SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 103, 26 January 1920, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr. Raymond, K.C. (Christclmrch), with. Mrs. and Miss liaymond, leave Aickland by the Mukuru for Honolulu, where they muko a short slay before gang on to Vancouver. A lady preacher, Mrs. Elford, occupied the pulpit in the Orepuki Presbyterian Church recently (sbites an exchange) at both morning and evening services, the Hev. Burchell being away on holiday. Miss Mina Caldow has returned to Wellington from Auckland to take part in the production of "The Messiah" with the New South Wales Orchestra. Miss E. Adams (Opawa), domestic science mistress at the Westport Technical School, Ims accopted a similar appointment at Masterton. Mrs. G. Witty, Chi istchurch, is' visiting the North Auckland district. . Mr. and-Mrs. D. A. Hamilton have returned to Wellington from a visit to Auckland and Taranaki.. Miss Gladys Marks, who arrived in Auckland from Sydney last week, is a n.pmber of the council of the Sydney branch of the Victoria League, and was formerly n member of the executive, committee. Miss Marks will spend somo time in Auckland and probably visit other parts of the Dominion. Miss E. Woolf, of Melbourne, who has been spending some nine months in New Zealand, left by the Manuka. Mrs. Sydney Johnston (Takapau) and Miss Inglis, who have been in England sinco tho beginning of the war, are returning to New Zealand shortly. Much interest is being taken in the arrangements for the championship croquet tournament to. be held next month under tho auspices of Ihe newly-formed Croquet Association- The officials of the association aro ladies, and they aro working with much method and energy to ensure the success of the competition. About 130 entries have'been received already from various parts of the Dominion, and .some of the best exponents of the gamo are nmong the entrants. Lawns have been procured at Petone, and other final arrangements are in hand, so that a most successful gathering is expected.

, Miss Eees, principal of tho Cook County .Girls' College, has returned to f!isborne from a visit to Wellington.

Miss Ivy Paine has been appointed by ihe. Board of Education science instructress at Cambridge and Ngaruawahia.

Miss Amy Hadfield, who has been the quest of Mr. and Mrs. E. ITadfield, will leave to-day to stay with her sister, Mrs. John Marshall, Tjitu Tolara.

The wedding took nlace in St. Marie's Church last week of Mr, Hnrold Tisdalo Pollock, youngest ?on of Mrs. Pollock and the late J. If. 'Pollock, of Roxburgh Street, to Miss Gladys Irene Flewellyn, of Auckland. The Rev. A. T. B.Pago performed the ceremony. The bride was Kiven away by her brother. Mr. Clifford Flewellyn. and was attended by Miss Dorothy Flewellyn, as bridesmaid. Mr. W. E. Wills was best man.

Miss Marks has returned to Wellington from a visit to Christchurch.

Mrs. R. M. Porter (Christclnirch) is returning bv the Athom'c to New Zealand from England. Mrs. Porter has been in England for the past three years.

Miss Hilda Hookor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. 0. Hooker, of Hawera, is to go to the Sydney Conservatorium to study pianoforte music and singing. She will bo taught by Mr. F. Hutchcns for the piano. Miss.Hooker.won an exhibition in 191R awarded to a candidate gaining highest marks in the examination held by the Associated Board of the E.A.M. and K.C.M., London. Owing, to the war 'she was unable to take advantage of the scholarship.

The Society of Women Journalists save a . victory - dinner at the Criterion Kestiiurant recently (writes the London special correspondent of the "Christian Science Monitor"). In the absence of Prince Albert, who mis unable to attend, Brigadier-General the Earl of Athlone was the principal guest, and there was a large gathering, over which Miss It. P. Billing-ton presided. The company included Lady Northcliffe, who will shortly succeed to the presidency of the society, Lord and Lady Burnham, and Sir Anderson and Lady Critchett., The Earl of Athlone in his speech paid n splendid tribute to the work of women journalists. Lm-d Burnham, proposing (he Society of Women Journalist, said he felt that Aa was uKlressing the severest critics, because women were the foes of convention and cant of which, he was afra : <l, some newspaper offices were very much the home. Women had achieved political, industrial, and professional independence. Independence did not mean antagonism. On the contrary, true cooperation needed independence and practical equality. Women were now competing on equal terms with men and must, therefore, submit to the same irksome training as the men with whom they were competing for the same job. Continuing, Lord Burnham fluid that lio did not like to givo advice, but he would warn them against the trade union formula of eouiility; becauso if the terms were, really, equal it would all end in pushing women out of their They were wise to have such a society to protect their interests, and to se.o that they had equal opportunities without claiming, necessarily, to hava exactly the same rate of remuneration or exactly the same condition!! of work.

Progressive Chiincse Women. Chinese wonum are awakening to the need of taking part in tho development of China, according to Miss S. Tcheng, who represented them oicinlly at the Peace Conference in Paris. Misu Tcheng, who arrived ifi New York recently, -said, in an interview with a representative of the "Christian Science Monitor," that she was sent to the Peace Conference by her country-women as.their special ropresentative.

While at Paris she tried to accomplish three things for them: to establish the rights of Chinese girls to inherit property equally with their brothers, io hava equal educational opportunities offered them by the Government, and to cbtain for them tho right to vote for members of Parliament.

Chinese women now have provincial suffrage in the provinces only, and feel, so Mi6s Tcheng said, that, now that their country is u republic, they should have equal rights with men. "We do not care for politics," she explained, "hut wo do want to have our rightful share in the development of our country, and wo wish that development to bo industrial, not militaristic—to bo peaceful, according to the ancient traditions of China and in lino with modern civilisation."

"The Peace Conference did iust contrary to what we hoped," Miss 'J.'cheng said. "We want Chinn to stand by her old tradition of peace. If a country of 400,000,000 becomes militaristic, it will become a menace to the whole world. Wo cculd not sign the Treaty, it was our duty not to," 'adding that the delegates hud <k>no their best to have tho Shantung clause altered. "We have always had confidence in thn United States, and wo ask you to help us new in'solving our difficult problem. Yo;: -understand our situation, I am sure, and Innw ilat we are not acting out of niero caprice or for pleasure. ''Our first need is for education. Wo must encourage our young peoplo to study in the United States and in France, and for that wo need your help and encoMi'iigcnicnt." ■Tli» feeling of young China, she concluded, was strong for a League of Nations, and the League idea has beon advocated by Chinese statesmen for many years.,- . . . _

Melba at St. Dunstan's, Dame Melba is again in London after a very successful provincial tour (writes a London correspondent at the end of November). The Music Club celebrated the dinger's return, by a reception in her honour at the Princes Galleries. It was attended by most of flic best-known people in tho musical world.' Lady Maud Warrendcr, as hostess, made a pretty speed), in which she said that the club had intended to welcome Melba directly she came bade from Australia, where their guest had been doing splendid work all through the war. The gathering had been postponed at Dome Mclba's rec(tiest. Lady Maud concluded by presenting Dame Melba with a beautiful wreath. Damo Melba's reply was brief, but delightful to her hearers, as its chief point was a declaration Mint, having been so long away from London, she meant her present stay to be a long one. Being in London,'Melba naturally gave an Albert Hall concert. She sang tho "Salcc" number from Verdi's "Otello," with an organ accompaniment, and the charming "Chant Hindou" from Eimsky-Korsakov's "Sadko." Melba is fure of her welcome at the Albert Hall. She faced a less familiar audience at St. Dunstan's last week, the home in Regent's Park for soldiers blinded i during the war. "When Melba arrived the men had been waiting in the concert room for, half an hour, playing about like schoolboys. But ihey were intensely quiet when Melba sat down at tho pinno and played a small French song. ' Then, her pianist arrived and Damo Melba gave the men l heir choice—"Good-bye," by Tosti, or "Bonny Man- of Argyle." A great shout went up 'for "Bonnie Mary." "Comin* Through the .Rye" followed, and Tosti's song. As she left the hall. Melba said: •Tvo always wanted to sing to you. It's an honour. I know what you have done for the Empire, and nothing we can ever do can bo good enough," This was what Melba said aloud. What she said quietly to ,tfriend was: "They were so still; I felt a lump in my throat." Dr. C. .1. Newell and Mrs. Newell re- . turned to New Zealand last week from a visit.to America and Europe.

The Sisters of the Institute of Noire Dame des' Missions, Christchurch, have received from Canada news of the death of Eev. Mother M. St. Gabriel (Margaret lU'Cormick, of Ashburton), who "left the Provincial Mother House and Novitiate, in Christchurch, just 15 years ago, to join the community of her Order in that Dominion.

Woman Wine-Taster, One of the strangest occupations for women (says the San Francisco correspondent of the "Sunday Express") is that of professional wine-taster, a ]>ost held by Mile. Collinere, a young French (jirl, who earns about ,£SOOO a year in California. She is a teetotaller, strange us it may seem. She cares nothing for wine, mid never swallows it; the testing is all done by taste in the mouth. If she were lo drink trine she would lose her subtle magic or taste, which is so fine and so marvellously developed that she can discern from the first taste of a wine just where the grapes ijrcw from which it was made—whether they were raised in California or in tho vineyards of France or Gennuny. or elsewhere. She can even tell the vineyards in which the grapes grew, and whether they were raised on a hillside or in a valley. She can instantly detect an adulteration of any sort, or if there is ft blend, and, if so, of which wines. She haN often found 60-called wines with not n particle of grape-juice in them, being made up of cheap alcohol, sugar, dyes, and cheap fmit juices. Mile. Collinere can tell the ago of a wino almost to a day; whether it crossed the eca or has been moved often and for long distances. She never eats chocolates, rich puddings, pastry, raw onions; lemons, curry, or pineapple. She uses no salt, does not drink tea or coffee, and lives on the simplest and most wholesome diet. She gets her reward for all this asceticism in two ways, for not only does it preserve her wonderful taste, but it gives her ft marvellous complexion.

A Woman Magistrate. Naturally there was unusual interest in the courtroom of tho Jefferson Market Court, iu Iven- York City, when a woman Magistrate presided, recently, over her first session. A woman Jwlge'is a new thing in judicial procedure; and a description of the scene shows that many of those who gathered in look on or participate, or because they could not help themselves, had their doubts that the law would be administered as effectively as by a Magistrate of the sterner ?ex. Then the newspaper camera took a photograph; the first case was called, and tbo existence of a woman Magistrate in the everyday lifo of the chief American city had become an 'accomplished fact. What is most important, it became, as the session went on, an accomplished fact that stood beyond criticism, and the now Magistrate fulfilled the qualifications set down by Socrates when he wrote: "Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously,, to Answer wisely, to consider soberly,, iind to decide impartially."