SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 60, 4 December 1920, Page 6

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Levin (FeiNing) are ou their way back io Now Zealand by the Orvioto, via Australia, iiorn tugland.

Captain and Mrs. Bird (nee Miss Dora "Wilson) aro staying m WeJHrgtoa at present, having arrived rcccntlj; from tho East, where Captain Bird s regiment was stationed.'

Mrs. J. Duthie and Miss Duthie have returned from a motor trip to Napier and some of the inland towns.

Mr. and airs. E. Gillon leave on Monday for Auckland and Rotorua.

Her Excellency Viscountess 'JollwM has consented to fill the minion patroness for two Church ot Lug land societies, the Mothers Union and the Girls' Friendly Society.

The trustees of the Convalescent Horns met at Mis. W. Young's residouM thH week. There were .present Mrs. Mnoihouse (in the chair), Mesdamcs AN. Nathan,'H. Kirkcaldie, J Joseph, Watkins, W. Young, and Miss Harcouit (lion, treasurer). The matron reported eleven bntient6 admitted and fourteen discharged during the month. Christmas donations were received from caldie, .£1 Is.; Mesdames Moorhouse, Joseph, Watkins, and W. LonK. Xl each; Christmas cake, Sirs. A\. Nathan.

Mr. and Mrs. W. 6. Johns, of Christchurch and London, Ihave been obliged to cancel their Home passaage by tlio s.s. Tainui owing to tha.'sudden illness of-Mrs. Johns while in Wellington. Mrs. Johns is now recovering, and hopes to sail before the Christmas holidays.

...A fund for tho provision of the usual gifts and good things that delight the hearts of the little patients in the Uildren's Hospital, and various wards at tho Wellington Hospital, is being raised by a number of enthusiasts, and an entertainment will be given in the Masonic Hall, Boulcott Street, 011 December 18, at 8 p.m., towards it. Donations are also being usked for from various business firms in the city. Some of- tlie little sufferers lmvo parents that, are really not in the position to provide those little things that go to brighten Christmas Day in hospital; others have 110 parents at all, 60 that all those who 'can help in any way are asked to do so. A programme of high-class items is promised at the concert, those contributing, towards it being the "Chcer-Oh Girls, Misses Stevens, M'Kenzie, Paulino Brown, Clegg, Sutherland, Carte, Chapman, and B. Price, Messrs. Goudie, Phipps, and C. Moore. Donations will bo thankfully received if forwarded to F. Liglitfoot c/o L. W. Tomlin, 83 Riddiford Street, Newtown.

On Thursday afternoon next Miss Amy Kane, !lon. treasurer of the Pioneer Club, afii Mrs. Kane, who are both leaving shortly on a visit to England and France, will be the guests of the committee and members at a farewell tea. During tho time that Miss Kane has been connected with the club, and that is ever since it came into existence,, she 'has given time and unfailing service for the furtherance of its interests, and memberrecognise that not a little part of ttye prosperity and popularity that is attending the club to-day is due to her work' on its behalf. Thursday's gathering ha 6 been arranged as a means of expressing to some degree their appreciation of nil she has done for the club.

It is hoped that all members of the Wellington College Old Girls' Association and their friends are. keeping in niind the concert which will tnke place this evening at the Concert Chamber, in aid of the Cot Fund. An excellent nrogramme has been arranged. Mr. Horace Hunt is playing: Mr. Warwick and Mr. F.rnest Jones, two of the competitions cliampions: Miss. Marjorle Clarke, who/ won tho Bristol competition for singing, 'Miss Florence Churchill, who won the seriior ejocution championship, a. new .contralto. Miss Christine Towns-, end, Miss Elsie Dick. Mr. and Mrs. Hill, and othera are to take part.

TKe annual meeting of the District W.C.T.U. was lield on Thursday. There was a good attendance of mombers. Mrs. Webb (secretary) presented the report of the year's work, which included reports from tie central, Lower Hutt, Greytown and Masterton branch unions. Mrs. Boxall (treasurer) read tho balancesheet, which showed a credit balance of j!10 13s. Bd. The mfinbership. of the union is 131. witt JO. honorary members. The amount of. .£IOO KaH heen collected for tlie Starving Children's Fund by subscriptions, nnd at the stall in Coiirtcnny Place, mninlv through Mrs. Boxall s o(Torts. The' Rev. W. Shirer' (treasurer of tTTo Building Fund) presented the bal-ance-sheet, which showed a small debit bnlanco on the property, which it was (ipcMed to extinguish by a special effort dlmng the next six months. Mr. Shirer was tfianked for the work lie had done tn tlie past, and was unanimously reelected Mrs. Chatfield, a member ot the National Defence League, was present, and solicited the help of the members for the big carnival extending over right days, to be held in March m aid of a "community room for the benent of local Territorials and Senior Cadets, which it was pronosed to establish at Buckle Street. All present expressed ovmpothy with the movement, and unanimously agreed to support it. The following officers were elected President, Mrs. JoTinson Wright; recording secretary, Hrs. Webb; treasurer, Mrs. Boxall.

A Food Protest. The "Bring your hinch"' movement otnrted by women typists .and clerks in Boston, United States, m a protest wralnst prices, is rapidly spread nR throughout the United State..state* 'he New York correspondent of the Daily M ln New Torlc, where the cost of anythin" edible I? extortionate, eating-house, luncheon, and restaurantproprietors are holding meetings to discuss tho new situation. As the result' of nn timi made in the Inst few days. I found tlmt S5 'Per cent, of the fiirln in do * n town" offices have sworn to flsrht tne Mali cost of living. "Tee. were all 'Brine vonr lunehern, paid the speaker of a bevy of pretty girls in Broadway. Each carried a little white paper line, *nd nil were tripsins into one of tne bi(t soda-fountain chops that arc on c Tt £. T corner here. "For months out of a* a i week," a typist told me .ve lieon navin? 35<j. in lunches.' Mr. topcland, Health Commissioner, thinks the movement an excellent one. ' ™ rom tne health point of view." he says, it Is much better for girls to bring Sandwiches than to eat the stuff the.y get at the lunch rooms at exorbitant prices,

Self-Governing Infantt. A pastoral play was performed by the children in the crounds of the Theosonhicftl Sociptv's Home* School, nt Hjchland Iload, Bromley. Kent, recently. The children, who were bare-legged and lightlv clad, are beips instructed on ttn> jfontessori system of self-government. They framo their own rules rnd elect their own cabinet. Confer-;nee? ate held on school questions, and Kills, are adopted and rejected. The latest Bill r>-mills tames in the shrubbery. Another outcomo of tho communal idell la the wttinir apajt of every Saturday for umMI work. The children selcet their own duties. Even tho eiclit tnM«6 In the school—the oldest is four years oY nee—are set to 6'ich work a? jfolishlni; tlio silver. Recently fome cf 'he bow* selected cookery and needlework. rmi (lie Uitls Toturned the compliment by choosing gardening and carpentry. Vmter and summer the children are bar"-Teggcd in the school and grounds, and sleep in hammocks in the open I'ir doimitories. Classes al6o ire held outdoors.