WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1921, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

PERSONAL. Mrs. L. Webster, who spent a few days here this week, has returned to Stratford. *,* * • Miss A. B. Smith, who lias been- acting sub-matron at the public hospital for several weeks, leaves this morning for Dunedin. =» * » •

Mrs. J. R. Cruickshank is visiting Wellington.

Mrs. C. S. Curtis left this week for Auckland, where she is joining Mrs. E. J. Carthew for a trip to Russell.

Mrs. E. F. Fookes, Miss Evie Fookes and Mrs. L. A. Nolan, return from Wellington early next week.

Mrs Morpeth, of Wellington, is a visitor here.

Mrs. Eric Tonks has returned to Auckland. * * * • Miss Doris and Miss Gladys George leave New Plymouth on Wednesday for Wellington en route to Australia. They propose to be away three months and will visit -Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Mr. Frank Hutchens, the New Zealand pianist, has arrived in England on

a year’s leave from the Sydney Conservatorium. He will divide his time between study and holiday.

At the Basilica, Wellington, Miss Florence Gertrude, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C T. Gilford-Moore, of Wanganui, was married to Air. Janies Francis Skeddeh, only son of Mr. and Mr. . J. T. Skedden, of Brooklyn. Miss Mavis Gifford-Moore, of Wanganui, and Miss Cee’lv Tabor, of Palmerston North, were bridesmaids, Air. J. Shivnan best man, and Air. Horace Gregory groomsman. * * * *

Writes , a London correspondent: Miss Warneford (Rotorua) has been in England since last autumn, having come to join her mother and stepfather, Co. one! and Mrs Al. P. Corkey, of Lister House, Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire. She has recently been travelling on the Con-

tinent, principally the Italian Riviera, the Italian Lake District, and the French coast, with her mother. MisWarneford expects to return to New Zealand either in the autumn* or early next year, whore her marriage will take place to Air. Alan F. Little, of Sentry Hill, Taranaki.

WEDDINGS. BRO WN—BIELSKI. ; Holy Trinity Church, Stratford, was the scene of a very interesting wedding I on Thursday last, at the hour of 1 p.m., ! when Helen Frances, eldest daughter of i Air. and Alr<. M. Bielski, of Poto Road, J Cardiff, was united in the bonds of holy ! matrimony by the Rev. Howard, to | Alexander Brown, fourth son of Air. and Mrs. W. .Brown, of Waingongoro Road, • Cardiff. The bride was given away by her lather, and looked charming in a - grey tailored costume, with toque to : match, and carried a shower bouquet. The bridesmaid was Miss Alargarot Bielski, sister of th“ bride, and tlu* groomsman was Mr. W. Bond, of Lowgarth. After the wedding cercmon;. the bride’s parents entertained between 70 and SO guest.- at the Medina 'lei Rooms, where he usual toasts were duly honored. The presents were numerous ! and valuable. Subsequently the happy I couple left by motor ar for New Pi.' - i mouth, en route to Rotorua, where, the honeymoon is to be spent.

P.W.M.U. NEW PLYMOUTH BRANCH. The annual meeting of the Presbyterian Women’s Alissionarv Union was held in St. Andrew’s Hall, New Plymouth, yesterday afternoon. The Rev. O. Blundell presided over an'attendance of about twenty ladies. The annual report was as foUws: The past year has been a most successful one. " At the commencement the bank balance Was Ils 3d, and on Jnm 30, 1921, it amounted to £69 14s

from which the following allocations were made: £l6 to the beneficiary fund; Cl to the training institute: £5 ; Sister Alison: £lO to the China Afis- ' rdon; £l4 to the Home Mission; also a ' levy of £1 6s 9d was paid to headquari t6rs, and a gift of £5 was made io Dr. ' Kirk. China. ! During the year we had 31 subscribers < to the harvest field and 58 members of 1 the Maori Mission Birthday League, the ; amount handed in being £3 6s fid. We ! also had 10 mission boxes out, which I were recalled at the end of the yeai, the contents amounting to £4 16s Bd. It will be interesting to know that the col- ! lections during the year amounted to I about £33 2s 9%d.

There were 33 members on the roll at the beginning of the year, but since have lost two very good-workers, Airs. .Auld and Airs. Blair-Ala son. both of whom have acted as secretary, and wc hope thov will continue their good workin the town to which they have gone. During the year several very social afternoons were held. There were

several visitors to this district, among whom were. Atiss AlcEwan and Dr. KM... of China. We received several most interesting addresses from Mrs. Blundell. Mrs. Perkins (Inglewood) and the Rev Blundell As will be seen by the various reports the past year has been a mJst successful one and we are entering the new year confident that with r.od’s help it will prove equally successAfter the adoption of the-report Mrs. Jarvis was re-elected president of the union for tlje ensuing year.

HIGH SCHOOL OLD GIRLS. THE BOARDING-HOUSE FUND. In the interests of the Girls High School boarding-house fund a deputation from New Plymouth met a number of Old Girls and other friends of the school in the Inglewood Parish Hall last Saturday. The aims of the Old Girls’ Association were placed before the gathering, and after discussion it was decided ’to hold an all-day mart in Inglewoqd on Saturday, August 13, the proceeds of which are to swell the total of the New Plymouth effort on October ]. The co-operation of the country districts near Inglewood will ensure the success of what may be called the first the towdmg-touw

funds. The Mayoress (Mrs. Sutherland) has kindly promised to organise an orange and lemon stall. Miss D. Brown acted as secretary. Afternoon tea closed an afternoon that had been both pleasantly and profitably spent, at /east that was the unanimous opinion of the New Plymouth de.nutation.

GIRLS WHO MARRY EASILY.

(By Elizabeth Keith Morris in London Daily Mail.)

'•AVhat kind of girls do you think marry most easily?” a mother asked me the other day. ‘'Those with brothers,” I answered.

Brothers, generally speaking, provide the most liberal, useful, and effective education for girls who wish to marry. They have perhaps a blunt way in dealing with their sisters’ foibles, but this makes them none the less effective. Brothers understand exactly what other brothers like and dislike in a girl, and woe betide the sister who does not come up to their standard. Brothers are rarely matchmakers. Indeed, they sometimes sternly set faces against anything deeper than friendship, and this conscious or unconscious barrier which they raise often defeats its own end, tor men, one knows, love the excitement of overcoming obstacles. I have seen men who really were not particularly “keen” filled with a fierce determination to win a girl as a result of her brothers’ unconscious matchmaking.

Then, again, in a house full of brothers, a girl not. only loams how to please men, but also ehe generally/ has the opportunity of meeting lots of men of her own age.

There are, of course, lots of brotherless girls who marry, hut they are often very” attractive, either mentally or physically, or both, for it is a mistake to’assert that a really clever girl does not get the same chance of marry ing as her . shallow sister.

But she must be clever enough to hide some o! her cleverness, for men do not like to be overshadowed. One type of girl who will always find it difficult to marry is the “affected” girl. Alon like girls to be natural, and I have seen many otherwise nice and pretty girls who have spoiled their chances of marrying through this fail-

- The pity of it is that some of these -.nils were “affected” through no fault of their own; they simply were not used to men, and while they were delightful with women, their manner changed completely whenever a man appeared on the

scene. . ] have not mentioned the type ot girl who marries most easily of all the gill vuio possesses that peculiar fascination which is so difiieult to explain. She is bv no means always beautiful— sometimes she mav even be ugly, but if there were only one man in the world he would find her.

“CULTIVATED” PEARLS.

NEW JAPANESE INDUSTRY

The publicity given in London to reports of the cultivation of pearls m Japan was followed by a statement eirculated by the Diamond, Pearl, and Precious Stone Trade Section of the Loudon Chamber of Commerce that these manufactured pearls have been on the market, and are well known and are sold as such. “The Japanese ‘cultured’ pearl is merely it bend of motliyi of pearl covered with a coating of pearl substance; in fuel in every way comparable as electro-plate articles are to real silver or gilt to gold. It is very different in appearance, and in no way compares with the Oriental pearl. It is only produced in small sizes, and is easily distinguishable. A mother of bead, however treated, can be of little value. The highest authorities in the trade are of the opinion that the true Oriental pearl will always maintain its value as a gem on account of its unique beauty and rarity.” Toba is the centre of tins industry. The idea originated with Air. K. Afikimoto. By introducing a foreign substance within the lips of the oyster when three years old it was found that four years later the bivalve had covered the intruder with a deposit resembling the pearl of ordinary commerce. The pearl thus formed is not perfectly round, and frequently the foreign substance adheres so firmly to the shell that only a pearly hemisphere is formed. Yet, so expert have the Japanese become in removing the cultured substance that they can unite two hemispheres and thus create

WOMEN’S ATTIRE. A sudden disposition has been discovered in some parts of England for women to adopt male attire. It is pointed out by the Daily Mail that epidemics of mannishness have broken out from time to time in the world of women, but they have always been speedily stamped out by public disapproval. The paper adds:—“The wise woman does not seek to ape man even when she is playing his games, and will adopt masculine dress only when—as in the war—she is doing man’s work, or when it is necessary for her safety, in such pastimes as climbing. Evon then she is usually conscious that it means a serious, sacrifice. of grace and feminine charm.”