WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 276, 16 August 1920, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Miss Irma Caron, who recently arrived here from Melbourne, and who is pro- . ceeding to England towards the end of the year, haa been booked to appear at several picture houses throughout New Zealand by Mr. Victor Beck. Jlisa Cnrfl'n is said to bo just as much at home in an operatic aria as in a soubrotte ditty; she recites and sings in costume, and has seven languages ut her congnand; The engagement is announced of Miss Marie Lightfoot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. ■ Lightfoot, of Blenheim, to Mr. Eric Frost, of Lcvuka, Fiji. ■Lndy Stout has received the following cablegram from her daughter, Mrs. Hoimden, from Basra {—"Leaving for India. All well." In the course of a talk upon the educational system in vogue in Canada, Mrs. Templer, a teacher in a Y am * n '? r ' school, who is'studying education methods in this country, expressed great surprise that there should bo classes in our public schools in which the number of children exceeded forty. Mr. Henry H. Scotland, B.Sc., A.M.1., Mech. F... son of the late Hon. D. Scotland, M.L.C., who has been in England for the last seven years, is returning to -New Zealand; accompanied by his wife and two children A fino photograph of H.M.S. Renown, bearing the autographs of all the warrant officors of the ship, has been received from Sydney by Mrs. Wilson. • In an accompanying letter the writer says: "After this gay whirl of festivities, I feel sure I can say that Chrifitchurch still holds first plaeo in the memories of the mess." The Misses Russell (Hawke's Bay) have been spending 6ome days in Christciiurch. Mrs. L. Conradsen, a cousin of Amundsen. 'he Arctic explorer, died at Carterton last, week at the age of 82 years. Mrs. Conradscn was born in Norway, and has lived in Now Zealand since 187 G. Mrs, H. V. Borst, who is accompanying 'her husband, Judge H. V. Borst, of the Supreme Court of the' State of New York, on a visit to New Zealand, is amember of the Bar in New York State in active practice. The engagement is announced of Misa Marguerite (Daisy) SmkCi; youngest daughter of Mrs. L. Smith and the lata Mr. Llewellyn Smith to Dr. Oswald liarp-Thomas, of New York, U.S.A. The wedding took place in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church of Mr. John Thomas Clearwater (Military ' Medal), sou of. Mr. li. Clearwater, ot Ma;aura, Southland, and Miss I, E. M'Fadden, elder daughter of Mr. T. M'Fadden, of South New Brighton. Miss W. M. Lees has been appointed school nurse for the Hawkc's Bay education district. Mrs. Sohvay, who attends tb the graves at Brockeuhurst, lives in a beautiful rotoiage about a mile from- the cemetery. Both 6he and her husband are authors. To organise relief for Mr. R. E. Anderson, who has been laid aside for Seven months' by illness, a benefit concert and dance was held in the Upper Hutt Town Hall on Thursday evening. There was a large attendance. Contributing to the concern programme were the following:—Miss Eileen Driscoll; , Mr. Rupert Meatos, Mr. W. Goudie, Mr. Lionel Inch, and Master Winston M'Cnrthy. Tho dance music was sup- , plied by Miss Eileen M'lnnes, and Mr. i M. Brown acted as M.C. Those attending Miss Borlaso's assembly dance, held, in illie Goring Street Hall on Saturday evening had every inducement to dance. The night was cold, the music .and floor excellent, and all the arrangements well carried out. • Women and the V.C, As the result of the war women have won for themselves many privileges and responsibilities for which they had long waited, states a ■ London correspondent, under date Juno 24. The King has uccided that under conditions analogous to those which govern the bestowal up- | onfihen, any nurso of the Imperial Naval or Military Services, any woman ,at- . tacEed in an 'officially recognised capacity"'••to the Sea, or Land, or Air Forces, , may win the Victoria Cross. Tho ques- , tion arises as to whether the bestowal of the Cross "For Valour" wi 1 ba , made retrospective, and also whether it will be conferred posthumously. Throughout the war there were many instances of acts of self-sacrifice on tho , part of nurses during enemy bombardment or during air raids, and some cases of bravery and devotion to duty which were recognised by the bestowal of military medals, might very well come np for consideration for the higher ' honour. New rules governing the conferring of the decoration have been oincitlly announced. Hitherto it _ lias been awarded for conspicuous acts of braver.\, but it may now also be gained for some daring ov pre-eminent act of valour or ' self-scarifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy. when a deed of valqur is performed by a •bodv of sailors, soldiers, or airmen, it shall be open to them to select one or moro of their number by secret ballot, for receipt of the V.C. . %