WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2668, 13 January 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM /AR AND NEAR.

(By Imogen.)

Palnierston Wedding. At St. Andrew's Church, l'almerston North, the Rev. A". Doull, M.A., officiating, Miss H. M'Cullocli, third daughter of Mrs. M'Culloch, was recently married to Mr. J. B. Watts, son of Mrs. Watts, of Seatoun, Wellington. Tho bride, who was given away by her uncle, was dressed in white silk crope, with a veil and orange blossoms, and carried a sheaf of Christmas lilies. Miss D. M'Culloch wore a bridesmaid's dress of palo mauve voile, and carried a bouquet of lavender and clematis, aiul Miss J. Whitehead, niece, wore white satin veiled with lace, and carried a horseshoe of .sweet peas. Mr. H. Russell was the best man. Te Kuiti Wedding. On December 30, at St. Luke's Church, Te Kuiti, Mr. Norman Henry Tate, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tate, formerly of Bunnythorpe, was married to Miss Elsie Hilda Grey, youngest daughter of Mrs. Grey, of Horringer, England, tho Rev. Mr. Smyth officiating. The bride, who wore a white voile frock with a wreath and bridal veil, and carried a shower bouquet, was attended by Miss Peggy Pater son, of Wellington, who was dressed in a cream costume and black tajicl hat. Mr. Roginald Kendall gavo tlie brido away, and Mr. Alec Tate acted as best man. Hastings Wedding. A wedding of conniderable local in-, terest took. place at St. Matthew's Church,- Hastings, yesterday afternoon, when Gertrude Gallien, youngest daughter of Mrs. H. L. Gallien, was married to Wilb'am Arthur Wliitlock, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wliitlock, both of Hastings. Canterbury Wedding. At St. Patrick's Church, Dorie, Miss Frances Harriet Smith, second daughter ■of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Smith, of Winfield, Doric, was recently married to Mr. David Chambers, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.Ohambers, "Tlie Pines," Lyndhurst, the Rev. H. Wright, of Rakaia, performing the ceremony. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore white chiffon taffeta, with a bridal veil and orange blossom bandoau, and carried la sheaf of maidenhair fern and lilies of the valley. She also wore a pearl and amethyst bracelet, the gift of the bridegroom. Tlie Misses Smith and S. Chambers. , who attended as bridesmaids, were dressed in white silk, with touches of violet, and their white silk hats were finished with ostrich featliers, and clusters of violets. They each carried sheafs of lilies of the vailoy and mauve anemones, and wore Kold lockots and chains, tho gift of the bridegroom. Messrs. F. Chambers and J. T. Smith attended as best man and groomsman respectively, and Mrs. Kingsbury presided at tho organ.

Creymouth Weddings. At Holy Trinity Church, Groymouth, on January 4, Miss Margaret Campbell, socond daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Campbell, of Blaketown, wat> married to Mr. Frederick L. Andrews, of Christchurch, Archdeacon York, performing the ceremony. The brido, who was given away by her. father, wore a gown of white crepe, \witli a pretty liat to match, and carried a sheaf bouquet of sweet pois and roses. The bridesmaid. Miss Hannah'Campbell, wore •> dress of pale blue channelise, trimmed with lace, and a pale blue hat. She also had a bouquet of roses and fern. Mr. D. Hazeldine attended as best man and Mrs, lork presided at the organ. The bridegroom's gift to the bride was a handsome gold wristlet watch, and to the bridesmaid ail amethyst bangle. The brido presented the bridegroom witli a set of military brushes. " Mr., and Mrs. Andrews subsequently left' for Christclmrch and Ashburton, the bride travelling in a smart blue costume and hat on suite. At. St. Paul's Methodist Church, Groymouth, Mils Ruby Kitto, eldest daughter of Mrs. E. Kitto, was recently married t) Mi'. J. Olsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olsen, Greymoutli, the Rev. E. Patchett officiating. The bride, who was given awuv by Mr. H. Bates, was dressed in ivory white embroidered crepe, with the usual bridal veil and orange blossoms. Miss Ada Kitto. attended her sister as bridesmaid, and Mr. Clarence Olson acted as best man. Mr. and Mrs. Olsen are spending their honeymoon in iHinedin, as the bridegroom shortly joins the 11th Reinforcements at Trentliam.

Auckland Wedding. | On December 13, at "Abbotsford," fl Orakei Road, Remucra. Miss Bertha \{ w n er ' t,lird dal, R lltei ' of Mrs. Andrew B \\ allnce* was married to Mr. Boucher H Atkins, also of llemucra. The bride, K ivho wore white crop© de chine, with h the customary veil aiul orange bios- t| soms, was attended by her sister,-Miss ft Jessie Fielder, as bridesmaid, and Mr. F DA. Taylor officiated as best man. [ Hawke's Bay Wedding. On Tuesday, at tho Takapau Presby- [ iterian Church, Sergeant-Major Ireland was married to Miss Louie Blair, daughter of Mr. B. Blair, of Takapau, the Iter. Mr. Fountain officiating. Tlie bride, who was given away b.v her father, was attended by her sister, Miss Llsie Blair, as bridesmaid, and Mr. Waltei Ireland, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man, Sergeant-Major Ireland shortly proceeds to Trentliam. New Plymouth Weddings. ■ At St. Mary's Church, Now Plymouth, c s S iry ,*J 0 3' c e Hempton, daughter of tho huo Mr. and Mrs. J. Hempton, was recently married to Mr. W. Armstrong, eldest son of the late Mr. W. H. Armstrong, Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth, the Veil. Archdeacon Evans officiating. The bride, who was given away by her unci?, Mr. V,: owinan > wore a smart costumo or whit© crcpo de chine, with a white find pale bluo hat, and carried <a shower bouquet of white heath, sweet peas, and maidenhair fern, Miss Rita Hempton, v.ho attended her sister as bridesmaid, was dressed in 'white silk ayd lace, with a white Tagel and ribbon hat* and carried a bouquet of pink and white sweet peas. Mr. E. Armstrong, brother of the bridegroom, was the best man. I Ihe wedding breakfast was held at the is residence of the bride's aunt, Miss 1 I Hempton, and during the afternoon Mr. I and Mrs. Armstrong left for Wanga- fl liui, en route to the south, the bride Jj travelling in a Shantung tailor-made 1 costume, with a dark blue hat-trimmed ■with white and pale blue. A second wedding took place at St. § Mary's Church on the same date, that § of Miss Gweu Hill, only daughter of j the late Mr. E. H. Hill (H.M. Customs, j Chnstchurch) to Mr. Noel Hardin", third son of the late Mr. J. Harding, j New Plymouth. Tho bride, who was j given away by her cousin, Mr. W. Weston, was frocked in white silk crepe, | with a hat to match, finished with p ostrich plumes of white, and carried a -§£ bouquet of white sweet peas and fern. of Mr. lloy Hill, brother of the bride, attended as best man. After the cere- — mony a reception was held at the residence of the bride's mother, and later on Mr. and Mrs. Harding left for tho smith, where their honeymoon is being spent. The bride's travelling dress was a tailored 'costume of mole cloth, with a blue hat trimmed with cerise ribbon and roses. s

Miss E. M. Wilson returned to town 011 Sunday by the Maori from visiting relatives in Port Chalmers. Tho following aro guests at the Bellevue Gardens Hotel:—Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford (Alfredton), Mrs. W. T. Joll and son (Waitara), Mr. Rumble (New Plymouth), Mrs. and Miss Turnbull (Dunedin), Mrs. and Miss Judson (Nelson), Mrs. M'Gowan and children, and Mr. M'Crae. Gibb and her father, the Rev. Dr. . Gibb, who have been staying in Napier, have now motored to Taupo. Mrs. Salmond has returned from her holiday at llotorua. Miss Elsie Person, who had been appointed to tho Napier Hospital staff, lias" now been called upou for military duly. In response to an appeal from the Mayoress of Napier, sufficient donations have been received to enable the Ladies Equipment Fund Committee to continue tho preparation of kits for departing volunteers. For advice on4he hair and complexion that guarantees most satisfactory results, Mrs.' Rolleston (qualified London and Paris) is recommended by hundreds of ladies .who have personally proved the benefit of her methods. Single treatments given or courses, from one guinea. Shampooing, hairdressing, face massage, scalp massage, manicuring, clipping and singeing. Permanent removal of superfluous hair. (Dip. Boston, U.S.A.). \Private rooms, 256 Lainbton Quay—Advt.

Neill Fraser Memorial Fund. Mrs.' Marshall, lion, secretary in Endland for the Madge Neill Fraser Memorial Fund, in acknowledging a second donation from the New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union Clubs, states that the fund at tho time of writing (Octo--ber 30, 191o) had passed £3000 and was 3 supporting a Madge Neill Fraser Hos- , pital in Serbia, making the fourth hos- . pital under the control and managei nient of the Scottish Women's Assor ciation, the four hospitals having a ca- . pacity of 1000 beds. It must be a ' great, though sad, consolation to Miss !, Neill Eraser's admirers and friends to ' know that her death at the post of i • duty was not in vain, and that in her fjtead has arisen a whole band of faithful women workers to carry on the task of ministering to the needs of Serbia. For the Sick and Wounded In Egypt. 1 Mrs. Barltrop desires to acknowledge receipt of the following, which J. as been forwarded to Egypt by troopships :— Sanson workers, 6 bags, 8 washers, 6 eye-bandages, 5 jackets, 4 shirts, 6 pairs underpants, 5 belts, 12 mufflers, 2S pairs socks, 12 waistcoats, 13 pairs bed-socks, o caps, 9 pairs mittens, 9 pairs slippers, 56 swabs, 10 dressing gowns, 1 ward coat, 1 singlet, 12 handkerchiefs, 384 roller bandages, 71bs. sweets, 1 bottie sweets; Foxton Girls' Guild, 17 swabs, 12 oaps, 2 mufflers, 6 pairs mittens, 3 pairs socks j 2 pair bed socks, 2 pairs slippers, 1 scarf, 8 manytail bandages, 6 eye bandages, 163 roller bandages, 37 washers, soap, 1 .bag, 2 belts, 2 nightingales, 1 pair socks, 6 waistcoats, 3 gowns, 12 under vests, 2 jackets, 7 shirts, G pairs pyjamas, 3 pairs underpants, 12 handkerchiefs; Mrs. K., 3 washers; Mrs. Parton, 4 sticks; Marton Workers, IS waistcoats, [ 4 lounge suits, 27 shirts, 26 jackets, 14 undershirts, 33 pairs pyjamas, 3 muf- ! fiers, 12 caps, 6 pairs underpants, 28 sups, 29 pairs socks. 7 writing blocks ' and envelopes, 3 handkerchiefs, 3 limb cushions, 2 ward coats, 2 dressing gowns, 7 pairs mittens, 28 towels, 40 -many-tail bandages, 3 pairs knee covers, 26. bags, 6 packets chocolate. 6 tins cigarettes, 141b. cocoa, 2 sheets, 5 shirts, 10 washers, 6 head bnndagesa 150 swabs; "Anon," 5 sticks; Sunshine Guild,' 7 washers, 1 pair socks, 5 cans; Mrs. Bray, 6 pairs bed socks; lan Greig, 15 eye bandages, 12 wtshers, 2 towels, muslin, old linen. '

Patriotic Cake Room. The committee of the Patriotic Cake Room desire to acknowledge with thanks gifts of home-made cakes, sweets, etc., from the following:—Mesdames Sraitton, Findlay, Firth, Badham", Henry, Palmer, Holmes, Askew, W. J. Brown, Bethune, Isaacs, Atchison, W. Gavin, C. Richardson, L. Taylor, F. H. Johnson, Liddle, Hamer, A. W. Young, Hurst, G. Fulton, Misses M'Menamen, von Dadelszen, Saunders, Wheeler (2), Didsbury, Chalmers, Mackenzie, K ember, M'Kellar, Chapman, Focke, Sidey, Jacobsen, Henry. The Patriotic Cake Room—No. 8 Hannah's Buildings—will be open as usual every Friday, and gifts of home-made cakes, sweets, or food of any description will be very gratefully recoiled there. The room has already sent into the Wounded Soldiers' Fund £100.

Mrs.. W. Kennedy has been staying at Wanganui, with her daughter. Mrs. A. Wilson. An Australian paper mentions the engagement of Miss Rose Hives, of Ryefield, Masterton, to Captain Magra'th, | R.F.A., of Cosham, Hants, England. Miss Dorothy Tanner, eldest daughter of Mr. C. W. Tanner, who for some years has been completing her education at Home, has recently been appointed assistant mistress at the Girls' School, Ealing, London. Mrs. P. 0. Freeth is staying at Kenllworth for a few days, en route from Christchurch, to her new residenco in Palmerston North. Mrs. F. Berry, of Hawke's Bay, has gone to Rol'orua.

Can I be taught to look after my own hair? Yes. Consult Miss Milsom. She will advise you. All hairwork the very finest quality and weaving. Made daily, the latest transformations, toupees wigs' switches, plaits, pads (natural hair), and curls. Those distant please post pattern .of hair and describe requirements. R«ply and quotatiori-immediately sent and advice as to what to wear. Miss MilEoni can make any woman loo'/c smart for the new season's millinery—whether the hair be abundant or scarce. All complexion and skin requisites stocked. Miss Milsom, Barnctt's Buildings, 9A Willis Street '(4 doors past "Evening Post"). Tel. 814 — tdvt.

Cooking Demonstration. Yesterday afternoon Miss Una Carter resumed her popular demonstrations at the Wellington Gas Company's leefure Hall, in Courtenay Place. An usual, the hall was well filled with interested ladies, busy with note-book and pencil. This time Miss Carter's, subject was the preparation of breakfast dishes, and the always fascinating one of cakes, upon both these she demonstrated in endless variety with her usual clearness, imparting much useful information. One of the many advantages of cooking by gas is that it provides the exact niceties of heat required for cakes aii'd all dainty dishes.

Meeting at the Y.M.C.A. Yesterday afternoon, in the Y.M.C.A., a meeting of ladies was held, Mrs. Massey presiding, to hoar Mrs. (Colonel) Meldrum explain her scheme for establishing a Soldiers' Rest Club in Egypt, on the same lines as tho one in Sydney Street. Mrs. Jleldrum, in outlining her ideas, said she bad received a great deal of satisfactoi y support, and )/yomises of help from Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch, and also Wellington, and hoped that a lady representing each centre would accompany her to Egypt, and assist in managing the club, each lady paying her own personal expenses. At "the conclusion of Mrs. Meldrum's speech an informal discussion followed upon the merits and demerits of the proposal, in which Mrs. Luke, Mr. Varney, Mrs. C. Earle, Mrs. Seville, and others part, and finally the' proposed that the meeting adjourn till such time as Mrs. Meldrum could obtain full official information as to the possibility of herself and assistants being allowed to land'in Egypt, as since the inauguration of her idea new and stringent regulations had been issued by the Imperial Government against the admission of any further civilian ladies to that country, only trained nurses being permitted to land. Mrs. Walter Nathan seconded the motion, and it was carried. In addition to those already mentioned, there were present: Lady Stout, Lady Gibbes, Mesdnmes Salmond, Cliatfield, WMor, M'Vicar, Mackenzie, and many others, including Captain Donald Simson.

Military Hospital Guild. Mrs... Luke desires to acknowledge the_ following donations to tho Hospital Guild:—Mrs. Walter Nathan, £5; J. Hambly, Bourke Street, Kilbirnie. £13; Mrs. L. Blundell, £1; Mrs. J. E. Fulton, 2s. 6d.; Mrs. J. Findlay, £1, for December and January; Mrs. E. Hadlield, os. Levin Home.

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Levin Memorial Home was held on Tuesday. The matron reported that the children were. all well. • Mr., Simm, of the D.1.C., kindly' admitted the children to the Magic Cave free of charge, and gave them each a present. The committee desire to thank the following for gifts in kind: —Mesdames Nathan, Knowles, Badliam, e M'Donald, Mong-Levj', Young, 'Christie, West, Luke, and Lady Stout, Misses Joseph, Archibald, Boulcott, Messrs. Xollyer, Luxford Brothers, Hurcombe and Sons, Baker, ajid Ford Motor Co. The following subscriptions were received: —• Miss Bahor's School, £1 135.; Mrs. Ferguson, £1; Miss Edwin, £1; "A.," £1; Mrs. Stowe, £1; Mrs. J. P. Luke, £1; Mrs. M. A. Williams, £1 Is.; Mrs. Hall, 10s.; Mrs. Lamb, 10s.; Mrs. Christie, 3s. 6d.; Island Bay, 6s. 6d<-;. Miss Boulcott, 25.; Mrs. Croll, ss. A Girl 'Bus Conductor. • The woman 'bus conductor makes herself useful in an emergency. "Travelling to town the other day," writes an English-lady, "I heard a low growl from the driver's seat as the little woman gave a sharp tug to the bell, indicating that we were ready to go ahead. 'All right, Miss, but I- can't get on; something gone wrong.' .'Down hopped the woman conductor from the footboard, and in a moment she also was examining the sullen monster in front. After a short inspection she jumped up with the request, 'Will a lady kindly lend-me a hatpin? 1 Half a dozen were drawn out, and, selecting a long one, she went back t'o work. 111 a minute the* 'bus started on its 'nterrupted journey, and the driver's 'It's all right now, Miss,' 'made some of uS wonder whether 'woman is not coming into her own at last.' "

A Talented Family. It will not be news to many to learn that most of the members of the Fuller family, so closely connected 'with the vaudeville and picture business, both here and in Australia, are individually talented in an artistic way. AJr. Ben. Fuller, now in America, is a good pianist, who can play almost anything after a single hearing, so acute is his car and sense of harmony. Mr. John Fuller, sen., is still remembered as a sweet tenor; Mr. Walter Fuller plays the piano as well as the violin; Mr. John Fuller, jun., has appeared in pantomime, and opera, as well as the City Council, and his sister, Mrs. Boddam, used to recite very well. Such talent is not being allowed to die. Phyllis, the daughter of' Mr. John Fuller, jun., who has been a pupil at the Hutt Convent K for the past year, has given plenty $f promise, by writing a play which has already been privately acted. This play is entitled "In Our Midst," and naturally it includes a reference to the German peril that is literally within our midst. Eked out with appropriate 6ongs, the play lasted an hour, and was hugely enjoyed by all who had the pleasure of witnessing it. Participants in the play were the juvenile authoress, her cousin, Miss Leila Boddam, and Miss Fitzpatrick.

Lady Gibbes, 1 who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Thompson, at Ballance, has returned to town, but leaves again for Auckland on Monday. A London paper announces the marriage of Miss Marie Rhodes, daughter of Mrs. Arthur Rhodes, of Christchurch, to Major George Hutton, of the Fusiliers, now at the front. The Cape farmers have sent to London ten thousand beautiful ostrich feathers, to be sold at the "Cape to Cairo BRed Cross Fair," or "Africa in London," held in the Great Hall, Westminster. Mrs. M. T. Keston and family, of Napier, are visiting Auckland.