SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 142, 11 March 1920, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Sister Mitchell and Sister Condick (Ohiki) are visiting Christchurch.

An iron scaffolding lias boon erected in the very centre of London for the purpose of .lifting .into position a huge granite statue of Edith Cavell. The nurse is repivseifed carrying a ohild in her arms, and leaning on a cross.

Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Nathan arc leaving for England by the Northumberland.

It is reported that Queen Mary smokes. She smokes one cigarette after luncheon, but limits herself to (hat, as sho is a believer in the strictest moderation in all things. The announcement of this conferring of the Royal approval on cigarette smoking by women appeared in "Reynolds's Newspaper." It does not ep pear to have called forth any protests m England, but Lucy Page Gaston, American president of the International Anti-Cigarette League, has written to Queen Mary as follows:—"Knowing your high' ideals of womanhood, and live interest', in, safeguarding youth, the story has caused a shock to America. It will be:, extremely ; unfortunate if English standards fall below thoso of this' country, your example." But there is -no' word, as yet, that Queen Mary's after-luncheon cigarette has lost any of its charm for the Royal smoker. ,-Mrs. .F. Isitt is the guest of Mrs. R Carter, Kelburn. Miss Winifred Isitt left yesterday by tlii Ruapehu for England. Mrs. Gibson and her daughter have been spending a day or two in Wellington whilo on their way through to Auckland. Mrs. G. A. and -Mis 9A. Macdonald, Meanee. Hawke's Bay, are visiting WaiiEanui. 'arid aro staying with Mrs. George Luke nt,Gonville. . Mr. and-Mrs. C. Dnigan, of Wanganui, are -travelling by the Port Caroline, which leaves Wellington to-morrow for London. ■ • ' Mrs. .Tackson Palmer and Miss E, Montgomery are visiting the Southern Lakes, and later they will go to Christchurch for two or three weeks. Miss Madge Overton-Smith, of Auck-land.--left-for 'England by the-Ruapehu yesterday afternoon. The Sailors' Friend Society. Much merriment wns manifest throughout the evening at Miss' Jacobsou's concert .to seafarers at tho Sailors' Friend Society on Tuesday. The following were all encored:—Mesdames S. J. Smith'and B. J. Child. Misses Bailie, Bennett, .Tipling. ' and Jncobson, Messrs. Smith Stokes, B. Child. Gibson (Port Caroline), and Long (Amokura). Mrs. J. Smith' was tho accompanist. "Not a Leg to Stand On"'was Mr. Moore's subject. Pledges were taken freely by the men' at the close. The supper was provided by well-wishers. The prizes in' the competitions came from (he hostess. Mr. Moore ' made a request for discarded magazines or any class of reading matter for use at sea. and hoped, as the shelves were all but empty, that friends would leave small parcels at tho institute. St. Mary's Homw. The mpnthly meeting of St. Mary'i Guild was held in tho diocesan rooms on Tuesday, Miss Coates presiding. There wero present: Mesdames Hayes, Kemp, ■Woodward, Johnson, Hosking, Brown, .and G. Tripe. Tho home.reports showed that there' jvere 39 girls in the Main Home and-26 in the Duncan Home, ',Tho following ! -. contributions ; were acknowledged:—Sugar, Bannatyno and Co.; tea, Johnston and Co. j Hour, Lacry and Co.; butter, Nathan and .Co.; fruit, Mrs. Wcggery (To Horo), Miss Williams, and Rev, Isacson;'hairest gifts, Manilla. Church; sheep, Mesdames bimcox (Otaki), Simcox (Manakau), Porry, Nelson, Tulley, La Trobe, and S. Kirkcaldie. Clothing and pieces of material, Mrs. lurk--caldie. The matron would be grateful for gifts of clothing or pieces of material, especially for the children. Wellinaton Red Cross Committee, The monthly meeting of tho Wellington Red Cross Committeo wns held in the depot, in Mercer Street, yesterday afternoon. Mr. .T. Young presided, and there were present: Mesdames J. P. Luke (Mayoress), Moorhouse, L, • Blundell, -A. Pearoo, Miss Sybil Nathan (lion, secretary), Messrs. Holmes, Veitch, Allan, G. 'Shirtcliffe, and Kinneburgh. Mr. Shirtcliffe was welcomed baek to the society, after his'absence in England, and apologies wero received from Airs. Ml Myers and Mrs. J. P. Firth, A request to. erect a fence around the nurses' quarters at tho Trentham-Mili-tary Hospital was . discussed, and Mr. Young stated that an estimate of «£75 for a brash fence had been given. Upon going furthor into tho matter, it was decided that a brush fenco wns unsuitable for the purpose, and another estimate for a different kind of fonce, to cost about JCIOO, was given. It was considered by the meeting, however, that this was rathe* much for what would bo after all but a temporary fence, and Mr Kinneburgh w*s deputed to deal with the matter and see what further could be done. Correspondence was read dealing with the use to which' the motor-car provided for the military patients at the Gonville Convalescent Home should be put. now that tbe home was disbanded. The Wanganui and Waitotara Patriotic Committee was anxious that it should be retained for the benefit of soldlor patients,, and proposed that it should be ■sent to 6omo ; other homo for soldiers, preferably the sanatorium at Waipuhurau. After some discussion the committeo agreed to the suggestion.

The chairman gave a report on several matters that had been dealt with at the Dominion' Bed Cross Conference held in Christchurch recently, including one or two important remits, and th*B alterations made in the constitution of the society. A letter was received from the Wanganui and Waitotara Patriotic Society asking for the executive's agreement, subject to tho Minister's consent, to the transfer of tho sum of £181 Bs. 7d. (at present standing to the executive's credit in the books of the Wanganui and Waitotara Patriotic Society), to the Sick and Wounded Soldiors' Fund of the laltef organisation, The socrotary pointed out in the course of his letter that in tho past his committee had frequently spent its own monoy in certain directions without asking for the assistance of societies whose, funds were more particularly raised to meet such expenditure. In this connection tho Sick and Wounded Soldiers'' Fund had been charged with over' ,£I2OO for disbursement on hospital comforts and for maintenance of tho Soldiers' Convalescent Homo at Gonvillo. In view of this, and also of the fact that the association had been an agency for tho collection of over JG7.150 for the Bed Cross, it was felt that the request was by no means an unreasonable one. After discussion the following resolution was passod by the committee; "That if it is made clear that tho monoy was required for Hied Cross purposes for sick and wounded soldiers, and not for general patriotic purposes, the mniter would be further considered by the Wellington Committee, and that tho secretary of the Wanganui and Waitotara Patriotic Society _be requested to supply furthor information specifying tho purposes to which it wns proposed to apply this monoy.

A report covering the activities of the Mastorton Bed Cross Society was read, and a request for JJISO was acceded to. The final balance-sheet of the Bed Cross notivities in connection with the Featherston Military Ho?riital was read, showing a balance in hand of -=ClO3 18s. 6d., which would. %o to tho fad CrA«s general fund.