SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1989, 20 February 1914, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Home Science at Otago university. In the course of tlto report of the year's. operation* of the liiimo science department connected with the Otago University, Professor Boys Smith state-;] that there was as increasing demand for the course, mid that it had mot a real need. Her reason for Iwldiitg that opinion was justified (she- thought) by the fact that two first students had completed tlio three years' dogreo course (the decree of Bachelor of Science in liomo scienco had just been conferred on them by, the Senate), and likewise the first three diploma students, and it restod with them to show that it was desirable for women to take up that kind of education and to havo it introduced iiito girls' schools all over the t)6irittiiofi. Professor Boys Smitli also stated that- a large number of fresh _$tudents were coming forward, so that the- department would bo larger than ever. Last year they started work with nine degree students, 17 diploma, students, and 21 taking single or group, courses of work, making a total o»i the roll of 47 students. Little Cecil Haines. A public meeting is being convened on Monday ..evening at No. 1 Corifrnittee Room, Tdw'ri Hill, for the purpose of making arrangements, to tender little Miss Cecil Haines a farewell complimentary concert on the eve of her departure to Sydney, it'being considered that this talented child should iioi bo allowed to depart from, our' miclst without sonio public recognition of her past services'. A Stage Difficulty. Mr: Robert Hiehons has engaged Mrs; Patrick ' Gampbetl-HIoTV resting as a result of.the collapse, or Bartie'-s "The Adored One"—to create the name part .in the, play he hiis' ihide of his" "Woman With" the Fan," and. a couple, of days later rencountered Mi's. Pat herself in th# "snrriko-rtom" of the Lyceum Club, writes a taidfiit correspondent. She their coiifided to me that: she is wondering how on earth she will manage to disfigure, her facd? '/It will have to be managed with bandages/' she said, "but how in the world.l am going to arrange the. horrid things, goodness only knows!" 'fhoije wlio have re-id '**Ttie Woman "With the Fan»! —and there must be a grWit inafljv-will remember that the woman in question met with a severe accident, which made one side of her I'aco repulsive, ilt will he interesting, therefore, to note how tlio beautiful Mrs, Campbell will transform herself.' Instances of actual disfmilroment on the lit ago are very rare, although plenty of fascinating 'people have consented to niakr; themselves iigly, as, for instance, Marie Teinpcst, in' "The Marriage of Kitty."

The-Anglican Primate of New &>alaiid \l)r. Nevifl) and Mrs.. Nevill arrived in Wellington from the South yesterday on their way through to Nat»er. • Miss Bennett (Jfosterton): lias. \mn staying with her sister, Sirs. C. Waddy, Blenheim. Mrs. J. ~ Duncan (Marlborough) is visiting AYellihgton. Mrs. W. Monorieff and Mies G. Moncfieff are visiting Pit ton anil the Sounds. Mr. and Mrs. M< j. M'Gregor, of Hikbrahgi, arc' visiting Wangauui, Miss'l'9'." Dixon (of ..Sydney) [h spending a day or two in Wellington, before leaving on her return trip, to Australia. Dr. and Mrs. Dawson have returned '■ to Pahiatna from. Auckland: ' Mrs. Dillon, who eamo to Wellington to meet her sist<*r.; Mrs. Jolrestb-H, who arrived from India last week, returned to Pieton yesterday. Miss Zolma Hugo, who is leaving New Zealand to-day week to continue her musical studies in tlie: Australia, was tho guest of honour at. a dance which was given'.last evening by Mrs. H. B. Mason in her private dancing hail in (Jlliusiico. Street. Miss lingo, who has been studying nn.der Mr. Spencer' Larrains lor some vents, intends to take ; to the operatic -stage eventually. " . The Belfast branch of the W.O/f.U, at its last meeting discussed the Uiblc-in-Stato schools' inm'omeirS, with .the result that a resolution was passed in favour of tho Bible-in-State Schools' League's platform. Tho pessimists who are deploring (hat women and'girls nib losing all interest in domestic matters would surely have felt their disimjt forebodings, fasting iirto thin air had they been present at- the demonstration of I'mit-bnttHng which was given last evening by Miss Kennie fy the cookery rooms attached to the Technical School. Kvery seat was taken, and all round the room, 1 standing or resting oh benches or tables was an outer circle <if keenly interested spectators, or perhaps," one should say pu*pils, Not.p-boOks. Were largely in evidence, aiid Miss Kcnhte's directions, whieli were short, and to tlio point, wore taken down for future reference, memory.in such.matters proving sometimes but a fickle' friend, Blackberries, peaches, pears, nee't'ai'ifir.s, plums, tomatoes, and other fruit Were bottled, tho stoned fruit being either halved or bottled in their entirety and the results were certainly.most attractive.