SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2360, 16 January 1915, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

An event which has caused mucli undisguised pleasure among tho Parisians is the departure of SI. and Mine. Caillaux for Rio de Janeiro, states, the Paris correspondent of "The 'Queen." The Press has . said very little about it, because the censor cut out large slices of long paragraphs; but ■ tho blank spaces were in 'themselves eloquent. It v/ao rumoured at one time that Mme. Caillaux had formed an ambulance, and tile rumour caused general dissatisfaction. Considering the events of July and the part she then played, it was not thought vor.y proper that sho should bo iu a prominent position during the present war. The mission with which M. Caillaux has been chargcd in South America is somewhat vague,, but it is eminently i discreet, and it is said that on tho journey out he will havo time for reflection. Ho is to inquire into the possibilities existing in Brazil for the provisioning of France in all kinds of goods,'edible and otherwise. He is also to get information about the merchandise which has hitherto been supplied to Brazil by Germany and Austria,' and ho is, still further, to learn what modifications will be necessary for the improvement of cable services ■ between France and South America. Men who know M. Caillaux well declare that his intelligence is unquestionably keen; and they hopefully suggest that ho may employ it in this case for tho good of his country.

The Evil of Slackening, Aaiiid all..that .has been said in his •praise, there Was one thought brought forward in a recent issue of "The Queen" that deserves repeating and remembering. It is tho reminder that Lord Roberts was never "out of dato," that lie was fresh in thought, modern in method and initiative as 'any of'the far .younger men in the Service to-day. He did not •<<) back on tho past and make comparisons; for him life was per-' petual progression, continuous advance. And herein lies a truth for all of us, men and women. Herein surely lies, the secret of youth. That spare,'alert,' upright figure had nothing in it of decay or incapacity, and the heart of the man was to the end that of a little child. Wo may a:-k ourselves how it is that so many men and women so soon 'grow "out of 1 date." The answer'is ,not far W seek., _We leave off work far too soon,, or, if we'do not le'aVo off workin" we work less strenuously, less whole-heartedlyj at the middle , life wb think it right wo should take things easily,.and mind .and body slow down until, insensibly to ourselves, : we settlo into old ago and decay. .A little_ iHiilo ago tho matron of a busy hospital said to tho writer, a little impatiently perhaps, that' tho reasou ■women grow old so soon was that 'they would not uso their brains.' That ro■mark sounded sarcastic, but it carried a truth. , In a life that is full of interests which keep the mind 011 the stretch the faculties have no time to rust", and' it the years slip away all too'quickly, yet they do so almost insensibly, and tho capacity to think and plan and carry 011 suffers ■ little _ abatement if ther» is no timo spent in saving pneself. It is those:; who'march with tho times, who-keej>'abreast of. them, while those who begin to lag must evontually '•find themselves falling; behind;' until at • last they get left. If this is' true" of' moil, it is even truer of women, especially so of those whose interests are confined to their own restricted; locality. One of the Early Settlors, -,- " One of.the old identities of Invercargill, Mrs. Deck, wife of Dr. J. Field Deck, of Sydney, passed away at Katoomba last week after a brief illness. Her father (Mr. Henry Young), who ivas a well-known and respected resident Western District, lived for many years at Fairfax, whoro (says the 'Southland News") lie occupied Ermedale Station, and after marriage resided in tho house at Invorcargill originally built for the superintendent of Southland (the Hon.. J. A. E. Menzies). In

1871 Dr. Deck removed to Dunedin, and a few years later ho went to Sydney. Both Dr. and Mrs, Deck took a .vei'v strong interest in mission work, and of their large family there aro now five members engaged in the foreign fieldone daughter in Egypt, one in China, and two sons and a daughter in the Solomon- Islands, where Dr. Northcote Deck has proved himself to be an intrepid explorer and pioneer in Gospel work.

Tho wedding took place in St. Augustus Church, Napier, on Wednesday, of Miss Leon Yeo, daughter of Mr. J. Yeo, lato of Invercarcill, to Mr. C.Evans, of Napier. The Rev. Canon Tuke performed the ceremony, and the brido, who was given away by her brother, was attended by Miss Spencer, of Wellington; Mr. T. Walker was tho best man.,. Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Payton (Mastorton) have taken a cottage at Lyall Bay. Miss Marryatt (Opaki) and Miss Wollf (Masterton) aro spending some weeks in Dunedin. ' Miss Ethel Morrison (Etliel Maginnity), who is a uativo of Wellington, where she was a loading member of the local amatour' dramatic societies, has scored a distinct success during the present tour of J. C. Williamson's Gilbert" and Sullivan Company. Miss Morrison loft Wellington'many years ago to -finish her -musical studio 6, and it was not long before her' exceptionally ' fine contralto voico found for her a placo with D'Oyley Carte's Company. Miss Morrison will play the Duchesn of Plaza Toro iu "The Gondoliers," Katisha in "Tho Mikado," Dame Carruthcrs in "The Yoomcn of tho Guard," Buttercup in "H.M'.S. Pinafore," . Ruth in "The Pirates of Poiizance, and the Fairy Queen in "lolantho." Miss Morrison assisted in tho London production of • "The Nightbirds," and "Tho Girl in tho Taxi." Miss Morrison will doubtless receive', a.-warm'wolcomo from her many friends hero.

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