SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 126, 21 February 1919, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Palmcrston Wedding, A'large crowd of friends and" interested spectators attended at All Saints' ■ Church• on -Wednesday' to witness, the marriage of Miss'Nbeline Keeling,'-eld-est • daughter •. of Mr. and- Mrs. U. W. Keeling, and Lieutenant Ernest E. Letver (M.C.), only, son of! Mr. E. 0. Lewer, of •Karbri. Lieutenant Lewcr was attached to Ist'."Battalion'of the New Zealand Hide Brigade, gained his comniisr • sion on the field at the Batile of the. Somm'e, earned'the M.G. at Messincs, and ■ -was seriously wounded-in-July, 1917, at , Le 'Basse Mile, and later invalided to New Zealand. The bride, who was given ■ away by her unclt, Mr. Hubert Keeling wore.a bridal gown of.Brussels net over shell pink charnieuse, veiled with.frills 'of Limerick lace. '--A court train of Duchess .satin .lined .with, shell pink, hung from ,the shoulder?. -She wore a Juliet cap of Limerick lace and the bridal .Veil-which had been worn by i her grandmother. A shower bouquet'of pink andwhite flowers completed' the bride's toilet. The bridegroom's Rift was a diamond' and platinum .pendant. The bridesmaids were Misses Sandy M'Donald. Patrick | Keeling, and ' 'Pejjgy ,'Ba'gnnll. Miss M'pbnakl's frock was Brussels net over heliotrope cliarmeuse, trimmed with Fillet lace and a black tulle picture hat with black velvet streamers. The two small girls wore dainty frocks of flounced Brussels'"net" Fillet trimmed, with, large black Beaver-hats. Each brides-' maid .carried .'a po"sey';of. pink flowers and wore .a," nendant, -.the gift of the bridegroom.- Lieutenant B. J. Jacobs was best man and Captain Mills (Welliugtoh) groomsman. The bridegroom and his, attendant officers were all in uniform. ' Lieutenant and Mrs.- Lewer -will leave for Sydno.v.-.jii a few days, where they intend remaining.foy six months. Women on the. Land,

•• In-the ..United::'.States the Woman's National. i'arm anil. Garden Association has been striving for some time to accomplish just this thiiig,"to help women to know the joy of work upon the land and to have a share in the production from it of the food for their tables. Since the United States joined with the Allies on . the side: of right ft great awakening has come,-with regard to the responsibility of those who would'live in sucli a world as has been fought for, the duty of serving rather than of- waiting to be served. Aiid in' this .'.service the tilling of the land, lias loomed up as a Highly honourable aniT.iinportant work. In '.urge numbers women have been recruited for the necessary work on farms throughout the "land, and the. harvests this autumn have borne witness to the excellency of their ,labour. Npty that so imi6h practical work has been done, and well done, the' Woman's' Farm and Garden Association, through a special .division known as tho Land Service Committee, has undertaken the supplying, of..tlieL.t]ieqretical' knowledge necessary to supplement' this' practical experience.-" Under the direction of a. nntioJial-.land service chairman land service committees have been formed in each State,' headed by women who are familiar with , the local farm situations and who will do everything jvifsiblo to help the women of their States to ii.crea.se food production. Those coi-jmittees will act as bureaux ->f :inforniation and as general clearing, houses lor worn ill's cultural activities. '

Women's Freedom in Industry. In the 'rcmarkiiblo 'nnd exceedingly well-composed manifesto m "Women's Freedom in "Industry," forwarded to the Premier by Lady Rhondda, for which we presume she will be mainly responsible .-(sayS/ "The Queen"), there-is present for tho first time in a public dicur ment.t setting forth tho views of leading women, a true appreciation of their nelations with Labour. There has been much 7 talk 'about Tari '-'Sllidnce between women and Labour. If- such were attempted it woij.l.d not last long, because fundamentally' their interests.are,.for'-the time being, opposed. The present Labour toad- . crs in.the coiMay. were jealous of allowing..women "to take-their-due 6haro in industry, they resisted it as long as possible, tiioy desired that it should ceas.B. • It was 'tliese enemies to women's new activities who passed aromid ihe cry of equal 'mav for equal work between th« two sexes. Stated in these words, it. js a incontrovertible proposition. But in practice it has often been wrongly interpreted, as Lady Khondda nays, as mean. /■. ing. tli.it a woman should receive tho ' same money for a day's work, even when 'through ' inferior physical strength or ■ • skill sho «mnot produce the same output. Now this is 110 accidental perversion of an evident proposition. In so far as it would become, immediately popular, as irf 'believe' it has already to some extent done, it. would not only tend to throw, it would immediately throw out of employment' a. large- number of workers iu engineering;.shops and elsewhere who • have lately'', acquired a considerable ' a'mount'of valuable-industrial skill. The mischief is partly accomplished, and it remains to bo seen whether the leaders of the movement for freedom in industry for women can' repair the damage already done In their cause by the witness .and selfishness of the leaders or Labour.' Certainly they have a clear expression of sympathy in this struggle and perhaps later will linvo. some powerful aid,from"the Prime Minister. The Battle for Evening Dress. • The vote-'»f -"La'.' Vie Hcureuse" and the battle for evening dress show how -'- easily- we'slip. back into our normal ways of thought and life (writes the Paris correspondent of "t'lie "Queen"), During the 'war evening <lrcss was not tolerated in France; the great dressmakers "created" it for export, but the grands ihnzasins ■' did not even stock it, and neither man nor woman had been seen , here iri evening dress since August, 1014. But on the night of tho armistice a few ■'!.tail liats, redolent of camphor and hajithaline, and a few new and lovely evening gowns appeared—to (he delight ■of aomo and the soandal of others. The French love'a discussion, so in every drawing-room, in every restaurant, in every. newspaper the . battle raged: "Should we rejoice and triumph for those who. remain; should we continue onr .war-life out of respect for the fallen heroes, tjie widows, orphans, and those ' destituted .""by "the" invasion?" Then came the Visit of King .Gfioigc: evening ' dress was -de riguerir; ar.il victory wos ■ K'iven to the dressers wlwn the "Echo de ; Paris'! announced' that "accordingly this I evening it will bo good taste for" gentlemen., to wear evening dre. u s or aI: Icvwt smoking suits nt' the banquet nnd : thea.tijes,' and fer ladle* to a; pear in ; evening dress." "What!" c;ied the op- i position. "What! Wp are lo have j banquets when our prisoners mid all 1 the populations of the invaded districts j aw starving! Wo are to adovn our t tables'/with flowers; our women are (t> t deck themselves out like. while the best and 'noblest nf our r:v<> is, still in,-our hospitals!" It was the ' "Tennis" which finallv extinguished the 1 fires "by remarkinc. thai England, vim ' had rendered such service during , the war, still comes to the rescue by * restoring to us our freedom to'dress our- # selves Vs we ple-r^e.

' Mi', and"Mrs. W. Ivellie Smith (with their children ,'ind. nurse), of Penang Straits Seltlrnvont, have arrived hero from Auckland by motor, and are staying at the Midland Hotel. En route 'from the northern city they took in the Rotorua and Wairakei thermal districts, and will leave here to-morrow bv the Mapourikft. to '.'do the' sights" of the West Coast and South Island generally.

On Tuesday evening a pleasing function took place a I the residence'of Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Aldridge, 87 Kennedy liond, says, the "llowke's Bay I-lerald." when a large numbti- of returned soldiers assembled to make a presentation fo Mr. and Mm?. Aklrid£e, mid lo wish I hem happiness in their married life. The presentation, which was inado by Mr. W. Tweedie, consisted of a beautiful breakfast and dinner

Women's National Resorvo, .llrs. CI.. W. Russell, president of the honorary division, of the Women's National Reserve, Wellington,, will preside atthonfternoon tea to be given to the soldiers'. and sailors' -mothers at the Concert Chamber next Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. "J. Franks, of Yaldhurst, Canterbury, who is in her seventy-ninth year, iias been working for the Red Cross since January, 1915, and has completed 400 pairs of 60cks for soldiers. . 31r. and Mrs. A. J, Patterson aro visiting Auckland. - Mrs. R." Sinclair has been visiting Sir. John'and Lad/Sinclair, Dunedin.' Mrs. Phillips Turner' leaves for Dun- , edin to-night.' She is 'accompanying her 6on, who is about to enter Otago Unt-' versity. ' • ' . ' Mrs. D. B. Blair, wife of Major Blair, D.5.0., accompanied her husband, who camei back to the DofniniGn' with a re. cent drnftj and is at- present in Auckland. Mrs. Blair will bo' remembered as Mdlle. 'Suzanne Gadrat. The' Rev. Dr. J, GibO and Mrs. and' Miss Giblrare "in".Christchurch for. Assembly week. Mrs; Henry Brett, of Auckland; who. has been in Wellington for a few days, leaves for the south'to-night. Advice has been : received by . Mrs; H. Leslie that 'her daughter, Mrs. V. A. I Rule, has joined her.husband, Mr., V. A.Rule, Y.JI.C.A. secretary, Esbekia 'Gardens, Cairo." ' Mrs. W. D. Montgomery is visiting Auckland. Mr. and .Mrs. W. G. Alexander,., who have' been spending-a holiday -, in -New. Plymouth and Wellington, have returned to Chrisfchurch! Miss Wilkinson has resigned from the position of matron of .the M-asterton Hos-' pita!. .A fiuiet'.weddin? : was solemnised: at St. Peter's Church,'.. Wellington, by the Rev. F. M. Kemnthome, The contracting parties were Rita .Madge Crichtdn.. of .Palmerston North, and Henry-Alexander Little, H.M. Consul, Amoy, China. Mr., and Mrs. Little. left by the.Moeraki for,.'. Australia en route for China.'Sister Mary F);aii'ces Loohey, A.R.K.f!.,. ; New Zealand Army Nursing • -Service, ranks as .leafron... \jhilst occupying, the P9sition of' matron, of the' Invercargill, Soldiers' Convalescent Home.