WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 169, 11 April 1919, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Dr. and Mrs. Edgar (Napier) left Wellington for Chrislcnurch on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stead, who had been staying with Airs. Ifoadiey ir,. .Napier, passed through 'Wellington on Tuesday ou their tray to Christchnreh. Miss Mendelsohn, a leading worker for souio years in the ])unedin St. John Ambulance Association, is to stand for election upon the O'ago Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Miss Speedy (Pal;norston North) is visiting Wellington. Mrs. Kelson (Alfredton) is visiting Wellington, and is staying at Kcnihvorth.' Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robertson, tvno had been spending the past fortnight .in Auckland, have roturned to Wellington. • Mrs. Hope Lewis and her son, Mr. P. G. Hope Letvis, are visiting'Kotorua.' Mademoiselle Dolores, who heard Miss Etta Sclnieideman, of Auckland, sing on Saturday Inst, predicts great possibilities for this young artiste. Mips Schneidenian, says'nn exchange, possesses a fine dramatic soprano Voice, and eventually sho hopes to leave Auckland to continue her studios abroad, but in the meantime Mdlle, Dolores strongly advises her to remain under her present 'teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gray. Miss Carrie Lanceley, the brilliant Ans. tialian soprano, recently here ivith tlio Chuiilnuqua people, has been engaged to tour New Zealand by tho Netv Zealand Picture Supplies, Ltd. During the ;'ast week sho has been sharing tho honours ivith' "Tamil of the Apes" in Auckland. Miss Ethel Erskine, fresh out from Loudon, is'to play the role'of Madclino Manners in "Going Up" in Melbourno instead of Miss Cecil Bradley {who'played the part in Wellington a few weeks ago). / A London correspondent writes that Mrs. tv. d. I'isitur, triio before going to Lingliind wad triilujy known as tne non. secretary of. <no Wellington District Nursing Giiilil,. has been awarded * tne service medal of tac Order of fit. Jonn of A-rusaleiii lor conspicuous service, t The marriage took place at Richmond, Surrey, iinglaiid of-Auss Marguerite Victoria uuni'ootl ami Private I'uarles A. li Hall, iN.Z.A.S.C. (late of tho 3rd Auckland. Company, Mum Hotly;, eldest son of Mrs. a. a. flail, of Kicmuoiw. The bride is tne eldest daugnter of tho l(ev. W.' Garwood, MA., of IVoolston, Southampton. , News has been received that Miss Elsie Greig, eldest daughter of Mr. and Airs. J. D. Greig (Aueltiaiul) lias been attained tho ltoyal lied Cross. Sister Greig is one of flie Main Hody nurses, leaving with tho Third Australian Hospital Unit. She has seen service at Galiipoli, Cairo, fcuice, and England, and has been mentioned* in dispatches. Friends welcomed Miss Margaret Wy- ( cherley back to New York recently after her Australasian .tour, which was interfered'with in New Zealand by iniiuenza. It is mentioned in interviews that Miss Wychorley did not wish to play the old spiritualistic medium in ■•'The Thirteenth Chair" when that play was written by her husband, Mr. Bayard Veiller, author of "Within tho Law/' She eventually agreed to do so 011 the' understanding that she could drop out of the cast after tho pla.v had been fairly set going. iTet she continued in -$110 part for two seasons, besides pl.aying it on tour. In visiting Australia and New. Zealand she was ''absent from America for eight months, and played during four.

N.Z. Central Executive Red Cross Meeting. A meeting: of the Central Executive of the New Zealand Bed Cross was lield on Tuesday. There were'present:" Mr. T. Young, Mrs. J. P. Luke, and Miss 8. Nathan, representing "Wellington Centrei Mrs. T, M. Wilford, representing Otago Centre; and Lieutenant-Colonel Moorhotwc (in the chair). •'

It was decided to approve and pay «C3G 2s, 10d., the additional cost of the Recreation Half, Inverchrgill, making ,£3Ol 2s. MM. the Eed Cross contribution instead of J;2GS, which was paid over on February 21, 1919.

The second workshop at Hanmer a. as shown to have cost <£31)9 instead of itOOO, which latter sum had already been paid. It was decided to pay tlio .£99 balance. An application from General Henderson was road asking that the Kcd Cross motor-car now in use at Tauniarn Nursing Home be transferred to Ptikeora (previously called Hatunm or Waipukur.au Hospital s for Consumptives). It was agreed that the cur could bo so trans, fcrred for tlio use and benefit of tlio patients in the Pukeora Hospital, A ,£5500. refund lias becifasked for by tlio Defenco Department as ,a repayment of moneys expended for Eed Cross purposes in' Egypt in early stages of the war, and it was decided that this matter stand over until replies had been received from Auckland and Christchurch centres. Correspondence between Mr, Montgomery and His Excellency tlse GovernorGeneral was rend and carefully consklerby the committee' when it was decided that in all matters in which the Govern, ment desired the Red Cross to help tl;o work proposed with estimates of the cost and reasonable particulars should be submitted to the society for its approval and decision. This was as arranged at, tlio New Zealand Council meeting lield'at Christchurch on February 8, 1918.

j)r. Aclfind, who Attended the meeting, stated that his former .proposal that tl<o Government should'supply wool was i.ot and lie. asked that'the society pupply their own wool out of the ,£2OO subscribed for stump socks, when it was thought that they could be obtained outside the Dominion. The wool m.ost suitable was stated to be 2-ply Eoslyn wool. Dr. Acland undertook to supply fresh patterns and particulars of tho socks required. Tlio total number was estimated at 2000. Letters from Colonel the Hon ,E. H. Kl'iodes to His Excellency the GovernorGeneral were read, and it was decided that His Excellency's permission be oh-, tained to publish portions interesting to tlio general public.

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Pollina Day. Nothing has so roused women as tho licensing question, tho big issue i before tho people yesterday, and all day long, they steadily turned out to record their voles one way or tho other, the more remote booths iii many eases having the preference. Wherever knots of. people wore gathered together it was quite sale to sav that i'licy u'ere discussing the day's eventualities, and more often than not the passing scraps* of cortversation heard in tho streets tvere upon the same subject. For some reason or anolhor the question to be decided seemed to have ail extraordinary fascination lor a little group of street urchins that haunted tho steps of one of tho booths. Ribald little Rani ins they tvere, who, at a discreet distance passed their opinions i,s to whether this or that person was a "tvotvser," the said "wowsers" presumably being those whom they judged to be voting for prohibition. At any rate, there were people whom they viewed witn much ."-.iisijicion and disapprobation,- and reverence for their elders not being a characteristic of tho Wellington street juvenile, they took care to add; point to their remarks—at a discreet distance, as before remarked. It is rather an interesting fact that although tho women of this country have had the right to voto for so many years it is with some only a. strong sense ot duty that over takes them to the pollin;: booth. "If it woro any other question than this I would not turn, out, to vote," said one woman to the writer. "T know it is pre-liistoric or early Victorian, or whatever else you liko to call it btrf frankly, I halo politics. It is such a self-seeking' game. However,this is? not politics, so I hftvo done my duty." With a pleased little smile sho tripped away to a more congenial 'interest than that of voting. A different attitude was that of a nurse. "I wish I had fifty votes" sue said. "Ono scents so small an affair in a matter like this. If people had seen oiic-nuartcr of "what wo have seen tlioy 1 would not hesitate to take drastic action if they had any heart in them. Even polling day has its ending, liotvever, and by six o'clock, an hour before, closing time, the streets were-more oriels deserted-old, middle-aged, young (with their tint votes to record) had betaken themselves away. Intentions-had become translated into action, with what results time has yet to tell. , Women as "Incorporated" Accountants. Women havo long had a grievance inasmuch as, tnougli iliey have oeen trainW tor ami succe=siully practised tlia.protossion oi iiccouutaiu, lut-y Jiuve been refused admission to tiw Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors and iL tho institute oi Cnartwed 'Accountants, states 'till Englisn journal. The) first of these important societies haa notv obtained leave to alter its memorandum of association in such a liifiiiiier as to provido for the inclusion af women members as well as moil. Frobajly. tho Institute of- Chartered Accountants will not: long delay .11 following suit. Thus women accountants ai'O' now free from the implied slur which rested- upon ' their qualifications when they wero unable to say that their names appeared on theroll of' Incorporated Accountants. The effect of this will be to unable women accountants to enlarge their ■ sphere of work,. Which.in somo i'otv cases is already considerable. Parents also will be.more inclined ,to spend n.oney 011 having their dimghters trained for this profession. , . Since the duties of an accountant are oxtremoiy responsible, the training is'a long one. The pupil who, is not a aniversity graduate must take a live years' course, while tho graduate spends threo years articled to a firm of chartered 'or., incorporated accountants. .. During tho term two-examinations must be passed, of. which'the .more stfvere test is taken, at the end of. tho teriji of -.pupilage. The. effect, therefore, of tne recent change is not only to.biing important pieces of. auditing work within-the scope of qualified women, but also to allow women td receive articled pupils tvlio hop to become members later of one ot the two leading professional bodies.

i '> - ■■ Princess Patricia's Trousseau, The "Morning Post" of February 22 gives tho [following description of Princess Patricia's trousseau frocks. . Simple lines and beauty of fabric were :feritures. of all, and it is noteworthy that everything- was of British manufacture. "The*wedding gown," states fiiewriler, ''has been designed to suit the Princess's distinctive style, rather than 'to- emphasise any fleeting modern fashion. Made of broclio panne,' it falls in long lines like those of tiib Florentine' ladies in the pictu.ro of tho meeting of Beatrice and"" Dante. The Boynl Court train is of cloth of .silver richly embroidered, Iler veil," which- will be arranged'in a, novel fashion,' is of rare old Brussels Ince; it formerly belonged to Queen Charlotte, has hor crown and monogram on the border', and is the gSft of the Dow-1 ,oger Lad.y Uliondda. When driving to and from" Westminster Abbey, the Princess will wear a-long cloak of the same brocade as her wedding gown,-lined,with n soft white fin; aiidjwith a deep collar of white Canadian fox. Her jewels will be-a rope of -pearls and a, large diamond | maple leaf brooch. The latter was given to the late Duchess of Connaught by ( personal friends at Montreal when she left Canada. ' ' - j Tho evening gowns of (he trousseau aro all made with short trains. A sapphire blue - channelise' evening gown is emlii'oidered in a Greek key <U-s.is!ii. in white diamonds. A peach broclio ha? fi mother-of-pearl paillette ton and petti-'! coat at ono side. A powder bluo and gold frock- is trimmed with loiur i scarves of mild lace. An orange and silver brocade lias a, hanging cane of-silver lace; nrest gown of turanoise" blue over green chiiTou ha? ft sash of green and gold metal tissue and a floating train of chiffon. Apricot velvet is used to fashion a tea gown, which has a long coat and draperies of black and gold metal lace. There' are a number of plain and more", elaborate tailor-mades—an interest in? - example of the former is of "plain black and white striped suiting made with a waist-belt, the skirt i« pleated, 1-aek and front and lilain at. the -sides. Two jumper frock? have been made by' blind wom»n working under the care of the London Association for the Rliiid. One of fheso is carried lout in pigeon grey knitted wool with amethyst wool effects, and. the other, which is (in afternoon gown, is of linw silk trimmed with beige. The bridesmaids .will wear picture fro.clcs of love-in-I'ho-mist blue and hut-: •of shaded l'lne tulle. The two little, pagfv, the Hon. Simon Eamsey, the soil. 'if "Lord Dalhoi'.sie and.n nniJif'w of the ibridegroom, and the Earl of Macduff, n npnhew of Iho bride, ai'd the-son .of Prince and Princess' Arthur of .Connaught, will wear Highland dress.'(heir kilts being of their own clan tartan.