WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1920, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

PERSONAL. llrs. H. S. Bronkman, who lias been on a visit to Auckland and Wanganui, returned this week. * » » » Mrs. James Perry is visiting Auckland. Mrs. J. C. Nicholson is the guest of ] Mrs. H. Moss, Wellington. Miss Agnes Wilson is visiting Wellington. # • « * Miss Noel Jackson returns from Gisborne next week. Mrs. R. H. Quilliam has returned from Napier. Mrs. Geo. Hobbs (Hawera) is spending the week-end here. it * * • Miss Maud Ilamerton, who has been the guest of Mrs. Stephenson, has returned to Inglewood. Miss Wolfersten has arrived from Blenheim, and will take up the appointment of assistant domestic science mistress at the Technical School. Mrs. Russell Stevenson (Wanganui) is a visitor here. Mrs. A. Coloman lias returned to Stratford after spending a short holiday at Ngamotu. M;-s Luida Koch (Dunedin) is the guest or her aunt, Mns. A. W. Webster. Mrs. Wall, who has been spending a holiday here, returned to-day to Wanganui. Mrs. 8. W. Shaw and Mis* Olive .Shaw left this week fur Auckland. Visitor* at the White Hart include: — Miss Monroe, Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs. Ash ton. Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Dearie (Auckland I. J Mrs. Waikins. Mrs. Siitchbury (PalmcrStou North), Miss Ward, J Irs. Walker (Napier). .Mrs. Dalziell. Mrs. Rothchild, Mrs. Cook (Chrisicimrch), Mrs. IVy- N nobis (Hawke's Bayl. Miss Kirbv, Miss Ui; (listings), Miss Brown lie, Miss Fairlie, Miss Bell (Wellington), .Mrs. Car ley (Australia!, .Mrs. Matthews I Westporl), Miss Fnulkes. Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Wall (Wanganu). Mrs. Campbell, Mis, J. N. Williams (liavolncl; K.L Mrs. .".nil Misses Lysnar (2). Mrs. Lecce (Hawera), Mrs. Little (Waverlcy), Mr*, lvcson (Gisborne). ENGAGEMENTS. The engagement is announced of Miss Mirali Kerr, only daughter of the late Mr. Wm. Kerr, S.M., ami Mrs. Kerr, of New Plymouth, to .Mr. diaries Webster, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. IX Webster, of New Plymouth. The engagement is announced of Miss Doris Bradbury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mclnnes Bradbury, of New Plymouth, to Mr. E. A. Cogan, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. p. Cogan, of Christchurch. AN AMATEUR PLAY. "Five Birds in a Cage" is the name of the play which Mrs. Claude Weston proposes to put on at the Workers' Hall on vhe 2(ith and 27th of this month. It is written by the clever author, Gertrude Jennings, and is full of wit and humor. The scene.is a London lift, and the cast includes Mrs. Weston, Miss Dora Bedford, Messrs. Andrew Smith, Hartman, and Etherington. A first-eli s concert, will precede "Five Birds in a Cage," and Miss Constance Reilly, of Hawera ,will be the star artist, assisted by Mr. Norman Day and Mr. Arnold Sturroek. Those who have already heard Miss Reilly will no doubt look forward with pleasure to hearing her again. The proceeds of the ! entertainment are to be given to the Xmas Fair Stall, of which Mrs. Weston has charge, at the Xnjas Fair for the New Plymouth Girls' Hostel. VICTORIA LEAGUE. A most interesting address was given by Dr. Home on Mark Twain at the Victoria League Rooms last Monday. The League is seemingly the only organisation in New Plymouth which has pi"Ovideil any form of intellectual recreation, and is deserving of every support and encouragement in its The annual meeting of the League is to be held on Thursday nexL, at S p.m., at their rooms over the A.M.P. building (late Kia Ora j tea rooms), and any who may wish to join the League are invited to attend. The League intends to extend its work next season, and further literary lectures and study will be arranged, CHRISTMAS FAIR. Mrs. Messenger, with her committee (Mesdamtw D'Arcv. Robertson, W. Ambnry, Scanlon, and RamsonJ have been working for some months making bags, of all descriptions for the bag cta.ll at the Xmas Fair in aid of the New Ply- ! mouth girls' hostel, to be held on lie j cember ■>', and 4. Beautifully beaded ; bags, utility bags, charming bags, lm«* of suede, all sorts of dainty bags, will lie available for Xmas presents. "SOCIETY FLAPPERS." , DRINKS BETWEEN DANCES. Melbourne, Sept. 20. Mrs. J L. Stein, the Acting-Lady Mayoress, is determined to stand by the guns with which she opened fire in her attack against the practice of young girls smoking and drinking. "1 have only been a year in public office," she said to-ilav; "but. being fond of social life. 1 have gone out a great deal. I love to see young people having a good time, but it hurts me to see the way some of them are drifting. I could give many instances that would open the eyes of the people. 1 have seen—both in public and private dances —scenes that would convince them that I have not •exaggerated the state 'of affairs that exists. At a subscription dance sonic weeks ago 1 saw a young girl dazed with drink trying to dance. She was almost incapable of walking, and hail her arms around her partner's neck. In her mouth was a lighted cigarette, while her partner had his cigarette behind his ear. Two other girls were in a helpless stale sitting on chairs, with their heels resting on the supper table. I am not attacking tfie older women. They should have enough sense to look after themselves. But I would like to see these young girls protected. The drink-

ing liabit is getting such a hold that at I private dances it is quite the usual thing' for a young man to offer his partner drink 3 between dances.'' LADY MADDFXS VIEW. j When asked to give an opinion on the j attitude taken up by the Lady Mayoress,! Lady Madden, wife of the late Sir John Madden, expressed herself as follows: "As president of the Austral Salon, I wish to convey to the public that I. fully agree with the opinion -'of the Lady -Mayoress in regard to the dangerous increase in drinkjng and smoking : amongst the younger generation, anil that I consider it a great menace to the future of this country, both in morals and health. I would bo glad to see something done to try to pre- ■ vent it." SHORTER THAN EVER! Buyers of the latest Parisian creations received a shook on observing the shortness of the skirts and realising the height of the prices. They were wit- : nessing the first display of Paris winter - fashions. Contrary to expectation?, 1 : they discovered that skirls were shorter 1 and tighter than ever. The only part : of the. gowns which bad not, shrunk \ was the neck covering. Collars were ; cut®high, even on evening dresses' which have no back. The most substantial part of the. very broad "V" of the: ■ back was a string of pearls. The most startling skirt <» all consisted of only j a front panel and hack panel. Though j these panels overlap they were stitched j together only part of the way down. ! It was apparently an effort on the part j of the skirt to compete with the absence : of corsage and back. j .. f THE CHANTICLEER FASHION THE NEW VOGUE. "Fine feathers make fine frocks." j That is the way the dressmakers adapt '■ the old adage. The smart woman, they j have decided, must be able to preen her ! feathers this autumn. Fluffy ostrich j pinnies were the vujjjjie when last the ; feathered frock,» prevailed, but cock's ; . feathers are th<> decree, for the coming • season, in fact., if these fashions are ■ enforced, women will strut about like I Chanticleer, festooned with cock's fea- j thers from lieud to foot. Tufs of cock's: feathers in their natural iridescent' bladings were employed on an advance model carried out in eapucinc charm-' cuse shown to a Sunday Express repre-, sentative recently in one of the London j show rooms. Capueine. it should be ex- 1 plained, is the name given to the new-: est of colours, a curious copper shade. ] The feathers were used in a cluster at! the waist, while the sash draperies also! bore tufts of the cock's feathers. An-1 other early autumn vogue is the fea-; thered mull' made of cock's'or other feathers to match those of the hat. The. high price of clothes in these post-war y*ars is making many women clever with their fingers who would have scorned home-made things in times past, says an English writer. Lingerie, in particular, is being made at a bride's home with the happiest results. Not only are the thines cheaper, but they are much better. One bride, with a small trousseau allowance, and a keen sense that she wanted the very best, went to a first-rate lingerie shop, and purchased "one of everything." She chose simple, designs, but the very best. When the sample garments came home, she cut paper patterns of them all, and set to work to copy the French designs diligently. She-found that she secured results which would have been impossible with ordinary paper patterns. Her reward was a charming trousseau at a very moderate cost; not cheap, cheapness is impossible nowadays, but reasonable. The lingerie of the moment is characterised by its simplicity. The bad washing is also persuading many brides to favor colored lawns, crepes, and silks, though pure white materials are general where expense is no hindrance. - USEFUL HINTS. Beat a little milk into margarine i£ you want it to cut like butter. Beat the margarine to-a cream, stir in half a gill of new milk for each half-pound of margarine and keep stirring occasionally till it hardens again. If it. is not stirred it will look patchy whc<i cut. Try putting a tin of which you cannot get the cover oil' under your foot and rolling it gently wheel wise. This plan acts like magic. Try soaking your slack well 24 hours before requiring to use it, and you will tind that it lasts much longer than if wetted just as it is going on the fire. Boil sausages before frying them. If let simmer for 1(1 minutes they not only look much larger, but they are much nicer than if merely fried. Try .scrubbing a little oil or grease well in round the soles of new boots and shoes before they are worn. The grease helps to keep them waterproof. If shoes squeak stand them on a plate on which a little castor oil has been poured. The soles will drink it up, and there will be no more trouble with squeaks.