WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2639, 9 December 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(Bv Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

J Wedding in St. Paul's. l Tho marriage took place in St. Paul's . Pro-Cathedral yosterday aflernoou of L Miss Elma Holmes, only daughter of . Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Holmes, of Burnell . Avenue, Wellington, to Mr. L. Sinclair i Thompson, third son of Mrs. H. B. Thompson, of Dunedin. The ceremony ; was performed by the Rev. A. M. John- , son, vicar of_St._Eaul's. "The"" bride, JsinMvas"given away by her father, wore a gown of white flowered ninon over : chilfon taffetas, tho train having been . lined with palest pink and caught up with a water-lily. Her veil was fastened , with clusters of orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of carnations and steplianotis. The bridesmaids were Miss Mildred Marchant (chiof) and Miss Dorothy Waldegrave, of Palmerston Jvorth, both of whom wore very pretty frocks of palest pink chilfon taffetas with touches of French blue and pale pink hats, each with a French blue rose. 'Their bouquets were of pale pink roses, fastened with vivid blue streamers of blue. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. Bertram Lawrence as best man, and tho groomsman was Lieutenant l J. D. Holmes. Mrs. Holnws, the' mother of the bride, wore a coat and skirt of shot cream bengaline with touches of reddish brown, and a hat of the same brown shade. Her bouquet was of flame pink rosos. _ Mrs. Thompson, the mother of the bridegroom, was in light navycoloured crepo de chitie, and hat with pink roses and touohes of white. Her bouquet was of pale pink roses. Mrs. Walter Knowlcs, from Christchurch, aunt of the bride, was in black and white silk, and black hat. 'A .reception was afterwards held at the home of the bride's parents. Most beautiful roses dccorated tho .various rooms, pink ramblers and Dorothy Perkins beiiv in the drawing-room, and in the diningroom were roses ranging from dark red to old gold, while the tablo was arranged with whit 9 roses. Underneath a wedding bell of white roses in the hall the bride and bridegroom received the good wishes, of their- frieiids. The bride travelled in a, coat and skirt of Royal blue ohiffon taffetas, and blue hat with touches of white. Miss Murray, florist, of Willis Street, made the bouquets, and carried out all the floral decorations. M.L.C.C. Patriotic Cake Room. The committee of the Patriotic Cake Room desire to thank the following for gifts of home-made cakes, subscriptions, etc.Mesdames Firth, Bidwill, Askew, Finch, R. P. Ward, Hilder, Low, A. W. young, M'Kellar, Findlay, Tennant. Holmes, Kreeft, flamor, W. F. Ward, L. F. Watkins, Lingard, B. L. Taylor, J. Williams, Gill, F. P. Wilson, Hurst, Palmer, Liddle, Johnston, A. Williams, Richardson, W. J. Brown, Badham, Willis, Cook'; Bethune, A. Crawford, R. Kirkcaldie, Hayes, G. Ross, W. Gavin, Gordon Reid/ 'L. Blundell, Tonks, -Henry, 11. Wilson, Misses M'Menamen, M'Kellar, Beauchainp, Gear,' L.' Johnston, Cameron, Wheeler (2), Gambrill, P. Ward, Didsbury, Chalmers, Cooper (Earori), Massey, O'Connor, Moss, 1 Driunmond, Webb, Brice; Kember, Von Dadelszen, Chapman, Morris, Parsons, ' Saunders, Gaviii, C. ; Jacobsen,, Sidey, M'Gowan, Mackenzie, Barron, 'Messrs. .• Firth, Burnett, B. L. Taylor, Sutton,- : Newcombe, Fisher, L:' Hammond (Rata). . A Kimbolton presentation. v,- (

Dr. and Mrs.' Beedie,'. who leave at | an early date for Dannevirke, where, ~Dr;-.Beedi«.Jvas, .received an appoint-, i.iuenio'; were, the guests of the members of the.,Kimbolton Golf Club at a progressive euchre ■ evening at Mrs. M'Beth's oil Tuesday' last. The esteem , in which the departing guests are held, was fully evidenced by the' large* num-, ber of friends who came from all parts' of tho district. During the-many years that they havo resided in 1 Kimbolton, both the doctor and Mrs. Beedie have taken a keen interest in' all matters relating to the welfare of • the place, andthey will be greatly missed by . all sections of the community. During/the' evening the quests were presented by tbeir golfing friends with four volumes of standard works, expressions of sincere regret at their ' departure being tendered in' a short speech by the secretary of the club. i)r. Beedie suitably • acknowledged the gift. The euchre prizes were won by Miss M'Beth and Dr. Beedie. Amongst those present, were: Mrs. Beedie, Mrs. M'Beth, Miss M'Beth, Mrs. Shannon, Mrs. T. Shannon, Misses Perry, Mrs. Chittenden, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Parsons, Messrs. Beedie, M'Beth, T. Shannon, Verry, Short, Parsons, Krull,- and others.

Mrs. George Buchanan, Kaiwhauji, Waikanae, is visiting Mrs. Buchanan, "Dunolly," Ealmerston North. ■ '

"Charley's Aunt" Social Club,

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR,

(i™ , ? sooial evening of the Uiarley s Aunt" Social Club, which uas entertained its members and friends ;in pleasant a manner during the , past' tew months, was held in the club I rooms m Taylor's Buildings last night. ere was a very good attendance of ' numbers, and an excellent entertainment was presented, Mr. TV. E. Atack presiding. The programme opened with an overture by the club's orchestra and a. chorus by the Wellington Choral Unb. Songs were contributed by Mr. \UUiams, Miss Clarke, Mr. Hamilton Hodges, and Master Winston Macartliy, the irresistible little Scotch humorist; Master Ben O'Brien contributed a violin ®010, and Mr. J. M. Clarke and Miss .Bathers recitations each. A Tittle comedy sketch, "Tho Reason Why," was given by Miss Hardinge-Maltby and Mr. Vivian Rhind, after which' came the supper adjournment.' During this interval a presentation was made to Mr. Rhind, who is leaving with the • Reinforcements, and who is a valued member of the club. In making the presentation tho chairman- expressed the good wishes of all present for the future welfare of their departing member, and Mr. Rhind suitably responded. •The second part of the programme was again taken part in bv' tliQ club's orchestra and the Wellington Choral Olob. Songs were contributed by Miss Gwon Evans, Mr. Hcketa, Miss Kutner. and the Knuts Trio. Mr. T. O'Carroll and Miss Thurza -Rogers performed a Russian mazurka, Miss Marie Fix and Miss Addie Evans Tecited,. and Mr. Norman Aitken (secretary of the club) gave a dramatic sketch. _ Mr. Tlioma's was the pianist of the evening. Tho club is only adjourning _for the summer season, and members will again look forward to their pleasant evenings after the holidays are at an end. Evils of Bad Packing. At the Red Cross Conference, which was held on .Tuesday, tlie Mayoress mentioned a letter-which -had been received from Colonel Charters, in Egvpt, . in which, he spoke of the devastation that had been caused in some of the eases ot gift goods by bad packing. The description which he gave' was a verv sorrowful one, the havoc being most disastrous. Cake had been attacked bv insects, and had crumbled up into nothing ; tins and jars of home-preserved fruits had leaked, and the' juice had cozed out among the other packages, some of which were 'of course quite destroyed. Sweets not properly fastened down had melted, and had added to the general chaos. Mrs. Luke pointed out' that it.,was most important to see that everything was properly fastened and '' sealed and another point she stressed was that even fruit which appeared to be thoroughly sound when picked and packed,, such for instance as apples, did not keep during the voyage.

Mrs. Carey, Hawera, is staving at the Royal Oak. . "• > .

Mrs. Coradine, Mayoress of Masterton, wlio came to Wellington to attend the Red Cross . Conference, return* ed-.,t0 the Wairarapa yesterday.-.

tJT? engagement is announced of Miss Ethel Gibb3, eldest daughter of Mr. ,R. W. Gibbs, of Dunedin, to Sergeant Guy Batliam, son of the late Mr." J. M- Bathani, and of; Mrs. Batham. of Khandallahi f .

, Mrs. E. H. Queree and her daughter, Miss Rene Queree, leave Wellington this week, to- spend the ■ Christmas holidays at Auckland. . Miss Queree has tho' intention of giving a couple of pianoforte recitals during her-stay in Auckland. •

...The Mayor arid. Mayoress are visiting Trentham. to-day, to make, arrangements in connection frith the Christmas entertaining of .tlie^.soldiers in camp.

Another meeting of the women wisli,t°..assist with the afternoon>tea and Christinas tree that is to be eiven for tire wives of our mon-o'-war sailors, _ anxl soldiers at the front (the Christmas tree being for their children) is. to be: held to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Y.M.C.A; It would greatly facilitate matters, if intending quests at the party would send in their names to any one of'the following'three: Viz., Mrs. Grady. Wil--113 Street; Mrs. M'Vicar, Brougham Street; or Mrs. Chatfield, Pioneer Club, as soon as possible, so. that it' will be possible -fo make an estimate of: the number who can attend;.

, Miss Downie Stewart arrives in Wellington within the nest day or two,'and mil stay till her brother leaves for the front.

A Kindergarten Evening.

Tho presentation of certificates for the year's work to the students working in tho Richmond Free Kindergartens took place last evening at the rasidenco of Mrs. Grady, who has for many years taken so keen and lasting an interest in kindergarten work in this City, and has forwarded it in so many ways. Many, subscribers and friends were present and Professor Hunter presided over tiie earlier portion of the evening's proceedings, held in the music room. In the course of an interesting speech Professor Hunter spoke of the value Df the kindergarten work, pointing out that it dealt largely with tilings and not with words, and laid the foundation of good citizenship. Education had fcome to be looked upon as a matter of passing examinations, and of gaining diplomas, but it meant really much mere than that. Froebel had in liis metlwds and teaching anticipated much -of modem psychology, and he had realised that the child learnt through his hands as well as through his other 6enses and faculties. One of the things that needed realisation to-day was that H was necessary that a man (or a woman) should be in love with his work and should' do his best for the work's own sake. That was not the case with many workers to-day, and is was a realisation that needed developing. Professor Hunter also touched upon the valuable preparation for school life' that the kindergarten was to tho ohild.

Mrs. Gill, president' of tho Kindergarten Council, read the examiner's report.. The students' work came under three heads—that of modelling, which was of considerable merit, of gift work which showed much cleverness, and paper-cutting, in which boxes were lined, 'covered, and oramented. • Tho work was really good. Miss Riley, headmistress of the Kindergartens, was next asked to give an account of tho year's work, and in doing so she spoke of tho impetus which was given by the committees that had been set up in tho different areas in wliinh kindergartens were situated, and which had helped to place the finances on a better footing. To the voluntary helpers Migs Riley paid a grateful tribute, and she was sure that life through contact with the children would be fuller and ' better for 'thew. B •

Mrs. Luke, the Mayoress, was then asked to present to the first-year students their certificates. Those receiving Uiem -were Misses Edna Morris* lUarjorib Myers, Grace Lake, Edna Scott, Ailsa Newt-oil, Marie Fix, Kathrena Herzog, and A. C. Denton. To the voluntary helpers, Misses Naomi Mantell, M. Ward, I. Bristow, L. Salmond, K. Muir, Fulton, and Cracroft, were presented Jotters of thanks from the council. Mrs. Luke also made a charming, little speech to the girls, and complimented them upon their singing. The display of work, viewed in. an adjoining room, was most interesting, Sarticularly the work done by the chilron of the Taranaki Street.Kindergar- [ ten for their fathers and for the children of the Allies. Some of the coloured drawings, especially one done by a little Chinese, child, was very good indeed both in colouring and in form. There, were decorative shaving paporballs and match-holders for tho fathers, a very cleverly-made swing,'- made by the little kindergarteners, who had placed and fixed the liars themselves, and ornamented it with ompty reels of cot* ton.. Skipping ropes, 'cradles, and dolls for the little children of the Allies, and footballs covered with tho Belgian colours were only spme of the tilings to be seen on this table. The students' work covered' a wide variety, of articles, modelling, leather-work, weaving, alip-per-malung, etc., aud a doll's house complete in every detail would have been an endless delight to children.

Supper was served in the dining, room, and afterwards tho games, which are played by the children were performed by the students to an in'terest. Ed audience. , Earlier in the evening they had sung the songs which are (most of them) taught to the littlo ones, Miss Fuller playing the accompaniments. Mr. Gill, another speaker of the evening, niade an earnest plea for-more voluntary helpers. ' ' A display of garments which have been made by the Plunket Society to be sent to England for'-BBlgian children is to bo held at Miss Barnett'6 house, llobson Street, tliis afternoon. The Mayoress' Countess of Liverpool Committee lias received a donation of ten dozen skins from firm of Ullathorne, Hartridge and Co., leather merchants, for which it is most grateful. The committee is- also very grateful to Mr. Joliu Hutoheson and Mr. Bock, both of whom have sent in receipted bills for which they would not take -the amounts owing.