SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 205, 25 May 1920, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

E- W. Gibbes has returned ■to Wellington fiom a visit to Diinedin. Mi's. Henry Wood 'Auckland) and Mrs, ir n? are s,i| yi»K with their mother, Mrs. St. George, Slasterton. Mrs. Halse, who has been staying with relative in .Mntferton, returned to Wellington last night. ■ Nurse I. Allen, of the Trentham Military Hospital V.A.D, staff, has gono on sick leave. A very pleasant .dance was given at Lynll Bay on Saturday night. The chaperons were Mesdames Evans and Holdings, and the committee comprised Misses Evans. Hollings, Townsend, and iVright. The supper tabic ww Arranged with Yellow chrysanthemums and maidenhair fern, and the hall decorated with coloured streamers,- with shades to match over the lights. Extras wero played bv Alefisre. Baker and Mackay. Mw. B. Tate returned to Wellington last evening from a visit to tho Wairarapa, An; interesting engagement in theatrical circles ,iust announced is that of Mi?s V lolet M. Harris, daughter of the lie v. and Mrs. M. Bawden-Harris, Levin. and , "resent musical directress of tho Kate Howardu " 'l'ossura Paddock" Company, to Mr. Kingston Hewitt, late of Knißston-on-Hull, England, stage director of the Allan Wilkie Company. Mrs, Cecil Hickson. of Feilding, is on a visit to Mr. and Mrs, Hurley. Dr. Ada Paterson is visiting Marlborough. ' The engagement is announced of Miss Margaret Nancy Knigblt, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Portal Knight, of Papamoa, Bay of Plenty, to Mr. P. Hu ton Webber, eldest son of Mr. H. P. Webber, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, At last night's annual meeting ;of the Wellington branch of the Women's National Council .Lady Stout said'that she thought it would be but fitting .that such, a meeting of women should fipress its deep regret at the death of Mrs. Kineti ? nr Mrs. Parkes" hud spent herself for the cause of-women, and at the last she died very siiddenlv of heart failure. She was of the opinion that ier untimely "death had been hastened by those arduous years she had spent working for the franchise for women. Mrs. Parkes had ber,n a member of the Women's Tax Resistance League, and her work for women suffrage, although she was . not a militant, was outstanding. Here in New Zealand she had done much for women, especially in regard to tem-. pernnce ivork. and she had always been ready to give her services in tny way that would be of benefit to women. Lady Stout told her hearers that Mrs. KinctonParkes had left two 'eons, one of whom, Major,Parkes, had seen service*in, Egypt and elsewhere. Her'second son lmd been in camp, at Trontham, and had done snlendid work during "he influenza epidemic. She moved that they place on recpi'd their deep regret nt the death of Mrs. Parkes, and also that n vote of sympathy fee passed to her sons in their loss. The motion was'carried, tiiie meeting standing in silence for a few moments.

Mr. and- Mns. J. Blyt'h, of ;Sydney, were among the passengers by the Ujiniiirou yesterday. . Mrs. W. Toogood, who, is the head of ono of the best-known' family circles in the Featherston district, is about to sever her residential connection with the locality. On June 8 she will bo entertained by the citizens. V :

Farowell to Governor-General and Lady Liverpool. ' The civic, farewell "at home" to the Governor-General and tlio Countess of Liverpool has been fixed to take- placc in the Town Hall at S p.m. on Monday, .Tune 21. The Mayor in pspr-rißlly inviting the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon.W. P. Mnssev) and Mr. W. D. S; M'acdona'.d (Leader of the Opposition). Trentham Military Hospital.On Monday week several patients from tlio Treiitham Military Hospital were the guests of Imdy Bell. On Wednesday a party paid a very interesting visit to the power-house at Wollinu'tonr A band concert was also Riven that' day by tlio Salvation Army. On • Tuesday, Mr. Perry's party of 'boxers', consisting of the two Urens and Vo!ajrc, gave an' exhibition for the "blue boys."' . On Thursday the staff and patients aawe a very enjoyable concert. The first part consisted of recitals and songs. The 'second part of the evening was taken mi' with a farce. "The Bath Rcoih Door," in which the princioal parts were taken by Mrs. Young and Major Benhnm; On Fridav drives were arranged bv the Tied Crass and Salvation Army.' On Saturday there was an entertainment in the Bed Cross Club. The following <?ifts are acknowledged with thanks:—Wellington Red. Cross, daily papers, fish, cake, chicken, salads,.' frait, flowera, comforts, smokes, etc., and ward visiting; Salvation Armv. fruit, cake, sweats, salads, and-ward visiting; Hawera Red. Cross; flannel, etc.; Mrs. Redd; games; Mrs. B. Clark, books; and Mrs. Moorhoiise, lamb, kidneys, and oysters.

Women Jurors. The announcement that womeji are to bo Kiimmoried as jurors in the high courts caused a flutter of excitement among the recently. franchised—and even in the . courts, says an English writer. It is unlikely (hat women will make their appearance until September,' after the long vacation, "In certain boroughs, where the burgess list is also the jury list, women's names, of course, already appear," «aid' a high legal authority,' "but they Ciinnot be called until the laws for. empanelling juries have been reconstructed.' In the meantime there is much speculation among women ns to who will be called and in what cases. So far no indication has been made to the un-der-sheriff of the county of London, who draws up the lists, or the clerks of the . courts. "Possibly," said an official at tho Central Criminal Court, "women will onlv be called in 'cases where ono of the parties has applied to the Judge for the case to ba heard before women. It is unlikely that juries will be composed entirely of women, but wo shall probab'.v find that the lists for each case will includo the names of two women." The Training of the Adolescent.., At the Wellington Secondary Teachers' I Conference the following remits were, brought forward by Miss Coad, M.A. 1. That questions on civics be included in the history paper for matriculation, 2. I That a syllabus in civics be drawnup | suitable for .V and VI fornjs. 3. That the Education Department b; asked to recommend or to publish a suitably up-to-date book on civics for use in lll;.and IV forms in New Zealand secondary schools, ' , i . The mover stated that at present civics; can be dropped in the third year m jsecoadary schools. In . view of, .jiresentrday national needs, this, sVk> held, should'not I)" so. The. secondary school syllabus should be brought in this resprct into line with national needs. Tho, national need was for the cultivation of'a stronger,, spirit of citizenship, and of co-operation.-Tbiis civic spirit was not as strong as it should be for the safety of tho commun-

ity. Education had been mentioned as tlib cure for industrial unrest, but .'any education would not effect this. Education must be of the right kind—the kind that satisfies the awakening of social instincts of Ihe adole6c«jt. On the . see-' ondary school lay the heavy responsiWl-' ity of meeting this crying national need in the shape of a woli-designed curriculum. , ... , Civics, more .than-.any other subject, states Misc Goad.five the desired training and presented the right point of view. Therefore i nour gi;eat respect for French, mathematics, and science, tvhich did not give this civic training, let us not. de. spise civics. • TJna resolution was wrrM.

M its Royden's Farewell. Preaching her farewell eermon to £ crowded congregation, Miss Maude Koyden,' who is leaving the City. Temple to enter upon a wider sphere of evangelical' work, said that theology was far behind; ,the advance of our minds in other directions,: To bring it into some fecit of relation with .tilings that we all believed teemed (o a great many people accustomed to the old phrases and ideas to bo something outrageous, but until we had' learnt tu interpret our Christianity in the terms of our own generations there would alwa.YS'be a feeling of dislocation between religion and lil'e. "If," added) Miss Koyden, "you think that there has been anything audacious in what I have said in this church it has teen because I. have found in the very heart of organised religion a habit of insincerity which horrifies me."