WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 21, 20 October 1920, Page 4

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80CIAL AND PERSONAL ) ■irrs Riddiford (Featherston) is visiting t' Napier, r Mrs. Carley (Feilding) is visiting Mas- | terton and is' the guest of Mrs. Low, Essex , Street. ) The opening for the season of the Kelbum Tennis Club took place, on ■ Satur- '. day afternoon. There was « large gather- , ins of members, and visitors were present , from other clulw. Some interesting games , were played, and altogether the afternoon was much enjoyed. Tea was pro- ,' vided by the ladios of the club. Much . keenness is being shown in regard to . play for llio season just opened. ( The final of a series of "500" evenings I was hold on Saturday at the school, Halaitai, and was as successful as the ' previous ones The winners were Mrs. Bavin and Mr. 11'. R Sourle, the con- [ solution prizes going to Miss L. Robinson and Str. C Morcom. Tho suppor j arrangements were controlled by Ales- '• dames Bear, Bamett, Campbell, Gnldie. and Butt. Mrs. Soarle provided the dance music. During the supper ad- ' journment Mr. W. J. Gaudin congratulated the Ladies' Committee on the success they had attained in this and prior social evenings, and announced that various societies in the-district would benefit financially by their efforts' ' On behalf of the residents, he moved a hearty vote of thanks as a slight recognition of their zeal This was carried with acclamation. At. a waltzing competition held nfc the Orange Hail, Petone, on Saturday evening, Miss Collision and Mr. J.. Morris secured' first prize arid 'Miss Hawkins and Mr. L. Bradley second. Dr. and Mrs. Simpson iPalmcrfiton North) are visiting Rotorua and Taupo. Miss Ida Balfour (Napier) is visiting Wellington. The doath occurred at Now. Plymouth ou Monday night, of Mrs;' M'Allum, wife of Mr. C. D M'Allum. She was the only daughter of the late Major Coleman, .of New Plymouth. An interesting feature of the conference of bishops at Lambeth wbb its treatment of the women's problem in -the Church of England (writes the London correspondent- of the "Australasian"). The conference must lie congratulated upon its decision to move with the times in recognising the altered status of women in church' affairs. In future, lay women are to bo nllowed to dd'ahythingyjlnyuien may do. In particular, they may be ordained deaconesses, and will administer 'baptism and bury the dead in cases of. necessity. They are to be, allowed to read the services of morning and evening prayer, and. give addresses in church at regular services. They will also be able to conduct extra services in church. _ The monthly meeting of the Royal New Zealand Society for tho Health of Women and Children (Petone and Lower Tlutt Branch) was held in the Mayor's Boom, Petone, last week, when there were present: Mesdames.Kirk 'president), Jones, D. T Cameron. J. Cameron. Harninn, Huthnnnce, Chilman, and Cook. The resignation of Mrs Bind, who is removing to Wellington, was received with .regret, the committee placing on record its appreciation of, her work in connection with the branch. The secretary reported that arrangements for. the annual "Save the Babies" campaign were well in hand, and that the Wellington Committee-was allowing the branch to have a stall during their street sale of November 5. Nurse Hiidccke has resumed work after her vacation, and"roportsms. follows:— Number of visits paid, to homes, SO; number of visits paid 'to rooms, adults 103, babies 104; number of new cases 17, expectant mothers, i; mothers shown how to prepare hnmanlse'(l'"iisilk-.'' : '''lo;':" : ca'ses i under siipefvision',' '217; "'the' following subscriptions and donations^...were,:,Received :—Anonymous, .£1 Is., - Mrs. Fairburn. 10s. Gd.; Miss Humphries, B?, ; ;'Mrs. B. Wilson, 55.; Mrs'. Chilman, ss.'; .sale of clothes amounted to M ISs Cd.V.sale of suirar of milk, £5 18s.; sale of book?, 2s. Cd. A very successful concert, in aid of club funds, was given 'by the members and friends of the Wellington "Stop-Out" Club of St. Peter's Mission Church, in St Peter's Hall, Ghuznee Street, on Monday evening. The concert commenced with a pianoforte duet by Miss O. Cook and "Stop-Out" Morath, and the vocal tide of the, prognhime consisted of songs by the Misses Castles, Mrs. Puddle, and "Stop-Outs" Lloyd, Telford, and Adams. Perhaps the gems of the evening, however, were the recitations by Miss Jose Bailey and Master William Knox, both prize-winners at the recent Competitions, and the violin duos by "Stop-Out" R Smith and A. St. Bomaine "Stop-Out' Hampton contributed o buiteoue, "A Stop-Out Buns Amuck." Throughout the evening the demand for encores was insistent. After a few eulogistic remarks bf the Rev. T. Ficlden Taylor, president of' the club, the performance concluded with a short, one act farce) "Ici on Parle Francais," which .kept the audience in a simmer of amusement. "Stop-Out" Greening presided at the piano The annual "gift evening" in aid of tho Presbyterian Orphanage:and Social Service Association is to bo held to-mor-row. A very attractive .programme has been arranged ny Madame MonkmaiiDempster, to which some of the pupils of Str. Culford Bell will contribute. The Ladies' Auxiliary Committee will providerefreshments and the, function should prove enjoyable. It- is hoped that the appeal will meet with a- good; response. Tho three homes are'full, and with the trend of the times their, upkeep is be- • eiiin'ini; a heavy burden Gifts cither in cash or kind inav.be left at St. Johns «<dioolroom' on Thursday afternoon, or, if more convenient, at the association s office, 117 Panama Street. A quiet wedding was solemnised at (he residence of 'Mr. L. W. Ferguson. Hautana Square, Lower Hutt, on Tuesday, October 12, when Miss Margaret Mary Ferguson , younger dauughter of Mrs, Ferguson'and the late Mr. Andrew Fergison, Blackford'Avenue. Minhurgh, was married to Mr .John 'M'Kinlay, youngest, .-on of Mrs. WKinlay and the late Mr. Archibald M'Kinlay, "The Syo«moi"*," Lawrence, 01 ago. Only-relatives of the bride and bridegroom and a ' fc-v intimate friends were invited. The ■ceremony was performed by the Rev. John M'Cnw, Lower Tlutt An excollent programme has been arranged in connection with the. inatiiieo which is to be held this afternoon, by the eourtesv of Mr. Waller Fuller, in His Majesty's Theatre in hid of tun Anglican Boys' Homes. Contributing to the DTOgramine ore somo of Mr. Fuller's artists, including Pagden and Stanley, who will give a farcical sketch: Mr. Louis London, American entertainer; Rev. F. Gorman, and the Walter George Sunshine 'Players. Other contributors will be Miss Wish Wynne, the clever delineator of Cockney domestic life, Miss Marjorio AVillcocks. first prize-winner at the recent Competitions, some of the dancing pupils of Miss Gladys Campbell and of Mi*, Kstelle Beere. Her Excellency Viscountess Jellicoe has given liter' (patronage :to the enterta&iment, and as the cause is one which deserves all possible support: it is honed there will be a largo attendance of tho public.

Wcrse Than War. Writing in the "English Review" of the condition of affairs in Austria as she saw them, May Sinclair paints a ghastly picture of the sufferings the. people are undergoing, especially the women and the children. "In Vienna, hospitals that were oilce the prido of tho great .capital, fitted with every appliance of niedicril and.surgical science, by 191!) lacked everything from anaesthetics down to the most obvious requirements of decency. In the maternity hospital at Budapest, where 16,000 confinements take place annually, there are no more sheets. The new-bom children are rollel naked into old rags. At the end of eight or' te-i days the -mothers are sent away, often fated to die of hunger and cold Things are worse still in 'he.Military Reserve Hospital. The sufferers lie rolled up in summer clothing on straw mattresses. If thev have strength' enough they are obliged <o get iip day or night in-order not to did of cold and to. walk up and' down to get'warm. ... The disinfectant apparatus cannot lie worked for lack of coal. For a long time there lias been no body linen at all. In the Rokucccntrolspit'al for internal and surgical cases, it is impossible to get boiling water: but it is in the Garnisonspital—"that waiting room of hell," as one of the doctors called it—that "distress attains its maximum of horror," where, covered and bitten by the most filthy kind, of body vermin, madmen and paralytics lie on filthy. beds in icy cold winds, without water; without fir?; Result, cxanthemntio typhus. . . . There is hardly one abomination of the war that can compare with' the hospitals of- Vienna and Prague and Budapest, noS-even the prison camp'at Wittenberg, or that. nihil ship, gruesome and infamous. That was the state of things in 1919, and it has not'improved since.' .And if these were the best hospitals, what must the worst-be?. :. . ••• . • ' "There is no military danger irom. these populations of half-dead women. and children., Those tortured skeleton forms, those grey faces, can. hardly rise up arid stab us except .with pity. . J-ho misery of Europe is so'.vast and overwhelming- that beside it any discussion, as to original causes becomes academic. By- tho sheer- illusion of its immensity in space, it sets the war itself so tar back in. tiino that you might as welt ar-nienbout what caused the. extinction of Iltrculaneum and Pompcu.' Opening.of Kelburn Croquet Club. Tliere was a large gatlierinsf,of.members and -visitors from other, cubs at. the opeuing for the season of tho Ivelbum Crocuiot Club yesterday afternoon. Her Excellency Viscountess Jellicoe performed the - opening' ceremony. On her arrival .at the park she .was, received by the president. (Mrs. Christie) and tho him. secretary (Mrs. Rhodes Williams). She was presented with a beautifullyshaded bouquet of lilac and lilac-tmWrt sweet peas, fastened, with, lilac ribbons, by Mrs Rhodes Williams's little daughter, on behalf of the club. Mrs. Christie was also the recipient of a bouquet ot yellow ilowors. A brief speech of welcome to Lady Jellicoe was made by the president, to which Her Excellency replied, and wishing the club' all success for the coming season she ■ declared « ripen. After hitting the ball through the hoop in accordance with cusipm, Lady Jellicoe took part in a golf croquet competition, playing with Mrs. W. 1. Mossey, Mrs. Christie, and Mrs. MY illy (vice-president). Mrs; Massey was the. winner of the game Tho greens were in excellent order, and tho weather line, though somewhat breezy. At the conclusion of'the game Her Excellency had! tea in the pavilion with the. committee and tho presidents of visiting clubs, llio tni table was arranged with purple irises innd hyacinths; and elsewhere abo.ui.llio room were vases and.' bowls -of yellowpa'iifies,. Cowslips; 'and other flowers, -l.e egrni'us expressing -good wishes.' for- the season just- ■■opening were received from absent members, including Mrs, JJigjr, tho present champion, who is at ■ VVaipukurau. The club colours worn by several of the members of the committee: -whito.blue, £iid black-were very effective, their \fcite jumpers, worn with; white skirts, being bordered with -a. checked pattern of: the Muo and black, their turnover collars also .bang finished with the same two colours. With tho pvwiilent (Mrs. Christie) and Mrs. Rhodes Williams, the committee members were indefatigable in attending to their marry, ouests. The 'Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Lukc> was among those present, and another .visitor was Mrs. Cook, lion, president ofi (he Karori Croquet Club Representatives also attended from the iol owing clubs -.-Lyall Bay, Seatoun, Khaiidallah, Ualaitai, Ngaron.a, St. Augustine, Lower Hutt, Wellington, and Karori. Competion for which pri»* had been donated by Mesdames Christie I'Dowell, Rgg fWuipokumu). Rowe (Palmerston Noi h) vu\ Len M'Kenzie, were played off. 100 winners being as follow:-Gocroonet, Mrs. Christie'; target competition,, M». Pollock; break.competitipn, Mrs. Middle-