WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 213, 17 December 1910, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). SOCIAL NEWS NEW PLYMOUTH. Owing to tlie inclemency of the weather, this week's functions had to be postponed, so I anii afraid my letter will be very short. The brcaking-up of schools seems to be the only topic to write about. j Miss .Stanford's Chetwode School 'held their annual prize-giving last night, 'Uev. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Evans attended. Everyone was delighted to see the former about again alter his severe illness. There were several musical items given botli by the senior and junior pupils, while a fascinating little French, play, "Felicite," was well acted by six of the pupils. A most recherche supper was given Miss Stanford and handed round *by the scholars, who all looked charming in their white muslin frocks and various colored hair - ribbons. Amongst those present were Miss Stanford, black silk velvet, trimmed with real lace; Mrs. H. Russell, dark green taffeta, trimmed with silk guimpe and relieved with cream lace; Miss Baker, black silk, handsome coral necklet; Mrs Newton King, cream lace blouse, black silk skirt; Mrs. Wylie, black silk; Miss Ellis, black satin, with effective silver trimming; Mrs. Walker, black net over |a silk foundation; Mrs. Johns, periwinkle blue costume, cream lace vest and underisleeves, with effective design of aarrow silk braid on bodice; Mrs. Shaw, cream [silk, with black and white trimming; 3fr». Hirst, black; Miss Bremen (Ilairera), black silk, with beaded passementerie trimming; Mrs. Hutton, black silk, with spangled shoulder scarf; Miss Warren, cream silk; Mrs. Bradbury, Hack satin; Mrs. Fitzherbert, black silk, softly relieved with white; Mrs. Percy Webster, pale heliotrope eolienne, over a silk of a darker shade; Mrs. W. Skinner, coffee-colored lace, robe; Miss J. Glynes, heliotrope silk blouse, dark skirt; Mrs. F. G. Evans, grey silk; Miss B. Evans, sage green silk, with cream lace trim.mings; Miss W. Webster, cream silk; Miss Standish, pale pink muslin, trimmed with valenciennes lace; Miss G. Shaw, white linen skirt, cream silk and lace blouse; Miss Fitzherbert, white muslin, profusely tucked and insertioned; Miss L. Fitzherbert, white silk; Miss F. Evans, white muslin; Miss Mabel Evans, cream lace insertioned silk; Miss Corinack (Carterton), cream lace blouse, white linen skirt; Miss Mills, white muslin, black velvet ceinture; Miss S. Webster, pale blue voile, bodice trimmed with cream lace; Miss Atkinson, cinnamon brown muslin, with strappings of a darker brown; Miss Hall, pale pink muslin. Miss Gay Shaw's Fitzroy kindergarten held their breaking-up last Thursday afternoon, when Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Kempthorne gave out the prizes. In St. Mary's Hall on Friday morning Rev. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Evans presented the prizes to the pupils of Miss Fanny Woods' kindergarten school. It was really a pleasure to see so many bright and happy faces, and very comical it was when the tiny mites, urged by Mr. Evans, rendered, three hearty cheers for their teacher. On Monday evening next the pupils of Mr. R. N. Renaud are giving a concert in St. Mary's Hall. PERSONAL. Mrs. and Miss Webster, who have been on a short visit to Auckland, where they were the guests of Mrs. R. Lusk (the former's daughter) have returned to New Plymouth, arriving by the s.s. Rarawa yesterday morning. Mrs. and Miss Gasper, who have been the guests of Mrs. Johns, New Plymouth, have returned to their home in Temuka. Mrs. McCleland has returned to New Plymouth, after a pleasant trip to Wellington. Misses "W. Webster, S. Fitzherbert and Corrnack have returned from their week's trip to the mountain. Miss A. Hempton, New Plymouth, has gone for a trip to Sydney. Miss S. Capel, New Plymouth, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Beamish, of Hastings. Mrs. Fraser, after hex short trip to Auckland, returns by the s.s. Rarawa on Monday. Miss H. Rawson has returned, after a pleasant trip to Wellington. Mrs. Leatham, who has for the past nine months been in Wellington in attendance on her daughter Constance, who is finishing her musical studies, returned to New Plymouth last Wednesday, accompanied by her two daughters, Misses Constance and Keitha. Miss Beatrice Day, who plays the leading role in "Mr. Preedy and the Countess," to be staged by the Geo. Willough,by Co., is tall and slim in appearance, gifted with a wonderful ("heaven-sent") voice, full of pathos in its deepest meaning, rippling with fun in its natural joy —ft naturalness which captures the hearts of her audience in joy or sorrow. Her seasons throughout Australasia are looked forward to with keenest anticipation. It is difficult to imagine Miss Day «• being misplaced in any play. She should be perfection as the Countess. The "hobble garter"- in connection with the hobble skirt is the latest feminine invention. "This precious contrivance," says the Drapers' Record (London), "than which nothing has gone further in the direction of exhibiting the slavishness of fashion is nothing less than a shackle for the legs, just below the knes, made in the usual garter materials. It is a pair of garters joined together by a third, and its purpose is to 'warn' the wearer in walking, so that the narrow skirt does not get unduly strained out of shape;'