WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 2, 28 September 1920, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. Charles Smith (Auckland) passed through Wellington last week en her way to Dunedin to attend the St. John Ambulance jubilee, which is being held in that city. Mr. and Mrs. W. Richmond and Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Stead (Hastings) are visiting Auckland. Mrs. Vivian Riddiford is visiting Auckland. Dr. Hannah Irving, who has been doing missionary work in East Africa, is now_ on furlough in New Zealand, and i 6 stay-' ing "with her sister, Mre. Claude Willis, Christchurch. The officer commanding and matron ot Trentham Military Hospital acknowledge with thanks the following gifts:Weekly issue of comfort.?,' smokes, sweets, flowers, daily papers, fruit, from Wellington Bed X.j fruit, cake, sweets. Salvation Army; fruit, Citizens' Gift Fund, per 'Mrs. Rieko; flowers, violets, Mrs. Duncan; bulks, Mrs. Adams; case of books, Working Men's Club. Among the entertainments arranged for the p'y ien '« were free piotures for patients and staff by the Y.M.C.A., and an entertainment " on Saturday evening arranged by the Red Cross Club. The matron of the Womcn'6 National , 'Reserve Residential Nursery, Owen ' Street, acknowledges with thanks gifts r from the following :-Miss Lindegard, 4 feeders; Mrs. Scxsmith, hooka; Mrs. Bacchus, jam; Miss Maplesden, 55.; Brownlce and Co., load kindling wood; Mrs. Waddle, garments; Mrs. Houlds- , worth, shawl; Mrs. Norris, singlets and 1 knitted vests; Mrs.'Baylies, knitted garments; Mrs. MThail, knitted garments; n Mre. Gow, knitted vests; Miss Jeffreys, aged 7 years, knitted vest; M\ell-wisher, . ■' Lower kutt, most acceptable knitted gar- -. ments; Karori branch, generous parcel groceries. Miss Estelle Beere left for Dunedin last evening to act as judge in the.dancr ing section of the Competitions which '• begin there this week. !j Sunshine and spring-time were surely the happiost of auguries to attend the , arrival of our new Governor-General, '' Admiral Lord Jellicbe, and Lady Jellicoe, and when there was added to that s " the Tact that yesterday, the day of their annul, was Dominion Day, it would, seem as though fortune-were-determined to look kiudiy upon their stay in this country. With flags flying, in the. breeze \ (it was unmistakably, a breeze),, bands |, playing, and crowds of people gathered 7 to watch the swearing-in ceremony in the afternoon, the scene was both gay and interesting, to which additional _ colour was lent by the many uniforms, naal an 3 military, which were worn. At this.ceremony Her Excellency. .Lady Jellieco wore a long dark cloak over black charmeuse, with a black feathered ty hat. When landing in the morning she e- was in a grey satin cloth coat and skirt [e with furs, and ti green toque -edgedAvitli ,_ a broad band of terra cotta, feathers. Among others who, occupied seats set m aside for invited guests were Lady Stout, Mrs. Massey, the Mayoress (Mre. J P. Luke), and the wives of Ministers, members of .Parliament, of military officers and of Government officials. A very charming bouquet of frcesias and violets was' presented to Lady Jelhcoe, and ' again in. the evening at.the civic reception which was held in the Town Hall. Kl this there" was. again a large attendance of the public, and the hall was gay with flags, -while'pot plants and flowers decorated the stage.

Mr. and Mrs. Eobert M'Lareii, from the Argentine,. are staying with Mr. Giles Chamberlain ia Masterton. .. Mr.Vand Mrs. Grant (Dunedin), who had been staying with Mr. and Mis. A. Mf&>n (Hastings), left last week on their return to the south. A wedding which created a good deal ' of interest among some of the old families of Hawke's Bay was celebrated by tiro Hev. J. 8.-Brocklehurst at' St. Matthew's Church, Hastings, on .Tlnnsdny, when Miss Margaret Amy-Mackcr-sev the elder • darighter of Mr. ;G. J,. Mackersey, was married to Mr.. Frederick Hamilton Noel -Beamish, of Whana • Whnna Station. Many friends of both families witnessed the ceremony, _ and were afterwards entertained at ' Cray don." A "gift afternoon" was held by the ladies' Auxiliary of the Navy League m tho rooms of the Business Girls Club in Auckland last week, at which nearly a hundred members were present. Each member brought a parcel containing two garments for'the'orphan children of the men of the Navy as a Christmas gift for them tliis year, and the pile which resulted was most satisfactory. On Saturday a basket ball team, representative of tho Hutt Valley schools, ourneyed to Carterton. The • visitors were hospitably received, motor-cars meoting them at the railway station and conveying them to the ground. Out of three evenly contested matches the visitors were successful in winning.two. Over, a thousand delegate? are attending the international conference or the Society of Friend's which opened on Friday at Devonshire' House Bishopsate, 'London (states the ">Jancho*r Guardian" of August 17). The delegates represented many nationalities, rominff from India, China, Japan. Jamaica? Denmark. Norway Austria France, Austral«. New Zealand, and South Africa. The largest delegahons were, from America and Ireland. It s stated that this is. the fiM time n the history of the society that such a. con"erenco has been held. The hrsf subject discussed was the basis of the Quaker opposition to war .The «nlect was introduced by Miss Joan M. Iry. daughter of the late Sir IMward Fry, 2nd bvDr. Ihrfiw M. Jones, of Haverford College, Ppnn*Tknnia. The speake reaffinned the historic Quaker position that the way .of life revealed by fihriat is entirely inconsistent with the method-of war and is the only "ope for the international peace and ordered-life or mankind. The idea of peace, it was stated, is integral to the «l.g.ous,«sition of the society There «re gTMt moral and spiritual principles of the nniverse which are. it was contended, as vital to the life of mankind f«« laws of tho physical world. Faun in remW of mora!- and sp.nta.fore should be.widely, .spread. Those who have seen the vision of a world w i n out war must seek to make the viorld Z it is conform to the world, as it stromrly emphasised. ~T h. c « ldd be left of truth that was in his heart.