WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 247, 18 October 1922, Page 12

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS.

Mr and Mr.« A. Pavkel. of Auckland, , are on a holiday visit to Wellington. j[ r . E r j ( . Biiumo. "i limaru. is the Eiwst iif Mr*, f- W. Kane. Wellington. Mr mid Mrs. F. Hellaby have gone tothv Is-lands for a holiday trip, and left on Mvivlay. . Mr*. V. G. Day. of Christchurch, is 81 nresr-nt on a visit to Auckland, and is Btaviiip at "Cargcu." Vrch'd'-a.on and Mrs. Evani, of New Pivmoulh. am the jrueste of Bishop aud ■'Ir- A'-erill, at Bishopscoitrt. Mrs. ('. Frerbcrg is visiting Auckland, nnd is staying with her mother, Mrs. \V. iintlibunc' St. Stephen's Avenue. Mr and Mrs. A. <•■ Warnock are Ff.endlni.' i<. holiday of some weeks' duraii..n at Miliford Beach. Mrs Hunkleton. (Jriental Bay, Wellington, formerly of Auckland, is visiting i.rr dauphter in Morrinsville. Miss I. Reid, who has been visiting i'.ip. South, has returned to Auckland, :uid is accumpanied by Mrs. A. Reid, of this city. . Mrs. 'Henderson-Begg, of the social Hygiene Society, Christchurch, is in Wellington at present in connection with thu Crimes Amendment Act. which 19 i.rfore Parliament.

Mr. and Mr*. Trevor Stringer have l«ft the Waikalo and taken up their residence at "The Kopjes," Dominion Road, Mr. Stringer is now associate with his father. Mr. Justice .Striuger. The onpapement ia announced of Miss I lara Kinlaysoii. elder daughter of Mr. Hnd Mrs. Duncan Finlayson, of Kolmar Koarl. Papatoetoe, to Mr. William Conn<ll. of Kanika. formerly of Whangarei. Dr. and Mrs. Borrie (nee Edna Joehin), of <'hi-i~tcluiri-!i. intend to reside in Auckland. For the past threti yeare Mrs; llrrrie lias been in Liverpool, and arrh-ed In New Zealand about three weeks ago.

The engagement is announced of Miss Thetis Hraund. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Uraund, of Poneonby, to .Mr. Ronald Grant, eldest son of Mr. and ihe lati' Mrs. K. Grant, of Esplanade Kciad. Mount Kden.

Lady Jellicoo, who visited Sydney for the spring racing festivities, was thu truest iif honour at an "At Hcmie" given by the Victoria League. Lady Jellicoe were a .-mart nigger brown gown and hat.

The engagement ics announced of Mies Ilazol Ckristina Pair, second daughter of Mrs. Purr. Mount Albert Road, Oneliunga. and the late Mr. John Parr, of "Albion Valo," Oratia, to Mr. James Robb, Symonds Street, Onehungft.

Considerable time will *he given to the importance of deaconess work among the Maori women and children at the Methodist Women's Missionary Conference. On the afternoon of Wednesday. October 25, line of tlw deaconesses to the Maoris will address the conference.

Lady Eveline Maude arrived at Auckland from England by the Ruahinc last week on a visit to her etep-brother, Captain G. Y. Hutton, D.5.0., of Christchurch. Lady Maude is accompanied by her mother, Mrs. G. H. Hutton, whose first husband was Captain the Hon. C'ornwallis Maude. They are at present staying with Captain and Mrs. Hutton in Canterbury.

Miss Katlileen Hickeon, of Ellerelitt, Auckland, has arrived in England by the Kemuera. \ia Panama. She has been staying with her eister, Mrs. Kidner iwrite> our London correspondent), and from thr.re lias be«n seeing the eights of London. She intended going over to \Vp=t Mah'ern to join some reinlives on ii farm which, she eaye, ia run entirely tiy women pupils and instructors. She has made no further plans, and her stay in England is indefinite. On Sat unlay last a pleasant jazz evening was held at Mrs. Xeale'e residence, Wallace Road, Mangere. The hostess received her quests in a charminft gown of blue pailette eilk, trimmed with sequins, while Mies Ncale wore a dainty frock of brown crepe de chine, relieved with lemon. During the evening a 3inall presentation was made to ihc leader of the orchestra, Mr. J. Bray. Among the guests present were Mrs. Robertson, Misses M. Aught on, G. Mason, M. Hirst, L. Gray, N. Wilson, D. JlcGuire and H. Fisher.

Mrs. Le Oren, of Wellington, who has been in Kuropc since 1931, wwnt over again to France this year and revisited the battlefields. In conversation with our correspondent, sh« said she would likv all mothers and widows in New Zealand to know how beautifully kept she found the cemetries there —not a weed to be seen, beautiful flowere and shrubs plantvd everywhere. She had not seen one neglected grave. She came away happy at the thought that the last restiug places of our soldiers were so nicely kept. Mrs. u> Cren has eince been on a visit to Wales, where she found the scenery the nearest to that of Xew Zealand she had seen. Mrs. Lv Cren then went to Scotland, 'but only did the South, the Troesachs.

The marriage took place in All Saints Church, Howick, on October 12, of. Mies Hilda Slack, eldest daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. Slack, of Papakura, and Mr. Carl R. Mclnnes, youngest eon of Mrs. L. Mclnnes, of Howick. Thu church wa« prettily decorated with a beautiful wedding bell of white flowers, and other decorations. The bridt, who was given away by her father, wore white satin charmcuse, embroidered with pearls with the sleeves and side panele of hand-' some lace and the usual voil and oranire blossoms. Misa Coutte, of Grafton Road Auckland, was chief bridesmaid, and wore saxe blue brocaded silk with hat to match. T«-o little train-buarers wore pale pink crepe de chine and organdie miielm respectively. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. TV. Lane, of AuckJand as best man. At the conclusion of th 0 ceremony a reception wag hell. Mrs. I. \Y. Gregg, of Christchurch haa arrived in fcngland (states our correspondent. )l.y the Tainui, in a record time of thirty-five days—a fine trip except towards the end, when th«re was fog. The captain was most vigorous in enforcing boat drill, so that the passengers had no fear of casualties. .Mrs. Gregg greatly enjoyed the Panama passage and remarked on the presence of crocodifes in the lakes and toads "as large as rabbits in crevices of the canal wall and of the tropical jungle scenery surrounding the canal area." .Mre.' Green expressed h»T disappointment at the fact that the Xew Zealand Government office does not inform travellers of an alternative route whereby Xew Zealand passengers could disembark at Panama and make a short stay there, and take one of the White Meet steamers, which do a most picturesque round of the West Jndian Islands and eastern part* of America or t,, J-Ingland. The White Flewt boats, according to Mrs Oee* are beautifully fined and good sea boats.

In Germany U.eri- exists amongst the women's eocHies, which in many wave are more advanced than we in New Zealand, the dexire to lieu tlio word Aladarae (Fran) for ~11 adult women whether married or single. At the same time there is among women a tendency to oppose the cneliun ~f married >vomen using their LiiJand'a I hrutian name instead of tln-ir own.