Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), Sunday 12 July 1908, page 6


THE LADIES' PAGE

PERTH PRATTLE

The alliance of slate grey with pars-

ley green is being much approved of. + + +

One of the newest millinery fancies is to have big bows and rosettes of cretonne veiled in tulle.

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What is known as jockey and jade green are tones that serve well in trim-mings this season.

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On evening gowns, waistbelts are of lace, with rather large butterfly bows

of the lace fixed with a buckle.

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Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Acraman, of

Cottesloe, left for Adelaide yesterday

by the s.s. Kyarra.

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Fifteen fancy sets have been arrang-ed for the forthcoming annual ball

next Thursday evening.

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Lingerie hats for children and grown-

ups are laced with ribbons, so that when drawn np a full beefeater crown is formed.

+ + + Mayoress Molloy and Miss Molloy returned from the Eastern States on Monday, after a stay of a couple of months across the Bight.

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Miss Lulu Benstead is now in Syd-ney, and has been placed under the tuition of Professor Steffani for voice production.

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The simple lifers in England are go-

ing back to their exotic existence. These people who don't have to work for their livelihood ought to be put in a lunatic asylum.

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Would Managers Ashton and Simon-

sen kindly put up this notice in pro-minent places"—Any old ladies afraid of catching cold may keep on their hats or bonnets.'' + + +

Miss Nance Taylor, fourth daughter of the late Mr. James Taylor, one of Bendigo's biggest mining speculators, is to be married to Mr. J. Cox Ennis

on Thursday next, l6th inst.

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Mr. Felix Cowle, the Kalgoorlie six and-eight, returned from benighted Europe this week, and went straight

on to the "richest square mile on

earth."

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Mr. and Mrs. W. Burges, who are of the old squatting families in W.A., are just about completing a tour of the world, and will return to Bowes Sta-tion in about a month's time.

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White silk poplin is made up into ex-tremely smart semi-evening blouses. A great deal of lace is used in the make up, but the major portion of the blouse in silk.

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Lord Avebury says that 300,000,000 birds are killed annually in order to decorate females. Talk about pigeon shooting after that ! Ospreys and birds of paradise are simply murdered

to gratify rotten vanity.

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Sir Walter-James was a "red dom-

ino" at the Claremont fancy dress ball, while Lady Forrest was a "green domino." Now, who was the pink

Week's News—Australasia. domino?

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A farewell reception in honor of Madame Ada Crossley was given in the Lyceum Club, London, on Wednesday. Among the 250 persons present were Sir Henry Weeden (Lord Mayor of Melbourne), Sir J. H. Carruthers, and other leading Commonwealth visitors. + + +

Off stage, Miss Tittell Brune is an unassuming little lady, with devout tendencies. There's no coterie of Johnnyboys hanging around after Titt., her one secular hobby being the entertaining of "putty gels" to tea

and muffins.

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waldron were presented with a little daughter in

New York recently. Mrs. Waldron was, before her marriage to the popu-lar American actor, Miss May King, of Sydney. Mr. Waldron, who was here with "The Squaw Man," is again touring Australia.

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High turned-down linen collars, hand embroidered, are still much in favor, and are worn with the new jabots, the big, fluffy knots of net and lace, and the little hand-embroidered but-terfly cravats. There are many lofty transparent lace collars also, and

others made of net.

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Owing to the advance in the science of eyesight testing and spectacle fit-ting, it is possible to obtain relief through the medium of glasses in nearly all cases of severe headache. Mr. August Knapp, of 25 Barrack-street, Perth, a sight specialist of many years' experience, has gained

numerous friends in this respect. + + +

Mrs. Bland Holt is one of the most popular ladies in the profesh.

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Dead over East, our recent visitor, Sir Thomas Fitzgerald.

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A man's spirit is his beauty ; a wo-man's' beauty is her spirit.

+ + + When a tete-a-tete is inexpedient, a tactful woman makes it a crush.

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Janet, Lady Clarke, is still seriously ill in Melbourne.

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Whilom Perth " Hello" Exchange girl of pretty face, is on a visit to Kalgoorlie

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Why will alleged ladies go into the dress-circle with great heaps of false hair on, looking hideous and unclean?

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Pianist Percy Grainger accompanies the Ada Crossley Concert Co. to Aus-tralia. They left London during the

week.

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Captain Watt, the popular skipper

of the Kanowna, who is in Sydney Hospital, is weathering the storm all right, and will be on the bridge again before long.

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Metallurgist Willie Williams, of the big mining firm's staff, arrived in Perth on Wednesday, route for a six months'' tour of the Murchison dis-trict, on behalf of B.M. and Co. + + +

Mrs. T. Bird has presented to the Perth Children's Hospital a complete set of operating instruments for the theatre, a gift which is much appreci-ated by the committee.

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A contemporary prints on its ladies' page a article entitled "How, to Look Pretty 'when Dusting." Other ar-ticles of the series ought to be ''How to Look Charming when Char-ing," "How to Look Graceful when Grate Cleaning,'' and "How to Look Winsome when Washing."

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Last week, the marriage of Mr. Wil-liam Fitzgerald, of Murrum Station, eldest son of the late Mr. James Fitzgerald, of Strawberry, to Miss Clara Jackson, daughter of Mr. Wil-liam John Jackson, of Webb's Siding, Northampton railway, took place at

Geraldton.

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A society wedding took place on Fri-day, when Miss Ethel Brown and Mr. Barrett were the heroine and hero of

the "happy-ever-after'' story. Mr. and Mrs. Walter M'Kenzie Grant came all

the way down from Newmarracarra Station for the occasion, and there were heaps of friends and presents. + + +

A Singapore correspondent writes (under date June 11), that Miss Kate Logue, of Swan, Western Australia, is a visitor at Raffles Hotel, Singapore. She leaves to-morrow for Japan. Miss Logue has improved in health, and is able to enjoy the sight's of the far East.

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This is the way they announce these things at Southern Cross :—" Turney, (Mrs. Turnbull) is seeking a divorce at the next sittings of the Supreme Court in Perth, and is not sure whe-ther she will return to the Cross. Tur-ney has made herself very popular, and will be missed by her many friends.''

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The best looking blouses are un-doubtedly those made up on simple lines, and not too heavily trimmed. One form of trimming that should be well thought of before it is, attempted is that where the trimming runs a line up the sleeve, over the shoulder, to the foot of the collar. It is really a more trying style than is imagined at first, and, has rather the effect of nar-rowing the shoulders.

+ + + Madame Anna Gould (divorced wife of Count Boniface de Castellaine) was married in the Strand Registry Office on Wednesday to Prince de Sagan. Subsequently the pair went through the ceremony of marriage in the French Protestant Church in Soho. The Boniface and Sagan have slapped each other's face over the volatile lady.

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The tenth annual meeting of the Hebrew Philanthropic Society on Tues-day night was made the occasion for a very enjoyable musical interlude which was greatly enjoyed. The an-nual report was satisfactory, and the Rev. D. I. Freedman delivered an ani-mating address. Those who assisted in the programme included Mrs. Ber-cov, Misses Vida Rogers and Glick, and Messrs. G. Lennon, R. Hawley, D. S. Nathan, S. N. Wright arid H. Hicks, while Mrs. A. G. Russell was the accompanist. ==================================

Yankee newspapers are talking big concerning the vocal abilities of Mrs. Vere Goldthwaite, of Boston, Mass., U.S.A. (nee Miss Ellen Beach Yaw,

erstwhile an American opera artiste) who can stretch her throat up to F. in altissimo, an octave above tbe high E of Tetrazzini. But the lady has done with the stage.

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The following comes from the Perth Hospital :—

"Over in Launceston (Tasmania) re-cently, a committee was appointed to inquire why the nurses would not trot around and dance attendance on the honorary medical staff at the hospi-tal. Maybe it was because the hon-orary medicos weren't young enough or good-looking enough ; or, perhaps, they were married already. If so one can't blame the nurses, for it would be an absurd loss of time to attempt to. fascinate a fish already hooked by somebody else. Won't you agree with me that it is the-first duty of a nurse to look pretty ? After that, if there is any after, to think about looking nice the next time. Then if she has any spare time she might give a little at-tention to the patient, though this is

not absolutely required of a nurse : but sometimes they do practise a little self-denial in this respect. Of course, honorary surgeons are a waste of time, and they have no right to

attendance of a nurse, or special

facilities at a hospital. It is Unfor-tunately necessary to have patients at a hospital, else the surgeon could

not get any practice. Take the last part of the foregoing as my joking, however. My '"truly really" opinions of the members of the nursing pro-fession is embodied in the following

lines :—

"Now, a nurse should be pretty and

young,

In a pink or blue garment encased ;

Her manner demure as her tongue,

And a bundle of charms at her

waist. Her hair should be frizzy or curl, With a cap and white collar and

cuff,

While every un-uniformed girl,

Should be ta'en as a regular muff. For a nurse's first duty, ls that to her beauty,

And not e'en to her clinic thermo-

meter. And if on the back stair,

She's arranging her hair,

Should not stir if a blooming pom-

pom hit her.

He; cheeks should be pink as a rose, Lips red, a blossoming peony ; She should take up an aesthetic pose,

If the docs. are about, and she see any. For doctors, like laymen, are born,

And sometimes you may hit on a

tender he,

But you'll look with ineffable scorn,

On the doctor who's not a stipendi-

ary.

And when pacing the city, Be sure to look pretty,

And charm the male part of hu-

manity, ;

For a nurse, we are told, Can not appear bold,

And there's none will accuse her of

vanity." ===============================

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