SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 605, 7 September 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

[Notices; of- .Engagements.■ nod.-. Weddings.,— -.When ■ reports 11 : weddings, nil . annuunaj. ments'of engagements are sent .'p- 'Dominic#. ..for, publication;'■ Iho rimiio. and address of till ' Eehdor should ;be enclosed, not. for publication, ; bur as an, cvidenco nf good -faith.' OthurwiaoUn • announcements caiiiiot b»)tiublislieiJ-j ;- -'; St. John District Nursings Cuild. >. iThe.monthly ;meeiirig.of the District,Nurs-; • ing Guild Committee, held yesterday after- ; noon, ,was- attended .by Mrs.-'. S. .A. Rhodes (president), Mrs. W.: B. Tripe, Mis. W. H. S: Mborhousc, Mrs. H. Wi .Preston, Mrs;;J. P. Luke, Mrs..A. A. Corngan, Miss M. lliggie, and Mrs. W.>B. Fisher, (lion.. secretary). Before proceeding. - withthe; business. -.. of tho meeting, JlrB; Rhodes made -feeling, ret fcron'co ' to. .tho. iosS rsustaincd. by members through' the death of Mrs. T-W. Hislop, and 'proposed;.iho following resolution: ; '/ That tho committee of the St. John Ambulance .Asso- ; oiut'ibn 'District sNursing Guild greatly deplore' h'cari'ng -of the doaLh of Mrs. T.; W.: Hislop,. vice'-presjderitj .and ; beg to;tender its' most' .profound;-:'sympatliy.'-'with; Mr. .Hislop 1 and.thomcmbers of the family, and will-ever hold in aflcctionato- romembranco her kind sympathy and practical help,- through ■ the; • committco to 'tho sick poor of'the city.''..'. ! '.Tho roport submitted by the senior district nurso set forth, inter alia, (that .tho tyvp nurses had paid 1040 - visits ,to; the sick poor during August, and that fifteen additional, patients, had .-been registered dur.ing- .tho. same, period. ; , ' v- -. ' The following'additional subscriptions were ' acknowledgedMY. -Walter Nathan,-£2 '2s. ; - Mrs. W\ fl. S. Moorhouse, £1 Is.; Mrs. Paul Hunter, £1; and Mr. J. P. Maxwell, J9l. ■ Gifts 1 of clothing,'.etc., for the .poor were received from a number of ladies and gentlemen.

Art Study Abroad. ■ ; • Miss: Daisy 'Tonks, who /returned to'Npw Zealand by-the Paparoa a;fow days ago,, afc . tcr. an; absenco of.iwd and",a half years, has spent .thittinio ' studying art and methods of\teaching vin.' England,' France,' and Italy. Miss Tonks had;been ; trairie'd''at the' School,v and there obtained •the South 'Kensington Teacher's i Certificate. Her'object in going to.England was to qualify, herself /further./ as a \teacher of draw 1 -, ing, ''paintiiigV and - modelling,.- and, ; during the ifirst part ' of her stay .'in ; England,'. she : studied ; modelling 'under .Lent'eri, who is: considered ito. tho fihest' steadier' in; Europo, i;'great v of .Miss Tohks's.tiihe- ■; alsospent, in;/ /studying , 'ai chitectural; ; drawingj-. j'hiclr.'sho'-has tfoilnd: est ;; herj.;hn3->in.;studying-tonc/va}-; .vFro'm .werit'... to ~ Paris,: wher'o.; sho remained. ;for -eight; months, sttidjr-; ■ing in various';studios,''"and spending agrea't' deal, of timo'-'at; thb'/gallerics, .where sho ; do-.! voted;'herself' to-:the'/works. of the . old .ma's-, ters. •• The>methods of thoneu' French school' have no charfi .for hei;, jior w;oro. ..they-'taught':. in any of tho, studios, she - visited. 1 Soveral months -in ?Italy, : '.chiefly,'spent.. at Rome, -were ■ occupied .with .visits, "to .the and a Vstu'dy ' of...the. ni'bst/.famous.-.pictiirps-and sciilptures—r3; •> perfect, /revelation/'tof. .beajity". and ' a;' long ; droiim' of. ;delight.X', The. ■new.: 'inetbodß'Ho^tea6l^^.''<d]3(^^'7nW < ;iii i '■usg^uf^En'daqd'-^ ' mdro.; simple - and : 'inuch;.. more'"- satisfactory; "than, thbvdnes 'uhtir.recently;used,' and they; are'-, calculated; .to 'train., .a;, cbild,'s;,eye' and ; facilitate .its', progress; in.'.the ].art :ili a very, Satisfactory-J way.'/,,- In , answer -' tq .'. curious: '.questibn's'iasto'-what" the", method : was', }WBp Toriks gave' .a:- simple little':-demoristratib.n that;;sc3med: Conchisivb. i It- was .interesting, 'to hear" that, .whilo ..in '-Paris Miss. ' -Tanks' -stayed vorilVostel-r.tfl \vhicli\ onlyl-Britishraiid' American :students: are<.adniitt<!d,: a. hostel ,;iii' ;thb-:Boiiloyard -St. 'Michel," ivhero the ;tcrnis; ■ivvere.vvei'y-'reasonable,." aji d.r du ri'iigVher.-ijstajj,' Rome': she •lived at - ths j new'-Young jiWo-* Christian 'AssoAiatibh owesVmu'ch .of:";its : comfort' and.:bsattty'Ttq ;tlie•munificence of/Miss/Helen/Goilld./.' ' - Danoa- at Palilaiua. ■ ■• . i Tim customary' Kill given by.'Miss-Warren j -to" '.celebrate, the. breiikiiig-up of', her: 'dancing! ,'class iwas held- in the, - Drill; Hall -.on' Eriday; ovenirig .(writes our-Pahiatua ijorrosporideht)):.and -was. a .splendid!success;i rJlanjV. oL tHo: pupils ..were'' prettily* 'attired jin fancy/dress,': and -up i till ' ten . o'clock * the . floor; was': re-' •served'for. which: danc-; ing was kept up with vigour; by the adults,: of wlwmVa great number..were present;-Those;" -wearing -fancy;'drosses were -the Misses-.Tiny; Hughes (Japanese Girl), A.' Anderson' (Bo Piep),' -M. Johanson (Bride), C. < Ruskoll (Swiss ..B. . Reeve (Tambourine Girl); 0,: Honaerson. (Shepherdess), Masters' p. Drew '(Knave.'of .Hearts),'i J.-Cobb (Eton 80iy),..L.' 1 do Cpyerley),,; B.'.Marshall' (Cricketer), .B.' Jpßansoh lish Gentleman). - l)uring:the'evenirig-tho'.fpl-.': lowing .little .girls danced a. ; miiiuet,•.'dressed aa t old Gilbert: (2), ;Holniwood.(2),'Marshall, . : Heart;,;Lloyd(:, a'nd.'Prosser. Others. present. >werb the Misses Thlloch, i Eambs',(B), ! ;H'are.(2)j7Bbltons' (2), .Miller 'Marshall, Oxioyj'. Staintpiij' Malcblmj Hbtrctl,•-. Hughes,' Prossor,. Ruskell, Burgess, Arrow, Ellmg-. ham, Do Castro, and.Henderson. , •

Walraraoa Notes.- ... ... , ...The.'Misses- Jackson, - of »'/'Storieatead," nekrS6reyt«wn,''. left on< Friday for Efltorfia and spcndr'stiine ''Uttle./tiine':- ; .'S ' Miss'-'Zfltei-HohnM.l6ft Mastorton on\Sattir-.; ■ daifi for 1 Feildfrig", : 'where • she': is • visiting .her; sister, Mrs. .Brewster.. •. '• ■ '.-""Mrs: Whitevleft.jGrcytewn ■ for: her. home,' .Pbrarigaha.u,' 'in'Hawkey/Bay,'.last; \ Miss: CargiU, of Hutt,- : loft. for-'the south liist ; ; week, intending ::to.spend" threo'.'fir .four weeks in Bunedin. •••_•. • • ' Mrs. "VV. .A. Kennedy and Mibs Kennedy go:.tip: to : -Masto'rtoii to ..spend"..a;, week- with"'Mrs; ;yMlahco;' :: i ; : Mrs: Sprott is, giving anv'.'at-ljome". in Sydney 'Street '. Schoolroomthis.'afternoon,; .-whenMrsrWallis;\vill give. an address 'on tlie| i'an-Anglican Coiigress; ;' t} .- •''■ -Tho . local paper, (says our Carterton., correspondent) = tho\ engagement,- of Miss' Nona' Telford, youngest daughter:-of Mrs. • Telford, of "Waimafino,',' Carterton, to Mr. Marryat. D. Hornsby, (son ;of„. Mr. J. T.--Hornsby,' - J.P.„.ahd ; formerly 'M.P; for Wairarapa. ' Froih a.report ; on.medical,inspeoKon,of'oyer 3000 children presented to the .education com-' mittee of'AYest Bromwich, England, it'appears that - among -.the elder children'.:about; one .in 'three' never ; used 'o 'tooth,brnsh'; others cleaned their teeth on Sundays; while one ivcll-meaii-' irig iyouth; said ;lie did. so, whenever ho could get • •his. sister's brush. . A mother, when .told- that' , her .."sou squinted," explained that it:,was! no fault- of hers—she 'had often slapped ,l>im for it. -.Less than 5 per 'cent: of- tho, .children- werS fourid defective, in health', clothing, ori cleanlir neas. / i; . v!