SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
A Military Wodding. 1 A military wedding was celebrated at. Ilolyrood' Church, Wattord, ilcrta, when Lieutenant Edmund Malone, Turtuiaki Killes, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, was married lu -Miss Mary Harriot (Hattie) JJrocklehurst. T'lia bridu is well known in Horwich, beitig the eldedt daughter of Mr. .1. if. Brocklehurst, tlio sanitary and food and meat inspector, aud Mrs. Brocklchurst. She lias "done her bit" in the war, and wa.s recently awarded tho lioyal Red Cross for her work in nursing the wounded ;it Connaught Hospital, Alders'hot. She was trained at Bury and Salfo.rd Royal Hospitals. When war broke out slie was drafted to Aldershot, and remaineduukt k hor post there until f|Uif 0 lately. Her" wedding is romantic in. tlinl sho nursed the ofliecr who has now become hor husbnnd when he came to England wounded from tho Galiipoli Peninsula. Lieutenant: Malone is the eldest son of the-late Colonel \V. O. Malone, who left New Zealand with the original Expeditionary l-'oree, aud was killed during tho operations on the Peninsulas Lieutenant Malone, who is homo on short leave from France, has taken part in the recent big push, both at Arras and Messing Ridge. Three little cousins were bridesmaids, and Lieutenant R. Wood,' M.C., who also.'went through tho Galiipoli campaign and was dccorajed for conspicuous bravery at the landing, was best num.
The Old School. i A domestic servant of a:! years' experience vitli JSngtisli and .Scottish I anuuei. has written a wok 011 Tier calling, and .slie gives advico to both inisti esses and "maids" which, tnougli ii may seem a little out of harmony with contemporary practice and spirit, is eminently sounu. As an instance, this paragraph may be commended to the careful study of all housemaids:—"Will young girls notice, when dusting tables wliere lucre are private papers, that it is far better to leave the table tiiun to touch the papers; they may be in a smoking-room, billiard-room, or front hall. Gentlemen prefer their papers rAine. Some old housemaids have been highly apoken of as never touching papers; they have a way of laying "down their left arm full length on the papers, if they must dust and brush it, carefully leaving all papers in the same place, not lifting one of thorn; but you are safest to leave them as' they are; and wo hope you never pry into places where you have no right to be, and never carry tales outside."
Is Beauty Declining? ' ■ Recently,; in the "Observer,'' Mr. John Galsworthy began a series of sociological articles, and many ol' the points' aro being much debated. ' In one part ho speaks of plainness, and almost positive ugliness, of English city folk.- He says: "Out of IGSO passers-by, women and men (including soldiers), observed perhaps tho 'best' district of London—St. James's Park, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Bridge, and Piccadilly—ill May of this year, only 310 had any pretensions to not being very plain, or definitely ugly— not one in live. And out of the 810 who passed this quite low standnrd of looks, perhaps thirty had what might be called beauty—say, one out of each. 150 in all—not a great average. Out of 120 British soldiers, observed round Charing Cross, CO—just one-half—passed the same standard. But out of 72 Australian soldiers, 51, or three-quarters, passed, and several had real beauty." JTe explains what his standard is:—"The lowest I, or anyone, could honestly make it—a standard that covers just the very rudiments of proportion and comeliness."
A dinner of the Women's Medical Ser. vico wns held in the Lyceum Club, Lou. don, at which representatives of the Australian and Now Zealand Army Nursing Services were present, Dr. Florence Storey, of a London, military hospital, 'was' the principal lipeakor, and her topic was the grievance English medical women doing Army work labour under in not being given military rank, tho same as a medical man. The colonial Army Nursing' Services were held up as models in this respect,
Mrs. H. Fossotte, Mrs. J. Downing, and ""Miss E. Hurst (Sister Kva) occupy places on the Victorian War Savings Committee. It was thought lhat women delegates would havo a hotter opportunity than men representatives of g.ettiug into touch with women and girls willing to contribute, small sums of money regularly, as opposed to the types 'who aro prepared to invest X's, ,£lO, or J;2O in the War Loan. These delegates havo already done valuable propaganda work in connection with scliools. factories, shops, iind women's association^.
The hon. secretary of the Countess of Liverpool Fund acknowledges tho following:—Miramar Bed Cross and: Liverpool Fund, J!32; Hunterville (for parcels), A3; Damievirko (for Christmas puddings , for parcels J380), .£107; Red Cross Society, Wellington,'J2 9s. (id.; Ohakune Junction (for Christinas parcels), JU3; j'atca (for Christmas puddings), ,£lO Os. od.; Patea (for parcels), M\ Levin (tor shirts), J!3 155.; Otaki Patriotic Society (for Christmas parcels), 18s. Gd.; Masterton Liverpool Equipment hund (for troopships comforts), Xl 2; Mrs. Riddiford (for. Trench Fund), £i.
Mk. Theodore Roosevelt, jun., daughter-in-law of tho ex-President of tho United States, has arrived in Pans, whero she is to devote the whole of her tinio to the sorvice of the soldi.'ra through the agency of Ihe American Y.M.C.A. Tho son-in-law of President Wilsoiij Mr. Francis B. Snyre, is also going to France with the American troops as Y.M.C.A; field secretary.
Gifts havo been received at the Ked Cross Depot, Mercer Street, from tho following:—Karori lieswve, Sanson Red Cross, Otane Red Cross, Ohingaiti Red Cross Guild, Greymouth Branch British- Red Cross, Mrs. Buiubcll's Guild, KhaudalUh, Waitara Red Cross Guild, Woipukttrnu and Districts, Women's Patriotic Committee, Gisborno; llavclock North Red Cross Worker?. per Her Excolloncy the Countess of Liverpool pairs handkuitted socks); Mrs. C. Griffiths, Marton Red Cross Workers, Miss Clapham, Onnondnllo Red Cross Guild, Miss Barraud, Wairarapa Centre British Red Cross Society, Napier . Branch B.R.C. Society, Levin and Districts Patriotic Sociely. llie depot will be closed on Thursday owing lo tho ' "Our Day" appeal.
Navy League Ladies' Auxiliary. The Navy League Ladies' Auxiliary stall for Our Day is divided inlo two stands. Mrs. C. E. Kichaidsoli will bo in charge outside Kirkcaldie's, and will sell needlework, Hovers, sweets, jam, elo. She will be most grateful 1 for contributions. At Woodward Street conicr Mrs. Gibbons will be stationed, and she will be glad to receive gifts of Jlnwei'S; cake, sweets, preserves, etc. The gifts may lie 'brought to the stalls on Thursday, and Mrs. Gibbons has arranged that they may be left at Mr. Harcourt's auction rooms 011 Wednesday. Any sort, of gifls for sale will be gratefully received.
"Lc Bal Mnsquo Parisian." 'I hero is overy prospect of success for the plain and fancy-dress masquerade which has been organised by tho "Wellington drapery assistants, who invite the public to tako part. Tho proceeds are to bo devoted to tho Citizens' Christmas Gift Fund.' A limited number of tickcts are available for tho public and soldiers in uniform, whilst spectators avo also to be admitted. The box plan for reserved seats is now open at the Bristol Piano Co. A. featuro of the gathering will be a poster pageant, for which good support is promised, so tho Town Hall should present a gay spectacle when the grand march starts on Wednesday, .October '-it. The window-dressers have arranged to co-operate in the decorations, and the Trcnlhnm Hand Orchestra will provide the lqusic. Tickets for dancers, soldiers, and spectators are available at tjie dra.pery establishments. Speoial prizes are lift'ered by tho proprietors for the best- poster and fgncy dresses. Particulars liavo been advertised.
Mrs. A. Crawford (hon. secretary of the Countess of Liverpool Fund) is payin? a brief visit to Hastings.
Miss K. Cameron, who has been spending several months at Maungapakeha, returned to "Wellington yesterday. She leaves shortly on a visit to her sister in Dunedin.
Mrs. A. Hogg is spending a few days in Muslerton.
Mrs. Betts (Nelson) is visiting relatives in the Wairarapa.
Mrs. Maclaurin is visiting Maslerton', and is staying at "Brooklyn."
Mrs. Galway (Auckland) is visiting Mastering
Boys' spovts suits. In summer weights and colourings for boys from 5 years to youths of 18, years, Prices ranging from 21s. .1," 475. (id. Geo. Fowlds' Ltd., Manners Street.—A'dvt.
Dispatch of Hospital Goods. Nine hundred and sixty-three cases of hospital goods have been .dispatched from the Mercer Street -Red Cross Depot during tho past six months. This number includes goods and comforts for Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the New Zealand War Gifts Depot, Southampton Docks, from where they are distributed to France and all hospitals in England where New Zealauders are located; also equipment for the .military hospitals-at Treiltham and Featherston and Victoria, besides Lowry Bay Convalescent Home. Tho following is the list:—Slippers, 457; pyjamas, 5942; treasure bags, 2723; day snjrta, 2192; flannel night shirts,. SO; hospital shirts, 180 ft; bed'jackcts, 1175; underslurts, 2499; underpants, 1024; ward suits, 108; flannel waistcoats, 135; draw ■ sheets, 100; pillow-cases, 1230; sheets, -114; towels,. 105; bedspreads, 150; nurses' overalls, IS; dressing gowns, 200; mufflers, 262; mittens, 170; balaclavas, ■ 250; cholera belts, 170; knee-caps, 2: bed socks, 710; handknitted socks, 1015; machine-knitted socks, 705; jug covers, 324; blankets, IS6; cushions, 8; handkerchiefs, 415(1; facecloths, 5825; blazers, 2!l: Roslvn arm slings, -133: swabs, 26,t39; tray cloths, 655; surgical towels, 2R5; respirators, 30; instrument, towels, 12(i; hot-water bugs, 54; air cushions,. 5; surgical veils, 240; roll bandages, 13,602; triangular, 910; manitail bandages, 2466; head bandages, 590; eye bandages, 1260; T. bandages, 540; plugs, 4550; dusters. 100; -wringers, 115; dvsentery pillows. 107; binders, S5; limb pillows,' 629 : diet'cloths.-840; fomentation cloths, 2%; hot-water bag covers, 102; bead rest covers, 126.
. SPECIAL TREATMENTS AT MRS. ROLLESTON'S. For failing hair, dandruff, or premature greTness, courses of treatment, including hand, vibro, and electrical massage, clipping and singeing, and shampooing,'one guinea. T"or improving the colour and lustre if the hair, Henna Shampooing, 7s. 6d. For improving tho growth and prevent-' ing the hair falling, shampooing with friction. Is. 6d. For thoroughly cleansing the hair, and scalp, shampooing, 2s. Gd. ' , For .strengthening the growth, clipping and singeing, Is. Gd. Henna staining and hair staining, from IDs. 6d. For improving the complexion, removing and preventing wrinkles, eradicating blackheads, courses of face treatment, one guinea. For the permanent removal of superfluous hair by electrolysis 10s. per halfhour. Special preparations for hair and face home treatments. Combings made up, 2s. 6d. o?,. Switches, Transformations, Toupees, and (very de6ign in hairwork at English prices. MRS. ROLLESTON. 256 Lambton Quay, 'Wellington.—Advt.
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