WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1920, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

PERSONAL, Mrs. Ryder (Marton) is the guest of Mrs. A. K. Ryder. * * * * Miss Irene Hirst is spending her vacation .with Mrs. M. I. Bradbury. Mr?. Hamerton (Inglcwood) is the guest of Mrs. \V. H. Skinner. Mrs. Noel Fookes (Stratford) is spending the week-end with Mrs. Harry Fookes. « * * * Miss D. Simpson leaves next week for Waverley to stay with her sister, Mrs. Daniels. «• * » 9 Mrs. Harry Davies, who has been on a visit lo her sister, Mrs. Mortimer Jones, of Hamilton, returns next week. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Abraham, of Stratford, have returned from a trip to the Islands. ♦ Miss Shannon and Mrs. Trevor Shannon (Feilding) spent a few days here this week. • * » » Miss Ina Dempsey, of the Trentham Military Hospital, is sp.nding a few weeks here. * » » • Misses G. andM. Fookes have returned from Ashburton. Miss Gwen Bulls, who has been the guest of Mrs. J. C. Nicholson, has returned to Hunterville. o * • » Miss D. Baker has left for a holiday in Wellington and Auckland. Mrs. E. M. Smith is on a visit to Marton. •. * * • Miss Barr leaves early next week for a trip to Wellington. » * # • Miss Clarke is spending a holiday in Auckland. # * • • Mrs. T. G. Thomson and Mrs. Buchart, who have been on a visit to Wellington, returned last night. Miss D. Burrow is on a visit to Auckland. | Miss Sheat is spending her holidays in Hawera. Miss Giblin leaves on Monday for Wanganui. Miss Park is visiting Pataerston North. • * * « Miss J. N. Smith is spending her vacation in Dunedin. Mrs, Reg Heppcll is staying at the fJrosvenor. Mrs. Birch-Johnston, who has been for a trip to America, has returned, and is the guest of Mrs. Blackley. Mr*. Leo. Horroeks. of Auckland, is on a visit here. Miss Jennings, of Picton. is spending a short, holiday in Stratford. Mrs. A. E. Grant and Miss Grant. New Plymouth, are spending a few days in Auckland, before sailing by the Mokoiu for the Islands. Mrs. E. C. Griiiiths returns from England by flic Rnapehu, which is due in Wellington to-morrow. Amonust the visitors at the races wore: Mrs. Uniackc, Mrs. Truby King i Stratford). Mrs. Trevor Shannon 'Feilding),, Mrs. Naneurrow (Hawera), Mrs. Sutherland (Inglewood). ! Yi-itors at Ohatsworth include: —Mrs. j Walker (Wellington), Miss Wise (Wanganui), Miss Belton, Miss Cavanagh [Auckland), Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Terrise (Christchurcli). ' * * • * : Yisitors at the' White Hart this week include: Mrs. 1!. Sanders, Mrs. Meuli I (Ila-wera). iliss Nixon (Takapau), Mrs. ] Horrocks ( Auckland!. "Miss Shannon, | Mrs. T. Shannon (F.anpiteiki), Mrs. j Meuli (Hawera), Mrs. R. Brewer (Waj- ! torn raj, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs Schultz, ■ AIN--.es Schultz (Masterton), Airs. Allen | (Alokoia.)

AFTERNOON TEA. An afternoon tea in honor of Miss Mildred Thomson, who is shortly to be married, was given by Mrs. Frank Wilson yesterday afternoon. Songs were sung by Miss Thomson, and Miss Beryl Hirst played, and an enjoyable afternoon was spent.

PUZZLE COMPETITION. In our advertising columns appear particulars of an interesting puzzle competition which has been arranged by the N T ew Plymouth High School Old Girls' Association for the purpose of augmenting their funds. The entrance fee is small; tickets may be purchased for one shilling, and liberal cash prizes are offered! The puzzles consist of towns in the British Isles and New Zealand, and streets in towns of Taranaki. A further degree of interest is lent to the competition by the fact that for the additional sum of eighteen pence a booklet may be purchased containing a list of all the names from which the puzzles have been chosen. The competition begins on Saturday, September 4th, and intending competitors should note that entrance tickets must be secured by September

EE-UNION DANCE. Despite the vmpropitious weather there was a large attendance at the East End Pavilion on Thursday evening, when a very enjoyable reunion dance was held to inaugurate the formation of the New Plymouth Technical College Old Pupils' Association. A very dainty supper was ■ i-rved. the supper tables being tastefully decorated with spring flowers and the" school colors, blue and black relieved with gold. Among those present were: Mrs. A. L. Moore, black satin trimmed with jet and relieved with emerald; Mrs. Val Duff, black dress relieved with white; Miss M. Goy, pink crepe-de-chene; Miss Lambert, white with touches of pink; Mrs. Markland, blue satin; Miss Hannah, cream; Miss Dean, black relieved with edgings of white; Miss Ward, cream; Mrs. H. H. Skelton, lace frock relieved with red; Mrs. E. D. Kirkpatrick, sea green silk with silver trimmings; Miss Lilian Aubrey, blue silk; Miss K. Anthony, black velvet relieved with pale pink; Mrs. G. It. White, black and white; Miss Edna White, pink dress; Miss Evans, j blue; Miss Maggie Jones, black «=atin, | witb.-,ov«4m» ef-JBton^ri&r&MttJ

of tiny roses; Miss Eva Newell, apricot silk; Miss Lye, white; Miss Corney, quakcr grey; "Miss Therkelson, brown; Miss E. Therkelson, pale pink and bluej Miss Leech, salmon pink; Miss J. Leech, sapphire blue; Miss Beulah Hartnell, cream; Miss Ella Purdue, white. SOME MARRIAGE CURIOSITIES. AUSTRALIAN STATISTICIAN'S REPORT. The vital statistics in the annual report of the Commonwealth Statistician, on the face of thorn, do not seem inviting, but, as a matter of fact, they are full of human interest. Take, for example, one of the facts set out. A husband of S3 is shown as wedded to _ a woman of 24, and a child was horn to this marriage; Again, a wife of 53 and a husband of 41 had a child born to them in the first year of their married life. Six girls of 14 became mothers, the fathers in their cases ranging in years from 21 to 40. The ages of the father and mother of another youngster are given as 17 and 15 respectively, and a girl of 16 and a young man of 2.1 had twins born to them. A man and his wife, whose ages were respectively 54 and 48, were also the proud parents of twins. New South Wales holds the record for twins, both nuptial and ex-nuptial; but to Victoria falls the honour of providing the greatest numbei* of triplets. As to marriage, the Statistician iecords that a bride of S3 was led to the alter by a- man of 44, and a man over 95 years of age took as his bride a young woman whose age was given as 28. December, in a proverbial sense, may not he inconspicuous in marriage activities; hut the statistics show that December in Australia is the least popular marriage month. " , Dealing with the size of .families, the Statistician records that in" one case 23 children have been born to one marriage, and eight females and seven males survived. A remarkable case of "wedded bliss" is given. The records show that no fewer than 10 couples who died la3t year had. lived together for more than SO years.

"DON'T KNOW WHEN WE ARE WELL OFF." It does not matter which end of the world letters come from, the one absorbing topic invariably' is the price of things (says a writer in the Adelaide Observer!. A melbourne visitor to Lon v don writes: "We are better off in Australia than here. Clothes are a very high price, and one needs so much more here than in our part of the world. And everything needs so much cleaning. Blouses get frightfully soiled. One is continuously sending them to the cleaners, and the cleaners keep them such a time one must- at least have six going. Do you know, one absolutely does not know where to go to get a smart frock or evening dress. For the very plainest of taidor-mades. made to order, the best firms charee £2l 10s. and in tweed £lB 18s. Quite lately I was told that some women pay as much as 25 guineas for a hat. One hat! Butter is marked at "is per lb, but I am glad to say it is generally kept in the shop to look :it at. that price. Hardly anyone will buy it, so there is talk of bringing it down in price. Japanese eggs arc 3s fid per dozen, and very small. Fresh eggs are iis per dozen. Frozen meat is used everywhere. The . Government have purchased millions of carcases, and the nuhlip it,nst use them. Single rooms in hotels that onct let for four guineas per week are now seven guineas, and one is afraid to go away and give a room up for fear one cannot .set in on one's return. Three million American tourists are expected in London this season. Imagine how that will add to the noise!"

HINTS. Glcnning Light-Colored Clothes —Tt has been shown, quite lately that thoro is no better cleaning me'l'iim for any light-co'orcd'coai,.-'. and skirts rlian very dry salt crushed to fine powder The cnly other needful a-t'.ph for the treatment .s a pu l formed of lin#n folded many times. This is how to proceed with the work. Lay the garment on a c?.bie, and then proceed to scatter salt all on it. Do this liberally, and finally spread the salt with the finger tips on the material until it is evenly distributed over the whole surface. Next take the pad, and rub the salt into the cloth by means of long sweeps always in one direction. Do not go round and round, as this would tend to effect the surface of the material. See that every part of the material has been rubbed with salt in this "way. Now brush out all the salt, and a marvellous change in the appearance of the cloth will he noticed. It is possible that cuffs, collars, and the hem of the skirt will require a further application of the salt, but in the end the garment will have been cleaned most beautifully. An easy way to separate the white from an egg, and also to preserve the yolk afterwards, is to knock a little hole about the size of a threepenny piece in the top of the egg and run the white out, leaving the yolk in the egg until required. Green blinds that have become faded may be renewed by rubbing with a rag saturated with linseed oil. When buying tinned food be careful to see that there are no bulges in. the tin at the top or bottom, as this denotes fermentation. When heating pies, place the pie in a deep baking dish filled with boiling water, and stand on the top of the oven for an hour, then IS minutes before it is required place it in the oven to heat (he cru.-t It will be as good as if freshly baked. To remove a fish bone from the throat, swallow a raw egg, and follow, if possible by eating plenty of mashed potatoes. The egg will carry the bone to the stomach, and the potatoes will prevent it from doing any injury there. If your little one suffers from a weak chest make him a flannel sliirt. The material should be doubled, and between it spread some dry mustard quite loosely. This will be found a great preventive -against future chills.