SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 11, 8 October 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

■ Miss C..8. Mills, M.A., B.Sc. lies boon appointed as lady principal of tho jNorth. boventecn applications were received for the position. Miss .Mills is not unknown to Palmersion North as she previously held the position as senior mistress of tlio present school for nearly five years, and also acted as' first assistant at Wnitah Girls' Hhjh School, l-'br the past eight years she l.as been senior mistivss of the Chnstohurch Technical High school. .Airs. Helen Cross (Christchurch) is visiting Wellington. Taking part in the entertainment which is being arranged b v .Miss Mary Butler tor the Basilica Hall Puml are the following:—Miwes Isabel Massey ti and L Miliar, Hawkins. I'omare, Baldwin. Ma Duncan, ]. Wiliord, Jl'Alister. Joan Ifcorc, B. Bothamley, Ji'Keowan, 1). Coiill. J. 'Inlly, p. Kecves. K I>l|t : nam, Dorothy bounders, 3. M'Diarmid, ill ina Gordon, Is gam JDiwrabiirv E Adams, M. Lovett, Zena* freeman,' Jean il hat. .Sinclair Breen. C. NieholU ■<»,] Jean Bradley. Mr. Tlieo. TresiS is acting as stage manager for the entertainment, which is to tiAo place in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall ou October It! and 17. Miss Constance LeaUum (New Plvnj«uth) lis spending- 'three months in Christchurch. Mrs. and Miss Dyer and Mrs. Knot Gilmer have, gone to Christchurch for Miss Othho Beans .wedding. Mrs. Gerald Russell has returned to Christchurch from England.' The marriage took place at tho residence- of Mr. W.■ E. Gorton, Tuoho Downs Waiau, last week of Miss Adelaide tleanor Gorton, only daughter of JUrs. J. U. Gorton, late o:< View Hill O.vT? : ' d '- *% Ji? l £* nm } il,iro|d Harris, R N.V.R., only son of Captain J. W. Harris, of Lyttelton. The' Rev. Canon Smith, Rothcrhain, performed the ceremony. Miss Bertha Hum's was the bridesmaid, and the best man was Lieutenant John K. Moloney,Of the Canterbury Regiment, and the New Zealand Rifle Brigade Major P., Gorton, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, gave the b'rido awav, tho latter wearing i\ dress of ivory silk and brocade, with red bodice and a veil of old rose point which, had belonged lo , her late grandmother. The bridesmaid's dress was of a palo shade of green satin and georgette, trimmed-with silver, and a Leghorn hat, trimmed with ilowors and I ribbon.

Miss Jean Wright,, daughter of Mr. CteorgeAY right, tiolt Hoad.Lpsom, returned to Auckland lust .week by tlio Cnrinthie after an absence of five and ft half years, lor tho past three years Miss W'righs has been a--member of tho Military Massago .Service, and was engaged lirst as masseuse to tho convalescent soldiers at (Ha-rgiTston Castle, Bcal, Northumberland, .and later by the Imperial Government as a masseuse at tho largo Canadian cam], at Woodcote I'arn, Ivimoiii. Previous to this -Miss "Wiight spent 18 months at Guy's Hospital.'

Sister Ruby Edgerley has returned to Avv.K.and from Wellington, where sho had been undergoing treatment for the benefit of her health. Sister lidgwley recently returned from service overseas, of which she had scon a considerable amount, both in Franco and En?lumi.

The many friends of Mrs. Albert Edge (nee Sister Ellis) will bo sorry lo hear of her death, states the Auckland "Star." Sho.only returned last September from war work in' the hospital ship Marama. Sho was a daughter of Mrs. Ed, Ellis, and granddaughter, of tho late Mr. and .Mrs. Street, of Ituatangata, and granddaughter of the late Mis. Deacon, of Eiverhcad.

Mrs. Hayhurst (Temuka), who camo to Wellington to meet her daughter, Mrs. Shaw, who returned to, tlto Dominion by tho Adolph Woermann, left lor tho south on Sunday.

Miss G. Watkin, of Hie. Board of Agriculture, London, and Miss F. M; C!irtiler, Administrator of tho Women's Royal Air Force, England, hope to como" to New Zealand by tho Niagara this month to mako an investigation into the possibilities in tho Dominion for tho emploj'ment of women who have been engaged iii war services, who will be demobilised next spring, and who will bo free to accept employment in the Dominions if it is found they are needed. They hopo to meet officials and representatives of organisations who are interested in' woI men's work in order to obtain nil opinions regarding the .'possibility of tho employment of such women. Hiss Moiia Mackay (Christchurch) is visiting Wellington. ■ Dr. Gordon, who bus been giving n courso of nursing lectures under the auspices of tho Women's National Heserve at Stratford, was presented last week with a silver salad bowl as a mark of appreciation and esteem. A. large number of resorve members were present, and tho Mayor presided, and spoke of tho good work done by tho doctor and Nurso Nicolas. A Memorial at Ypres. The Church Army 'has a plan for commemorating the British dead at Ypres which is greatly interesting all soldiers, states a correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian." Something near a quarter of a million Britishers died in and about Mie jaeged ruins of Ypres from first to last. Before long thousands of relatives of the fallen will be going I out to see the place where their men foil and to find their graves. The Church Armv idea is to put iip a. national memorial in the ruins, in the form of a small church, on whose walls would bo placed the names of all the military units, that fought in the salient. The first intention was to have the names of tlie men who fell written on the walls, but for that to be done a church would be needed as big n.« St. Paul's. The names, however, will bo preserved in the archives of the church. Tho architecture would probably' bo in harmony with that of the cloister of Ypres Cathedral, of which a fragment still stands. There will also be-if the plan is earned out—a hostel at thespot, where relatives and friends etui be accommodated at a cheap rate. Most of those who will go will ho poor folk, and this is a most necessary part of the scheme. A hubgeshon which readies me is that travelling expenses of pilgrims would be cut down and transport congestion relieved if they were 'allowed to take their bicyclos or motor-bicvcles with them lhi.s would allow Wicin io avoid the railway altogether on both sides of tho water. 1 should have.said that the authorities at Ypres are supporting the Church Army scheme, and will a site for the church. A Democratic Prince. During the course of his visit to Canada, .attempts were made bv societv in certain pads of the Dominion to exclude the general public from entertainment; organised for the Prince of Wales but tho latter quickly put his foot, down' and telegranis were dispatched by hi* aides to Winnipeg and other phices where these ultra-society dames Had boon in evidence, declaring that the Prince would not tolerate any exclusive society functions where only invited guests were : to be admitted. Fi> \\i""''ii., Tl - .f,„iv Aikins. wife of Sir James Aikins, Lieutenant-Governor of M'lHiiloK'i. had already issued invitations I for a "select" gnrt'.cn parly In receive I the Prince, but as scon as the edict was issued, that Hie Prince would not coupe-it Io di<l;;ir the genera; public from ndii'i>(•inn, her ludv hip h'un'iet'.v cancelled the party, following receipt of ]f.i;. y'l.••■•:> s leU-miK. \>!H-'>iivor nnd \ lcluna were similarly perlurbrd who-! they learned that the Prince called for open social nngareiiioiit", ni'd imyecicd exclusive afl'iiir- r-v.-" !i !iiv!«.i. 'IV;i.; only nddc;i Ic I l '- "xi'vino ■-■-.dh'.:-!-. ily of the lioyal vi'.ihr aman" the 'u-lll'-'llin! ••)■' .';"', IV C' hcWi'VC in <\ ocrncy rather rim in c:\stc affairs v.heie e.iiii.i'liL- had gone iiiad.

College for Working Women. An interesting experiment is being tried by the Y.W.C.A. iii England in the way of trying to secure a residential collet's for women workers. Tho organisers have felt that in the reconstruction of education women were in danger of being left nut, of being regarded as not needing higher education any more than did their sisters /of a hundred years ago. Tho result of neglecting to provide for the working woman was already evident; the thoughtful "advanced" working man left-his wife out of his real life and interest), the industrial organisation of women lacked leaders and intelligent supporters jn the ranks, and domestic life was made harder and moro unlovely than it need be. These were evils that would only )>.-? increased instead of lessened in the coining days of greater leisure for workers and later ago of marriage for working girls unless these advantages could be accompanied and balanced by better education. The, experiment will be a costly one, as, indeed, are all educational enterprises; but it is estimated that the sum of. .£3500 will enable the college to provide accommodation and instruction for aboHt twenty students- for the first-, two years, and the work will l>a began us soon as this sum is assured. A part of tho- money, -it is hoped,. will be given in the form of scholarships-to bo allocated to individual students, as the majority of these will need considerable financial help if they are to leave their wage-earning work for a year or more.