WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 14, 11 October 1919, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(By Imogen.)

SOCfAL AND PERSONAL A "welcome homo" dance was riven by the -Papatvai residents to returned soldiers on Thursday evening in the '.town Hall, at Greytown, A fair number was present. A meeting of the Society for the protection of Women and Children was held yesterday in tho society's rooms, L'.ulv btout presiding. There wero present: .lesdanies A. 1;, Atkinson, U, Ponsonbv tilover, J, It. Glasson, ,1. Kirkcaldio i'. Chapman, and Miss Apologia lor absence were received from Mesdamc iU. -ii. Lwen, \V. A. Evans, Jf Chaltkld, Winder, Hoby, and Dr.' Ada Pater'son. A number of cases that had been investigated aro being jittended to and several cases of alleged cruelty to c.nldren tnat wero reported are'now being • Homes have'also been found tor children, The umuml meeting is to be held towards tlio end of the month. 1 Sister Dbre (Palmerston North) is spending a l'eiv days in Wellington. Sister Doro has btft recently returned from service abroad. The wedding of Mr. R. Duckworth (lato ?f. the Union Steam Ship Company) to kiss Maiden, of Christchurch. was celebiated at the London Mission Society's .Church at I'arotonga, on September 9 the itev. Bond James being t.lio officiating minister (says tho Auckland "Star's" correspondent). After the ceremony the brido and bridegroom left for "Taii'nra " the homo of Air. W. G. Taylor, tho president of tho Cook Island Progressive Association, and his wife, where the honeymoon was spent. The death occurred at Symonds Street, Auckland, of Mrs. Nelmn, wife of tho biLo Canon Nelson, who passed away about six months ago. Mrs. Nelson was a much-loved personality, and had assisted' Canon Nolson in parish work for many years with a kindness and consideration which endeanjd her to ail classes. Her family consisted of two daughters, Mrs. (Dr.) Milsom and Mrs. Molesworth Toihurst; anil two sous, Mr. Noel Nolson, who is at present in Singapore. and Mr. Hobsou Nelson, of Auckland. Mrs. Nelson wa« the sister of Mr. .Tames Coates, who is in England and of Miss Coates, of Wellington. Miss Coates had been with her sister for the last four months. Tho Y.W.C.A.'a building in Boulcott Street still allows some scope for tho willing helpers of its Furnishing Committee. A handsome clock has now been bought us an outcome of the coin evening held in Herbert Street last week. A first-aid class has been started this week at the Y.W.C.A. in Boulcott .Street, l)r. Harcmirt Arthur is giving his timo to it. and a large class listened eagerly to this popular St. John's Ambulanco lecturer. At the Y.W.C.A. in Boulcott Street a short servioe will be held on Sunday at 4.15 p.m., 9hen Miss Florence Birch will be tho speaker. As it will bo Miss" :Biroh s last Sunday- with the association m Wellington, many will bo glad of this opportunity to be present. ~4,, bright social will be held at the i.W.C.A. in Herbert Street'to-night, at 8 o clock., for its members, when their mon friends will also be welcome. The supper will be provided by tho Anzac Club. j A very successful social was held at the Y.M.C.A., Willis Street, on Thursday evening last, when the board of directors of the association entertained tho members'of the'Y.M.C.A. and their lady friends. Include in the audionco was a considerable number of returned soldiers. The programme consisted of games, competitions, moving pictures, music, and elocutionary items followed bv refreshments. Songs woro contributed by Miss E. Harper, Miss N. Jennings, and Mr. W. Goudie, and elocutionary. numbors by Miss E. Lissack and Mr. R., Brown. Miss L. C'adoick kindly acted as pianist. At the' conclusion of tho social Mr. C. S. Falconer, vicc-presi-dent of tho association, thanked tho 'performers for tho cxcelfcnt entertainment they liad provided, and the Indies who had contributed to the success of tho oveiting. The Wellington Ladies' Golf Club are holding an open golf championship meeting on the Heretaunga golf links from October 28 to October 31. This meeting has only been held once previously, in 1911. when the cup was won by Miss Lucy Brandon. The meeting then was a (treat success, and it is hoped that it will be equally so this yeo.r. It is expected that some prorainont lady golfers lately competing at Auckland, including Miss Wright, tho latest New Zealand champion, will bo alnongst those playing at Heretaunga. Miss Gladys Campbell, who during the last few years has staged such well- ; known successes as "Sunset Land," "The Magic--..Carpet,". "D'Mohaaah of tho Golden '-Valley," and also (in collaboration with Mrs. ,1. Hannah) "The Three Doors," will present t.t tho end of the month to the Wellington public a delightful English fairy tale play "Once Upon a Time." This play was written bv Miss Madge Beaumont, of Preston, England, the authoress' of "Sunset Land'." and met with wonderful success there. 51 .A petition to Parliament hi being extensively signed-by women in this district (says the Gisborne correspondent of tho Christchurch "Press") asking tho Legislature to do something to relievo their household '.worries in the nutter of domestic servioe. The petitioners state: "We, the women of Poverty Bay and East Coast, most earnestly pray for the immediate restoration of the pre-war reduced passages for women, and would uTge -upon you the fact that many women art'breaking;, down in health from overworked strain. We would also drawyour attention to the low birth-rate, is not likely to improve unless some relief is afforded to overworked mothers. Wo therefore pray for immediate action in this pressing matter." A meeting of citizens is to he held in the Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon to discuss further matters in connection with the establishment of a creche or creches for tho city. The need is a great and crying one in these davs of lack of domestic help, and it is -Hoped that men as • well as women will bestir themselves in the matter. Miss Scanlon (Palmerston North) is • spending the week-end in Wellington.

A query as to what women were doinn for tho betterment of social conditions | and for the ' good of their fellowcreatures, now that war activities had ceased, was made by Bishop Averill at tho annual meeting of the Order of tho | Good Shepherd in Auckland on Thursday. "I have been most interested to j hear from a previous speaker of tho : magnificent work of women in England | during Mio war," said the Bishop, "and ; tho record of our own .women bas been 6plendid, but what I would like to know , now is, what women are goiii" to do in the future? During tho war nnd the time of epidemic their service and sacrifice was all that was noble; i;vo they going to give up working for others now .and go back to their okrlives—very ' amiable, but very useless? Surely 1* . the war lias taught us anything at all it is the value of self-renunciation amiservice, but tho present indications are that we aro not only going back to prewar status, but even further back."

The Misses Pegden (I'aliueiston North) are visiting Wellington. Misses Nolan, I-look, and Dnlnn. of i Hawera, are'paving a visit to \Velliu»- ; ton. and are staying at the Empire j Hotel Sistor Elsie Lang, who has been taVng a post-graduate tour.-o in massage at the Orthopaedic Hospital, left Christcliurch for Wellington oil Wednesday en route l»r Hamilton

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAB AMD HBA&

This statement was fully endorsed by Mrs. Luko in a brief speech. Among those who wero present were: Mrs. Adamson, Mrs. Morpeth. Mrs. Bonnio. Mrs. Gifson, Mrs. Gibbs, Mies Robieson, Miss Barraud, Mrs. Corrigan, Miss Helyer, Miss King, Miss Lawson, and many more.

Miss Butler's Entertainment. The entertainment which is being arranged by Miss Mary Butler, to be given in the Concert Chamber of' the Tiwn Hall on Thursday and Friday evenings next, promises to be of an unusually interesting and picturesque character.' Tho programme will commence with a living Dutch frieze, quaint and charming, the words of which nave been writ-en by Mrs. Chatfield. Following it will be <m illustrated poem by Hugo Frickcr, called "Opportunity," the words of s which are to be recited by Miss Edith Adams, while Miss Isabel Massey, as "Penitence," Miss Betty Bjthamley as "liveryman," ind Miss Ida Duncan ns "Opportunity," act their parts wordlessly. All four will bn charmingly and characteristically dressed, Among tlio groups of living statuary which will form part of the programme is to be a bust of Nurse Cavell—a replioa of -one by Henry Pegram, A.E.A.; Joan of Arc (by request), after the famous statue in the Luxemburg; also a replica of one of Rodin's statues; and lastly, "Peter Pan," after tho statue by George Frampto'n, R-.A. The vocalist's will include Miss Teresa M'Enroe, Mr. F. Charles (a singer somewhat new to Wellington), Mr. Gondie, Mr. Allwright, and Mr. Hamilton Hodges. Tlis masque, "The Vision of Hope," ftivon nt one ot Miss Butler's previous entertainments, is to be repeated also by special request, among those taking part bring Miss Massoy, Miss Dorothy Saunders, end Miss Joan Beero. The box plan opened yesterday, and the booking is going off well.

Mr. J. Coombs, proprietor of the Mannwatu "Evening Standard' (Palmsrston North) and Mrs. Coombs, are visiting Wellington. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Harper (Prtlmerston North) are visiting Wellington.

The Sailors' Friond Society. Tlio proceedings at Mr. P. Punda's concert to seafarers 011 Thursday at the Sailors' Friend Society went with a refreshing swing. The happy audience encored many items. The performers, wero Mrs. Good, and the Misses Tonilin (2), and Messrs. Manson, Spurdlo Ckvis, Funda, Pernu'iu. Airs Good and Mrs. iiowen were at; the piano. Tlio competitions wero most successful. Tlio prizes came from Miss Walker and went to tlio Tainui. Mr. Moore, missioned would be grateful for discarded books for voyages before men. For the Girls of the City. Yesterday afternoon a very pleasant "at home" to sustaining members of the Young Women's Christian Association was held at the Boulcott Street hostel by the board of directors. It will be remembered that the building, although scoured by the Y.W.C.A. eraie time ago, had been handed over temporarily to tlio Young. Men's Christian Association, to be used as a hostel for the soldiers who were then in camp, (ind who wero experiencing great difficulties in finding boarding accommodation while on leave. With the war at an end, tlio hostel reverted into tho hands of the Y.W.C.A., and tlio directors at once set to work to turn the place into one suitable for the requirements of their own association. Tlio hostel is not a residential nno; it is used purely for carrying out the various activities of the association, supplying lecture and us, offices for the secretariat and p.ho for filling tho long-felt want of a diim' ''room and lounge for girls employed in the city, the alterations having been completed, the boujd of directors seized the first available opportunity of throwing tile place open for inspection to their sustaining members, and yesterday's "at homo" eventuated. The gu-ests were received by the Mayoress (Mrs. .). p. 1/iike) in the pretty lounge .room, which, with its harmonious colouring, comfortablo furnishings, and decorated with spring flowcis looked very inviting for girls to pass a way their spare time during the lunch hour or. any other time. Prom thero tlio visitors passed on inio the dining-room where tea ua* handed around, the small tables looking very gay with their decorations of "spring flowers. Afterwards a tour of inspection over the building was made, and much comment was made upon its brightness, general attractiveness, and utility of the place. In ono of tho class rooms up stairs Miss Birch, with Mrs. Luke presiding, gave a brief talk, outlining what had been done with the money that had been subscribed 'towards .tho building. Their schemes had not been fully caried out yet, she explained, as their money had not seen them through with things, but they had done a good deal. Tho loiingc and lunrheon room were being greatly used, and there had been between 120 and ICO girls going there daily for lunch. They were able to supply lunch cheaply at the hostel because they employed no waitresses. the waiting being done voluntarily. Upstairs were the lecture rooms, the technical rooms, where dressmaking, etc.. were tuuglit, tho dark room for photography and othore, and as they could 6e« all the space was taken up. At the back of the building was an annex which was used by the girls' department for their games, carpentering, physical drijl, and other interests. Tho luncheon room at Fowlds' Building was kept open for social gatherings, Miss Bir'ch explained, as there was no room large enough in tho present place in which to hold entertainments or meetings on any large scale. In cash, an amount of JSOOO had been received and in promises, spread over five years, ah amount of -C2OOO. Touching 'upon tlio Brougham Street. Hostel, - Miss Birch said: tlial the now wing which was to bo opened shortly accommodated forty Rirls, and tho hostel in Maedonald Crescent was also taxed for accommodation, In aM their work they had tried to bo 'very economical, said Miss Bire'li in conclusion. .