WOMEN’S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 205, 31 August 1925, Page 12

WOMEN’S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS

Mrs. E. J. Reid, who has been spending a holiday at Mount Cook, returns to Auckland to-morrow morning. Miss Muir, of Gisborne, is visiting Auckland, and is staying at the Grand Hotel.

Mrs. Algie, who has been with a skiing party enjoying the winter' sports at Mount Cook, returns home to-morrow morning.

Dr. Ave rill is staying with Archdeacon and Mrs. Haggitt, St. Mary’s Vicarage, Merivale, Christchurch. Some 250 invitations have been issued in connection with the celebration of the golden wedding of the Rev. H. and Mrs. Van Staveren, in Wellington to-morrow. Miss Winifred Kemp, of Wellington, •has left for Frankton, where she will attend the marriage of her cousin, Miss Georgina Dodd, of Waitetuna. Mrs. Darwin Cooke, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. Brander, Remuera Road. has returned to Opitiki, Bay of Plenty.

The executive of the Lyceum Club held a morning tea on Friday morning to enable the president, Mrs. W. 11. Parkes, to meet the committee. The tables looked very charming, and all the members ol the executive were present.

A spring fair in connection with the Presbyterian Church was held in the Gaiety Theatre, Takapuna, last Thursday, and proved a very successful function. The fair was opened by the Mayor and Mayoress of Takapuna, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Morison, and business was carried on to a late hour. Before leaving the platform Mrs. Morison was the recipient of a basket of violets and freezioas, presented by little Bille Nicks. The hall was attractively decorated, a pretty effect being given by the dividing screens of back scroll work over blue curtains. The following had charge of the various stalls: Guild work stall, Mesdames Johnson, White, Hanna and Roddell; millinery stall (a novelty in stalls introduced by Mrs. Stuart Boyd), Mesdames Boyd, Blackwood and Miss Bruce; cake stall, Mesdames MacDonald, Lisk, Hamilton and Baldwin; sweet stall, Miss Mills, members of the Bible Class assisting; produce stall, Mrs. Nicks and Mr. Hanna; apron stall, Mesdames Mills, Maingay and Miss Salmon; fancy stall, the Misses Cooper, Hanna and Somerville; book stall, Mr. Stuart Boyd, assisted by Rob Lisk and W. Brough; flower stall, Mrs. Oxley and Miss Buchanan; fish pond, Rowan Nicks and Owen Suckling; tearooms, Mrs. Higson, with helpers, and Sunday school girls as waitresses. The church funds will benefit by £l2O as the result of the fair.

Y.W.C.A. THE YEAR’S WORK. The annual meeting or the Auckland Young Women’s Christian Association took place last everting in the Assembly Hall, Upper Queen Street, and was presided over by the president, Mrs. G. i 11. Wilson. There was a large attendance. ! The report, which was published in yesterday’s issue, showed that more assistance was needed, and that a lack of j funds had prevented the association from | carrying out their much-needed hostel, ; and also a summer camp. There were 47 girls in the present building, and it was quite inadequate for the purpose, and the temporary accommodation in the main building was not of such a character as was desirable, although it was a source of small income it was not of the character that a woman travelling alone and looking to the Y.W.C.A., as j was done in other lands, would I naturally expect. It had been hoped that a public appeal might be malde this ; year for a modern hostel to hold 100 permanent boarders and travellers, but ' the board of directors bad come to the ! conclusion that it was not yet advisable. : The reports made mention of the various ' activities such as the world fellowship movement. Auckland Y.W.C.A. is , responsible for £2OO annually as a share l of the support of three secretaries in ■ the Orient, who are sent out by the I Y.W.C.A. of Australia—Miss Ella MacNcil, in China, Miss Nina Brentnall, I in India, and Miss Constance Duncan, in Japan. The quota up till Ijeceniber, 1924, was covered by the surplus of the fete ‘held the year before, and the committee therefore organised a Cherry Blossom Fete and one or two smaller efforts, besides putting out self-denial envelopes, and so was able to make an additional gift of £SO to the Trivandrum Hostel Fund. This year clubs have been making regular contributions and special efforts, and have also enrolled a World-Friend-ship Guild of older and younger members who are willing to make some articles for sale. The amount paid in since January is £B4. Reference was made to the effort through clubs to come to a more sympathetic understanding of the women of other lands and a realisation of our fellowship with them through the Blue Triangle. The association is asked to co-operate with Miss Dingman in her effort to persuade the Shanghai Munciipal Council to take some step towards the abolition of child labour in that country by getting from our own Government some expression of their policy on the matter. Three advance steps may be marked in the year’s work. The first was the promotion of the inter-house girls’ sports, which has since grown into the Intef-Hpuse Girls Sports Association. This was possible only because the board were anxious to co-operate, and allowed the general secretary to devote much time to the carrying out of the 'sports and the creation of the organisation. This has opened up many new contacts for the association, and has made plain to many ■the fact that the association exists to serve all girls in the community. Club activities had been many, and had included concerts, fetes, and other social events. At the end of the association year there were 143 girls an eight senior clubs, which represented a slight falling off. Good progress had been made in the girl citizen movement, the total number taking part in organised work being 355. The formation of a central ■immigration committee, • made up of representatives of the different societies doing immigration work in Auckland, had been a forward step, and the association had been able to render much useful service in thiis direction. These reports were displayed by groups of girls who carried banners, displaying their activities, and was much appreciated. The election of officers resulted as follows—President, Mrs. G. H. Wilson; directors, Mesdames J. Ambury, J, M, Barr, J. M. Geddes, G. H. Wilson, F. C; Webster and Misses A. Cossey, Emerson, M. Geddes, and I. Watts (re-elected), Mrs. Rudd and Misses Cox and Rishworth.

The toffteet for the coming year, which wu estimated at #I6OO, was formally carried.

BUSINESS GIRLS’ CLUB.

ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Business Girls’ Club was held in tihe club rooms, Union Buildings, last Tuesday. Mrs. A. M. Ferguson, president, occupied the chair. The annual report, presented by the energetic secretary, Miss May Melville, showed that the club was in the 14th year of its existence, and was devoting its energies, as usual, to the very necessary work of providing good, well cooked and wholesome food for the business women and the girls who work in the city, and who are too often forced, or content to lunch on some slight sandwiches. In the report reference was made to the good work that had been done in the past by Miss Statham, and also to the work done in the club by Miss Fleming. Thanks were also given to the committees, who had worked very hard during the year, and to the other helpers in the club. During the year various efforts had been made, a membership committee and a library committee had been formed, a jumble sale had been held, which raised £l2, and several enjoyable social evenings had been held. At one of them, Miss Fergusson, daughter of the GovernorGeneral, was the guest of honour. The luncheon members are 166, an advance of 46 since last year, and 110 new members have joined this year. Although the club has a small credit balance to end the year, it had to be materially assisted by another jumble sale, which brought in £22 odd. It is hoped that the membership will increase this year as the club supplies a much needed want in the busiest part of the business area. The following officers were elected: President. Mrs. A. M. Ferguson; vice-presidents, Uady Elliott, Mosdames Todd Smith. G. H. Wilson, Misses Wallace and Cousins; executive president, Miss E. Fleming; executive vice-presidents, Misses Cox and Pilkington; treasurer, Miss Cox; committee, Misses Wallace, IVilson, Harbutt, Mills, Woodward, Hill, Birnie, and Miss Stevenson ex officio.

ENGAGEMENT. The engagement is announced of Dorothy, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Shelton, St. Alban’s, Christchurch, to Norman Cecil, youngest son of Mr and Mrs. F. Harvey, Christchurch. WAIKATO NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. Emery, of Hawera, have been on a visit to Hamilton. Miss Z. Nathan left Hamilton during the week on a visit to Wellington. Miss Seldon, of London, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. A. Joseph, Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Dickenson, of Wellington, are staying in Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wilde are leaving Hamilton to reside in Greymouth. Miss K. Cowic has returned to Hamilton from a trip to Hastings. Miss Taylor, of England, is on a visit to friends, in Hamilton. Mrs. F. A, Jones, of Dargavillc, has been staying with relatives in Hamilton. Miss Cornish, after spending a holiday in Hamilton, has returned home to Wellington. Mr, and Mrs. T. Elliott, of Otago, have been staying in Hamilton. Miss G. Wyatt spent the school vacation with friends in Wellington. Mrs. Kaber-Harrison has returned to Hamilton from a visit to Rotorua. Mrs. 11. A. Young, of Hamilton, is staying with relatives in Wellington. Miss M. Chadwick has returned to Hamilton from a trip to Hastings, where she was bridesmaid for her sister’s wedding. A coming of age danco wae given in the Masonic Hall at Claudelands on Thursday by Mr. and Mrs. J. Emerson for their son Leslie. The health of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson and their son was proposed by Mr. Best, and musically honoured. The ladies present were:— Mesdames Deacon, Newton, Parnell, Elvery, Rickerson, A. Crabb, F. Best, Morris, J. Emerson, Misses Woodhall, G. Roscoe, Kemp, C. Hathaway, S. Nicol, N. Darlington, M. MoSweeney, Rowley, B. Simpson, N. Elvery, D. Kemp. An interesting lecture was given by Miss A. Necker,, of Auckland, in the Assembly Hall at Sonning, on “Modern Music,” on Saturday evening. Miss Miller, of Auckland, illustrated the lectures by singing gems of English, Russian and French folk songs. Those in the audience were: Mesdames H. Froude, F. M. Spencer, H. C. Ross, Cyril Rees, A. Robison, J. E. Winter, Hubert Hammond, P. E. Dingle, 11. A. Piper, A. Lutman, E. J. Stewart, G. Sinclair. On Wednesday evening the annual ball in connection with St. George’s Church, Frankton, was held in the Town Hall. The ladies’ guild was responsible for the supper, and the hall was decorated by Mrs. Denz and her daughter. Prizes for fancy costumes were awarded to Misses Rutherford, M. Anchor, J. Gilfillan, Watson, Neilson, Ross, Messrs. Peebles and Brierly. Others present were: Rev. F. Harty and Mrs. Harty, Mesdames G. Price, C. Gibbons, L. Gilfillan, Sandford, Porter, Zellman, Lowry, Buckland, N, D. Ross, P. Hansen, Dymock, Ohlsen (Wellington), Belgrave, Carey, Beeche, Barker, Otto, Steel, Campbell, Lawrence, Davies, Gilmour, Roderick, Tunnell (Wairoa), Haycock, Newsome, Campbell, McDonald, B. Lowry, Misses Porter, CroxfoTd, Price, Denz, Harris, Clioat, May, Newsome, Butcher, Beeche, M. Newsome, McFarlano, Ritchie, Houchcn (Auckland), D. Ritchie, Reynolds, Elliott, Nicholson.

Mrs. T. B. Insoll, Hamilton East, gave a bridge party on Friday afternoon, when the drawing room and hall were decorated with yellow japonica and primroses. Mrs. Insoll wore grey marocain. The guests were: Mesdames G. ITydo, E. Rawson. E. Cox, T. Milne, T, Y. Lusk, P. E. Stevens, E. B. Walker, 0. M. Monckton, J. E. Chitty, H. Dillon, R. J. Matthews, H. Greenslade, Misses Wallnutt, C. Jolly, M. Stevens.