SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2386, 16 February 1915, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Marriage In the Congregational Churoh. Tho marriago took place very quietly 111 tho Tcrraco Congregational Church on Monday, February S, of Dr. Widdowson, of the 3rd Iteinforcements of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, to Miss Elizabeth Agnes Sniythe, of tho Cbristchurch Hospital. Tho ceremony was. performed by the Rev. Mr. Glasson, and only Miss Macleod and Mr. J. Laureuson. intimate friends of the bride and bridegroomy wero present. The bride wore a cream coat and skirt, and black hat, and Miss Lauronson was ' also in cream, with a blue Dolly Varden bat trimmed with pink flowers. For the Reinforcements. Tho Mayoress's Committee of the Countess of Liverpool Expeditionary l'orco Fund have supplied tho Maori Contingent with 520 xowels, 1040 pairs of sox, 1040 underpants, IU4O undervests, 520 "housewives," and 520 jerseys. lliese were all made up into parcels for each man, together with an extra pair of sox all round. There were also sent to tho camp for the Third Iteinforcements 650 balaclavas. The Christchurch Committee forwarded cake and fruit. Tho local committee also supplied, cake and 65 balaclavas to the Maoris, who would have fared better as regards'the last-mentioned had it been known earlier that balaclavas were wanted lor them. Four gramaphones and a hundred records for each instrument, have been presented to the contingents, and sacks of books have also been included among the gifts.'. The committee is going on quietly and steadily at tho Town Hall ivith the work of collecting balaclavas and sox for the reinforcements. Concert at the Ohiro Home. . On Friday evening a delightful conoert was given at the Ohiro Home, .livery item was greeted with applause, and encores were very numerous. The programme opened' with a pianoforte solo, which was. given by Miss Kitty tirabham. Mrs. Coleman Penrico recited "Gone With a Handsomer Man," and responded to an encore. Subsequently sho gave the monologue "Lot's Fretend." Mrs. Loivo sang "Catch Me'" and "Sleep in the Itoses." Mr.'Frank Cowe contribute'! "The Boy Who StufcWed and tbo Ciirl Who Lisped" and responded. to soveral encores. Miss Alma Carter recited "The ' Inventors' Wife" and "The Midnight Murder," and also cava several encores. Mr. Walter Wood appeared as a Suffragette and bis "speech" caused much merriment. Ho also recited "i'lie Usual Way" and "The Day." Mrs. F. Cobsse sung several popular ballads, and met with numerous encores. Miss (jrabham played the accompaniments. The entertainment was brought to a conclusion with the singing of the National Anthom.

Carterton Notes. A correspondent writes that 'on I Thursday afternoon a very enjoyable gardon party was Jield at the residence of Mr. W. J. Lindop. It .was organised by the girl friends of Miss Ivy Limlop, in honour of. her approaching marriage, which takes place at St. Mark's Church on Wednesday nest. Some forty friends were present, and many presents were given the prospective bride., • At the Methodist Church. Carterton, on Thursday afternoon. Miss Lannia Evelyn Fensham, fourth daughter of Mr. J. Fensham, of Carterton, was : married to Mr. E. F. Vennell, youngest son of Mrs. A. Vennell, of le Puku, Te Wharau. The bride was'given away by her father, and wore an embroidered union gown, with a veil and orange blossoms. She was attended by her three sisters as bridesmaids. Mr. E. Vennell was best man. and. Mr. K. Vennell groomsman. The' Rev. C. H. Standage was the officiating clergyman. A reception was held subsequently at the residence of the bride, and Mr. and Mrs. Vennell left later on on a visit to Wanganui. '

Mr. and Mrs. David Mills, of Sydney, and Miss Mills aro spending a few days ill .Wellington on their return from a visit to the south. 1 , Mr. and Mts. Henry Hall are visiting Nelson, the West Coast and the Franz Josef Glacier. Tho annual general meeting of tho Miramar Ladies' Golf Club will be held in. th<> Chamber of Commerco, ■ Customhouse Quay, on Tuesday, February 23. The business to be dealt with will include tho election of officers, and plans of the new club house will bo submitted for approval. Mr. and Mrs. Beaumont Smith are giving a'reception: at the Empire Hotel to-morrow afternoon for Miss Ethel Dane.and the members of the Glad Es r e Company. Among the visitors staying' at Bellevue (Lower Hutt) are Mr. and Mrs Facer, Mr. and Mrs. Tousa, and Mr. A. Brown. The festival iii connection with St. Mary of the Angels was continued again last evening, when an excellent programme by the Sports Pierrots was given. The stalls wore well patronised, and visitors found no lack of entertainment. The festival will be continued this ovening. Tho marriage took place ill St. Patrick's Church, Palmerston North, last Wednesday, of Miss Kathleen Agnes Gleesou, eldest daughter of Mr. -mid. Mrs.- J- Gleeson, of Palmerston, to Mr. John Malcolm Old, of Feilding. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Kelly. Tho bridesmaids vfere tho Misses Dorothy Gleeson (sister), Molly Gleeson (niece), and Doris Old (sister of tho bridegroom). Miss Susie Rutherford, youngest daughter of Mrs. H. R. Rutherford, who formerly resided in Napier, but who now'lives at Folkestone, England, v rites to a Napier friend that she haa joined the Red Cross Nursing Brigade, and is doing duty at the Manor House, Folkestone, which is at present being used as a hospital for British and Belgian wounded, states a Napier exchange. Mrs. G. Bloomfield (Auckland) is visiting Napier. .

The Women Doctors' Chance. Although women's employment has been more severely .affected by the war than that of men, there is one brilliant exception says tho "Manchester Guardian"). Medical women arc in demand as they have never been before. Hospitals whose doors have been closed to •them are eagerly begging them to como forward and fill resident posts. Since the war women have obtained posts .at the London Hospital, at tho Samaritan Free, aJid at the London Teraporanco Hospital. Several other important hospitals, such as the women's department of tho Lock Hospital and the National Hospital for Diseases of tho Heart, are asking for women rosideut doctors. Al- | most all tho Poor Law infirmaries in the ! country are willing to put one womaji resident on their staffs. Public authorities are asking for women both as assistant medical officers and school doetors. Private practitioners are constantly endeavouring to obtain women "for partners or as "locums" during their absence with the army. There is a shortage of men doctors quite apart from the demands made by the war, and a study of the entries during the last few years at tho medical schools shows that in about three years the shortage will become acute, for as it takes many years to make a doctor it is possible to gauge the maximum output'at a given time severally ears in advance. One believes that aftor the war there must come a period of social leconstruction,. and nowadays this means more medical work, usually of a preventive nature, and hence more doctors. Ths position of medical women has never, therefore, been so bright, and it rests with the present and future generation of women students to seize the opportunity now before them, and. to prove themselves worthy to carry on and enlarge the traditions so well laid" down for them by such women as Mrs. Garrett Andersou and Mrs. Scharlieb.

Feildlng Notes, Miss D'O.yley (Wellington), who has been staying with Mrs. Hitchings, has returned to her home. Mr. and Mrs. Bull are at present in Dunedin. Miss limes-Jonas has returned from the south. Mrs. Horrocks has gone to New Plymouth. Mrs. A. Wheoler (Fordell) is the guest of Sirs. Wheeler. Mrs. Fitzherbert has gone south. Miss Pearpoint has returned from Christchurch. Mrs. Meyrick has returned from New Plymouth. Mrs. Stewart has gone to Wnnganui. Miss Simpson (Wellington) has been staying with Mrs. Blaxell. Miss Prior is the guest of Mrs. Bruce, Cheltenham. Misses Bruce (2) have gone to Auckland. Mts. Malcolm (Hawke's . Bay) has been staying with Mrs. Mason. Mrs. J. Haggitt has gone on a holiday to Waiiomo. Miss Shannon is staying at Plimmecton. Mrs. Richardson (Wellington) has been on a visit to Miss Shannon. Mrs. Onley has returned from Palmerston. Mrs. Cross (Nanier) has been on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. R. Abraham.

Mrs. Charles Gordon, Hawko's Bay, is visiting Christchurch.

Or Sunday evening a small suppei party was held at the Chinese Consulate for the purpose of entertaining Mrs. H E. Blomfield, who lately arrived from London. and whose husband is commander of H.M.S. Melbourne. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. F M. B. l'isher and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stephens. Mrs. Hugh .Buckler (Miss Violet Paget) called a meeting in the Palace Gardens. Brisbane, recently, to_ organise a huge benefit .entertainment in aid of tho funds for the dependents of soldiers. Miss Dora Meotson-Coatos, the wellknown Australian artist, is one of the chief orgauisers of the Women Police Volunteers in London, and is one of four, oh the staff. She says that there is more work to be dono than the present number of recruits can cope with. The corps aims at offering a training ground for women in this new profession, and several towns have already applied for women police and offered salaries. , A very quiet wedding took place in the Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church last Thursday, when Lieutenant John Gordon M'Callum, of the 3rd Reinforcements, son of tho Rev. Mr. M'Callum, of Spreydon (Christckurch), was married to* Miss Laura Maud Batchelor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Batchelor, of Motueka. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Kennedy Elliot. Mrs. Grant and her son (Gisborne), who have been staying at Bellevue, bave left for Wan&anui. Mrs. Percy Macassey and her little daughter, who have been living at Bellevuo"(Lower Hutt), are , now visiting Mrs. Macassey's mother, Mrs. Fraser, of Dunodin, For Face Massage, Shampooing, all Eany i Treatments, and Electrolysis, Mrs Bolleeton's ii recommended. Spacious Private Rooms, Qualified Assistants, and Personal Attention. Switches and Transformations of every shade a speciality. Hair guaranteed to keep its colour. 256 Lamiton Quay* ' Among the many programmes given to the men in camp at Trentham, one of tho most interesting was supplied on AYednesday evening by the girls from the Salvation Army Girls' Home. Little bairns from live years of age to girls of fifteen comprised some excellent talent, and their efforts were most heartily received by the men, who in turn showed themselves extremely kind to the children. ' , „ For Weddings—Appropriate Bouquets for' either large or small weddings sic bain" continually designed, and embody the unique distinction of all Miss Murray's creations. Flowers for all occtu sions forwarded to any part of the Dominion by Miss Murray, Vice-Regal ilorist,--j Willis Street.—AdTt.