WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2407, 12 March 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

[ Wedding at Carterton. At the Presbyterian Church' at Carterton on Wednesday,. Mr. M. D. Hornsby, Mayor of Carterton, snd only son of llr. J. T. M. Hornsby, M.P., was married to Miss Nona Telford, youngest daughter of the la to Mrs. S. Telford, Carterton. The bride, who was giveu away by her brother-in-law, Mr. It. C. Drummond, of Masterton, wore a cream silk dress, with court train, lined with pale blue chiffon, ani a veil and orange blossoms. She varried a beautiful shower houquet. The bridesmaids were Jean and Celia Drummond, nieces of the bride. The service was fully choral, and the church was specially decorated for tho occasion. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. L. Thompson, and- Mrs. Philpotts presided at the organ, For the Belgian Fund. This afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Mr. W. M. Jackson, nurseryman, of Vogeltown, is submitting for auction several Doxes of very beautiful begonias, grown in his greenhouses for tho benefit of the Belgian Funds. It is his intention to continue the sale as long as the flowers are in bloom. The specimen-box which was received by the writer contained some wonderful blooms of the single frilly variety as well as of the large double on©. One bloom was at least nine inches across, and all were of the most lovely shades of colour. Mr. Harcourt will auction them, and once seen the'so flowers should be of material aid ill assisting tho funds for this cause.

Miss Lily Gillies (Auckland) and Miss Williamson were passengers by the Ruahine, which sails to-day for England.

Mies Bates, daughter of the Rev. D. C. Bates , and Mrs. Bates, left for Christchurch on Wednesday, to take up !»sr appointment at the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Sumner.

Mrs. Cleghorn returns to Wellington from England by the Turakina. Miss Cleghorn remains behind in England.

Where Glsslng Failed,

In an interesting article which appears in. the January number of "The Bookman" are given personal impressions arid opinions of George Gißsing, contributed by some well-known writers. Constanoe Swedley writes of his influence as testing the function of the realist school in literature. The pessimist of liis own times becomes an lesson for optimists. Gissing fell into the common error of realists—he confused human nature with tho conditions he found it in, and setting down facts, no doubt correctly, could not believe in the possibility of improvement. Ho was_ mesmerised into a' profound conviction of their.permanence. And yet it:is in this very hopelessness that today should find encouragement for its upparently hopeless aspirations. A seer and thinker of the intellectual grasp of Bertha von Suttner (author of '-'Disarm 1 Disarm 1") tends to depress us by tho fact that the world is still so far below hei intellectual level, that it has not yet begun to grasp the significance and truth in "Lay Down Your Arms." Sho saw so irar beyond her times,,that most of our leading thinkers hare not yet caught up with her, but remain in the quagmire of tribalism. Gissing only saw from the standpoint of the immediate tomorrow, in many questions, and we of the immediate to-morrow rejoice that the blight of "ladyhood" is rapidly disappearing from women, especially those whom he would call "advanced" ; the most thoughtful of his Women were still a prey to sex dishonesty,to abnormal sex sensitiveness, to the instinct that man_ was the naturalprovider, the economic world a hard, and hopeless business, and woman's work a "pis-aller" for the cushioned snugness of husband, homej and family. ...

The novelist is seeing more and more clearly that snugly-incomed people are not the highest concept of Man, nor is ease the best expression of living. This selfish personal ideal is ceasing to be the pocket into which each ball yearns, to roll. And Gissing can never, therefore, be the leader his intellectual gifts and fearless honesty should have made him. The novelist of to-day is setting his or her face towards, broader horizons, whence tho dawn is breaking; the dawn of the brotherhood of man.

Owing to the war, the wedding of Miss Ivy Muriel Burrowea Bassett, ■younger daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Bassett and Mrs. Bassett, of Hornby, Christcliurch, tfow Zealand, with Mr. liichard Walter Wilkinson, 2nd Lieutenant 14th Service Battalion, Manchester Regiment, son of Mr. John Wilkinson and Mrs. Wilkinson, Linden, Malone Park, Belfast, took place very quietly at St. John's Church, Malone, on January 1 (writes a London correspondent). The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Canon Davis, St. Jude'B, assisted by the Rev. T. G. Wilkinson, diocesan curate, Belfast (cousin of the bridegroom). The ; future home of Mr. and Mrs. 11. W. Wilkinson will be in Ireland.

The engagement is announced of Mr. Henry J. Marshall, of Kelburn, son of Captain J. T. Marshall, to Miss Amy Broadbent, of Wellington, third daughter of the late Mr. J. S. Broadbent, of Carterton.

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A Farewell Evening. A pleasant farewell evening was given at the Telephone Exchange on Wednesday, when the Exchange girls assembled to bid adiej. to Miss K. Spelman, who has resigned! and leaves for Samoa shortly, where she is to be married to Mr. J. Pye-Smith (late of this' City). A most onjoyable evening was spent, musical and vocal items being contributed by the Misses Nathan, Patterson, K. O'Sullivan M'Comesky, Mostyn-Hoops, Rosengrave M'Beaii, Cohen, Sellars, Corbett, Slade, and Mrs. Spencer. The toast of the evening was proposed by Miss Day, and was drunk with musical honours. Miss Spelman was also the 'ecipient of a presentation as a token of the esteem in which sho was held. Miss Renee Queree's Recital. Wellington has not won for itself a reputation for being a music-loving city, and even with world-renowned artists in their care, it iB a matter of deep anxiety, strenuous endeavour, and sometimes ardent self-condemnation for tbeir temerity that entrepreneurs contemplate visits to this city. With such adverse weather conditions as those that prevailed last evening, when Mie3 Rene Queree gave her first concert in tho Town Hall since her return from Europe, where she studied under Madame Carreno, it was quit© too much to expect a large audience—in Wellington. Those people who refused to be deterred by any -unpleasantness met with their reward, however, in listening to her playing, and could not fail to carry away with them when the recital was over recollections'of the very deepest pleasure, and the hope of agaiu hearing her play in the immediate future. Some very beautiful baskets of flowers were sent up to her during the evening, and her mother, Mrs. Queree, also received some of these very charm, ing marks of appreciation. Miss Queree wore a. gown of white satin, with an overdress of ninon, daintily soft and pretty, and her mother was in black satin, with a jet embroidered overdress. Mrs. Rosewarne, of Napier, was .in ivory satin, with a short coatee of black ninon ending in a point halfway down the skirt at the back, and barely outlining the bodice in the front. The Mayor and Mayoress and Miss Luke were among those who were present. Levin Home. The monthly meeting of the committee of the Levin Home was he'd on Tuesday, March 8. Miss Greenwood presided. The matron reported that the health of the children during the month had been good. The Rev. Mr. Fancourt gave a Bible lesson on February 23, and Miss. Greenwood readings three times. Some of the' members of the committee and Mrs. Badham had helped with tho sewing. This is work that is much appreciated by the matron, who finds tho sewing for twenty-five little ones no light task. The following gifts were received: —A bag of potatoes, per Mr. Flux; Sirs. Badnam, cakes and magazines; Mr 3. KnmvlaS, peaches; Mrs. Jones (Island Bay), peaches and pears; Hurcombe and Sons, fish every week. Seatoun Croquet Club. The final match for the Alexander championship trophy was played on Tuesday between Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Magill, Mrs. Bradley _ winuing; \ A friendly match at Hataitai resulted as under:—Mrs. Pritchard and Mrs. Claridge (Hataitai) beat Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Black (Seatoun); Mrs, Wyatt and Mrs.. Kircher (Seatoun) beat Sirs. A. Claridgo and Mrs, Pilluugton (Hataitai).

Mrs. Chat-field leaves on Saturday for Tenui, where she will be the gilest of Mrs. Nevins, of Annandale.

Sir James and Lady Carroll are on a visit to Napier.

Miss J. Johnson, of Chriatclrarch, who has been spending a. holiday in Hastings, returned to Wellington last evening on her way south.

A reception will be given, this afternoon by the board of directors .of. the Young • Women's Christian Association to enable supporting members and friends of the Y.W.C.A. to nieet Mrs. Helen F, Barnes' (national secretary for Australia), Who has just returned from tho Day's Bay conference, which came to an end yesterday.

Miss Dora Wilson has returned to Wellington from a visit to the Wairarapa, where sho was tho guest of Mrs. Roy Barton.

The Mayoress, Mrs. J. P. Luke, has received the sum of £50 for the Base Hospital at Trentham. from the Misses Broad (2), of Greymouth, the result of the rafflo of a cushion whioh they had worked. Ten shillings from Mrs, R. Duncan for the samo fund is also acknowledged.

Their Excellencies tho Governor and the Countess of Liverpool on Wednesday visited several of the educational institutions of Christchurch. Tho West Christchurch Distriot High School, the Girls' Hostel in Ensor Road, Opawa, and the Technical College, in Barbadoeß Street, were among those that they visited, the Countess of Liverpool displaying special interest in the arrangements for instructing girls in domestic science.