SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1396, 23 March 1912, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Wedding at St. Joseph's. A pretty wedding look place quietly in St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, on Wednesday morning, when Jlr. J. P. Connolly was married to Jliss Norn Snllivr»». The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father O'Shea, V.G. Tho bride, who was given away by her brother, Jlr. J. Sullivan, wore a graceful gown,of cream taffotas, and the usual veil autl orange blossom. She also carried a beautiful'shower bouquet of white dahlias and maidenhair fern. She was attended by her two sisters, the.Jlisses Amy and Annie Sullivan, both wearing pale blue frocks of ninoii, wjth black hats trimmed with pink moss roses. They nl.-o wore prettv brooches, the gift of tho bridegroom. Jlr. J. Moriarty was best man. At the conclusion of the ceremony a reception was given by the mother, at which only, immediate relatives were present. Subsequently Mr. and JJts. Connolly left for the south, the bride travelling in a nary blue braided oostume, and a black hat wjth white plumes. She also wore a set of black fox furs, the gift of the bridegroom. Wedding at Havelock North. Tho marriage took place this week in St. Colomba's Church, Havelock North, of Miss Amy-Campbell, youngest daughter of Jlr. Hugh Campbell, Breadalbane, Havelock North, and Mr. Fred J. Hodgson, youngest son of the late Mr. V. N. Hodgson, of Papamii. Tho Rev. Robert. Waugh was tho officiating clergyman. The bride, who was given away by her father, woro a trained gown of' cream eolienne trimmed with satin ribbon, and a veil arid wreath of orange blossoms. Miss Maggie Hill was her bridesmaid and was gowned in white silk with a large black hat. Jlr. T. Baker was the best man. A reception was held at the residence of the bride's parents, and later. Jlr.. and Mrs Hodgson left for the north, Jlr?. liodgson travelling in a cream sergu ci'stume and black hat.. University Training For Nurses.

At. the opening ceremony of the nen Nurses' Homo in Auckland on Wedues day, Jfr. Jluckay, chairman of the Auck land Hospital and Charitable Aid Board in the'course of his speech, said that nurses were to all intents and purpose; students for a professional career, and the training of these, first undertaken voluntarily by the honorary stall', ought not.now to bo" accepted gratuitously.' lit bad repeatedly urged this, and he now again brought .it up- before the board and tho- public: The benevolent system . of giving instruction must allow a certain amount of latitude on account of private professional duties, which must of necessity occasionally obtrude themselves. This would be obtained entirely bv adequate payments, which would demand the efficiency and regularity of a university course.. ■ . • Later in the day Dr. Pabst, chairman of tho honorary medical staff of the Auckland Hospital, informed a "Herald" representative that ho would even go further than Mr. Mackny, and urge that the New Zealand University authorities should recognise tho nursing profession by granting a degree. Trained nursing had been a profession for many years, and it was tinjo it was given its place alongside other professions, together with full professional rank. It had been nurtured by the medical profession, and at present the teaching instruction was given voluntarily by the visiting staff at the hospital. Were it put on its proper plane the girl intending to embrace nursing as a profession would then enter the Auckland University College as an undergraduate,. Hying, at. the hospital, as she did now, and receiving her practical training there. Hutt Motes.' Delightful Dickens readings were given by Miss Vernor Johnson at her residence, \ictoriu Street, Hutt, once-a week all through the autumn and winter of year. They- were much appreciated, and eavo so much pleasure to her youn" friends, that silo has decided to' continue them this year. JIUs Johnson is most energetic, and at. present is rehearsing tho part of tho Lady Principal with Mr. Gray in "The School Jlistress," which is bejng staged by the Hutt Valley Amateur Dramatic Company, on April % and 26, at Petone. Mrs. Rogers, of "To.Kowhai." Hawke's Bay, and her sister, Miss Moore, havo Teturned home, after a most enjovable holiday spent in tho south. Mrs. llowatt, who hns been visiting relations m the Hutt, returns to Picton on Monday. Protection of Women and Children. A _ meeting of tne Society for the Protection of Women and Children was held on Friday afternoon, Jlrs. W. A. Evans presiding. There wore present: Jle~darnes A. Tt. Atkinson, J. Xirkcnldie, A. Hoby, and J. K. Glasson. Numerous cases, which had been undergoing investigation, wero reported upon, and it was decided to give help where necessary. Tho following subscriptions were acknowledged with thanks-.—Mrs. H. Raw«on 215.; Mrs. A. E. Pearce, 205.; "Eijp " 105.; Messrs. Skerrctt, Wvlie, and Tnn'p, JOs.; ,T. Smith, Ltd.. os.; Kaianoi Woollen Co., 55.; Messrs. Castendyk 'and Focke, 65.; Messrs. Thompson Bros., Ltd., 3?.; Miss Ashoroft, 2s. 6d. _. \

Mrs. Byron Brown, who has been on a .Visit to Wellington, has returned to Otaki. Dr. and Mrs. Ronald, who have been visiting, friends in Napier, left for Sydney yesterday.

A Farewell Tea, Yesterday tho Ethel Irving Company passed through Wellington on their wa'v to Sydney, and the members of the company wero entertained at vnrious little lea parties by their Wellington friends. •n S T m ' l ' o,l o'h?. who made acquaintance with New Zealand on her previous visit to this country with the Nellie Stewart Company, ami who is, so far, delighted with it, was tho guest of honour at a small tea given bv Jlrs. J. Myers, in Ivirkcaldie and Stains's tearoom's ve.-ter-d;iy. After her arrival in Sydney, Hiss Burroughs goes on In her home in Victoria—to tho old st-.tioii life for a rot— while Hiss Irving and her com nam- leave alter a day or two in Svduev for Loudon. Jlrs. Jlyers wore n mule coloured costume and black tooue, and Jliss Burroughs was in a nrettv blue and while checked Irock, trimmnl with hire, and a large buret straw hat, with clusters of shaded pink dowers. Obituary, Tho death of another of tho early settlers, in tho person of Jlrs. William Miller, on Wednesday last, is announced. She was the only daughter of the late Captain David jrGlasban, an officer in tho British service, who was killed in action. She was born in Edinburgh, and married in Wellington in 1850 to the late William Jliller, shortly afterwards going to Napier with her husband. Her hospitality and kindness won her many friends in tho then voung settlement, (she leaves nine children—Mrs. Jlacdonald, of Sydney; Mr. D. Jliller, chief postmaster, Wellington; Mr. W. Miller, of British East Africa; Jlr. ,T. R. Miller, of Gisborne; Jlrs. Donald Jl'Kinnon, of Jloeangiangi; Jlr. Hugh Jliller, of Napier; Mrs. J. S. Thompson, of Wellington, and two unmarried daughters.

AN AUTUMN FROCK IN CLOTH Bordered with Buttons. FROCK IN CREPE DE CHINE.

Women and the Pen. Praise and high tribute were paid not Ion? ago to women novelists when the Authors' Club, London, entertained distinguished writers of both sexes, and made the guest of the evening a widclv known woman novelist. It was generally admitted that whenever women take iip their pens to. weave romance they are almost sure, of success; in ,the world of fiction the names of women are conspicuous. They do excellent work, which not only claims the attention of their own sex, who naturally form the bulk of novel readers, but which likewise satisfies the literarv appetite of man. The successful woman novelist has both sexes at her feet. She wields, in point of fact, a power which may be said to be almost dangerous. Fortunately, it is the exception and not the rule that she unworthily uses her pen and her popularity, says an American writer. That some novels which are euphemistically described as "not suitable for the "ioung Person" are women's work is, unfortunately, not to be denied. It is regrettable, but we venture to think that the number is, not likely to be increased. Public taste is against'this sort of thing. Indeed, were women increasingly to use their pens to pander to pruriency, if is safe to say that they would soon fall from tho high position to which they have attained. As it is, women's novels achieve success because, as a rule, they are sympathetic, full of observation, and marked by insight into character.

Even when they are not profound, women writers can generally bo amusing, or, if nothing else, sentimental, and men appreciate sentiment every whit as much as do women. They like a good lovestory, though they invariably deny it, and it is <i mistake to think they like heroines all of one pattern. But seeing how; intimately women writers can discourse to the mere man through the medium of their books, and how largo is the Held over which their literary seed is sown, it surely behoves them to remember the power of the pen, and to do their best for their own sex through the medium at their command. A woman with a pen can do more, perhaps, than a woman with a vote. Her characters go forth to influence hundreds; her views aro read, marked, learned, and possibly inwardly digested by both sexes. George Eliot and Jane Austen have written for all time, and at tho present moment a novel which has a simply enormous, circulation is by a woman, and happens to be a simple "U-ve-story. One need not preach to uphold high idenls, one need not be dull to present the best side of human existence, and, speaking generally, it is because v;omen do writa of those things which wo deem to bo tho best in life that they aro 60 popular as fictionists.

I Jlrs. Foreman, of Wanganui, is in town, and is tho guest of Jlrs. Jliles, Hubson I Street.

Yesterday afternoon the Women's Social and Political Leacuo held a reception in the Grand Hotel to welcome .Mrs. and Jliss Seddou back to Wellington from (heir travels abroad. A large number of people wero present, and brief speeches of welcoino were made by j.adv Ward, Jlrs. Kcay Brown (the president of the league), and ono or two oilier speakers. Jlrs. Seddou suitably replied. Tea. coffee, and ices wero served in one of the rooms and also handed round, and later evcrvone niodo their way upon Urn roof of (lie hotel, and, ms a mcisto of (ho occasion, were plioto-rivphcd. Cheers for (ho guests Jind for J.adv Ward, and I lie siiicmg of "Fur o-.'s -, .lolly Good Fellow," concluded (he afterncoii. -■

In its notice of (he Irish cnncerl held ill New .Plymouth on Thursdar ovenii!:.', the "Tumnaki Daily Now.-" savs: "Tho feature of I he evening was the singing of that, talented young artiste from Wellington, Jliss Teresa Jl'Knroc. Her voice quite captivated thoso present, and from her opening notes in that, delghtful and rcmaucoful old song. , 'The Carnival of Venice,' she commanded the rapt attention of tho whole hou'C. Frco Irom any suspicion of mannerism or affectation, Miss Jl'Enroe sang without any apparent effort. The charm of her voice is its exquisite sweetness and softness of (one. Her crescendo passages were of rich volume, and gavo taste, of a, voice of an elasticity and finish which shoved promise of (ho calibre that goes to make tho world's foremost singers. Her first item was encored to the accompaniment of a. boii'iuct. Her second number was also signalised by prolonged . a.oplause, while she was recalled not once but twice and presented with another floral tribute. Seldom has 'The Tost Rose of Summer' been sung as sweetly and pleasingly."