SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 109, 1 February 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Y.W.C.A, Notes. An executive conference' for the Young Women's Christian Associations of the Dominion is being planned at the present time. It will take place in Christchurch, the location of the Y.W.C.A. National Sub-committeo of New Zealand. It will be a preliminary to the triennial convention, when delegates from all the associations of Australasia will meet in Auckland. This will be tho first time the Y.W.C.A. Convention for Australia and Now Zealand has been held in the Dominion. Hitherto it has taken place in one of the Commonwealth States. A large attendance is expected at tho Y.W.C.A. Club Rooms to-morrow after, noon (Girls' Department Sunday). The speaker, Miss Florence Birch (general secretary), is taking a§ her subject "A Girl's Responsibility to give Service for Others." All young women will be welcome. A. great many girls employed in.offices and other places of business are not yet acquainted with the Y.W.C.A. lunch and rest rooms on the. top floor o? Fowlds's Buildings Herbert Street, off Manners Street. On an average seventy-eight girls make use of these lunch and rest rooms every day, but there is room for more, and girls are very welcome to visit these rooms, where simple meals are provided for girlef at midday. An energetic committee of ladies attend this "girls' own lunch room" to give vnluntary service in the busy hours from 12 to 2. A modern kitchen and counter make the work simple and convenient. Many girls find these rooms a boon in the luncheon hours. The bright, airy rest rooms, with their lounges and easy chairs, are also much appreciated by ths girls. National Mothers' Help Society. ' The National Mothers' Help Sooiety, a branch work of the Women's National Reserve, is reported to bo meeting with much approval and sympathy, and it is the ambition of all who are interested in the work to conduct it on absolutely business lines, so that tho work is confidently expected to succeed and prove what it is intended to reliable and beneficial help for the mothers of our race.and the little children, our future men and women. The active members of the society will wear a uniform dress approved Dy the Women's National Reserve, whicli will be attractive as well as distinctive, and will serve to direct the attention of the public to the society and its objects. The duties will be undertaken voluntarily by ladies who have the leisure 'time to give to the society's work, and as it is to be conducted in a business manner, the mothers who can afford to pay for services given will be expected to pay into the funds of the society a small fee; while help and assistance will be given free to those who cannot afford to pay. The society is created, not for the benefit of a few mothers only, but for all mothers in need of consideration and rest. Later on, it is hoped the society may become financially sound, and the duties as carried out by the voluntary worker will , then become a means of livelihood for many.o four.women who may wish to have a few hours' employment daily as 'an interest in life, and at the same I time to earn a little extra money. This j may appeal to many war widows as a means of providing a 6mall addition tL their pension, and thev. will also have the . satisfaction in knowing they are. doing a national work. Coronation Ceremony To-n!ght. The coronation ceremony in connection* with the recent St. Mary of the Angels bazaar will take place this evening in tho Town. Hall. Her Excellency tho Countess of Liverpool has extended her patronage. No pains have been spared to make the . function worthy of the occasion, and the rehearsals five ample promise that the Fpeotaclo will bo a gorgeous one. The queen-elect will be' accompanied by her maids of honour and "officers of state," ' and by a host of dainty pages and' flower- i girls. The dressing is said to be on a magnificent scale. In addition a very fino concert programme has been arranged, headed by the well-known operatic basso, Signor L. Cesaroni, late of the Cappelli concert party. 'Miss M. Hanlon and Messrs. K. Dillon, C. Melvin; and A. M'Donald will complete the concert party. The box plan is at the Bristol. It was reported at yesterday's meeting of the College Governors that war bursary (J26) had 'been granted to Eileeu 11. Hempton, of the Girls' College. ■ Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hickey, of Papatawa, Hawke's Bay, are staying at Barrett's Hotel. Miss C. Shields, M.A., has been appointed a junior assistant teacher on the 6taff of the Girls' College. At the meeting of the College Governors yesterday it. was stated that Mi6s Shields had taken socond-olass honours in English and French. During her course she gained' a Senior University Scholarship in Latin, and is the holder of a Jacob. Joseph Scholarship. / A question was asked at the meeting of tile--Wellington College Governors yesterday whether anything had been heard of Miss M'Lean, Principal of the Girls' College. There was no informal tion from any source for the enlightenment of the Governors, except that it was stated that when last heard of she was in America. It was concluded that Miss Batha.ni would continue in the position of Acting-Principal until Miss M'Lean returned. On inquiry being made of Miss M'Lean's relatives it was. ascertained that she is delayed in America owing to shipping difficulties, and is expected back during February. Mrs. Phillips-Turner and her son left yesterday for a holiday in Nelson. Miss Lenore Pulsford,* at one time a well-known contralto vocalist in Wellington, is returning to New Zealand by tho Oxfordshire, duo at Auckland today. Miss Pul6ford is a sister of Mrs. J. R. Gibbons, of Wellington. Tho members of tho committee of the Countess of Liverpool Fund aro asked to notice that a meeting is called for Monday, February 17, at 11 a.m., in tho depot at tho Town Hull. All aro asked particularly to attend. Tho friends of- Sister Dora, 11 R.R.C., for some time assistant matron of tho Christchurch Hospital, nnd who in the early stages of,tho war volunteered for Bcrvico ns a nui'sc, will bo interested to learu that after serving for il long timo in Egypt and Mesopotamia sho was last month married to Major Prior, D.5.0., Assistant Director of Works at Basra, Mesopotamia, says an exchange. After spending a honeymoon in Kashmir eho is going to settle in India with'her husband, Hiss Clifford, eidost daughter of Sir George Clifford, is oxpoctcd to arrive at •Auckland to-morrow. Miss Clifford has boon absent in England'for the past two years. Mrs. Allen, of Okain's Bay, will leave for England by tho Tahiti. Sho will liavo a very interesting trip, as the Tahiti will travel via Bombay and up tho Persian Gulf, whore Imperial troops will bo takon on board. Mrs. Allen is tho widow of tho Rev. Mr. Allen, who was one of tho victims of tho influenza epidemic, nnd sho is returning to hor old homo in : Liverpool. Mrs. Roborts (Sumner), a daughter of tho lato Miu. Cunnington, who was so well-known throughout Now Zealand, is at present paying a short visit to Wellington. Sho will return south to-day. All interested in tho National Mothers' ,IIel|) Society aro specially invited to be present, at a meeting to be held on Tuesday, February 4, at 3.30, at the Women's National Reserve Office, 157 Featherston Street. Methods, uniform, etc., will be discussed. It is hoped this movement will appeal to all true-minded women. , Mrs. Pirrio is visiting Auckland, as also is Mrs. Caroy Pime. who does not purpose rohirning to China for a few months.

Miss Affleck left by the Maori last nisht to spend a short holiday in the south. Mrs. Hugh Ensor, who libs heen visiting Wellington, has returned to Christ, church. Mrs. Peat, her son, and her daughters, Mrs. Allison and Miss Peat, aro expected to arrive by the Riverina- on Monday.