WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 283, 28 November 1919, Page 8

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS. a j Mrs. Coleman left for Wellington on Tuesday. Miss Ava Symons left by the Makura ' last Monday for Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Bell, of Hamilton, arrived in Auckland on AVednesday, and are staying' a* Stoneh-urst. Mrs. C. J. McCulloch has returned from a visit to the Bay of Plenty, and is staying at Stonehurst. Mrs. Eva C. Wheeler will arrive from the Thames to-morrow, and will :be at Stonehurst. Miss Majorie Black is taking the place of Miss Mary Geddes as girls' work secretary for the Y.W.CA, Dr. Margaret Roper (nee McCahon) has been staying with Mrs. Frtchett, Mt. Hobson Road. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowden, of Feilding, are visiting Auckland, and staying at Blockhouse Bay. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Goodman, who arrived from Suva by the Paloona, are staying' at Stonehurst, and intend to settle in the Auckland district. Mrs. A. Hoby, of Wellington, who has been staying at Stonehurst, and who came to Auckland to met her daughter, Mrs Heatherley-Deck, of Sydney, who arrived by the Maheno, .has now left for Tauranga. Christchurch papers announce the engagement of Miss M. E. Clifford, daughter of Sir George and Lady Clifford, Fendalton, to Mr. H. B. Douglas, second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Douglas, Cashmere Hills. Mrs. E. R. . r ickerman's name was inadvertently omitted from the list of ladies' names who worked hard to make the Seamen's Fete a success. She collected over £5 for the benefit of the ice cream stall. ■iriririririrA Mrs. A. H. Austin, M-A., who has presided over the Triennial Conference of the V.AA r .CA., which closed on Wednesday, with such tact and ability, was presented at the last luncheon session with a beautiful bouquet of scarlet roses and maiden-hair, by Mrs. Smeeton, on behalf of the members of the Tabernacle. ■i^^7i-fr_T*r A welcome was given recently to Lieu-tenant-Colonel and Mrs. Barclay by the Auckland branch of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Colonel Barclay is deputy! commissioner for St. John Brigade, and the welcome took place in the rooms, Rutland Street. Mr. Tonks, assistant commissioner, was in the chair, and was supported by Mr. J. F. Hutchinson and Mrs. C. Smith, lady corps superintendent, and the officers and members of the branch. The guest, in a short address, related his experiences, and what he had seen in ambulance work during the four 3'ears he had been away on active service. '>_-_"!.->_•'!>■

It seems strange to hear that during the war flowers were so very dear in England, the home of the rose, yet Mrs. McHugh, one of the two women patrols who are at present in Auckland, told a reporter that 3/6 was often asked for a rose when she was in London. Needless to say, it was not paid by the New Zealander, and for a bunch of roses sixpence each was the price, while carnations went from 1/ upwards, and the arum lilies, which the New Zealander remembered as growing in ever3 r corner in Auckland, were being sold for 1/, 1/0, and 2/ each when she left London. A small buttonhole of snowdrops cost 6d, and when the nurses wanted to express their appreciation for an American friend who was leaving they bought her a bouquet consisting of six tulips, for which they paid 5/. Speaking of the clubs established for overseas women, Airs. McHugh said that the Duke of Norfolk's house had been given up to them, jand for nurses:.it was residential, but now that the owner is again taking possession a building is being arranged that i will be a very fine club and will be called the Ro3 - al Club, the visitor thought. This will be a splendid thing for women i going Hdine from New Zealand who j would get in touch if they become members of the Royal Colonial Institute. AATien the two women patrols were in Newport News they were royally entertained at clubs, and it is a pity tliat when American women come to our land that it is not possible in some manner to return the welcome they have constantly given to New Zealanders.