WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 276, 18 May 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). PERSONAL ITEMS J Miss Dulcie Bailv is the guest of Mrs. 5 George Bavley, Remuera, Auckland. ' •Mr. H. Fraser left last night by the Rarawa on his return to Auckland'. Misses B. and C. Bavly have gone to Palmerston, their brother, Mr. W. Bayley, 'having just undergone an operation. Miss Doris Bradbury is the guest of Mrs. Kemp, Remuera, Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. J. Noble, who have been visiting New Plymouth (the latter for some months) have returned to their home in Hamilton. Mrs. E. Gilmour, who has been visiting her relatives in Auckland, has returned to New Plymouth. Mrs. J. Hempton has gone for a trip to Auckland. Miss V. Brett, of the Telephone Department, Auckland, W'lio exchanged duties with Miss Fabian, of the local staff, returned to Auckland on Wednesday, Miss Fabian arriving yesterday morning. 'Mrs. Bert. Griffiths, who has been on a visit to Wellington and Nelson, has returned to New Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. H. Brown have gone for a short visit to Christchurch on business. Mrs. W. H. Alexander and Miss Phyllis Alexander, Auckland, are the guests of Captain and Mrs. Mace, of Omata, the former's parents. Mr. M. Fraser has returned from a short visit to Auckland. Mrs. and Miss Devenisli, who have been on a visit to Wellington and Blenheim, have returned, and while in the latter town were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Skinner. Miss Esme Bayly, Remuera, is spending her term holidays with Mrs. H. Baily New Plymouth. J Mr., Mrs. and Miss Atkinson win leave New Plymouth shortly to take up their j abode in Hamilton. I Last night Mrs. Chaney gave a very enjoyable card party and: musical evenin, for young people, and to-night Miss "Gay" Shaw will entertain a number of young men and maidens at bridge. ORANGE BLOSSOMS. | CANNELL—BENT. I St. John's Church, Waitara, was filled with an interested congregation on Tuesday, the occasion being the marriage of Mr. Kenneth Leslie Cannell, third son of the Rev. and Mrs. Cannell, of New Plymouth, to Miss Ethel Winifred Bent second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bent, jof \\aitara. The bride was attired in a very pretty gown of cream silk shantung trimmed with rich silk insertion, J panel, train and skirt, trimmed with silk l insertion and lover's knots. She wore the usual veil and orange blossoms, and carried a pretty shower bouquet of white flowers and maiden hair ferns. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Bent, who wore a pretty dress of cream silk poplin, richly trimmed with silk lace. She also wore a cream veil and pink wreath and carried a shower bouquet of pink and white flowers. The bride .was given away by her father. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. R. A. Bent, brother of the bride, as best man. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. C. F. R. Harrison, and the usual ) hymns were sung. Motor cars were used to convey the bridal party and guests to and from the church to the residence of the bride's parents, where afternoon tea was partaken of. The usual toasts were proposed and duly acknowledged. The happy couple were the recipients of many beautiful and useful presents, including a handsome silver teapot from the members of the Sir j Donald McLean Lodge, and a very pretty j silver tea service from the congregation jof the Opunake Wesleyan Church, of j which the bridegroom is organist. Mr. j and Mrs. Cannell left by the afternoon I tram, en route for Wanganui, where the j honeymoon is to be spent. The bride's j travelling dress was a tailor-made cos- . tume of navy blue cloth, with black hat J and white plumes.—Mail. The Buenos Ayres Herald (Argentine) of March '2 contains an interesting account of a New Zealand wedding in that eity. Miss Mabel I. Douglas, of Auckland, daughter of Mr. W. S. Douglas (editor of the New Zealand Herald), was married to Mr. Harry Steele, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steele, also of Auckland. WOMAN RAILWAY OFFICIAL To handle and despatch trains is the arduous duty performed by Mrs. Jennie Connor, of Melrose Highlands, a suburb of Boston, Mass. She is employed by the Boston and Maine Railway, and is well known to the thousands of railway servants who are engaged in carrying on the traffic over the four States in which the road operates. Something like 400 individuals engaged on the line 'have to report to her regularly, and in their opinion Mrs. Connor knows more about the construction and workin« of the big engines than do most of the men who have assisted in building them. She 'has charge of all the engines driven on the northern division of the railway, and it was in consequence of the responsibility thus placed upon 'her that she was first led to take up the study of the "steam moguls." I am a great believer in women's literary capability," says Marie Corelli. 'I think that, given a woman with a keen instinct, close observation, and large sympathies, she ought to be able to produce greater masterpieces of literature than a man. But there is no necessity for her to part with her womanly gentleness because she writes. No, for it is just that subtle charm of her finer sex that should give the superiority to her work—not the stripping herself of all those delicate and sensitive qualities bestowed on her by Nature, and the striving to ape that'masculine roughness which is precisely what we want eliminated from all high ideals of art. Literature of itself does not unsex a woman! its proper influence is a softening, dignifying and ennobling one. Therefore, if in that calling a woman proves herself unwomanly in her speech, manners, and customs, you can be sure the unsexing process was pretty well completed before she ever took up the pen."