WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 158, 5 July 1921, Page 2

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS.

An engagement of interest, announced in an exchange, is that of Miss Emma Hall, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Hall, of Hororata, and granddaughter of the late Sir John HaU, to Lieutenant Douglas Gray, oi the Soc_burn Flying School.

Sir James and Lady Allen and family have now moved to "a flat in Knightsbridge, and the High Commissioner is finding this situation a considerable benefit to him. It is not too far froffi New Zealand House for him to walk there in the morning, and his route is a particularly pleasant one, through Hyde Park and" St. James' Park, so that there is a minimum of street to be traversed. The pressure of business is so great in New Zealand House that Sir James found, when he lived further west, that it was impossible for him to get exercise, but by this change to Knightsbridge he can fit in some walking into his day's pro-

gramme. A marriage of high interest to New Zealandcrs, and especially to AucKland, took place on the 2nd June at the historic Church of St. Margaret's, Westminster (writes our London correspondent). The bridegroom was Mr. Charles F. Forsdick, only son of Mr. William Forsdick, of Auckland, and he married Miss Enid O'Connor, of Ballygunge, St. George's Hill, Weybridge. Mr. Shiayle Gardner, the well-known actor and cinema star, was best man to Mr. Forsdick, who is an old school chum of his. If that tie were not sufficient, the fact that Messrs. Forsdick and Gardner served together in the N.Z.E.F. was more than another. This marriage was one of the most important of the season, and Miss Lloyd George was bridesmaid. A gathering of interest to many New was held at 57 __ucleay Street, Potts Point, Sydney, on June 13, when Mrs. William Murphy, formerly of , Dunedin, entertained several guests in honour of her daughter's (Miss Amy Murphy) approaching marriage to Mr. Stephen Daly. The following New Zealanders were among those who were present:—Mrs. Heath, Miss Nellie Black, Lieut. F. C. Hawlev, D.F.C.R__.F., and Mrs. Hawley, Mr. aid Mrs. E. G. Vaugj han, Mr. J. Stellin. Miss Amy Murphy will be remembered as New Zealand's foremost soprano. She was closely connected with the stage for a number of years.

j Mr. and Mrs. C. J- Tunks left New j Zealand by the Makura on the 12th ! March. En route through Canada to I New York • they stopped at Banff, I Winnipeg, Toronto, and Niagara. There I they visited relatives and saw a good I deal of the city, and then went on |to Quebec and Montreal. They sailed by the Tunisian for London, via Havre, t-o Southampton, arriving on May Ist in . beautiful weather. They visited Lyndhurst and New Forest, Salisbury, the i New Zealand camp at Sling, Bulford, and Stonelienge and Winchester, arriving in London only on "May sth. They : will remain in London for a few weeks •before visiting various parts of the British Isles. They expected to be at jLtroeht on June 10th, 'Mr. Tunks having Ibeen appointed to represent the National Council of the V.M.C.A. in New Zealand at the World Conference to be held in that city. I At the invitation of the Home Economics Association, of Christchurch, the members of Miss Cryer's basket-making , class from Lake Ellesme»e, a country district, visited town ana gave instructions to the members of the Association in the art of making baskets from tussock, which grows so plentifully on prround that has never been ploughed. The bunches of tussock grass used in the basket-making are bound together either with crochet cotton or raffia, and artistic ■ and serviceable baskets of all kinds have ! been made from such unpromising waste material as tussock gTass. In some of the baskets a pleasing note of colour is introduced by substituting red sedgegrass, which grows on the shores of Lake Ellcsmere, for the bay-coloured tussock.

Miss Grace Joel has a picture hung at this year's Paris Salon of a musician, and it is interesting to know that the sitter is a New Zealand girl, Miss Kathleen Levi. Miss Levi, it will be recalled, has won important prizes at the Royal Academy of Music for piano and composition. The Paris Salon also has three other pictures by an artist who hails from New Zealand. They are by "Miss Evelyn Chapman, only daughter "of Mr. and Mrs. Frances Chapman, formerly of Wellington, but now resident in Sydney. Miss Chapman, while in Sydney, studied with Dattilo Rbbo. and since ber coming to Europe has had considerable success. She exhibited three pictures in last year's Salon. Miss Chapman is at present spending a holiday in the popular artist quarter in England—Cornwall at St. Ives—where Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, of Christchurch, have gone down for a short visit, but are going "back to London to do some professional work in the Metropolis.

Few people know the kindness of the ! ' work that is done in a quiet manner by a ' group of ladies in Auckland, who work. I as the Ladies' Benevolent Society, nor j the extent of it* operations. At the | meeting hold on Friday case after case i' came before the members, each of' which has been inquired into per-!J sonally. The city is divided into nine wards, each of which is in charge of a'■ member who is provided with a sheet I showing details of the case and a receiptbook Signed by the recipients. At|< Friday's meeting the sum of £-100/1 was disbursed in the relief of different! ' unfortunates. Many of these cases are \ 1 very sad, and shrink from the thought of I charity, yet cannot help themselves, and;: only someone in the guise of a friend can stand between them and dire misery. \ < The story of the old lady of 87, who hadji been in the colony for 45 yeaTs, was aj' case in point. She had applied for a pen- ! t sion, to which she was entitled, but I through some form of red tape she did ] i not receive the money for three months. It is very easy to die when you are S7 ] and without food for three months; a fact that a parental government never 1 takes into acount. Into the breach i stepped the society with its small help 1 and friendly hand of support and tidied c the poor old soul over the pinch of cruel ''■ want. Another instance was a poor't woman who asked for the loan of a\ pound to enable her to keep going till "i her pension, which was quite moderate i came to hand. On the other hand th.'( hearty loafer, who had been round tow_|with a tale of wife and starving children ' and had been sent to the society cam. , in for short shrift. The wife and children were there truly, but in a state of highly specialised dirt, and well! nourished and apparently perfectly happy thus to remain. The fact that the' • case had been looked into rapidly dis- ' posed of its claims. It is this personal l work that enables the society to deal 1 with many cases which otherwise would ' be a burden upon the taxpayer andi increase the number of those "who are too lazy to help themselves. J,