SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 11, 8 October 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr. and ■ Mrs.. Colin Holmes and family, who have been in town on a visit, have motored back to Fcntherston.

Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Coull, who were in town for tho winter months, havo returned to Day's Bay.

Mrs. Troutbeok has given up her bouse at Heretaunga, and has gone ti. her Napier home, "Glyngnrth." In a few days she will join her liusbanwho has been given 28 days* leave for the shearing, and go on to "Galatea Station" in Botorua.

Mrs. and Miss Hunter Brown (Wairoa) are on a visit to Napier.

' Mr. and Mrs. A. Kahnan. of Sydney, who' are staying at the Grand Hotel, will leave for Auckland by to-day's express.

Miss K. M'Kellar has gone to Napier for a visit.

Miss Baillie (Patoka, H. 8.) is in town on a holiday.

Miss E. Laing, masseuse at tho Napier Hospital, whose services have been accepted by tho Defence Department, expects to leave for England at an early date. She will take up work at one of the New Zealand hospitals in London.

TJie Alexandra Hall was crowded on Saturday last, when a very pleasant tlnaico was held in aid of Christmas comforts for the Marine and Customs Department officers who are at the front. Tho ballroom was artistically decorated with endless rows of coloured paper, which were draped from the electrolier'and attached to the walls, and flags of all nations and big buoyant balloons lent quite a carnival air to the proceedings. Pretty Japanese shades dimmed and softened the fierce white radiance of , the electric light, and lout enchantment to the scene. The committee responsible for this vory ■successful littlo function consisted of Messrs. Warring, Hoare, Day, Lawrence, Grinspn, Kershaw, Cluiee, a.nd M'Aloon. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mongomery and Mr. and Mrs. Allport wero also present. • ■■ >

A gift coin tea, in aid of tho forthcoming salo of work in. connection wrih St. Paul's I'arish, will be held in the Sydney Street Schoolroom ii«lt Friday afternoon. Contributions of flowers nnd cakes will bo gladly welcomed by the committee, who avo working very hard to make the tea a successful function. It is earnestly hoped that all the parishioners of St. Paul's will attend and bring their friends.

Yesterday afternoon Miss Mowbray, the principal of St. James's' Private School, Adelaide Road, handed to Mrs. Wilford~<»i behalf of tho Copper Trail Fund, the sum of £20, which had been raised'by'means , of a little bazaar, organised by Miss Mowbray and nor pupils. . TTio stallholders were:—l'lowers, Mrs. Spraggoh;.cakes, Miss .Mowbray; sweets. Mrs. Ramsay, Miss Ramsay, and Miss Wise; bran-tub, Mrs. Watts and the children; afternoon tea, Mrs. Bice and Mrs. Barclay. All .Were assisted by the school children.The boys wore in, ohavßO, of various competitions; pinning (lib tail on tho donkey and others, which' found great popularity among the. children.

Miss Marie Dahms.a New York girl oi' 22, fills one of-the most important positions in. the Identification Bureau of tho,Navy. She is a finger-print expert, and through her hands pass for classification the prints of every man and officer of;the United States Navy. Miss Dnhms. studied finger prints for two years, with the object of tubing a position in one oftho New York City Alagistrato'B offices,- so that when tho warcaine she was thoroughly equipped for rendering valuable service to her country. The valuo of the finger print *'or tracing deserters or for finding out whethor a recruit has enlisted : before has long been recognised in the force.

. A lady, said to Turner, as she looked at his' painting of a sunset, that ' she had neyer soon a sunset like it. "Don't you wish you could, madam?" ' said Turner. It is not .enough _to have eyes.;..there must 1 be something behind the eyes, tho power, of seeing. There arc none so blind as those who see. Most of us live in a state of unconscious blindness. We go through life with blind eyes that fail to seeeverything that is worth seeing in tho 'face's- of those we love. Whistler's portrait of his mother is an illustration. He saw more than anybody olse rould see in that sereno.old face, because he mixed loye with his paint. Mr. J. Douglas says:—"What you see depends upon what you are. If your eyes are blind, your .soul in blind, and, believe me, tho Wind soul is sadder than tho blind eye. If your soul is not blind, yon can see beauty in manj. u ijlaiu face—not conventional heaut.v, chich is a fortuitous arrangement cf features, but spiritual beauty. I lihu kind faces, whether they are old or ; - oung, comely or uncomely. Tho kind face is seen more frequently than the cynic would havo you suppose. Among ■ ; •_■ 9

Queen's Visit to Maimed Soldiers,

Hundreds of maimed soldiers in hospital blue- cheered the Queen, Frinco George, and , Princess Mar} , , when they visited recently the Queen Mary Workshops and the Pavilion Military Hospital at Brighton. The Queen, inspected all tho workshops, and chatted with many of tho. workers. Everyone of the pupils, she loarned, had suffered' the loss'of at least one limb in the country's service. One man who had lost a hand is now capable of earning £2- 10s. per week, and a former baker had been so well trained that ho can now command £4 4s. per week as an electrician. In the hospital the Queen spont o, Ions; timo in the plaster room. She eat and watched the actual operation of fixing a plaster bucket to the stump of a man whose legs-had been amputated above tho knee, and saw in actual practice the method by which the temporary limb is built tip on the pylon system. GounteEs o< Liverpool Fund. The monthly meeting of tho Mayoress's Countess of Liverpool Fund, Wellington branch, was held in the Town Hall yesterday morning. Mrs. J. P. Luke was in the chair, and there were present:—Mesdameo Hamer, Brico, M'Arthiir, Fordhanij Murphy, Long, Ashenden, Smith, Purdy, Findlay, Nnthan, Tripe, Tripp, and A. Crawford (lion, sftcretarj). Apologies were received from Mesdamcs Massey and Barltrop. Correspondence was read and satisfaction ,was expressed that the War Belief Association had decided itself to raise the regimental (funds.. which relieves the Liverpool Fund of this work. Tho flower day in the •streets was most successful, tho treasurer reporting that over.£3oo was paid in. Tho commjttee passed a hearty vote of thanks to the D.I.C. for so kindly decorating the stalls in connection with tho Flower Day, also to Mr. Munt, who carted the stalls and returned theni to the Harbour Board sheds. The committee also wish to thank Mr. Buchohs'for-his help in counting nnd banking tho money. Tim Liverpool Committee had a oak'e stall at the Italian market, and did excellently, the sum of £40.105. Gd. , being realised. Tickets for Miss Campbell's entertainment were given out. Votes <of congratulation on, their honours were unanimously passed to Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Findlay, Miss Robin, and Mr. Tripe. M,rs. Ashonden proposed that Mrs. Bannister should bri elected to the ■ committee. This was seconded by Mrs. Crawford and carried.

Wellington Red Cross Shop. Next.Friday will be an unusual Red Cross Day, inasmuch that it is being undertaken and organised-by one lady, Mrs. M'Maiiawuy, who has helped considerably in all patriotic movements, lias offored/to stock tho shop, and for many months has boon preparing her work. She has tiio help of n number of friends,' and tho result is that many gifts ha'vo been promised, and tho day will be a successful one bo.th financially and otherwise. There will be jams, pickles, and savouries of all kinds. Home-made cakes, large and small, rich and plain, and ;\ll of tho host. ' Tho ncedlowork will be a very, special feature, being Mrs. M'Manaway's own work, an art in which sho oxcels. ■Bβing an invalid, she devotes her time and thoughts to our bravo ioldiers, fliid by'her Red Cross Day on Friday shn hopes to raise a. larce sum for the fund. Beautiful flowers hnvu. boeii' promised, silso delicious swoc'ts. All are iuvitwl. to attend, and buy—there are many who conic regularly and' give their support to the- shop work, and they aro asked to cnine again on-Fri-day. They will not h« disappointed, as thoro will bo everything of the best to buy.

British Brlriev for Americans. : An American Army official said recently: "The Anglo-Amoricaii matrimonial market is enjoying a 'boom,' and it is not surprising. Our boys have heou taken from home when the vast majority of them are on the threshold-of the marriageable age, or just boyond it. Son!e of those who did not loavo girls behind thorn are discovering their affinities among the charming young women with which England abounds. The girls with whom our lads come in contact in camns and other military work scorn to Be tho favourites." ,

Plain Lingerie. For the moment lingerie goes lace- ' less, and relies solely upon the beauty of its material or deft touches of hand embroidery, says an English writer. For tho moment only, be it linderstood, tile next moment; will probably see' tho renewed popularity of lace- edging, insertions, and motifs, dentille adornnrenl of every sort and wnditioa, alternated by elaborate details in the shape of tucks, frills, and pleats. However, who caros for to-m'orroiv, when to-day brings lingerie that is so delightful in every rospi-ot, and so eminently suited to the present times. Practical to a degree, daintiness dominates ever,? .graceful fold and curve, economical on account of the little adornment and material requisitioned, . especially where combined garments are concerned, tho women blessed with agile fin , .' gers and a good bump of originality can evolve veritable dreams of "undies," imbuing them with novel distinctive touches all her own, at the expenso of little time and but trifling cost.