WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 129, 29 February 1928, Page 4

WOMAN’S WORLD

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR

Miss D. Robbins is a Wanganui visitor to Wellington.

Miss H. Blackie, of Wellington, is in Christchurch.

Mrs. Connell, of Wanganui, is visiting Wellington.

Mrs. Pegg has returned to Stratford after a visit to Wellington.

Mrs. H. Humphries returned to Napier from Wellington. .

Mrs. McCade, Wellington, is visiting Mrs. Lilburn, Mangamahn,

Mrs. White-Parsons, of Napier, has been visiting Wellington.

Miss B. Murray, of Wellington, is spending a holiday in Auckland.

Mrs. A. Haworth left Wanganui for Wellington early in the week.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Pizer are Wellington visitors to Auckland.

Dr. and Mrs. Bowerbank have returned from the Medical Conference at Hamilton.

Mrs. A. B. Williams, who has been spending some months in Wellington, returned to Christchurch yesterday.

Miss Joan Rin.tr, of Napier, is spending a holiday with friends in Wellington.

Mrs. V. Williams, who has been visiting relatives at Sumner, has returned to Wellington.

Mrs. W R. Wilson and Mrs. R. M. Tolhurst, of Auckland, went to Christchurch yesterday.

Mrs. Ambridge (Rarotonga), who has been on a visit to Wellington, is now staying in Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs. W D. Worren, and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Murray, of Wellington, are visitors to Auckland.

Miss Dora Essen, of Wellington, arrived at Auckland by the Niagara. She has been visiting the United States.

Mr. and Mrs. Amos will leave this week for the Rotary Conference at Palmerston North.

Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Young returned :o Wellington on Monday by the Tahiti ifter an absence of eight months abroad.

Mr and Mrs. D. J. McGowan will attend the Rotary Conference at Palmerston North this week.

The engagement is announced in an exchange of Mr. Francis James Pender, of Christchurch, to Miss Thora Evelyn Haines, of Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. D. Markham and family are spending a holiday at Anikiwa, Queen Charlotte Sound.

Mrs. Austin Henderson, of Wellington, is staying with her sister, Mrs. Chesson, at Stanley Bay, Auckland.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Foster, of Wellington, are spending a Holiday in Wanganui.

Mrs. F. G. Routh and Miss Philpot, of Wellington, have returned from a visit to Auckland and Rotorua.

Mrs. W. Mason has returned to Wellington after a holiday in Auckland as the guest of Mrs. R. Creighton, of Parnell.

Mrs. R. J. Seddon and Mrs. Frank Hay have left for the West Coast to take part in the Greymouth Jubilee Celebratious.

Sir Alexander and Lady Roberts, and Mr. and Mrs. David Smith will be visitors to Palmerston North for the Rotary Conference.

Mr. and Mrs. Hope-Gibbons, of Wanganui, accompanied by their daughter, left by the Tahiti yesterday on a visit to the United States. They will return via England and the East.

After spending a holiday with her aunt, Mrs. McCallum, Rawhiti Terrace, Kelburn, Mrs. Best and her small daughter have returned to Auckland en route to Singapore with Mr. Best.

Lady Wolseley and Miss Murray, of England, who have been visiting New Zealand, left by the Tahiti yesterday en route to England.

Dr. and Mrs. G. F. V. Anson have returned to Wellington from Hamilton. Mrs. Martin Donnelly, of Auckland, is at present visiting Wellington.

At the meeting of the Technical College Board of Governors on Monday night the chairman (Mr. W. H. Bennett) welcomed back Mrs. J. Hannah, and hoped her health would enable her to render many years of service to the board.

Mr. and Mrs. Max Lichtenstein will leave Auckland by the Marama on Friday to attend the marriage of their son, Pat, to Miss Joyce Hillman, of Rose Bay, Sydney.

A garden party in aid of St, Mary’s Home at Karori will be held next Saturdaj’ afternoon in Mr. C. Pulley’s grounds at Karori, and a pleasant afternoon is promised all who attend. There will be a putting competition, and stalls for flowers, cakes, etc., and afternoon tea will be. available. Mr. H. S. Hislop has donated prizes, and a number of ladies are assisting in various ways. It is hoped that friends of the home will attend, as this effort is to help to reduce the debt on the homes, which is a very big hurdle to the finances.

The inaugural meeting of the Karori Women’s Christian Temperance Union was held in the Methodist. Church. Mrs. Mowleni, president of the Wellington Union, presided, and outlined in an interesting way the progress of the W.C.T.U. Miss Bradshaw, organiser, then spoke of plans of work which could be successfully carried out. Mrs. Watchman was appointed secretary. The next meeting will be held on March 14.

MAUDE ROYDEN OPPOSED TO COMPANIONATE MARRIAGES TOUR MANAGER ARRIVES Miss Chave Collisson, M.A., manager for Miss Maude Royden, arlived by the Maunganui yesterday and was met by a representative from the Pioneer Club, the group in Wellington affiliated with the British Commonwealth League under whose auspices Miss Royden’s tour is being undertaken. Speaking to a Dominion reporter yesterday, Miss Collisson said she had recently received a cablegram from Miss Royden on the subject of companionate marriage. “In view of the many distasteful rumours which have gone the rounds of the American Press and drilled over here, I thought it advisable to cable directly,” said Miss Collisson, “although I had a copy of a sermon on the subject. In that sermon she carefully discussed the problem as presented by Judge Lindsay in his book, ‘The Revolt of Young America,’ and dismissed the scheme as substituting an unreality for a reality. In spite of the

fact that extracts from the sermon were widely printed in Australia, incorrect reports are still cropping up. Now I have received a cablegram which states: ‘The report I approved companionate marriage is a lie.’ Anyone who knows Maude Royden personally must realise the distaste and disguest with which she has found herself obliged to use such strong language, but only a definite and sharp repudiation of these rumours seems strong enough to make a dear impression on the public mind ’■ During the last five weeks Miss Collisson has travelled from Perth to Brisbane. In each State a strong 'Welcome Committee has been formed, representing all the leading women’s and many men’s groups in each city. “The last invitation I received was irom the Brisbane Rotary Club,” she said, “and my real difficulty is to choose between the manv inviting offers non ing in.” “After an absence of eight years it Las been interesting to visit one’s own country and see the changes taking place,” continued the speaker. “So far I have been only in the cities except during the long railway journeys. I am a little appalled at the rapid growth of the great Australian capitals, and cannot help wondering whether it is good for the country as a whole. Of course, problems of motor locomotion and aeroplane development are conspicuous in Australia, as elsewhere, though motors have not there reached the pitch that they have in New York or London in the matter of traffic blocks. Miss Royden will do a good deal of motoring while in Australia, partly because it will be easier in some cases than train travelling, as she has suffered from lameness since infancy. She is, however, a very dashing motor driver herself, and is often seen about London at the wheel of a small car given her by some London friends, in a very natty vectoring costume. “The British Commonwealth League, under which Miss Royden will be touring New Zealand, has its headquarters in the old Adam Brothers district of London, the Adelphi, and rumour has it we have a ghost of our own,” Miss Collisson said, laughing.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Forbes are Wellington visitors to Auckland.

Lamb, clipped and unclipped, is stated to be the most popular of furs in London at the moment. The Duchess of York has a new coat of grey lamb, and the Queen has been wearing a Persian lamb with a grey Krimmer collar. As for the people who cannot afford these things, they are putting collars and cuffs of an imitation lamb on their coats.

Brigadier-General H. F. BatemanChampain (Secretary-General of the British Red Cross Society) arrived by the Maunganui from Sydney yesterday, and was met at the wharf by the chairman of the New Zealand Executive of the Red Cross Society (Mr. J. A. Flesher, 0.8. E.), the chairman of the Wellington Centre Executive (Mr. J. Burnett, 0.8. E.), the chairman of the Peace-time Division (Mr. C. H. Chapman), and Mr. M. S. Galloway (secretary), Mrs. Rose, chairman of tbe Women’s Committee, and Mr. and Mrs. M Myers. The Secretarv-General is accompanied by his wife and daughters, who will accompany him on his tour through New Zealand.

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