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WOMAN'S WORLD.

(Bx IJJOQEH.}

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. J. Barton returned to Heretaiwu, yesterday after having spent a few da°vs in town. Miss. Marjorio Nicholls leaves at the end of the month l'or Sydney to connect wtth_ tilie Ormonde, for Ceylon, lior marriage is to lake place in Colombo in tlio beginning of February. „¥*•&■• D. Cameron (Ashburton) and Miss Cameron passed through Welling-, ton earlier in (lie week on their return to the south. Information 'has been received' in Christchurch by cablegram of thodeath of Mrs. J. W. Stack, at Worthing, England, in her ninety-first year. She survived hor husband by forty c'pys, Canon Stack having died on October 13. Tho late Mrs. Slack belonged to a well-known Nelson family,. and her brothers included 1 the Rev. Innes-,Tones, a vicar of All Saints', Nelson, and tlio Von. Archdeacon lunw.Toues, of Fcilding. Mrs. Stack, who arrived in. Canterbury when her husband entered upon the Maori Church Mission, gave up part of her houso for a girls school. That building was' burned down in 1870, and tho school was commenced again moro recently at Ohoka. Mrs. Stack, .who had a charming personality, was particularly well known by residents of Kaiapoi and Fendalton up to her departure from New Zealand in 1599. Iler lifo was subsequent.lv spent in tho Itiviora and at Worthing,'in Susses. The youngest daughter lived with hex parents till tho last.

'Tho secretary of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board acknowledges the following donations for Christmas cheer:—Messrk C. and A. Odlin and Co., G. H. Scales, Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co., Georgo and Georgai .£2 2s. each; Messrs. E. W. Mills and Co., J. B. MacEwan and Co., Blirch and Co., Laery and Co.; Townseiid and Paul, N.Z. Consolidated Dental Co., A. S. Paterson and Co., Briscoo and Co., T. Ballinger and Co., Hatrick and Co., J. Duthio and Co., Bannatyno and Hunteu, J. Chambers und Son. Sharland and Co., G. Thomas and Co., Young's Chemical Co., Wright. Stephenson, and Co., Dr. 'Young, J. J. Niven and Co„- Smith and Smith, W. M. Bannatyno and Co., Veitcli and Allan, D. W. Virtue and Co., N.Z. Tyro and Rubber Co., Dunlop Rubber Co., 7/estport Coal Co., .£1 Is.-each; Messrs. Abbott, Oram, and Co., J. O'Brien and Co., Munt, Cottrell, and Co., .£1 each; Messrs. A- J. Wycherley, Offieo Applianco Co., W. J. Boss and . Co., N.Z. Express Co., Hutcheson, Wilson, and. Co., A. tnd T. Burt and Co., W. A. J. Dutch, Laery Boveridgo, Turnbull and Jones, 10s. Gd. each; Messrs. F. A, .Laws, E. A. Nicol, British General Electric ,Co., Walker and Hall, 10s. each; "Dead Bird," 55.; "A Friend," 2s. Gd. Goods:—Messrs. Van Staveren Bros., J. Myers and Co., B. Smith, £1 Is. each; Messrs Kirkpatrick and Co., 17s. Gd.; Bray Bros., 10s. Gd.

Mr. H. Onlcley ..Browne will add roes a meeting of Indies -in tho Masonic ITa.lI, Boulcott Street, at 8 o'clock this evening.

There passed away on Monday morning, after n long illness,. a very well-known resident, 'of. Clwistchurch in tho person of Mrs. -Annie Watson,\r?lict of the lato Rev. Henj-y C.> Marriott Watson, who for twonty-ninp' years was vicar of St. John's, Christchurch.*' .The late Mrs. Watson, who was the daughter of tho lato John Wright, of Edinburgh, was 78 years of ago fit the time of her death. She cjimo to New Zealand with, her husband in 1873, and sho leaves a family of four sons—the eldest of whom is Mr. H. B. Marriott Watson, the well-known author. Tho late Mrs. Watson's four sona are at present all in . England j of her daughters, threo are resident in NewZealand and one in England. . Sho Had three other, daughters who pre-deceased her.

Miss Hamilton lias resigned her position as assistant mistress of St. Matthew's Girls' School in.Masterton. Miss Audrey Miller, of Christchurch, her..

Mr. and Mrs._ Hope-Gibbons, cf Wa-i-ganni, with Miss A. Gibbons and Mr. 11. F. Gibbons, are Heaving on a visit to England in April.

Air. and'-Mrs.- C. Lawrenco Ilnnt (Wairarapa) are here on a short stay.

Ono of the early colonists of New Zealand, Mrs. Martha Thomas, widow of tha late Captaiij Esclaile Thomas, died at her residence, Binhvood Crescent, Parnell, on Saturday, states the "Herald." Mrs. Thomas, who was aged 84 years,' arrived in Now, Zealand with her husband in 1857, Captain Thomas having previously served as an officer in the 26tli Regiment (the Cameronians) and as captain in the 2nd Chcshires. They first settled in the Wajrarapa district. In 18GG Captain Thomas was appointed resident magistrate in the Chatham Islands, whore the notorious Te. Kooti ami a band of captured followers were committed for safe custody. The guard on the islands was reduced, and To Kooti and his "band escaped in ( the schooner Rifleman. , Although flagged, bound:, and threatened, Captain Thomas was not harmed. Mrs. Thomas escaped with her children to the bush, where she remained during the exodus of the escapees. Captain 't'homas remained for soino time at the Chatham Islands in a dual capacity of resident magistrate, and .Government Resident, and on his return to New Zealand obtained an appointment in the Customs'* "Department. at Napier. After serving there .for some time ho was transferred-to-Auckland as chief clerk. Ho retired from, tho servics in Juno, 1887, and later entered into business on his own account. Captain Thomas died on September 2G, 1891. Mrs. Thomas continued to live in I'arnell until her death,

Red Cross Committee. A 'meeting of tho Wellington Red Cross Committee was held in' the Mercer Street depot yesterday afternoon. There were present Mr. T. Young (chairman)/, the Mavoress (Mrs. J. P. ,'Lnke), Mrs. Moorliouse. Mrs. M. Myers, Mrs. L. Blundell, Mrs. J. P. Firth, Miss Sybil Nathan .(lion, secretary). Mr. L... O. 11. Tripp, and Mr Munt Tho report of tho meeting of the executive held last month at Government House was read by the chairman ami. discussed.. The sunt of 1200 was voted bv the committee for supplying comforts. etc.. for the Nurses' Home at the I'ufeeroa Sanatorium. It was pointed out that the matron and nurses had' necessarily 'to 'lead somewhat isolated lives, and for that reason something in the way of compensations was neeaed. It was suggested that as tho Featherston Military Hospital was closing down very shortly a good deal of the equipment and comforts supplied by tho Red Cross miirht be forwarded to.the homo as well. In regard to tho supplying of Christmas comforts for the men in the Trentliam Military Hospital, it was decided tliat the ladies' sub-committeo appointed to co into the matter should confer with Colonel Wvllio as to what should bo supplied. With regard to tho hospitals at Wainukurau. Wanganui, Napier, and Masterton. it was decided to communicata with their Tcspectivo committees, asking if they needed monetary grants with regard to tho matter of supplying Christmas;,comforts; and extras lor the military patients. ." A grant of .£SOO was mado to tho Featherston Ren' Cross Committee for a general settlement of their financial affairs, as that hospital'was closing down. A letter of acknowledgment wns receiv. Ed from tho lion, secretary .of tho Wamrnnui centro of the sum of 150, which liail been forwarded from tlie Wellington committee, and a grant of .ClfiO wns mado to tho Masterton-committee for tho bene, fit of military pati,cnts at the hospital. It was also decided that a dark-room at Trcntiiam Military Hospital bo equipped for photographic purposes for the benefit of tlioso pa'lienls who were anxious to take up photography.

MATTERS m INTEREST FROM FAB AND NSAHj

Y.W.C.A. "At Home," Yesterday afternoon the Y.W.C.A. Nalional Board invited members of the \.\Y'.C:A. and all interested in tho work tor "iris to an "at homo" at the lioulcott Stieet building to meet M'fe Amy Suelson, tho Y.W.C.A. secretary of tho Australasian National Board, and Miss Craig Roberton, a member of tho Glasgow Parish Council and tho District Board of Control, also a member of the World's Committee of the association. After tea had been served in the dining-room a . brief talk was given ill tho lecture room upstairs by both of tho visitors upon tho work of tho association during the war. Miss Roberton spoko of the activities of tho association in Scotland during the war. also of somo phases of tho work carried out by the Glasgow Parish Coun-o-l. This organisation had on its hands tliß care of 18,000 people, including destitute children, the cave, of tho mentilly afflicted, and tho charge of matters in connection with public health. Since tho war. Miss Roberton told her audience tho Y.W.C.A. occupied a totally different place in the public mind to tliat of prewar days. It had brought into its told as well, many girls who had hitherto shunned its influence, and its work had received tho recognition of tho War Office, tho Admiralty, the War Munitions Department, etc., all of whom had approached tho association and sought its co-operation in regard to girl and women workers. It had taken charge of tho (Jitl workers at Rosythe, at Invergordon, at Inverness, at Georgetown and other places, and it had established rest rooms, hostels, clubs and canteens for their benefit, also convalescent homes for girls who had been injured in explosions or whoso health had given way temporarily from tho stress of tlioir labcurs. Touching upon present day problems Miss Roberton said that with c-uch organisations as tho Y.W.C.A.' and tho •Women's National Council much could surely be done to help in solving them and also to bring the different countries of the World much closer together. As for the International Council of Women it was the Women's League of Nations. Miss Black, tho secretary of tho girls' department of tho Y.W.C.A., said that the girl lifo of tho country was of very great .valuo to it, and because that xas 60 it was the ambition of this department of tho association to mako soma payment for all that tho men and women of tho world had gono through during tho years of warfare. To do this they had to make a study of tho girl of 10-day and her needs: to study the conditions of her employment, her recreation, her physical, mental, and moral nature, ana so give her tho opportunity of legitimately expressing herself. If this were not done things': might go very wrong for her and the community woiild suffer ultimately. Miss Snelson said that the war had thrown down a challenge to women, and she wondered how they were going to take that challenge up. The greatest men in Britain, in America and in Australia were pondering over the great power that lay in tho hands of women and askiug themselves what seeds they' wore goini* to sow. In tho gill of loday lay the challenge to the older women. for tho future lay in their hands. Miss Snelson 6poke of the war work of tho girls of Great Britain and of Franco as sho had seen it, and described the type as it hail emerged from thoso labours, jealous of their freedom, -highspirited, daring, vaguely conscious of tho great future which was now opening out before them in tho world of to-day. Tho great thing was to find out their point of approach, to realise their outlook, to give tho kind of comradeship they asked for.

Among those who wore present were the Mayoress (Mrs. J.'.P. Luke), Mrs. Webster, Mrs. M'Clay, Mrs. Porter, Sirs, Hope, Miss Lawson, Miss Child, Mrs. Rennie, Mrs.' C. Wilson and many others interested in the work for girls. Wedding at Petone. A wedding of interest locally was celebrated by tho Rev. H. A. Walke at St. Augustine's Church, Petone, yesterday, when Miss Ivy Filth, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Icolaud Firth, Queen Street, Petone, was married to Mr. Arthur Waide, son of Mrs. A. and the Into Jlr B. W. Waide, of Otaki, formerly of Wellington. Tho servico was fully choral, the "Wedding March" being played by Mr. Rodney Pankhurst, of Wellington. The bride, who was' given "•way by her father, wore a gown of white crepe de chine embroidered with pearls and trimmed with fringe, "'lie long train was lined with pink and ornamented with tiny , horseshoes and • truo lover's knots. Her veil (one worn by her mother) was fastened with orange blossoms, and her bouquet consisted of roses, Christmas lilies, and maidenhair' fern, fastened with satin streamers. The bridesmaids were Miss H. Firth (sister of the bride), Miss •£. Borden (cousin of the bridegroom), both wearing frocks of lemon crepe do cliine, Miss E. Waide (sister of the bridegroom), in pale orepo de chine, and Miss D. Filth (cousin of the bride), in. shell pink erepe de chine. All carried bouquets of sweet peas fastened with heliotrope and pink streamers. Tho bridegroom's present to the brido was a tourmaline pendant; to each of the senior bridesmaids was given a gold bangle, and to tho latter two gold brooches. The bride's present to tho bridegroom was a £old ring. After the ceremony a reception was held at tho homo of the briide, among those present being the Mayor and Mayoress of Petone I.Mr, and Mrs. J. W. M'Ewan), Mr. L. Firth (Featherston), Miss Osl>onie (Auckland), Mr. A.. Maxwell "(Morrinsville), Mrs. W. Arnold (Waikanne), and many others. Later Mr. and Mrs. Waide left by motor for the 'north. The Business of Motherhood. \Deploring tho lack.of any school or system throughout the wido world that taught tho business of motherhood, Dr. Caioline Giesel in her lecture emphasised in her .own vital way the vast number of lives that were lost to the Eng-lish-speaking world through ignorance. She was onca called into a ease, and was speaking to the mother on her management of'lier children. Talking about the child's bath, Dr. Giesel asked her if she used a water thermometer. No, she did not know what it was. The woman was asked how sho "I just put baby in tho bath," she said, "and if she turiij blue, I know it is too colli, if she turns red, I know it'is too. hot!" What wondet' that such mothers found their children stowed away 'in little boxes in the cemetery. Then t.liey cried aloud to God in their anguish at. their empty arms. Yet it was all tho result-of ignorance—and she was not to blame. It was tho system or the lack of it.to teach prospective mothers their business in life that wa.4 to blame. It should not bo allowed to continue.

The monthly meeting of the ■ Lad'es' Auxiliary of lite Wellington Boys' Institute ami 8. A. Rhodes Home for Boys W'aa held, yeslei'day afternoon at tho Institute Building, Tasmnn Street. There were present: Mestlames Hislop 'president), in tho chair, Moorhouse. Troup, Moore, Barrett, Stanton, Hamilton, and Parton. Apologies .for absence were roco;vcd from Mesdames M'Kerrow, Wilson, Chrjstie. Brown, Bell, and Meier, n«d Misses Gilchrist and M'Lood. Routine business was transacted, tnnd tho natron's report was considered satisfactory, as also was tho report of tiio Visiting Committee. - •

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 66, 11 December 1919, Page 4

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WOMAN'S WORLD. Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 66, 11 December 1919, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD. Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 66, 11 December 1919, Page 4

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