SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Mrs. Statham (Dunedin) arrived from the south earlier in the week,
The engagement is announced of Miss Dorothy Devonshire, fourth daughter of the late Mr. J. Devonshire and Mrs. E. M. Dovonshire, of Otaki, to Mr. George King, of Te Horo.
The wedding was celebrated at the Lower Hutt iLctbodist Church oil Wednesday of Miss Violet Haselwocd, oldest daughter of Mr. tuul Mw. W, lldzelwood, of Lower Hutt, to Mr. A. W. Nash, eldeat son of Mr. and Mrs. Nash, of Karori. Tho bride, who was given away by her father,, wore a frock of cream georgette, trimmed with pearls, and veil and orange blossoms. Shu carried a beautiful bouquet of white orchids, maidenhair and asparagus fern, Mies Jessio UaaeJwood attended her sister as bridesmaid, and worse a frcck of pink crepe de chine and black hat trimmed with golden sprays.. Her bouquet was of pink ruses and maidenhair forn. Mr. T. G. Nash (brother of tho bride) attended as best man. A reception was held at the home of the bride s parents, about 50 guests being present.
Among recent arrivals in tlie Dominion is Major W. K. Carew, Mb. Carew, and family. Dr. Carew saw five years' service during the war, and was twice mentioned in dispatohes. For a number of years he was officer and surgeon commanding Dublin Castle War Hospital. Dr. Carew and his family have taken up their residence permanently ut New Lynn.
There have been some remarkable new productions at the theatres (states the Vienna correspondent of the 'Observer"). A' triple bill at the "Kehaie* Banco Stage" included'an original 6atinc one-act play by the Hussinn author, Nicolai Nicolaievitch Evreinoff, "Tho Side-Scenes of the Soul," which takes place in the inner parts of a living man, and Bhws on the stage not only tho ribs and spine, but the pulsating heart and tho veins and sinews. The heart is seen in <i flickering red light and is transparent. The strings of a gigantic harp symbolise tho nerves. The chief characters of this playlet are 'sober reason" and "feeling, who are continually at war, and receive their telephonic directions from "the bruins." They represent two "I's" ("Selves"), but the author tells us there is a third I," "the immortal soul," that awaits waking up. The plot is as strange as the whole conception. This little play was performed hundreds of times in Bolshevist Petrograd.
Mir. Thomas E, Vile, eon of the late Mr. Job Vile, formerly of Mastertou, was married at Wellington on Wednesday to Miss Alma Eobeck, welMcnown in musical circles in this city. The ceremony was performed by Archdeacon Watson in St. Peter's Church, in the presence of a large number.of relatives nnd friends. Miss Eobeck, a sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid. At the conclusion of the ceremony, about titty guests were entertained at breakfast at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Itichards, or Ohiro Road.
An enjovable evening was spent at St. Joseph's Home for Incurables, Bucklc Street,' on Wednesday, when a concert was given to the inmates under the auspices of St. Joseph's Branch of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Contributing to the programme were Mr. P. Jobson, Miss M. Avling, Mr. Norman Aitken, Mr Hanlon, Mre. Kerrigan, Miss C. Corby, the Misses O'Brien, Mre. Grant, Miss Ellis, and Mr. Kelly. There were present: Mesdames Ellis, Gleeson, Dwyer, O'Harty, Hanlon, Condon, Miss Condon, Miss Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Grant, Mr. nnd Mre. hawcet, Fathers Bawe and Dohorty, Messrs. 1. Hvland, Clancy, J. Heapy, B. S. Dwyer, and C. Dillon. At the close of the concert supper, whieh had been donated by some of the Cadies of tho parish, was handed around. It is intended to give nnotber concert next month.
Mr. 0. T.'J. Alpers, of Christchurcli, who is in Wellington for the sittings of the Court of Appeal, is staying at the Midland Hotel. Mrs. A'.pcrs is accompanying him.
A quiet wedding was celebrated by the Rev. W. Shirer at St. James's Church, Wellington, on Monday, when Miss Mary Batie, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 'W. Batie, "Hillside,' Lower Hutt, was married to Mr. H. F. Berkett, second son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Berkett, of Hope, Nelson. The bride was given away by her fother, and was attended by her sister, Miss Annie Batie, as bridesmaid. Mr. Allen Berkett' (brother of the bridegroom) was best man. Later Mr. and Mrs. Berkott left for Nelson.
The monthly meeting of the Convalescent Home was held at Mrs. W. Young's on Wednesday. Present were Mesdnines Moorhouse (in tho chair), A. E. Pearce, W. Nathan; Litchfield, H. Kirkcnldie, Watkins, J. Joseph, W. Young, and Miss Harcourt (lion, treasurer). Accounts were.passed for payment. The matron reported thirteen patients admitted and eleven discharged during the month.
Tlu Civic League in Auckland has forwarded to tho local bodies concerned a protest against the exclusion of pushcarts from the trams, and earnestly requests thoir. influence in an endeavour to obtain for the mothers of.young children the great boon of having their folded push-carts carried on the trams. Tho sight of young mothers carrying a heavy baby on one arm, with other parcels to mind, and often a toddler of two or three years to be held with tho other hand, can daily be seen. ' This is positively cruel to women, and stamps the tramway management «s non-progressive. Tho league considers it is quite useless te talk about the birth-rate being improved whilst mothers with young children are treated as though they were a publio nuisance.
Dr. A. H. Green, son of Mr. Henry GreOn, of Worcester Street, Christchurch, is about to return to New Zealand, accompanied by his wife end little daughter. Dr. Green was in Enghnd when war was declared, and went to France nt oneo on war service. After a year there he went to Salonika, and remained there with the R.A.M.O. until a short time before the armistice. Dr. Green has received several decorations, including the French firoix de Gnerre. Prior to leaving for New Zealand by tho Enahine, he wan nn tlm staff of the military hospital nt Bath. A Hockey Dance, A very well attended and thoroughly successful dance was) held by tho Ramblers' Ladies' Hockey Club last evening (thefr annual dance)'in St Poter'sSchoolroom. Tho decorations wcro particularly effective and were carried out principally with flags, lycopodium, and quantities of foliage. A yellow friozo of drapery formed an excellent background for largo sprays and branches of foliage, and from a control, point ropes of lycopodium, starred with flowers, were carried to the walls of tho rooms. Hockey clubs and shields in the club colours formed part of the docoralivo scheme and trellis-work stands, massed with flowers and lycopodium, added greatly to tho general effect. Hydrangeas and other flowers decorated the stage, which was also draped with flags. Mr. "Williams's orchestra. proTided the music for tho dancing. The ohnperons for the evening wcro Mesdames Griffin, Simon and Williams. Mts. Watt, who, before hor marriage had been tho club's secretary for some years, and ft keen hockey enthusiast, was also present. The committee in charge of the arrangements woB formed'by the Misses Pickering, Giblin, Dick, M'Comish, Lang, Wilkins, Simon, and Messrs. Selm, Tandy, Harris, Moffit, Manning, Edwards, Dovonpott and Griffin. Miss Nolan was hon. secretary for tho dance, and Miss P. Giblin hon. treasurer.
New Zealand Engine"-?' Dane*,
The decorations for die annual ball of No. 4 Field Company, New Zealand Engineers, held in the Concert Chambe* of •_ tho Town Hall last evening, were (juite a feature, and the dance itself wa» a particularly well-arranged one; Pink, black, and yellow were the colours chosen, and.from a largo hoop suspended above the central .gaeolier, and hunjj with black and pink, were carried black, pink, aJld yellow streamers, alternating with ropes of lycOpodium to the sides of the hall, forming a light and very decorative canopy. The tront of the gnf.leiy was hidden with pink drapery, and tho pillars supporting it were'en: tirely concealed with lycopodium starred withcrimson roses. A triangular' frieze of pink drapery decorated tho walls, and the back or the stage was draped with black and yellow curtains. The stage itself had been carpeted and furnished, and tho front decorated with' dwarfed shrubs.' Crimson shaded lights gave a soft and rosy glow to the rconi. Supper was set in the corridor, the tables having been arranged with spring flowers. The chaperons for the occasion were the Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke), Mre, E. D. dough, and Mrs. Miller, The committee responsible for the excellent arrangements of the dance com. prised; Sergeants Ohlson and Eea, Corporals Rice, M'Phersc-n, Weybourue, and Mnley, and Sapper Deavell. Among those who-were present were: Miss Taylor (Christchurcli), Miss Luke, Miss Rico, Miss Miller, Major White, Major Gibbs, D.5.0., Lieuts. Luke, Scott, Chilcott, M.C., Hobbs, all belonging to tho N.Z.E., and Staft-Sergt.-Mojor Clough. fiergt. D. Miller acted as M.C.- for the dance, and Cowley's orchestra supplied the music for the dancing, Q. 11.5. Adams was the secretary. Help the Orphans. The reverend mother and the sister*' of St. Joseph's Convent, Green Street Newtown, assisted by a committeo of indies uuder the direction of Mrs. B. A, Guise, have organised an afternoon at the convent and its pretty grounds at Newtown on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of augmenting tho fund for St. Josoph's Orphanage, Upper Hutt. The function will be Newtown's effort fot the orphanage, which 19 badly in need of funds to" provide food and clothing for the 300 little inmates, many of them being war orphans and children of the influenza victims. The rev. mother i» therefore, anxious that the effort on next Saturday shall be successful, and, extending a hearty invitation to all, assures them a most enjoyable afternoon. It will give many people, also, an. opportunity, ctf seeing the convent and the recent improvements effected thereto, a* it will be the first time that the convent and grounds, have been thrown open to the public. Afternoon tea will ue served, and it is to be hoped that the efforts of the r6\*. mother and her cdmmitte» will be rewarded with success. New Zealand Graves in France. A cry from a Maorilander in France:— The summer of 1920 is practically our last opportunity of identifying the graves of our dead. Those not found then probably never will be. Records are in existence of many, isolated graves, sometimes with exact map reference! and if (as ofton happens) the grave was marked merely with a 6mall piece of wood with the name pencilled on it, our last chance of finding it will vanish with the Bummer. .-■-.-. ■ Thcro are about 2000 cemeteries, and l it ie quite impossible for the majority of them to bo in good, order within a year. In one tliere lie over 1000 Maonlnnd dead. It is clay ground, sunken, in parts, desolnlte and bleak.. Time will remedy this, and loving, hands ' from overseas; but thoso who make early' visits must he prepared to find many graves .untended. The responsibility rests with our own people, who have done, little or nothing, not with tho British authorities, who have struggled with" an almost 'superhuman task. The Canadians and Australians did a small amount nf thoir own exhumation work; the Maori'.ntulers nothing nt all. So the letters "N.Z.' were sometimes misread as "N.F.," for Northumberland Fusiliers, or even Newfoundlanders. Or, again, the first record of tho Maorilander was marked "Arizac, 1 and subsequently "corrected" to Australian, and lalter became A.I.F. And because Maoriland took so little interest in this work, the grave of many a Maorilander will be marked with the pathetio "Unknown,". There are a few Canadian and Australian cemetery caretakers, but no M.L. caretakers at all, so far as I know. There ate ako Australian Memorial Parties engaged in erecting monuments to each Australian division, and Australian cross-makers and paintere.-r (From tho bulletin.") , . American Women's Activities. Speaking of her visit to America Miss Itawson (lecturer on household economics and applied chemistry in the Home Science Department of Otago University) told a representative of the Duueam "Star" interesting facta concerning women's institutes and homo bureaux. I "All over Canada," said Miss Eawsou, "are these institutes." The Mucation Department of.many provinces assists th? Institutes by providing instructors to any branch which can collect at least 20 pupils for a course of instruction. Uie courses Jost for a week or fortnight, and tho subjects usually chosen are cooking, dressmaking, homo nursing, hygiene <i'vics etc. Each branch holds monthly meetings, at which topics of civic or national importance aro usually discussed. Thus this body has great power in moulding publio opinion, as their memhcrship throughout Canada said to he about 25,000. An instanco of their forceCulness is seen in Ontario, where, owing to the stronuous effort of the institute, medical inspection of schools is being introduced. This body has also con- • id'ered tho question of malnutrition, among school children, and has assisted in many districts In the establishment of ho rural school lunch. The home bureaux of U.S.A. co-operate with he State colleges to meet the. needs of the women of rural communities. They are generally organised in conjunction wit l farm bureaux, and tho two societies work In close co-operation. The home bureaux are usually assisted bV. State grant . M'anr districts have their own bureau a»enb, who organise meetings and classes in the rural communities; who encourage social intercourse, and fdeavour tobring to the members hob to do their work efficiently and thoughts which enlarge the outlook and bring them m contact with current ideas OonfermcM a e held from time to t.me. «*»W£ home bureaux agents and delegates lorn the branches meet at the Stale colleges o discuss of W^ tttl 7 h «f con 0 . hear papers from specialists, Ineso con fmhcM aw a great inspiration to th. work. -
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