SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 151, 22 March 1920, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

. Miss Nance Drummond has returned to Cliristchurcli:: • '

Miss Bicknell is visiting the Southern Lakes.

Misa Belle Vnllnncn (Masterton) is stavine witii Mrs. Rishwovth at Pliinmerton.

Miss Vallnnce (Masterton) and Mrs. S; Ilarcourt are visiting Egmont, and later they go to Wanganui.

Mrs. Coleman has returned to Napier from a visit to Wellington.

Mrs, Hayward is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leahy, Napier, ■

Mrs." Etl Williams (Lowry Bay) and her sister, Miss Zona Vallanco (Masterton) have returned from a visit to Mf/int Cook.

Cambridge has deplored the deati of a woman scholar of wido fame in Ifrs. -Margaret Dunlop Gibson, who, with her": sister, Mrs. Agnes "Lewis, had {jj'esided at Cambridge, for many ' years, Tind. shown much interest in literary and religious work. Mrs. Gibson and Mrs. Lewis achieved fame through their Syrian MSS. discoveries, and in 189G brought to England the first leaf of the Hebrew Ecelesiasticus. Mrs. Gibson was an Hon. D.D. of Heidelberg, an LL.D. (of' St. Andrews (she was the daughter of .an Ayrshire solicitor), and Hon. Litt.D. of Dublin. The twin sisters were founders, of Westminster College; Cambridge, for which they gate the site and part of the..endowment. Tho. St.-Andrews doctors cap a!nd hood, were placed oh, the' coffin at the funeral.

A Press Association cable-message from London states that .Captain Robert Brassay was married. .to Lady Dalmeny, before tho Registrar at Chipping Norton, at 8.15 iii the morning.

Cabled advice litis 'been received to the. effect that Miss .Tean Forsyth (daughter of Mr. Thomas Forsyth, chairman of the' 'Wellington. Education Board); has •'qualified".for her B.A. degree. ■ Miss-For-syth ■is • on. the. teaching staff of the Clyde Quay. Sclkol.

' Miss llelen Gard'ncr, the. teaclipr,- 'of and ctociition, has'been_ unfortunate, since her advent in Wellington from Dunedin." Sliu-experienced initial difficulty in securing a studio, and having obtnincci a room. she had just finished furnishing it to her taste wjien the lire of Inst week spoilt every thins. On Thursday last she called in nt the ■ Atlas Insurance Company to arrange with Mr. E. B. Vance (whoni she knew intimately in conncct'on with the .Amateur Operatic Company) for the cover of her furniture, hut as Mr. Vance happened (o be out that cover was not effected. That night the fire broke out.

Mrs. R. W. T)aMon, who has been in 13n?lnnd with her husband- for the last twelve' months, returned to '.YeUingtflii yesterday. . Captain Bnyncs,_who has come from J!'><*!aml I? act as-awhnt io lI.M. Trade Con.mivsioner, and Mrs ' Waynes, have also .arrived in Wellington.

The first of Miss. Borlasc's winter assemblies was h?ld' in the Goring Street Hall on Saturdnv. evening, and was a great success. An unusual'amount of interest has attached itself to this dance owinir to the fact that ,the hall in which thesft assemblies are to be liskl has been, and is still, undergoing renovation throughout, and' naturally overyoue was anxious to seo what it was like. Although, thrwork is by no means-finished, a' ureat transformation'has Men effected, and wheii finished the hnll should be charming. . It is also to be used as a club cabaret in between the times that Miss Eorlase will be using it, The walls of tho main room have been darkened, and, are now mahogany iu colour, through which shows attaint treceryot dark crimson. V A vividly ''contrasting note is given by the design of pillars, Egyptian in character, with which the walls Arc ..patterned at. regular'-intervals; and the Blaise lias been renovated and turned-into a kind of ante-room, fronted with a trellis work, which gives it something of the appearance of a spnnerliouse. The supper-room has been carried out in whice and pink, the walls 'bt.ing white and the windows draped with Dink curtains. Probably it is in connection with the kitchen that the

trentest and 1 most'appreciated improvements have boon brought' about. ■ The dancers on Saturday night were very npDreciiitivo of the changes made, the only drawback lseinsr that for such' popular dances, the hall is-rather small. Miss Borlase, was in charge of the arrange-, ments. and assisting her was a committee, comprising the Misses Brice, Coull, Matthews, Alison, Stott, 13. Ear!e, E. Smith. V. Staples, Mead, Edna Hawkins, 'ami S. B. Davys, Murdoch, E. Beeves, and. H. Rout. ; Women's Aviation School. In dull, windy, weather, an aviation school for» women was opened recently by the .Eastbourne Aviation Company, states a London exchange. ' Many applications for instruction had been received, and rt number of pupils took their first tlighw. The instructors are Major F. 33. Fowler, A.F.C., and Lieutenant A. G. Loton, both of whom saw considerable service in the K.A.F. during the war, and passed the'Gosport course for instructors. The tuition for wotnon is to consist of a preliminary 'training to '.qualify for the Ail' Ministry' 2)ilot certificate, and advanced instruction to qualify' for the Air Ministry pilot's flying certificate. New World Morals. There was some straight speaking by Mr; AY. L. Gc'orgc, the well-known publicist, at a Lengue of Youth meeting >'ecently, state? a London exchange. Speaking on morals and tho New World, he (aid tho best definition of morality was that it was tile quest 61' the most agreeable. 'Teople do not like lying, cheating, or forging." Crime went in waves; th» more crime there was, the more there would be. "Theft," Ito added, "is largely a matter of example, and is a,result of conditions bound up in the capitalist State. There is every evidence to-day that if you want money, you do not earn it. ' You have to 'bug' it. It doesn't matter whether it is done with 'jemmies' or with shares. It is absolutely futile to go on treating murderers and thieves as we do. AVe have tried .everything, from branding with hot irons to breaking on the wheel, but it still goes on. Alf punishment, is buncombe. AVe must not look at it a? a question of good and evil, but of sick and well." Speaking on the sex question', Mr. George said there va's ijo increase in irregular unions nor in nriistitulion in the New World. There was simply.more exposure' and more shn.-*--lessness. At the time the last ipcdical officer's report was thcr-r were 20,005 people in London-living five ill a ;room. ,'J'he li'ving-in. system was also responsible, arid the centre of the whble ' question, was in wages. Women's National Reserve. The 'ITataitai Branch held its annual meeting oil Friday afternoon.. Mrs. IF. K. Searle was electcd president, Mrs. Fortune secretary. Both arc well supported by an experienced committee. Mention was made of the excellent work done under the leadership of Mcsdames Bowling and Kidding (Iwt.h have had to resign for lirelth reasons j. Mrs. Porter (hon. organiser) was present, and spoke upon the various activities of tho reserve. The committee will meet almost immediately, and decide upon what work they will l.ik" up as a branch. Hearty votes of thanks were parsed lo Me.-;l:imes Fortune and Se.irle for conven'ng and making all <UTo»gemenl.-i' for the annual meeting. ' ' .