Woman's World.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 141, 7 November 1914, Page 6

Woman's World.

NEW waaioU'iti auuiKTi NQTUis. Airs T. Ponton, Jlastirton, is visiting her mother, Mrs 11. Fitztn-rljcrt. lion. Jir .ma Mrs O. ,-amucl arrived from Wellington on Thursday evening. Airs Percy Webster, who lias been on il v.s;t to Wanganui, has returned. Archdeacon ami Airs !•'. i';. Kians. have returned from their visit to Aueklam-!.

l)r Loalimm and Misses Lcalhani left «Syd::c, yesterday ftvridayj and are expected to rii-riii? in Wellington on Tuesday. Air and Mrs Taylor, who have been on a visit to Now Plymouth, have returned to -'Wellington."

Aliss Uoylcr, Jnvorcargill, is visiting her aunt, Alias (lodfrcy." Tin: engagement is announced of Mr Harvc.v Hawkins, of Now Pl_\ mouth, to Aliss Sylvia 'YV\ Skinner, of !>vdncy, N.S.W.

Tho friends of Aliss A. X. Anderson will bo p': ascd to hoar that at the late examinations at St. Margaret's College, Diuu-din, she secured six liist and one second. Aliss Anderson wits assistant teacher at Kaimata School until eighteen months ago, making the results ixh'emeiy creditable.

r.;u.DaK pahty, Lasj. \\'..,!n-sda.v Mrs ,S. Ib-mieU gave a v ,'_. •■,-,;.■. : -/,i!o bridge party, in honor ot Air :- K.v.'' Hall, whose marriage is to ■!.>'' pin. c shortly, and the prizc-winih-j- v or-,. Mrs MeOjiadv'. Miss Hall ami \!■ •■ !•: liilmour (inyslery). M-i"' .'■ >■• ml. :! received her guests in a pale pink and white llora! tatl'otas. prettri. iri":niod with white lace. Mi- Foot.-, -boll pink satin, veiled in ninon.

Mr. l'V'li- were dove prey charmcus ■ ?:r -:\i > draped with lace! Ml ; l ; :i. : ».i rolled iii black velvet, with rival!; laoe berthe. Mr.s !iaii. b.r.ck , silk, cream, lace coatee. Mr !.■ fl'ir.'.i.ii;' wore wcd,'e\'.'ood lilue charmc: ..■. \v:;li cfcaiu hue tunic. ''•■!■•_; .Vcb>icr, black silk, cream luce t\ ."tile. Mrs ; . Ivcbbei! was robed ill black velvet.. Mrs ;-. To: il. heliotrope brorado, veiled in in ■'■ Mas:. .!'. li.eiiii<i| wore rose pink velvet, lightly 'ib :iied with cream lace. Mr.- V, ~;:i.v. i n.a,ze-co!orcd silk, veiled ;n beu...!.,l ii"t. Mr* ilarv.v ..-as robed in pale bine flo-.w. <■■■ . . iir,aj-i', linished with Cl'eaiii l:::.-e. Mr. • '..■:,! ;■,,!■ pink and Mao. [lowered a'.'.' , ■ i.h --''av of pink roses on corsairc Mr,'i"' ! l.l.H'k silk. Mr? i 'iM.iii-., woro black silk, triir:.' .. v ;.:■ .vara, net. Mv .1. A ,y. black silk and laee lobe. Mr* ■'.. .1;i- black silk, deftly tvimr . -,: i. ~,.■.:;. bine. Mr,: ■' ■"■■.:.: ■::!:! robed in apricot charnieu ;.,>': ■:./.. fl ;' cream lace. Mr- ( .■..'■;:,;. b.eel; silk. '•-Iss ' ••■:•; <>■-•■ attired in cream

>!■". ; ■■■■ > (ireen voile, with pink ro - -!i r..r*v.gv. ..!''; TEA. M; < ■■■■■ \■ ■ :"i entertained a number ol '■ ■ ■; an afternoon tea las!, -Vei'; ''••■ nia (!-u Tea looms, iii hi.,.-..■ ■,' '■. .■ Morton. Tli- i ■■■■ ,!,-,.:at'(,ns of'tlie tea table were . :■:.-. , -.;■(.1. ti:e centre piece 1 eim l ' . ...■■■ ■esias and pale pink jiicotios. •.'•: . i'roi'l it pmie satin libbeii i- ■:•■■■ caught, and finished on file :-' , i ;!n; '.able in ariistieal!..' ar - '■ ;i..\v>, The competition p.'iz, .v. ■: en.l presented to tile ;;ne-;t of ■' a-: . noon. Mi'.h 'i :•!: ".,i> robed in a French en y si; i : -i •■•... v.'Mi smart Tuscan bat trimim. ■'•:■■ Wedgwood blue lance plums :-:''; : i'.. pmk roses.

Mis .;. '.'urii,; arrived in a Paislov tine Vf ' ct-ftli trimmed with cream lace, bl '■ I'Mi. with pink roses. Amor. ■'■n-.. present were: —Mes-damc.-i 1" l-Vnk.-i. 11. Robertson, T. Anderson, '". C'liaii'"-- K Hoterlson, Xieholl and " , :W(!s (' Ttov, I'radburv, 11. Htm<r. ! ■■•■■;:. V. \". Capol, \V. Webster, (l. Mf •'■ ay. [,. M'-Allnm.

'ill' <•!•:. ;'.i <>ji: u:!i<c of the New I'iyiMimii I n;r 1, oi; •.)!(>.! c last T'turalny ;tftcrr.i;a;:i, ai.d Uie ! ; rcsideui (Air \V. ,]. J'cnin - lie; .iliort but at<pi'o.priai.c -pcecii. i'uilcu upon i!™ Ponn to throxV thi' jack. Deli. ... R.i rri.oim tra was . -rvi-.i by Mm jV;in. who was a>4ii>ti'<l by Mesilatne-, llntchi-n. and .Uit'ses C. i.Vmi 1 ji! i-j lli'il/urd tic] illuiulell. -Wis tin smart while coat, ami skirt liiivv l::il, Willi Ihiral silk i-rmvn. •\!iss • . lVmi. jKtii* blue inw. white lir.cn iiai. A'i ,: s -'olio wore white. jininiin, trimmed. with lacc, blafk hat.. -Vis Marriott, white piffle costume, while hat. with flov.'ercd silk crown. .Mm A-hr)' \vu:v a pale l'ai;ii cosi.:! wiiile ;iml black hat, trimmed wii.li nary satin bows. Miss Yonnjr. mu'y coat ami .skirt, liavr toque relieved with jiink roses. Mrs IVioy Y«\'bsl;r. bku-l; voile. hat to correspond. Mrs I'.n:! wore a ilovo coat, and skirl, black hat uii.b whitr leaihers. Hiss (Ja.sey (Auckland), smart civuih costume, 'install hat with ribbon bows and bunches ut Liny piuk I'OSeS. Mr.-; Hoard, ]>ale eotiiilK', hltL trimmed with rose pink' ribbon imws. Mrs A. Avery was atiiied in ;i. navy costume, white felt hut, triinaml with cerise colored velvet. Miss (I. Avery, navy costume, ha I lo correspond. Airs S. Smith wove a navv coat ami skirt, white hat. .Wisi Ivolm was robi d i;i a brown cheek costume, hat en suite. Mrs I!. Standish, navv <skk a:id ,-kirl, white felt hat. '.Mrs Vraser, black coat and .--kirl, black easel toque, wrcaOied with tiny yellow ami pink roses. ill's 0. Frascr wore a navv costume, black hat. Mrs Collins, sa::e blue costume, black feather hat. Airs (.'•)!ville -was robed if a dark £recn costume liat lightened .villi pink loses. Mrs Tintc-hcn, navy cu-turnc. b'ack fiatllcred hat. iliss \. I\irkby won- a wiote pi-mc cristiiiiic, ecru coloured hut, I •im.meil with sa\e bine ribbon, ilrs Cholwell, grey costume, black

I Mrs TSalham wore a navy co-tinne, hat en suite. Mrs Hall, faun costume, black iiat. Miss K. Hall, dove «rey costume, bbu-k laee lint. Mi-s Hall wore a white linen en,, tume. white hat, relieved with ■ link rose-. Mrs 1!. Cock, black cloth coat and skirt, black hat. pink roses. Miss Williams, navy costume, black and cerise hat. Mrs Corney wore a black costume with violet floral toque.

-Vjis.' ISf.rry was attired in a navy. >vh.i- lidi, lightened with pale piak ronc.-j. .Mi .< pale grey eoaiume, violet Doil;. I 'll hat.. .Viiss riLiii- II wor» a navy blue and fi.iharj trimmed with while jk.v. white Iml with pink roses. Mrs H..r> was attired in a Base blue costuwi v i.t..K!k velvet hat, with cerise bows. Mr? (I!":;.). 11, save blue costume, black hat. Mi- I'.; "-irli »»re a brown check eostii' i,', ;t; 1 ii. correspond. V,.-.. i'.,rr!, t'.::\ y coat and skirt, whit. It't h. !. M. -i ny„ • i.slimu', violet floral hat. Mr.: '- a Hired in a black f-loth v -i. : hhiclc feather hat. Mi's eostiime, trimmed with » r shade, liat en suite. A-i-s 1 • • t'.vt. r. !i|,ick costume, hat, to «irr>-..i>r.u:!. Mrs Chum i\ iM.'e ;rroy costume. cream hat, '.vi; i, 1 <V,'''.:: anil pink rosea.

Not the least of all the. effects of the war and martial law will bo tho difficulties about producing tho winter fash, ions (writes a London correspondent). I do not say this in any spirit of levity. Women are not thinking of fashion or dress at this moment. One has only to go out iu tho centres where work is carried on to -,ce how cheerfully the most perfect!;. i.u;ied-ou(l women are working shoulder to shoulder with then sisters in what i call working clothesshabby coats an.: '.irts, hats which have seen better da\ il doing something to try to aid (.1. • suli'orers hit by the war. Well, this class of woman is bound iu tho course ci .. lew weeks to have worn out the low-ly things in which you j see her, and will i.. wanting to write to her tailor in Pan-. i,r to the woman who does her hat, and ail that sort of thing.) You know that. «lien women have been j used to the very best'styio and cut, the second best does not suliieo. I expect the designers of Paris fashions will at once open house hole and bring cutters j and workmen and women into London. | A good many of them have dependencies hero already, wi';,.-.,s I'apuin, Worth, •ialius Poiret, and many more. American and Australian women also spend a large amount of money in Paris, and thus in some respects London will gain whore Paris herself—poor Paris!—will 16se. I think this will be one way out of the difficulty. 1 As it is, in ti.

time, meany of the best London houses arc issuing designs and quoting prices that are wonderfully below the usual margin. Anything to keep their hands employed. Then 'aj-ain, the makers of fabric:., the wvavcrs of fine clothes, series, cashmeres, and the horde of materials manufactured in Roubaix, Lille, and other of the jireat manufacturing towns, will probably suffer heavily. Altogether the closi'iv of Paris means a ju-reat dislocation of trade, priuci; in the trades that a!feet women's wants.

It took us a yoou many years to i out t.iiit we c... v uui.ii smart and comfortably drc:-.:,y wiinout a collar nana, as it is vi .1 masculine friends and relatives y,i..- . ipimiy well served. jl ;,ei.nis that just before war was chircd a league ~t .....,t the collar for uum was m.u.iii 0 . ... ,e progress, thanks •number of 1eu...;.,, professional nieu j of raris, such iu. uiunce Muetci-linci.,' Auatolo i-'ranc.:, ;:.:.; Uie elder llosney, lugctiicr wit.l *. , ;.u leading medical men. These ni.n :; i delenco of their habit of going w.i,..i ,a me ordinary collar bro'.ignt in i..m ever ready and iresil excuse ol .is meal science. Of course you Jia\e jessed, it is genus. Doctor!, declare i,... vi , t ne lineu eoUar is tiie real hot-ben „. uncase lor men. j Tiie accusations ..niui are hurled' against tli« razoi uie as nothing compared with tiie coiK»r microbe, for only 30 per cent, of Lu euis can be at. tributed to tiie u.ti of shaving:, while, tae still collar lb 1 .yuniible for Bt> pelcent, of throat aiai.ws, Tin; same authorities say thai, i,i,roat troubles among women have docrca.-.eu 5U per cent, since the untrammelled i.,ck. With all those theories, not to .11. m,iuii so-called fccts we wonder (sa;,s a. Melbourne writer) what will happen, when fashion again insists on a;;am cotcrii.g the threat. •Such is lioiiu.i to Happen sooner or later, pernaps sooner, for mere i„ a peculiar perversity in 11s t.iat it makes us despise a i.'i.-.hion as soon as we know that k is hygienic. Where outside personal appearance is e.mcenied the woru "nyI gienic" na.-, a horrible sound. In nn>. case, we can depend with a. degree of certainty that by that time some mawback will he found to the habit of going coliarless. Thus our p:u!i in tim 1 world ot fashion is smoothed for us.

Tin; London correspondent of the S-d- ---»•>■ Sun says: "The .\ational Union of he Women's Siiliragu Sti.:iirtii-« reports ■lmt thousands ~f ajijilk-iitious have been vceived for both voluntary and paid v»>'k. The *.[-:. is sending' workers to ielp with the fruit-picking in Surrey riiesc workers will be paid at the ord'iiary rates, mid the food when pieked will Mi distributed among tl;e liosnitais in the. neighborhood. Trained teachers are to be trained to instruct factory "iris temporarily out of work for other 'employment. The. making of children's toys, a German industry, is being tiuHit with eminent sun-ess, so that the litth ones may expect Santa Clans as usua tms Christmas, though the imports froi Germany have ceased. The New Consti tutional .Society (president, .Mrs feci Chapman), is using its well-ventilatei ami beautifully lighted hall ut Knights bridge as a workroom, and is <>ivin'"oi<i ployment to a number of girls'in makin ■shirts and Ked Cross outlits, and cos' tnmi: coats and coats for Jadies Th Church League is holding special ser vices in connection with the w.nicn' movement as it aUccfs the war. Th International Women's Sull'rage Allianc m doing most valuable work in hclpin foreign women who are out of employ "lent or who are stranded in J ondo and unable to return to their own eouii try. The International Women's Kehe Committee, as the Alliance tempon-ril ealls itself, has dealt with very lar« ; numbers of cases, especially the Aie; truui and German women, as many o these have been dismissed by their'em plovers, not so much from race preju di'-c as from the necessity of diminish mg their outlay in wages. Munv of th women are the wives of foreign rem-.i-v (xts who have gone to the continent t. join their colors, or of Austrian am i.ennan prisoners in the country. Thcommittee, is helping women of othe nationalities, and is absolutely impartia i" its methods. Out of 230 cases al ready dealt with, 25 have been return «;•' to their homes, Bti have been dolin Jt>'l.y ]irovided for, either through em Jiloyment or hospitality, 45 have bee. temporarily provided for, 20 have beei sent to other societies, ad 35 German and; lj Austrian are waiting to returi to their Jiomea when permits have beei obtained from the Homo Office."