WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 259, 29 July 1919, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AMD KEAB,

(By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Jin. Birnie left by the Briton ou a visit to Australia. Miss Arms Kennedy and Hiss Kathleen Kennedy are visiting Auckland. The wedding took place on .Tunc 11, at Holy Trinity, Brampton, of William Keginniil Birch, M.C., to Nora Brandon, of Wellington, New Zealand, states a London correspondent. Thr. marriage took place on June 12 at All Saints' Church, Ascot, of Edward Carletrin Holmes, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Holmes, of Eoborough, Barnstaple, and formerly of Matahiwi, Jlnsterton, to Miss Nora Collie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Collie, Mastorton, New Zealand.

A very successful plain and fancy dress dai'.o. arranged by tho sub-committee of (iilby's College Past and Present Students' Association, was held in tho New Century Hall on Friday evening. This was the first of a series of dances to lie lisl-.l in connection with this association. Jinny pretty fancy dresses were worn, tho most noticeable amongst them being a couple in old English costume. Mrs. Gilbv acted as chaperon and -Mr. A. S. Burnet was M.C. Mr. R. 11. Nicholson supplied tlio music.

Sister Gertrudo E. Ivummer (Masterton). Q.A.1.M.N.5.1t., has returned to England after threo years' nursing sorvico in .tho East, including India and Mesopotamia. She leaves for Now Zealand by the Ormondo early next week, states a London correspondent on June 14.

Tho Dunedin correspondent of the Christclmrch "Press" telegraphs that the Otajro branch of the New Zealand Trained Nurses' Association have decided to hold a memorial service on October 26, this being tho first Sunday after tho date of till! anniversary of the Marquetto disastor. It will be for all New Zealand trained nurses who have made tho supremo sacrifice. The Otago branch aro also endeavouring to arrange with otiier branches to hold a similar servico throughout the Dominion on tho samo dab. It is to follow the lines of. the great memorial services held in St. Paul's. London, in April of last year, in honour of the nurses who fell on itctivo service The offertory is to be given to tho Nurses' Memorial Fujid.

An event which is being looked forward to iu Christchiirch is the Hunt Club ball which takes place in the Clnisfchurch Art Gallery on August 12, the day of the Grand National.

The wedding took place in the Mothnd:ist Church, Woolston, of Miss Kitty Brigfc's. daughter of Mr. J. Briggs, to Mr. A. V. Dixon, a returned soldier. Tho Key. W. Copcland officiated. Miss Myrtle Briggs and Miss Mena Pearson wero brioe.smaids. /and Mr. N. Dixon best mail.

Miss Russoll (Hastings) is visiting her sist.w. Mrs. Deans.

The marriage took' placo lat Bovey Tracoy, Devon, on June 4, of Captain W. A. Gray, M.C., N.Z.R.8., eon of Mr. and Mrs. S. Gray, Mount Eden, Auckland, to Miss Ellen Mary l'clhylridgo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. I'ethylridge, Bovey.

Miss Clara Rogers, who returned last week to New Zealand by tho Briton from overseas,, where she had been doing war work for our soldiers, was given a great reception on arrival at Rangiora, where her homo is. Tho baud" had turned out for the occasion, and addresses were given by tho Mayor (Mr. ,C. Jennings) and the Hon. D. Buddo, -M.F.

.In connection with the Public Trust Office ball, which is being held in the Main Town Hall shortly, arrangements havo been made for special .cars to run to Thorndon, the Botanical Gardens, Newtown, and Ivilbirnio, after the ball. A special cable car will run t^Kclburn.

Lust -week members of the "Charley's Aunt" Club gave a very enjoyable and successful enterla.inmnt in. Moore's Hall, in .Tohnsonville, m aid of the Crippled Soldiers' and Sailors' Hostel.. The or-, ganisers of tho entertainment were the Jolmsonville branch of tho Women's National Eeserve, wlio bad good reason to bo well satisfied with tho results of the evening. Women Parliamentary Reporters, Pour women official reporters are being experimentally employed in reporting debates of tho House of Commons in Grand Committee, stntos "Tho Queen." Tliis new departure was commented upon by the chairman, who said that thero was every reason to hope that the experiment would be-siiccessful. Every responsible position thrown open to women, though the numbers affected bo but small, has its influence in raising their general status and in lessening the pressure upon overcrowded occupations. Though reporting in Parliament by women is an innovation, Hansard was for many years indexed by women, who, curiously enough, have almost a monopoly of that profession. Women are' now to be seen at tho Press table at the Coal Commission, and might well expect admission to the Press Gallery in the House were not its space so severely 'limited.

Entertainment at the Returned Soldiers' Club. . Yesterday evening the ladies who had assisted in connection witli the appeal recently niado in aid of tho Wellington Returned Soldiers' Club were the guests of the Clubhouse Society at a very enjoyable oiitei'taimiient held in tho social hall of the club. _ Stallholders'and those who had helped in any way to gather in money for tho continuance of the club and its work of 'receiving the soldiers as the.y arrive from overseas comprised the guests, and an exceedingly enjoyable programme, of, which Mr. ,U. P. Wilson, the secretary of the Wellington Savage Club, was tho organiser, was given. Before commencing tho programme Mr. J. Harper, alter apologising for the absence, of the chairman, Mr; Maxwell, spoke of the splendid way in which the ladies had cuine to tiie rescue! of the club in its limo of need, and as 'a result oi' the effort which was made a suiii of <£2-100 was realised, sufficient to enable the club to carry on for at least twelve months. They had dono all kinds of work during the war, and in regard to this appeal they hud had drawbacks to encounter, the most serious one being the ' epidemic, which had broken out just as tnoy had made all preliminary arrangements. However, their energy had surmounted all hindrances and obstacles, and the result of their efforts had been most successful. Mr. Harper then called for threo cheers for the ladies, which were very heartily given, tho singiug'of "I'or They Aro Jolly Good Pellows" following. Contributing to the programme were Mr. Orr (with Miss Oram as accompanist) and Mr. Dohcrty, who contrimited songs twice with encores, Mr. A. Newton humorous recitations, Mr. Irving musical monologues, Mr. Murks some entertaining stories followed towards (lie: end of . tho programme by a Shakespearean recitation from "Othello," Mr. Thomas a pianoforte solo, and Mr. Munro recitations. Mr. Thomas also played most of the accompaniments.

Weddinn at Dannevirke,

-At tho close of the iirograinmo Mr. Harper thanked Mr. A\ ilson * and his party fi)r their very enjoyable ontorlainment, and supper in the tea-room upstairs with Mrs. De Castro and her helpers in charge brought a very enjoyable evening to a close, not, however, before Mrs Preston, on 'behalf of the ladies present, thanked tho Clubhouse Society and Mr. Wilson and his party for the kind things.that, had been said of them and also for tho pleasure which the entertainment had given them all. PEERESSES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS London, July 23. A debate in the House of Lords on a lii'.l to remove the disqualifications of women entering the professions indicated that many of the peers desired that all peeresses should tic given their own right to sit in tho House of Lords, and not onlv those who wero recently created.— "The Times."

A wedding of interest took place in Dannevirko ou July 23 at St. Johns . Clrorch. when Mr. Eredrcich Stuart Varnhani, eldest son ol Mr. and Mrs. J. Varnham. Wellington, was married to Miss Dorothy jS'cllio Knight, eldest daughter of ill', and Mrs. H. D. Knight, "The Point," Dannevirko. The bride, who was given awa.y by her father, wore a i'rock of creaim crepe de chene, lined with a deeper shade of eatin de chene, • tho over bodice being beautifully handembroidered in self-coloured silk. The blouso of cream georgette was lined with pink ninon, the ninon being handworked in silk and beads of various colours. A veil (which was worn by her aunt, Mrs. Uobcrlshawe, ovor thirty years ago) was arranged in mob-cap style, with pearls and orange blossom. She carried a shower-hoiuiuet. The bridesmaids, Miss Phyllis and Miss Marguerito -knight, both sisters of the bride, wore frocks of handworked crepe do cheno in pink and heliotropo respectively, touched with black, and black panne hats. I hoy carried bouquets of violets. Tho brides sninll brother Maurice, in a man-o-war suit, was also in attendance as a page. The bridegroom, Captain Varnham, M.C., was attended by Lieutenant M'Kac as "roomsman. Both wore in uniform. Captain Varnham returned to New Zealand by the Prinzessin three weeks, ago. He left New Zealand with tho Fourth. < Reinforcements as a lieutenant. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residonce of the brido s parents, where intimate friends and close relatives were entertained at afternoon- tea. Mivand Mrs. Varnham left by motor for Wellington, tho brido wearing a costume of nigger brown suiting with hat to match, also black fox furs a present from tho bridegroom. Iho brtdesmaids presents were gold signot rings, WOMEN VOTERS (By Piona.) ■ In reading tho platform of the New Zealand Welfare League as reported m ll'iiu Dominion recently, 1 wondered that no direct appeal had been made to the women voters. The call to moderate men might well have been addressed to moderate women also, sinco women,, even more than men, aro interested in a league which promises to secure evenhanded justico for all. Plain men and women are not asking for political miracles, but only for orderly progress on constitutional lines. To begin with, we want to ensure a healthy, normal life tor every willing worker in this country; hand worker or brain workor, man or woman worker, iarmer, miner, banker, or grocer, it matteis littlo what work is performed, so that it is performed efficiently and conscientiously tho worker is entitled to his fair reward. Every man wants fair wages, decent working conditions, security ot employment, and reasonablo comlort in his home. ... ~ There is reason for much of the discontent among workers. Labour has been exploited in tho pust, and we reed pomo assurance that it is not goinfi; to i bo so exploited in tho future. Part-of the discontent -and restless dissatisfaction [ fe, however, duo to mischievous leadership, and to tho extreme and violent section of tho Socialist and Labour Press. Tho wage-earners ieol, and rightly feel, that they aro being, exploited by thenfriends as well as by -their alleged enemies, tho employers. I hey'scarcelyknow to whom to look tor rehet in then pressing necessities, and there is ft very veal danger that in their desperato search for £ouio remedy—tor' any remedy they will support tho present extreme Labour leaders who will surely lead theni to. disaster. 11' the workers go on demanding inuro and more vrages,- and shorter and j ever shorter hours of work, they, persist in-going slow and cutting down production, if they blindly persist in fol.lowin" leaders whose chiol aim is to stn up strifo and trouble between worker and omployer, nothing is surer than disaster ami contusion" worse than> auytiling wo liavo yet experienced. 11 the league lf> honest in its protestations and earnest in its endeavours to unite the sane and stable voters and so secure lor them • proper-representation in our next larliaineiit, it will deserve tho support of every thoughtful man and woman in New Zealand. it is time, and more than tune, that men find women who do not care about politics should begin to care about their votes, 'aud help those who are tryin" to secure a sane, clean, and responsible Government for our country, it is ■ time and more than time, time women took'an intelligent interest in our political affairs, and time also that political organisations such as the -Welfare League sought the co-operation of uie women need not deter women from taking part, in political affairs. Meu have not made such a conspicuous success ot running this or any other country that wo need bo diffident about using such powers as wo possess in helping tiiem to do better. Busiufess and professional women aro .often keen voters, since their daily -work keeps them in touch with tho interests of the hour, it is wo homo women, wo wives ana .mothers, who aro apt to leave poli.ics to "fathor" and do no thinking for ouiselves, whereas it is our peculiar duty and privilege to do some very serious thinking if,'as we hope, things are to be better ior our children than they lyere for ourselves. It is tho natural wish-ol every inotherjto secure a better eduoation and batter chances in life for her children than she herself enjoyed, and the right use of tho vote is the means towards that desirable end. Women are verv nearly concerned in the preservation of industrial peaco and pro 3 rcss, since in . time of strikes and turmoil the ami children of tho workers aro tho fast : and the heaviest sufferers. The st ike s a terrible weapon m the hands ot unI scrupulous men, and it is time and more : than time that womcn\too« direct action , in tho interests of peaceful relorm.