WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 73, 26 March 1923, Page 11

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS

Jjr. and Mrs. \\. y. Toore and Miss Pbore, of Christchurch, are spending the winter months in Auckland. Mrs. James Sullivan (Miss Annette Kellermanl left last week en route for America with her husband. Mrs. Easson, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland, and shortly leaves for a holiday visit to Sydney. Mr. and Mrs. i\Yatson Airey have taken up their residence in Victoria Avenue, Kemuera. Lady Patricia Blackwood, Miss Ridley, and the lion. Brinsley Plunket have left Cbristchuroh for a visit to the Franz Josef Glacier. . Miss Julia E. Fisher, late physical director of the Auckland Y.W.C.A., sailed for America by the Maunganui On Tuesday last. The engagement is announced of Misfi Muriel Doris Hawkins, eldest daughter of Mrs. Rose and the late Mr. Caleb Thomas Hawkins, of "Minnehaha," Takapuna, to Mr. Alfred Messenger, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W Messenger, of Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead. The marriage took place recently at Auckland of Miss Betty Davison, daughter of the iate Mrs. H. Davison, of Grafttn Road, to Mr. H. D. M. Haszard, Riverbank Terrace, Waihi, and late Commissioner of Crown Lands, Canterbury. A novel idea for fancy dresses was brought forward at the Argentine Bal! held in Wellington on Tuesday night, wiien there were between 800 to 1000 on the floor of the Town Hall. Some of the frocks were made of coloured paper, and two competitors went as House to Let. Miss Louise Mack, the authoress, who has been lecturing in Xew Zealand for the last couple of years under the Education Boards, has just achieved a remarkable feat. All her manuscript of a book she had just finished was destroyed by Sre in Auckland over a year a_ro. Now she has written the book all over again, and after a year's persistent work she has completed her task, a book of over 100,000 words dealing with life in Xew Zealand and Europe entitled "Let the Rest of the World Go By.'Mrs. J. G. Stevens, the wife of the retiring director of the School for the Deaf, Sumner, has left for England with Mr. Stevens. She is a daughter of the late Mr. G. Van A;ch, who was the Sret director of the School for the Deaf. During her long connection with Sumner she has taken an active part in tenni3 and golf. She has also taken a great interest in musical affairs, and one Of her compositions, "The Dream Song," has recently been played by the Greater Crystal Palace Orchestra. The present excellent exhibition of pictures at the Art Gallery, Christchurch (says the 'Sun"), has piven rise to a new form of entertainment, the Art Gallery party. On several occasions •women have received their friends there, and after a survey of the pictures have repaired to the city for lunch or afternoon tea, as the case may be. A competition bearing on the pictures seen makes a fitting conclusion to a jolly little outing, all the better for the in* fluence of good pictures seen and discussed in congenial society. St. Barnabas* Church, Mount Eden,' was the scene of a very pretty wedding recently, when Miss Isabel Douglas Wilson, daughter of Mrs. Wilson Smith, Waterloo Quadrant, wag married to Mr. Ernest Leonard Beacham. eldnet son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Beachami Richmond Road, Ponsonby. The bride, who was given away by Mr. Frank Carter, wore a dainty frock of ivory satin channeuse, embroidered with seed pearls, and a tulle veil surmounted with orange blossoms, carried a bouquet of white lilies. Two bridesmaids attended, Miss Mary Gillies Wilson and Miss Eva Kencaid, attired in pretty cream silk frocks with pearl embroidery, and picture hats. A reception was afterwards held at ''Rangi Roa," Richmond Road. Mrs. E. Cowan, a member of the West Australian Legislative Assembly, addressing a crowded meeting of the Queensland Women's Electoral League, expressed her views on the latest Socialistic proposal —what is described as the "flapper" vote (states the "Sydney Morning Herald.") She said: "I understand that someone has seriously suggested giving a vote to boys and girls of 18. lam utterly opposed to any such thing, for at that age they are irresponsible. We do not want to go right back to be ruled from the nursery. Ido not know what you womfen think about it, but as a mother, I am not prepared to be governed by an 18-year-oW grandchild. What knowledge of the world can they have? Why, it is reducing the whole business to an absurdity. Women should be on the alert and do all in their power to expose and defeat such a dangerous innovation." ROTORUA NOTES. Mrs. J. _s". McLean, of Rotorua, is at present staying at Waiuku. Miss Dimente, of King George V. Hospital. Rotorua, left this week for Wellington on leave. Mrs. J. D. Davys, Pukuatua Street, Rotorua, who has been on a visit to Auckland, has returned to Rotorua. Mrs. W. G. K. Kenriek, Pukuatua Street, Rotorua, is spending a short holiday at The Mount, Tauranga. Mr 3. C. Rhodes, Remuera, is visiting Rotorua, and is a guest at Princes Gate. Mrs. Furnese. Remuera, is on a visit to Rotorua, and is staying at Princes Gate. Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Remuera, are visiting Rotorua, and are staying at Hinemoa. Mr. and Mrs. McMarran, Remuera, are on a visit to Rotorua, and are guests at Hinemoa. Mr., Mrs. and Miss Kebble (Levin) are staying in Rotorua, and are guests at Hinemoa. Mrs. Rice (Auckland) is visiting Rotorua, and is a guest at Princes Gate. Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Fergusson (Auckland), who have been staying at Prince* Gate, Rotorua, have returned to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Bright (Melbourne) are on a visit to Rotorua, and are guests at Princes Gate. Mrs. Carney and Miss Ryan, of Christchurch, are visiting Rotorua, and are Staying at Princes Gate. Mrs. Wilmott (Auckland) is at present staying in Rotorua, and is a guest .at Princes Gate. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Carter nave returned from Auckland to Rotorua. Rev. and Mrs. Cameron have returned to Rotorua after spending a holiday at Auckland. Mrs. Blencowe has returned to Rotorua from a holiday spent at Pongakawa.,