FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1916, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK.

" BY EILEEN."

" Eileea " will be glad t» receive items 9f interest asd v&tae ta wamea for publicities or reference i* tkis column.

NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL NEWS. PERSONAL ITEMS. Miss E. Grant is the guest of Mm. j Bean, Woodville. » # * Mrs. James Wilson has gone on a visit to Stratford. Mrs. Whitehorn (Hawerg) is the guest of Miss Whiteombe. * » # Mr. anil Mrs. Hobday (Auckland) are at present in New Plymouth. * * » Mrs. H. Brookman, who is on a short visit to Wangamii, returns to New Plymouth on Monday. Mrs. and Misses Goodfellow (2), who have been visiting New Plymouth, have returned to Wellington. Ml - , and Mrs. Symons (Foxton), who have been holiday-making in New Plymouth, have left for Wanganui. Mrs. Clem. Webster, who has been the guest of Mrs. Percy Webster, has returned to Feielding. Miss Evelyn Fox, who has been on a visit to the Waitomo Caves and Kotorua, has returned to New 'Plymouth. # * • Mr. and Mrs. Barton (Feilding), who have been holiday-making in New Plymouth, have left for Dawson's Fails Mountain House. » • » Mrs. J. E. Wilson, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Stevenson, at Tariki, returns to New Plymouth early next week. Mr. and Mrs. W. Newman and Mrs. and Mrs. J. Paton, who have been staying at the Mountain House, have returned to New Plymouth. « * * Mrs. Burgess (Auckland), who has been on a visit to Wellington, is paying her sister, Mrs. Simpson, a short visit before her return home. # • « Miss Morsliead left New Plymouth last week for Wellington, where she will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Percy Blundel], before she leaves for her future home in England. * # # Mr. and Mrs. Shirteliffe (Wellington), Mrs. David Findlay (Wellington) and Miss Priest (Timaru), who are motoring through the Nortli Island, passed through New Plymouth yesterday, on their way to Napier. The engagement is announced of Miss Marjorie (Midge) 'Glasgow, only daughter of Mr. A. H. Glasgow, manager of the Union Bank of Australia, Wanganui, to Mr. J. C. Nicholson, of the firm of Messrs Roy and Nicholson, New Plymouth.

was Lord of the Bedchamber to King Edward, and the King used te say he was the safest confidant he had ever known—s# safe that ose never knew whether lie remembered what he had been told unless he was asked peint blank by the person who had confided in hid.

'•'King Alfonso's energy," writes an old frieed of the Bourbons, wlia is milch about the Spanish Court, "is simply astonishing to the enleoker. If there is one thing he cannot stand at any price it is repose, and he will go to bed as late as 2.30 or 3 a.m., to rise again at C a.m. He is for ever on the wing, either riding or making the pace in the fleetest of his motor-cars; and apropos, lie had a very narrow escape from a nasty accident the other day through colliding with a cow on the road. Polo playing he adores, and yachting is another craze of his. The salvation of Alfonso lies in the fact that he is able to take a lartre amount of food. Otherwise his restless activity would wear, even more than it already does, on his fragile frame." Alfonso was a particularly attractive youth. When first he visited Buckingham Palace King Edward liked, and Queen Alexandra simply loved him, especially when he did cart-wheels in her honor down the long corridors. One cart-wheel was, in a worij, so ripping, that the Queen forthwith presented him, as a prize, with a magnificent star sap. phire. It is his pet possession. When the late famous singer. Madame Xordica, was in Melbourne, her splendid furs commanded almost as much attention as her beautiful jewels (says an Australian writer). Early list December her collection of coats and wraps and so on, which were estimated to be worth over £OOOO, was submitted to auction in New York, and the prices were so low that the auctioneer withdrew some of the most valuable articles. As only £350 was hid for a Russian sable cape worth £ISOO, it was not sold, but the ermine coat which was so much admired in Melbourne was disposed of for only £SO, and at this price was an astounding barsrain, for just before coming to Australia Aladame Nordica paid £SOO for it. Proportionately small amounts were given for a chinchilla cape, a Russian sable stole, which was almost a shawl, and a silver-fox scarf. The prices may seem high enough to Australian women who regard £SO for a coat, or muff and stole, as beinp; excessive, but it must be remembered that chinchilla is. wlien of the first quality, a most costly fur, for the little South American rat is becoming rapidly extinct. Then, again, real silver-fox. it is said, has never been seen in Australia, and one ordinary skin will cost £."00, while a firstclass fur will bring half as much again. It was of such choice furs that Madame Nordica's collection consisted, and the I poor result of the sale has received a good deal of notice in the American papers.

AFTERNOON TEA. Mrs. E. A. Walker, one of the most popular hostesses in New Plymouth, gave a most enjoyable afternoon tea last Thursday at her charming residence, Avenue road', in honor of the returned troopers. The day was an ideal one, so the tennis court was well monopolised, and as music is a double attraction with outside amusements, the items given b}' Mr. 0. Deacon on his gramaphone were keenly appreciated. Here and there, throughout the grounds, little tables were set with ices, fruits and different light refreshments, and before the departure of each guest of honor he was the recipient of a large packet of cigarettes. Everything was done to make the day a happy one for the men. Amongst the returned troopers were: Lieut. F. Hartnell. Corp. L. Ford (New Plymouth). Privates C. V. Allen (Eltham), E. Hine and fi. Somerville (New Plymouth). Amongst the other guests Were: Rev. A. 11. and Mrs. Colvile, Mr. and Mrs. D'Arcv Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. 0. Deacon, Mr. and Mrs. R. Cornwall, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Pott, Mrs. Rowley. Mrs. X Quilliam, Mrs. F. 0. Evans, Misses Humphries (2). Jack (Auckland!, Crooke (3), Woolam. D. Bedford. Blundell, T.eatbam (2), Webster and Brewster. The hostess received her guests in a very pretty white embroidered voile, over a white silk foundation.

I Another romance of the peerage and : tlie stage lias just romp to light, tiie Hon. Rowland George Winn, eld"st son and heir of Lord St. Oswald, having been secretly married to Miss Nellie Greene, | an actress, known on the stage a? Miss | Evie C'arew. n member of the cliorns at Daly's Theatre. Only the direct personal friends of the bride and bridegroom were present at the ceremony, which took place at Paddington so far back as October 20, The bridegroom, whose age was given of 22, is in the Coldstream Guards, and was wounded in the war. He will one day inherit a title conferred in 188"), together with an extensive estate in Yorkshire. This includes the famous Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, famous for the mile-long avenue of elms and the tame deer. The St. Oswald lands consist of some S,0()0 acres, of rii estimated annual value of £28,000. Lord St. Oswald, who was M.P. for Pontefract from 1885 to 189", was captain in the Coldstream Guards, and the association of the family with the famous regiment was made all the closer by the announcement in March that his only daughter was engaged to Mr. 11. G. Ashley, of the Coldstream Guards. The bride is a well-known stage beauty, aged 23. who has made a distinct hit in musical comedy circles, one of her biggest successes being in "Betty." She has been seen in several musical comedies at, Daly's Theatre. She was described in the marriage register as a spinster, of Delaware Mansions, Jtaida Vale W„ and the daughter of Mr. Charles Greene, gentleman.

A BRACE OF HEROINES. An extraordinary story of devotion and heroism on the. part of two Englishwomen is related by Jus Suffragii. Of Mrs. Knocker and Miss Chisholm. who have been working in the service of the Belgian army ever since the outbreak of hostilities, the writer in the Swiss newspaper says:— "For the last twelve months these two women have worked in the bombarded village of Pervyse. At the battle of Dixmude and the retreat from Mona they both did wonderful but terrible work. For three weeks they did nothing but sort out the dead. They then devoted their attention to getting immediate help for the seriously wounded, and for the last 12 months they have rendered first aid to the wounded in a miserable hut near the Belgian lines. Through their devotion thousands of •lives Jiave been saved. Their dug-out has been frequently shattered by shells. They live without any comforts or the safeguards of a hospital. They liavc no drinking water or water to wash in. Everything around them is sordid and dangerous, but they have never flagged in, their devoted work for the last 12 months. They have no room of their own, no place to wash, or dress, or sleep in. except a loft, which is frequently shelled. Consequently they hardly ever sleep or change their elttkes. They look after the wounded as they are brought straight from the treacbes, nursing them, bandaging them, stopping the hemorrhage. Their services have been recognised by the King of the who has conferred on them the Order of Leopold II." NOTES. The ll.ichess two daughters arc doing war work. Lady Cynthia Hamilton taking up nursing and her sister, Lady Mary, learning to make munitions. This is a sign of the times with a vengeance, for the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn have seen to it that their daughters led particularly sheltered lives. Of course, they are both young, eldest just under twenty, The duke