WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 201, 20 May 1920, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

An engagement of interest,' particularly to residents of South Canterbury, concerns Mr. Norman Hope, "Graulpions," Mackenzie Country, son of Mr. Arthur; Hope, of Gleuiti, to Miss Esther Barker, elder daughter of Mr. Jim Barker, Woodbury . (Btates the Christchuruii'"Press"). ; Tho wedding took -placo yesterday morning in St. Paul's Pro-Catiicdral of Mr. Ralph Skipwilh, of Mel wood, Dannevirke. son of the late Mr. P. G. Skip-' with, of Lincolnshire,. England, and Mrs. Skipwith, to Mrs. Stanley Humo. (n'eo Miss Knight), of Ntwburv, Pal-, morston'-North. • The Ven. Archdeacon Johnson officiated. ;■ Mr. G. P. Hull was beat man. Mrs. T. Knight, mother' of tho bride, was in town to attend the marriage, also Mr. and Mrs. W. Knight. Owing to a recent bereavement in ,th'e family the, wedding was a very .quiet on- 1 ., and later Mr. arid Mrs. Skipwith.' left for Wanganui. . .'.

Miss Bella" Watson, of Port Chalmefaj who'was a V.A.D. nurse at Walton-on> Thames during the war, is returning to England by the Tain^ii.

Miss Nellie Simpson, the talented flautist -who was here with the Come Lanceley Concert' Party, has . arrived from Sydney to become a permanentmember of the' King's Theatre Orchestra. ' ' ■:'' .■ .' '

"If you have a good nurse, don't kill".: her," was .Nurse Maude's advice to : members of the Council of Churches on •' Moridar night (states the Christchurcli '•• "Sun")- "The hospital kill their '•> nurses," she added, "and don't know ' how to look after them properly. -\ T would like the members of hospital boards to work .in; the wards; it would soon knock them out." Nurse Maude went on to say that the nurses only- „ got a, half-hour or so off usually, no days off. /.She knew of two jiurses who went 1 for a week's holiday .-. to New : .-' Brighton, and .wont to bed for tlieiwhole tiino in order to secure a. rest Sho would like the Council of Churches to take the matter up some day. hoped there was a member of the Hospital Board there that evening. The boards should take more care of their nurses, for the latter would then do better work. . . Mt; Frank Johnstone, the Wellington 'cellist, and his .wife, do not intend leaving for Melbourne (where they are , ;to .reside) until July. .■ ■ Mrs. J. J. M'Grath, of Oriental Bar. returned to Wellington by the Moerakl • after an extended'holiday-visit to Australia. '' ;' ".. .'.■■•'■ , In the report of the Household Orderly - Association's meeting held on Tuesday, af-, ternoon an error occurred in stating that • Mr. S. Kirkcaldie was one of the business advisers to the association.. .It wag hoped that'he would be one, and after the meeting he was to be approached on the matter; • '..''.. Many, matters of interest were discuss- - ed at a meeting of the Exeoutive Com- . mitteeof the Victoria League, which was held in a committee room of the Town , Hall on Tuesday. Mrs. Luke presided, :■ and gave a brief and interesting account of the recent conference in Auckland, and. stated that the league branches through- \- out the Dominion had presented a com- ■/, bined address to His Eoyal Highness the : . Prince of Wales when in Duncdin. It ; was decided to offer a farewell token to Her Excellency the of Xiverpoolon the occasion of the citizens' farewell to Their Excellencies. The resignation of Mrs. George, Shand, owing to her husband's transference to Auckland, was accepted with great regret. .A. further... meeting mil be hold before the winter conversazione which the league, intends .to hold. -, Wedding-at Havelpck North. ■.■•■; tcok'-'place in St; ba's'' : Presbyterian ' Church, Havelock L ; North, of Miss Eva Marguerite Couper, • daughter of Mr.'and' Mrs; W. A. Couper, ■ of "Waihotca," Havelock North, and Dr. Alnister Whyte, son of the late fiev. A. Why to, a former minister of the church, ; and-Mrs: Whyte, of Port'Chalmers. Tho church had been very prettily decorated •" for the ceremony, and'many friends were present to witness it. Tho Rev. E, Waugh officiated and Mrs. Hill played appropriate music. The bride, who wa-s given away by her father, wore a gown of white, georgette , over pink draped Iwitli French point lace and made with a train of brocaded georgette mounted upon gold tissue, with., veil, and- orange blossoms. She earned ■ a bouquet of white roses and chrysanthemums with maidenhair fern' fasten-; ■ ed wit-i brocaded ribbon tipped with'--tiny posies The bridesmaids were tho Miss-s Marjorie Courier, Edna Lewis, -' . Peggy- White, and Ella Cooper,- who all wore' frocks of nink silk net and black ' panne hats. There were also in attendance Miss Hilary Couper and little Pat Donnelly. , The bridesmaids all carried bouquets of pink and win to roses, carnations, and chrysanthemums. Mr. David Whyte was best man and- > the groomsmen Mr. Claude Donnelly, Mr. Guy Lewis, and Dr. Gilray. -A.reception was subsequently held at Waihotea"'bv Mr. and Mrs. Couper, a largo .- , numbe' of guests' being prisent. Mrs. ■ Couper wore-a gown of mole charmeuso : wit,V picture hat to match, and Mrs. Whyto (the bridegroom's mother), was in black satin and georgette with sable, furs and French toque trimmed with ostrich feathers. Mrs. Eochfort wore, a aaxo blue taffetas frock-with . black '■ velvet hat trimmed with bluo'ostrichfeathers: Miss Couper,, brown silk taffetas and georgette with biscuit colour-,,, ■ed hat| Miss Isabel: Couper, ]ado coloured crepe de chine with black hat ' crinvmul with, ostrich v . feathers; Mrs* MacLennani Wedgwood.-bluo costume . witii hat to match; Mrs. Mackenzie, black brocaded satin with toque .to ' match: Mrs. De Castro, frock of mole charnieusfc and georgette and feathered , toque; Miss Mackenzie. Gordon (Dun-., cdin), vioux rose bengaline silk : witn black toque touched with pink; 'Dr. ■ Marion Whyte. 'grey silk trimmed with, ostrich feathers and black panne hat;. ■Mrs.' Lewis (Masterton), navy blue costume with black velvet hat; Mrs. 11. Al. - Campbell, black taffetas silk with black -picture hat. . The bride travelled in a ■ Fawn gabardine costume with tanefisfttrblue hat trimmed with fawn leathers. . > Daisy Kennedy's Bad Lutk. I Mh>s Daisy Kennedy, the brilliant., youas violinist,' must lw counted. I amongit .the unlucky ones. Her Austra-: '■ liaa tocr'was cut-short suddenly en her return from New Zealand in March by. ; an illness that necessitated ~'immediate.. • operation. She was an mmato of-Mo-- ': long- Private Hospital for' five weeks.--. Miss Kennedy is now staying at Manly,. • recuperating, and from there ;scnds a pathotio little message. She m'^Z. " ''Mv cup of sorrow was full, when Mr.-. : Tait wroto from Melbourne, saying that. mV Melbourne recitals, which wore con-; •: celled at 24 hours' notice, promiseero- ■ cord attendauoes, and, that he had re. ceiV'd hundreds of letters from disappointed people who had been looking forward to hearing me. On top of this, nvv doctor told mo that it would be several months before I could piny - again, and-1 «as looking forward in. Kiving concerts in conjunction with my s husband, M. Moiseiwitsch, who will ar- • a rive from America by the. Ventura , on ■ Tuesday. Unless. I make a metcono l roturn to health and strength,. I anp afraid they will have to bo postponed ,'for another tour, as L must Return, to. America with him in September next. .