WOMAN’S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1922, Page 6

WOMAN’S WORLD.

PERSONALS. Miss M. Wilson returned to Wellington to-day. The Misses Campbell return to Victoria College on Monday. Miss Evie Fookes leaves for Wanganui on Monday. Mrs. J. Wilson and Miss A. Wilson leave for Auckland on Monday. Mrs. Livesey and Miss N. Livesey (Christchurch) left for Feilding on Thursday. Miss Alison Payne (Wanganui) is the guest of Mrs. Bullock. Miss Spain (Feilding) is visiting Miss Stephenson-Smith. Miss Homeman, who has been the guest of Mrs. Newing, has returned to Auckland. Mrs. Charles Bayley (Hawera) is the guest of Miss K. Humphries. • * • • Mrs. Oscar Blundell and Miss Menzies are visiting Auckland. Miss Grace Browne (Feilding) spent a few days with Mrs. G. Home this week. Miss Marjory Hine (Toko) is the guest of Mrs. E. Hine. Mrs. Millward (Wanganui) is spending a few days in New Plymouth. Miss O. Shaw leaves on Tuesday for Hamilton. • » • • Mrs. Barthorp and Mies B. Barthorp leave on a motor trip on Monday to the Rangiteiki district. Miss Ivy Kirkby has returned from Inglewood. Mrs. Clifford and Mias Eileen Clifford left New Plymouth this week for Sydney.

Mrs. R. Joll, of Hawera, and her mother, Mrs. Raine, of Wanganui, have left on a visit to the islands by the Niagara.

The first meeeting of the Taranaki Croquet C!ub will be held at the Soldiers’ Club next Wednesday at 2 p.m. As this is the first meeting and the affiliation of the association has created a great deal of interest in Taranaki, it is to be hoped that as many members as possible of the affiliated clubs will be present.

The hostesses next week at the Community Club will be Mesdames T. C. List and A. R. Standish.

Writing of the late Mrs. G. D. O’Rorke, the Christchurch Press says: —Mrs. O’Rorke was born at Purau in 1865. She was educated at Miss Crosby’s school, Christchurch, and later at Geneva (Switzerland) and Brighton (England). Finally the late Mrs. O’Rorke studied for some time at Florence. She excelled in all games, and was a keen follower of hounds both in Auckland and in England. Rowing was also a favorite pastime with her, and she could handle a punt very well. Mrs. O’Rorke was for many years a member of the Ladies’ Institute Association and a frequent visitor at the hospital. In England during the war sue did a large amount of war work. Mrs. O’Rorke leaves three sons and one daughter. Miss Cicely O’Rorke. The second son, Cilfford, a graduate of Lincoln College. Oxford, was killed in France. He was a major in the 60th Rifles, and won the M.C. The eldest son, Maurice, a captain in the 16th Lancers, also won the M.C. He graduated from Brasenose, Oxford. The third son, Brian, has just passed the B.E. degree in engineering at Cambridge. He rowed bow for the Jesus College crew, head of the river this year. The fourth boy, Forbes, is at Christ’s College, Christchurch. Mr. F. Dennis O’Rorke was in charge of a remount depot in England during the war. After the armistice he was killed as the result of an accident which occurred in the course of his work. * Another old and much respected resident of Auckland, Mrs. Elizabeth Rob- [ ertson Wilson, has recently passed away. Mrs. Wilson, who was 74 years of age, arrived in Auckland in 1870, being a fellow passenger with the present Prime Minister, the Right Hon. W. F. Massey. Three months after her arrival, she married Mr. Ralph Wilson, one of the band of settlers selected by Mr. Archibald Clark, the first Mayor of Auckland, who was sent Home by the Government to secure suitable settlers, and who died about seven years ago. Two of Mrs. Wilson’s sons served during the late war. and she is survived by five sons, three daughters and nine grand-chil-dren.

Who is the most powerful woman in England, outside the Royal Family ? This was put to an old journalist recently by the late Lord Northcliffe. The journalist replied, “Lady Astor. M.P., of course.” "Lady Astor.’’ said Lord Northcliffe; “it is true she controls the Observer, but in my opinion the most powerful woman in England, without exception—other than Royalty—is Lady Bathurst, the beautiful anil accomplished director of the Morning Post. You may not always with her methods and policy; you may not always agree with the enormous headlines, but you will admit, right or wrong, the Morning Post is bright, consistent, sometimes flighty, but always English.” Lord Northcliffe added: "Knowing the internal organisation of the Morning Post, I know that this paper is produced by the genius of a woman, assisted by two really capable men. If she was living in America her name would ring from one end of the Continent to another, and be hurled to Great Britain as a sign of American national superiority.” *

Judging by the trousseau of Miss Edwina Ashley, for her marriage with Prince Louis Mountbatten, lace, lace, and little else but lace would seem to be the latest fashion for a bride’s outfit. Valenciennes. Brussels, Point de I Paris, Flanders, Milan, Point d’Angle- | terre. Point de Venise—laces such as | these were the chief feature of Miss Ashley’s dainty lingerie. Lace was employed in her garments sometimes singly and I at other times with the most surpassing I and ingenious combination. For example, a straight yoke was formed with alternate dove’tftHed de Paris and

Milan flanked with Brussels and Valenciennes on either side. It was, par excellence, a lace trousseau, and there was practically no other decoration, though the smallest amount of incredibly fine hem-stitching was admitted on the lingerie. Artists in this kind of work no longer cultivate tucks, consequently thefew which were employed were so fine as to be hardly recognisable. The garments were of simple shape, though fashionable, especially the nightgowns, which were sleeveless and straight, the majority being drawn in the least bit on each side of the waist. A yoke of lace formed a transparent shoulder-piece. Yet another innovation was that as regards color, the shades being distinctly deep, such as Rose du Barri and pink. Each garment was stitched with the finest “E.M.” enclosed within a diamondshaped frame.

The death of Mrs. Strachey, which occurred on Friday, will be mourned by an unusually large circle, who will grieve for the loss of a dearly-loved friend, says the Christchurch Press. Mrs. Strachey, who was born in the Highlands, was a daughter of Ann and James Macpherson, of Inverness, and great-granddaughter of Kenneth, third Earl of Seaforth. She was a woman of most lovable disposition, rare intellect, and keen sense of humor. Her advice and sympathy were sought—never in vain—by many, even during the years of her distressing illness. The loss of two sons in the war was a grief borne by her with heroic fortitude, and it was mothers such as she who gave their lifeblood for England, who were the Empire’s greatest asset during the war. With marvellous courage she bore the grievous illness from which she suffered for four years prior to her death, and the many friends who were privileged to visit her, while grieving for her suffering, learnt from her the lesson of noble resignation, sustained to the last, in the affairs of those around her. Such a fine influence can ill be spared from our midst. She is survived by her husband, two daughters—Mrs. Temple < (Geraldine) and Miss Olive Strachey (Christchurch) —and one son, Mr. Ewen Strachey. Her sister, Mrs. Raine, and her brother, Mr. Lachlan Macpherson, are well known in New Zealand.

Queen Alexandra, the Queen Mother, now in her seventy-eighth year, is far more active than most women of her age. She might take life far easier than she does, but evidently she is opposed to the idea of being laid on the shelf. §he likes to show herself among the people, and she is gratified by the applause with which her appearance always is greeted. Undoubtedly it acts as a sort of psychological tonic upon her, and helps her to feel as young as she looks. She crowds many activities into a day. One day recently she appeared in public at the Cart Horse Parade for prizes in Regent’s Park; then at a concert in aid' of workshops for disabled soldiers, and finally at the Richmond Horse Show. But she makes two concessions to advancing years: she seldom goes out of an evening, and she goes to bed early, usually playing a game of “patience” before retiring.

TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY DANCE.

A coming of age dance was given by Mesdames Atkinson. Hine. Johns, Shaw. Stephenson and Wilson at the East End pavilion last night in honor of the coming of age this year of Misses 0. Shaw and H. Wilson, and Messrs. P. Atkinson, J. Hine, B. Johns, L. Stephenson and B. Wilson. The dance hall was decorated with fern fronds and pale pink and blue streamers. The supperroom was a picture with streamers of mauve and pink, mauve and pink shaded lights and asparagus fern. The tables were done with shades of pink and mauve flowers and maidenhair fern, and also pale pink and mauve silk anemones on the tableelotli. A feature of the supper was a three-tier birthday cake, with the initials of the “twenty-firsters” in pink and mauve icing, and with seven lighted candles standing on each tier.

Miss Olivia Shaw wore mauve taffetas, with circled ruchings on skirt, centred with various shades, and carried a mauve bouquet with touches of pink; Miss Helen Wilson wore pink lace frock with hip paniers of flowers and carried a bouquet of pink and mauve flowers; Mrs. Atkinson, black silk veiled in georgette; Mrs. Wilson, navy charmeu.se embroidered in gold; Mrs. Hine, black pailette silk; Mrs. Stephenson, black silk; Mrs. Shaw, black taffetas with jet trimmings; Mrs. Johns, black beaded crepe-de-ehine. This dance afforded an opportunity for the debut of Misses M. Hutchen, M. Harrison and C. At suppertime the health of the “twenty-firsters” was proposed by Archdeacon Evans and Brian Johns responded. W.C.T.U. The monthly meeting of the W.C.T.U. was held in the Whiteley Bible elass Toom on August 31. the president (Mrs. Griffen) in the chair. There was a large attendance of members.

Mrs. Gilling. a member of the Wanga a nui W.C.T.U., was present, and was welcomed by the president.

The members in charge of the maternity bag announced that the bag is now ready to lend out and any society or person in need of it may have it. Votes of sympathy were passed with the Rev. Oscar Blundell and Mrs. Blundell on the death of their little daughter, and with the relatives of the late Mrs. Cleave, of Waitara.

Members were asked to make known Dr. Mary Armour’s visit to New Plymouth. and the garden party to be held at Kawaroa Park in honor of Mr. “Pussyfoot” Johnston.

A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Cobham for renovating, free of charge, the W.C.T.U. banner.

It was decided to appoint a superin tend ent for the L.T.L.

Flowers that had been brought to the meeting were distributed among the members to be taken to the sick of the town.