WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 196, 14 May 1919, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD

MAWERS OF INTEREST FROM FAB AND NEAR.

(By Iμ oqes.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL The Hon. J. ilanan and Mrs.- Hannn have taken the Ministerial residence, in Tinakori' Road till lately occupied by tlie Hon. Sir -William Frnser and Miss l-'raser. llr. and Jfrs Stiitt have taken a house in Aurora Terrace. Jfr. and Mrs. Donald J'ohorlson urn staying at Mm. l-'ueer's, Jlawkestout! Street. Mr. Justice Sim alid Mrs, Sim left for Cliristcluirch at the end ot lust 'week.' Mrs. and Jliss Wilfo'rd tifo Visiting Christdillrcli: The Hon. T. Borihwick and Mrs. Borthwick are leaving for'Jlnjfland next month. Miss E. A. Conyera ; R.H.Ci, -matron-in-chief of the Australian Army Nursing Service, has .be-on made a Clonimauder (Mil. Div.Kof the Jfost Excellent Order or the British Umpire for valuable aervicos rendeved in ennnectioh with the war.. One liiiit l Miss Cohytl , ? lived in New Zealand, lief father, the late Mr, -William C'onyers, havinjf been well known in the early days of tho New Zealand railways. Sister Daisy S. Brown, Q.AJ.M.X.S.H. (formerly of Wnipukurau), has been demobilised after three years' service (states a London correspondent of March 27). Par I of the time she was at tho Military Hospital id York, and for the last, year hag 'been ill France, Sister Brown will return home at an early date. She was at the Tlimu'u Hospital from 1912 to 11)15, Sir Dj'cb Duckworth, the famous doctor, is among those who condemn jazz dancing. Speaking at the JEe|ian Hall, London, recently, he said tharin high society, there were many signs of enrelessiites, silliness, and . ugly conduct. When they heard of those, wild dances that went on among people who ought to know better—dunces u> music good enough only for West Africnn when they suw Hint in London drawingl'oonis, it shpwr.d great degradation and demoralisation. He hoped Such exhibitions of bad taste would be stopped. Air. and Mrs. Taldwin have given up their house in llobson Slreet and have taken Mr. Donald l'obertson's housa on [Talavcra Terracd Tho extent to which cigarette-smoking by gills has extended Is indicated by the fact that the Young 'Women's Christian Association Is considering whether it ought to give its official toleration to the habit (states a. London correspondent). During the war cigarette-smoking by girls rapidly extended to every class, and now that the war is over it is not. likely to bo given up, although .tho large addition to <thc ranks of smokers often results in the tobacconists being sold out. In Hie restaurants, the tea-shops,, .tho trains, and business otiieee girls do no hesitate la produce their cigarette-cases and •"light up." The Young Women's Christian Association i,s finding it impossible to bar the girl smoker from its hostels. Some of these hostels have officially recognised the evil to the extent of proi viding smoking-rooms for girls. Tlie point of view of the officials conducting i these hostels is that if girls will smoke, I they should not be debarred- on that account from the moral inlluences and benefits of the Y.W.C.A. But the officials of other hostels look on the practice of tiinokiiij; willi grave disapproval, and are ■anxious flint the Y.W.C.A. should not miMiteiiance it. Miss Mary C'ooley, the little Wellington reciter, who won the girls' elocution championship at the Wellington competitions held in February Inst, has been equally successful at the Christchurc'h competitions, ■ being the winner of the girls' championship recitation and also securing first place in the sight readiiiß test for girls and boys under sixteen years. This clever little g'i'l has received all her tuition under Miss .Tanie Petrie. The wedding took place at St. Margaret's Church, Barking, E?scx, on Saturday, March 22, of Rifleman A. BickneU, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bicknell, of Grcytoivn, and Miss Emily Itose Clark, Fourth daughter *f Mr. and Mrs. G. Clark, of Harking, Essex. Tho ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. Foole, vicar, of tho parish. The brido was given away by her brother, and woro a dress of ivory silk ornamented with silver tassels and swansdown, and a veil with orange' blossoms. She carried a showev bouquet of morning' stnrs nnd heather and' trails of smilax. Three bridesmaids were in attendance, all wearing dresses.of fawn and powder bluo silk, with wreaths nnd veils. They carried bouquets of lily of the valley and pink hyacinths. Rifleman J. Frazer, of Dunedi'n, was best man. The bridegroom's gift to the bride was a gold bracelet, and to the bridesmaids gold brooches set with amethysts. After the ceremony a reception waa held at the bride's home, Mr. arid' Mrs. Bickiiell afterwards leaving for Rainliiim on their honeymoon. The death took place suddenly and un'expsotodly in Wellington on Friday, after a short illness, of Mrs. Biddell, wife of Mr. .T. A. Riddell and eister-in-lr.w of Dr. J, E. Riddell. The lute Mrs. Kiddell was tan third daughter of the. late Mr. John Speedy,' of "Ifurnview," East Coast. Much, sympathy will be felt for her liusbiiud and relatives, in their loss. , Mrs. Riddell had been in Wellington on a visit, and had appeared to be in excellent health, fo Hint her death came as a great shock to her many friends <aud nil who knew ji.er. The engagement is announced of tho Iv'ev. S. Ogden, vicnr of St. Laurence, Aramoho, formerly curate of St. Mark's, Wellington, to Miss Aileen 'Mackay, niece of the well-known surgeon, Dr. Henry Burford, Cavendish Square, llnyfair, London, outhor of several noted medical voi !;a, ' Leaving by the Corinthic from Auckland for England yesterday we're Mrs. John Prouse and Mr. W. Prouse (Wellington), !Dr. G. AY. Lynch, Mrs. and Miss Lynch (the Island?), Mr. T. Bayly and lint, hayly (Anckliiiid.i. Mr. and Mrs. A. l'l. Evan* and Miss Evans (Wellington), Mrs. M. Kwen (Timnrn). Mrs. ■ (!. Grace (Auckland), Mrs. C. H. Grantj Coiven nnd Miss Grnnt-Cowon (Hnwera), I Miss Cooper (Auckland), Mr. .7. W. Mar-t-hall and Miss M. K. .Marshall (Uangltikoi). ' ' ' i '

Cheerful ''Out-of-WorkSi" Outside every labour oxelmngo in tlie country tlicß , are to be seen on'cel-tltin days of eni'li week long-quiMics of women (states the London correspondent of the Melbotmiu Slost of them ai-o wcll-dwssnl j-ouiii,' , women, who look healthy and' well-fed.' Any observer could not fail lu notice that they all lienr with forlitude the hardships ot out «if work, unci that moat of. tlit-m cire I'xdeediilifl)' cliccrfiii!. They lijtvt! biinlsllpd the look of dull misery linil iltspoiitlsilcj- Which so often dottles oil tlid-.e who Unit tlieliisch'M ill tho p'jsilitot of vainly seal'chiiljf for work. VVir Hie lliost port lln>y lira lnunitioii workcMi nhiise tvol'k Mine to i.n end soon after tli-a al-ililstiiV was signed. 'I'liroD tinii's in eucli iVpcK they .linvc t to. call at the liiljour rxcliiliiye nt Hlich they are registered. 'I'wo of the v.'ei'kly calls a re-for the ])iiv])ose 'of refusing aiiy work that may be olferwl to them. On the third call they obtain their, reward, in the form of the fe. weekly donation given by a beneficent Government to all wouiau' workers who are out of work. AVonipti with children lo support Ket nil luMilimiat num. iitcording 1 ' tci (Tie linmliei , of their uliildceu.. Nominally the 255. don:itioii is tel'iised to any woman who rcfiitej em|>!()/im>lit oll'ci-w! to her Ihrongh the labour, exchange, but: in actual* practice it is seldom itfiwed. There'is an in.satialile. demand ior domestic servants of all kimta, lint, the thousands f,f thejo munition workers who wej-e in domestic service before the war register themselves lit the labour exchnuges as factory hnndii, and arc then uj a position to refuse, places as (10. iiiMlic servants without, imperillins! their for ;Jo.<. But the uiii'inploymcnt donation given by the Uovenimenl. Jolm of any! kind at Ms, a week lire refused, lireausp. it Is plrasantei- to dr.uv 2'is.' n week ivifhoiit workiiii? fol' It than (o work. hard for .'ill;. Hut the unemployment donation is not to be paid more than thirteen weeks in any single case; so gradually three long qiiems of. workU^..women for whom work, is wailing will diminish. Reforms for Shop Assistants. '' A. iT-presenlntive of tho Shop. Assist-, imts' Union was askeil to -niece before the meeting cf the Wellington branch of the. Women's -National Council last evening some, of the refo'rnw tvhieh tlie union iv«» anxious to obta*ln, One cf these was that fihop should be Hiipnlieil witli nderiiiatc seatiiij,'nccoinniodalioii. At tiic present- time there were' employers .who objected to their employees having- this accommodation, and the strain was one that was severely felt. Heating in- the shops was also bad as a rule, and in.the wintet- timo the employees suffered a good deal from tho co-Id. !lt was (suggested by the speaker Unit thermometers sjiould.be plu'ced in , the shops so that liio inspectors, when they visi'.cd. these places, could see at .a glance' what' the tcmnei-fiture \m<, or the girls themsclvon could. ■ Eest rooms, in the.shops were nisi; badly nre.-lfd. At thn pivsent'time n (toad nmnv girls in shops wont to-the Y.W.C.A. (h'li'ing- tlio'.luncli. hour because of the rest whicli they could get there. Such rooms, she thought, should be established in every shop both for resting purposes and also for indisposition. Women inspectors would kiu.\v the needs of women shop assistants far 'better than men would, and. she., thought Hint, they should bo appointed, Liinch rooms, not necessarily'-' large or elaborate,, were "also needed in< the shops for' the ' benefit.'of those employed in tliem. It was pointed out by u. iiieniVor. of tlie nudienee that manv.of the point* which had been brought.Forward by th' , speaker had been rm'bbdied.'' in the Act l)TOU?lit down by Hie Intt- lit.' Seddon, but unfortunately they were not being enforced. It wa? decided Hint these matters should receive the sympathetic .consideration of the council. . . ...