SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3007, 19 February 1917, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Society for tho Health of Wemen and Children. A general conference of tlio Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children is to bo held in tho Accountants' Chambers to-morrow and on 'Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The following delegates are representing the various branches: — Auckland, Mrs. Bloomfield, Mrs. A. Myers,-Dr. Beattie, and Mrs. Bagiin.ll; Christchurch, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Bristed, Mrs. Chilhow, and Miss It. Tabart; Dunediu, Dr. and Mrs. King, Mrs. Carr, Sirs. J. A. Johnstone, Mrs. J. M'Georgo, 'Lady Allen, Mrs. Thcomin; Central Otago, Mrs. W. A. Mooro; Invercargill, Mrs. Pearce, Mrs. Hawley; Marton, Miss Cook; Gisborne, Miss W. F. Anderson, Miss Cuthbert; Wanganui, Mr. and Mrs. Hope Gibbons, Mrs. Izard, Mrs. J: Stevenson; Nelson, Mrs. Buchanan, Mr. H. Hunter Brown; Petone and Hutt, Mrs. Burd,, Mrs. M'Caw; Dannevirke, Mrs. Bick-'' ford, Mrs. Harry Cowper; Timaru, Mrs. Elworthy; Oamaru, Mrs. 'Whitton; Hawera, Mrs. Blamires, Mrs. Fullerton Johnston; Taihape, Miss Studholme, Mr. Arrowsmith; Waimate, Mrs. Black; Hastings, Mrs. P. H. Williams, Mrs. Lewis. Wellington Red Cross Shop. . Tho Victoria League had a splendid result from their day's effort at the Wellington Bed Cross Shop on Friday, handing in £51. This included Miss Cooper and Miss Moss's flower-stall, money. Tho display of provisions was a large one, and long before the end of the afternoon the stalls were empty. Great credit is due to the ladies who organised the day. No effort or trouble was too much for them ill tho desire to help the Red Cross work. The takings at tho shop for tho week amounted to £57. Next Friday the Johnsonville Ladies' National .Reserve, have their day, and are' working hard for the success of it. On Tuesday, Miss Cooper and Miss Moss will have flowers and sweets for sale. Cakes will bo gratefully received by them, and sold. It is intended to organise later on in connection with the Red Cross Shop a sale of good second-hand clotiling, so that Red Cross friends who are not in very affluent circumstances may buy, 'and so take their part in tho ._ Red Cross work. . A central and suitable room will bo selected in the Mount i Cook vicinity. Sympathy and help from members - of clubs will bo asked, | and it lis hoped that numerous suits and pairs of boots will bo collected.| •from this source. Mrs. Firth would j welcome natties of ladies who desire to | support this movement on behalf of our sick and wounded soldiers in England. • ■ . ' Mrs. J. Kirkcaldie has ' generously given a, room adjoining the Red Cross Shop for cooking eakes to sell and a gas stove will bo installed.- Gifts from friends of a pound of sugar or flour, or a few eggs will be gratefully received any morning at the shop 125 Lambton Quay to help on the cake cooking scheme. Mrs. R. B.Ross and her daughter Beryl, .are visiting Wellington, and are at tho Hotel Cecil. ■ Over. £20! was taken at the Navy Lcaguo garden party on Friday last, and there is still some ticket money to como in. Tho ladies of tho auxiliary are desirous of thanking Mrs. Fisher and Miss Medley, who on very short notice, volunteered to arrange a concert programme, and also thoso who sang and played during the afternoon. Mrs. Paisley, Hawke's Bay, is staying with Miss Thompson, Opawa. Mrs; N. Thompson left Hastings on Saturday for Wellington, for tho purpose of farewelling Commander Worsley (a cousin) and Captain Stcnhouso, of the Antarctic expedition, who ar6 about to rejoin their vessels. Miss Murray-Aynsley and Miss Ger-ard,-Christchurch, are staying in 1 Wellington. ... Mrs. and Miss ' Stott, Wellington, aro visitors to Christchurch, and are staying at St. Elmo, Worcester Street. Mis Tregear, Auckland, is tho guest of Mrs. A. S; Ford, Christchurch. Mrs. H. B. Lusk and daughter, who have been visiting England.havo arrived \back in Napier. Dean Weeks, who has beon conducting a series of services at Holy Trinity, _ Avonside, Christchurch, accompanied by Mrs. Weeks, has returned to Nelson. Mrs. T. >E. Cross left Hastings by the express on Saturday ou a visit to Palmerston North.

Presentation at the Catholic Hostel,

A very pleasant gathering was held at the Catholic Hostel on Saturday ■ evening, .when tho members of the | Board of Management, the residents, and friends mot to bid adieu to the matron, Miss Mulvany, who has been reluctantly obliged to resign owing to very serious illness in her family. A musical programme was much enjoyed, vocal items being given by Mrs. Halpin, Miss Little, Master Leo O'Brien, Messrs. Duncan and Sievers, recitations by Misses Black and M'lnerney and Lieut. Duggan. A piano' solo given by Miss Alinoguo was much enjoyed.! A feature of the evening was several choruses efficiently rendered by the residents. Mrs. Cornish had arranged two competitions, which were keenly contested, and won by Misses Burke and Black and Mr. Hislop. Major Halpin, on behalf of the board, presented Miss Mulvany with ,a letter of appreciation signed for the board by himself (chairman), Mr. Sievers (treasurer), and Miss Wheeler (secretary), also with a gold pendant of pearls and alivines, and a gold brooch, and' spoke in highly appreciative terms of Miss Mulvany's work at the hostel. On behalf of tho residents, Miss Black presented Miss Mulvany with two silver and oak photo frames, with many good wishes. Mr. Cornish responded for Miss Mulvany in a few well-chosen words, thanking all for their goodwill. Major Halpin extended a warm welcome to Miss Keating, the new matron, on behalf of the hoard and residents. Refreshments were then served, and an enjoyable evening was brought to a close with a few dances. Miss Mulvany leaves for Auckland on Thursday. Lord Curzon's Bride. Of course everybody is talking of Mrs. Alfredo Duggan's engagement to Lord Curzon (says a London writer). It has been a "secret do Pblichihelle" lor some months past, and all sorts of mysterious hints and comments - have been .made in the social world about the interesting couple. Certainly Lord Curzon is a man of good taste in regard to his choice of wives. Mrs. Duggan is quite as beautiful as the [ late Lady Curzon. She has none of the rather ethereal and aloof type of beauty which belonged to his first wife. Mrs. Dufgan is magnificently alive, and very vivTd in her style; she has just returned to London after a • business trip to Buenos Aires, where she has' been settling the- huge estate of' her first husband. It is said she is one of the richest women in the world, and her two sons and a daughter by her first, marriage will, when they arrive at their majority, inherit enormous fortunes in their own right. Cheerful Women. A cheerful woman is like a-ray of sunshine wherever she goes'. She not only doos good to others by example, but she helps discontented and gloomy people to throw oif some of their native melancholy,, and to emulate a little of her own cheerfulness (says a writer in an exchange). . . .' . The cheerfulness that, persists m seeing the bright side of everything and discovers Mtho silver '■ lining" where others perceive no break in the grey cloud, must : not be confounded with selfishness and carelessness. They are totally different attributes, quite antagonistic to one another. A. purely Beltish and careless woman would be thinking so continually about • herself that' she would have no reserve 'force left in which to practice the hundred-and-one little thoughtful actions which como within the ken of tho woman who has "cheerfulness" as her watchword, and who endeavours to make her sisters more' happy by imparting some of it to them. . As a rule, very selfish people are creatures of "moods"—irritable, suspicious, and ever on the alert to discover some fancied slight to themselves. Thoy aro so taken up with their own grievances that-they have no time to devote to thinking of others, and the more their interest is centred round themselves tho loss reason they see for light-llcartodness. -■• •_ Women who seem the embodiment of happinoss are frequently misjudged. Superficial observers give them little credit for any'depth of feeling, and imagine that they take tho responsibilities and cares of life,far. too lightly when they do not go about with a gloomy countenance. It is.only those who have been confined to a sick room who know what a priceless treasure is that buoyancy of spirit, and what hidden depths of feeling may_ be beneath the outwardly bright exterior.

Mrs. F. Thomas, Hastings, accompanied by her niece, Miss Hamilton, is at present in Christchurch. Mrs. Bacchus and Mrs. M'Gill, of Seatoun, will havo charge of tho. Red Cross Shop, Woodward Street, on Wednesday, and will havo a good supply of home-made cakes, sweets,-flowers,.etc. ; ; I__ \