SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 232, 19 June 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Children's Navy League Fancy Dress Dance. A meeting oi' the Navy League Banco Committeo vfiis held in 'the league rooms yesterday afternoon. There were present Mrs. Hall-Thompson (in the chair, Jlesdames A. Myers, H. von Haast, Buxton, j Toogood, lloorliouse, C. Karlc, Phillips-, Tnriiei', and Aliss A. Montgomery lion, secretary). Arrangements in .' connection with the dance wero reported to be satisfactorily proceeding, and the dance promises to be moat successful. Miss Campbell and Miss Beere . have consented to arrange dances in which some of their pupils will take part. Mrs. rhillips-Turner is undertaking a sweets stall, and sh'e .has promised to provide material for the making of sweets. Contributions ol' home-made sweets also will be gladly received, as there is alwavs a 'ready sale for them. Mrs. Myers 'is making a donation ol' ,£5 towards'advertising expenses, and Mrs. C. Earle is providing for the printing of tickets and posters. Miss Campbell has become a member, of the commit tee, and it was stated at the meeting that Mr. Andrew;Willi«ms is providing the orchestra for the dance. . Women's Part in tha War. . Speaking at a farewell luncheon to M. Chayel, the French Consul-General at Sydney, Brigadier-UeD.eral Antill said tliat_ there was the same patriotic spiritin Jiiigiand as in Frauee, and eviuonce on all hands of women, even in the highest stations in life, doing—and proud to do it—the most menial and the hardest of work. There wero no class distinctions; no petty lights. AH were inspired with lite one aim—to carry on. And in this they were worthily led by tho Queen. (Applause.) In the Rouen Hospital, a fine, handsome girl came in, with a great bucket, a bar of soap, and ft scrubbing brush. She got down to scrub his tloor. She asked him if he knew her cousin, who was in Australia. She • added that he had just gone to India. It was the Viceroy. Khe had been working in that hospital for two years, Iler wages- amountod to Is. Gd. per week, arid sho got ten days' leave. He hnppencd, .011- another occasion, to belunching at ono of tho largest cluJjs' iir London. Among tho party was a woman, who, after "a very scratch luncli," s«id she must bo oIV. She worked iu a ki.tclum in - one of the hospitals. That woman was a Russian princess—a great-grand-dnughter of the Russian General who burnt Moscow when Napoleon tried' il. Tlint woman was working lis a "slushy." Incidents such as this typified (ho spirit in France and England to-day.

"] am satisfied," he proceeded, "that the same spirit would be manifest here it it were only organised—the women would" do it" it 'only the eligible men would get out and let them."

Alr.s. liiddrll, Dminevirke, is spending a l'nv days in_/Wellinj»lbn. / Miss Payne is staying with Airs. Hixon n!; lurville, I'limmortcn. At tlip iWii Rail, ' Fealherston, on Montlav nijlit, a largely-attended. concert wan given by the CI Military Camp Orchestra and Costume Concert. Company, a combination, which has a high reputation in ibe Wairarapa iV,r the exeflloiice of its entertainments. The receipts at tho door totalled .£2l 18s„ and the nmount, raised will rennli JMfl when all tickets are accounted for. The prew:it effort is in aid of a fynd for providing one ot' the' bands with brass instruments.

Miss Florence. Amy Winter, eldest daughter of Colonel and Mrs. C. ,1. Winter, and Mr. Leslie Balfour, son of Mrs. 1. ty. Balfour, of Napier, were married ill the Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne, last week, by the Von. Archdeacon fl. I acke. Misses Carmen and Phyllis Winter attended the bride, as bridesmaids, white Miss Kvelyn also attended as flower *'• -1 , Milfoil' left on a visit to the south..

~.-u Monday's meeting of (he College Street 'Scjiool Committee, Palmerston jWth, Mrs. Gill moved: "That'the Mayor bo asked to call a mass meeting of the householders lo bring pressure to bear on Cabinet to assist the Minister of iiducatioij to accomplish those reforms' so urgently needed, and that two representatives from each school committee be asked to meet at an early date, to bo decided on, to make the necessary 'arrangements for a mass meeting.''' He motion was carried.

Tho engagement is announced jf Mr. Harry- P. Mathewson, younger son of the late Mr. H. P. Mathewson and Mrs; Mathewson, of Wellington, to ilia) 'Irene I{. Dimock, second daughter 'if Mr o, ' Xi ctor Di.'noek, of "St. Mary's Streev, Wellington. " '

Mrs. Porter, organising secretary of the W.A.Jv., Addressed an enthusiastic meeting of reserve members at Napier 011 Monday afternoon. She was acoorded a warm reception. A special appeal for the Crippled Soldiers' Hostel \ya.s made in tho course of her speech. It was decided to have a special, day for the benefit of the institution- All were interested, and decided to heip in every ■way to make tho day a success. 'Hie Mayoress and ethers spoke appreciatively of the fino work of ithe reset-,-e. It is probable that the Napier branch will also take up the work of the Soldiers' Wives' Club. Mrs. Porter left for Gisborne 011 Monday night.

Miss H. Elder returned to Wellington yesterday from a visit to Sydney, where she had gone to meet her liiothjr, Lieutenant Jv. Elder, of the A.1.F., -vlio was returning wounded from Francs. Mr. and Mrs. George Hume arrived in .Wellington yesterday on their return I'iom a visit to Auckland. They arc making a short 6tay in lown before leaving l'or the Wairarapa. J The engagement is announced 0!' Miss Jessie Wright, daughter of Mr. George Wright, "TJic .Terrace, to Corporal C. G. Downey, X Z.F.A., Ninth lie-, inforcements, at present in Fraaie. Clarjssa Mary, wife of' Judge Docker (District Court), who died at 'ier residence, Mostyn. Elizabeth liay, Sydney, 011 June it, after a long illness, was born in Chester,' and came out to Australia in the early ''sixties with her i'aiiiily," when her father, the Kcv, Joseph Tucker, was sent as the first representative in New South Wales of the British uid For- ; eign Bibb Society. He afterwards became the first archdeacon of and Sale, in Victoria. "We have to hurl their verv goodness at the people." That is the manifesto of a great authority, and that is'what Miss Milsom has to do and why she advertises. A beautiful face is a matter of jour own, no! '.other faces. Your own 1 culture makes it so. You must use tho preparations that are pure and Vighl, not I i,he cheap and wrong. Try a small outfit lor your own homo use. Full directions 011 the labels—which arc messages of priceless, value. Consists of Cultene Skin Food, 3s. j Cultene Balm, 3s. lid.; Herbal Soap, Is.; Hygiene Face Powder, all shades, 2s. Gd. Yon will bo agreeably surprised and delighted with the result of the first trial. I'hcso Cultene preparations are Registered and Palented. Copied by many, equalled by none-. All hair treatments, foods and lonic- 1 -. All hairwork. Miss Milsom, Ot Willis Street. 'Phone 81't.—Ad-v t. Great range of Pyjamas for boys of 5 years and up. Flannelette. Ceylo'nese, and Ceylon Flannel, 4s. Gd. to Us. Gd. Geo. Fowlds, Ltd, Mauiurs Street. —Advt.