WOMAN'S WORLD. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2917, 1 November 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR.

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Coition Wedding. Mr. and Mrs.- Wilcock, of Hipango Street, Wanganui East, celebrated their golden wedding on Saturday last, a large number of friends and relatives attending to do them honour, says the "Herald." Mr. arid Mrs. Wilcock arrived in Now Zealand by the ship Edwin Fox in April, 1875, and went on to Wanganui by steamer, thence going to Feilding by horse and bullock teams, and Mr. Wilcock startod to work for Messrs. James and C. Bull on the Aorangi railway bridge. After this was finished lie commenced' on the railway, and aftor a few years was appointed foreman of works for the Foxton-Wa-nganui-New Plymouth section. Many important alterations Were made under his supervision. He retired from the railway service on attaining the age of 60 years (1903), and has since been engaged in farming operations for several years. Mr. Wilcock is 73 years of ago, and was born in Yorkshire. Mts. Wilcock 70, her birthplace being Cheshire. There arc eight of a family: Mrs. Woolford, To Riki, Taranaki; John.'Wilcock, Palmerston North; Mrs, Gavey, Pahnerston North; Mrs. A. Gibson, Wanganui: Mrs." G. Walsh, I'etone; A lick Wilcock, Midhirst; Charles Wilcock, Ballanco; Mary Wilcock, iWaiigamii East; and 12 grandchildren. The presents on this anniversary of 50 happy years of wedlock were very numerous. Soldiers' Comforts Fund. Tho following gifts have been received by the hon, treasurer of the Soldiers' Comforts Fund during October:—Mr. E. D. 'Bell, £20; Mr. M. Myers, £8; Mrs. Jolin Hutcheson, £1.; Miss C.L.R., £1; Mrs. Joseph Joseph, 10s.; Mrs, M. A. Bell (iluanui), £5; Miss.Coates, 10s.; Mrs. L.'Blundell, eggs; from Pahiatua (per Mrs. P. J Thomson), several large crates of eggs, Christmas Parly for Soldiers'. Children. The Y.M.C.A. very kindly lent their H. and B. rooms- to Mrs. Chatfield and a number of ladies who are in- 1 teresting themselves to raise funds in order to bo able to give a party for the children of our soldiers who liave fallen or are still at tho front, and also those of reservists. Mrs. Chatfield was in.the chair. Mrs. Gibbons will act as hon. treasurer, and Miss 'Rothenberg lion, secretary; l&sdames M'Hwan, Porter, and K. Muir and Mrs. M'Gee were placed on the committee. It was proposed to have a Christmas tree, toy-laden, for the younger children, and plenty of games and Christmas cheer for all. When we think of the sad and anxious days wives and mothers are having with "Daddy" away at the war, few will grudge doing a sharo to make these dark days a little brighter.for those who aro left at home to struggle on alone. Dcccinber 9 was decided upon as a suitable dato to hold' the party in tho Town Hall. Offerings of toys, money, cakes, and gifts of all kinds will be much appreciated by Mrs. Chatfield and her band of helpers. The committee decided to meet again at the Y.M.C.A. on December 21. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Phil. Nathan are spending a few days in '.Raki. Mrs. David Nathan has taken Lady Ward's night, iu conjunction with Mrs. Macarthy-Reid, at the Soldiers' Club, Sydney Street. Mrs. • Arthur Williams and Miss Joyce Williams are on- a visit to Wellington. Mi's. Harold Cooper, of Palmerston, is staying at tho Royal Oak Hotel, m • order to be near her mother, Mrs. Hazeld'cne, who .is. at present in tke Down Street Hospital. Mrs. Fraser. L.vtler awl Miss Amy ' Neville, who have been staying at the Hotel Windsor,,have returned to Blenheim. A ladies' auxiliary of _ the Navy League has been formed in Ma-sterton, with Mrs. H. H. Beetham as president and Mrs. W. 11. Cruickshank as secretary. Warm underclothes, mittens, balaclavas, etc., are to be dispatched ;>t onco for the -fleet. .' Tho following have sent gifts to. the ' Town Hall for. tho Countess of Liverpool Fund:—Mrs. Jicklord, Miss Stella 8011, Mrs; Kilfoy. Sirs Robinson, .."Well-wisher,""Mrs. G. W.. Smith, a-id Mifs Roihenberg (lor Belgians), Aire. Gorton, Gisborne Women's Patriotic Committee. -Ladv Liverpool Fund, \Vairoa branch, No Name, Miss Perry, tho c chco!houso, MaunceviUe tycr Mrs. ' Harrison), St. Ardrew's Guild. Mrs. do Castro, Miss Sutherland, Hukapapa.

Conoert at Trentliam. An enjoyable concert was given in the Cliurcii of England Institute at Trentliam on 'Monday night by Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wood and party, wbo motored out from town. A popular item in tho programme was a Russian ballet, and tho comic songs of Master Winston M'Carthy, aged seven and ahalf years, won many encoros. Mr. and Mrs. Wood and Miss Martin sang solos, while Mr. Wood and Mr. Goudie snug several duets. Monologue items were given by Miss Ethel Churchill. Concerts are to be given every Monday evening in the institute. > Women's National Reserve. The monthly meeting of girls and women who registered for clerical work under tho auspices of the Women's National Rescrvo was held last night. Mrs. Boden (chairwoman of tho Registration Committee) presided, and addressed those present on the different kinds of work'being done by tho various departments that are employing women, and gave much valuable and useful information. Mis 6 Phoebo Myers, 8.A., gavo an able address upon the dignity and elevation of labour and the various avenues opening for the employment of women. She stressed tho need of efficiency in all tilings. Mrs. James Doyle also spoke, and explained the difficulties surrounding the employment of women in groc-. cry. shops, and- tho need of their, being properly trained for such work if pver called upon. Misß Shcppard, of Ha-' taitai, recited entertainingly "A Night ,in a London Hospital," written by an Anzae. Tho proceedings "ended with the singing of the National Anthem. As tho registration and reserve classes aro held on' Tuesday evening, tho monthly meetings will, in future, bo held on tho last Friday evening of each month in St. John's- clasßroom, Willis Street., St. Hilda's Bazaar, Island Bay, There was a very, good attendance at St. Hilda's bazaar, in aid of tho church funds, yesterday afternoon' and evening. Mrs. Coleridge oponed tho bazaar, and was received by the 'Rev. T. G. Castle.' The stalls.wero most- artistically decorated and laden with a, variety of useful and ornamental gifts, which should prove a. temptation to those blows who keep their attention fixed to the fact that Christmas is drawing very near. Tho Rev. Castle had compiled a dainty booklet, "My Favourite Quotations."' AH tho quotations bad been compiled by woll-known people, including Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool, and the Mayor and Mayoress. The following wero the stall-holders:—Produce:-/Members of the Mothers' Guild; needlework, married members'of St. Hilda's Gui'd; flowers, single members of the guild; sweets. Sunday school teachers: men's stall, members of the C.E.M.S. and- vestry. Refreshments were served by the ltvnibers of the choir in tho club room'. Tho bazaar will be open to-morrow, and au orchestra will play during the evening. ; An enthusiastic meeting of lady helpers of Mrs.. Manton and . Airs. Phelp's stallholders was held in the Red Cross rooms, Mercer Street, last night. Final arrangements were made in regard to the running of tho "Our. Day* stall, situated at tho Bank of New Zealand corner, Lambton Quay. Donations of flowers, parcels, etc.,. will be thankfully received at the Commercial .Traveller's' Club from to-day. Girls liavo been received at the Red Cross Depots Mercer Street, from the following.—Napi'ir Red Ur.iss. Oba'J Red Cross, New Plymouth Red Cross Centre, Manaia Patriotic Red Cross Society, Women's Patriotic Committee, Gisborne, Otane Red Cioss, AAairarapaRed Cross, Wellington Nursing Division (per Mrs. Moorhouse), Ladies Guild, Raet.ihi, Waikanae Girls' Club (pvjamas, shirts, swabs, etc.), Hastings Red Cross Workers (pyjama. suits, surgical towels, mufflers, and socks), Taihape Red Cross (52 mattress oovers), Awahuri Red Cross Guild (20 jna<.tress covers), Marton Red Cross workers (48 niattro is covers), and Palmerston North Patriotic Y/orliers (2o inat-tres'-s covers), Gisborne Women's Patriotic Committee (clothing), and Hataitni ami North Kil'uirnie National Reserve and Red Cross (pyjama- suits).

Reference was made in yesterday's issue to a circular which is being distributed b,y tho War Relief Association of Wellington amongst tho dependants of soldiers from Wellington city and suburbs. The arduous work of extracting the names of all the next-of-kin from the Expeditionary Rolls, preparing a card for each dependant, arranging the cards in district order, cth° was carried out entirely by the ladies of the Women's National Reserve, to whom the association is greatly indebted for such valuable assistancc.\ The Karon branch of tl™ Women's National Reserve will make a house-to-house collection for the Red Cross Fund on "Our Day."

Rumania's Queen.

_ 111 ore has been some little speculation, says an -English writer, whether the near relationship of tho Queen of Rumania to the British Crown has beon a contributary cause of Rumania throwing-in her lot with tho Allies. She is the eldest of the four daughters of the late Duke of Edinburgh. It is well to remember that it was only after her marriage with Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern, the recently-appointed heir to King Charles of Rumania, that her father suoceeded his uncle, Ernest 11, as Duke Alfred, of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. For the Duke of Edinburgh till a few years before his uncle's death spent littlo of his time in the Saxon duchy , over which lie was going to reign—a, fact which did not add to his popularity with his future subjects. His family received in England, or perhaps at one or other of the British Jinval stations where the duties of his high command in the Navy called their father, the education which. English princesses have received in these latter years—a most liberal one when compared with that of their less fortunate German cousins. This English education. was naturally tempered by the nar tionality of tho Duchess Marie, the Duke of Edinburgh's_ consort, who on inoro than one occasion has shown a. will of her own, a will not shackled by tho prejudices of courts. She is the only daughter of the Tsar Alexander 11, the Liberator, and as she was de-, votedly attached to him, so long as he lived it was her custom to spend much time at the Russian Court, anil afterwards at the court of his successor, 'Alexander 111. Of course, on many or ihese occasions her family accompanied her, and there wero return visits from fhe Russian cousins. Thus sympathy with Russia and things Russian must have been second only, to love of England with tho Duchess's children.

The ladies of .St. Anna's, Northland, will hold tlicir annual sale of work this afternoon and evening and to-morrow. The sale will bo opened at 3 p.m. bv Miss Fraser. The object of tho effort is twofold—to obtain monoy for tlio church debt extinction fund, and secondly for tlio site of the schoolroom. The church debt is now £240, whereas it was £600 two years ago, and there is £150 still owing on the sito of the schoolroom. The vicar (the Rev. Cyril Harvey) hopes to be able to pay off £50 from the church debt and £75 from tho site by tho end of this month, and the ladies are determined to mako a big effort to supply £100 of this amount through their sale.

Tlio members of the Women's National Reserve are combining their efforts and making great preparations for "Our Day," next Friday. Three stalls have been decided upon. No. 1 will be in charge of representative members of tho Reserve from Khandallah, Wadestow.n, and tho Hutt; No. 2 will be in the charge of Mrs. Bell, the secretary ; No. 3, a country stall, under the direction of Mrs. Henry Hail and Mrs. M. Holmes. All tho mombers of the Reserve are asked for contributions of flowers, produce, etc. All gifts must be marked for lied Cross, Lambton Quay. Goods may be left on Thursday at Priestley's storo, Kclburn.

Mrs. Henry Smith, or Chilton Houso. is returning to New Zealand by tho s.B. Romuora, d:uo in Auckland '.'about the end if the week.