SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 29, 29 October 1907, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Girls'. Realm .Guild. ; A meeting- of the Lady Plunkct Centre of tho Girls' Kcalm Guild was held yesterday afternoon at Government House, \ when be-; tweon 1 sixty and-seventy, members were present. 'Her Excellency Lady Plunket, Patroness of/ the" Guild, was present. .Miss Jililoen Ward, President of tho-Centra, presided. The, Hon. Kathleen Plunkot-explained, that,the object of the meeting was to decide what "work 'shoiild-bo done by the Guild. Itwas;to ha distinctly understood that tho rules of the Guild, precluded ..thorn from. : raising monoj , for any organised charity. .Their work must bo done individually.- They might visit hospitals; or -other charitable, institutions, anil they,might undertake the charge.of some individual case of need. There, were two such' cises requiring assistance; one of a little girl who had become deaf.and dumb as the result of an illnosa .in her-, infancy; the'other of a boy seven years of age who had lost the; sight of, one oye, and must not. learn .to read and write lest the sight of' tho other should also be lost.. Ho would require .sonic special education, and he,had not.parents to help'him.- It was-suggested that tho Guild, -should, take charge of the training of one of those children: :.,Miss Plnnket asked that separate committees should be formed.within the Guild to undertake different, branches of. work. The meeting decided , to raise funds for the. education ,of the boy as that was. thought'.to''bo:'the moro urgent- case, and committees were formed to.arrange for yisitiiig the hospitals and .homes, and for giyjng little concerts there Ifro'm time to time. Another committee,will arrange, for a dramatic, performance to >be given towards the end of November in aid of the. funds of the. Guild,, Miss' Nathan, 0f,77. Hobsoh Street, a member of the committee,,will' be glad'to receive magazines and papers to .send to the : dilforent- Homes..

■■: Mp- Arthur 'Messenger,', of Auckland, is ■visiting her people at Northland; ; Misi Izett, of Wanganui,is at present Oiv ii visit to Wellington, and is,staying at the Grand ; Ho.tcl.. .-~ ■ .-■"'. ; ■ ■ • Miss Ella Cooper, (laughter of Mr. •Justico Cooper, s has arrived in London. Miss Cooper to remain in Great'. Britain for about two years, at the end of which time she will return with her ; brbthor, Mr. Harold Cooper ;who is" studying'medicine at Homo. ,'

There is some talk : of Miss. Kathleen Beaiichamp's return.: to London to : take up literary work'. Miss Be.auchamp has been bngaged for. some little timo past on a book of chaldron's 1 stories, for. which Miss Bondall has been drawing some of her charming illustrations. ■'/':'■ ' ''. : '''I.' : The-Hospital, dance,' which, comes off toivards the .end of the week, is beins looked forward to- with, considerable - interest, »"d promisesto .bea.most enjoyable affair. :■.-.■'■ Miss Gertie Campion, the once popular actress, seems to havo given up the stage, for good and all. -She and her ckter have opened a. tobacconists'; shop s in Auckland, cind are reported to 'be doing remarkably wolK The course of;treatment which Miss Campion 11117 dor'went' .at ; the Cambridge. Sanatorium after her return from South. Africa was'most isiiccoEslul,' and , she siys : that she is' now' quite, cured. •'• ■ • .,- •■.' • ■'■ ■ ■-.■-.. The: ladies of Northland are at present' hard at; work"preparing ..for a.bazaar in aid of. the funds of St. Anne's Church. ■■ It will bo held on Thursday.and Friday, November 7 and B..'•'■•' ■"'''}■' ' '":.■■"■ '.■.''.,", '; ■;- ■ •/••■;