WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1919, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

PERSONAL Mrs Ealdoek, who lias been the guest of Mrs Sturtevant, has returned to Auckland. « * • • Miss Dulcie Baily is on a • visit to Fcilding. < • t i> Mrs A. A. Bennett, who has Been spending some months in Wellington, has returned. Mrs Tonks and Mrs Milroy, of Hawera, spent a few days here last week. Mr and Sfra Gibb Casey, of Auckland, and Mrs Basactt, spent a few days here last week on their way to Wellington, by motor. Mrs Geo. Kcbbell has returned from her trip to Christchurch and Wellington • « a < Miss Mace, who has been on a visit to Wellington, has returned. • » * ■» Nurse Shillington, who has been for some months in New Plymouth, has returned to Auckland # • o Coi. and Mrs Collins, who have been spending a few days here on their way from Auckland, have left for Wellington • • • • Miss Joan Esse, who has keen on a visit to Auckland, returned on Friday. * • • • Miss Florence Wirefield and Miss Rata Whitton are the guests of Mrs Eric Shaw., of Inglewood- # » j • Mr and Mrs Rogers-Roland, o! England, are n_aking a short stay iu New Plymouth. • » • • Mr and Mrs Heckler, of Wellington, are spending a holiday in New Plymouth; » ♦ • Mr and Mrs Howard Paul, who have been on a visit here, have returned to Wanzanui •' « 0 » Mr and Mrs McParland, of Wellington, are visiting New Plymouth.

Mr and Mrs Honaa and Miss Eileen Penn are spending a. weelc at Dawson Falls.' Mr? Trevor Simpson, of Auckland,, is the guest of her father. Dr. Leather) Mrs Pag?'.' h visiting Stratford, Mrs H. H. Ward and Betty, who have been the guests of Mrs H, ,J. Matthews, return to Napier early nest week i ' • • Mrs Percy Pichard returns to Dannevirke on Wednesday Nurse Bakur. who has been oa a usit to Auckland, ha? returned • » • •

Mrs and Miss Lee, ol Lower Iluti, are visiting New Plymouth.

Miss Jcsaio McAlium, iormi'riy of Christelmrch Hospital, who volunteered for active service, was married in London to Captain Cyril Seward, late of Tc A'.vamulu Mrs Seward is the second daughter or Mr and Mrs Duncan McAllum, oi New Plymouth Mrs j. 1?. Wilson was the guest ot honor at two iVuv.vcll bridge parlies given by Mn> A:i<it nbrooke aad Miso K. Hamertois this 'nvek Mrs and Miss Nutting, of Inglewood, are on a visit to New Plymouth. Mrs D- IC ivloTi'iaon tntertained Mrs J E. Wilson at an enjoyable croauet party on Wednesday afternoon. Visitor* at Niger House include: Mr? Norris (Wellington), Miss Jobson (Wellington), Mrs Strang (Taumarunui), Miss Darling (Auckland) Miss Dull (Wellington) -uiss Marshal' leaves on Tuesday for Woliinylou. Hickman Russell, who Has been on i» visit to Wellington, has returned. ->Trs ByJcv is visiting Mar too « • « J'r-z Marjoro Wilson, v.ho has been for sometime on the Herald staff, leaves 011 Tuesday for Wellington to study art. • • r. « Ationgsi uiose staying at Chatsworth an • Mis? Duncan and Miss Lockwood (Aj.iti), Miss Crimp Sell (Wiitara) Mits Bathijate (W&ngaaui). pzd Mv:' Cha3 Wilson motored through from Mangaweka, and spent a a few days here this week Guests at the Jforth Egmont Mountain House till" week include Mr and ?.frs McFarlane (Wellington), Mrs Lambert (New Plymouth), Mr and Mr? Austin (N»?w Plymouth), Mr, Mrs and Miss MeKSnzie (Napier) • » o • The Misses Krebs, of Wellington, wno have been spending a fortnight in Sew Plymouth, returned yesterday morning. The Misses Jennings (Wellington) are on a visit to New Plymouth

INCORRIGIBLE GIRL? Sydney, Bth January The small town of Riddell, near Melbourne, knew an hour of wild excitement one evening last week. The cause was the return of seven young girls from the local Salvation Army Home, who escaped from the institution on New Year's Eve. girls at this home, in the majority of cases, are the genuine i£ hard cases." The Army courageously attempts to reform the incorrigibles, but often knows more than a little excitement in the process. The girls often escape and reach the city, and a score .of slums have to be combed before they are found by the police and sent backFrequently, they disappear altogether. The seven who thus celebrated New Year were discovered bv the police and sent back by train in charge of a plainclothes constable. The officer had an uneviable task, being badgered all the way by the undisciplined young women. On the railway platform, the girls refused to go to the home. They made a violent scene and a crowd gathered. The worried and perspiring constable then tried to get them to the local police station. They went, protesting loudly, and their language was scorching. Unhappily, the local constable was away, and the giris promptly ran amok in the station. They broke all the windows in sight, smashed some furniture, and turned on their unhappy guardian with stones. He tried to "fight, but he was being sadly battered when the wife of the local eont=able, courageously, and in ft Y«fy Jinuly manner. intervene .witk

a revolver- The weapon cowed tin; riotous gil'ls; the manner ol' the constable's wife, who was outraged by tlie damage done to her home, plainly showed a determination to shoot.

The plain-clothes man got possession of the revolver and regained control or the girls. Obviously, tliey were still ready tor any mischief, but the revolver disturbed them Very reluctantly, they allowed themselves to lie formed up, and, with the constable and (he revolver menacing Utem behind, they were marched to the home. Here they broke luose again for a while and broke all the windows in the house of one of the Army officials.

In reply to an inquiry from an American firm as to the demand here for lace goods and embroideries (says an exchange), it ear. be stated, reports the American Consul at Yokohama, that as tlie Japanese women cling tenaciously to their stylo of dress, and as no use is made of lase or embroideries either in their dress or home furnishings, it is improbable that any considerable market can be developed in Japan for Ame-rican-made lace goods or embroideries. The demand would be limited to the foreign residents here, who now number about 0000, exclusive of Chinese, and to such goods as are not 'being manufactured in Japan •

The Anzacs who are marrying in Britain average 300 a month, an increase of 40 per cent since the armistice (stated a cable message to the Sydney Sun last week). The Australians who have married in Britain now number 7518. A quaint but interesting exhibition of women's war work has been opened in Whitechapel. It has been organised entirely by women, and shows how various are the activities into which English women have been driven by the great war- The quaintness arises from the iftmdred or more figures representing the various trades which women have adopted. They make the Whitechapel Exhibition something like a glorified "Madame Tusfaud's." There are "milnitionette3" in the rubber gloves and regulation dress of their trade, nurses clad in voluminous mosquito nets, farm girla ill smocks and breeches, and busconductors in the short skirts and leggings of their calling. Apart from the individual figures, there arc built-up scenes portraying aspects of women's war work, fetich as land-girls milking cows or tending lambs. It is hoped that the collection will be secured by the Imperial War Museum, and will thus be a permanent record of what one-half of Great Britain did in the great war. A touching feature of the Whitechapel p,xliiHtion is the Shririo to clje Dead, with statues, pictures, and photographs of the women who had died, some at the front, others in munition works or base hospitals The outstanding figures were Nurse Cavell and Dr Elsie Injrlis, tlie v,T'>U'i doctor who died in Serbia last year

"Miss Emily Talbot, who dieu last week, was the richest woman in England, favs a London writer. Her fortune was nearly £3.000,000, yet "she lived in such an unostentatious fashion t:iat she w.is unknown to many poodle, even ill South Wales, where siie resided. Her father, Mr Christopher Talbot, was a ;n<>i>i!vr of Parliament for CO years, and died leaving his daughter £1,500,000. Slit greatly increased this fortune. At her death she ownofi the Margam Park

e=tate. of 31.5C0 aer"s, whieh included the veil-known eoal-shippir" centre, Port Ti'.lbo*, and 13.(100 acre- near Swansea. Miss Talbot was. a «-on: chtiivh-woniaii, iind subscribed lr>- .••• amount's to ehiriiies. often anon : i u lv Mi*» Talbot devoted the ;rr.,j ,

part o! her lifr to her father, and after his d<x.tii h-r chief occupation was the development of the great esiates which passed into her eli:ir<r< ■ The creation of the Talbot estates pass to Mr Andrew a remarkable achievement for a woman of her Wirmir character and artistic interests Tt is understood fhef the bulk of lie Talbot estates pa=s to Mr Andrew Tiills-.'j I'letelier. of Saltoum, a nephew of Mis:; r mily Talbot.