WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 42, 13 November 1920, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST. FROM FAR AND NEA&

(Bi luoau.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

I'lib marriage took place in St. .Murk's Church on Thursday of Mies Violet Anderson, young,:st daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. ]!. Anderson, of 'l'inakori Road, to Mr. C. Anderson, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson of Majoribanks Street. Miss Margaret M. Hennessy was brides, maid, and Mr. Norman Walshaw was, best man. Both bridegroom and best man had be.en.oii nctivc service. Mr, W. Anderson' gave his sister away.

The latest mail brought news to New Zealand, of Miss Stolln Murray, who is at present studying in Paris under Monsieur LapiVrrc, one of the world's famous teachers of voice production, to whom Miss Murray was especially recommended by Madame Melba. That Madame Mclba takes a k;en interest in this promising Christchurch contralto is very evident. She has lately paid two visits to Paris, and has on both occasions sent for Miss Murray and given her a lesson. The last timo sh'e heard Miss Murray sing 6h,i> said she was very pleased with the latter's progress, and pronounced her voice a "true contralto." M. Lapierro and Madame Mel'ba hope that if Miss Murray is able to continue her studies she will' bri able to appear in Paris opera. Mr. Powell, th.; agent for the Albert Hall, was also present when Miss Murray sang to Madame Melba on September 16, and highly complimented her on the fino quality of her voice. ,

Aliss Nathan and Miss Nothan aro guests of Mrs. J. Burns, Eemuera, Auckland.

Miss F. Hall-Jones lias returned to Wei. lington from n visit to Mrs. C. Clarke, Auckland.

A quiet but very effective effort is icing made by a few workers who havo • l r ) T ec " fffnntw! the line of a room at the Unitarian Church, in aid of the poverty and misery in C'onlral Kiirope. A email number of clever needlewomen meet each mv , and mend and rtvmake garments which have been collectcd, and also ninko up new material, bo ■ that quite a largo number of eases of goods have already been forwarded. Grateful thanks havo been received from Miss Hutli Pry. lion, secretary of the War Victims Relief' Corn, mil tee, and irom Miss Kmily Hobbouse, so l.li'at the Rifts have evidently soon anil safely reached those for whom they were intended. In the meantime more secondhand garments, such as coats and skirts, frocks, 'underclothing, boots, shoes, etc., in fact, men's, women's, and children's clolhing of all descriptions, are needed. The committee will lie most grateful for gifts, and a postcard sent to Miss ' Jooston, No. 1 Ml Street, Karori, will ensure parcels being sent for, or they may lie left at Mr. .PearsonV2s3 CubaStret, or at 'the Unitarian Church 011 Thursday afternoons. .'

The jumble feale which is to bo held in the Town Hall on November 18, for the benefit of the W.N.Tt. Hesidential Nursery, promise's to l>a a great success. Articles of every kind, clothing, boots and slioes, bats, china, books, pictures, kitclion utensils, furnishings, etc., are being donated, and opportunities for bargains will, b* many. Depots Wave been arranged in the different suburbs to which gifts may lie sent, and these depots will be found mentioned in ail advertisement elsewhere. • Contributions' of saleable articles will be gratefully accepted, and should be sent to the Town Hall or any of tbe depots, not: later than Wednesday next. It is intended to have a cake stall in connection with the 6ale, and those who might not he able to help in any oth»r way might find it possible to donate, cakes'for the stall. _

The annual gathering: of the Kelburn Normal School branch' of the i<> un S TCeiuers' League was 'held on Trulay, November 12. The Hon. 0. ,T. Parr, Minister, of Education, addressed tho ohildron and presented silver badges to Dorothy Buck and Hruce Rtheringtrm. A. vote of thanks was proposed' Vy Mr. G. TP. Morgan, the chairman of the Voluntary School Committee, and seconded by Professor J. S. Tenuant. Tlio sum of Ml 13s. has been raised for "■.lie Barnardo Homes this year, £31 lis. in collections, and .£l6 25., the result of the entertainment given liy Captain Allan and the sohool children.

Under the auspices of the Ladim' Guild .« largely attended social gathering was held in Hie Presbyterian Church, Seatoun, oil Thursduy evening. 'Che Rev. "R. Inglis presided. The brass band of Scots College attended and contributed four or five items very creditably, receiving several recalls. Mr*. Bothune gave two songs. Mr. Fitzgerald, a student of Scots College, and Master Sandy G'ibson, also «aug. . The chairman, on behalf of the manager and ft ■few friends, presented Miss Nero Wcsnoy, the organist, with- a gold' : wristlet watch in recognition of her services at the organ for tho past year. Miss Wosney suitably replied, after which refreshments were serwd and the evening shortly came to a close.

Mrs. H. Trist Searell is in Wellington'awaiting the arrival of her dautrhter, Mrs. F.. V. Walton and two children, /by- the Uomuera. Mrs. Searell while here i* tho guest of Mrs. Oswald Mazengarb, at. 85 Hill Street.

Members of tho Women's National Reserve willing to assist with the jumble sale to be held in the Town Hall on Novembor 26. in aid of the Residential Nursery, are asked to send in their names as soon as possible to t.he secretary.

Adelaide has had for over four years a monthly journal edited and managed by a woman. Early in tho war there need for n Cro&s paper there, 'nnd Mrs. Francis J. Fisher began one named the "Bed Cross Record." In July, 1516, this had a circulation of '2ZOO, and subsequently there wns an increase of over 1009. Most of_the worS wns honorary, and when th'ore was no longer need for its Ued Cross function there t ns. ft profit of .£BO. Mrs. Fisher I ns-been persuaded to carry the pnpor "n os tho "Woman's TCoeord," and (wing to hei genorosHy, it is now tho property of a company of women. I

Tho war brought' aboAt many ntrupt chances of fortune, but few r-ore mntlo than that of Princcss Ifow of Pless. Kvcvy newspaper reader will remember the beauty who hist H.iizli'd tho world as Daisy CornwaUi?-West ; To-day /savs nil exchange) she is living in n Iviiightsbridge flat over ci barber s shop. Ten years ago tho princess as the wife of n wealthy German pnnreliriß- nioiod in any society she pleased. Slio was' n friend of the Kni.ser and our own Bojal family.But"he outbreak of tho world wai drove her from Berlin to her hushnftdrf ! .nelln in SilpUft She accused of bSinga. spvi every kindly sen-ice to Brit. Lib wounded prisoners was an c.ffenee. Small wonder that when R mo «ho ivas elad to fly f rom Gornianj. heport tell? that tho princess may write hot nemo rs. If so they will be intercoms r.Xg, and should throw much l.flht upon society doings in England and Oermany during the last SO years. P™. cess of Floss is a sister cjf Mm J...iclicsS of Westminster and Majoi ■ fe"* wallis West, who. married Mrs. Potnok Campbell, the actress.

Y.W.C.A. Notes, Miss M'Leau, M.A., will be (he speaker at the devotional service to bo held in tho Y.W.C.A, cltibroont on Thursday, at, 8 p.m. • At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Y.W.C.A., held oil Thursday, Mrs. D. 0. M'Clay wai unanimously re-elected president of th» association. The speaker at tho service to be held at the Y.W.C.A. to-morrow will be Mrs. D. 0. M'Clay. As this ,is the beginning service of the world's week of praytiv which is kept by associations throughout the world, it is hoped that all' Y.W.C.A? members will make a point of boing present. All girls and women, will bo welcomed at the tea and social hour following tho service. A jumble sale which has been arranged by 'Iho girl members of, the Y.W.C.A. will be held in. the clubroom in Herbert Street to-day, at 2.30 p.m. The proceeds will be equally divided between the Europoan Starving Children Fund and the Y.WX'.A. funds. All gifts of saleable things in the way of ciflthes. books, etc., will bo most acceptable. < 'rim „.:n i,„ I>_lJ u.„

The usual social will lie held in the jT.W.C'.A, elubroom in Herbert Street to-night.

Children's Fancy Dress Dance,

A children's fancy dress ball, held in J the Town Hall lost ovening, celebrated 1 r!'° ")'V c:v kii>K-up" for tho season of Miss Carwell-Cooke's dancing classes. Tho "• 'larub hall in which it was held had been simply but very effectively decorated with many balloons, foliage and fes--3 toons of coloured paper, and the children's. prettily-carried-out fancy dresses harmonised and accentuated the. colour scheme of the decorations. Children be- • longing to Miss Cooke's suburban classes, > as well its those in the city, were present. and all seemed to thoroughly entity themselves. Of lato years so much s time had been given to fancy dancing » that it was quite refreshing to see the ■ children doing the ordinary ballroom r dances such as the lancers, the maxina, ; tho two-step, the three-step, schottische, ! one-step fox trot, gavotte, polka,, etc., i and the lancers as danced by them were s a. model for their ciders. Several solo i dances were given. Miss Carwell Cooka . contributing an old-fashioned dance, her ; cliarminir frock of mauve charmcuse worn over a. wide hoop, with tulle overdress caught up with clusters of tiny . p flowers, carrying out the characters of | the dance. The other soloists (putnlf) i were: Ruby Fisher, Clive Goodall, Molly . Cook. Beryl Ward. Sheila Kisseu. Lyndsay Greig, and Joyce Whitehead. A ' duo was eivon by Olive Goodall and Bor- ■ otliv M'Farlane. These youthful per- , formers were all warmly applauded by • the onlookers, who had seats sat aside " i for them in tho space -underneath the [ gallery, and also upstairs. Among the . • characters represented by the dancers were several "Follies," "JUta Blossoms," - ' "Fern Leaves," Indians, flowers of all kinds, peasants .of many nations, ft "Domino." "Night," I a little Quaker ! lady, a tiny Cupid not yet three years , old. who led the grand march which becan tho evening, a learned-looking Judge, and many other representations, inex- | pensively carried out, and yet effective. Midwav in the programme supper-wag ; served, the further end of the hall uu- ' dcrneath the gallery being turned into a i sunper room, a trelles work covered with i foliage and flowers dividing it from the [ rest of- the hall. Th? tables had been : prettily arranged with flowers, and each | table 'represented a suburb in which Miss Carwell-Cooko had a class, with ladies from the district in charge. Those represented were Newtown, Kelburn, the colleiro class, Northland ' and Karon, i Lyall Bay, Wadestown, and the Saturday mornine class. A Christmas . tree in miniature featured one of the tables, with a eift for each child in the class. Assisting Miss Cooke was Miss Hooper, and Mr. Martin Renner acted as M.C. Braund's Elite orchestra provided the • i music for tho dancing. District Nursing Guild, At the monthly commitee meeting of tho District Nursing Guild of St. John the members present expressed deep reirrct at the death of one of their number, the late Mrs. .T. K. Gibbons, and. passed ■ a vote of condolence with her relatives in their sad 'bereavement. There, were present at the meting: Mesdames Moorhouse (presiding). Balcombe Brown, Corriean, Peai-sou. Tripe, and Bakewell, and Miss Kobieson. It/as [announced by the president that H?r Excellency Vn< countess Jellicoe had consented to be- . cirne patroness of the guild, vice Liverpool, who has returned to England. . The nurses' report {or the month >of October showed that fourteen patients had been registered, nine discharged, and three admitted to hospital. The number of patients now on the register is 2696, 177 treatments were given by the nurses at the patients' own homes, slid eight at the office of the guild, 91 Ghuznee Street. ■ Gifts of fowl, clothing, etc., were acknow. ledwd with thanks from Khandallah tSewine Guild, Wellington Red Cross Society. Mesdames MoorW.sc. Stanton. Hadfield, Luke. Burt. Miss Shand, n "<j anonymons donors. The sub]e°t ot ths annual Chxittmas treat for the elnldien of the patients was discussed at the raeetine. and it was resolv?d to make an apneal to the public for donations of moner or toys,* to enable ti >e committee and the nurses to give one .glad day to the lUHa ones, whose pleasures are go f&r* Tlmintions will be gratefully received by tli° Wesident. M rs. W. TT. S. Mooriiouse 134 Dixon Street, or by the .nurses at the office of the guild, Ghnanee Street. The Woman Bank Messenger. Many of the signs in the City of in men's jobs havo. disappeared with the clearing up.of the war (states a writer in the "'Manchester Guardian ) The girls with hunting stocks and gauntlet ft' o ™ B , that usod to drive tlie Post Office van?, _ tho tall women doorkeepers at big offices, and the girl porters in breeches at Liverpool Street Station have vanished with other picturesque war-time figures, to be remembered some day by octogenarians In their memoirs. But at least (.no interesting post-war woman has quietly ivppoared in the City., andl «i likehr jo remain. I saw her in Broad Street a woman bank messenger, carrying her satchel attached to a leather thong round W waist. She wore n black beaver hat like a Quaker's liat, and a dark-blue tail coat and skirt ornamented with big inetal buttons with a bank cipher on In em. Sho looked so well that one vinioni of a gayer and moro roue-like eitv ooining The Bank of England tmseniors wear mulberry coats and vewtcoats, and otlicr banks give congers striped waistcoats, red u « lßt coats, Thesis hero a., i«h.J attraction to young with tie necos«nry physique, And thoro is an eie XT of danger and voma'.co m a bank mo'senger s job to spirit. Anyway, she, is hete.