WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2634, 3 December 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(Br Ihoqen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL I

The Sailors' Cafe Cftantant. ' The linal meeting of the committee I 'of Indies who arranged tho Sailors' Cafe Chant-ant took place on Wednesday, i .Miss Coates was in the cliair. It was resolved lo send the balance of money from the entertainment, £20 Bs., to Mr. iViinmo, to gay the freight of tlio 500 tins of l'ruit and vegetables which wero tho result of the coucert, any surplus to be given to tlie British and Foreign Sailors' Aid Society. There is some misapprehension abo.iit tlie expenses of the entertainment, which amounted in all to £3 9s. An interesting programme lias been prepared for the patriotic entertainment in aid of tlio French Red Cross, wliicli is being given iir tlie Concert Chamber of the Town Hall this evening. Miss Anson, a pupil of Chilton House, who won the gold medal presented by the French Club,_ will recite "Apres la Bataillo''; Mr. King, a member of the club, will give a Shakespearean recital in French and English; Mile, du Bosson and Mr. Lao Buckerklge will sing a duet "Le Alsacion"; for this item both performers will wear national costume. Other performers will be Miss Natnscli, Miss Zita Chapman, and Mr. J. M. Clark, and a lantern lecture, "The Chateaux of France," . will be given by Mr. W. B. Hudson. A French comedy, "Lo ' Testament do Mme. Patural," will conclude the programme. The entertainment will bo given under the patronage of Her Excellency tlie Countess of Liverpool, Mrs. W. F. Massey, the Mayoress, Mrs. Luke, Viscountess Kelbuin, antl Mrs. l'omare. The annual meeting of the Wellington Division of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held in $ie Constablo Street rooms yesterdav afternoon. Jlrs. Peryman presided. Tho annual report of the work achieved by thfc division was presented by Mrs. Spearman, secretary, and Mrs. Houlder read the balanccalieet. The following officers were elected: —President, Mrs. Houlder; secretary, Mrs. Spearman; treasurer, Mrs. Bingham. By the. dramatic entertainment given by Miss Betty Purdom in the Maramii Church Hall on Wednesday evening, November 24, the funds of tho Richmond Free Kindergarten Union have been augmented considerably. Nurses from the Wellington Hospital j who are leaving with the Hospital Ship - Marama are: Nurses Ruth Gilmer, Mac- ! Gregor, V. Barker, Arrow.smith, Westo- i by, Glyiies, Isdell, Donald, Gray, ( Easton, C. Chamberlain, Broun, Fogo- \ £ Jin, E. Mitchell, Inglis, and M'Mahon.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR.

I An American Visitor—Miss Vinton. One of tho many opportunities at- | tached to the theatrical profession is | that of travelling, and to tho man or woman to whom it is a great delight a wide lield for exploration both as regards human beings and places is opened up. Miss Vinton, who takes the part of Ruth Goldman in "Potash and Perlmutter," is one to whom straugo countries offer more than ordinary interest, and so far she has thoroughly enjoyed, her tour in Australia and New Zealand," and the open-hearted hospitality that has been shown in both countries. To meet Miss Vinton was inevitably to talk of "Potash and Perlmutter,'" a. play which is very true to type, and which has had a great run in New York ajid in England. Its freshness thd originality made a jyoat appeal, to audiences, though not always at first. The kind of '>lay that has a great attraction for American playgoers is the "crook." play, such as "Within tho Law," which had a tremondous run, and was thought to be an extremely fine play. To the New Zealander it seems curious to imagine a city that can run about seventy-five theatres and that is still adding to that number. According to recent papers from America Miss Vinton says that they are all supposed to be having very good seasons 1 , always with crowded 'houses—according to

the American papers. As in' London, the size of the newest-built theatres is. decreasing, the reason being, Miss Vinton thinks, that in smaller theatres the actors and actresses are brought into closer touch with their audiences, the current between them and the audience is stronger, and last-, but by no means least, there is a reductiou in tho cost, land being very bard to got, and taxes proportionately War, however, has affected America like all other countries, and in a recent letter which Miss Vinton received from that country she was told that business was suffering, although in curious contradiction to that the Stock Exchange market was high. ■ ■

In these days it is almost, if not quite, impossible not to touch upon the war, and an allusion to it ended in a threecornered discussion, in which the opinion was advanced, and was supported that President AYilson was an outstanding personality, seeing that in spite of tremendous pressure both for and against war, he had kept America so far almost the 0110 and only country in the world that was not deep in the midst of its horrors. It was advanced that he had shown himself decidedly pro-British and,that America by' staying out of the war had done more for the Allies than if she had thrown herself into it—an opinion that has been upheld consider'ably of late.

Miss Beere's Danes Recital, which is being given in the Grand Opera House oil Monday evening in aid of the wounded soldiers in Cairo promises to excel- her preceding ones not only «s regards the dancing of the children, but in arrangement and general effect. Besides ballots, artistically arranged, there will be interesting solos. Thyrza Rotors, the little premiere dauscusc, will appear in. piquant pas seuls, and will also dance a Slavonic mazurka with Mr. T. O'Carroll, a clever young dancer, reminiscent of the l Russian volinin. Other pretty items are: "La Danse Joyetise," a spirited dance by Marie Stringer; "Lo Rayon d'Or," by Roma Goddard, with ragtime accompaniment; the "Dance of the Picaninnies," by two little girls; and "A Forest Idyll," by Mr. T. O'Carroll and Miss Elodie Marmont. In "Les danse des Sylphes" a reverie in which a number of maidens dance in the moonlight around a fawn, Mr. T. O'Carroll is novel both in conception and artistic icffect. The box plain is now open at the Bristol whore seats may also be booked. Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool will be present.

A meeting ..of the trustees of the Wellington Convalescent Home was held at Mrs: Litchfield's, Pipitea Street, on Wednesday afternoon. There were present:, Mesdames \V. S.'Moorhouse (in tho chair), Litchfield, A. Pcarce, A. Martin, Miss Harcourt (treasurer), and Miss Miles (secretary). • The matron reported eleven patients having been admitted and nine discharged during tho month. Donations of £10 were received from Miss Jolmstoii, Fitzherbert Terrace, and gifts were received from Mesdames West-Knowlcs and Rotlieram. The matron will be grateful if people will remomber the • Convalescent Home at- Christmas.'

A garden fete, under the auspices of tho Young Women's Christian Association, is to be held on Saturday, Dqcember 4', at the residence of the Hon. W. D'. Massey, "Ariki-toa," Tinakori Road. The fete will bo opened by Her Excellency Lady Liverpool, and there will be sweets, flowers, and both plain and fancy goods for sale. A special stall will bo that of the Y.M.C.A., whore curios from Samoa will be for salo. The proceeds from this stall go, towards the I'.M.C.A. work in Egypt.

Nurse'lsabel Floyd, of Auckland, who is leaving New Zealand by the Hospital Ship Marama, for service at the front, is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. M. K. Dixon, of William Street, Hataitai, prior to her departure.

The following nurses who are leaving with the Hospital Ship Marama art/ staying till their departure at the Nurses' Residential Club in. Kensington Street:—Nurses M'Lpchry, Burgess, Jennings, Trask,. Matthews, Rose, Tilly, Maherly, • Gray, Carter, Palmer, Murie, Newton, Morley, Sugden.

Mrs. Mackei-'sey, of Masterton, who lias been staying at Trentham for several weeks, leaves next week for Rangiotu, where' she ivill stay till her son leaves with the Reinforcements for the front.

■ Miss Morley, till recently matron of the Ashburton Hospital, but\Who is now leaving with the Hospital Ship Marama, arrives in Wellington from the south today. Both she and Miss Shukor, who is'.also leaving with the Marama, are nurses from Guy's Hospital.

•v. The. engagement is announced of Miss Constance E., Clark, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Clark, 1 "W raimea," Northland, to Mr. P. H. Davey, fourth engineer of the Hospital Ship Marama. '"

On Wednesday evening a very enjoyable little dance was given 'in the Kiosk at Trentham by tlie medical officers in camp. The circular verandah was enclosed with canvas, and supper was arranged on small tables decorated with Dorothy Per- ; kins and pink rambler roses. Dancing took place in ithe inner of the Kiosk, the band occupying the centre of the room. Among the guests were,: Mrs. Hope Lewis, Mrs. Valentine, Mrs. A. M. Johnson. Mrs. Booth, Mrs. Mackersey, Miss Tripe, Misses' Millais (2), Miss Moss, Miss Ewen, Mrs. Arkwright, and several headquarters officers, in addition to the hosts of tho evening.