WOMAN'S WORLD."

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2628, 25 November 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD."

(By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

HUTT VALLEY SHOW 4

HOSTEL FOR CATHOLIC GIRLS

A Military Wedding. ' ' A military wedding took .place in the Donald M'Lean Church yesterday morning, when Miss Beatrice Cummins, daughter of Mrs. Cummins, of 35 Constable Street, was married to Corporal Frederick George- Yeo, of the Now Zealand Reinforcements, son of Mr. and Mrs. Yeo, of Palmorston North. The ceremony was 'performed by the Rev'. Mr. Richards, the service being fully choral, Miss Embury playing the organ. The bride, who was given away by her mother, wore a gown of cream merveileau with an overdress of hand-om-broidercd voile and -a-veil with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of white flowcre. Tho attendant bridesmaids were her sister, Miss Cummins, and Miss Yeo, sister of the bridegroom, who both wore pretty frocks of cre;4>.u silk veiled with embroidered voile, and s-axe blue hats trimmed with pale pink. ■ They each carried a bouquet, and their presents from the bridegroom'were gold wristlot watches. To tho bride he gave a gold bangle. The best man was Mr. Sydney Curtiss, who is also in camp at Trenchant, and the groomsman Mr. Albert Harris. The bride's mother wore a charming frock of blaok silk, with an overdress of ninon, and a. grey hat trimmed with pansies and violet silk. Mrs. Yeo, the mother of the bridegroom, was wearing a. blue tailored costume and hat en suite. Miss. Embury played the Wedding March as the brido and bridegroom left the church, and a reception was afterwards held in tho Women's Christian Temperance Union's rooms in Constable Street; Flowers in profusion formed the chief decorations, and the table had been arranged with white and red carnations |r ,while a touch of blue was added by blue ribbon streamers. The bride travelled in a coat and skirt of grey whipcord, and a pretty rose, coloured hat trimmed with flowers to harmonise. An Auckland Wedding. Miss Day Tole, youngest daughter of tho Hon. J. A. I'olc, K.C., and Mrs. Tole, Remucra, was quietly married lastweek to Mr. Percy Hunt, youngest son of Mr. Leslie Hunt, Auckland; Only the immediate relatives of tho bride and bridegroom were present. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hunt will reside at Hamilton. > In Aid of Soldiers' Rest Homes. Yesterday, afternoon Mrs. Von Haast had an afternoon tea and sale of work at her house in Salamanca Read for the 1 purpose of gathering in funds with which to assist in the maintenance and upkeep of the hospitals in England, which are provided for' the soldiers whose nerves have given way through the strain and shock of warfare. As a result of her efforts Mrs. Von Haast expects to be ablo to hand in a total of £30, of which £10 was contributed by Mr. Ernest Bell, one guinea by Mr. Tripp, one guinea by au anonymous donor, one pound by Mrs. Moorhouse, and £3 from a sale of flowers which Mrs. Von Haast had held a little while ago. In the drawing room was displayed a variety of charming, and at the same tim© useful, articles, most of which had been worked iby Mrs.. Von Haast, and which included some cieverly made folding work stands, a number of pretty work bags and satchels, silk embroidered table covers, arid many-,other,.things. There were some' very quaint miniatures of tho little donkey carts which are to bo seen in Sicily, and which Mrs. Von Haast had brought bade with hor from a.visit there, and they were so true to life -that even th© sides of the cart had ' the pictures and scenes on them that are painted on the genuine ones. Miss Knox was in charge of the room.. In another room were-the flowers, and a table for cakes and sweets, Miss Ward being in charge of the one and Mrs., Arthur Harper_ of the other. The visitors were entertained at afternoon tea in tho dining room, Mrs. Herdman, assisted by Miss Dall and Miss Holmes, attending to the arrangements. Mrs. ' Von Haast received and assisted with the stalls when possible. Some very'lovely flowers had been .received from Miss Lorimer, of tho Nelson Girls' College, from Mrs. W. Barton, Featherston, Mrs. riimmer, and other ladies of Khandallah.

A pretty wedding waß celebrated at St. Patrick's Church, Napier, on Monday, when Miss Helen Theresa Falvey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D'. Falvey. of 'Napier, was married by the Rev. Father O'Sullivnn to Mr. James Mihto, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forbes Minto, of Patangata.

Mrs. Stanley White, of Hokitika, who has been spending some time in Wellington, left for the West Coast last evening.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR.

Women's National Reserve. 'Hie Women's Brandk of the National Reserve (Wellington section) opened anothor branch at Johnsouvillo yesterday afternoon. _ Mrs. Porter, of the Wellington Executive, and organiser of the meeting, explained the objects of the reserve, and Kavo an address on the usefulness of women in war time. There were between 40 and 50 prosent, and as a result of the meeting a branch was formed with a membership of 27. Mrs. Bethune was elected president, and Mrs. Alex Moore secretary and treasurer. The Charley's Aunt Club. The Charley's Aunt Social Club held another of its pleasant evenings last night in tho club-tocms in Courtonay Place. An excellent entertainment had been provided, and during the interval supper was handed to the numbers of -the audience. The first half cf tho programme was opened by the club's orchestra, after a. few appropriate remarks had been made by the chairman, Mr. Herbert F. Wood. Following, Miss Marsh sung a humorous song, Mr. Tucker played. a violin solo, Air. M'Carthy sang, and the K'Nuts Trio contributed a ragtime. 'Hie second part of the proarammo was contributed entirely by "The Purple. Courtiers," Miss Alice- M'Keon playing the overture. The opening chorus was sung by the company, after which songs were sung by Mr. J. Bryant, Mr. P'eek, Miss Zelma Hugo, Mr. Arthur Nees, and Miss I.enzini. Duets were contributed by Miss Lonzini and Mr. George Peek, and Miss Hugo and Mr. Bryant. Mr. Will M'Keon gave a monologue, and the company contributed a medley, and also the finale, "Nuts and May," after which tho National Anthem was sung. The Soldiers' Room. The Soldiers' Room in Sydney Street has demonstrated its usefulness and its attractiveness to such increasing numbers of soldiers that the executive, which met at tho Y.M.C.A. hall to have the rooms opened daily from ten in tho morning to eleven at night. Tea and bread and butter iii the morning will be available,, and to the men who have arrived in tho City by steamer or train this arrangement should be particularly acceptable, as tho hour or two which is sometimes so hard 1 to pass can be spont there with pleasure and comfort. Hot showers will be available at any time between tho hours which have been mentioned above, and in as many ways as possiblo tho committee has considered the convenience and the comfort of the soldiers. The meeting yesterday was presided over by Mrs. W. F. Mussey, and arrangements are to be considered' at a meeting to be held next week for the special entertainment of the troops at Christmas. The soldiers attending the room have sent £5 lis. 3d. to the Wounded Soldiers .and Sailors' Fund.'

Housewives and holdalls are once more occupying tho attention of many of the workers of the Mayoress's Countess of Liverpool Committee at the Town Hall, and already a considerable number have been made. They aro a great improvement .upon those which were made some time ago, the case being of leather, and most compactly (ited up inside with the requisites which must be.so helpful to the soldier who is away' from his-'feniinine'cirole. Tape's,' cottons,, leather laces, pins', buttons, safety-pins, needles of all sorts and. sizes,'are.all.nedtly fitted'in, and when, rolled up the "housewife" is 'about''the, size Of an ordinary-leather purse.

As a result of the Cafe Chantant entertainment, which, was' organised by the members of.the Viotoria League, and held in tho Concert Chamber of the Town Hall, on' Saturday evening for 'tho benefit of tho fund for providing tinned fruio and vegetables for tho sailors, 500 tins have been sent to Lieutenant Nimmo. The balance-sheet in connection with the entertainment shows the receipts in money as totalling £33 19s. 9d., and the expenditure £13 14s. 3d., leaving-a credit balance of £20 ss. 6d.

Miss Dall has returned to Wellington from a visit to Auckland.

, The ladies of the, Hutt have been working since March at making garments and selling them in order to raise a fund to help the distressed Belgians in England, and on Saturday next an effort for i lie same cause is to be made in the form of a- garment party which is to be held in the grounds of Mrs. Treadwell at the Hutt. Mrs. W. F. Massey will open the proceedings at half-past two o'clock. There will he several stalls and side attractions, and a band will provide music.

WORK FOR WOMEN ON GALLIPOLI DAY. A meeting of-ladies willing to assist ia regard to the arrangements for Gallipoli Day on Saturday next was held in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall last evening. The Mayoress, Mrs. Luke, owing to a prior official engagement, was unable to bo present, and Mr. Batt presided. Associated with him was Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the Associated Amateur Sports Bodies of New Zealand.

In opening the meeting, Mr. 3att paid a tribute to the splendid work which had been performed by ladies last Saturday in spite of The southerly which had raged, on that da;'. The results of '.heir work wero, he {nought, wonderful, and tho executive committee was greatly appreciative of all they had done to assist. The reason that they were not vet ablo to give a thoiotighly comprehensive account of all that had been dbn-o was that not all the collection-boxes and badges had been returned, and they would ho dad to get them in as soon as possible. The committee would like to get ail the unsold badges returned to-day, a& arrangements had yet to be mado in regard to a further supply for Saturday, and until tbese were. returned it would be difficult to gauge the quantity that would be wanted. Mr. Amos, the secretary, had had a groat amount of work to cope with owing to the astensiveuess of the effort made, appeals having been made all over the Dominion.

Mr. Batt read tlio different arnoWSs that had been realised by tho different stalls', etc., and which have been already published. The sale of badges and flowers had 'brought in £249 65,, and some odd ponce, and in all the executive now had in hand an amount of £1531 7s. 9Jd., with which to provide for tho soldiers at Gallipoli Bweets and cigarettes for Christmas. The executive was also grateful to the Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association for material assistance.

It was .decided not to make such an extensive effort in regard to the sale of flowers and badges on this occasion. Mr. Waugh, of the Hutt,. was giving a thousand rosos, tho public gardons in Wellington had promised flowers, and it was hoped friends and helpers would supply what they could. What tho executive greatTy relied upon was a totally .new enterprise, the .Gallipoli surprise packets. These surprise packets, it was explained, consisted of 10,000 envelopes, in which were placed prizes of money ranging from a halfsovereign downwards—half-crowns, twoshilling pieces, shillings, etc., and these envelopes or surprise packets were to be sold for sixpence each from the heads of the various stations or their helpers, in.-whose-hands they would be placed for disposal. '

. Other _,arrangements discussed were the allotments of stations, many of them being in charge of the same ladies as upon tho previous Saturday, the distributions of boxes and badges and other matters. It was hoped that tho Trentham Band would be able to fjjve its services.

AN AUCKLAND SCHEME. - At a well-attended meeting of Roman Catholic?, held in Auckland, it was resolved.:!,"That this meeting of Catholics of Auckland affirms the desirability of establishing an institution in the City of Auckland for the accommodation and .convenience of Catholic girls; and directs that the, necessary steps forthwith he taken to promote and ensure the success of the undertaking.',' The meeting was presided over by Monsignor Gillan, and there were also present Monsignor Brodio, Chancellor Holbrook, and Father Cahill. The chairman read a telegram from Bishop Cleary apologising for his absence, and expressing his hearty approval of the scheme.

In an introductory address the chairman .said it was felt that there was urgent necessity for an institution which would provide accommodation for Catholic girls and women living away from.their homes, and a temporary abode, for Catholic girls out of employment or on holiday. One of the objects of such an institution would be to create a Catholic social atmo&phero for girls by the formation of clubs and guilds, while it was further proposed to establish an employment bureau. After the resolution was carried, the meeting decided to raise funds for the object by means of public subscription and guarantors, also to issue invitations for suitable inmates.

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SOME FINE EXHIBITS. .The Hutt Valley Horticultural Society's Dose Show was opened yesterday afternoon at the Bower' Eutt Lyceum Hall. There was a good attendance of tie public and the display on tho whole was considered capital. The total proceeds of the function, as lii tho case of the Spring Show, are to be devoted to tho Wounded Soldiers' Fund. It was thought that tho recent rough woatliei would in somo measure affect the exhibits, but to the casual observer, this was not apparent. Mr. C. Trevethick'g artistio display of roses waß much admired, being the only exhibit of its class, and comprising 'beautiful blodhii of Lady Hillingdon, Lady Ursula, Mn». Wakefield Christie Miller, Caroline Testout, Hiawatha, and Hugh Dickson roses. Mr. T. Waugk's exhibit on "the left of the hall was made up of a delightful show of roses of all kinds, shades and varieties, whilst on tho right, another "nurseryman's exhibit wag that of Mr. H, Poole, consisting of pot plants, including various exotic ferns, cocos palms, calceolarias, several varieties of nephropjepsis ferns, and a new introduction of the Erica tribe The cut flowers for sale occupied a stall near the entrance, and were under tho chargs of Jlesdames Woodward, Ayson, ■ and Hardham. These flowers were donated by Mr. Duthio, the Bellevue Gardens, and others. The tea-rooms wero supervised by • Mesdames Hayward and Knight, and Mrs. Mirams. attended to the sweet stall. Among the chief exhibits were a new maidenhair fern. Adiantum Farleyense, a new Ampelopsis Henryana, and the Cocob Weddeliann,, exhibited by Sir. T. : Vaugh, and Mr. H. Poole's_ exhibit of a striking blue Leschnaultia Biloba, and a new hardy palm. Phoenix Roebilinii. The hall was lent by Mr. Hayward, and tho sweets and refreshments given free by others. Miss Lowry and Mr. Taylor supplied tho music.

Mr. T. Waugh was the- hidse and the awards were as follow:—R.H.S. silver medal, Mr. H. Poole, for exhibition of merit. Open Class, Mesdames Gore, M'Dougall, and Miss Charles'.vorth; Messrs. C. Trevethick, F. M. Westbury, H. Poole, and A. Grierson. In the amateur class, Miss Oharlesworth and Hayward; Messrs. S. G. Pcarcc, W. 0. Bock, J. Ball, and Dr. Purdy. In the cottage garden class Messrs. E. D. Richards aiftl A. Hardham. Decorative Class, Mesdames A. J. Hobbs and M'Bain, and Miss Hamilton. The champion rose was exhibited by Mr. S. G. Pearce. A trophy donated by Dr. Pufdy is to be awarded the winner of the rose-guessing competition.