SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 515, 24 May 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

■JNotices of Engagements and Weddingß.— When reports oJ weddings'and announcements of engagements are 6ent to jDoiriinioa" for publication, the name and address or the sender should be enclosed, liorfor publication, but as an evidence of e°od faith. .Otherwise tho announcement* eunnot .be'published.]-.'.

Secretary of the Y.W.C.A. To meet and talk with Miss ' Macky, the Auckland girl who has been appointed secrotary of the Wellington Young Women's Christian Association, is to, feel that the. association must be congratulated on the appointment, for, possessed of a good deal of experience; in the affairs of girls, keenly.interested, in their welfaro, and full of enthusiasm,' Miss Macky seems to bo well fitted ,for the somewhat difficult, position. ■ The'past three months have been ■ spent her at_,the large institution of \ the Y.W.C.A. in. Sydney, an association that is in .touch .with two thousand girls, and there she has dono all sho could in tho time, to become acquainted with every branch of its work. The Sydney association is the largest in Australia, and it is now beginning to train girls to undertake the duties of secretaries, giving them a yervwido training indeed for the theory, of- the Y.W.C.A. is that those who work for it cannot;be too well informed on all questions. Every bit of knowledge they acquire, every now interest they gain, is as much to; the help' of their work. In America and England, but especially in America, numbers of college graduates are taking up Y.W.C.A, work, many of the members of tho Students' ; Christian ■ Union finding in work among jthe girls of their towns the finest opportunities for usefulness. There ; is still great need for workers in' foreign' mission fields, but it was not a healthy sign, when girls who wanted to live up to their highest ideals, found no way of' doing so ■in the social service ' of their own towns. Miss Macky talke very' interestingly about the activities of the Sydney Y:W.C.A:, its various classes and meetings, its boarding establishment and restaurant, land, it'is evident that ;she. has; kept her eyes open for hints that will be : useful to the Y.W.C.A.: here. / Naturally, ; she hopes that the Wellington association will soon bo in a nosition to establish a hostel, for' the indoor arid outdoor work of the. association are interdependent, and it can never attain anything like its. full : usefulness in; the outdoor work" until the hostel has been built.. Perhaps now that the Y.M.C.A, is on such a satisfactory footing the; citizens of ton will be able to afford substantial heln to. the sister- institution, Miss Macky hnsjjeon for some years employed m the Civil Service in Auckland, and was-for two years a student at Auckland University.; . : . . ':. New Zealand Nurse?. , : first publication of "Kai'Train,-? •the New Zealand nurses' journal, more than a year ago, the editor, and her-contributors have had every reason to be , pleased with.the appreciative recognition they have received ; from similar journals in other | parts of .the world; The: last number of "The, British Journal j of Nursing" quotes at length, what., '.'Kai Tiaki" has to say- about tlie.;desire_ ot. : the: New Zealand nurses to bo incorporated .with the nurses of the Mother Country as a branch of tho National Council of-Nurses of Great Britain, and.says:- "This would-be just splendid. We do ho^e-New. Zealand,, and Sweden also, will both be prepared to apply for v affiliation with the National Council in July. T That-;-' in its first ''decade' the National. of nine : countries should'he thus •bound together in 'kinship' would more than realise our dream of, its immense 'influence as a world force for good." Referring to the same article, '"The Canadian , Nurse", says: :"Th'.it. is', right.', for New Zealand. They '• know';?how' ■"■'■ ""in■■•■■■New '■■■ 'Zealand.", They were first, on the: wire.with tho offer :of".a ; battleship, and now .they, aro first ■ In"] type with the yory thing wo in .Canada have.' been fooling;', but did not know how to;'express..'We now have tho honour of proposing ;in order that the nurses of New Zealand, .Australia, South Africa,'. Canada, and other 'Britons, beyond. : : the seas,, in our.-profession, may be part and.'.parcel of the British Nurses' Organisation and' that the name' of the latter; be changed to the. Imperial British Nurses' Association." . . . . ;

a Mrs. Henry Hadfield is staying with' Mrs. iTucJcey;--.';:.;."■■ ;;>■:■ ; ;:■■:■ ■."' '. ■ : "Mrs. -. Wallis : returned- last •week from a visit to Rotorna.:"v ;.• V; { . : ,, 'j.. { .',:^:; ; : ■ ■-'■ Mrs. Kempthorneand Miss Blasohke, from Nelson, are tho guests of Mrs. Powles. • . ; ;: Miss Stoddart; .the.-Christchurch artist, is ; paying.: a. visit to : Wellington,' and is staying with Miss Partridge. '■:.' v' ,;•■■■;:• ■..-'■ . :l '..Mrs.:;Ha'ybittle, of Lambton Quay,..left for Sydney .on Friday, intending to.havo.a holi-' day of; two or . three: weeks. .... ," : : . - Miss .Macky, the.. new .secretary, of. the .Wellington' Young; Women's. Christian Association,; whd:has; : come ; to'tako-up her duties, arrived,- by-the -Main' Trunk lino on:. Saturday,. 'land',-' is -.- at; present' \ theguest of Mra. HpbyJ'-pf .Woolcombe.Street. T ! .A childrenls .pirty.:,was'. held at 'Spillerls' Hall, 'Boulcott.Strclt,' ,"on.- Saturday afternoon as- a f wind-up; Iα the first,. term : of. 'the' Misses, M..and E.-•Oakley Browne's children's dancing: class'.- : ,'. Bancirig arid games- occupied most ;of ■ tho afternpoh; '■' a'n'd; ; -SB'vdral.' of- the pupila did'/soine. 1 fancy : daaces very prettily.-.' ■.;Mrs., : Beatty,".wife'df tho Rev. W. Beatty, vicar of St; R«inuera, who died last. - week, was' the '.daugliter of th e ■ Rev. Abraham Jago, an Irish'clergyman, and came out with her husband' to New-: Zealjind somo 23 years ago. During the time her husband was vioar of St. ,Barnabas!s, Mount Eden,, warden, of St; JoWs College, arid vicar of St. Mark'sj she took an active-part, in church work; Mrsi Beatty's kindly, nature, had: endeared her to a. very. wido'-. circlo ■of friondsj 'aiid in: the various ■' branches -,ofchurch work ai\d charitable undertakinga she willibo much'missed.: .' ■■ -. ";: '. .- ; •Mrs..:R.'M.'Lightband, : whp died on Friday at Auckland,, belonged to very old. and highly-respected -Nelson, family,, being' 'the fourth daughter-of :Mr. J;;.,8. 'Saddj'ono of /Nelson's oldbst : teachers, , ; iiieoe of the' late Mr. Hodgson ". (one of. the ■ earliest school in-spectors-under, tho Education -Board), ;and!of the lato;Hon. -Mr. Barnicbat,'M : .L.C.j: whilo . 'shb. herself was.- a very- successful school teacher in Nelson. Her, brother is Commissioner of Crown -Lands-^at.'. Nelson. ' Mrs. Li(?litband was well known in Auckland musical circles,, and was for some timo organist at the Anglican Oliurch, Northcote.. '•'. - ; •Putting a.FrcsSi-Face on.Soiledßainient.— With caro and patience, and the .skilful use of benano br.'be'nzoliiio, naphtha br.chloroforrh; it is possiule to jmt quite a how face on articles .that othonriso must bo sot aside, and with girls on ah'allowarico this is a consideration, for there aro so .many things to buy, and money goes;all' too: soon; n lose motlhims nre infla-mmable, ;and tho greatest care must be taken, not to undertako the' work by artificial light, or at any timo near a of any kind; and~there,is always an unpleasant* smell, which,'..though thip goes off quickly,' while it -lastsis anything, but delightful. -.-'A"mero spot can bo r remoyed by the use of blotting .paper'and.tho liquid. Rub Well till it is- dry,- and' no sign of 'tho spot will remain.; A hot iron-and a.piece, of' blotting paper on; both _ side's' of. tho '.spot • will of ton. remove .'one without tho uso of tho liquid., Scarves, blouses,, sleeves, and small articles of. this kind should -he" well, soaked for -.'.some'.timo in bonzolirie, then removed from tho dirty. liquid and rinsed in clean fluid. .:.-■: ' .