FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 283, 8 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.

SOCIAL UEWS. PERSONAL ITEMS. .Mrs. Fair is oil a visit to her relatives in Sydney. * Vr * Mrs. Paul is tin 1 guest of her daughter Mrs. Bennett, lilenheim. Miss D. Tripe, who lias 'been visiting Mrs. A. If. Col vile, left last Wednesday for Wellington, where she intend,■> taking up nursing. Miss Hall, who has been on a visit to Rotorua, and Auckland, spent a few days in New Plymouth before returning to Wellington. Mrs. E. I'lundell, who has been oil a visit to Timaru, has returned. Mrs. M. Eraser, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Cyril Williams, Tauranga, has returned. Mr. and Mrs. Moore, who have been visiting New Plymouth, have returned to Wellington. Mr. and .Mrs. Emeny, who have been staying in Xew Plymouth, have returned to Wellington. Mrs. S. A. Robinson, of Mokau, is at present in New Plymouth. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Yule, who have been holi-day-making in New Plymouth, have rctnrned to Wellington. * * » Mr. ami Mrs. I'catson have returned to the South Island, after spending a few days in Xew Plymouth.

M'S. Loo Horroeks. who lias boon visiting ]:or mother, Mrs. Quilliam, will 'leave on Monday for licr borne at Feildinj.;. -\Trri. Eyre, who lias boon visiting Auckland, lias returned. Mr. anil Mrs. W. H. "Mayes leave on Monday on a visit to Wellington. Social.—One of the most enjoyab'e of clmrcli functions, that of the I'siekblocks Mission League, was lield in St. Mary's Hall last Thursday evening. It took the form of a social, and being the fir: t of its kind given by this League, was thoroughly enjoyed bv all those present. Musical items were rendered by Misses B. Hirst, M. Thomson and L. Williams and Mr. D. E. Mutton. '.Archdeacon Evans, as president, after explaining the work of the League during its existence (it having been started by the Von. Archdeacon Cole exactly nine years ago), formally welcomed and introduced the new hammocks mis<ioner, the I'ev. W. 11. Hedloy. Miss llodfrey, the secretary, in a very vivid and. spirited little speech, explained that this League was 110 sleeping society (although thought so by many of the. "don't-care," indifferent people—the ever-green fault-lind-ers and drones of the parish), hut a real live affair. Although its committee, which consisted of Mosdamos I<\ (!. Evans, McKcllar, Dabb, Addenbrooke, Misses J. Curtis, A. Henipton, .Mace, Marshall and Godfrey, and Veil. Archdeacon Evan's, .Messrs Ilirst and Lush, was small, they had worked with endless energy (in spite of the task being frequently upliill work), and the fruits of their labors had been shown by their having handed in to the endowment fund the sum of -C'27o 18s lO'/.d. After a most delicious supper had "been served, and the National Anthem suns, a very pleasant evening was brought to a close. Amongst those present were: Mesdanies Mc'Kellar, !A. 11. Colvilo. F. 0. Evans, W. I.). Webster, Hell, Kyngdon, Duncan, Addenbrooke, Martin, Lush, J. 0. List Hall, Kroeth, 'Baker, F. Webster, F. Wilson, W. Newman, C. H. Drew, and Misses (iodfroy. Henipton, Marshall. Devenish, I?. Hirst, Thomson (2), Williams, F. Bedford, Hall, Baker, W. Bradbury and W, Webster.

Bridge.—The West End Club hckl their final evening at Mrs. Alex'. MacDiarmid's last Thursday evening, when the prize-winner was Mrs. E. Carthew. Amongst those present were: Mesdanies G. Kebbell, -Medley, Stocker, Jas. Wilson, Carthew, Curtis, Dixon (Patea), Hirst, E. Wilson, F. Blundell and Miss Marshall.

A committee meeting of the members of the girls' branch of the Victoria League was held in the club room lust Thursday evening to discuss what forms of literary interest the club would take up for the coming winter months. It was finally decided to form three circles, literary, dramatic and musical, each circle having a sub-committee to draw lip a syllabus for the season. It was also decided that the girls' branch would take charge of any magazines left at the \ ictoria League room for the backblocks, Mrs. 0. H. Burgess (president) having kindly offered to arrange for their being forwarded to their different destinations, so all those having spare magazines in their liomes are kindly requested to give them to the backblockers, and have them left at the Victoria League club room. AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN A TURKISH HAREM. Seme interesting sidelights on Turkish life and character are given by Miss Grace Ellison in her book "iAn Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem." koii is profoundly pro-Turkish. No Turks of the "unspeakable" variety- crossed her path during her sojourn with Turkish friends. She moved in an atmosphere of Turkish delightfulness. One needs must love those Turks when one sees them through .Miss Ellison's eyes. Their hospitality is never-ending. Guests who come for a day sometimes stay for a lifetime. "There are guests here," says

Mi:,s Klli-.on, "who came as I did for a few days, but they have never gone iswav at all; some even came to visit Fatinia's (Miss Hliison's hostess') grandfather, and still they remain. They have become part of tile liou.se itself. Vi.SITOIW BILLS PAID. Moreover, it is the custom of the master of the house to pay all visitors' bills and for the mistress-of the house to put her entire wardrobe at the disposal of her feminine guests. When casual visitors "drop iu" in Turkey they usually stay to two or three meals. "Many have stayed to lunch this week, none of them, of course, invited. Always our table is laid for 12 persons, although sometimes we are only three to lunch. Those who call iu the morning stay to luiuh as a matter of course. The two principal meals here—luiich and dinner —are unending, and generally extend to 12 and 13 courses, quite ten of these courses being vegetables cooked in oil or looked with the meat. . . . Turkish cooking, delicious though it be, is not the diet lor most ol the ladies here, and certainly not for me. Cheese 'bereks' of pastry so thin that they fall into bits before you can get them into your month, Kadif' biscuits soaked in treacle and covered with sugar cream, the breast of chicken ground to powder and served with cream and chocolate." liven in their buying and selling the Turks are fu'l of loving kindness.

ROMAN'TIC SHOPPING. "1 o(l'cr IDs for a blue stone," says Miss Ellison apropos of a morning's shopping at the bazaar. "I could not take mole than lid," says< the merchant; "it is only glass." 1 went to buy n couple of the charming blue bead necklaces, which every quadruped here wears round its neck. '"This lady loves your country,' S. Hey tells the merchant, and the merchant will not take a penny for Ilia wares. Igo to see the liroussa silks. 'ls this the lady who loves my country?' asks the-merchant. A pink silk dress is mine, Imt a'l attempts to get the bill have been in vain." Who would not like shopping in Turkey? The Turkish baths are a popular resort of the women of the working classe-i 011 "Women's Day" once a week. "They can stay there all day for twopence if they like, so they take their food and their children, and their Children's children, and make a day of it. Fat old ladies in gaudy-colored tunics sit huddled up in corners, singing contentedly; others walk about dragging their clogs over the baking niarb'e lii.crs, whilst little bovs and girls with wine llasks tied round their waists in the 'place of life-belts swim about the fountains like little brown fishes."

PARIS GOWNS WORN. Though the Turkish women still go veiled, there is a strong feminist movoI mcnt in Turkey, largely encouraged by leading men, ami polygamy is practically non-existent except in lioyal circles. There are women novelists, political writers and poets, and women attend lectures at the university on gynaecology, hygiene, women's rights, and so on. Feminist meetings of an enthusiastic character are held regularly. There is a paper edited and run by women to which any woman may contribute. And Turkish ladies get their iroeks from Paris. lle''e is a description of the Court gown of Fatiina, Miss Ellison's hostess:— "I-atimas dre-s was of pink crcpe-de-chino embroidered in dull silver—a Paris creation, . . Round her hair she wore a pink and silver scarf attached to the side by a silver rose." i Shampooing, Ilairdressing, and Twist- | fog. Electrolysis for the permanent removal of .superfluous hair. Switches, Toupees, etc. Ladies' combings made u; to any design. Mrs. BEADLE, Egmont Toilet Parlors, Griffiths' Buildings estr Carnegie Library.