WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 114, 7 February 1919, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Free Klndernarten,

Tlio Wellington free kindergarten schools are now at work again, mid the institution in Tarannki Striyt is onjoyiiiK the newly acquired building, This is in every respect n great improvement on the old place, nnd actually possesses n, playground. A playground for the babies ill Tarannki Street is surely n boon indeed, and ono only wished that it could have Ijcon multiplied. The students who were successful ill passing their second-year examinations have all obtained nesitiona, and one of tlie iinnie-diato-needs of tlie kindergarten is for students to replace them, The course of study is very interesting, and is not diflicult to any girl who has attained matriculation standard; indeed, it is possible to make it follow on proficiency. The certificate is--recognised, everywhere as a mark of efficiency, nnd also any girl who wishes to do fio may enter as ft student at tho training college afterwards, and so t|U«lify in every branch of tho teaching profession. Tlio work should make a special appeal now, when citizens seem to be waking up for nt least indulging in the preliminary vawn) in regard to their duly to young children. One hears a great deal about the necessity for teaching child study—well, that is 'probably the most; important branch of the kindergarten course. The work lias been helped very greatly in recent years by voluntary helpers, who give a few hours a week. This does not entail any study, but, naturally, a girl in the course of tho work would learn a great (leal about little children and the intelligent care of them.

Mrs. Norman Avery and Miss _ Iris of Pahiatua, are on a visit to Wellington, and are staying at the Hotel Windsor.

Sister Gill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Gill, Ellice Street, returned on Wednesday from Fiji, where she has been helping during the epidemic.

Tlie marriage will take placo shortly in England of Miss Flora D'Oyly, daughter of Mrs. D'Oyly and the late Mr. 11. E. D'Oyly, AVellington, and Lieutenant J. G. Craster, son of Major Craster, "Kintyre," Sutton, Surrey, England.-

Jlr. E. G. Jellicoe (a cousin of Admiral Lord Jellicoe) and Mrs, Jellicot spent a few days in Auckland after touring America and Australia.

Mrs. liu, wife of tho Chinese Consul, has only recently arrived from China, having been detained in Sydney for some weeks by tho dislocation of the steamer traffic in November and December. She was accompanied by Mr. Lin'e niece, Miss Lin kukoo, a young lady eighteen years of age, of high intellectual attainments, nmi who has written a good deal of charming poetry in her own language. Mrs. Lin is favourably impressed with Wellington, but like many others laments the fact that the weather has not been Imo to tradition this summer.

Mrs. Elmslie and Mies Elmslie, who returned to CliristcMircli from England recently, were' Hie guests of honour at a delightful little function in St. Paul's 6choolroum. Tho Ladies' Association of St. Paul's Church were the hostesses. The .schoolroom was transformed tor tho occasion into a drawing-room, iiud was prettily decorated with roses and "vpsophila, and a dainty afternoon tea ■iviw served. A large number of Mrs. Eimslie's old friends of the congregation of St. Paul's assembled, to welcome her home. Sirs. Elmslie is at present staying with her brother, Mr. John Anderson, Armagh Street, after a visit to relatives in Dunedin.

Mrs. George Roberts and Miss Eulalie Roberts havo returned to Dunedin after ii visit to Mount Cook. Mre. Alex. Rob; e'rta (Wellington) accompanied them, and is at present their guest.

A cable .message.. from, London announces the engagement of tho famous New Zealand operatic singer, Miss Rosina, Buckman, to Mr. Maurice d'Oisly. Mr. d'Oisly was ono of tho principals of the Beecham Opera, Company, which toured the world under Mr. Quinlan's management.

Mr and Mrs. Leo. Buckcridge, who have been visiting Christchurch, have returned to Wellington.

Mrs. C. H. Ensor )WMte Rock, Canterbury), and Miss Eileen Twomey'have come on a visit to the North Island.

St. Paul's Church, Christchurch, was prettily decorated on Tuesday afternoon with palms and white flowers for the marriage of Mr. W. S. M'Gibbon, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. M'Gibbon, Chester Street, and Miss May Kedpath, youngest (laughter of Mr .and Mrs. J. A. Redpath, Papanui. The Rev. J. Patereon performed tho ceremony. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a beautiful gown of ivory satin charmeuse bordered with pearl trimming, with an overdress of white georgette, held in at the waist with a pearl ornament. Her court train was lined with faint shell-pink ninnn. She wore a wreath of orange blossoms and a long embroidered not veil, and her bouquet was of white and pink roses. Miss Dorothy M'Gibbou, the chief bridesmaid, .wore \\ pretty vieux rose crepe do chine dress and a Leghorn hat wreathed with small posies of vari-coloured flowers, and finished with vieux rose velvet streamers. Sho carried a bouquet of hydrangeas and roses. Two little girls, Miss Rana Redpath' and Miss Rena Ruesell, nieces of the bride, were also in attendance. They each woro very dainty frocks of palo hydrangea blue crepe do chine and champagne coloured hats with blue ribbon trimming. Their bouquets were also composed of hydrangeas and ros.es ; The whole effect wus , most picturesque. Tho bridegroom was attended by Mr. G. Pottinger as best man. After tho ceremony the guests adjourned to the Caledonian Hall, where a reception was hold by Mr. and Mrs. Redpath.

At the meeting of the Society for tho Health of Women and Children, held yesterday, a letter was received from Miss Primrose, general organising secretary of tho Australian Visiting Trained Nurses' Association, asking if nurses from Australia might enter tho Karitane-Harris Hospital for Plunket training, as some centres aro preparing to start work in Australia on the lines of the Royal Now Zealand Society for tho Health of AVomen and.Children.

6IATTERS OP INTJTOT FROM FAB AND NEA& .(By luodEH.])

Health of Women'and Children. The first monthly meeting of this year of tin; lioyal N.Z.Society for the Health of Women and Children wns held on Tuesday morning in the Plunket rooms, 3 Courfimuy Place. Present: Mrs. I'. ItChapman (in the .chair), Mesdamcs M'Viear, Ponsonby, V. Nathan, f>. lurkcaldle, Corrignn, W. Luke, TytheJtrown, Haimii, I l '. W. Ward, ,T. Tripe, Kurd (l'etono), and C. Richardson, llissee lt-iley, Cabin, Kirkcnldie, nnd Bennett. The lion, treasurer reported that maintenance for tho month of "December was iIGO 03. 10(1. j for .1 miliary iIG'J Is od. Nur.se Peaton read her report for the past two months, which was as follows i Mothers' visits to the rooms, 1019; visits paid to their homes, 939; babies solely breast-fed, 02; partially, ■10; artificially, 38; new cases, 140; mothers taught how to prepare humanised milk 00; expectant mothers, 10; letters received, 27. Mrs. ljurd, of the Hutt and Petbne district, read her report, which showed: Visits to rooms, 182; to homes, 186; new cases, 91. Tho date of the annual meeting was arranged for Monday, April U, and tho general conference is to be held in Wellington about the end of October or the beginning of November, when it is hoped Dr. Truby King will have returned to New Zealand. The lion, treasurer acknowledges the receipt of subscriptions and donations as follow: Miss Grace Kirkcnldie, .£2 25.; also the sum of .£9, the cost of a set; of scales- Mrs. S. Kirkcaldie, J:2 23.; Mrs. Tennent, JE'i) 35.; Mrs. Young £i ; 25.; Mesdanies Findlay, Staple, J. Inpe, M'Viciir, «£1 Is- each; Mrs. Washer, 10b Gd.; Mrs. Modre, 10s.; Jlrs. ]/>L'nii,-10s.; Mrs. Hawk, fis,; Jlesdamee Jlawson, M'Luron, Caetle, and Buxton, ss. each; Iwx in rooms, .£1 145.; donation to the material fund for December and January from the War Relief Association, .£5; Mrs. Ponsonby, ss. .

Lieutenant, and Mrs. 11. W. Frame, who Imvo been spending _an extended holiday in New Zealand owjng lo the epidemic,' will leave for Sydney by tho Eiverina. (

Mrs. Beere and Miss Estelle Becre returned to Wellington by the Rivcrina.

Mrs. .f. G. D. Spicer and family returned to their home, Koniuora, AuckInnd, yesterday, after a long visit lo Mrs. 0i W. Adam's, Bcllcvue Jioad, Lower Hutt.

Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Noble-Campbell, of Masterton, are about to take up their residence in Palmerston North. Mr; Campbell hns just been released from military duties.

THE CHAUTAUQUA IDEA TO BE HELD IN WELLINGTON, Miss Carson, the successor to Mies Cowan as representative of the Chau- ? tauqua movement in theso parts, is in Wellington, and tho grass grows not beneath Her busy leet. Line lier gifted forerunner, who was tho ground-breaker of tho movement, Miss Carson breathes a spirit of generous enthusiasm for this much-discussed educational movement. In the Mayor's Room at noon yesterday she spoke magnetically tor twenty minutes on the institution of the idea in Wellington. It comes here on March 1, and its message will be spoken and played oiid sung in a huge khaki tent (piped with red), which the Mayor proposes (on Councillor C. B. Norwood's suggestion) to pitch for ;i. week on the eastern side of the Basin Reserve. The attendance at yesterday's meeting was not large, but*it was fairly representative. The Mayor oxplained that in order to float the* Chautauqua idea in Wellington some thirty-two gentlemen had guaranteed to sell i'3oo worth of tickets, and what they hud promised they .would go through with , . They were-there .to , meet Miss ' Carson, whose work was to arrange the local committees in advance of tho Chautauqua party. * : Without going into the origin of the movement, Miss Carson said its aim was "to help people to find themselves." She thought it might be called a national movement. It made a direct appeal to the individual. Through the brilliant array of talent that assisted the Chautauqu'a platform everyone was ablo to come into contact with the greatest minds of the day, and it was through the co-operation of these altruists— the 10 per cent, who save the world from barbarism—that tho public is able to get its mental uplift. At present they bad 16,000 centres in the United States and Canada, and the cry was for more. What exactly Chautauqua was could not be explained simply to those who do not know the movement and what it stood for. "It is really a. great elevating force, free from religious prejudice or party politics," she said. It sought to inculcate good impulses, and tho need for such she guessed was fairly universal. President Woodrow Wilson and Mr. Lloyd George vouched for tho movement; ex-President Tat't was oji tho Chautauqua platform last year, and the I late Theodore Roosevelt had termed it "the people's university." When the war broko out tho Chautauqua realised that its duty was an international one, and on all its ten thousand platforms was breathed , tho spirit which educated America for war,—on tho right side. They did not lay down tho law and say you must do this or that, which would have promoted opposition and conflict, but they created a spirit which.in tho end accounted for tho very unanimous way America went into the big Sght. The movement was .inaugurated in Australia on November 11 (in Queensland), "and," said Miss Carson, "I believe it will become just as much as part of Australian and Now Zealand life as it is of tho life of tho United Slates and Canada. Sixteen centres had been arranged in New Zealand, and all would be visited by their party. The lecturers travelling with tho Chautauqua group (there aro 37 members) are Chancellor Bradford, of tho Oklahoma University; Mr. J. C. Herbsmau, of tho University of Washington, whose specialty is community-building' and townplanning; and Dr. Johnson, whose subject is natural philosophy, ami how to make tho best out of life. The company also includes Miss Mildred Clemens (a cousin of tho late Mark Twain), who entertains with travelogues which give tho audiences vivid pictures of other countries. Following Miss Clemens, a comedy version of "Huckleberry Finn" in played cleverly. Tliero is the Apollo Concert Company and orchestra, the Southern Sea Sextet, and other interesting and inspiring artists. A ypecial pageant usually accompanies ft Chautauqua gathering, such os is proposed to be held nnnmilly in Wellington. Tho pageant on ono occasion may be a presentation of' "Mother Goose," but, whilst preserving-the skeleton of tho old nursery* tale. Ihc constructive and educative element is always therodoing its work. Instead of—

"Tom, Tom, the piper's son. Stole a pig and away ho run," the children are taught to say: "Tom, Tom, the piper's son, Cleaned his teeth when tho meal was ' done." They would not bo able to do much for the children this year—but it would coino later. You could grow a mushroom in a night, but it took years to grow an oak—tho Chttutauqua movement wne an oak. Tho following committee was appointed In il'.-pwe hi' tin , ticket.-;:—The Mayor (chairman), Messrs. A. W. Butt, W. Ci. Ciithbeitson, Win. .foster, A. Varnoy, JI. I'limmer Mrs. Cliulfield,and Miss Birch. Mr. Butt was appointed treasurer, and Messrs. Pliniiner and Varney an advertising committee. After a discussion as to the location of 11 id tent, it was decided, on the. suggrstion of Councillor Norwood, that Ihn Oily Council be approached to allow tho' Olinutaiiqua canvas hall (150 ft. by MOI'l.) to ha pilclied in the Basin Jic serve The Mayor siiid that (ho Town llall charges wiiiild "kill the show," mid (■her did uol wiint to do that. The Chantiiii'iiiia w'v , ,: would follow tho competitions in Wellington, a fact which Miss Cnrsou rejoiced in rather than otherwise.