WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 247, 18 October 1926, Page 19

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS. I 7~ - . j \fiss Enid Ross, c! H ■■■ ' '-on. *< no na» : -"'" ~? „, ••'■- --.ri f> America, I - M.,"a:nata. it .„homc a Y;; - -;' i ;-'. r^-j » , * U S "' "in,!-.,:." ... -he dancing evening: *» - ( .. ; . :,v ~,.,r 40u [Jstarted wn.i dun •- ■••■>-- '1 ■> -*»- , J&MOii for her pupds. .v..] aner.ueu:,-, play the reminder ■' i•■ •.■U'n : „g uas, Len up " n '' n - -' " ! . , A pleasant "At H '■:'•-'■ "'as given to ; friends by the im-m ''-~'•: the Arabian ■ lights Club, at th.-« :.-. Ua.d, Caban-t .; ../Thursday, .v; : , M;, ■ Bowen. who rev.. ~ - „« ■•- ■' \" c : club, wore a rm-k <•' aj.net taffeta: spersed -vita musical i.. ..-. Mi. I> p P e rrin?ave a p;nr, i-. ; -do. Among, ,ho=e present wore: M.ss,s Down £en. P. Singer- P n. Clarke T Derhani, L. Sin. la r. M. Bowen, 1.; Ton Lubhe. Z Deri.im. X. Naylor. G. I Shirley and P. Naylor. A =ocial afternoo-i wi- held in St. i Stephens School-.-.:.'. ..n Thursday under the auspic-s ,-t f.io Ponsonby, branch of the welcome home jlrs Lee-Cowie. after her live months . holiday in Honolulu. Mud,' il items were rendered by Mesdames Patterson and I Turlev. a recitation by Mis* Read and a pianoforte solo by Miss Hoffman. A, bouquet of violet- and a bottle oi per- ! fume were presented to Mrs. Lee-Cowie , by Mrs. Hay. acting-president of the j Ponsonby W.C.T.U.. niter which the Rev. Hunt, of the Auckland Alliance, extended to Mrs. Lee-Cowie a hearty welcome on behalf of the Alliance. Mrs. | in reply, gave a brief resume ! of her work in Honolulu among the mission children of all nitionnlities. She , also brought with her a number of souvenirs of her holiday. Afternoon tea was served by the ladies of the Ponsonby branch, and nine new members were initiated. The members of the Takapuna | Orphans' Club gave another of their I "open" evenings in the Picturedrome Theatre. The ladies returned the club's i former hospitality by being the entertainers. The theatre was attractive with brilliant lights and coloured streamers, pot plants, greenery, and innumerable white tables of all sizes, I decorated with spring llowers. Some particularly fine roses were noticeable. The president. Mr. E. C. Cutten welcomed the guests. The programme was as follows: Musical sketch. Bro. Houghton (Diomede), and for an encore, a son" "The Americans and the Greeks;" song, Miss-Mina Caldow, "The Great Awakening," and as encores, '"Still as the Night," and '"Mary Fawcett;" some humour, Bro. Finlayson, "An American Cheap Jack." encore. ''Good-bye-ee;"' song, Miss Freda Gaud in. ''May Morning," encore, '"Spring Is Coming;" song, Bro. Brough, "Fishermen of England," encore, "Casey the Fiddler;" song, Miss Laura Stone, "Sink, Red Sun," encores, "Waiata Maori," and "Yale;" song, Bro. Pritchard "The Aviator," and by request, a coon song, following by an interval, during which supper was served by the club's stewards. Mr. Cutten thanked the ladies for their interest in the club and also the artists and orchestra. The second half of the programme con- j sisted of a song by Mrs. Frank Knight. violin solo from "Mignon." Mr. Ronald I Huston; song, Bro. Kayes, "My Heart's i in the Highlands:" and song, Bro. Ballance, "Thank God for a Garden." The floor was then cleared for dancing. Amongst the guests present were: Mrs. Cutten, Mrs. Mowbray, Mrs. Mori son, Mrs. H. Matthews., Miss Nicholson, Mrs. Minoghue, Mrs. R. Hawyard, Miss Bartley, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Oliver, Miss Evert, Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. Kember, Miss Beryl Heap, Miss Follas, Misses Barleyman (2), Mrs. and Miss Tremain, Mrs. C. N. Robinson, Mrs. Kirkham, Mrs. Bvreh, Miss Brewer, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. L.'Bull, Miss Dickey, Mrs. Hewitt, Mrs. Foote, Mrs. Curtis", Mrs. Bowden, Mrs. Hawes, Mrs. L. Rainger, Mrs. Gooding. Miss West, Miss Curtiss, Miss Green. Mrs. Fiddes. Mrs. Knight, Mrs. Perman, Mrs. O'Neill, Mrs. Reuben Watt, Mrs. Speedy, Mrs. Gould, Mrs. , Fotheringham, Mrs" Hugh Johnson, Mrs. Warhrick, il"rs. A. Moren, Miss Heron, Miss Bruce, Mrs. Lindsay, Miss N. Qnayle, Miss Peggy O'Neill, Mrs. Heskett, Mrs. J. Phillips, Mrs. Sturte- • fant, Mrs. Heywood, Mrs.' Arthur Wilson, Mrs. Noon. Mrs. Worthington, Mrs. Hjland, Miss Phvllis Gribben, Mrs. Gee, Miss Gee, Mrs. Scales, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. J. Manders, Miss Evart, Miss Dufaur, Miss Swinnerton, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Slinger, Mrs. Bod'le, Mrs. Elder, Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Hooper. Mrs. Gaudin, Misses Nellie and Freda Gaudin, Mrs. G. C. Hutton, Mrs. Salmon, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Deck."Mrs. G. L. Rough, Mrs. Messenger. Mrs. Giles, Mrs. Tavlor, Mrs. H. C. Levett. GARDEN PARTY. A garden party was given by Archdeacon Averill 'and Mrs. Averill at BKhopscourt on Saturday afternoon. There was a good attendance and the father was delightful. The garden was looking charming and indoors the decorations were of African daisies, stocks, Iceland poppies, sweet peas and roses. To receive her guests, Mrs. Averill wore nattier blue satin embossed and blue toque with black feather mount. Miss •Averill was in champagne crepe de ehene with lavender hat. Mrs. W. Averill was in beige marocain and beige hat, Mrs. Percival James was in black satin «at with ermine collar and black hat; r ll *- H. P. Kissling, brown suit and Town hat; Mrs. Gordon Bell, navy maro»m and navy hat; Mrs. Cory Wright, r-ifli 1 Satin emb «*«l and hat to tone, Mrs. Chilian, black coat with fur decoration, Mack hat; Mrs. C. F. Bennett, mole suit an <l rose dv bois hat; Mrs. Wilson, black «epe de chine frock and black hat; Mrs. aiekshank, navy blue frock and navy at; Mrs. Keeble, rose dv bois romaine and beige hat; Mrs. Gibson, old ™se frock and rose coloured hat; Mrs. v, *> Mack crepe de chine frock and "'ackhat; Mrs. B. Brown, blue and white Patterned silk frock and black velvet hat; Mrs Fitchett, brown silk jersey beaded Ir °ek and brown hat: Mrs. Cousins, black wat-trock, and black ha:, trimmed with ers; Mrs. Simpkins, blue marocain "<*k and blue hat; Mrs. Tisdale, grey and mauve frock and grey hat; Mrs. J. iSF™!} 61 ' coat - frock " and beige hat; ff" Ba rton, cinnamon brown jersey «otn suit and brown hat; Mrs. Kent, o=e dv bois marocain frock and rose hat w tone: Mrs. MacMurrav jay blue char?«use frock piped with rose, and blue «. wita brown ostrich feather stole, *«• Williams, brown and blue Paisley Patterned ensemble suit and beige hat": -"re. .Nixon, black marocain frock and M«k hat; Mrs. L. Harvey, amethyst marocain irock and amethyst hat.

ENGAGEMENTS. The engagement is announced of Dorothy May, eldest daughter of Mr. ana Mrs. S. H. Hieatt, Grey Street East, Onehunga. to Harry Morris, sixth son of Mr. and .Mrs. R. Wattam, of Grand View Koad, Remuera. WEDDINGS. the wedding took place on 'l'hursdJT eveuing at St. George o church, Kaiiiur.y Road, £p:um, of Miss E=telie Wallace, younger daughter oi Mr. liiuma = Wallace, of Chnstchurch, to Mr. L'liftoii • Verran, only son of Mr. and Mr.-. W". \ erran, of "Xgatiringa," Bayswater. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. X. Wallace, wore' a "frock ■ f beige-coloured silk lace, and carried a shower bouquet of sweet peas and tulips in shades of pink. Miss Mion l'ettit, in apricot taffeta, and Mi-s Joyce \ erran, cyclmaen tall'eta, were bridesmaids. They wore hair bands or silver tissue petals and carried bouquets to tone. Mr. Jack Hamlin-White acted, as best man. After the ceremony the i reception was held at the residence of I Mr. and Mrs. Preston Chambers,! "Wyaba." Epsom. Mrs. Chambers received the guests wearing a frock of black beaded georgette. Mrs. Verran ' wore lloral crepe de chine and carried a | bouquet of sweet peas and roses. j The marriage took place at Pakihi on j Wednesday evening of Dulcie, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Carmichael, ' to Albert Henry, eldest son of Mr. H. i Rean, Ohakune Junction. The ceremony j was performed by the Rev. J. J. Heard. | The bride, who was given away by h i I father, wore a gown of Fuji" silk, decorated with medallions, and carried a bouquet of lilies. The bridesmaid, Miss ' Rose Rean, wore a dress of pale blue voile with silver trimmings of true ; lover's knots. Mr. William Collins acted as best man. After tiie ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the bride's parents, at which a large number of guests were present. The happy couple left for the north, where the honeymoon will he spent. The marriage of Miss Kathleen Hill, j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hill, "The Thatch.'' Stansted, Essex, with Mr. ' Norman Taylor Sinclair, of New Zealand ; (language master at Cheltenham College), took place on August 5 at Stansted Church, Essex. The Rev. H. Booth officiated. The bride wore a gown of soft white charmeuse and georgette and a long embroidered tulle veil, held in ' place with a circlet of orange blossoms. The train oi charmeuse, to match the gown, was trimmed with a true lover's knot of silver. The bride carried a sheaf of white lilies. She was attended by two bridesmaids, the Misses Joan Bradly and Nancy Girrans, who wore simple gowns of blue and pink taffeta respectively. Miss June Lewis, in mauve taffeta, was the train-bearer. Mr. Ronald Sinclair acted as best man. A reception followed by a musical "At Home,'' was held at "The Thatch" after the cere- ; monr. The brkle and bridegroom are spending their honeymoon on the Con- ; tinent. THE IMPRESSIONABLE YEARS. I CHILD WELFARE CONFERENCE. I The Child Welfare Conference, which I opens in the University next week. ! covers a wide range of subjects, and I should appeal to all who have the futuru j of this) city at heart. It is in the child that the future resides. Writing on the subject, "Time and Tide" says: "It is a paradox as true as most that everything that happens to us in life happens before we are six years of age. The impressions we receive and the habits of mind and body we contract during those early years are the ones that remain with lis through life; and the very earliest impressions and habits are the most deeply imprinted. The Jesuits asked for a child until it was six. feeling confident in its loyalty thereafter. There is an^element of fatalism about this theory which causes a non-fatalistic people like ourselves to turn from it. We believe profoundly in our own and other people's capacity to become different, and we spend a great deal of time trying to induce grown-up people to change their opinions, their habits, and their constitutions. Quite rightly, we believe in our infinite capacity for development; but this belief ought not to blind us to the fact that development in the earliest years of life does in most cases tend to affect the rest of life. "The infant welfare movement is a recognition, on the part of authorities, of the fact that the seeds of racial.wellbeing should be sown in infancy. Thi* movement is only 20 years old —not old enough to enable us to estimate its full value to the community. It has, in the past, devoted itself, and with considerable success, to the improvement of bodily health. It has not, so far, concerned itself with mental health —a problem no less important. An authority states that, so far as nervous disease is concerned, it is the first five or six years of life that are decisive. 'The earliest symptoms,' he says, 'indicating nervous trouble in a child, as well as the beginnings of a future adult neurosis, are to be sought not later than this period. Conversely, a child who has safely passed its sixth year without showing any nervous manifestations will hardly develop neurotic trouble later in life.' The earliest nursery days in a child's life are now accorded, he tells us, a psychological importance outweighing all subsequent influences, and he urges that any measures on a national scale to deal with the problem of mental health must be directed from the outset at the earliest years."' It is study this interesting and vital question that the Child Welfare Conference is taking place next week. Addresses will be given by such authorities as Sir F. Truby King, Dr. Bruton Sweet, Dr. Paterson, Dr. Mildred Staley, Dr. Northcroft, and Dr. Buckley-Turkington, Mrs. Nellie Ferner, Mrs. A. J. Talbot, Miss Jean Begg, and others. WAIKATO NOTES. Mrs. J. C. Gray has returned to Hamilton from a visit to Auckland. Mrs. Cory, of Takapuna, has been on a visit to Hamilton. Mrs. Peterick, who has been the guest of Mrs. E. R. Gresham, Hamilton, has returned to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. O'Meara, of Gisborne, were in Hamilton during the week. Mrs. Fraser, from America, is staying in Cambridge with Mrs. Smales. Mi. and Mrs. Perrin, of Wellington, have been stayintr in Hamilton. Mrs. A. Speedy has returned from a trip to England and Honolulu. Miss Burton, of England, is the guest of Mrs. S. Simmons-Hadlow. Claudelands. Mr. and Mrs. Byford, of Sydney, have been visiting Hamilton. Miss Seifert, of Palmerston- North, has been staying with relatives in Hamilton. Mrs. V. Bell, jun., of Hamilton, is on a visit to Wellington. Miss Baird, of I Wanganui. is the guest of Mrs. Wyvern Wilson, Claudelands. I The ceremony of laying the foundaI tion stone of the Plunket rooms in Hamilton on Tuesday was followed by an afternoon tea at the club rooms. Those present were: Mesdames "W. H.

Hume, J. R. Fow, C. H. Holloway, F. M. Spencer, R. C. Fowler, J. H. Hume, F. \ ickery, M. Bell, A. E. Manning. T. G. Reynolds, llewson, G. Boyes, A. Beale. U." Read, D. Hay, H. Douglas, H. Gillies. V. Chitty, Bisicv, E. V. Stace, W". McXichol. J. Page, A.*H. Tompkins. Kamsay, Burley, C. O. Bennett, Houlden. A. H. I'oweli." E. H. O'Meara, Staples. Dingle. J. Ranstead. <>. Smith, M. Mullin. W. J. Stevens, Griffiths, Strang, H. Pratt. T. Hall. Ficldon. Walders, C. Nc-well. Cranwell. Miss Betty -lolly was the guest at an afternoon given for her by Miss F. Hammond on Tuesday. Those present were: Mesdames A. J. Bond, Hubert Hammond, 0. R. Farrer, A. English, C. Taylor, A. R. Brown, G. Crimp, Meldrum, E. Day. L. Swales, L. Tomkins, E. Hammond. K. Wilson. M. Beale. F. Jolly. G. Eggleston, D. Yule, ('. Hunter. Coventry, E. Eggleston, Mel-' drum. X. Monrkton, Wilson. E. .Norn j W. Manning. K. Cowie. -ill tnju.ia.j.i: I.Llhj »us at the | i.-U.L.-i. 011 \Veunesua\, when tne wives , oi Luc- iianuitou iiuui laiio JoincU. lueli'; husuaiius at tiie weeK.lv luiicii. luose i present were: MesUames li. .Douglas,; c jL. -Uacl/iUiuna, i-. House, J. Prentice, i ii. Giluert, cami, K. iioyd, li. Groeott, ±-. VicK-ery, j.-. Stewart, jj. Mereuitii, i. -ii. bpencer, A. Bisiey, V elvin, F. Johnson, A Sunuiorcl, i_l. Llarke, LarrieK. -Nlauet, U. Jioyes, A. L. i vie, L. Higgott, \ . Byrant, Lour\. Mis. j_i. iia=iL-r entertained sonic ' IrieJiUs at Oriuye on Wednesday evening. Those present were: Mesdanivs T. insoil, I. t. Stevens, A. Mcciv, J. L. Oray, F. ii. Joily, J. £.. Unity J. A. Ritchie, A. J. Bond, W. Koooie, Misses Walhiutt, f. Johy. A dance was given on Monday evening for Miss li. Jolly ana Mr. R. vVorley, by Mr. and Mrs. Lolin Taylor, at thenhome, "Edmgthorpe,'' Claudelands. Those present were: Mesdames A. k.. Manning, F. B. Jolly, L. L. JJenz, G. A. Crimp, L,ance ToniKdns, J. A. Ritchie, J. Bollard, Misses W". Manning, F. Jolly, M. Beale, K. Wilson, E. Hammond, M. ivissliny G. Hammond. A dance was held in St. Peter's Hall on Thursday evening, when those present spent a jolly time. The ladies present were: Mesdames Yickery, Hall, Curling, Misses M. Ross, Masters, E. Cann, Anchor, V. Cairn, Clegg, Turley, Peacocke, R. Yickery, Cowie, M. Gwynne, , Jenks, Roache, G. Hill, Stony, Hawkins, G. Hodgson, S. Wright, Odium, Ruther- j ford, Tombs. Wilkes, Sanders, Green, J. Rutherford, Frost, Brown, Stewart. As a result of the new law in Sweden regarding the right of women to be appointed to practically all Civil Service posts, a woman doctor, Dr. Greta Muhl, has lately been made chief doctor of a large children's hospital in. Malmo. The keen competition that preceded tin I appointment was followed with much j interest all over Sweden. It marks a great step forward on the way to equal I rights for men and women in our coun- j try. In Sweden a post of that kind \ has never before been held by a woman. Another victory was gained at the beginning of this year, when Dr. Ada Nilsson was made medical adviser to our chief Women's Training School (says Dr. Ingegerd Palme in the 'T.C.W. Bulletin.'')