PRESENTATION TO MRS. HISLOP.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 3

PRESENTATION TO MRS. HISLOP.

"THE RING AND THEBOOK." : . IVery. delightful /.was;the little' gathering in >■ r : : the Concert:, Hall yesterday afternoon, when 1 , women representing every . section of the v ; community,".:and all women's': societies, met to j ; say-good-bye to Mrs.jHislop in her official ; ■ and; to present .her with , somoftoEens,'of-,their. esteemV ; The 5 presenta- | tion was- to: have .taken placo: last week had . • Mrs. Hislop's - health permitted her to bo : there,'but; perhaps'because or'the postpone- : ■ • mant Mrs.' : Hisloj) ■ . able " yesterday •. to > make: an •, interesting! little•• -. siteech, briefly : summing. up the won: .which-she lm tried ■ .: to-do during*the four years of Mr: Hislop's •. mayoralty,, and her hopes for. the future of • \vomcn. : • • ;.' . . ' : . :The.-; function ; had "developed'into; a social" : one—an - afternoon tea .'with' an 'aim. "/ The i st-ago was deTOrat«l'prettily .with palms and i ferns/ and' a there - played 'dur-' ■ ;: . "vihg.,pauses,vwhile at' the 'sde were : • ' tea-tables decorated with bright flowers. The i. V.' only individual. item''during the - afternoon,: in ■ ■..; addition .'to tho/spee'ehesj - iwas a pleasant recitation by Mrs. Sutcliffe. Mts. Hislop, who still looks far from well, wore a smart frock • of black ninon, 'with 1 pretty ruched sleeves- of liinon and cream lace,.'and. cream lace vest, . the pinafore front;of 'the" bodico fillcd in/with.; .. handsome black lace.' She wore black furs, . and a small black toque.' Mrs. Shand, 1 who .: accompanied, her, woro a cornflower bluo cloth costume, with - short '. silk "coat' .of the same ■ shade,"and wide.glaco Merry; Widow hat to ; match. Mrs. Luke, who acted as chief . hostess, wore a black voile frock, with cream lace yoke, and 'sleeves, 'and white hat with black plume; Lady Ward,-coat and skirt of ' reseda green v cloth,' and small turban-shaped iblack : hat with black feathers: 1 ' ' - , , ;>:V .Among, thp many others present were .Mrs.' . Findlay,. Mrs. Rhodes,■■ Mrs. ..Newmanj.'Mrs. i ; Coates, Mrs.: M. Richmond, : Mi'es Mary Richmond,' iMrs. 'W. B, Fisher, Dr.' Agnes -Bennett, Mrs. J. Godber, Mrs. ; : Stevens, Mrs. Gibbons, Mrs.- C. M. Luke, Mrs. Seaton, Mrs. Chatfield, .Dr. -PJatts-Mills, .... Mrs. ~-jy. Fell, Dr. Edith, Huntley, Sister Isabel, Mr* -• Menzies, .: Nurse .' Sexton, - Nurse Macandrew, Miss Butts, Mrs.-and Miss■ Dunoan, -Mrs. Grady,- Mrs,-Brandon," Mrs. Den- , ton, Miss .Kelly,.-Mrs,. Saundersi Mrs. Hur-.-ley* Miss -Myors,'.- Mrs: vCorrigan;. Mrs,. Mor- , ton, Miss :.Mrs; Boyd,fj- and . .'Miss f :•■.-MweH-jrepreamted;.(among; thein VtheVStV-'Johit Ambulanco Nursing Guild, Mothers' .TJnion, Young Women's,'Christian,vAssociation,.'Freei Kindergarten' .Union," and. Ladies' Christian Association. ' 'i: ■ Mrs., J.:P,,Luke was 'deputed to make the presentation;.'\which' 'sho -'did' ! in V3, : *gracefiil' speech:. She said that -Mrs'. 1 'Hislop' had -lie'ver X -thought/anything: too' milch'trouble'tb do for any women's cause, and' the' Women of Wellington owed a great.'deal to the interest sho ~ .'-takeii .'iurthem/IVMaiiy. present would never, forget the past four years; The ;■ i St. John Ambulance would not forget' Mrs. ;i. - Hislop, nor would the Mothers s Union; ; nor the .Free Kindergarten Counoil. - In/fact, : no ■ that could bo: helped by a woman ... in the position Mrs, Hislop had held would , 'forget that .she had dono ji 11 sho could. On ; behalf of the women-of Wellington she pre-: : - 6f,nted.-!Mr3.''Hislop- with some small tokens' ■ oMheir appreciatipn. • The gifts 'were-three' : .in number—a. very handsome diamond ring, ; ' a 'handso'm e ly-boUnd' , green leather book"containing > the- names of all the'donors, with ashort but expressive dedication, and a silver plate on'the ctoVer : with.a'suitable: inscription, - In' addition to these was a. little 'silver clock. _ Mrs. Hislop ■ expressed pleasure in-' receiv- . ingthese gifts, ..and" "said 'thafr;6he' regretted - the . fact; that her. illness had v made' it necessary to upset tho ..arrangements made by tho ..committee:last week. -She felt-rather like'a I ' ■ girl leaving .school, and it was with great re- .,. grot that. she .laid down w'hat she- supposed '.'.she might term her "official-duties."'lthad' ; ; given;her very great'ploasuroto -bo' brought' into touch with of'..every 4 class ' and creed—not only Wellington people,' but men and ; women from abroad—and' to realise' to what a great extent they held tho same - ifdeas and shared-the same ideals as herself. The four years had been happy ones, and sho 0 glad to know that.' though sho was to . bo laid quite on the shelf for a year, and that she-must not come down often-to meet-' . ,ings in town nor be permitted to entertain very much, sho would still be, nea?-by and , ' able to take an interest in what was going on. '