SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2495, 23 June 1915, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wedding at the Synagogue A quiet wedding took place at the Wellington Synagogue on Wednosday, Juno 0, when "dr. Morris Domb, third son of Air. and Mrs. J. Domb, of Wellington, was married to Miss Violot Lyons, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 15. Lyons, Stallord, Westland. The brido, who was given away by her -uncle, 111-. Benjamin, wore a navy blue costume and black hat, with a lancer plume, nnd carried a bouquet of freesias and jonquils. Sim was atteuded by two bridesmaids, .Miss Dover and Miss Domb. The former wore a navy bluo costume and black hat, and carried a bouquet of brown chrysanthemums j and' the latter a whito embroidered trock. IJo bouquet was also of chrysanthemums. Tile reeeptiou was afterwards hold by the bride's mother at Godber's, Cuba Street. The many presents included a silver tea service, presented to the bridogroom by the Lr.ombers of tiio Wellington Jewisn Club. Walrarapa to the Foro. How vividly the war and its miseries, as well as its great call to the inherited traditions of tho British people, have mado themselves felt by the people of tho Wairarapa is shown by the response ir. has made to tlie need for men, horses, supplies, and in money. During the past two months alone seven patriotic concerts and six auction sales of gift flags liavc boon held in different Wairarapa towns. These efforts have resulted in the sum of £17,000 being raised for patriotic purposes. Tho Wairarapa lias also, it is understood, set aside specific sums to bo paid ovor monthly to the Belgian and Servian Funds, and quite apart from these there has been the special ivork of its women for the equipment of tho soldiers and for the Hospital Ship. So many cases are being sent, down for the latter that the Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke) had them photographed. Australian Women and the War. At a meeting of the executive of the Australian Women's National League, which was told in Melbourne last week, some resolutions which illustrate the keen enthusiasm and patriotic concern with which tho women of Australia regard the war were passed. Among them I was one to the effect that "the Austral lian Women's National League make an offer to the Defence Department of 50,000 gas masks, to be forwarded to our men in the Dardanelles at the earliest possible moment. Also, 50,000 gas masks, to equip iho troops who will be leaving our shores from time to time, so that each and every man who leaves Victoria will have some protection against the fiendish and diabolical use of poisonous gases as a method of warfare, particularly as it is .a method which threatens to be mado more frequent use of in the future of the war." Another one stated that in the event of hands being required in the making of munitions, the c women of the Australian Women's National League would gladly offer their services to help the Government and tho Empire. "There are also numbers of women in the Australian Women's National League," the resolution went on to say, "who are read}- should their services be required to fill the places of men who will be away fighting their battles at the front —in any department or industry. There are many competent women who would look upon such work as a privilege." They also passed a resolution urging tie heads of all the churches to do their utmost to stimulate recruiting, by directing their clergy to bring before their people from the pulpit the cry of the Empire—more men and more snells! There can be no questioning the fact that Australia has given splendidly—in men, in money, in hospital equipment, and in nurses and doctors. Nor have they stopped to compare what they ari with tho efforts of other sister Dominions. It has been, and is, a case l' of doing what it is possible for them to do.

Eleven Soldier Sons. To give eleven sons to tho Empire's/ cause is surely a record sacrifice for any mother (states a writer in an Australian newspaper). Yot it has been cheerful! v made by Mrs. Leane, of Hose Street, Prospect, Adelaido. Three sons are already at tho front, and tho remainder are either in camp or sorving with tho naval and military forces in. Australia. Her only daughter, who resides ill Western Australia, has qualified for tho St. John Ambulance Association badge, and at present is matron to the boy, scout troops of Boulder City, Western' Australia, wliero sho spends most of her spare time training tho boys who will be tho men and soldiers of the future. Just previous to tho Adelaido "Herald" reporter's entrance, Mrs. Leaner had received a telegram notifying her that hor "baby" Bon had heen wounded in tho fighting in the Dardanelles, but there was no wail of anguish and no note of despair. "I know he'll do big duty," was all she said. "1 want my sons, but my country wants them; more." The Colours and Courage of Belgium. M. Gerald Bauer, writing in thfc Eclio <Ie Paris," has described a fresh and rcmarkablo instanco of tho way in which the Belgian residents at Antwerp emphasised on the occasion of tho King's birthday their insistence on Bel"Oil the day.in question, ho writes, "tho newspapers did not appear, and the schools, despite action taken by the authorities, remained closed. The Germans thought that would be tho limit of the manifestation, and as such they thought it out of place. But in the afternoon a holiday crowd spread through the streets. Suddenly in the midd'o of one of tho most crowded boulevards, where tho peoplo were thickest, three little girls appeared, the first dressed in black, the second in yellow, and the third in red. They walked along in silence sido by sidi like a living ilag. "Tho Belgains watched tliom pastf with mingled emotion and prido— »' grand act of cool defiance. Before that moving emblem tho masters of to-day, folt uneasy. They hod had machines guns placed before the station, with' savage artillerymaa in command. But the threo little girls marched before them as they marched elsewhere—and it was not they who trembled."

Mrs. Allen, wife of tho Minister cfi Defence, arrived in Wellington yester* . day. Mr. Downie Stewart, M.P., and liig Bister, are staying at tiio Hotel Cecil. The marriage of Miss Peggy Raphael \ (Christchurch) to Mr. Bauchop, of Canterbury Collego, takes placc on tho 30th; of tliis month. The death was recently announced of Mdllc. Adcle Hugo, the last of the children of tho great French poet, at tho ago of eighty-five years. Her death took placo in her country house at Suresncss, where she had lived quictlj for a long time. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. M'Leod (Mar. tinborough) are staying at the Occiv dental Hotel. Mrs. Robert Tato (Greytown) and Miss Mauusell are staying at tie Hotel Windsor. A special meeting of the committee of the District Nursing Guild of St. John was held on Monday afternoon at the residence of the president. Mrs.W. H. Sefton Moorhouse presided., and there were also present: Mesdames Tripe, Corrigan, Griffiths, and Pearson, and Miss Robieson. It was decided'-to appoint Nurse C. D. Jenkins to the position of junior district nurse, rendered vacant by the promotion of Nurso Walton to the senior post, consequent upon. Nurse Macandrew's retirement. (Continued on nest page.)

Pierre Lot! and the Belgian Queen. Pierre Loti. who tos granted an interview with Belgium's youug Queen, describes in the course of an articlo writtell in one of the French newspapers his impressions at the sight of her. ''With what infinite veneration, standing before the crackling lire whilst snow flurries whirled about in the darkness without, did I await this Sovereiegn wlio is never seen and whom misfortune has sauotiiied," ho writes. "By what door would she enter? Doubtless by that end room, whereon my attention became involuntarily concentrated. But a slight rustle made ine turn my head to the opposite side of the room, and from behind the red silk screen the young Queen emerged, so near nie that it was impossible for mo to make the , usual courtly salutations. "My first impression! furtive, of -course, like a streak of lightning, was of a dazzling little vision in blue, but ;of especially blue eyes which sparkled like two luminous blue stars. "And how youthful she looked, one would have given her scarcely 24 years. 'From unfaithful portraits I had seen of »Her Majesty I 'had judged lier to he very tall, with a profile rather too long. On the contrary, she is of average height, lier face is quite small, her features of exquisite fiueness It is a face that is almost incorporeal and nonexistent. "Around those eyes of marvellous ■timidity, which reem two pure turquoise, transparent enough-to reveal the interior light. Even if one did not iknow what she is, if one knew nothing about hor devotion to duty, the supreme dignity of her actions, her serene resignation, or her simple, admirable charity, one would say on seeing her there for the first time: " 'Who can be that woman with the •wonderful eyes? Evidently one who soars very high, one who would never 'flinch, and who, -without even flicker of teyelash, would be able to look temptation and danger of death squarely in fthe face.'" Mr. Statham, M.P., and Mrs. Staiham are staying at the Hotel Cecil. Several Red Cross teas have been .given recently by various hostesses for the purpose of raising funds with which to purchase medical comforts for the troops. Mrs. W..F. Massey gave one. yesterday at Ariki-toa, and as a result |the sum of £8 will be added to the Victoria League funds for that purpose; Miss Grainger, who has been tho guest of Mrs. W. F. Massey for the past two or three weeks, returned to Auckland on Monday. The Misses Rutherford (Kekerangu,' are staying at the Royal Oak. . At Rotorua on June 19 Miss Nellie Ohegwin, only daughter of the late iEdwin Wales Chegwin, and niece of Mi', and Mrs. Thomas Ohegwin, of Duncan ■Terrace, Kilbirnie, died after - a brief jllness. Miss Chegwin, who was only twenty-one, went to Rotorua with her cousin, Sirs. William Campbell, of Tregothan, Kilbirnie, on a pleasure trip a few weeks ago. She was taken ill, suddenly, and in spite of every medical ■ attention her illness terminated fatally. Great sympathy will be felt for her relatives. A feature of the entertainment in the Concert Chamber at the Town Hall to-night will be a series of dances by Miss Dorothy Saunders's pupils, who will produce an original ballet depicting the change from Summer to Autumn and a number of other items entirely new to Wellington. Mrs. F. Barclay, who has he en spending the past week .with . Mrs. - A. M. ( Jormson, has returned to Waikanao. Mr. and Miss Pinkerton, who have "been touring New Zealand, are at present staying at the Hotel Cecil, and intend leaving!this week for Sydney. Sister Brooke and Sister Willis arrived in Wellington yesterday from Samoa, where they have been engaged in hospital work in connection with the Expeditionary Force. • They _ will be leaving shortly by the Hospital Ship. Sister Willis is staying with her mother at Wadestown. Visitors staying at Caulfield House are Mr. and Mrs. Jennings, Hawera, ,3nd the Misses Morgan, Gisborne.

Miss Jasper Smyth, psycho-thera-peutist, is forming a class for women, .with the view to giving instruction in the power of thought and right thinking in connection with the mental at- \ niosphere caused by the war. These lessor embrace instruction, in the practical application of suggestive therapeutics for use in the home, dealing with the power of thought as an agency for curing disease. Those wishing to join are requested to send their names in as soon as possible, as only a limited number can bo taken. There is a nominal entrance fee which goes to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. For further particulars, apply >154 "Willis Street. 'Phone 3017.