SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 59, 3 December 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

A very pleasant afternoon lea was given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. ]j a j. Ilo.v, at Jut home on The; Terrace. Many Kiie.sU were present, ami Mis s U a i ( |,, Yi who is leaving shortly for America, where her marriage is to take place was (ho recipient of many good wishes lioin her lriends. Beautiful flowers trom 'Belmont decorated the different rooms, ami tea was handed Around bv a liumber of girl friends of the 'hostess, Alis. Baldey wore a frock of floral voile, and Miss Baldey was in a black suit slurt witli a cream Mouse embroidered with black. Miss AYorrall (America) wore a light coloured frock with a rose pink silk jersey.

On Wednesday last the wedding ( 00 k placo at the Catholic Chureli, Palliatua,, oi Miss Margaret Catherine Browne, nt the Dawson Street Private Hospital (formerly of Ashburton), and Mr 1 nomas Martin Haddock, of Waipukurau. The marriago ceremony was eonducted by the I{g\\ Dean. M'Kenna, assifted by the Rev. Father O'Dwver. The bride was given away by J, e r "brother, Mr. W. E. Broivne, of Ashburton, a returned soldier. Tlic bride's dress was of white 'crepe-de-ehino and ninon, wilh mob cap and orange blossoms, while the bridesmaids, Misses Bessie Browne and Ida Adsett, wore pale pink crepe-de-chine frocks and black hats, and carried shower bouquets. Mr. P. D. Haddock, brother of the bridegroom, was the best man. After the ceremony a large number of guests were entertained ftt a wedding breakfast nt East's lea rooms. The bride and bridegroom left later in the day by motor-car for Palmerston. The enko days which were held in th 6 Svdnev Street Schoolroom for the henwit of St. Mary's Homos at ICarori everv Iridftv morning, are now to be discontinued. Members of the Allotment, and Allowances section of the War Expenses Department gathered on Saturday to sav farewell to Miss Doris M'lntvre, on tho eve of her approaching marriage to Air lan Mackay. Miss M'lntvre has held a responsible position in the Department almost since its inception, and her popularity with fellow-workers of both sexes was demonstrated ]>y the enthusiasm which characterised the proceedings. Tn presenting Miss M'lntyre with a canm? 11 *' ie officer in chnree (Mr. G. C. Rodda) referred in suitable terms to tho long service and generally good record of. the recipient, and conveyed the best wishes of all present for her future happiness. Tn the evening. Miss M'Tntvre was the guest of a successful kitchen tea, organised l;v tho girls with whom she had been associated. Fancy costumes were worn, and tho complete exclusion of members of liie other sex from the gathering j provided opportunity for some novel creations in costumes. The prize _ for best fancy dress wont to Miss Kendle, and for the comical character lo Mrs. M'Calion. M\\-. Oiltnn secured a trophy for the mast original, costume.

1 csterday afternoon ntsmfcor.s of the Countess of Liverpool l:'tmd and of the Citizens' (lift Fund, were entertained at a vet-v pleasant tort parly which wati held in the Concert Chamber of iho 'Town Hull. A good nmiiy me.inbt.'i's of I*)tit organisations wero. present in spito of tlio heavy downpour of rain, and the occasion brought to mind -memories of l!io days when tliev had all worked in various ways at the Town Hall for the benefit of file men who wero iiiivay on active service. .Small tables hail 'been placed about the room, and tiiey were decorated with beautiful roses." Tlio president (Mrs. J. I'. Luke), after toa had been served,-mettle a spccch tonciiintc npon the work which had been accomplished by (he two bodies during ilio period of thu war, and one or two other mutters were also -dealt with. The Jiionthly meeting of the Wellington Free Kindergarten Council was held on Monday. Mrs. Gill un.s in tho chair. Tin directors wcra appointed for jiext year, and arrangements made for tlio Christmas parties. The <lates for these are as follow:—Wellington South, Friday, Dece-mbPr' 12, 7.110 p.m.; Tnranuki Street (in the Brill Hall, by kind permission of the military), Saturday, December II), at 2.30; Thoriulon, Monday, December 15, at 2.M; Berhampore, lloutlay, December JS, at 7.30; Brooklyn, Tuesday, December 10, at 7.,1 ft. The students' graduation ])a'rtv will be held to-night. Professor Hunter will be ill the chair, and Sirs. Luke will present the certificates. The students' handwork will b; on view, and there will be dancing and games after supper for the younger people. The -mothers of lighting men were (lie guests of the Soldiers' Wives Club last week, and a very happy time was spent by all. The programnm wa.f in the hands of Mis. M'Carlie, and all tlio items wero greatly appreciated by the audience. Kvcryune enjoys the performances by young people when they are thoroughly prepared and well 'carried out, and on this occasion ' the work was excellent. The sister-in-charce of the. Army Sisters? Convalescent Home at Lower" Hutt has received from tlio St. John Ambulanca Society their inonHily gift of JL'5 for patients' comforts. ■ Miss Ethel Morison (formerly Miss Ettio Maginnily, of Wellington), who is a member of tile Muriel Starr Company, was in Wellington yesterday. She 'is leaving to-day for Auckland by the midday express. Mis. Edmunds (Auckland) has been the suest of Mrs. Hugh Boetham, at "Brancepeth," and lias now gone back to To Pnrae to co.mpleto her visit to Sirs. Guv Williams.

'The "Cheer-oil Girls" went to Fcatherston on Saturday, and in the evening pave a concert in the Salvation Armv Institute at. tho Military Hospital, which \Vns very much enjoyed. Before thoy returned to Wellington from their veelcentf virtit they were taken for a picnic bv the Y.M.C.A. to Itototawni, and also visited Masterton.

St. John Ambulance Association Appoal. dn Friday the St. John Ambulanco Association is making an appeal for funds, and this unueul will ba tho first for six venrs. When war broko out the association let its own needs go, and threw itself into the work of doing all tli.it lay in its nowei; for the benefit of the sick and hoimded. and of educating' both men and women in first jiio! and home-nursing Drincioles. so that they might be ready to conn with whatever emergencies the war niiiiht bring upon tho peoplo of (his cnuntrv. Hospital equipment, money, motor ambulances, time, and energy ivet'o all given unstintedly to further tho work of relieving the wounded, and just when it. seemed as thoutrh a certain amount of slackenim; of effort mijthi bo looked for the influenza epidemic broko out. Of the way in which the members of the St. John Ambulance Association and tho Ambulance and Nursing Divisions of St. .Inhit Ambulanco Drig.Kle Overseas met the terrible scourge everybody knows, and without that aid very many moro lives mils;- have lieen lost. • On Friday the Wellington public will have an opnorlunitv of showing their appreciation of tho splendid work which they have dono both during Hie war and during the onidennc. Tho funds which result from Friday's anneal arc lo provide a building ill which the various departments of this organisation can be carried' 011. Offices are needed, a good-sized hall in vi'icli corps parades ami leeturcs can be held lo.' men and women, dressing-rooms, and class-rooms. Jf the work is lo bo extended so that all kinds of emergencies may be provided' for, such d building is essential, and.it. is hoped lhat a good central site will l>c available. Tll such a city as Wellington it is but fitti 111? lhat such anorganisatio;i should be housed in ft manner worthy of the city and of Ihe work which the association has accomplished in the past.

Airs Preston, lady superintendent, oi the Wellington South Nursing Division, is asking her many friends 10 do their utmost, to make the St. John Ambulance Association Appeal l)ay 011 Friday next a huge succc.-s. It is needless to point uut wlial.ii far-rea.-hing work was douo by the association during tlw war and during the influenza epidemic, and it is important that the activities should bo greatly extended to meet the emergencies of civil life. A great deal can be sent in front town and country districts to stock tho stalls that would never bo missed by thoso wiio could so easily send goods, and that would do much to further Friday's cause. There will lie ruffles, and goods of all description will be sold. Tickets for the raffle of a silver plate may be posted to any address before Friday 011 receipt of a stamped and addressed envelope with the enclosure of a. shilling. The Wellington South Nursing Division will have twu stalls, one at the Bank of New Zealand corner andsthe' other at Boulcott Struct corner.

Mrs. W. G. liliind and Miss Betty liliind have returned to Christchurch from England, where th-.sy had been spending the past eight years. While in England, besides earning a imme'as an illustrator of books and a portrait painter, Miss Betty Uliind compiled one of the gift books. The name of the late Mr. W. C. Bhitul is. well known in Christcliurch, especially amongst thil musical societies, in which ho took a great deal of interest. He was one o( the founders of the Christcliurch Liedertafel. Dr. Sydney Rhind is at present on the staff of the Queen Mary Hospital at Hanmer. Mrs. Kliind intends tu settle in Auckland, where her eldest son, Mr. Arthur lihind, lives. Messrs. Harcuurt and Co. have again lent their auction room to assist tho canvass being made by the St. John Ambulance Association for funds with which to promote its work, On Thursday, at 2.30 p.m., Mrs. Waters hopes to meet, her helpers at the above-mentioned room, and hopes also that all who have assisted her with past'elforts will again help. Mrs. Wesley Turton will return to Wellington this week from a visit to Mnslertou. On Saturdav evening, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. S. Aitchison, Lyall Bay, Miss F, Cleorge was the recipient of two beautifullv-bound books of Alfred Noyes's poems, 'i'ho presentation was made by Mr J E. Perry, on behalf of the adul.t members of Miss George's class, who had so successfully competed at the recent Wellington elocutionary competitions. During tho evening songs were sung by tho Misses T. Brown, E. Eea, and F. George, an amusing character sketch was acted by Miss N. Lea, and recitations given by the Misses M. Aitchison, I\. Perry, and Mr. J. E. Perry. An original competition was won by Lhe Misses E. Hrown and George. A marriage of interest was performed by the Deputy-liegistrar oil Saturday morning in Ohristchureh. The bride was Miss A. if. E. Lawson, formerly oue ot tho senior nurses on tho Runnysido Mental Hospital nursing .staff, and eldest daughter of Mr. and Airs. .T. Lawson, ot Ciiristchurch. The bridegroom was Mr. George Stevenson Harris, who recently returned to tho Dominion, after four years of activo service, and who is-(hp sixth 6oii of Mrs. M. Harris, Dawson Street, Eeefton. Mrs. M'Evedy, senr., of BUckwater, Soutlibridgc, is visiting Dr. and Mrs. M'Evedy. Women's Work in the Ne.w Era. In her lecture tfl .members of the Mothers' Thought Guild (Theosophical Society) yesterday. M:'iss Christie bilked nbuut. "Women's Work in the Xow I'.ra." In (his century, more particularly lo wards the latter half of it, women, she said, were going to occupy a position iu the world aimewhat analogous to that hold by women in the earlier days of the Egyptian and Greijk civilisations, when pu'ictically all positions in the State were open to them, and even the names of the families and property rights were handed down through woman and not men. Tho franchise was one way in which women in this country could exerc'fe considerable power, and the.lecturer hoped that they would think well how the.v used it and not go blindly voting for this man or tho other merely because their husbands,. their brothers, or their fathers voted for him. Women should be independent thinkers, and they should help io make laws that would bo beneficial to both se.xea.and not to one, alone, as the general casu with laws that had hitherto been made by men. Miss Christie thought there was great work More women as members of Parliament, for Hiiro was much work to be done iu furthering the welfare ami interests of women and children. Timt .was specially woi'k for women legislators, and she hoped it would not lie long before women were in Parliament. One of the things which she hoped women, would lake tip was lhe passing of a la.iv which would give illegitimate children tho right to tho name of the father, as was done in seme European countries, awl was now being advocated by American women. l.t. was not looked upon as any snecial disgrace for i! man to nave an illegitimate child, but it was for a woman, and that was an altogether wrong thing, and made worse by the fact Hint an innocent child was handicapped from tho very begimr'ng of its life. At: the present time the onus of leading pure lives wast placed upon women, awl not upon men., and that was a thing that lad to be remedied. If women only realised their responsibilities and their power they could sweep away the causes which led io temptation, and disease, arid so cleanse ■the world that, it would b<i as easy for men as for women to lead clean, helpful, wholesome lives, which it: certainly was not. now. Miss Christie al-;o spoke of the part which women could take in furthering proper educational facilities for children. They should sec that teachers, both men and women, were so well paid for their work that it would not bo the ambition of so many (many as regarded men) to got out of the profession as soon as t'noy could. They should f?eo that the right typo of men and women were appointed to the schools, and that tin; schools gave the riclit environment, for the children. Mia? Christie also spoke of tho religious aspect of education. Mrs, Hayes presided at the meeting, and a brief outline of the aims of the Mothers' Thought Guild wn« given by Mrs. Wasliorn, who had recently arrived in Wellington from Auckland. In New Zealand, she told her hfarere, there were 1770 members altogether, and ono of tho aims of the organisation was to create right conditions for chilrtrmi. There were guilds in tho United Stales, Canada, Australia, South Africa, as well as in Wow Zealand.