WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 178, 23 April 1919, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

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(By 1m oqen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Sirs, Hart (Carterton) and her-two .'children have come to Wellington to ■meet Brigadier-General 11. E. Hart, ( '0.M.G., D.5.0., who is returning by tho , •.C'oi'inthic..' i ':.';. j ! Mr. L. H. B. Wilson, the Misses Wilson ' (2), and' Miss Broadbent left on Monday ! 'for tho Mountain House, Egniont. ! ! Mrs. Roydhouse, (Carterton) is staying ' with Mrs. W. M'Kenzie, Pnlmerston ' North. ' ■; On Easter Monday an enjoyable croquet I lournnment was held on the Sealoun i Croquet Club green to play for trophies I given by Mr. Grace. A good many en- i tries we're received, and the grounds i were freely used with tennis, croquet, and .1 bowls'. The first prize was won by Mrs. - Mngill; Mrs. Stone and Mrs. G'hisholm : tied for tho second prize. < Miss Rosina Buckmann, the Now Zealand singer,.has been engaged to sing in conjunction-villi Dame Mellm at (lie peace celebrations to be held at Co-rent ; Garden. Dr. H. Dean Bamford and Mrs. Bam- , ford left Auckland..on-Saturday-by the Niagara'for Vancouver. -They expect to , be away for .some'months. Miss.'-E.M. Hutchens and Miss M. A. Johnson well known in. Auckland.in connection., with the physical training of. girls; al'6-leaving by the Athenic shortly on a visit to their homes in England. Sister S'. Gv Brit, of Napier, is expected to return to New Zealand by tho Remuera, due on May 5.' Miss L. Skinner, teller of the Bank of New Zealand, Eltham, has been spending a fow days in town with her sister, Mrs. 0. 0. Trownson, Knrori, after enjoying a motor trip through the South Island. Mrs.-'B.-'.'J: Burt, Elietahuna, is. a visi- . tor to Wellington. She -has .como to meet her nephew, Dr. = Nevil-Hornibrook, surseon of s.s.. Corinthic. /She is accompanied by;.; the Misses : Kathleen nnd , Norah Burt. , The-wedding took place last week at tho residence of tho bride's parents-. AVaimiro, of .Miss Yida Wilcox, fourth daughter of Mi;. : and'Mrs.. A; .-Wilcox, to Mr. (Robert Sutton,'.second', son of the lato i Mr. A. Sutton, of Napier. Miss Dorothy Wilcox was bridesmaid, and the best ' inaii.Sergeant-Major J. Rowncy, of Napier, a returned Main Body soldier. Tho ceremony was performed by the Rev. G. B. Stephenson, of Dannevirke. Miss Beatrice Grimshaw, the wellknown writer,, who lives in Papua, is a frequent visitor to Sydney. Miss Grim6hawowns. a rubber plantation in Sarao> ,rai, Papua, and when not' engaged in its management is_ blisy on a novel or ' special article for' the English Press. She is a Dublin woman. •■ • Wedding at St. Paul's, 1 The wedding took placo in St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral.on Monday of Miss Edith , Berry, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. William Berry, of Karon Road, to'the. Rev. George V. Kendrick, vicar, of 'Paranafaiunu. The bride was given Away by • her brother in the absence of her father, .who was in. Auckland, and wore a gown of white crepe de- chine with overdress' of georgette and a court train of white satin lined .with pale pink. Her -tulle veil was worn with ordiige blossoms, and ■'•the' bouquet was of,, white and-pink flowers. The bridesmaid'was Miss Hilda ■ ' Berry, who wore a champagne coloured ' voile"frock trimmed witliliidimi lace; and . a..leghorn hat with velvet streamers,,-Her >' bouquet -was of autUhiii flowers.-';\nnil foliage. Mr. Edward Pnnkhurst was 1 the ~ best man. The Yen. Archdeacon Johnson performed the ceremony, and.. Mr. .Rodney Pankhursti provided musio'suitable for the occasion.'' The Rev. Mr. Kendrick and Mrs. Kendrick left for tho north, and later will take up their, residence at Paraparauinu. • • Cesar. Franck's Widow. I. The willow of'the great composer, Cesar Trnnck, died in -Paris on December 1, at Hie age of 94, states a writer in theiSydney "Telegraph". The.French musician. married in "1818; the' year ..of the Revolution; Vincent d'ludy, on whom . the niMitle of Cesar Frnnck has fallen, ■ says that the wedding party, to reach' | the church, was obliged, to climb a barricade; the bride and bridegroom were helped by .the insurgents, who were massed behind the improrished fortification. She was a young' actress, the (laughter .of a inore celebrated Oiie.'Miiiei:De.smous- ■■ scans, of the Comedie Erahcaiso' (IV9O- - excelling in ."duenna" parts. It is said that Madame Eranck at times wondered why her husband could not write more popular/saleable music. Well, there-arc plenty who can write popularovunescent music'; Eranck was one of the few whose masterpieces will continue to delight generations to.-co.iiie. . The wedding took placo in St. Matthew's Church, Ulas'terton, on Easter Monday, of Miss Lilian Gordon, second . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. AV. Gordon, , of South Road, to Sergeant-Major James Tiiovpe, of Napier. The Rev. J. Walker, ALA., performed Ilia.' ceremony. The bride was attended by the Misses Hoi■linsM.aiul Thorpe r.s bridesmaids,'and, the test man was Mr. J. R. Thorpe. Mr. A. Jlollings was groomsman. . . The death occurred on Sunday of Jin. J Amelia Belworthy, for' many .years secre--1 tary of the Society for Iho Protection - of Women and Children. Tli6 late Mrs. Behvoi'thy lent valuable aid to the so- . cicfy, her tact and humanity enabling her to deal with the most difficult cases coining under the association's notice. She v,;aß well adapted to the position she .: occupied in the.society, lior quiet womanliness fitting her for the responsibilities of her post; and among the members of the society and those of the community who have benefited by her sympathetic —' treatment her early demise is deeply de- ■ Tho society last week pass'ed a a resolution of sympathy with' Mrs. Bel' H worthy in her illness. Death occurred | in.a private hospital.

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SOLDIERS' MEMORIALS PLAYGROUNDS FOE CHILDREN. ■ (By. Imogen.) A matter that is meeting with considiration at .the present time in. various jarts of. the Dominion is' that of erectng a memorial to the .soldiers who have alien'in the war. Some places are dislosed to make it a local matter by havng the memorial,- of what, shape or form . t is to take they have not yet decided, n their own.districts, and others, again, . ire advocating that it should be a Doninion affair, a King's Highway, for instance,, running from one end. of New /lealandto the other, .or an.art gallery, i War Relic Museum, and . so forth, tone- districts have solved the question n a-very, simple fashion .by. authorising i road to be made for'which they have ieen hankering for some, time, which vould'lmve to-be made sooner, or , later, ind.callins.it a soldiers' memorial. One iistrict has siven orders for a road -to be nrrwl and otherwise seen to, and that road, they say is their soldiers' memorial. Another place proposes to enlnrgo the social room provided for the nurses it the hospital, as their war memorial. Possibly thero is moro to recommend the ast idea than there is in connection villi local roads which because of their i-ery utility would soon,lose all association of ideas with the soldiers who have laid down their lives in this war. In imv ease, it should - surely bo taken for sruiited that adequate accommodation is to be provided for -nurses -in the course of their-huniano work for the.community, so why should it be called a soldiers memorial? One cannot help: footing a lack of generosity of spirit about' all these proposals; they are not generous in proportion to the sacrifice which ■ they propose to commemorate.' . . ' ' . For a memorial to.be fit .and proper iu character it is usual to take into account the'porson or deed which.it is desired to honour, and in some way to bring itbeforc the- public, and. make it a perpetual influence to succeeding generations who view it. ,If such a, definition bo correct then.in what better way can the lives which were, laid down on the battlefield: be' 'commemorated; than in providing facilities for/building, up a strong, well-balanced • nation . tho younger generations who- will fill the places of. the' fallen?- Why should not the people of this country see that every school and evory'town had its playgrounds suitably equipped for the children? To many a soldier'the one outstanding thought-.which nerved him to face'oil'the diabolical' implements of destruction, all the ghastly havoc of war was the thought that he was helping to make secure the future of the children. And although life, was -very dear to, him, as' dear to him as' it was- to the men and women.who were safely at-home m this country, ho made his sacrifice—for the children!"' If--anyone doubt that such was. the case they have only to read soldiers' letters that' have seen .publicity in England, in Franco, in Italy, and even in our own country. There they made it plain,' that they held their lives of little account if by their sacrifice thev could save the children growing up or still to come,' from such unutterable honors, from any possibility of servitude to an alien nation,, and one such as. Germany. ■ ■'. .'■■•■., •-•,„•',' ■ How can children expand mentally and physically unless tiny., .have space .tor'. their play,-spaco for.'freedom of movement. Imil for all the beautiful growing things of nature around • them-llowerc, grass, and trees.- Compare the playground of. say,- the Willis Street School or the Wellington South School wilhthe playgrounds provided children in many of. "the American-schools. In the one nothing but gravel with not h green or" a-'flowet-; or even space ior playing iii, and tho other' Brass-grown, intersected with flpwer beds, and provid- ~ ed with all sorts of playing apparatus, suitablef-for wet or'lino 'dnysT. In fact, , as much as possible of the school life is carried on otttsido .in the American ouhools' and naturally, with better results. The -artistic temperament ma child has somewhat of an uphill fight in this country, ami the wonder would be/ that it should hold its own against the grimly utilitarian aspoctof many of our .schools, and cities, and even, some of.the -Koines..'" '". ■•'.'■ . ■'• ■ .'• ' . Could there be a! more lasting memorial ' to the soldiers, or oiie with a more outreaching influence' than' that. of„-provid-inc tho children in every town, village, l.nid city.Avith playgrounds miidcbeaiih-. ful with'shrubs nnd (lowers, and proyidled with proper, uiaying apparatus? And so that the children might, remember the deeds of valour and self-sacrifice that jmve ndded.su'cli. honour to New; Zealand, why should there, not be nit arched entrance to each ground built in some.lasting on which are. inscribed, in tablets the names of the battles iji which New Zealand soldiers have taken part, or perhaps a. pillar, something which lias been- designed by an artist .'whose heart nnd soul were in .tho, work... Such a momorial would be enduring, and if we aro to fnce-the .-future,successfully and to be worthy of the great sacrifices that have been made in .'this. ivar,v'e have to build even better ,oiit of the material.-of tho present generation,than was done of tho past, splendid though its record hns been ; . ..- : .'....■' ..

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