WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 262, 1 August 1919, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Lady Findlay is \ isiting Auckland. Colonel and Jlrs. Jl'Naughton Christie aro at present visiting Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Curleton Williams have returned lo Napier from Auckland. The monthly executive meeting of the Women's National Council (Wellington branch) was held on Tuesday. The following resolution wii!; carried unanimouslv:—"That this branch of the Women's National Council protests against the proposal to transfer women prisoners to the Point Ilalewell buildings, which are fiuito unsuitable for the use to which it is proposed to put them." The wedding took place yesterday, at fi!i J'llizabeth Street, Wellington, of Mr. Walter William Jonascu, stcoml son of Mr. and Mrs. J. • Jonnsen, of Euetihi, nnd Miss Lillian Josephine Williams youngest daughter of the late Mrs. M. A. Williams, of Pulineiviton Mortli. Tlie bride, who was given away by her In-other, 11 r. ■1. H. Williams, wore a wedding gown of creue de cheiie, with veil (embroidered viith pearls) and orangn blossoms. She also carried a ehower bouquet of rows, carnations, and maidenhair fern. Tho bridesmaids wero the Misses Jessie and Hilda Williams > nieces of the bride). Thev were dressed in white silk frocks, with large cream hats, nnd carried baskets of flowers. The presents of ttio bridegroom to" tho bridesmaids were gold brooches set with pearls. Mr. A. M. Williams, a brother ,of the bride, was best 1 man. ■ Tho ceremony was performed bv the Eev. J. iv. Elliott. ' After the wedding breakfast Mr. and Mrs. Jonnsen left for their future home, Raumati (Dannovirke). Tho wedding look place last week, at St. Paul'.? Cinircli, Auckland, of Mi?s Hazel D. H. Nairn, only daughter of Sir. and Mrs. J. M. Nairn, to Maior■]{.. C. Milligan, -D.5.0., N.Z.F.A., third son of Mr. and.Mrs. ;.lilligan, of Kaukapnkapa. The bride, who was given away bv her father, wore a frock of white georgette over crepe de cheue, with train of chnrmouse satin, and veil and orange blossoms. ■ She w.is fittended by Miss Maud M'Crea, who wore mauve savin mousseliuo. with black picture hat, and Miss Lily Nairn, niece of the bride, in .pink crepe de chene. Master Jack Nairn, in white velvet, '-.-as a pretty page. Major W. M'Kail Geddes, M.C., acted us best man. After Uie ceremony, which was fully choral, a reception was held at "Hoinislow." Gillies Avenue, for friends of the family: Sister Mary Gould is visiting Mrs. J. J. Collins, Cliristchurcli. A very successful social in connection with the "Evans Bay Yacht and Motorboat Club'wns given by Mr. Ibbotson at tho Hataitai Pavilion on Wednesday evening. The pavilion was completely filled, and left rather little space for the dancing, but a very happy evening resulted. Tho various items of the entertainment were above the average, and wero liiuhly applauded. Prizes wers given for the following:—Ladies' nail- ( driving, Mrs. Jliiston Itmrcll; name competition, Mr. J. Patterson. Pioneer Club Anniversary. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Pioneer Club, Alias Amy Kane- (vice-president) gave.an afternoon tea at the club, at which a very large number of members and representatives of women's societies were preeunt. Her Excellency the .Countess of Liverpool attended, and was presented with a beautiiul bouquet of spring flowers, fastened with pijik ribbons. Tbi> president (Lady Stout) also received a bouquet, hers being of irecsias and violots and, birch foliage. From Jh-s. Winder, ono of tho original members of" the club, Miss Kane received u lovely bouquet, also of violets and i'reesias and other flowers. Quantities of spring {lowers decorated both rooms, the wattle in the members' room .being very charming. After afternoon tea had been served, Miss- Kane formally welcomed Lady Liverpool and all present, and gave <i brief outline of the history of tho club. . Tho founder wns Jliss Evelyn lsitt (now of ..the London- staff of the "Manchester-Guardian"), who had felt it was time that Wellington women should meet on common ground, "and also have some place in which they could welcome notablp .woiiien visitors, who from time to time visited the city. A siiinU preliminary meeting . was . held at' which wero present:—Miss Richmond, Miss Ilelyer, Lady Salmond, Dr.. Agnes. Hennett, Miss Phoebe Myers, and Mrs. Bracher. Others were called in to form ft larp) committee, in whicji were included Lady Findlay, 11 rs.. D. Nathan, Mrs. Rankine- Brown,,-the Into Mrs. A. K. Newman,. and Jliss Kane. herself, And after circulars had been sent out and )ofl promises of membarshiii had been received it was felt that the chili was in a fair way to materialise. On July 31. liWil, it was opened in Winder's Buildings, with Miss Richmond as its first president, and to Mrs. Winder's help the club owed much, as it also did hi the help lind advice of Mrs.- Newman. Various circles were fitm-tnil. ano nf ..•i.iurec (lie club had to encounter vicissitudes of all kinds. A loss that ivas in mill felt was the death of Jliss Beatrice Richmond. Like many other organisations Iho club was materially affected by ■lie war, nnd Hirno of the circles lapsed. r t had at one t-iino seemed that it would '■save to close down, hut owing very largc'y lo tho -efforts of Mrs. A. R.. Atkinson, who ctarted a membership campaign, that perilous tinio wns tided over, and ■ lit club was now in n. better ■ position han ever. Inter in the afternoon lady Liverpool ■'poke, nnd expressed her pleasure at '•>eing present on such an ncca=ion. She ■iid visited women's clubs in other towns ;>id had '-been very interested in their work. At Diinedin she had spent some ■■'»ry pleasant afternoons at the Women's 'Hub there, and also at the Christchurch :.'lub. When she hud been in Hisborne 'ocenlly she had visited the Women's 'iuh, nnd had met many people whom ■ihe ivoif.d nut'have met otherwise. She iinpod that the Pioneer Club would have 'i very successful future. A very enjoyable programme of songs nnd recit.ilions had been arranged, }liss Hazel. Villi or, Mrs. Hyams, nnd Jliss Driscoll singing, Miss Mnry Butler rc•.■itiiijj and Hiss Cliudleigh playing. Among Miss Driscoll's songs was Mr. Mill's latest ilaori song, which Jliss Driscoll sang (idmirably, and which was Ihnroughly enjoyed by ii?r ;.iulience, as indeed wore sill otlier conlriliutions. Before tlie al'ternuon ended Jlrs. Corliss (lo whose work for the club Jliss Kane paid tribute), thanked the hostess fov the yct'y enjoyable afternoon whicli everyone had spout", unit spoke uf tho keen interest which Miss Knn« had always taken in the weiiare oi tue club. Hho hud been its first sccretui-y for two years and a iuilf, and since resigning lrom that position she had kept tho chili's interi'-ts steadily in view. Lady Stout also spoke, and touched upon tin! 'club's war work, laying special emphasis upun the fad that one of tho ambulauco lorries presented by the club to Dr. Agnes IU-nnett lor her work iimong the Serbians had finally followed the victorious Serbian Army on its march back to Serbia. The singing of the National Anthem concluded an enjoyable nnd interesting afternoon. Among lliosc who were present were:—iii-.-i. Li. W. Kussell, Mrs. Hunan, Mrs. Poniare, the Mayoress (Airs. ,1. P. Luke), Mrs. Kineton Pm-ki'S, Jlrs. Kane, Mrs. T-.-ipp, Jlrs, W. Anderson, Jliss Howes, Miss Phoebe Myers, Jlrs. A. I!-. Atkinson, JH?s Harrison, Miss Green wood, Jlrs. Putnam, Jlrs. ,1. Durliiig, Mrs. A. Gray, Jlrs. K. Atkinson, Mrs. tiill, Jlrs. JJrer, Jliss Jlnrgarel Butler, Mrs. J. Myers, Misses Isaacs (2), Mrs. Ponsonby, Jliss Coad, Jliss Jlaitland, Jlrs. Dixon, Jlrs. Meaduivcrolt, Jlrs. Field, Jliss Kins. Miss Kva Units, Jliss Hester Maclean," Jliss Winder, Kiiftlnnd, JH---S Vera ■ Pegg, Jliss JI. Myers, Jliss CouU, Jlr?. Jloore, Jlrs. Martin, Mrs. Wethuiie, Jlrs. Mowal, Mrs. S. Hiircourt, and Dr. Ada Paterson.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAB AND NEA3&

A Wellinoton Girl in India, A Wellington girl who is at tho present lime : visking India writes very interestingly to a. Iriend of various impressions duo has received of liuiiiiu liie. "Things here," she writes, "as you have probably read in the payers, are pretty unsettled. In fact, a, good iiuiny people think tnat it was only tho presenilis of trained troops from 'Jlcspot.' and tlm aiuuuiit of luunitions ami numbers of airships in Uie country that prevented a second mutiny. The Government seems to ba taking stringent measures and evej-yone Uiinks thai things are. now in hand, but mutters are still ugly in the Punjiiub. Martial law is being proclaimed in most districts daily. .'. . Uur strength and the Indians' weakness is time ilicy will not trust each other and that so many men have their price. The present' fuss is over tho Kowiatt Bills, which aimed at'the suppression of sedition and which (at the time of writing) are not yet in force. They, depend upon the' Government's sanction and may yet' bo amended. Among other things iiio Jiiils give the police the ■ ngtit to search tlie house of anyone suspected ol' sedition, to search for arms tuere ..mid arrest anyone t'lioy think lit and, further, the people arrested are to bo tried without counsel but on'the evidence for and against.' That lust clause bus infuriated ail the native lawyers, who gruu fat in the law courts and make huge money out of their native- clients, wno simply love going to law'anil will spend a thouaand rupees' to settle a case involving five. Then the iirst clauses have inghtened the mass of-the people, who simply live in terror of the police, and i.o>*' think that their houses aro liable to be invaded at 'any tiuie and their wives and children insulted. The native police aio brutes, everyone says. They intimidate the people, extort cash irqm them, ulid even torture them by beating.to extract evidence. ... A cit.se, my own, and therelore a true one, may be- cited as an instance, though a nnld one of their methods. About ii .fortnight ago a thief filtered the bungalow in trio early hours of the morning while we were all asleep and stole some of my belongings. Of course ft certain amount of suspicion fell upon the servants, and their houses wero searched. Two days Inter 1 went into the bathroom before lunch to wash my hands when 1 heard a man sobbing on tho doorstep. It was the punkah-wallah, so 1 told Airs. W., and sue discovered that ho was complaining that .be was ruined because the police. had searched his house, .and stolen from it several things they fancied, about .five rupees' worth. Later in tlie day be said they bad stolen some money too. All tho other servants testified to some of their belongings being lifted by the .police, but were too frightened to protest effectively. The ltowlatt -Bills' opposors first of all began with .passive resistance and fasting, and then they closed their shops while they did their {listing. Then they tried to' stop the traffic as well; eo that the cities would be. silent us though they were in mourning. All this led to. riots and then a fortnight ago the riols leu to nuirdors. There wero Krtl .deaths ol natives in' ono town. ' A good, many trains have been derailed, and 1 in. atraul I'll have- to postpone indefinitely my trip to- Agra and Delhi, as it is iioc safe to travel." - -. ■ . \ ■ Evans Bay Swimming Club Dance. Yesterday- evening tho Evans Hay Swimming' Club held a very successful plain and fancy dress lnnsquerato dance in'St.'Anne's Rail, Newtown. •■ There was a largo attendance of members nnd their 'friends, and'as a great many ol the dancers were in fancy dress the scene was a gay aii'd iimniatedone. The decorations were in keeping with the dance, find were very effective, a lattice work of coloured'ribbon streamers having been carried from side to side of the hall nbove tlie dancers, virile higher up were hung quantities of flags. Coloured dranerips screened tlie windows, and the sialic had been 'comfortably furmshcd..tor tlie chapororts. The supper- room had sils'o been decorated on similar lines, ami the tables were prettily arranged with ■wattle.' A' great deal of trouble had been spent over the decorations-of both rooms, inul the results were very effective. They were carried out by Mrs. Kosher, Mr. Fiotcher, and the Iron: secretary, Mr.'"A. JJavfs. Prizes were offered for the best fancy dresses, and these wero awarded to Miss Pyko (1) who represented ''Mother Goose"; Miss Smith (2, , "Peace"; Mr. l'latt (1), "A. llooster, I and' Mi-; Davidson (2), "A Devil- Mr. JV Leslie was the judge. "Mother Goose," in her old-fashioned dress of black and white-spotted muslin, with a litlln black shawl over her snoulders and black poke-boniict, made a quaint. little fi''iirc. ami , she carried a life-sized goose in" a basket slung upoji her arm. ' Peace was dressed in this ilags of the Allies, and had cunningly contrived her.shoes so that she walked upon the bcrmnn flair. The "Rooster'' was admirably carried out, nnd was a really life-like bird, and th" "Devil"' in scarlet was true to tradition. A number of other characters were represented, including natives or pearly crerv country. The ■ chaperons were' Mrs. Bott.'Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Bosher, nnd Mrs-. Wilson. Mr. A. Davis -was tho hou.'secretary. Music was supplied bv Sirs. Pollock and Mr. Parker. The wedding took placo in St. Mary's Church, Merivale, Christchurch, of Mr. V. Arthur Leslie Cookson, of Uu-ist-/iluircli .son of Mr. Arthur Cookson, of Lincoln,, to. Miss Ida Anolima Holfonl, oldMt daughter of Captain and Mrs. Gr. llolford. of Christchurch The bride a father being- still away with Hie «- / slio was given away by her brother, Mr. G Tlolford. The bridesmaid was Mifs EMe' llolford, and a little flower girl, Kathleen Joseph, was also in attendance. Si'i'"fant P. Cookson attended his brother as best man. A reception was subsequently held by Mrs. llolford, and anion-' those present wero a numher of recently-returned soldiers, including Lieut 'I-.- A. Jlolford (brother of tho bride), a -Main Body man, who returned bv the Prinzessin. His friend, Lieut. J. Vincent, D.C.M., M.M., and French Croix de Guerre, who returned oil the same boat was likewise there, also Captain Miicdonald (another Main Body man, Sergeant Phil Cookson and Corporal J. ' An"'entertainment was given on Wcd ; n«-day evening at the Crippled Soldiers Ho-to'l by Mr. Leo Jiuckeiidge and Aliss Him!in»e-M.allby, assistpd by llieir pupils D. CoUon, Nikel, 0. Sanulimt. «ud'Saunders)i Messrs. H 0 J 9 nes ami >1 W-ird also contributed items, the nccompimisU were Mesdames Saundere ami Siniois-