallagher, frock of gold lace superimposed on black georgette. Miss D. D’Autherau, fuchsia satin frock with vandyked hem of gold lace. Miss Bettina Edwards, black georgette frock with bodice of metal-brocade. Miss D’ O’Sullivan, frock of gold tissue with oriental banding. Miss H. Montague, cyclamen crepe de chine frock, beaded in blue, with deep hem of shaded fringe. Miss Anita Sutherland, tomato red satin frock. Miss Meg Kissling, georgette frock of unrelieved black. Miss E. White, bouffant frock of sunset taffetas. Miss Cleary, black georgette frock embroidered in gold. Miss Wake, chiffon velvet frock of wildrose shade. Miss I. McKenzie, embroidered frock of eau de nil mousseline. Miss Fearon, taffetas frock of Nile green with panels of gold lace. Miss Brewer, tissue frock of hyacinth blue and silver. Miss B. Kerr, frock of oriental tissue and rose shawl. Miss C. Duncan, brocaded satin frock of ciel blue. Miss Whitehead, black silk lace frock and pastel tinted shawl. Miss O. Buchanan, taffetas frock of Persian blue appliqued with bright pink and inset with vellum lace. Miss Routley, tissue frock of silver and gold. Miss M. Gawith, iris-mauve georgette and silver lace frock. Miss L. Rathbone, Japonica pink georgette frock. Miss E. Raynes, lavender taffetas frock piped in goblin blue. Miss Seabrook, dawn pink georgette fringed with palest green. Miss Pelhan, leaf green taffetas frock. Miss Barrow, taffetas frock of Chinese blue garlanded with roses. Miss Fox, crepe de chine frock of almond green.

PAPATOETOE CROQUET CLUB In conjunction with the Papatoetoe Bowlins Club, the Ladies’ Croquet Club held the official openins for the ensuing year on Saturday, when the capacity of the lawns was fully taxed by. the visitors. In a few cheery remarks, after welcoming the visitors, Mrs. R. McCullough, president, declared the lawns open for the year. During the afternoon progressive croquet was played, and after a very interesting day’s play the winners were: A grade, Mrs. J. Gillies, of the Otahuhu Club and B grade, Mrs. Wyatt, of the Howick Club.

An excellent oil for a floor mop can be made by mixing equal quantities of raw linseed oil, kerosene, and turpentine. When frying fish, always put it in the pan soft side down. With this side hardened, you can turn it on to the skin side without any danger of breaking. .

CHURCH SALE OF WORK MT. ALBERT PRESBYTERIAN EFFORT In order to raise funds for the ex- ( tension of their church building the 1 congregation of the Mount Albert Presbyterian Church held a successful sale of work on Saturday afternoon and evening. The bazaar, which was held in the King George Hall, Mount Albert, was organised by the women of the congregation. The effort was well patronised, and it is expected that the building fund will benefit. PAPAKURA BRIDGE CLUB A very enjoyable evening was spent at the opening of the new Bridge Club in the Broadway Tea Rooms. There was a good attendance, a featj ure being special tables for new j players. A tournament commences next Wedj nesday week, members to choose their j I own partners. j

OTAHUHU GOLF CLUB ANNUAL SOCIAL The annual social of the Otahuhu Golf Club was held on Wednesday evening in St. Andrew’s Hall, Otahuhu, when a large number of members and friends assembled and spent a. very enjoyable evening in dancing and cards, interspersed with some very enjoyable musical items. The opportunity was taken to present the various trophies won by the members during the season in the club competitions. Owing to the unavoidable absence of the club’s president, Mr. A. Murdoch, the trophies w'ere presented by Mr. B. H. Menzies, the popular club captain, who congratulated the successful competitors. Musical items were contributed by Mrs. W. V 7. Massey and Miss E. Moffat and a humorous dialogue by Miss MeFarlane and Miss J. Viney. Music for the dancing was supplied by Miss Moffat. Miss Seel and Mr. Tidmarsh. A dainty supper was served by the members, and a very happy gathering arranged as a termination for the ■ season’s activities, concluded with the ] singing o i “Auld Lang Syne.'*

| To clean very soiled cotton collars j which apparently will not come snowy | by boiling, moisten with benzine, hang ! out to dry, and then sponge with hot soap-suds. 1 ' ”