SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 12, 9 October 1919, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr. T. AT. Wilford, M.P., accompanied by iliss Wilford, visited J'otone yesterday iit'tornoon, where Mr. Wilford opened tho Kgaroiuii Croquet Club. Tho club's Ipwns, which Iw-vo jiis,t been laid out, are on the recreation ground reserve over the- stop-bank. Tlio club is a private one, and will pay an anuuiil rental to tho Dorough Council ior the use of Iho grauud.

Tho.monthly meeting of the Welington Free Kindergarten Council was held on Monday. Mrs. 11. Smith was in tho chair. Misw Rijey reported that tho attendance in the- Itindergarten had been oxceOlcnt through the quarter, in-spite of feui weather. It was decided to put In hand various repairs to the kindergarten property in Tarnuaki'Street. Misg Ph.vll:'s Humphries and her eister. Mis Eileen Humphries, are visiting Waverley. Yesterday evening a very successful dance was held in St. Anne's Hall, Newtown, the organisers being the Misses Galvin, Guerin, Hawaiian,' Hobbs, Marshall, Martin, M'Cnrthy, IC. Robinson, L. Robinson and Simon. The hall had been very prettily decorated for the occasion with Haifa and foliage, and the committee did much to secure the pleasure of all present. C'ovley's orchestra supplied tho music for the dancing. Tho chaperons for the evening were Mesdames Fuller, Gamble, Guise, Hobbs, Keogh and Moloney, and Hie joint secretaries. wer.e the Misses V. Hobbs and M, Gamble. Mr. Mark Cohen, editor of tho Dunptlin "Star," and Mrs. Cohen aro in Wellington at present. Mrs. Cohen has just returned from Sydney, and it is regrettablo to learn that her health has not ken satisfactory of late. Mr. and Mrs. Cohen will return to Dunedin in a few days. Mr. F. Waldogrnvd, who has been thf> honorary secretary of the New Zealand Red Cross- in London throughout the war, with only extremely brief holidays occasionally, was presented with a beautiful silver rose bowl and a silver teapot from his fellow-workers. Tho presentation was made at the Red Cross rooms, when many New Zealandera were present. The staff of the New Zealand Farmers' Union met at the Dominion Farmers' Institute yesterday nfternoon to say farewell to Miss Nellie Packer on tho eve of her.marriage. Ms. E. C. Jack, on behalf of tho. staff of tho union, presented Miss Packer with a travelling rug neatlv embroidered with her initials, as a mark of esteem, and on behalf of Miss Packer's friends in the. Institute building with a set of r-fternoon tea sponns and fruit knives. The gathering ended with tho singing of "Auld Lang Syne." A Plunket Welcomo. Mrs. Hosking , received a very warm welcome back to New Zealand from her visit to England from the members of the committee of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children, who,'with Mrs. Hosking and her daughter, -were entertained at afternoon tea yesterday afternoon, by Mrs. ■J, Kirkcaldio at her • residence, "Kinnoull," in Thompson Street. Practically .all the cqiivnitteo were present, and Mrs. Iyirkciildie' was assisted in the entertainment of her guests by her daughters, Mrs. Raltray and Mies' Grace Kirkcaldie. Mis. Sydney nnd Mrs. Norman lvirkcnldie vero' also present. .Anemones aud spray's of pear blossom, arranged 'in big bowls, 'decorated, the drawing-room, and in tho dining-room where tea was served the tables had been arranged with bluo hyacinths and primrase polyanthus, thii combination of colours being charmiuK. ...

..When tea was, over, Mrs'. Hosking gave a brief tallc about her' impressions of what'was being done- in Hie''direction of Plunket work at Home. .The first movement in this direction had been made by Miss Wrc-ncli , (sister of Mr. Evelyn Wrench, who visited Now Zealand some tinio ago), nnd Miss Whentley, who had started a kind, of training collogo ifor women wlie';. , © hygiene, biib.y wel : fare up to a certain point, and the modification of milk (apiin np to a. certain point) wero taught. Girls who entered upon this training were practically sure of positions Tindor municipal councils and similar organisations,. and thoy bscauie what- were known as "health visitors." This was carried on for a time, but eventually it .was given up, and another organisation, , the "Babies of Empire League," was started. It' began without any flourish of trumpets, and secured promises in the vicinity of Chelsea. Among tiie members of the committee wero the King's physician, Mrs. Leslie Harris, tho. lady Almoner of St. Thomas's Hospital, whom Mrs. Hosking described as a very fine woman and a Wonderful worker, Mrs. Hoskiug herself, and others' Lady I'lunket was from .the very beginning in touch with the mem-, ber's of the commit!eo, anil she it was who, on her own initiative, had eent the cablegram lo Dv. .Trt'iby King nski!)!,' him to visit England in connection with this work of "baby welfare. There had been many difficulties to contend with, many misunderstandings, and one of tho general misapprehensions had been that the- work dealt with sick babies only and not with well ones. Some cherished beliefs had to bo dispelled, and of course there wan much spnda work to bo dune Those who took tho greatest interest in the work and expressed the grealiist appreciation were probably tho studonis, who felt that they wore being given sound methods to >.'o unon. Mrs. Hosking described Bnlite' Week in London in 1917. New Zealand was represented l<7 a stall, and amona its exhibit? were babies' clothes according to the Plunket nnltern, literature, a perambulator according to the society's requirements, mid various other equipment which the organisation has made its own. The next year Dr. Tnibv .!'■■■•

saw to if. tlmt New Zealand ws impressively represented, unci the exhibition it made was most int^rosting , and comprehensive, covering a vpry wills field indeed. It, even included a calf. «;'d sick i'lid healthy plants, and an infinite var •"ty of other nbwt lessons, all _ haviiii I heir own particular moral to .point out. Mrs. HosUing wid Hint lator I'ews she '•id received of the London vork of Hip tallies of Empire League had slaM Cidt it was now under the iier'is of SI. Thomas's Hnsiiitpl. Mrs. Hoskin? was n-pvmly thanked for her very intevestiiis Klk, and several c|«cstions were asked ■f her. Cross Funds. The St John Ambulance Brigade Ovcr-fr-as u.nd Bed Cross Society acknowledge, iliruigli 'Mrs. Preston (the lady supcrin-α-ndont), the following , amounts, representing the balance of funds sent by sumo of tho Bed Cross societies who liiive worked with, the above organisation throughout tho war period. Some :i!'o earmarked for special objects, whij.o others are satisfied that their funds will lie utilised to the bost advantage. Others, ■Main, havo' jkw! their surplus funds .into tho W»ii- Fiu.ds Office:—ECsthorpe , f!vd Cross Society, ,#2.51; Hon'gomai, .£-13 &.. ail. i Jlonrataiiiokn, JiiO; Nirealui, ,i'« 3s, Id.; W:iima, 'Momnru Bay, .£l7 'i>. ad.j Obiki, ,£2511 2a. 7d.; ITiiinua, Kiinffiwahiii, JJIOI l&.; I'ihama, J!!)l 95.; Hcetnluina, JIIIG Os. Gd.j Waitiui-o-iiintn, ■■Ml 185.; Hongotea, A'ls3 Gs. 7d.; Iliikanui, 6s. Bil.i-Otakeho, Ml 17s. ad, Total, ,£1523 Uβ. Id. , A "Coin Toa." A;gift tea in aid of St.. l'aul's parish inizMr, to talco'place early next month, was held in the Sydney Street Schoolroom yestei\lay afternoon, and was largely attended. The social hall! had been charmingly decorated with whits 'broom, and large bowls of i rum lilies and purple irises , , and a very pk'a>:ai)t. time wan (spent with limbic and mi eiiterlainiii!; cmnpetii'on in of Jlrs. A. J,. M'.irburton. Stalls-for tlia t'lilu of cokes mid liowois Hiided )iia!'.T!a'iy to the fuiiiliciiil prncevds iif tlio afteriioi'iii, Mr-', von Dailo'.s/.pji ;Mid Mrs. T,r.' h-'iii!, , in vharso of tin- cukes ami Ifis-- I-'r'ce of the ilnv.Tis. The Veil. Aivhr'.piicori' .tolinvoii :i'.i(i Mr- , . ,)»l!i:s,"i wtk-iiinod I'vcryoni , ;:-■ iiio.v .uTivi'd, Li'id n very Miires-'ful orii'i'noon, tii:aiifiai:y and otherwise, fol-