SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 118, 12 February 1919, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

' Oh Thursday next' the, Hon. Dr. and Mrs. Poniare will entertain the ltaroton. gan'wldiers now in Wellington at their ] residence, Western Hutt. These RaVo- ( tongans. deserve oil tli-o honour that can i be shown to 'them. .Although their home is so far from the centre of Em- ' pir'e that.no one conld have 'wondered if , tho war meant nothing to them; still, -j on th« first_ outbreak of hostilities, their one cry 'whs""' T We~ must fight for the , Motherland." And to them the name . has a very real meaning; they look,upon J the Sovereign as the protector of . his people, and regard the Government in ( a truly.'paternal light.. : The engagement is announced of MifS ' Dorothv Dalgety, daughter of Mr. ai!*l Mrs. C, G. Dnketv, Christchnrch. and Major Gorton, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, son of Mrs. Gorton, Wellington J I Terrace. Mrs.'J. Deans, Riccarton, intends ;lcav- ' ing Christchnrch''-this week on a trip ■ to England. ' \ ■ Mrs. Marniaduke Bethell is vi6itin? her 1 father, Mr. Beetham, at Brancepeth, ; Masterton. ' ■ .Dr. and Mrs, Wall are visiting Eo- 1 'torua. , Mrs,.J.--81-FindlayMs.visiting Christ- i church.' .. ' ; J Miss Jean Bidwill (Feath'erston), who i has be&n 'the guest' of' Sirs; Henry Wood, Chrisleli'urcli", has"relufne"d home.' 1 Mrs! Perkins accompanied Dr. Leatham • and the Misses'Leatham on a motor trip to New Plymouth. . Miss Wagstaff," M.A., -of the. Girls' i High' School, Dunedin, has received an 1 appointment to the Staff. of the (-.iris' i School at Chrisfchurchj and. takes up j her new duties at the" opening of'next f term. . < ~ ~• I Captain A. Woodside and Mrs. Wood- I side, of San Francisco, are at the Grand i Hotel, Auckland. < Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elgar, who havo | been staying in Wellington, liavo • gone \ ,to tho Wairarapa. j Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Lawrio and Mjss J Lawrie purpose making, a tour of. tho ~ 1 East, after which they will go to Europe. , Mrs. Heaton Rhodes, n;ifc of Colonel ' Heaton Rhodes, organised the New' Zea- . land stall at the Big Savoy Fair ih.Lon- j don. Amongst the ladies who were as- , sisting her was Mrs. Ariuinel Werring, . F.R.G.S.,\ the well-known author and j traveller. 1 . Miss Crump, Eltham, is .visiting ,Syd- .j ney. I Miss Gwen Rawson. who has been stay : ' ing with Mrs. Fair, Mount Street, antt , in Eltham. has returned to Hamilton. , j Miss Carston, matron of the Waipukn- 1 ran Hospital, who has been staying with Mrs. Gilbertson for a few days, return- I ed home yesterday. 1 Mrs,-Gibson* ■■ Greenmeadows, is visit- < ing Mrs'.' Toinare." AYcsterh Hutt. < It is estimated that boys and girls' , garden clubs in the United States r>ro - i (luced .£200,000 worth of fresh vegetables ] last year; the poultry club members ac- | counted for 10ii,358 chicks and 33,5t« i dozen eggs; the-boys and girls raised ' .I.l^-i beef calves weighing 331,319 pounds; 17- | sheep weighing 32.ti.57 ixmnds, and 500 i calves sold by the :'head;" Thousands : of i bbvs and girls belonged to these van- < oil's clubs and . others, such as the corn i clubs whieh grew.nearly half a million biishols of'corn, and'the potato clubs i with tho one-third of a million bushels ; of potatoes. ' ■ Miss Elsie M'Cormick. a well-known member of the Wellington Amateur Op l eratic Society,; h'aVleft: Wellington as a , member of the Williamson Musical Comedy Company. r Miss''M'Cormick appear' ■ ed'in the chorus.'in'"You're in Love" i during the Wellington season. It was decided at' a committee meeting . of the honorary division of the Women's National Reserve to liold the Empire 'tens for mothers of Jjoldier? and- Sailors every three months. I'lie first this year will be at the end of tho present mouth, the date ..to be, advertised later. . Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robertson, who have been in : the .South. Island for 6ome weeks,"have returned'-to Wellington. GIRL FARMERS "Where shall" I find "the Land A»ny'" ,girlj?" 1 asked, at., a. Suffo.k farmhouse _ (writes the special. correspondent of the.' "Daily Maill ). "Ten minutes' walk across the fields;" was the reply of the farmer's w4fc. "They 'are working by this stacks on the hill." I kampcd off through the nuul. As I . rounded the corner-of'the stack I came upon girls busily throwing forkfuls of . the.damp earth ion'a.s.traw-coveral pile of; potatoes." 1 '"This is not easy work'," I remarked to the i nearest girl. She smiicd choir-, ily, as she'said, "It is not exactly easy, bit it's got to be done., There are many field? hereabouts in which the potatoes, and 'beets have not. yet been'pulled, and a' .frost would ruin the lot." Sho plied iieiv;s'i)ade'.,witli increased vigour: ■ as' if to show sho was doing her ••best ,t6. fava'.tho.crops. ... ,' ■"How do' you. girls' like the work?" It seemed ii foolish question, for every one was working.rsis if-she took an interest in her task. "Fine," said one. "t like ii," said, another'. ""Mo too," nodded a third. '""Rather," said still another, as phe wiped .her forehead. ■"Are von going to keep at it now the wiir is.dope?" .They were, every one, if they hod the chance. want to go to the colonics," said a little .'girl wifh".a".iiice voice, ''t would likelo ko lo Australia nn'd marry a nice soldier, to whom I could lie a help." She said it wistfully, earnestly.' "Give .nie-n farln in Australia without tho nirti noldier," paid a , iral-cho.eked lass with, broad shoulders and an independent air.. "Men are' a nuisance." "Could you farm alone if youi had a chance?" I asked,. "I'd have a good try." sho declared. "I can handle horses and cows, and can plough, I'm not afraid of work. Why cduldn't I farm alone?"- I' couldn't tell her. I think she could.. "Money? No, wo don't get much." said a giri from Ipswich. "I get .CI 2s. 6d. a week.' I pay 15s. for my billet in tho village. It doe", not leave much, when the extras are paid. But wo don't.! have to buy clothes unless wo wish. We can wear our uniforms all the time."