WOMAN’S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 220, 11 June 1921, Page 4

WOMAN’S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR.

(By

Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. 11. D. Crawford will leave on a visit to England by the Shropshire on June 15. Mrs. R. Purdy (Lower Hutt) is visiting Australia. Among the passengers leaving by the Shropshire ore Mr. and Airs, von Haast. Sir John and Lady- Luke have returned from a visit to their daughter, Mrs. Charlesworth, of Napier. Describing the Hag which the Mayor and citizens of Le Quesnoy have forwarded to Brigadier-General Hart to express their admiration and esteem for tho New Zealand Rille Brigade, which captured Idle town from tho Germans, the “Wairarapa Daily News" states that.it is beautifully worked in gold, and in addition to the coat-of-arms, the city' authorities have been granted permission to include on the flag two New Zealand fern leaves surmounted by a gold N.Z. This is now the official flag of lx- Quesnoy, and is forwarded in icomplimeut "a ses liberateurs." In conversation with a "News" reporter. Brigadier Hart expressed the opinion that on tho coin--1 pletion of the Wellington Cathedral, the flag should be housed therein. In his opinion, it is too valuable and historic to be retained in a private house. The marriage took place at; the Presbyterian Church, Taradale, this week, of Air. William Arthur J ebb, son of Air. and Ml'S. Jebb, of Stoke Newington, London, to Miss Ruby Freeman, fourth daughter<of Air. and Airs. Charles Freeman, of Greenmeadows. Miss Al. Freeman was bridesmaid, and Air. G. Williamson was best man. The marriage took place on Wednesday in St. Alark’s Church,. Takapau, of Miss Madge Speedy, second daughter of Air. and Airs. H. A. Speedy, of "Taniwha,"' Takapau. to Air. Eric- Emerson Alabin, eldest son of Air. A. E. Alabin, of Wellington. The Rev. Canon Culwick officiated. Tho bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of white Brocaded satin, affd a veil with orange blossoms. Her bouquet was of white and pink carnations. Miss Dorothy Speedy and Alisa V. Alabin were bridesmaids, the former wearing cream taffetas and the latter cream georgette over Both wore large black hats, and carried pretty bouquets to harmonise with their frock's. Air. J. K. Staples, of Wellington, was best man, and Aly. M. Alabin groomsman. After the ceremony’ a reception was held at “Taniwha.” attended by a large number of guests. The bride travelled in a Russian costume of old rose gaberdine, trimmed with fur and a hat to match.

Air. AVilliam Leeds, son of Princess Christopher (formerly Airs. Leeds, wife of an American millionaire), is engaged to Princess Xenia, second daughter of the Grand Duchess Alania of Greece and of the late Grand Duke George Alikhaiovitch of Russia, and niece of King Constantine. Princess Xenia is 17 years of age. Air. Leede is 18 years of age, and was educated nt Eton. He is heir ta a fortune of about jC1,460,000, left by his father, who died in 190 S. On the day’ before Easter he travelled by aeroplane from Paris, to Athens, accompanied by his Chinese valet, in order to reach the sick bed of his mother. She was out of danger when he arrived. ,

The resignation of Miss Juniper froin the position of head of the. domestic science branch of manual and technical education in Auckland was announced at the meeting of the Education Board in Auckland on AVednesday. Alias Juniper will relinquish her post at the end of July, when het three years’ engagement with the board will terminate. The chairman. Air. E. C. Banks, .the supervisor of the manual and technical branch. Air. J. P. Kalaugher, and members of the board, paid ft high tribute to the work of Miss Juniper. The resignation was received with regret and the board’s recognition of her valuable services was placed on record.

A. well attended meeting of the AVaipukurau Red Cross Society was held in the Social Hall on Tuesday afternoon, and after formal business had been transacted a presentation was made to Mrs. Hopkirk, who has been an active member of the society, and is shortly leaving for tho South Island. Mrs. Paget (who presided) handed Airs. Hopkirk a leather purse worked by a sanatorium patient, and in doing so referred to the excellent work done by Mrs. Hopkirk, .and tho general regret felt at her approtiching departure Mrs. Hopkirk suitably acknowledged the gii .

A very successful private danco, organ iced bv a committee consisting of members of the staff of Messrs. A. Paterson and Co., Ltd., was held tn the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall last evening. The attendance of dancers was large and the many pretty flocks wilt were worn, for which Hie softly coloured drapery used in decorating the chamber formed a becoming background, were quite a feature of the dance. Blue and yellow, with touches of pink, were the predominant colours of the decorations, the sides of the hall and the back of the stage being draped in the "two former, while suspended from the central electrolier was a lattice-work pagoda massed with long trails of pink roses, blue and white streamers radiating from it to the walls of the room. The stage had been comfortably furnished for onlookers and ornamented with pot plants. An excellent orchestra played all the latest music for the dancing, and with a good floor and plenty of partners, the evenin'’ could not fail to be a thoroughly enjoyable one. Supper was set on long tables in the corridor, chrysanthemums and foliage forming the oecorations. The chaperone for the dance w ere Mesdames Longuet, Fussell, Murray, Oswin, Flitch Ravmond, Newton, and Richardson, and the committee . responsible for the arrangements comprised the Misses Cooke Iles Snell, Thomson, Messrs. Murray, Raymond, son tho secretary being Mi. I. Dorn ndl. The heads of the firm were among those who were present.

At tho meeting of the board of directors of tho Wellington Young Momens Siistian Association held on Thursday afternoon the membership report, showed ilml- 53 new members, 41 seniors and 12 X detriment, hail connoted ihemsMves with the .'association during the Lui, of M'av the greatest proportion of these being interested in the technical clashes held nightly at the Boulcott Street clubroom, among which milhnery L bv far the most, popular. It was also shown that 7975 meals had been served during the month at the two cafeterias Hi the Boulcott Street and Herbert Street clubrooms, this making a. daily average o ■ 4.43 Tho cost of the hot meal served a - Boulcott. Street had been reduced from Mnv IG, and it was felt that this reduction had been appreciated bv those for whose benefit it. was made, lhe hostalj renortad 99 visitors ta have come and gone during a little over four weeks, ami lhe total number of. permanent boarders in the’hostels at Brougham Street and MacDonald Crescent to be 85. There hud lieen HHte demand for accommodation for overseas settlement and Now Zealand Government immigrant girls, as n ',, Home boats arrived during tho month of Jtav. It " ;ls especially nol.ieeabln that in connection witlijho Savings Club funds deposits had very greatly increased during May, which speaks well, in these times of financial stress, for the sense of thrift and economy possessed by the numerous members of this club.

Ths death occurred at Maitara. on Sunday of Mrs. Ann Carrick, one of Taranaki's pioneers. Airs. Carrick lett England with her parents and a numerous body of relatives in March, 1841, bv the barque Amelia Thompson, striving. at Al'oturoa, New Plymouth, on the September following. The deceased lady, whose husband died many yea l '* ago, had been a. resident of AVaitara East for the past 50 years, being one of the pioneers of that district. She is survived by four daughters ami one eon Mesdames 11. Law (Hokianga), AV. Ha’"’ blvn (Midhurst), Vickery (Tikorangi), A. Western (Hawera), and Mr. Morton Carrick (Waitara).

Alajor and Airs. Pringle end Miss Pringle (Palmerston. Worth) are spending ft few days in Wellington.

Aiding Indian Women. As the result of an agitation organised by the committee of inquiry into the social and moral conditions of Indian nomen in Fiji, Dr. Mildred Staley, M.D., B.S. (London) has goue to Suva to take the position of medical officer at the local hospital (states the ’"Sydney Herald”). Her appointment has been made by the British Government.

Dr. Staley, who is a graduate of the London University, has had extensive experience of life in India and Alalaya, and thoroughly understands the type of native woman whom she has been sent out - to help. For some years, she was in charge of a Delhi Women’s Hospital. Dr. Staley speaks fluently the languages of tho Indian people, and also knows Malayan and Arabic. For war service she has been decorated with the Croix de Guerre, Gold Cross, and Royal Order of Serbia. Before taking the Fiji appointment she had been engaged in an. anti-malaria and infant welfare campaign iii Syria. The Committee of Inquiry that awakened public interest in regard to the plight of women affected by indentured Uabour in Fiji, has its headquarters in oydney, but its members represent women from all parts of Australia. 3he following resolution, passed a public meeting of women held in Bombay a few months ago, indicates how deeply grateful the Indian tomen are for the interest that has been taken here on their behalf bv Australians: —’ ‘"This public meeting of the women of Bombay authorises its president to convey its deep feelings of gratitude to tho women of Australia for the sympathetic interest they have evinced in the mitigation of the miseries of the poor indentured Indian women in Fiji, and to express its appreciation of the practical measures they took in deputing Aliss Garnham to go to Fiji to inquire into and report on their condition, and in promising to send a petition, to the Governor of Fiji embodying the reforms suggested in that report.” The Junior Red Cross.-

Junior membership in national Red Cross societies began simultaneously in several countries during the war (states the "Red Cross Bulletin”). It has since developed in many others with the approval of the General Council of the League of Red Cross Societies. At first a means of giving children tho opportunity of participating in tho humanitarian work of the Red Cross during the war, it has grown into an educational programme and a world-wide league of children, lhe response of youth to the ideal of unselfish service has been so eager that a profound change has been effected in thousands of class rooms, and tho teachers liave come to look upon tho Junior Red Cross as a .practical means of teaching the lessons of personal health, of good citizenship, and of unselfishness. The American Red Cross, which has more than half the school children in the United States organised in its junior movement, defines its purpose in these terms; "That tho boys and girls of today may be taught to think first o others; that a live interest in behalf of children near at hand and in distant countries may bo aroused, stunulated and given an outlet; that, m their school days, thoy may come to be moved bv a spirit of helpfulness and interdependence; all in the hope that the men and women of to-morrow may ever think in terms of service to others; and that we may all enjoy a bigger, better, broader citizenship—this is the purpose of the Junior Red Cross." Another expression of tho same ideal has come from the Alberta branch of the Canadian Red 6’oss: "To encourage through unselfish sacrifice and the knowledge of human needs those broadening interests and intelligent sympathies which make for a growth of truo 01 tizenship and a better understanding between nations and peoples." The devotion of teachers and the ness of the children in every sort of community and in every condition has made it possible to enrol 12,000,000 junior members in national Red Cross societies. From these an _ from the growing thousands of new junior members will lie made the Led Cross of tho future, from a generation educated in the ideal of service and trained in its practice.