SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 5, 1 October 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Red Cross Mealing at Mrs. Massoy's,

The committee of tho Thorndon Red j Cross Day met at Mrs. Massey's yos- ] terday, to make the necessary arrangements with regard to Miss Bcore's dance recital, half the proceeds of which will bo given to the fted Cross funds. Mrs. Mfissey said that the Bed.Cross Shop Committee had agreed lo allow the Thorndon Day ladies to forego their cake day at the Red Cross Shop, as they v/cro so extremely busy with the projected dance recital and tho . flag drive. A number of kdios had been very successful in their canvass of certain streets in. Thorndon, and had already sold quite a satisfactory number, of flags. ■ With'regard to tlic recital \ arrangements were made for the sale of tickets, and ushers-were appointed, and ticket ' collectors. . Mrs. Burton agreed to undertake tho advertising, and tho box plan will bo opened at the Bristol. Miss lieero was present, and JUrs.. llobieson agreed to design three posters. Tho Countess of Liverpool has promised to be present. It was decided that sweets should be sold. Ihfr, D. T. Stewart and Mrs. Gillon undertook to sell sweets on the first night. The Thorndon Girls' Club is to be asked to sell them on tho second night.

Lieut.-Coloner and Mrs. Macdonell (Hastings) are staying in Christchurch. Dr. and Mrs. Tosswill (Hastings) aro on a visit to Wellington. Dr. "Eleanor Baker has returned to Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs. Gilford Moore (Wan'ganui), wlio have been spending a holiday iu Napier, have returned. Miss E. Laing, uiasseuso at the Napier Hospital, wiiose services havo been accepted by tho Defence Department, expects to leave with a. troopship with-in-a few weeks. She will then take up work at one o,f the A'ow Zealand hospitals in London. Miss Daisy Ewart, who has been staying with Miss Joyce Goodwin at Geraldine, lias returned to Wellington. Miss Lucas, Willis Street, who has been staying with Mrs. Morisou at Blair Logie, has returned homo. Miss Glee-son, who has been on a lengthy visit to Wellington, lias returned to' Havclock North." The following donations have, been received towards the funds oT tho Italian Red Cross Society :—Lady members of Bulls lied Cross Society, £1)7 Us. 7d.; tho JjCaiapoi Woollen Company, £25; previously acknowledged, JiIDM 155.. Tho current number of the "lied Cross llecord" contains an interesting article from tho Melbourne "Age", concerning Florence Nightingale, who died only four years before this great war. lii it is a touching little paragraph, which porhaps says moro than all the other praises and tributes that havo been laid on her numc: "Thero was a giant Highlander who ivroto Home of her and her work, 'What a comfort it was to ■ seo her oven pass! Sho would speak to one and not to .'mother, but sho'could not do it to all, you know—we were lying there, in hundreds—but wo could kiss her slwdow as it fell, and lay our lioaiTs on tho pillow again, content!' " Tho "Kecord" contains also the usual uefcails of tho month's Ited Cross work,, and a fine little poem, "Their Task and Ours," originally written for the Austnlinn Bed Cross Society's Day, by Goo. A. Gilder.

Foilding NotesMrs. Guy lias returned to Wellington. Mrs. Clayton is staying at the Denbigh Hotel for ii few weeks. Airs. Innes-Jones liasl returned from Blenheim. Mrs. Solomon is the guest of JJrs. l> teen. Mrs. Paul Clarke (Hasting. H. 8.) is staying with Mrs. H.-Stewart.. Mrs. Taylor lms returned to Hamilton. Mrs. Miles has S one to AVangamii. iiliss O'liailomi lias.returned from Rotorua. Miss Wright (Wellington), who has been on :i visit to Mrs. Mil(;s, has l'fctnrneil homo. Miss Atkinson has returned from Wangamii. Mrs. Miller has gono to Auckland. Mrs. JJarron has returned* from, Wellington. i'he death is announced of Mrs. F. Myers, Pcup-o'-Dny. She was the eldest daughter of ibo lato Mr. M.'Arthur, and was very highly respected- by all who knew her. tiho leaves a husband and three children. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Hammond, who has received news of tho death of her sou, Major J. J. Hammond, of the Iloyal au\ Force. A farewell social was tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood by the St. Paul's Presbyterian Church members. A silver cntroo dish was preseuted k> them by the membors of the congregation. Mr. and Mrs. , Colliiixwood arc leaving to taiic up their residence in Wanganiii.

A very successful fancy-dress ball was held in tho skating rink by tho members of tho Girls'.Club, in aid of funds for the Aotea Convalescent Homo in Egypt. Tho prize for the most original lady's dress was wim.'by Miss P. Gould (Food Controller), Miss U. Fitssborbcrfc (national dress),. Mr. L.Giesen (convict), was awarded first prize; for most original gentleman's costume.. . St. Mary of the Angsts Bazaar. Tho queen competition at St. Mary of tho .Angels bazaar at tho Town Hall showed Miss 13. Haekett, .tho'"Hostel Queen" on top last evening with a total of 19,090 votes, followed by tho "Altar Society Queen" (Miss E. O'Urien) with 15,&iU votes, and the "Hibernian Quisen" in third place (Miss M. Griffin) with 15,695 votes. Owing to the indisposition of sonic- of tho pupils of Miss Doris Guise, this lady was not able to stago her performance. Her place was taken by Misses K. O'Jirien, Goodfollow, Bolton, Moha O'JJncn, and Messrs. A. H. Darflus and L. Lewis. Miss Edwards was also, by reason of indisposition, uniihlo to appear. During the evening prizes were won by Miss IC. Knight, Miss Maggie O'Connor, Miss Doreen Kenedy, aiid Miss Denne'hy. Mr. "Wolfgang and party supplied the orchestral music.

Tho special items for this cycling's performance will bn the dancing by a, clever juvenile combination, "The Butterflies.'.' These children havo been 'specially trained, and can bo counted on for a fine display. Miss Wooler, wlio was to have* danced tho poi dance, has been unexpectedly called to Christchurch. The competitions will bo continued with tho Highland fling competition for Ik>.vs and girls under 1G years of ago. Two prizes are to bo awarded in this event. In addition a Shauntraubs competition for boys and girls under 12 years will be held, for which two prizes havo/been donated. Miss Glavin will play the Irish war pipes: . Orchestral music will be supplied during tho evening. Tho spinnery. Tim "Spinnery" has-proved a great success, and has more than paid for itself, says the annual report of tho Ladies'. Auxiliary of tho Navy' League. The balance in hand this year is almost £60. The grateful thanks of the committee aro due to Mrs. Buxton for her untiring services, and to Mrs. Lever for undertaking tho secretaryship and for her various efforts in raising f ends'fir tho "Spinnery"; also to all those who have shown their interest in the movement by presenting wool . for spinning. ■ 'The Spinnery has •■■■ boon most fortunate in retaining the services of Miss Green, whose association with it dates from its earliest inception. The Spinnery is helping the Returned Soldiers' Hostel by showing sonic of the men how lo use tho wheels recently presented to them by Mrs. Lowry, of Hawke's ,Bay. The loom given by Mrs. Holmes has been loaned to the convalescent soldiers at Lowry Bay, and they aro, it is understood, being taught how to nso it. The committee is .glad to take." this opportunity. of thanking Miss Laurenson and tho ladies associated with her in the workroom, for'their devotion to tho provision of warm garments for oiu , sailors. Considerable interest lias been aroused by the announcement of the onj gagement of Lady Rosamond Foljambe i and Lord St. Leven and Melville. Lady Rosamond is, of course, tho youngest daughter- of tho first Earl of Liverpool. The young bridegroom-to-be is a captain in a Ifamous cavalry regiment, which ho had just joined when war broke out, and was severely wounded in the retreat from Mons. He is the twelfth Earl of Melville and tho thirteenth of St. Leven. A short time ago the name of Mrs. Mfj'calin, the beautiful wJfe of Croydou's handsome M.P., appeared as tl'ie recipient of a British Empire Medal,' for nursing work.' She is the daughter of tho "Jersey Lily," one of the most beautiful women of her time, Mrs. Langtry, now Lady do Bathe, whose features were declared by artists to bo a reincarnation of tho perfect Greek typo. Her daughter, Jeanne— Mrs. Lan Malcolm—is a tall, handsome woman, with much of tho personal charm of her lovely actress-mother. Miss Edith Picton-Turbervill, one of the leading officials of tho Y.W C A and the W.A.A.C, is tho kind of wo-, man who typifies woman's wonderful contribution.' to tho national effort in this era, of world-chaos. She is a descendant of Sir Richard de Turbervilj, pity of. William the Conqueror's twelve flights. Before tho war, Miss Pie-iiltf-Turbervill was engaged in valuable social work; to-day, in addition to her other important activities, sho partly manages the", largest munition workers' hostel in Britain. It Is known as the Joan of Aro, contains two miles of corridors, and houses 750.