WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OP INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEA& (By luqqes.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. A. Lew and Miss Ilae Levy left by the Mocraki for Australia yesterday. The 'engagement is announced of Miss Rae Levy, voiuigest daughter of Mrs. A. Lew «nil the late Mr. A. Levy, to Mr. David 'Jlorkham, of Auckland, late of Wellington. Tlie Hon. C. J. Parr and Mrs. l'arr atid family will occupy the Ministerial residence lii* Molesworth Stieet, and will probably arrive at the end of next week. Airs, and Hiss Peat left on Thursday to take tip their residence in Wanganui. Mrs Monteith, Nahr, and Miss Monteitli, arrived from Christchurch yesterday morning mul will bo in Wellington during race week. • The wedding took place in St. Mat- ' thew's Church, Masterton, on Wednesday morning of Miss Ilnyno Kin#, Eecond (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. king, of Lansdowne, to Mr. Harry Skeen, third eon of Mrs. and the late Mr. Ben Skeen, of Auckland! The Rev. John Walker, M.A., performed the ceremony, and Mrs. F. J. Hitnn played the "Wedding March. ' The bride,- who was given away by her father, wore a gown of . white georgette embroidered with pearls and silver tissue, ■>nd her vail arranged in mob cap fashion and ornamented with pearls, was fastened with orange blossoms. Sho earned a shower bouquet of white lilies and orchids, with, touches of pink, and maidenhair fern. The Misses Doris (chief) and Olive King attended their sister. The former wore a frock of maize crepe de chine, with overdress of georgette, and roorsuW trimmed with gold tissue, and the latter: a frock of! cornflower blue crepe de thine, -with georgette overdress, interlaced with'velvet ribiiou. Both wore silk net veils -to match their frocks, and carried bouquets to harmonise. Mr. E. P. Luldell of Hawera, "was best man, and Mr. C. H. Backhouse, of Brooklyn, .Wellington, groomsman, A reception was afterwards held at bite Municipal Hall, where the bride's mother, wearing a navy braided costume, with black panne hat, received a large number of guests. Hie bride travelled in a fawn cloth costume, with hat wreathed with electric blue feathers. Their home will be m Auckland.

The marriage took place at St. 3 Church, Merivale. Christchurch. 011 Weilnesduy, of Miss Margaret Thazer Wood, second daughter, of Mr. and Charles, Wood,'"Christchurch, to Mr. J). S. Mur-: r.hison, Lake Coleridge, son of Mr. Mrs James Mnrehison. Ihe bride, who was'given away 'by her father, wo™, 1 * gown of ivory moire, and n long train, lined with lemon-cotomod "eorgette. from a coronet of gold os fell,n cream, tulle veil, and her boumiet was of cream and lemon flowers, uhss Rosamund Wood attended her sister 'is bridesmaid, and woro a lemon-coloured georgette frock,"draped ed : georgette, and n black Bilk hat. >Ic bouquet was of autumn shades. l«o little girls, Bntbara Brnce (cousin of .i.e bride) and Joan Murchison (niece of t„o bridegroom), were also ,n both wore lemon, georgette frock«, wiui wide flame-coloured sashes, _ani dlancU the same shade in their lmir. They car ried baskets of autumn ta»c». Mr. Jota Murchison was best man. A w-is afterwards held at the home of the bride's 1 parents, where- the colour sthenic was the samo as that of the wedding group—lemon and Hame.

Mirrl, Til-ices and tho variation of price fo tt S eoods in different shops in Dunediri; were seriously discussed by » P'uncdin Women's Citizens Assoc-alim, and after several suegestions, inciiidili„ £ for a'boycott,. tho following interim fiuirire s tion was adopted "that a coinmittefbe formed,, and that delegate..from every association of women 111 the city be askel to attend, when ways and. moans of , reducing tho high cost of liung can be discussed."

Mrs. D. Baird has returned to Masterton after spending some weeks at tho seaside.

. A' very old identity of the Ellesniero district' Mrs. George Scott, died at Lceston on* Saturday last, after a lingering" illness. Mrs Scott was borni in Berkshire, England, 74 years ago. In 181.8 she camo out- to New Zealand by tho ship Mermaid (Captain Rose) to join hci biother Mr. Spicer, who had ailived m the colony some time previously, and who resided on the. North Belt, Christchurch. On April 20, 1870, she married Mr. Scott, so that had she lived tneir golden wedding would have been celebrated on the 20ti> of this month.

Mrs. Lord returned to Masterton on Thursday from a -visit, to Wellington. : Mrs., and MisS. Hunter Brown, of \Uiroa.' are leaving, very shortly for iMigland. ' ' ;... .

The news of the death of Mrs, Ful-lerton-Smith (nee. Miss Mary Tate, and daughter of Colonel R. late) bus been received by her relatives in Grevtown. She was born in Greytown, and prior to her marriage was a probationer nurse in the Greytown Hospital. Iter death took place in Taihapo m a private, hospital. .

Y.W.C.A. Notes, , Mrs M'Clny presided at a meeting of - tho Y.AV.C.A. Board o£ Directors, held on Thursday. Reports were read from the finance, lunch, educational, religious wo •!: membership, entertainment anil sins' department committees, snowing tho progressive work that had been done bv tne association during the month. 'On Tuesday night the proposed circle which is to 1» formed for the study of Maori customs will meet in the Y.W.C.A. Buildings, Boulcott Street, when Mr. Hlsdon Best will be in the chair. Any gh-U and young women who are interest' c'l arc asked to enrol at once. Camps are ft feature of Y.W.C.A. activities, and in order that mental, spirit' ual, physical and social faculties nay bo used, organist programmes aro •drawn up. During the Easter holidays ii very successful camp was held at Haywards when twenty-two girls with two of their secretaries attended. Time was given to Bible and association study in tho mornings, and the afternoons were rr'v.-i to healthv out-of-door recreation. The Y.W.C.A. will hold their social to-night at 8 o'clock in the clubroom in Herbert Street. A good programme of rhythmic games and musical items has been arranged by Miss )?av.wood, a ml;, at, the termination of tho j>iO< ccedings supper'will be handed round. Y.W.C.A. Savings Club collectors have visited the factories and workrooms of the city and collected the savings of tho gins employed therein. During the past nonth CI3G was collected and deposited in the Post Office Savings Bank for the girls. The. Y.W.C.A. Savings Club if Tin 0:1 thoroughly business-like line?

.E-aA girl has 11 Par(l 0,1 w!nc ' l t,u ' amount she pays in is entered by the collects. who has a book in which she Cillers the amount, which is then initialled by the girl. By t.lio Savings Cl'lb many girls have saved enough by putting in SmiiM amounts Mich week fur holiday purposes, Christmas gifts, for liolii in tlio iionie. nnd to slfivt a Savings Bank account of their own. The opening nioetiiig of the Y.W.C.A. Literary Circle took place on Monday night, '•.vlien Airs. Corkilt was in the elm.'. It was decided that the subject for this year's work should bo "R. 1,. I'sou and [lis Work." A stencilling and handwork class will begi-i at the Y.W.C.A.. lioutcott Street, on"Tuesday, from ti.oHo 8 p.m. T'tc service at the Y.W.C.A., Herbert f>trcc f , on Sunday will Jake the form oi a "Camp Echo meeting. Miss Tan will lie in IhP chair, nnd sonic of the who were present, at the Easter camp will give their impressions of the : BiM» study and services held whilst at camp All'girls and young women, e.l- I penally those who are strangers lo the cit;. iiro invited to attend and etav to tlio 60 inl hour following.

W.N.R. Residential Nursery. A very well attended meeting was .held in the l'resbyterlan Schoolroom, Kelburn Extension, to consider ii gift sale in aid of the Women's National* Reserve Residential Nursery for the children of sick mothers. Mrs. F. Porter, organising secretary, spoke of the past war work of the Women's Unserve, and of the present needs of women with young children. _ Owing to the great difficulty of obtaining help, mothers with young families were very handicapped, especially during illness. The nursery, _ 137 Owen Street, is being furnished by gifts; later 011 it will be mainly self-supporting. It was stated to be undor a .skilled staff and doctors' supervision, and was thoro tor anyone who required tho help. It is managed by a strong Finance Committee. A cordial vote of l.h'anks was given to Mrs. Porter for her speech, and to the Uev. W. Day for the use of the room. The following committee was formed to work.for a gift sale at the end of MayMesdumes Clarke-Johnson (president), J. C. Andersen (vice-presi-dent), 11. Hardeastlo (hon. secretary and treasurer), Coster, Hood, ilurrell. M'Gowan, Goldsmith, F. liarle, A. P. Webster, C. 11. J. Brown, Bretherton, Grant, Caughley, Noel Johnson, and Miss Buxton, with power to add.' Gifts of pieces of material, silk_ or luce, for .'owing, or produce, pickles, books, old cnina, will be welcomed rnd.;inay lie left with members of committee. Sc-w ing meetings are being hold weekly at Mr.-, Andersen's, 141 Karori Road, or at Mrs. Noel Johnson's house. Mrs. Wol>ster has arranged a girls' day for sewing. Tho wedding took place on Wednesday, April 7, of Miss Dora Andrns, only daughter of tho late Corporal Harry Andrus, N.Z.M.C., and Mm. Andrus, of Hastings, to Mr. Foster Brown, junior, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Brown, of Brooklyn. The Rev. G. W. Dent officiated. -Miss. Cora' Herbert' (cousin of the bride), of Waipuktirau, M'ss Majorie Brow.p, sister of the 'bridegroom, und Miss Millie Townsend, of Hastings, were bridesmaids, and Mr. Reginald Buchanan was best man. The bride was given away by'her brother, Mr.. Kenneth Andrus, of-'. Masterton. The bride woro a i'roclc of wh'te crepe de diene, with ninon panels and sleeves, tripimcd with silver lace. Her veil was fastened with orange blossoms, a.nd she ' carried a shower bouquet of i>ale pink and white roses. The bridesmaids respectively were dressed in frocks of pale blue, pale licliotrope, and pale lemon silk. A. largelyattended reception was afterwards held in tho Masonic Ilall, Brooklyn, followed by a dance.

Apple Day Committee . Meeting. A meeting of the Apple Day Committee "which. is I 'engaged in organising a street appeal in aid of the Citizens Day nurseries, w<\t> held in the Mayoress 8 roo'n of'the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Colonel Mitchell, M.P., presided. A letter was read from' the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. W. P. Massey) oppressing sympathy with the movement: and enclosing a cheque for Jills. 0:i behalf of her sub-committee Mrs. A. Gray (lion, secretary) reported upon various arrangements that had .been made and promises of help that had been secured. Mr. W. Fuller had promised to provide a concert party for touring' tho streets; apple blossoms for decorative purposes were to be made by the assistants in Kirkcaldio ,and Stains, and also by tho pupils of the Girls' High School; HL'-. Herbert Price was arranging for the printing of 5000 coupons;-Messrs. A. ft. Paterson for the printing of 200 order books. The Manager- of the Bank of New Zealand (Lambton Quay and Willis Street corner* had been .written to asking for permission to placaTd the bank with Apple Day .advertisements; and Messrs. Hanna and lung. had been interviewed re adM.tising.Peters. • Mrs. James Hannah reported that-, the D.I.C. had promised; a. window-, for Apple Dav decorative effects' "for Wednesday, Thvrsdav and Ffidiiy, * and Kirkealdie and Stains for Thursday and Friday. She also hoped to securo a window in Cuba Street. She suggested that arrangement's bo made for sellers of order-boora to take np their-stand in front ot tne windows in turn for a short time each ] Mr. Fox reported that the Publi o Works Department could provide for ei"ht stalls, and after some diswission it was decided to arrange from other sources for two more stalls. Hie follow - in" ladies consented to take charge ot the stalls; Kirkcaldio and Stains stand, Mrs. Leicester for the executive; Jv Jbuvn Avenus, Mrs. Batten, Mrs. C. Wilson and Mrs. Spotleswood; Bank of New Zealand corner,, the Coitimorcial Iravellers' Association; Boulcott Stieet coiner, Nurse Everitt; Winder si corner, Mrs. Brico; Mee's corner, Mrs. H. Crawford; Conrtenay Place, Mrs. Levvey and Mrs, Spiers; Hotel Cecil, Mrs. A. Gray; Post Office Mrs. W. Luke; Newtown (corner of Riddiford Street), still to be arranged for. Mrs. C. Richardson B.suggestion of a dag collection at the lost Office was'adopted. The prousion of. assistants for. those 111 charge of -the was .'discussed at a nieetin o of stallholders which was held later on in the afternoon. Offers to take up their stan Is each for two hours in front of tlio decorated windows with order books for apples wore received from Mis. 101 (l * hnm, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. W. Luke, Spotceswood, and others, and it is hoped fo get further volunteers for the woik. It was decided that stallholders should 1,9 at their stands at lialf-nast eight mi Friday morning. The matter of P™™ 1 ' in" -for permits, : armlet:*, Bay S'.oui helpers, etc., was left to a Bub-comniit-tee to arrange. The central ° tho day of the sale will be at Wright, Stephenson's offices. Mrs. Leicester staled tint arrangements had ten made i<r some boys to act as sandwich men. Decornt.'il with poster lioarda they would narado the town. Mr.' Fox stated that to date 800 eases of apples had been delivered and 25 were now on order.