SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3060, 23 April 1917, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wellington Red Cross Shop. The Kapiti district, including Paekakariki, Waikanao, and Paraparamu stocked the Wellington Red Cross shop on Friday, and their efforts realised the large sum of £114. The shop was in charge of Mrs. R. W. Smith, Mrs. J. Smith, Mrs. Elder, Mrs. Earl, Mrs. M'Lean, and many otlrer ladies ably assisted them. Thero was a plentious supply of lamb, and upwards of' five dozen head of poultry, several cooked hams, over 90 cream cheeses, cakes in hundreds, apples, pears, quinces in •abundance, also jams and chutueys. Several cases of fresh mushrooms, besiSes butter and eggs and cream' had been sent in. The settlers have made a wonderful response to the Red Cross appeal, and are to be heartily congratulated on their success. • They have stocked the shop once a. month for four months, and in all have made the large sum of £285. Those who organised the undertaking have worked untiringly; they have met with generous support on all sides from tho settlors, one and all responding freely to help those who are giving in this great .war of their best, and who in their effort- have fallen sick and wounded. As this is the last Friday that the Kapiti district wil be. able to take the shop for some months, the committee of the Wellington Red Cross shop desires to oxpress its thanks and appreciation of their great help. Mrs. Firth, hon. secretary, acknowledges with thanks £1 from the Commercial Travellers' Club per Mrs. Howard Eeid and Miss Kate Taylor, 10s.

.The Future of America. A controversy on the raco suicide question, has been proceeding in America. Rear-Admiral French E. Chadwick, TJ.S.N., retired, criticised American women for npt having'more children. He said foreign-born women in the United States had twice tfs many children as tho native born women, and that soon tho older American stock would be replaced'complotoly. At the closo of the war, ho said, the United States would have to deal with an efficient Europe—countrios that , have known how to sacrifice and to economise. He was staggered at tho prospect of how America should meet such a situation and compete with it. "Will our public schools help us?" he asked. "No. They have through generations been softening our fibre by bringing up our young men under women. This is not to say that the woman is not a irnod instructor, for she is frequently bettor than man; but that is not or should not be tho main objects of schools. , Instruction in mere book learning is easy; that in charaotor quite another thing. The woman teacher unquestionably passes over in a largo degree lior psychio qualities to tho boy; sho feminises him. What we want is a masculine character in tho boy, a feminine in the girl. We get the lattor, we fail in the first. Our first real step, thsreforo, should be to put our boys under a man, no matter what the coßt.. I say no matter, because the question is vital to tho country."

Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Lambert, of Norman's, Hill, Onehunga, celebrated their golden, wedding in Auckland last wook. They woro married in tho now Congregational Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, .England, in 1867. Another of Miss Borlase's assembly dances for soldiers was held in the Goring- Street Hall on Saturday evening. The committee wore the Misses G. ■Brice, Cracrof t, Dβ Lautour, Grace, Mead, Russell, M. Rapley, Turton, and Wardrop. Mrs. J. Couper (Hawko's Bay) is visiting Wellington. Miss Rose Sogrief leaves Wellington to-day for Napier, where she hae been engaged' to sing at the Anzac Day celebrations.. .■.'•. Mrs. F.. Nathan (Paltnerston North) is the guest of Mrs. Joseph, Hobsou Street. ; . ■', A party of Auckland children, organised Dy'Miss N. Kiseling, Mrs. Brett, Mrs. Mason, and Miss D. Morton, some months ago raised a. fund to provide toys for the children of English sailors (states' the "Herald"). An # English paper just to hand gives particulars of a pleasant gathering held at Gillingham, a suburb of Chatham, when tho gifts raised by the Auckland effort were distributed. Miss Eva Kissling, of Auckland, who is engaged in war work in England, was present during the proceedings. The marriage took placo iu St. Matthew's Church, Hastings, of Mr. Alfred J. Burgo, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burgo, of Hastings, tp Miss Alice Maiid Maeters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Masters, also of Hastings. Tho Rev. J. Brocklehuret nerformed the ceremony,. Another wedding which took place .at Maraekakaho was that of Miss !,C. Neal, late of tho nursing staff of the Napier Hospital, and daughter of Mr. W. J. Neal, to Mr. Alexander M'Beath/ of Napier. The /Rev. Mr. Asher performed the ceremony. A very successful dance , was hehl in the Anzao Club, Featherstbn, on Friday night, Mesdames Q. Donald and A. Clark, and Miss Card,.acting as hostesses. The floor of the concert-room was crowded, with soldiers and theirlady partners. Music for tho occasion was supplied by the Military Band, and Mesdames Clark and Wickens played snppor extras, whilst Miss Kilmartin provided the music for a Tasr/ianian two-step, which formed part of the programme. Several songs were contributed by Miss Mina Caldow, whose items met with very hearty approba-, tion. The supper arrangements were as usual excellent.

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W.C.T.U. A well-attended meeting of the Wellington Central Union was held, in the Y.M.C.A. rooms oil Friday. Mrs. A. R. Atkinson was in the chair. A circular from the recently-formed National Council of Women was read and discussed. Tho union decided to join the National Council. Circulars from the New Zealand Alliance re closing of hotel bars at 6 o'clock wae read, and petition forms distributed. When the formal business of the meeting had bceii , disposed of, Mrs. A. R. Atkinson, delegate of the,union, gave an interesting and comprehensive report of the W.C.T.U.'Convention, recently held in Auckland. The membership for the Dominion now number 3682, being.an increase on last year's membership. Out of over 100 delegates to convention, 53 were present for the'first time. Mrs. Aftinson spoke of the large and enthusiastio gathering which assembled in the Baptist Tabernacle, where theconvention was held. One of the largest gatherings took place on Sunday, March 25, when the Rev. Knowles Kempton preached an impressive serinan against the traffic in alcohol. A very hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mrs. Atkinson for'her able re-

Tha Taxi-Women. The intense desire of women motorists to drive taxi-cabs in London streets is one of the little surprises of the war. I am told (states a correspondent of the "Manchester Gnrdian") that dozens of girls -'mployed by commercial houses, as well as many others still unemployed, -have been waiting with tho utmost impatience for. Scotland Yard to allow women to drive taxis, -where they have often enough driven ambulances. The permission has now come. They will, of course, have to ?ass tho very, severe tests sot by Scotnnd Yard in knowledge of London. An officer in the Women's Volunteer Reserve, which has ever since the war beon urging the employment of women drivers, tells me that probably all the taxi-cab companies who have had cars standing idle will heartily welcome the new order. She thought there was no valid objection to women drivers. It was said that they could not lift heavy luggage, but few men drivers nowadays would consent to do that, and there was seldom any difficulty in finding a porter. The idea that the girls might have- unpleasant experiences— that, for instance, a girl might be ordered by some disreputable tare to drive him to tho middle of Hampstead Heath at midnight,—was quite absurd. The taxi-driver with her licence, her badge, and -uniform would be as well protected as any girl working alone. She said that in her experience of tho past two and a half years she had not had half-a-dozen complaints from the drivers -who had found-.'-employment through the Beserve, and that it was very rare for-a ■ parent to object to her daughter's choice of a venturesome career. '•'..■■