SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 34, 4 November 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Ladv Stout is leaving this week on a visit to K-otorua.'

Miss Louiso Mack, who acted as war correspondent during the earlier part of the war. will bo tho guest of the Pioneer Club on Thursday afternoon.

The marrinco took place at St. Mary's Oalhedrai. Auckland, last week of Miss Merle E=sex Pollen, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. It. Polleu, of "Oakdore." Piirnell, to Mr, A. J. Price, son of the la to Mr. ,T. 11. Price, of Tangarcwa. Takapau, Hawke'e Bay, ano' Mrs. Price, of Havelock North. The church had been beautifully decorated for the occasion, and Canon M. Murray performed tho ceremony. Miss May Itathbono, Miss St Hill, and Miss Sydney Lusk wore bridesmaids, and the best roan and jfroomsmen wore respectively Mr. Clauoo IJonnellv. Mr. Gordon Lyons, ana' Mr. Mackav.

The report of tho British War Cabinet on "Women in Industry" recommends that women doing the same work as men should receive equal pay for an equal amount of efficient: output; that tho employment of women in clerical and commercial occupations especially requires regulation; that tho principle of equal pay for equal nork should bo early and fully adonled in Government offices; and that separate grades and examination.? for women candidates should' be abolished. Finally, the report states that no woman 6hould be employed for less than a. reasonable subsistence wage. A minority report by Mr. Sydney Webb apwals. for tho removal of all sex exclusions, for tho opening of all posts and vocations to any individuals who aro qualified, irrespective of eex, creed, or race.

Mr. Tt. G. Baxter, Hnrowood, Papanui, has received n cablo message from his son. Cautain Eobert H. Baxter, M.C., announcing his marriage at London on October 24, to Miss Dorothy Barclay, daughter of' Major ana' Mrs. H. C. Barolay, late of Waimate.

The subject of the proposed now prison for women about to be erected in Wellington was brought forward at a meeting of tho Auckland Women's National Council, and it was resolved that in the omnion of the Auckland branch the idea to be arrived at both in construction nnl administration should ha curative ratlw than punitive, and tho following considerations were urgeo' upon the Minister of Justice:—Suitability of site, arrangement of colls so that each one rets the maximum amount of light and sunshine, provision for the proper classification of prisoners so that first offenders should not be associated with habitual- criminals-,, improved sanitary arrangements, especially in the caso of sickness, improved ventilation of cells that will ensure a through draught, the replacing of tho present system of exercise bv productive work in the open air, increase- in the earning newer of prisoners, provision of sorno wholesome recreation, provision of an infirmary, and finally it was resolved to drnw tho attention of tho Department to the women's prison in Brisbane, as providing an excellent model.

The wedo'ing took place last week in St Peter's • Church, Akaroa. of Miss Winifred Evelyn Westenra, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Westenra. to Mr. F. H. Beckett, of Pendnltmi. The bridesmaids were the Misses Westenra (21 and Miss Elsie Hargreaves. The best man was Captain Arthur Jacobsen, ant the groomsmen Lieutenant Virtue and Lieutenant Twentyman.

Mrs. G. W. Russell, Lady Gibbs, and Miss Jessio Mac Lean have resigned from the committee of the Royal New Zealand Society for tho Health of Woman and Children.

In connection with tho Plunkot Street Day, to bo held on Friday, all tho picture theatre managers have consented to advertise the appeal on their screens. Messrs. Hanna and King have donated seven banners, inscribed: "To Help the Mothers and Save the Babies." Messrs. Gear, Evans, Kirkcaldie and Stains, Davis and Clater, Hanlon, Goodman, Wairarapa Farmers', Wahren and Staub, Mackay, Scoullar's, and many others, have given goods, etc. Supporters and subscribers aro asked for contributions for the day, which will bo most thankfully received.

Mr. aud Mrs. Coom (Masterton) are visiting Wellington.

A "souvenir tea" was given in Masterton on Friday afternoon for Miss Ida Carley, whose marriage is to take placo shortly, and yesterday a "handkerchief tea" was given in her honour.

Mrs. Holroyd Beere has let her home in Hill Street for a few months, and is on a short visit to Auckland. Miss Estello Beere is staying at Oriental Bay until she closes her school of dancing for the summer months. Later she. will. leave for Australia, returning' in time to open ber studio at tho end of February. Mrs. J. Roberts (Whakatane) is visiting relatives in Masterton.

Mrs. Buckley, widow of General Buckley, of India, arrived in Wellington by the Tofua, on a visit to her relations in Oriental Bay.

Miss Louiso Mack visited Parliament House yesterday afternoon, and was received and interviewed by the Prime Minister and Sir James Allen, who h"tu accorded their patronage to Miss Mack's lectures.

A Gift Tea. Yesterday afternoon a gift tea was Bivsn bv Lady Stout at her home on the Teviflcu for Miss L. Halse, whose marriaio is to take place shortly. Many guests were presont, and a very pleasant time was spent. Tea was 6et in the dining-room, the table baring been .arranged with anemones, and assisting Ladv Stout with the tea arrangements was Mrs. Mackenzie with a number of girl helpers. Stock of all colours, dark red daisies, and other flowers, decorated the library and moming'-room, into which, everybody made their way after having had tea, and the many charming gifts which Miss Halse received were viewed with interest. Lady Stout was ; n "irv crepe 00 chine nnd georgette, and the guest of tn/j occasion wore a dark bine coat and skirt with pretty hat to match. Among thoss who were present were: Miss Halse, Dr. Ada Patevson, Mrs. nnd Miss Butts, Lady Findlay, Mrs. Dver, the Misses Hall-Jones, Mrs. and Miss Field, Mrs. laid win, Mrs. Ponsonby. Mrs. Henry Hall, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Moss, Mrs. and Miss Didsbury. Mrs. Brndio, Miss M'Gregor, Mrs. Do Castro, Mrs. Corliss, Mrs. Sidej', Mrs. Jlristow, ano' many more. Woman's "Obey."

The New York correspondent of the "Daily News" says that the elimination of the word "oboy" from the mnrringo sorvico is only one of tho revolutionary changes in the nulhorised practices of the Protestant Episcopal Chinch which are recommended by the Commission on Revision and Enrichment of the Book of Common Prayer in its roport for presentation at the Church Convention in Octolwr. The proposal to abolish the woman's promise to obey is the result of protests which have hecn gathering strength throughout . the country for many years. Some ministers have refused to use tho term. Another proposed change relates to the bridegroom's statement, "With all my worldlv goods," it being held that the law rafeguards dower rights and that in modern practice tho words havo been stripped of. meaning. A suggestion to introduce induction into the Communion sorvico is certain to bo fought by Low Churchmen, even though Die recommendation is made in the interests! of hygiene. Tnfiuction consists in nipping "the consecrated wafer in tho wine instead of the communicant drinking from the cup,

The Uprising of Woman. |j Tlra Society of Women Painters lives « high up un<W tho roof of the Queen | Victoria Building far, far above- ihe £ drab and noisy atmosphere of busy, man- , * conducted Sydney (stales Ihu byunsy , "Telegraph"). It was iM' ll \ for a lecture which was delivered to Jie ■ society recently by Mr. G. A. Taylor | For, though tho title of the ecture was \ simply "Women in the World of Art, ; its subject really was "Women the Mi-.-understood, tho Uandicapped, the Held in Chains, Her Achievements in Spite of All Theso Tilings, and Her Glorious, luture in tho l'rwr and More Enlightened j Times to Como." ~ , , ; Mrs. Ilolman, who is the P. rcsl f n onfc , of ') the societv, introducing Mr. layior, 5. spoke of liis jchievemeuts in connection > with art and town-planning. i Mr. Taylor blushed repeatedly for his sex. Ho denied its right to speak of the great "masters" in art, whenever | , they Happened to be women, , iio said, would never go back to hci■ o.d ; position of dependence; she. had ahead ; of her a renaissance as glorious as il ft j which bad ended the Middle Ages. > «j; tures bv "the earliest innovator in art, a woman painter of Corinth, and by Kauffmann, Lo Brun, Kosa Bonheur, Elizibeth Butler, and ether great wo- i men painters were shown, on the screen, ; and also some not quite so excellent ; Mr. Taylor urged his audience to see . that a woman, was elected to nil tno . place left vacant anioru? tho trustees by tho death of -Mr. J, P. Archibald, and hoped that Australia would soon produce a Molba in the world of art. Thanking Mr. Tavlor for his lector*, Mrs. Ilolman made just one point of tlisagroenient. She was of the opinion that women were iio longer hold baelc by men; they could do anything for which they had tho talent and energy.

The Marriane Law'in France Tho complicated marriage formalities in Prance hnvo been somewhat simplified bv the law of August 8 of tins year, writes a Tans correspondent. The ten days during which the banns have to bo posted up on tho door of the town hall need no longer include, two Sundays; two witnesses, instead of four, are declared sufficient; if desired, the civil authorities can celebrato 'the marriago at the' home of tho bndo or of the bridegroom; and in oase of an error in the spelling of the name.% for example, in tho papers of identity producKt, a simple declaration on. the part of the relatives or of the principal parties, if they, aw of ago, is sufficient to rectify tho error. , In the actual ceremony itself, ln-tho reading of the chapter of tho Civil Code setting forth the respective rights and duties of tho contracting parties, only the first three articles will be read. _ A verv discreet modification is that which enioins that the ago of bride and bridegroom need no longer bo inscribed on the marriage certificate: they nro declared of age, or over thirty, but. no specific ago is given. . . The now law also shortens tho ponoo which must elapse before a new marriage is contracted after divorce