SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 65, 10 December 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

A recent English paper announces the marriage of Air. Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, the war correspondent, in Paris, to Miss Marie Alexandria de lihaiide, of Argentina.

Mrs. Boden, honorary secretary of the Crippled Soldiers' and Sailors' Hostel, acknowledges receipt of a cheque for ■£]() l«s. from tlie Spinsters' Club, accompanied with a note in which the hope wus expressed that that amount might be the'beginning of a fund to- provide gifts for eacli soldier in the hostel at Christmas time.

In tho courso of her talk at the Pioneer Club yesterday afternoon about the British munition girl workers, Miss Snelson spoke of the "Canary Girls." These were the, workers who had volunteered to go into the danger zone of tho factories and do' certain work in connection with high explosives. The effect of this work was to make them per t'ectly yellow, and it would take years for the colour to fade away. When first they took up this particular branch of shell-making, they wore masks and gloves, but as the cry for shells became iroro and liioi'e insistent, and the men in Franco and Belgium were suffering' for'want of them, these girls went to tho directors and begged that they might be allowed to work without the masks and the glomes, as they could net on so very, much quicker. Their request was acceded to. Miss Snelson also .described an aii' raid and its effect upon tho girls in one .of the factories. Tho warning signals had been given, and the barrage of the guns near the arsenal was heard, showing that the enemy airships were close at hand. Finally the sound of the machines could be heard oveidwad, and although the girls knew that tho strategic point the Germans were looking for was the spot every girl was standing upon, not a sound o£ alarm was uttered. Such was the courage of thase munition-workers!

On tflie 'occasion <if Hie Dev. A. M'lvenzie. who, through the war, served as chaplain with the Forces, succeeding to the pastorship of tho Peione Presbvterian Church, vice the Rev. Bruce Todd, he was on Monday evening tendered a welcome .social by the parishioners. Mr Duff presided over'a good'attendance of members and friends. Tho church had been decorated with flags and evergreens, nnd the Catherine; was a great success. During the evening Mr. M'Kenzie wns presented with Si dispatch case and severaT volumes. Tho following' ministers -were present:—The Rev. F. .T. Marshall, Church of Christ; Rev. A. Blair. Wesleyan;. Rev.' .T.' M'G'aw, Lower Ilutfc Presbyterian; and .Mr. ,T. B. Robson. Baptist. A musical and elocutionary programme was submitted, among those contributing to it being Miss Naughton and Mr. Ttennio (pianoforte duet), Misse.a Cotton and Morris and Mr. Cotton (smies), and the Rev. .T. M'Caw (recitation). At the close of the. gafliering refreshments were handed round by the ladies.

_ -Mrs. W. Strang left' Auckland earlier in the week on her return, to Palinerston North.

The children's entertainment which was given lust 'week in connection with 'St. Mark's Ohui'ch School, under tho direction of their teachers, Hie Mioses Holm, whs repeated last evening for tho purpose of raising funds with which to provide lanlern anil picture slices for tho teaching 'of geography, nature studies and olilier lessons. The schoolroom was again crowded, and jjie programme, whicli includedsongs, dances,/duets, hakas and poi doiices, was Very much appreciated, wliilo complimentary references to tho work of (he Misses Holm.in organising the entertainment were iiimie. The hakas and the poi dances -were particularly interesting. '

' Tiliomarriage Cool; placo on September 23, at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, by the Rev. E. If. .Roberts, of Captain Detivs Christopher Digby, only son of the lWv. W. W.. jr. Cleaver and Mrs. Cleaver, of Rftnworfch, near Norwich, Norfolk, to Miss Tliclma Jtilin, only daughter of Mr. C.'L. N. Peterson and Mrs, Petersen,, of 21 Colyille Terrace W., late of Wellington, New Zealand, states a London correspondent.

French Club. ■ .There was a .good attendance, at the last, the final, meeting of tho French Club for tho present Mr. Latte.v, vice-president n£ the club, presided, and a number of the candidates who were successful at tho November examination were present with their parents and friends.- The examination was conducted at Banks College by Mme. DechanetM'lntosh, assisted by Mosdames Jolinson nnd,Benge and Miss Mead. In the report,' which wag Tcad at the meeting Mme. M'lntosh srives great praise to the two medallists, Mr. .Tolin F. Zohrab and Miss U. Castle, for their excellent work; nlso to Miss B. Kirk, who takes .first placo in order of merit on the list of junior candidates. After recitations were given by Mr. J. ,7,ohral» (gold medallist), Miss M. Cnrr and Miss B. Kirk, the medals and certificates were presented to t.he'.winners bv Air. Lattey. An amusing dialogue. "Oh! Ah!" was given by Misses Kind and Mead, and was followecl by a play, "La Bonne Mere." of which the parts were read by Mesdames M'lntosh nnd Benge. and Messrs. Chapman, Manning, and Spencer. This 'brought a pleasant evening to a close, and it was decided to resume early in March next year by the annual general meeting.

. The committee ivish. to acknowledge •with thanks the ldnd liplp Riven in connection with the examinalion by Mr. Amos, director of Banks College. Senior Examination.;— Gold . merlal: ,I'ohn F. Zobrab. Silver medal: Una Castle. Certificates: JDorothy Avery, Tsittene Bell, Marjorie Carr, Mnida Clark, Margaret Grndv. Constance Marsack, Muriel Morgan, Eileen Paul. Joyce Robertson. Highly commended: Constanco Peck. Dagmy Erikson, Gladys .Tames, Edith M'Lnren, Kathleen Rhirer, Melvyn Wilson. Rhoda. Ward. -Tunior Examination.—Certificates: Ray Barnes, Mary Oonley, Beth Kirk, Glad.vs Moot, ■Flora Wilson. Highly commended :KatliIcen Esson. Marie Kelly, Nolan Markm;tiin, M.lrion Smith,

Feilding Notes, The Feilding Jockey Club lind most disagreeable, 'boisterous weather for their Spring Meeting on Saturday and Monday. Macintoshes, furs, and umbroilas were the order of the day. Among tho many uresent were Mosdames Levett, Fry, Bailey, Miles, Walkcr ; Broad, Levin, Hodeers. Parsons, Fowler, Webster," Pratt. Elliot. Banks, Kelso, Conway, Budd, Haggitt, M'Rae, Young, Fraser, Perry, Grahamo. Baker, Horrocks, Roberts, M'Beth, Short, Phillips, Dernier, JCnyvett, Misses Waymonth, Gorton, Shannon. FitzHerbert, Pringlo, Young, Brown, Fetch, Hill, Perrctt.'and others. Mrs. Tunes-Jones has returned from Wellington. " Mrs. Tidy (JLynilton) is tho guest of Mrs. Bruce. Mrs. Stewart has returned from Wellington. Miss M. ITaybifHo has returned from a trip to the Islands in the Hinemoa. Mrs. Willis has returned from Great-

ford. . Mrs. TCavanngh is staying with Mis. Richmond.

Tho Rev. Mr. and Mrs, Miller have returned from a visit to the south. Vltamines and Vienna. Among the most interesting and valuable scientific researches of recent years lmvo been those carried on by J)r. llarriettii Chick and her colleagues at tho Lister Institute in tho "vitamines" or "accessory factors" in diet, states the "Manchester ■ Guardian." An important phase of this mcinfry is the relation of these factors to the growth and health of children. Dr. Chick has latelv been continuing her investigations at Vienna, whero unhappily there is abundant material just now for studying the effect produced on child nutrition by the laclc of these essontial ingredients.