SOCIAL JOTTINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 104, 1 May 1920, Page 20

SOCIAL JOTTINGS.

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Mrs (iladvs Kernot, of WelHunton. »,U known "in l.terary ? -..' ' M M I fnnnJin" the winter oil tltc Kiviern. nnu hoi advice to people who ".■ont'MplaPvisiting England if to stay at horns. Sbi dicribes evcrulnn, as very rspensivc and conditions tie far from normal. The Art Ciwle of Ibe fiisuorne Women's Club is a- very live action and has done a great deal of art and cralt work during the war. At the prwcnt tira.! the iw-raiT, Mrs. l.issunt Clayton is very interested in the Mil.i-vt o home dyeing in whirli pri-al tiling mi«M he accomplished with natural vegetable .lyes if artistic «..im-n mily turned thenattention thoroughly U> the subjci-t. Omof the members of the Uishorne elul., who has been experimenting recently produced a prooj greiu. with wMcli sue dyed a table cover, from the leaves of the tomato plant, a natural dye that lies ready to every hand. Dyes made from vegetable colouring are stated not to fade and were the substance? used in England before the rtieap land nasty: Germmi aniline cbemiml dyes forced them From the market. Dr. Elizabeth McDonald, who endeared herself to the women uf Auckland when acting as iiwdlual ollleer nf schools in this city, is now married and residing at l-iovin. -Many of ln>r old friends will be interested that Dr. Elizabeth liryeon (hop McDonald i has received a* cableirrani from her home in Scotland stating that, her mother and youngest brother were sailing for Xow Zealand by the ionic, due to leave London on March 31. Mra. McDonald ramrs on a long visit—her first—to the Pominion, and her son, Dr. William J. MβDonald, will prolmbly enter into partnership with Drs. Robert and Klizalmth Bryson in Levin. Dr. .McDonald sawfive years' active service in France with a British Ambulance Division, rose to the rank of major during his service, and was awarded the Military Urose for gallantry at Messinee. He holdx the degrees of M.A. -and M.8., Cll.U. l>r. Elizabeth Bryson lias also been adviseil by cablegram of the marriaa<" of her Youngest sister. Dr. Flora McDonald, just prior to her mother's departure. These events serve sis an opportunity for mentioning ii remarkable family achievement that we think deserves to be put on record, states the "CbroniiU?." There are nine children of the McDonald family, of whom seven (three sons and fjjur daughters) hold between them 11 university degrees. A liftli daughter is a tra.ined nurse, and saw three years' active service in All three sons and two of the daughters are doctors. All four daughters holding universitj' degrees are now married. Sirs. McDonald now comes to New Zealand on a well-earned holiday, since all these degrees have been earned since she was left a widow with nine young children, twenty years ago.