WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 27, 27 October 1920, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEA&

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Tho marriage took place at St. Paul's Church, Brightwater, Nelson, of Miss Constance Kempthorne, fourth (laughter of tho Von. Arohdoncon Kemptliorne, to Mr. L. A. James, sou of the l!ov. David James, Durham, England. The church hail been beautifully decoratwl for the occasion, and Dr. Washbourne, iui old friend of Hie family escorted the bride up the aisle The ceremony was conthe Bishop of Nelson, assisted by Arcndeacon Kempthorne. The bride wore a gown, of wavy crepe de chine, draped with old Limerick lace, and her veil of Indian lace, wis fastened with orange blossoms. Her bouquet was of white flowers, and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaids wore the Misses Joyce and Millieent Kempthorne, who wore frocks of (lowered voilo and large picture lwts. Their bouquets were of lavender and pink sweet pens. Mr. G. Kempthorne was best.mail, and Mr. Max Ogilvie groomsI man.

Members of St. Andrew's choir gave an enjoyable concert recently at Clifton Terrace Hospital, the inmates thoroughly appreciating the visit. On Saturday the Taiaiiaki Streot Church choir visited tho Victoria Ward, Wellington Hospital, and entertained the patients with un admirable programme.

Miss Estelle Davis, of Cliristclnirch, is visiting Wellington.

Mr. ami Mrs. Knowlas (the lalter was Miss Donner Maunder) have been spending n few days' at- Wangnnui, and later in the week they intend visiting Martou. Miss Macandrew left last week 011 a visit to Auckland. .

Mrs. G W. Sellar (Masterton) is visiting Auckland. •

Mrs G. Fitzgerald (Tolaga Bay) is visiting Mrs. A. Broadheut (Carterton).

The Khandallah Town Hall presented n gay sceno on Saturday night, when a fai.cy-dress ball for children ami adults was held. The room looked very pretty with festoon? of pink and white streamer*. The supper tables wero dccorated also with pink streamers attached to a hanging basket filled with cherry bloom, the effect being charming. The first part of tlii! evening was devoted to the children, imd the adults entered most lieartily into the various games. Foremost among them was the clown (Mr. Arthur Seed), who was the life and soul of the .party. Many pretty and effective costumes were worn. The committee wishes to thaijjc Mrs. J. N. Wallace for ice cream, Mesdames Eochefort and Oxley for /sweets, Mrs : - I'cmmel for 'tea ami sugar, and the numerous people who so kindly gave their assistance and helped to make the ball a success. During the evening tho members of the. children's assembly presented Mesdames Gledhill and Seed with tokens of. their appreciation. It is proposed to 'divide- the proceeds between the Anglican, Presbyterian, end Mother Mary Auhcrt's institutions.

The wadding took place in the Eonnn Catholic Cathedral, •'Chrislchurcli, Rst week of Miss Mildred Trolove, of Avonside, to Mr. .Tolm E. Gudgeon, second eoii of Mrs. Gudgeon, of Armagh Street, Christcliurcb,. The bride was given away ■by her' father, and was attended by Miss Cecil Trolove and Miss Gladys Burns, and Mr. Walter Gudgeon was best man. and the groomsman, Mr. Claude Watson.

Colonel W. Playne. of Gloucestershire. England, and ill's. Play&e were passengers by the Tainui for New Zealand Colonel Playne was severely wounded at Gallipoli, and he intends going to Estonia for. treatment. Being a very keen .angler,' Colonel Playne has visited this country several times;

LieutHiant-Colonci tho Hon. R. IT. Collins. C.M.G., D.5.0., who was ad-jutant-gensral to the New Zealand Forces in 1913 and 1014, arrived in Auckland by the Tainui on Saturday, accompanied bv Mrs Collins and family. It is their intention fcp settle ,in New Zealand.

' Mr. and Mrs. Tosswell (Napier) returned from England by thfc Tainui, as did also Mrs. Bayky, of Wanganui.

A wedding of considerable interest took pi aco in Knox Church. Masterton. vestertlay afternoon, when Miss Jessie Miller, youngest daughter of Sergeant and Mrs. N. Miller, was married to Dr. Norman I'rior, of Masterton. The bride, who wis given away by hw father, wore a gown of cream satin, with cream liat to match'. She was attended by Miss Ifcxie Green, who wore a heliotrope frock, wit|j hat tn correspond. Mr, L. Daniell was l>est lunn and tho Rov. G. Brown officiated. Tlu> service was fully choral, the bride having been a member of the choir for some time. On the Sunday preceding the wedding the members of the choir, presented tho bride-elect with a Doulton jug, accompanied by good wishes for her future happiness.

A dance was given in honour of Mrs. Moore by her pupils at Ponson'by Hall on .Friday last. Everything combined to make the occasion a success, and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all pre.4:nt. During the evening Mrs. and ' Miss Moore were presented with charming bouquets, and proceedings elos;d with cheers ami (ho singing of "For They are Jolly_ Good Fellows." The arrangements were in the hnnds of a capable committee, % secretary of which was Mr. Alan Paterson. The Eev. G. Gordon Bell, M.A., vicarelect of tho Church of tho Iloly Sepulchre, Auckland, arrived from England on Saturday by ito Tainui. He is accompamcd by Mrs. Bell.

One of the best-known nurses of Nazareth House, Hammersmith, London, Sister Good Shepherd, died recently. For ffl years shy liad charge of the lodge within the gates of the convent, and for a long period personally superintended the arrangements for the free distribution cf food to thtt poor, who attended daily in large numbers. Sister Good Shepherd was a sister of the late poet, .Coventry Patmore. In this connection may be cited what a London magistrate onoo wrote of Nazareth House (which has jeceived prominent notice ns Archbishop iUannix's retreat): "It is death's vestibule governed by tho gentlest chanty l-W® ever seen, acting on tho broken fortunes of mankind." The Sisters aro gentlewomen who have dedicated their lives to the menial servico of old age., I stepped into tlie Sisters' refcotory. The dishes for themselves were heaps .of hard crusts and scraps of cheese."

Those Polish women volunteers in the "Battalion of Death" to defend Warsaw could (|iiote plenty of precedents from I lie history of the British-. Army, states a writer in an English newspaper. Among the many British Amazons that leap to memory we can recall Christiana Cavnnagh, who fought beside her husband; as a private soldier, and was buried with full military honours us long ago as 1739. She was twice severely wounded, at the Battles of Landen arid Hamillies, and had been, taken prisoner and fought a duel befoie slio returned to England, where she received a nvell-eairno<l pension ami became n popular pio-makcr. Anne Chamberlavne, who lies buried in Chelsea Parish Church, ''fought gallantly against the Trench": PliOebe Hessel, according to her tfoitaph nt Brighton, served fot many vears as n soldier and was ed at Fontcnoy; while, most memorable of all, Mary Ann Taylor accompanied her lover, an infantry officer, to the wars, subsequently served as a sailor, and became the famous Biilce of tin nautical ballad.

New Zealand and Canadian Schools,

One of the Canadian teachers, • Miss Emma M. Frame, wlio has taken up her duties at the Hamilton East School, nude; 1 the system of exchange arranged between tho Now Zealand njul Canadiau Cii'vernments, mndo a few interesting ob- • servatiuns and comparisons on the respective systems of education, ill th® cour.so of conversation v.'iti a reporter. Miss Frame said the first, thing that . struck her was the. great stato of overcrowding at the school. In Canada the ehi.v-v? were limited to 40 scholars, while . here they averaged double the number. The Canadian authorities weie very particular "that each child should have arnplo ui' - spacc. In Canada double deslts were regarded as obsolete and not conducivo to discipline or goad supervision, while also detrimental to work . New Zealand might take a lesson from Canada in providing special classes for backward childron • Over the other side teachers with special (nullifications wore put ill charge of these classes, particular care being token against giving tho children a o°uscunsness of their backwardness. They -were coached vorv crtrcfullj\and deliberately aiul were taught not only to use their tain, but their hands. Special • .classes were also provided, where necessary, for mental deficients , Mrs. Robert Brougli. ' Wellington is true to its old etaga favourites.. No player in the cast of "Tilly of Bloomsbury" at tho. Grand Opera House last evening received so hearty a welcome as did Mrs. Brougli. Memories were recalled of tho days when sho caused emotional earthquakes as Paula in "The Second Mrs. Taucjueray," or was irftsponsjblo for shrieks of laughter as "Niobe." Nor can her charming performances in "Tom Jones" he readily' foreotton, with. Dion Boucieault (as lllifit), G. S. Titheradge, Robert Brough, Cecil Ward, Graco Noble, Ilessie Alajor, and Emma Temple in the cast. Memories also arise- of the gentle distractions of "Sowing tho Wind" ana "A Pair of Spectacles," the sharper fun. of "The Ainazoiis," "The Passport," ond "The Gay Lord Quex," and tho uproarious. merriment of "The 'Pickpocket" and "Dandy Dick." It was said by visitors, froni Home that the Brough-Boucicault Company of those dare was the best of its class iiv the world Certainly thoss v were the palmy days of theatres ui this country. • • Soldiers Still in English Hospitals.

There are still 8000 soldier and sailor patients in the London hospitals, 6tate6 the "Manchester Guardian." Eight hundred of them are of'the great Orthopaedic Hospital, Shepherd's Bush. whei'6 there is an elaborate equipment for th 6 treatment of surgical cases, aud_4t)o ar(> at the Eoehampton Jlospital, which supplies and trains men in the nse of artificial limbs. Hundreds of other patients are at such distant places, as Claphara, 'Edmonton, Woolwich, and Tooting. These long-term patients arc Buffering from shell-shock, from wounds and fractures which will not heal, and from other troubles which require tedious treatment. Those that one sees about the streets —and tliev are very few nowadays -look as though their long convalescence bored them, but they are happier than the men- who cannot walk abroad or the eases still confined. to l>ed. They are not entirely forgotten. Here and there ono hoars of people who arranga entertainments in certain wards or outdoor' excursions, but generallv speaking they do feel that tho public has forgotten' them. Tliev miss tlie frequent hospital visitors, the gifts of fruit and cigarettes, the numerous entertainments that used to bo arranged for them, and the -motor rides. Attention has been drawn to the matter by Duly Astor and others, and now. ail: entertainment commifctec. -called Hie jjssociation- lifts been formed to for'cn-tert-ainments to he given by privato hostesses and for. visitors to go to the hospitals. Lady Itaig,. L«,dy Beatty, and Lady Trenehard are joint presidents, ana the organiser is Miss Mal'ta Cunningham, the American singer, who was so successful in organising the "Unwanted Babies" matinee for Mi's. Llovd c ' o , r K c and tho entertainments at Lord Haife Botanical Gardens fete.