WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 76, 29 March 1920, Page 7

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS. Mr. and Mrs. Vcrnon Keed are staying at the iiiiuul. Mr. ali.l Mr*. K. Matthews left thie mornmjz fur the .-outh. \li>. Hell and Miss 1). E. Barnard, of Wellinglnn. ure vir-iiing Auckland. Miss A. liei-d, (if ilerne m spending ii week with friends in the country. Mr. iiiul Mrs. .). 11. Kwen expect to reach Aucklaiirl on Wednesday morning. Mr. S. {;. Laiifidale and Miss (!. I,nngdale, of Auckland, are »prndin X a holiday in rlni-tcluirHi. Mr. and Mrs. Knink Dulhie. who Imv* been visitiiif; friends in the Wai tarn tin have returned t<i Auckland. Mr. and .Mrs. \V. Short, of Auckland, liHVi , <iime tii Dunvdiu after v stay in ( lirUlcliiirch. Mr. and Mrs. TCriton Smith, of Wellington, and Mr. and Mrs, Norton Oram, of JJunedin. are at the (Jrand Mr. and Mrs. fci. \V. ({owing, of PalmiTston North, are now at Kotorua, and will rntnrn to Auckland for Easter. Mr. 11. It. Williams, who has been staying ut the (ininil, left this morning for the South. Mrs. Williams still remains ill Auckland. , Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell, of Cambridge, Ad'ompanied by Miss Douglas, arrive in Auckland to-day. Miss Meredith Kr.ye and Miss Barnett, nf I'liristciiurcli, left Auckland this morning for a visit to the Waitomo Caves. Mrs. W. Wilson, of St. Leonard's, Takapnna, is leaving by the express on Tuesday nijrlit for Napier, where she will spend Raster. Mrs. C. R. Ridnill and Miss Bklwill (Wairarapa) will he in Auckland for a few days, en mute to England, via Australia. They leave this week. Mr. and Mrs. Neville Newcomb, and family leave by this evening's express for Wellington', to catch the Athenic, which is timed to leave that port on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Marry Wilson, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Kirkb.v Wilson, Miss Peggy Wilson and Miss Beryl Wilson, are motoring through to Tiotorua, whore they will spend Easter. Mr. and Mrs. Asser and faniilv arc at ■present at " Stonehurst." having sold their run in the Buy of Plenty, and purchased Mr. H. Clark's residence in Orakei Road, Kcmnnra. Mr. Laurie Stubbs. states a lady correspondent, is at present ill London, end is making amuijrenient- to go out to Russia to buy furs and amber, and is very sanguine of making a successful venture. Ciirton College. Cambridge, has just received £10.000, to lie applied during the next twenty years for the encouragement of research by women in mathematical, physical and natural sciences.— (•' British Weekly. , ') 'Mies AVinifreii Hod>. a daughter of and Mrs. Frank BoiUe. of Auckland, who came to Kngland some months ago for the purpose of studying art, is at present staying at St. Ives. Cornwall. Her sifter, Mrs. Norman 'Barker, ie now living at OvetStejVs, Kings wear, Devon. Mr. and Qlrs. H. .S. Malcolm left "WVl'lington recently to take up their residence at Auckland ' Mrs Malcolm will be remembered, says "The Poet," as a enlo dancer of special grace and chum, who assisted at many Wellington patriotic functions. The many friends of Mrs. Xoel Walker, daughter of the late Sir Frederick Whittaker, will be interested to hear that she has just bought a pretty little home at Cobham, Surrey. It "is a charming bouse, set ill lovely surroundings and several old New Zealand friends Jive in the ntfar neighbourhood. Miss Ella Mac Donald. second daughter of the Hon. W. T). ,«. .Mac Donald" and Mrs. Mac Donald (Wellington), is sailing on or about March 18 for Singapore, where she is to be married to Mr. Herbert Davison, of the Eastern Extension Cable Company's staff. Miss Dora Slactier (second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mactier, of Haiiroki Hoot), Takapuna), who is a fully qualified nurse and gold medallist for same, is leaving by the Athenic for London, where she purposes taking up a special course of nursing and training, including massage. Mr. Kred. Minnett. of tlie Xew Zealand Insurance Company, nnd now in the London office, has just bought a home at Orpington, Kent, very convenient to town yet quite in the'country, and Mrs. Minnett writes that she is very jflad to settle down after being so lon« without a home. WAIKATO NOTES. Mm. A. Le giu>Bip, of Auckland, is tho guest of Mrs. 11. Quick. Mrs. Uoiiglas has taken her daughter South to Dunediu, where she will remain to pursue- her University studies. Mrs. FoM-ler entertained a few of her friends Of\ Tuesday afternoon as a farewell to Mrs. Brody, who is leaving Shortly for Paekakariki: Mrs. Fowler received her guests wearing a very pretty grey silk; -Miis Tully. who helped her sistpr, was "caring a pretty black frock. The match Kraiikton v. Hamilton Croquet Clubs for tho Furze Cup, was played on Tuesday afternoon, and was won by the latter. The Frankton team comprised Mesdames Higgins, Warncford, Kinuip, Forbes, lielgrave, and Miss Higgins. The Hamilton team were Mesdames furze. Hyde, F. T. Wilson. Coombes Fergusson, Platt. _ A popular wedding took place at Knox Presbyterian Church, Morrinsville, on the 11th, when Mr. H. G. Howie, second son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Howie, of Morrinaville, was married to Miss G. 11. Philpott, .also of Morrinsville. The bride, who was given away by her father, was attended by her cousin. Hiss R. Henley, of Auckland, as bridesmaid, and the best man was Mr P. Balme. The Entertainment Committee which is arranging for the Rose Kevue in aid of the combined effort to raise a fund for the maintenance of the local kindergartens met yesterday morning and went into details. The revue will take place during tho evenings of the two first days of the festival, and will noc only provid* an interesting dramatic spoctacle, bait will allow those present to indulge an innovation in dancing to the music of a jazz band during the intervals. Mrs. C'oleman ie convener ol the committee, amongst whom are Me3damee McGregor, Bailey, H. F. Merritt, Kinder, and Edmonds. The swimming carnival held by the young ladies of Sonning took place at the baths on Monday afternoon. Afternoon tea was presided over by Mrs. Mnnning and Mrs. Dingle, and served by Misses B. Jolly, Varney, and Valder. The sports mistress, Miss Chadwick, was responsible for the programme, and the judges were Miss T. Pickering, Messrs. Melville, Bell, and Whitcombe. Mrs. Whitehorne, as hostess, was wearing a very pretty frock of heliotrope voile and violet bat,