WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 187, 27 April 1918, Page 5

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Continued from Page 4) A Golden Silence, The new lort correspondent ol the "Daily Mail" states tnai Mr. Daniels, Secretary loi; the Kavy. has is'siieu a warn" fug against' social conversation by the wives, of naval officers cowenilng- snip movements and other information ul value to the enemy. . Tl:a cast uI'TT wife who said at a dinner party iu a 'Washington hotel' that her husbanu was going auroiid is cited bv II r. "Daniels"us .t .typical illustration oT (lie" dangers 15 which women unintentionally expose their husbands ana hundred's of fneir comrades W. laxitv in conversation. The' unit with which ihis woman's husband was conneotea was a matwi' of common knowledge. An Arniy olhcer was placed under arrest, lor mentioning lo a woman relative the port anu uaH) oi his dcpaiiurc lor u'rance.

The Itiug held the tirst of a series of investitures' of the Order of the Untioh liaupire at Buckingham Palace on Pubruary" lU, when about lioo members ui the Order were docu'ratdd, states the "Daily Mail." The voumrusi was Mi.sa ijlruuia Grisell CaiituueT. Alexander-Sinclair, aged" 18. oniv Sam/liter of Cauluiu t. ST Aiexander-STjeniiT E.N7, "of" Duntwntb Castle, Caithness, since' the beginning or the war she has taKen an active pai't in toast waicamg auu signalling, one wore tne miuorm oi the coast -watchers who co-openau Witu tlie l\avy ana tiio" Coastguard, and tne lung uskeu liur many ■questions about brr work, 'ine lamily nave many associations with the services, and ships art a feature ol theii uoiit-of-ai'uis.

The latest news of Miss Ada Julius received in Christen urch is to the effect tnat she was nursing ut Burnham, lingland. Previously she had been engaged upon Admiralty work while recovering from the strain of strenuous' nursing.

Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Navy League and friends willing to assist with entertainments in connection with the league's loan exhibition are asked to attend a meeting which is to be held on 'Wednesday morning (May lj, at half-past 11, in the Navy League's rooms, tfallance Street. A series of entertainments is being .planned during the time that the exhibition is open. 'ihe exhibition itself promises to be of very great interest, and will reveal many treasures of art and of historical interest that have hitherto been hidden in the seclusion of Wellington homes.

•The doctors' wives in Wellington are shortly to have a clay at the AVellington Ked Cross Shop, and an appeal is being made by them for contributions of old silver—trinkets, silverware, etc.—for which there is no further use, with the übject ol melting them down and 60-ob-taining value from them. All contributions should be sent to Mrs. Mathew Hoiines, 19C Willis Street.

At the residenco of the bride's parents, Miss iivelyn Margaret Elliott, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Elliott, was married to Arthur Henry Reid Walloon, youngest son of Mr. it. Walloon, of Wangaehu. The bride was attendetl by her sisters, the Misses Maude and Constance Elliott, and the bridegroom by Messrs. G. Elliott and W. Kirker. The Rev. J. A. Hosking was the officiating minister. At the wedding breakfast the usual felicitous toasts were proposed and responded to. The numerous wedding presents testified to the popularity of the newly-wedded couple. Mr. and Mrs. Kalloon left by motor-car for a tour of the Taranaki district.

Particulars will be found in another column of a very interesting class which Miss Gladys Campbell has. opened, by request, to give instruction in all the latest movements of the modern ballroom dancing, including the "Pox Trot and Saunter," so much danced in rJuropo during the last season