WOMAN’S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1922, Page 6

WOMAN’S WORLD.

PERSONALS. Mr. Sydney Allen (Auckland) is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Newton King. Miss Viva Johns has returned from Auckland. Mrs. Austin Bewley returned from Auckland on Tuesday, accompanied by her sister, Miss Devore. «'♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. D. Cook (Remuera) is staying with Mrs. W. H. Moyes. Mrs. Goertz, of Patea, is on a short visit to New Plymouth. Mrs. Howard (Stratford) is the guest of Mrs. T. A. Milroy. Mrs. Sandstone returned to Christchurch to-day. Mrs. Howarth (Auckland), who has been spending a few days with her sister, Miss F. Wood, has gone on to Wanganui. The Misses M. and J. Campbell, of Wellington, are spending their vacation in New Plymouth. Mrs. N. K. Mac Diarmid is visiting her son, Mr. Campbell Mac Diarmid (Hamilton). # ♦ * • Mias Marshall and Miss Annis Wilson arrive from Auckland to-night. Mrs. D. S. Millar has returned from Christchurch. Miss Marjorie Winfield is visiting Auckland. Mrs. W. H. Moyes was hostess at a children’s party last night. Mrs. Truby King has returned to Stratford. Miss S. Thomson has returned from Wanganui. Mrs. J. R. Reed (Auckland) is a visitor here. • • • • Miss Skinner returned to Wellington yesterday. Mrs. W. J. Chaney was hostess at a bridge party on Wednesday evening.

The death of Sister Alice Bawden is announced in a message from Tauranga. Sister Bawden was formerly on the staff of the New Plymouth hospital for three years, wlfere she occupied the position of assistant matron. She was very popular amongst the nurses and genuine regret is felt at the news of her death. Sister Bawden left in January of last year to take up the position of matron of the Tauranga hospital. She had been in ill-health for the last eight months.

It is understood that arrangements are being made for Mfss Rosina Buckman to give a concert in New Plymouth early next month. The event will arouse exceptional interest in New Plymouth, as the Buckman family were residents here for some years, and each of the daughters took a keen interest in all local musical functions.

The Winter Club held the second of its assemblies last Wednesday, and it was even more successful than the first. The hall was decorated with greenery, and the stage was artistically arranged with bowls of pink and purpie flowers, while the supper tables were brightened with bronze and gold chrysanthemums. Miss Marjorie Sladden was the debutante of the evening, and looked very charming in a dainty frock of white georgette. She carried a bouquet of pale pink flowers. Miss George’s jazz orchestra added not a little to the success of the evening.

ENGAGEMENTS. The engagement is announced of Miss Dorothy L. Riera, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luis Riera, of -Stratford, to Mr. F. E. Clarke, youngest «on of Mrs. F. E. Clarke, of Auckland. The engagement is announced by an exchange of Miss Dorothy Abraham, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Abraham, of “Risby,” Palmerston North, to Mr. Laurence Sheriff, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Sheriff, of Wanganui. An exchange gives the following directions for mending a “ladder” in a silk stocking:—An affliction which is liable to beset women at any moment, and which makes the stockings practically useless: By far the best /way to mend a “ladder” in a silk stocking is to pick up the stitch with a very fine crochet needle and gently crochet the stieh up the stocking. If carefully done, the mend can scarcely be detected. An easy way, but not nearly so good, is to turn the stocking inside out, and with silk, the same color as the stocking, run the two edges of the ladder together; but the seam thus formed will show.

The captain of the New Zealand ladies’ tennis team, Miss Macfarlane, is staying with Mrs. Lance at Vaucluse, Sydney. Miss Nancy Curtis, a member of the team, is the guest of Miss Lloys, at Woolstonecraft, North Shore. A pretty fashion is the vogue for brightly-colored skirts made from striped or checked woollen materials, and worn with loose-fitting coatees of a contrasting color and material, states a Londoq correspondent. These coatees are often decorated with heavy moss embroidery or beading. The looser they are, the smarter they seem, and the fact that they can be worn with any blouse and skirt makes them an economical addition - to a wardrobe. Some dressmakers insist upon the hat reproducing the color of the skirt, while ribbon bows on the hat recall the color of the coatee. Other coatees, built on the same loose lines, are carried out in knitted silk, being trimmed with dark military braid. Furs were as popular a thousand years ago as they are to-day. In the domestic history of the manners of past ages, minever is the furr of the ermine mixed with that of a small weasel . (menervir) called “gris. or grey” (Cotgrave). The nobility had their caps of ermine and sable, the wealthy merchants of vair and grey (the dainty minever), the humbler classes of people the sguixraL Uwlu. JStVbit- So

that we have really progressed remark- j ably in the world’s history of fur find- J ing and tanning. A black sable coat exhibited in London a few weeks ago, and lined with ermine, was sold for £BO,OOO, and a wrap of Kolinsky with magnificent tails for £6OOO. Referring to the play of Mrs. Molesworth, Miss Boyd and the New Zealander, Miss Curtis, in the recent lawn tennis championships in Australia, the ' tennis writer of the Sydney Referee • says: “The lady from New Zealand is | very much in the picture, and certain- I ly adds to its beauty. She is the I stylist of the three, and seems to do j everything easily and in the best 1 form. She has quite the best! court demeanour of any player that has i graced our courts. She plays the game 1 with a joyousness that is a charm in it- j self. * We Australians have, rightly, I • think, been charged with playing our games too seriously. Certain it is that | on our tennis courts one sees too many i serious faces, too much apparent dis- ; inclination to show that one is enjoying ■ the game. From the reception accord- « ed to Miss Curtis, we may learn that I the public love a joyous player, who is . out to enjoy herself, and at the same i time give pleasure to others. Here is a < player who smiles at her own mistakes j and losses, never a frown if she errs, • and always a smile when she loses. But ; smiling she plays so well that she mostly wins, and then her pleasant manner i makes it easy for her opponent. Gus • Kearney had the same manner; but not' quite so charming, being a mere man.” j A very large and representative crowd ■ of Wellington citizens met in the con- ! cert chamber the other day to welcome Miss Rosins Buckman back to her ; homeland. Miss Buckman wore a frock of mole-colored georgette with a loose blaek wrap embroidered a I’Anglaise,; and a white fox fur. Her hat was a i black one with drooping feather trim- i ming. Two beautiful bouquets, with i which she was presented, made a strik- ■ ing contrast to the dark note of her attire. Mrs. Buckman, who was on the platform, looked very proud as Sir Joseph Ward remarked of her daughter, who had achieved ’such fame in her choscrr-profession. A very large number of the musical profession in Wellington had assembled to do -honor to the New Zealand singer. AS OTHERS SEE US. PROGRESS OF NEW PLYMOUTH. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT.

A writer in the Patea Press says:—“There is one town in the Dominion that does not appear to have felt the depression at all, judging by the signs of progress and prosperity to be seen on every side. I refer, of course, to New Plymouth. A day or two ago £ was motored by a friend first of all to Fitzroy and I was astonished at the number of houses going up and remarked that the town must be progressing Fitzroy-wards. My friend laughed and said ‘Wait until you see Vogel town and Westown.’ I thought he was joking, as I did not think there could be any more new buildings going up in any other part of the town. However, when I reached Vogeltown I could not believe my eyes. There were new houses everywhere and still more in other parte of the town. Ido not know of any place in the Dominion in which so much building has gone on during the past few years. And the wonder of it is that it is still going on. Houses are cropping up everywhere and are -being occupied as soon as they are completed. “Another commendable feature about New Plymouth is the magnificent public spirit displayed by its citizens. This is evidenced by the beautiful Pukekura Park, Kawaroa Park, and other beauty spots. But for its energetic citizens these valuable assets to the town would be in their natural state. New Plymouth is extremely fortunate in having such wonderful natural beauty spots as it has. The citizens evidently know this and are keen to make the most of them. These beauty spots make the town exceedingly attractive and, of course, add to the value of the town property immensely. “There is another matter that I must congratulate the people of New Plymouth on and that is the cleanliness of their town. It is not only the cleanest in the Dominion, but the cleanest and best kept town I was ever in in my life, and I have been in a few towns in each of the four continents. Its cleanliness, like its beauty, makes it attractive, and as a result farmers and others who are seeking a home in which to spend the autumn of their days, are drawn to the town instead of being repelled by its appearance. Come to think of jt, money spent in making a town attractive so as to draw population to ■it is a very remunerative investment; in fact, there is no more remunerative way of spending rates. “Another matter for congratulation is the improved state of the Moturoa port. I never thought I should livte to see a ten thousand ton boat lying alongside the wharf and within a stone’s throw of the shore. How things have changed since the days of te Penguin. Mahinapua and similar small boats, which very often could not get near the wharf. There is no doubt Moturoa will be a busy port in a few years’ time, and will probably be fed by coastal vessels from Patea instead of Wellington being fed by them. The people of New Ply-! mouth owp a deep debt of gratitude to the late Mr. J. B. Connett, Mr. Newton King and others who had such complete faith in the -port and who are chiefh r responsible for its triumphant success to-day.”