WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17437, 24 April 1922, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor will be pleased to received for publication in the "Women's Corner" items cf social or personal news. Such items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to, women.

Mrs John Cook, who has been visiting Mrs Godby, returned to IXmcdin on Saturday. Miss N. Wright, who has been playing in the golf championship matches, goes to-day to stay with Mrs George Rhodes, "Beverley. ' Miss Ewan, who has been staying with Miss Anderson, Armagh street, returns this evening to Wellington. Miss Nancy Robison, who has been visiting Mrs J. IX Millton, leaves today for a short visit to Timaru. Miss Cora Mulligan has left Christchurdh on a holiday visit to the North. Island. Mr and Mrs Harry Dampier-Crossley are going to Timaru to-day for a week. Mr and MrsN. W. Jones (Inveroargill) are at the Clarendon. Miss Una J. Tonkin (Dunedin) arrived from Wellington yesterday, and is etaying at Warner's. Mr and Mrs Hume came from the South on Saturday, and are spending a I few days at the Clarendon.

Mrs M. H. Godby (Fendalton) gave a very enjoyable little bridge party, when amongst her guests were many of the visiting golf players. Those present were Mrs J. Cook (Dunedin), Miss 'N. Wright (Timaru). Miss Ewan (Wellington), Miss D. Anderson, Miss R. Cracroft-Wilson, Mrs George Buchanan, and Mrs T. W. Cane.

Mrs C. A. E. Ferguson (Palmerston North) is visiting Sumner. Mrs J. Moffat (Sumner) left by Friday evening's 6teamer for Wellington, where she joined the Remuera on an extended holiday to England. The members of the Dick Whittington Pantomime Company held an enjoyable picnic at Pleasant Point, New Brighton, on Easter Monday. The party was under the charge of Mr R. L. Ashley. Nurse Maude, together with a number of parents and friends, worked hard to give the performers a pleasant day. The time was spent in games, etc., and altogether a very happy day was spent by old and young alike, and many were the regrets that the curtain had really "rung down" finally on "Dick Whittington and his Cat." After the formal business had been disposed of at the valedictory gathering tendered *o> Mrs W. D. Kirkpatrick at Redciifis on Saturday evening, the. meeting resolved itself into one of the jolliess socials held in the district. Mrs Kirkpatrick, who early in the evening was presented with a very handsome bouquet of roses and maidenhair fern, was the recipient of many expressions of goodwill from old scholars present. The evening was devoted to dancing and to a programme of songs and elocutionary items, the contributors including Mrs Lee, Mr S. Thomas, Mr Tutfll, jun., Mr Jack Rigby, Mr Burton, Mrs Saunders, Mr Le Page, and Doris Le Page and Jean Coleman. Amongst those present were Mrs G. H. Woods, Mr and Mrs S. Thomas, Mr A. Holden, Mrs Tutill, Mr and Mrs D. Coleman, Mrs Le Page, Mrs F. Truscott, Mrs A. Shand, Mrs J. 0. H. Newberry, Mrs Dixon, Mrs Nettleton, Mrs Comerford, Misses Truscott (2), Miss R. Newberry, Miss J. Coleman, Miss G. Hullett, Miss TCenworthy, Miss Sampson, Miss Cotton, Miss Pengelly, and Messrs ~A. W. Beaven, Dixon, W. G. Bellson, F. Pidgeon. Le Page, and A. Senior. The ladies of the Sumner' Croquet Club brought their season to a close on Saturday afternoon, under ideal conditions. The lawns were in good playing order, and opportunity waß taken to hold a progressive tournament. This resulted in a win for Mrs J. M. B. Crawford. There was a fair attendance of members, and a dainty afternoon tea was served in the pavilion. During the afternoon tea adjournment, the. president of the club, Dr. F. Slater, congratulated the members on the very successful season just over. He also congratulated the players upon one of their members winning the New Zealand ladies' championship, and also mado reference to the putting down of new cpurte, which, he trusted, would be in first-class order for the opening of next season. He then presented the prizes won during the season, the awards being as follows: Slater Cup, won by Mrs Isaac Wilson; Mrs Wilson's prize, won by Mrs C. H. Hamilton; Mrs G. W. C. Smithsoii's prize, won by Mrs W. Hudson-Brown; Mrs J. M. B. Crawford's prize, won by Mrs Douglas Smith; Mrs F. S. Maddison's prize, iwon. by Mrs J. M. B. Crawfoid: Mrs C. H. Hamilton's prizes, won by Mrs C. M. Roswell and Mrs F. S. Maddison; Mrs E. A. Johnson's prize, won by Mrs Longuet • Miss Bain's prize, won by Mrs J. M. B. Crawford; Sirs Longuet's prize, won by Mrs Thomson; Mrs Douglas Smith's prizes, won by Mrs 0. De Pass and Mrs Lee; Mrs Aitken's prize for the junior match, won by Mrs Lee; gold button won by F. T. Chambers, senior silver button won by Mrs I. Wilson, junior silver button won by Mrs C. M. Roswell.

In a most disconcerting wind on Saturday afternoon, the mixed foursome match, for the Islington Cup was played at the Shirley links, the winners being Miss Kathleen BrLsted and Mr Seymour, with a score of 2 down, a most creditable performance, considering the weather conditions. After tlhe match Mrs Godby, captain of the Ladies' Golf Club, who, at the invitation of Mr John Montgomery, president of the Christchurch Golf Club, presented the prizes won by the ladies during the Easter tournament, expressed the regret felt by the members of the club that Mrs H. H. Pitman, one of the founders of tlhe club, who had Teoently returned from England, had been unable to be present that day. The members of the club, Mrs Godby said, were greatly indebted to Mrs Pitman for the practical interest she had taken in the welfare ef the club during its infancy. It was she who had sent to England for the first golf clubs that the lady members lhad used, and she had presented for .competition the Canterbury Challenge Cup, for which the members had been playing during the last; few days. The winners of the ladies' matches were:—Championship, Miss N. Wright (Timaru),' runnerup Mrs J. Cook (Dunedin); first medal •handicap, Mrs R. C. Symes; second medal handicap, Mrs M. H. Godby; bogey match, Miss P. Harley, who in the first match tied with Miss N. Wright;*four-ball. Mrs Donald and Mrs Symes; putting, Mies Cracroft-Wikon, who tied with Mra Vernon and won the play-off, and Mrs Sidney Lawrence. Airs John Montgomery then presented the prizes won by the men players during the tournament.

Miss Helga Lynneberg, eldest daughter of Mr B. Lynneberg, of Ngaio, "Wellington, has joined the training staff of the Karitane Hospital, Christchurch.

A cable message to the Australian papers states that Sir A. Conan Doyle is now on a lecturing tour in the United States. He enunciated an interesting theory or belief in a lecture delivered in New York. Marriages existed in the spiriVt.il world, he declared, but no children were born.

Despite the boisterous wind on Saturday afternoon, there was a very large attendance at the annual meeting ard garden party held in the grounds of College House, by the members of the Association of the Love of God. The ladies in charge of the variety stall did a brisk business, and delicious afternoon tea was served. A few of those present were Canon and Mrs Wilford, Dean and Mrs Carrington, Canon and Mrs Coates, Canon and Mrs Hamilton, Archdeacon and Mrs Taylor, Rev. W. p and Mrs Hughes, Rev. C. A. and Mrs Frner, Rev. H. O. and Mrs Hanby, Mrs William Wood, Mrs Bloxam, Mrs H. D. Andrews, Mrs W. B. Clarkson, Mrs Alfred Merton, Mrs Walter Harper, Mrs J. D. Buchanan, Mrs Munro, Mrs and Miss Hod, Mrs W. G. Jamieson, Mrs Bovs, Misses Ollivier, Gerard, Lawrell," Gertrude Miller, Fryer, Crudcn (2), Cardale, Parkerson, Cotterill, Dixon, Rachel and Margaret Rc<e, Pitts (.2), Folknrd, Bannard, Allard, Mcsrs W. E. D. Bishop and J. F. Collins. Under date of March 14th our London correspondent writes: —The engagement is to-day announced of Mr Norman Collie. Mus. Bac, elder son of Mr and Mrs Edward Collie, of Wellington, and Eileen Grace, elder daughter of Prebendary and Mrs W. P. Cromie, the Rectory, Stoke Newington, N. Mr Collie is an organist of much repute.

.... Mrs W. Pember Reeves was one of the speakers at the conference of women organisations concerned with public health and child welfare, held at Olympia, where the Ideal Homes Exhibition is now in progress. She described the hopeless lives of the thousands of women living under presentday housing conditions in large towns. "The effect on their nerves," she said, "was too terrific to allow of any normal enjoyable experiences of life." A resolution was passed at the conference expressing deep disappointment at the Government's abandonment of its housing scheme, "incomplete though it was," and declaring that "this is a problem that needs very urgent attention and national solution." One and a-quarter million houses were required to-day, it was stated, and of these barely a Quarter of a million were being built. /

The Shakespearean Garden Party, which was organised by Miss Laura Tabart, was held at the Richmond Free Kindergarten School on Saturday afternoon and proved a novel a.nd deliehtful entertainment. The proceedings opened with the singing of the National Anthem_ and the saluting of the flag by the tiny pupils of the Richmond Kindergarten, and later Shakespearean ballads were sung by pupils of the Richmond State School. Many trees were planted, including an oak which was by Mrs Rolleston. A few of the many present were Misses Laura/ and Maude Tabart, Mrs Rolleston,'Mrs E. V. Palmer and Miss Peggy Palmer, Miss Hull. Mrs and Mifs Ngaio Mar>h, Mrs H. S. Batchelor Miss Shona Rhodes,- Miss Colin Pyne, Mrs Bull (Sydney), Mrs F. A. Pyne, Mrs Brock, Dr. and Mrs Lester, Mrs Smith Wilson, Mrs Cordrey (Blenheim), Mrs O. C. Cox, and Mrs J. W. Irwin.

WEDDINGS. YULE-STEVENSON. The first wedding celebrated in the new Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Boulcott. street, Wellington, was solemnised by the Rev. Father Ainsworth on Wednesday last, when Miss Ellen Rose (Cis) Stevenson, of Christchurch (and late of the West Coast), was married to Mr Francis Dominic Yule, of Christchurch (and late of Dunedin). The bride, who was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr W. Harrington, wore ivory georgette draped with grenadier satin and trimmed in a most effective manner with pearls. Her handembroidered silk tulle veil was arranged with a coronet of orange blossoms, and she carried a pretty bouquet of cream roses and carnations, interspersed with abutillon, bouvardia, and maidenhair fern. Miss Peg Riordan, of Christchurch, assisted as bridesmaid, and Miss Nola Cameron as flower girl; the former wore hand-embroidered japonica taffeta, with hat to match, while the latter was in a shell-coloured georgette frilled frock, trimmed with posies. Mr W. Kennedy (late of Dunedin, and an old schoolmate of the bridegroom) was best man, and Mr W. McLaughlin (organist at St. Mary's) presided at the organ. The wedding party and guests adjourned to the Holborn tearooms, where the usual toasts were honoured. The bride's travelling dress was a navy coat frock trimmed with black braid, with a smart black velvet toque.

LADY SCOTT'S WEDDING. CEREMONY AT WESTMINSTER. (from our own correspondent.) LONDON, March 14. In the presence only of- relatives and frientls, Lady Scott, the well-known sculptor, and widow of tne late Captain R. F. Scott, Antarctic explorer, was married as privately and quietly as possible, on March 3rd, in the tiny chapel in the crypt of the House of Commons,, The bridegroom, Lieuten-ant-Commander E. Hilton Young, D.5.0., D.S.C., M.P., Financial Secretary to the Treasury, is one of the war heroes who was seriously hurt in the Vindictive's engagement off Zeebrugge, losing his right arm. Mr Austen Chamberlain, Lord Privy Seal, gave the bride away, and the Bishop of St. Albans performed the rite. Lady Scott looked very attractive in a dress and cloak of silver grey panne velvet. The long, straight bodice had a full skirt, and the cape was draped across the shoulders', and was weighted at the hem with a handsome grey fringe. Her toque, with a tulle crown, and°swathed velvet brim, matched her gown, and had a slight touch of blue brocade at the front and an upstanding lace wing. Major Hubert i'oung, D.5.0., acted as best man. There were no bridesmaids and no choir. Little Master Peter Scott, a sturdy boy, in grey shorts and a white and blue jersey, walked beside his mother. A crowd had assembled at the St. Stephen's entrance to the crypt, but Lady Scott and her son escaped notice by passing through the "Westminster Hall to the crypt chapel by the stairs used by members. • Those present included Sir George and Lady Young (parents of the bridegroom), Mr and Mrs George Young and family, Mr and Mrs Winthrop Young, Miss Scott, Mr Egerton Young, the Hon. Margaret Lawrence, Sir Alexander i aad Lady Lawrence, Mr and Mrs George Kennedy, Mr Norman Young, Miss Young, Mr J. Young, Mr and Mrs Russell Scott, the Countess of Sandwich, Viscount Knutsford, the Right Hon. W. Bridgeman, M.P., Lady Ernest Pollock, Sir Gerald and Lady Elison, Sir Vincent Baddeley, Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont, Sir Richard Paget, Sir Basil and Lady Blackett, Sir Am- V berst and Lady Selby-BJgge, Sir George and Lady Barstow, Sir William and Lady Ellison-Macartney, Mrs Austen Chamberlain and Miss Diana Chamberlain, Colonel C. Gibbs, M.P., Captain Douglas King, M.P., and Mrs King, Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Wilson, M.P.,

Captain C. Royds,. R.N., Mr H. E. Luxmoore, Commander and Mrs J. B. Adams, Mrs McKenna and Mrs F. Maclaren, Mr and Mrs Stephen Gordon, Mrs Cecil Harmswortb, Mr Holland Martin, Mr R. Mayor. Mrs Kennard, Mrs A. E. Balfour, the Rev. E. H. and Mrs Kennard, Mr and Mrs frevelyan, Mrs Stopford, Colonel and Mrs Pryor, Miss Keating, Mr Arnold Foster, Colonel Solbert, Mrs Wright and Mr K. A. Wright, and Mrs Mark Kerr. After the ceremony the' bride and bridegroom left for the country. Master Peter came out of the chapel to see his •mother into the waiting car, but returned to join some relations as she drove off with Commander Young.