WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 22, 20 October 1917, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wedding in Chrislcliurcli. The Wedding Look jilaea very 'quietly iu the Catholic Cathedral, Clirislcliiirch on October .17 of Miss Maryaret Mam! Newman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Newman, of Olu-istchuroli. to Mr. George AV. Gray, secretary nf dm Wellington Returned Soldiers' Club, The ee-rtiui'iny was performed by Iho Roy. Father Long, and Iho bridi , , who was attended by her sister, Miss Vera Nowmaa, woro a. gowu of while, rrepi) do chine, fho tram of which whs ' lined with pnlo lemo'i ssilk crejii. , . Her veil was fas-tuned with a wreath of orange blossoms, and. slio carried a bridal bouHiiet. Tho best man was "Mr. W. A. ilopkins.

An "At Home.' , Yesterday afternoon .111 "Ai, Romf" for tho wives of members of Parliament was held by Miss .Frat-er .-if. the, Ministerial residence in Tinakovi Road.'.Quantities of llowers in shades of pink and heliotrope, as well as llowering pot plants, Jii which, were,iiiclndodsonißbeautiful cinerarias, gurechurming touches of colour to the drawing-room, iu which Miss Eraser received her guests, aiid in the dining-room, where, tea, and iccK were served, scarlet geraniums held pride- of place, arranged in. tsilvoi- bowls and vases. Searlot-shaded lights above, tlio table just matched in lone ll;o flowers, and added to the 'wiirmth of colouring in the room.. Among thosa who wero present were Mrs. W. J ,l . Mastsey aud Miss Massey. Mrs. W. G. Una. soil, Mrs. A. Myers, Lady Hall-Jones nud Miss Hall-Jones. Mrs. Sidey. Sirs. Thackcr, Mrs. Tjillmt. Mrs. Field, Miss Field,-.find several others. Owing to tho end of Ihe .session beginning to dawn faintly upon tho menial horizon of mem. bers, several of their wives had returned to their homes or wero away from Wellington, .-lmoug their .number being Lady War:l. A few friends of Miss Eraser's assisted her with the lea <,r----rangemenls.

W.C.T.UThe monthly meeting of tho Central. Union was held in th« Y.M.C.A, rooms yesterday, nnil was well attended. Mrs. JTDonafd, who presided, gave 1111 interesting account of the recently-held convention at Feilding. A long discussion took placo on the Social Hygiene- Bill, now before Parliament. Members expressed themselves strongly opposed to any Act of Parliament that detained women and. allowed men to go free. JJuch gratification • was expressed al: tho decision of tho Railway Department rn placo a special carriage on trains for tho use of women. Votes of tfianks were pussed io the mom hers who contributed so generously to the slall at Paddy's Market, and to the ladies who assisted 1 at tho stall. French Club. Thero was the usual • weekly Meeting of tho French Club on Thursday night. Captain. Barclay presided, and.there was ,i fair attendance. ' Proceedings began with a piano solo played by Mr. Foster; Mrs. Johnson rend an extract from a newspaper, "La. Potito Giroiide," treating of the work of the British Navy _in tho present war. The writer dwelt with satisfaction on tho results achieved. Captain Barclay read a paper describing the experiences of various Belgian refugees, and the difficulties experieiiced by 6omo who spoko nothing but Flemish, a language ns difficult to their French hosts as to their English: ones. ■ A report was received from the club's 'examines as to the examination just held. There were seventy-two- ontries, and sixty-eight candidates at the examination. The\following schools were represented:—Wellington Girls' College, Wellington College, Sacred Heart Convent School (Island-Bay),-Ghilton House, Miss Bnker's school, St. Patrick's Collego. The examiners spoke.'of the excellence of much of tho wort-submitted, especially French conversation and eompoeition. After votes of thanks had been passed to those who had taken part, tho company joined in singing tho "Marseillaise."

Hostesses at the Sydney Street Soldiers' Club lor tho coming ■weak aro as follows:—Sunday, Airs. I , '. M, B. Fisher; Monday, Wellington College lOld Giirls; Tuesday, Mrs. 1). Stewart; Wednesday, Jolinsonrillo Women's National Keserve; Thursday, ladies of St. Mark's Church; Friday, Miss Kennedy; Saturday, Mrs. C. Uarle.

Tho AVollington Bed Cross Shop inado quite a convenient tea-room for ' the many visitors to town or "Our Day." Tho room was bright, and oftentimes' well filled. The sum of .&i. was lmudca in to the Our Fund, This included a donation of £H brought in by tho Miranuir Ladies' Sewing Guild, who took a prorninont and leading part, in tlio organisation of tho tea-room.

Mrs. Firth, hon. treasurer of tho Wellington Women's Bed Cross Committee, acknowledges the following contributions; —Mrs. Mboriiouse, XI; Mrs. Bhuideli, £1; Minunar Ladies' Sewing Guild, Jt'323 11s.; Mrs. Judali Myers, .CI; Maknra ladies, £'i 95.; Ladies lied Cross Guild, Waitotara (payment), ATi; Ohakuno Ladies , Guild (payment), 35.; Otane Eed Cross (payment). £2 9s. Gd.; Mrs. J. P. Firth, Al Is. Tlio secretary of the Bed Cross Shop acknowledges with thanks iC2I 3s. Id., proceeds of the Thorndon girls' dance in aid of their Bed Cross dav at tho shop. ' Next Friday tho shop will bo in charge of tho Kelburn Women's National Bcserve, and a. successful day is expected, as this district lias been working for some time, and has already a good deal of money in hand.

In another column a special notice in connection with the forthcoming monster bazaar for tho Kindergartens' Association Building Fund appears. An appeal is mado for gifts of produce or guods of any kind for sale- at the many stalls, and tlioso who have already promised to.donato aro asked to wild their gifts in by Thursday next. The cll'ort lining put forth is a most worthy one, and deserving of hearty support.

Tho hon. seurotiivy'of the Countess of Liverpool .Fund acknowledges two tontribiitioiif: from Hid Suiincvirke Patriotic Shop, one of .£SO wild, another ot] ~CIO7, tinrards tho Trench Comforts Fund.

BAIVDNESP. This ad'eetiou of tho hair follicles, unless followinj,' an tkcntu diceasc,' pro-pre.-wt'S slowly, mid is canned by -pressuro Iro'u still' liiit l;aii(ls, Mcdontary occupn. t ions, juenhiJ worry, too frequent washin';, and, most often, from inadequate or improper caro of tho scalp. Whe.n Baldness is trealed in ite Ciirly stages thero is evnry hope of curinu it.

Mussagn of Hie Scalp sLiouid bo done tivii.-o a. week at lcjist. and tho daily ~so of ii. special lotion i'ui - baldness irf absolnlelv necessary.

Special Lotion -for .Bulilnc*, 5.5.: posted fpliiin wnippi'r), rw. lid. in Localiwd Baldneis, or Alopecia .Areata, llin L<yr will suddenly I'all on" in mw or jiioro pa In lies. Jl is generally caused by debility or Homo local nprvn |.rour>'> in. Hir> scalp, inimeiliiilfl troatmprit \r .'?f>cossary, ii!\(l an ointniont xpulieil every night and inorniiiK- Alopecia Dinlnutui, ■U. (Id.

MATTSRS OF INTERHST FIOM FAR AN© NBAS,

Y.W.C.A. Notes. At tho SBi'vicn for girls and young woniflu in thn Y.W.P.A.. Club rooms. Fowlds' Buildings, Herbert ijlreet, to-morrow :ir. tenoon at 4.15, Mr. Sydney Peck, of the Y.M.C.A., will bo the. speaker. Members and friends, are asked to make this nicotine known. A. tea and social hour will follow, !o which all aro invited.

A popular programme, including music, with well-krio'.vu choruses, and lively games, has been iirranged for Iho npeii social «t Iho Y.W.C.A.. Club rooms, UerberL Street, to-night. An invitation to this racial ban been issued by one. of Ilin chaplains at Tronthuni Camp to h ip-oup of soldiers there. Members of" the Y.W.C.A. aro expected to bn present; to help to mako a success of (bo evening. Plans will probabjy be made for home of the soldiers to join tho picnic on Monday.

lissl Thursday evening members of the Y.W.O.A. gathered iu tho club rooms to farewell Miss Williams, who has for tho post year and a. half been engaged in iho duties of assistant secretary of tho local Young Women's Christian i-lssocin-tion. Sim has uoiv been transferred to the InveriiargiU branch. Tho latter part of tho evening- was devoted to a, supper party, with speeches appropriate .to the occasion. The colour scheme of-tho table and presentation basket of flowers was crimson, and it displayed considerable artistic tuleiit oil tho part of tho givls who arranged it.

The SI. John Ambulanco Brigade, Red Cross Society, Stai* Boating Sheds, wish to acknowledge with thanks donations of money and hospital equipment from the following:—"A Friend," Mangapehi Red Cress Guild, Bulls Red Cross Society, Nirnuha. Red Cross Society, .Pihaina, ]?ed Cross Guild, Himitan'<u Dancing Class (.Ml Ms.), "A. Mother" (2s. Gd.J, Koputaroa. School, To Aro School, .Miss Davidson, Jinngapehi. Red Cross Guild, Miss Marks (£% 135.). Mrs. Ross, Mrs. W. B. Andrews, Mrs. Deuton (£i), Awahuri 'Red Cross Society, Bongo, tea Red Cross Guild, Girls' Club, Bulls, Mangaweka Red Cross Society. Tho depot will not bo open on Monday (Labour Day). ' .

A.n interesting and attractive entertainment wilt bo given l>v the St. .Andrew's .Bright Lights and the "Charley's .Aunt" Club in (ho Town Hali Concert Chamber on Saturday, October 27, at 8 p.m. A largo committee, oi which Mrs. Arthur llyors is tho hon. secretary,, is working hard to uiako the function a rompleto success. All services arc to .lie' given free, so that tho whole of the proceeds of tho effort will go to augment tho funds of the Ked Cross Society. Tho meritorious object for which tho entertainment is being held, independently of tho high standni'd of tho varied programmo which is to be presented, ought to ensure a bumper house for tho con-, cert. Further details of the entertainment appeal' in another column.

WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT

SOWING THE SEED. Yesterday evening a meeting of the Women's National Council Wellington branoh) was held in. the Y.W.C.A. rooms, in Herbert Street. Miss England presided, and tho subject of discussion was "Women in Parliament." Tho speakers were Lady Stout and Mrs. .Oonaldson, Apologies for unavoidable absence were received from Mrs. A. B. Atkinson and Miss 1\ Myers. In opening her subject Lady Stout said that what they hoped to do was to make it possible lor women to be e'ected to Parliament, to make it possible for the State to call upon the best of its citizens to legislate for tho benefit of others. The typo of woman, however, that they wanted to represent , 'horn in the House was not the woman who was • illing to accept the man's point of view for aer own because of benefits that would acorue to her,-but the woman who was loyal to other women, who would uphold womanhood in the face of everything. Although they had had the right to vote for U .'cars, they hud not yet the right to sit in I'arliameut themselves. \Vonieu were elected to. Parliament in Finland, I ami so .uccessnil iiad they been that at the last elections held there still ruoro women were elected to-'Parliameut. In jiew Zealand we had got to far as to elect woiueu for seats upon the hospital board, the education buard, and upon buliool ewunntlees. So far, however, women did not yet appear to take enough interest in tho iast-menuoned elections to make their influence fplt. »o many matters came beioro tiio House that women were directly concerned with —matters relating to the cost of living, education, rents, sanitation, hours ot work, pensions, .etc.—and yet no women were tnero to give their point of view in matters that were of the greatest importance to them. We now had a number of women who were lit to repressut their sex 'n Parliament, and so far oho had never been able to see any reason why women should rot be there. The free tight that had takeplace the other day in Puriiaiuent Jbiuii'lmgs might not have taken piace had women been there. A saving rf the country's time and money would most iertamly be made, as tho squabbling which wa. now done at to high a price to the taxpayers would not take place were women there. In the mutter of education, for instance, _ey had men in Parliament who did not understand wonun s ideals-in that direction, and lliey acted as though women were created for vlie purpose only of' coolciiig and sewing and waiting upon the iords of creation. Mrs. Donaldson, who followed Lady Stoutj said that it was a matter ol intense disappointment to her when she ■ came to this country some ;ear3 ago to find no woman's movement. No macould express the woman's point of view, I and she considered that women should be . elected tu all public bodies, and that they : should by means of them gradually ht i themselves for being members if Parha- • ment. But they must become trained and have a knowledge of pubUc vork first. It nas ouiy by the combined eftorts ot men and women in every department ot life that we could.meet the terrible,.problems of the world now confronting us. Women were thinking so deeply of these things that they were coming together from all parts to combine and face those problems. Women's- place was everywhere, in the home and outside the home, and in these days of war and after hor place would be very much outside the home. She would noK be tor many years to come the wage-earner, the mother, aud the father both of the family. It was impossible to deny them their place in makiug the laws by which their lives were bound when suoh a state of things faced them. Sho hoped that when women went into Parliament they would not go in under tho party system, but would go in for the good i)f the women's cause alone, not for party politics. Had women been in Parliament there would not have been "such a Bill as the Social Hygiene Bill now before the House. Did men believe that thinking women of the world would accept the standard of morality handed down by mou? The standard that women desired was that each person should aot honourably to the other. There was noil an attempt being made to interfere with the education of girls. Thoy were being compelled to take courses in domestic science. Every girl did not want to cook, and why should she? Thore would now be so many more women than men that the best brains of the former should bo used for other purposes than I cooking and sowing. There was too much thought 'of cooking. If -wo lived more simply we vcould have higher ideals and more time to think and act.