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WOMAN'S WORLD.

PERSONAL. Airs. F. C. Fookes entertained a number of young friends of Evie's at a euchre party on Wednesday. • « « • Mrs. Ted Carthew and Mrs. Hutchen both gave children's dances this week. • * * • Mrs and Miss Hammond leave tonight for Auckland, en route for Cambridge, their future home. Mrs. J. W. Hayden has returned from Auckland. • • • ♦ Mrs. Geo. Neal has returned from a. trip to Auckland. • * » » Miss Marshall, who- has been visiting Wellington, returned this week. • » • « Mrs. Hutchen was hostess at a bridge party on Thursday. • • • • Miss Burrows, who has been spending her holidays in Auckland, returns to-day. • • • • Miss Fairbrother has returned from Wellington. • • * * * Misses Kathleen and Eileen Campbell have' returned from a holiday in Wellington. « • * * *■ The engagement is announced of Miss Marjorie Livermore (of the Auckland Hospital staff), only daughter of Mrs, Livermore, at one time ■ a resident of New Plymouth, to Dr. Hay, also of the Auckland Hospital staff. • . » * Mrs. Watson, of Bulls, is on a visit to New Plymouth. »•» ' • Mrs. Bowman, of Marton, will arrive early next week for Miss Roy's wedding. Miss Kelly (Fordell) will also be one of the guests, and arrives on Saturday. • ♦ • • Mrs. Dobson, of Auckland, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Cannell. •*• » - Mrs. McAlister (Stratford) is the guest of Mrs Allan Renuell. • • • • Visitors at the White Hart Hotel include Mr. and Mrs. Hobson (Wellington) and Mrs. and Miss Hogg (Manaia). • • • * < Cable advice has been received that Lieut.-Col. Home, accompanied by Mrs. Home, Miss Jessie Home, and Mr. Wade, is leaving England by the Rimutaka, which is due in New Zealand early in November. On Friday Mrs. R. C. Hughes, ably assisted by Miss Ahier and Miss Lois Cutfield, entertained a' large number of friends at her residence at a farewell party for Mrs. Crooke and Misses W and B. Crooke. A sumptuous afternoon tea was provided m the dining rooms, the decorations being pale yellow primroses, almond blossom, and all spring flowers. During the afternoon Mrs. Lcatharn played a pianoforte solo, Mrs. Oscar Blundell sang, and Mesdames Hughes and Evans recited. After afternoon tea, Archdeacon Evans, on behalf of those present, in a few well-chosen words, presented the guests with farewell souvenirs in the shape of books. "Auld Lang Syne," and "For They are Jolly Good Fellows" concluded a very jolly afternoon.

At St. Mary's Hall last Wednesday a farewell social was given for Mr. and Mrs. and Misses W. and B. Crooke, who are leaving shortly for Marton, their future home. Guessing competitions arranged by Miss Leatham were the order of the evening, and a great deal of merriment was caused. As the social was strictly informal no speeches were made, hut a very jolly evening was spent. The hall was artistically decorated with ferns, palms and daffodils and a delicious supper was served by the ladies of the Guild. THE RETURNED SOLDIERS' BALL. The returned soldiers' annual plain and fancy dress ball, which took place' at the Coronation Hall on Thursday evening, was a marked success; in fact, it quite eclipsed any ball yet held in New Plymouth. On entering one was struck at once with the transformation from the usual bareness of the building to a veritable fairyland. The decorations were carried out in colored electric lights of red, white and blue, with flags of all nations and masses of ferns and evergreens, while the dainty and striking costuming of the gay throng completed the scene. The supper room was quite a picture, with its row of tables, the color of the flowers on each producing the effect of red, white and blue, while nikau palms adorning the walls with festoons of asparagus fern. The credit for this is due to Mrs. A. C. H. Collins, Miss Curtis and Miss Collis. The organisation of the arrangements for supper, all of which was donated, was the feature of the evening, all praise being due to Mesdames Walker, 0. H. Weston, Brookman and Alexander, who, with their many and willing helpers, carried this through with much success. The orchestra of fourteen performers, under the leadership of Mrs. George, was excellent, whilst the Unusually good floor must have been sufficient reward to tho boys for the hard work they had put into it. It is a matter for congratulation that the Association's effort was stich an unqualified success. Their funds will benefit to a substantial' degree. It is hoped the sum of £2OO will be handed over. WHITELEY FLOWER SHOW, The annual bulb show at Whiteley Hail which was opened on Thursday afternoon by the Deputy-Mayor (Mr. W. A. Collis) was in many respects a more excellent display than any preceding shows. The hall was most tastefully arranged, the stalls for the sale of plain and fancy work, art work, and sweets and produce were very ingeniously fitted in between the profusely decorated flower stands, and with their own artistic decorations made up an altogether picturesque effect. The ladies of the congregation have been working «very industriously for a long time in preparation for the occasion, and the abundance of goods with which the several stalls were stocked showed plainly with what success they had wrought and how generously the friends of the show had given. The plain and fancy work stall, for which the ladies' guild was primarily responsible, was under the charge of Mesdames Carter, Collis, G. H, White, W. Ambury, Grylls and J. White. The Whiteley Club provided the art work stall, which was under the care of Misses Sadler and Carter (2) and the produce , stall was managed by Mesdames Morcy ; and Sharp, and the Misses M. Cannell, s Ruby Okey and Nellie White. The after--1 noon tea and supper arrangements were I directed by Mrs. T. G. Sole and a large } and enthusiastic committee 'of ladies. >. Thi ttfmhnmts w«rt umd la th»

'young women's and young men's bible' class rooms. The entries in the decorative competitions were very attractive. Mrs. N. Allen, of Frankleigh Park, won the prize in the open class for table decorations, with Mrs. John Gibson second, and in the Novice Class Miss Kathleen Downea (Bell Block) was first and Miss N. Chatterton second. Miss M. Cannell won the decorated bowls class with a beautiful display of rannuculus. Only one decorated basket was entered, by Miss Reed, who was awarded a first prize for the. exhibit. Some very tasteful buttonholes were exhibited in the children's section. An attractive programme of instrumental and choral music was also contributed. In the afternoon Mr. J. Russell Grave played a number of pianoforte selections, and at night a small orchestra played several items, and the choir of . Whiteley Church sang some plirt-songs. Solos were sung by Messrs. B. Bellringer and R. L. Cooper. On Friday afternoon Mrs, Cooper played several pianoforte solos and at night the orchestra again rendered acceptable music. The items was much appreciated and provoked hearty applause. The Women's National Reserve invite the mothers and wives to attend the mother's tea at the Whiteley Hall, on September 20, at 2 p.m. A great many people are looking forward witli interest to the coming of the "Dandles" on 24th and 25th of this month. This company of entertainers has always beerf most popular with the New Plymouth audiences. An English exchange states that a marriage has been arranged between Mr. J. B. Reid, of Elderslie, Oamaru, New Zealand, and Mrs. Charles Kettle, of 12 Neville Terrace, Onslow Gardens, S.W., widow of Mr. District Judge Kettle, of New Zealand, and youngest daughter of the late Francis Fosbcry, of Curraugh Bridge House, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland,

GIRLS' LOST MODESTY. BISHOP BLAMES CINEMAS AND OVERCROWDED HOMES. The change which he declared had taken place in the outlook of English girls during the last 25 or 30 years was the subject of an address by the Bishop of Edinburgh at the anniversary service of the Girls' Friendly Society at St- Paul's London, recently. Every avenue of knowledge, both for bad as well as good, was oyen to girls almost from their infancy, he said. Their natural curiosity was unduly stimulated, even in tender years, by what they saw and heard. Their modesty was coarsened as they grew up by what they read in suggestive stories, and their sense of delicacy was hardened by sights they saw in homes where privacy was unknown. The cinemas completed the mischief that had been begun even before they were ten years of age, and, crowded together as they were in large schools evil was readily communicated one to the other, and virtue was honeycombed with vice even before it was known. When this widespread laxity of morals was combined with independence, such organisations as the Girls' Friendly Society needed to pray and to think how they might best help girls, lest they lose their inborn dignity and purity, which was their greatest asset in life. It was essential that the society, the only organisation, as far as he knew, that stood out for white purity, should so enlarge its borders on every side that the purity for which it stood should never be identified with puritanism.

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Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 6

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WOMAN'S WORLD. Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD. Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 6

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