WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 61, 6 December 1920, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Hiss Helen Gard'ner, of Wellington, lias been engaged to play ihe part of 0 Mimosa Sau in the production of "lho Geisha" at Christmas time in Greymouth and llokitika. Mrs. J. M. Meredith (Mnsterton) has been spending a few days in Wellington, having come down to sc-o her niece, Misw Thomas, of Christchurch, off by the Toinul for England. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Summorell (Masiterton) are visiting Christchurch. Sirs. 51. Bethell has returned.to Canterbury from a visit to the Wairora Pa. ' Mrs. Bectham has accompanied her to the south. Mrs. J. Kennedy (Seatoun) is visiting Rotorua. Mifs Maud Stringer (Christchurch) arrived in Wellington last week from Christchurch en route for Australia by the TJlimaroa. . Miss Winifred Miles is the guest of Mrs. Edgar Stead, T?iccarton. The engagement, is announced of Miss .TCdna Lewis, oldest daughter of the late Mr. F. C. Lewis and of Mrs. Lewis, Mnsterton, to Dr. David Wayfe, eldest son of. the late flow A. Whyte and of Mrs. Whyte, Dunedin. Miss Catherine W. Christie, the wellknown lecturer for the New Zealand section of the Theosophical Society, has bc.eri able to deliver a number of lectures in England, although she is there mainly for the benefit of her health. Mis? Christie is about to leavo for Ireland on a six weeks' ' lecturing tour, which will-' cover ; most of' the leading centres. This will he followed l>v a visit to London and surburban lodges; in February she will be speaking in Jersey, and later on a tour will hn made of Wales and the North of England. *

In the conrso of, a lecture which wns given by Professor Shelley in Chnslchurchlast week under the nusp : c£ of the. Social Hygiene Society, the speaker deplored, tho typo of literature and motion-pictures that was common to-day. Ho had :,seeu pictures advertised ns "Soii,M-stunriing,"and thepeoplc w)io : witnessed these pictures sitting- in darkness {and they were in darkness in more ways .than one) had no outlet, for tho artificial stimulation aroused, except, in vicious ways. Youth should, ho taueht to consider the artistic side of bodily development. A definite artistic cult of Iho body was required, the dissemination of educational knowledge that the body was not only tho temple of- tho spirit, but also an expression- of the Personally, he would like to see instituted in Chriijtchurch a. "Festival *" tho Body/' which coiil'd' he held .annually in Hngley Park. It would he a festival of youth,, a demonstration of the perlcctioh that, conies from athletic.*.- • It was a fact that a healthy nerson who was striking chords of-bodily ideal could not flirojr out anv.vicious'-suggestion. What he .termed "desk education" of children was severely denounced by Professor Shelley. ■ ft was : he slid, the most abominable example '. of tyranjiy that existed- in the world to-day. The child was-cramped hodilv in the desk, and he was occasionally -allowed to pen fills or that curner of his ;iiind..:"hieji was perhaps called "geojrapliy.'" Tree discipline was ordered action, not negatioiml action.

The death took place in Christehurch Inst Thursday of Mrs. Fanny Annio Oliver, widow of \ihe late Mr. George Andrew Oliver, and an old Hawke's Bay settler. Mrs. Oliver and her husband arrived in Wellington in 1854, going the following year to Hawke's Bay, whero the latter, with Dr. Oruiond, look up ft tract of country known as-'Doonside. Lateiv Mr. and Mrs.' Oliver sct.'lod at -Metsnnee,- -and- there 'Mrs. Oliver' became mistress of the Government 'school' at Puketapu, a post she held for'-twenty-five years. ''■■ After the death oflie'r hushand she left for North Canterbury, to live near her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Davison, of St. Leonard's station.

The marriage took place in Christchurch, in St. Mary's Church, • recently, of Miss Freda Whitcombe, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Whitcombe. Murray Place, St. Albans, and Mr. Ernest • Onslow Barton, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Barton, Feilding.

•Pupils of the Wellington Girls' College gave an entertainment on Saturday afternoon to the patients in the Children's Hospital at Ncw.bwn. The infantile paralysis ward was turned into a concert roomi and the entertainment was I greatly enjoyed by the little ones. Probably few healthv people or healthy children, for ijhat matter,.realise how much of life is missed by those who have to spend, their days helpless or cut off from the amusements and interests of normal people, and tho thoughtfulness of the college girls was very commendable.

Early Settlers Association. i A. union of ; >nienil>era of the Early Settlers' Association ot* Wellington and friends was. held at the Kclliurn Kiosk on Saturday afternoon. The gathering was largely attended, and the time passed very .pleasantly for everyone in renewing old acquaintances and reviving memories of bygone times. Among the guests were the Rev. James Peterson, aged 91, Mrs.. Cornford, aged 85, and Mis. Medley, aged 85, of whom photographs "wcro taken, Another group, all of whom were over 70 years of age, wns also photographed.' A photograph was also taken of the committee and another of the whole of the gathering. It was altogether an occasion to which >much interest was attached, and the president, Mr.- J.. E. Jenkinson, 6eiaed the opportunity to .make nn appeal to those preI sent to induce everyone who could claim to be-a descendant of the. pioneers to become members of the association, and if net members themselves then (o ioin without delay. Afternoon tea 'vas 'owed, and over the teacups many anecdotes were told and histories recalled. Mrs. Burt's orchestra provided enjoyable music, Miss Evans sang, and Mr. Oswin recited. The invitation of Dr. Adams to visit the Observatory was accepted with pleasure, and uiunh'. interest, was evinced in the wonderful sights which were revealed through Ihe telescopes and tho talk upon sun-spots which followed.