WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 159, 6 July 1921, Page 9

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS. Miss L. Salmond is accompanying Mr. !. Justice Sahnond to Auckland. < Mrs. F. V. Frazer. of Wellington, is i visiting Auckland. Mr. a&d Mrs. Roy Towle are visiting ' Wellington. ilise N. Hnesell, of Auckland, is the guest of Miss O. Guy. Paimerston Xorta. ■ Mx. and M:=. Alexander and Miss Alexander, who have been at Carffen for some lime. hav= taken a house in Umaiui [ Road. Mr. and Mr?. A. D. Cook, of Welling- ' ton. have bought Mr. Arthur Gillie? j . home in Road, and will shortly j ■ enter into possession. i Mr. Leonard Grimwade is visiting the Dominion, an: i- at present staying 1 w:ta his brother. Mr. F.. Grimwade. Lake j House. Takapuna. |, The i= announced of Miss - 'Muriel Marriner. yeunger daughter of ,1 Mr-. H. A. Marriner. of Ivy Nook, i Mount Eden, to Lieutenant-Commander ' f Sale. H-M.s. Chatham. The engagement is announced of Miss i Edna Moore-Jones, daughter of Major 1 H. J. Moore-Jones, of Matamata. to } . Mr. H. L. Bayly, late lieutenant Royal Flying Corps. Tirao. Private letters state that Mtss Frrda Sternberg, "who wa? is charge of t*ir j Arthur Conan Doyle's tour, experts ~° ! i reach New Zealand about the middle of ] this month to make arrangements for Alexander Watson's forthcoming vkit. - Mrs. Watson accompanies the famous elx'utionist or. visit to New Zealand, j . ...... j The annual meeting ol the Grammar ' School Old Girls' Association was held . at the Howe Street school on Saturday, | : when Miss Edgerly presided. The annual j report was read and carried, and the. : balance eheet adopted. Tne following J officers were elected for the ensuing - year:—Patron. Miss Picket!: president. ( [Miss Edgerly: vice-prasidents. Misses P. . West on and C. Brown: secretary. Miss • ■Q. Waite: treasurer. M:ss G. Tilly: j: ; assistant, secretary. Hiss H. Dickey: - pommittee. Mrs. Morpeth. Misses -J. . : Hume. I. Hutson. F. Walker. K. Hastie. >'■ N. WU.-0-a. A small private dance was held in j I Bartiey's Hall, IXevonport. on Saturday I , last. The hall was appropriately decor- | ated by tie committee in King's and Grammar colours, which were tastefully arranged in both supper and dance I roeias,. Mesdames Smton and G-ribbm | acted a≤ chaperonee. Amon; those present were Mesdames Fisrher. Hanrreaves. and Simmons: Masses Rita Smith. . Thelma Buchanan. Mac Lewis.. Phyjlis f;r2>bin. Phvili* Sinton. Eileen toiler, j Bertha Mary Piynn. Nellie j fiyrun. Yvonne Oribbin. Ihiiie Bailey. Inez Callag-Oan. Nell Ibbetson. "Suby , Carrie. Vera Sneddon. Mavis Grevatt. Ada -Johnston. Phyllis Long-dill. Mary ,Wvlne. Irk Buekiev. I " ■ ' ■ -- -■-"--- I Tie Garfenircr Circle of the Pioneer : .Ciub in Wellington i< nothing if not practical. A talk upon jrardening was given last week by Mr. Gaskell. formerly foreman for Messrs. Clibrain and Son?, in Cheshire, and Tucker's. Berks I England I. •The subject of rock gardens was also .dealt with. Xo town in New Zealand I could compete with Auckland if tni* ! subject was taken up locally, ana the : effort made to turn its stony hillsides into beauty spots. Wellington Botanical Gardens has a very good example of the riffbt effect of planting on rocky places. :Eaeh plant is named for puiEc instruction. A well attended meeting of the Aucki land Women's Zionist Society was neld iin the Chamber of Commerce on Friday j afternoon. Mrs. David L. Nathan, presiI dsnt, occupied the chair. Iβ presenting a ' report of her visit to Wellington, Mr=. ! Nathan stated that the Plunket nurse j scheme, to be established in Palestine by the society, was assured of strong and influential support in Wellington, and in all the Southern centres. Striking evidence of the widespread appeal the scheme is making i≤ shown by the fact that Miss Phoebe Myers, 8.A.. -who presided at Mrs. Nathan's meeting in Wellington, is shortly to visit Sydney and address the Jewish community there as to the aims and objects of the scheme. It is hoped that each of the Australian capital cities will undertake to send one or more Plunkst nurses to Palestine. A quiet wedding took place at St. 'Mark's Church, EemueTa, last Thursday, 'when Miss Dorothy Aliaa Jones, only i daughter of Mrs. Jones and the late Mr. Percy Jonas, formerly of Wairakau Estate, Te Aroha, and Selma, Canterbury, was married by the ILev. E_ G. I Coates to Mr. Roy Hunter Duncan, of The Cove, Waipu, son of Mr. T. Duaoan, resident magistrate at Mangaia, Cook Islands, and Mrs. Duncan. The recep- . t;on was held at the residence of Mrs. S. B. Avford, Hidings Road, Remuera. 'The bride looked very charming- in a ' turquoise blue taffeta, silk dress, brilliantly shot with gold. She wore a picture hat to matei. The bridesmaid, Miss Rena. Duncan, wore crepe de chine with Oriental trimmings in blue and gold, and hat of black and blue velvet: the bride's mother. Mrs. P. -Jones, nigger brown cSarmewse embroidered in gold, hat to match; the bridegroom's mother, Mrs. Duncan, Hue silk trimmed with cerise, hat of black and blue velvet. ATI carried bouquets to tone.

The engagement is announced of Miss j Grace Sharland. eide-": daughter of Mrs. j W. Sharland St. Stephen's Avenue. Par- i nelL to Air. Sinclair P.eid. second son of | i Mrs. John Reid, Alien Road. Auckland, j i The encasement is announced of Miss j Jean Mcßtide. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Mcßride. I i Lad-tone Road.) !Mt. Albert, to Captain C. C. Best. M.C. I eldest son of Mr. and Airs. C. Best, Vailele, Lane Cove River. Sydney. The engagement is announced in an | I exc-han-re. of Miss Audrey Harper, j ; daughter of the Rev C. C. Harper, "for- | merly vicar of St. Peter's, Wellington, j and Archdeacon of Rangitikei. to Mr. j j Jack Chittv. son of Sir Charles Chitty. | formerly a'- T i:isc of tie High Court of India. | An International Woman Preachers' j Convention has lust been held in I Chicago. Women are ordained to the full I ministry in 43 sects in ihe I'nited j Stat,-.' I Tue House ■:-: Commons nas passed a '■bill amending th- law oi guardiaashipjlt made th? mother of a legitimate (infant join: guardian with the father, with equal rights, authority, and resnncsrbiiiTV. At present, under English . law. a mother has cc ieca 1 . risht over her child until it i- 16. ' Lady A'tor fought for this rigln of motherhoo--T.as: Friiav the Takapuna Tennis Cub cave their annual dance in the Foresters" Hall. The committee had put j in such excellent work that ;• could but prove an unmitigated success. Ine hall; of ereenery. eolo-ured lights, and numer- \ ous a:r balloons, and presented a truly | ffala-like abearance. The decoration-I were in the'hands of Mr. C. Crosher.j who was or. the committee. The supper-j room and tables in charge of the Liuiies j Committee were also beautifully decor-1 ated with wattle blossom and -scarlet! salvia and yellow shaJ-e light*. To- j wards the end of the evening a party oli young people armed with confetti and; I r.aper streamer? aide 4 considerably to, I the fun of the evening by gi v ing one I litem on the programmr in true "jazz | I fashion. Amount those present were: Mr-. A. W. < lark. Mrs. Warbrick. Mrs.] C. trailer. Miss E I-nrie. Misses B. and I A. O'Neill. Mis* '• Mac Donald. Mre. S.j Hunter (chaperon . ML-s Dori- Wilson. i Miss Standish. Mrs Hooper u-haoeron ~ JMrs. Mowbray. Miss Howarth. >!>.' Somervillg. M:— Dor:* >omervi:le id*--, butantei. Mr-. Morffan. Mi=- Simpkin-. | Miss Esdaile. M>- Morgan. Miss Lucyi hCorrv. Mirs. Hawes. Miss Bass. Miss j BlomSeld, Miss Forsyth. Miss Phillips.! i Miss Power. Miss "lladys L-orie. Mis-i Heighway. Miss Mathews. Miss White.! Miss Morm. Miss Braithwaite. Mrs. Tl W. Wilson. Miss Hoilf. Mr,. Howe. Miss' Kathleen Marshall! Miss .1.-s-ie Buchanan. Mrs. Hector Pierce. Mts Lewi-. Mrs. Fantham. Mr-. Fra_-er. Miss Muriel Buchanan. Miss Doran. Miss Aenonc i CNe3l. Mrs. Edwards. Mrs. Leach Jones.l Miss C.udseon. Miss M. Heishwav. MissLily Mar-Lai:. Mi-s LiX Knight. Mi—l MeMnliin. Miss Eiia Weston. Mrs. Eric O'Neill. Mi*-- D. Heic'nwav, Mies Bind-»n.j j Mrs. Jack Nettleton. Miss Kidd. Miss j P.eid. Miss Doris Duder. Miss Darling. \ Miss Hargraves. Miss Thing. Miss Wood- j all. Miss M. O'Neill, Mi_-s Mona Jeffries. | Miss MePhaih *