WOMAN’S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1922, Page 6

WOMAN’S WORLD.

PERSONALS. Mrs. J. G. Chambers (Wellington) is the gutfst of Mrs. K. D. Colson. Mrs. Dodgshun leaves for Wanganui on Monday. Miss Irene Skinner arrived from Wellington last night to spend the holidays with her father. Mrs. Rex Brrwster has returne4 a visit to Wellington. Mrs. R. Gilray has returned to Milton. Miss Giblin is on a visit to Wanganui. Mrs. B. Horner (Stratford) is staying with her mother, Mrs. Thomson. Mrs. Courtney and Mrs. Medley were hostesses this week at bridge parties for Mrs. Matthews. Mrs. R. Tod (Otane) arrived last night and is the guest of Mrs. G. Hciie. Miss P. M. Clark leaves on Monday for Auckland. Miss Mollie Heard (Auckland) is the guest of Miss L. Shaw. Mrs. Geo. Home gave a delightful bridge party last night for the friends of Miss Wa«j. Miss Alice Hursthouse arrives from Wanganui to-night, and will be the guest of Mrs. Rex Brewster. Mrs. C. Weston is visiting Christchurch. Miss E. M. Mclntosh leaves on Monday to spend a holiday in Wellington. Miss Tizard is on a visit to Auckland. The hostesses at the Community Club next week will be Mesdames Patterson and R. Day. Miss Sheat is spending the holidays in Whakatane. JOY BELLS CABARET. Miss Mavis Take’s cabaret was such a success last Tuesday that in all probability another will be arranged in two or three weeks’ time. Car loads of visitors came from Inglewood. Waitara, Stratford and Hawera. The cabaret was held in the Workers’ Hall, which was elaborately and effectively decorated with hand-made japonica and butterflies, the bare walls hidden by fascinating jazz pictures, these artistic designs also being hang from the gallery. From the centre of the hall hung a large bell, from which radiated black and white streamers of paper. As the dance proceeded. confetti and balloons were gaily distributed amongst the dancers, which helped to give a carnival air. Small tables were arranged round the room, and here gay parties met to chatter and partake of supper, which was handed round. Special mention must be made of Miss George’s really excellent jazz orchestra, which inspired even the nondancers to jazz. Miss Tuke and her committee are to be congratulated upon the success of the cabaret.

VICTORIA LEAGUE. The Victoria League will meet as, usual on Monday. The meeting will take the form of a musical evening, the programme for which has been arranged by Mr. F. P. Frederic. GENERAL ITEMS. The Evening News has the following reference to one of the daughters of a former Governor of New Zealand: “Lady Elveden is one of the ladies who it always hoped may some day be induced to enter the House of Commons (states The Post’s London correspondent). Her husband is already a member of that House, so that if she were to consent to represent another constituency, we should have the unique spectacle of husband and wife both sitting, independently, in Parliament. Able speaker and politician as she is, Lady Elveden prefers to work for her country outside Westminster, and certainly she puts in a great deal of excellent work on the Bench their presence on the Bench is welcomed of ladies now who are entitled to put J.P. after their names, and from all accounts their presence on the Bench is welcomed in most quarters.” In New Zealand, Lady Elveden will be best remembered as Lady Gwendolen Onslow. In the early days of her married life she was a great help to her husband (then the Hon. Rupert Guinness) in his political life in East London. A Sydney girl has been acclaimed the possessor of “the voice of a century.” She is Miss Rosa Alba, who left Sydney some time ago to continue her studies in Europe. She is well remembered in the city for her golden voice, which thrilled countless thousands (states the Sydney Sunday Times). Mr. Roland Foster, professor of the vocal art at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, has received the following report on Miss Rosa Alba’s voice and prospects from Miss Nellie Rowe, the celebrated London teacher. “She has the voice of a century,” declares Miss Rowe: “not since Melba came over have I heard one so beautiful. There is a fortune in i it.” At the request of Dana Clara Butt, Miss Rowe is undertaking the introduction to London audiences of the young Sydney soprano, who, after five months coaching (chiefly in modern French works), will make her debut at the Albert Hall. Miss Alba will be remembered as having toured New Zealand with the N.S.W. State Orchestra, when she completely captivated her audiences. New Zealand women take far less interest in securing clean and attractive looking streets than do the American women (remarks a writer in the Auckland Star». In America the women take a much broader and wider view of their duty as citizens. Their care to see that all is neat and clean does not end with their own garden walls and yard fences, but extends to the street outside. In America if the women are not able to rouse the authorities, they turn I out and sweep, and shame the authorities into taking action. The contrast between ' the appearance of the streets where the | householders take as much interest in the 'putride piece of swepi as they do ia the

lawn inside is an object lesson. Some charming homes are quite spoiled in appearance by the condition of the streets just outside the fence. Surely it is worth while, and good citizenship, to clean up that piece outside one’s fence, if the local authorities neglect it. Many will argue that it would encourage municipal neglect, but that seems a poor argument, especially when the appearance of one’s house is spoiled by an untidy approach.