FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 276, 1 May 1915, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK.

" BY EILEEN."

" Eileen " will be glad to receive items of interest and | value to women for publication or reference in this column. J

HEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL NEWS. Mr. and lira, Eoulton, who have been visiting New Plymouth, have returned to Wellington. Miss May Deacon, who lids been staying in 'Wangamii, lias returned. Misses M. and 1!. Auckland, who have been staying in New Plymouth, have returned to Wangamii. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have returned to Wellington, after a pleasant stay in Xew Plymouth. Miss R. Renaud, who has been visiting friends at Taihape, has returned. Mi-, and Mrs. Hawke, after a short stay in New Plymouth, have returned to Wangamii. Mr. W. L. Alexander, Who has been visitiirg Xew Plymouth, has returned to him home at Takapuna. Mr. and Mrs. Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and Miss Furrows, of RaetiUi, left on Friday morning for Wangamii. Sister Beedle (Hawera) is spending a holiday in New Plymouth. Miss Deeima Tripe, of Wangamii, is the. guest of Mrs. A. H. Golvile. Miss Taylor, of Manaia, is visiting her sister. Mrs. J. R. (Jruickshank, New Plymouth. Miss Brewster, who has boon the guest of Miss C!. Corrie, Auckland, has returned. The Play-reading Club holds its first reading at Mrs. A. 11. Colvile's this afternoon. Mrs. Ryder left this morning on a visit to Marton.

AMERICAN MILLIONS FOR ENGLISH DUCHESS. Under the will of Mr. Eutreii.. Zimmerman, the American railway magnate, the whole of his vast estate, estimated i.t between four and live millions sterling, is left to his only daughter, who mairied the Duke of Manchester. The Duchess of Manchester, formerly Miss Helen t Zimmerman, was married under romantic circumstances in November, 1000, at St. liarylobone Parish Church, her aunt, Miss Ellie Evans, being the only member of her family present. Her father, Mr. Zimmerman, was at"-first annoyed at the wedding, and spoke disrespectfully of "foreigners," but was subsequently reconciled to the alliance. Mr. Zimmerman who was a German-American, and married a lady of Welsh extraction, spent most of his life at Cincinnati. He served in the American Navy during the Civil War, afterwards entered the petroleum business, and sold out to the Standard Oil Trust, in which he remained a large stockholder until his death last December. He subsequently became a leading railway magnate. ' He owned large coal and iron properties, and his fortune is estimated at many millions. The Duchess of Manchester since her marriage has not spent much time in London society. She has little love for show, but a great idea of the deference due to an English duchess. In this connection a good story is told. She was standing in the hall of an Irish hotel when an excited American rushed up and inquired lif she were Miss—, a lady for whom he was waiting. The Ducliess drew herself up and replied still'ly: "I am the Duchess of Manchester." ''Oh," replied her compatriot, "I'm from Cincinnati, too." The Ducliess has four children, to whom she is devotedly attached—Viscount Mandeville, the heir to the dukedom, who is 12; Lady Mary Mandeville, who is 13, Lord Edward Eugene Fernando Mandeville, I aged 8; and Lady Ellen Millicent Mandeville, aged 0.

QUADRUPLETS WITH THE NAMES OF ROYAL ALLIES. Quadruplets born to the wife of M. Debraeuil at St. Hilaire-de-Voust, Vendee, France, on January 7, are, according to news received in London, going on well. In compliment to the Allies the father has named them Raymond (M. Poincare), Elizabeth (Queen of the Belgians), George (King of England), Alexandra (the Tjarina). '"'Four children at a birtli is, of course, very rare indeed," said a London hospital physician, "but as an incident it paics into insignificance beside the fact that all four little ones are alive almost a month after birtli. There could be no more apropos or more graphic illustration of the virility or new France than this triumphant and simultaneous entrance into the world of Raymond, Elizabeth, George, and Alexandra."

Banco. —A most enjoyable dance was given iu the East End Pavilion last Friday evening hy the ex-campers. The chaperoiK'3 were Mesdames Peach and Balham and Miss Wood. The music was supplied hy Mrs. A. tteorge, whilst numerous extras were played by the girls. Amongst those present were: Miss Little, pale pink crepe do chine, deftly trimmed with cream lace; Miss C. Penn, electric blue velvet, cream lace relieving corsage; Miss Alice Brown, white muslin and lace robe; Miss Blundell, white satin charmeuse, with lace tunic; Miss Saxton, saxe blue velvet, with cream lace collar; Miss Sinclair, pale blue silk, with "silver beaded trimming; Miss Weir (Hawera), moss green charmeuse, with corsage of cream lace; Miss L. 'Williams, pale heliotrope voile, lightly trimmed with cream lace; Miss E. Whitcombe, pale blue silk; Miss P. Whitcombe, black velvet, with a cream lace bertlie; Miss K. Leatham, shell pink silk, with corsage of rich cream shadow lace and ceinture of saxe blue satin; Miss Foote, black velvet; Miss Bullard, cornflower blue charmeuse, trimmed with cream lace and white fur; Miss : L. Mills, salmon pink crepe de chine, with corsage of cream lace; Miss X. Bullard, saxe blue velvet. Miss Peach, white embroidered muslin; Miss F. Sturtevant, shell-pink charmeuse, trimmed with shadow lace; Miss Lilian Greatbatch, white silk robe, deftly trimmed with cream lace; Miss N. Pott, shell pink silk; Miss U Bradbury, white silk, with blue floral crepe de chine tunic; Miss Dempsey, moss green charmeuse, with tunic of black lace; V < Palmer, black velvet robe; Miss K. V .'.old, white embroidered voile, with a pale pink eeinUire; Miss F. Winlield, black velvet, relieved with cream lace.

Social. —'A very enjoyable social was hold last Thursday evening in the Ci.F.S. club room to bid farewell to the secretary, Miss A. Wilson, who is leaving with her father (Captain Wilson) for a nine months' visit to Australia. Music was rendered by Miss 0. Leatham, and "Tlie Title" competition was won by Miss l'caeh. Just before supper the vicar (Rev. A. I\. Colvile), in a very bright and happy speech, presented, on behalf of the associates of the dub, Miss Wilson with a handsome travelling rug, to which Miss Wilson feelingly responded. On account oE Miss Wilson resigning the secretaryship of the C.F.S., Miss Percy-Smith has accepted the position.

Chrysanthemum Show. —The Xew Plymonth Horticultural Society held their annual show in the Oood Templar Hall on Thursday, when, in spite of adverse weather, the show was successful. The variety of chrysanthemums seemed almost endless, and the cactus dahlias also made a brilliant display. Those who exhibited were: Messrs S. W. Shaw, It. Conicv, <!. N. Dcighton, A. Xewali, Aldridge, {!. H. McCahey, E. P.eule, and Mesdames A. TT. Colvile, Scanlon, E. (•li'illiths, W. L. Xcwuian and Misses Pollard and A very. Messrs Duncan and JJavies and the Morshead nursery had some attractive displays. After the opening speech by the Mayor (Mr. J. E. Wilson) tea was served by members of the ladies' committee. Amongst those present were: Mesdames Alexander, Craig (Wangaiiui). A. H. Colvile, E. Griffiths, Outfield. C. 11. Burgess, Remind, •I. K. Wilson. Matthews Newman, (iibson. Misses Kcmptou (i), Tripe (WanwMiui), Codfrev. Arden. McKcllar. S:n,ps„„, etc. PERSOiJAL. Mr. and Miss Austin, have returned from a holiday visit to Sydney.