SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 623, 28 September 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

; w of -;,'Eiigajeroent» and ' :Weddln»t.- -. Wo«n -/reports .if/ weddings -and ' irintunc* ■',-. meaW.'of/engagements' are sent to' '.'Dominica", , ■■;■;■:■ (or publication,*■ Ihe name andaddreerof. tin •\ /, lender'should be enclosed/ 1 not for publication. . ; r !. but as an :eyidenco',pf good faith. Otherwise tlit .; . tnnouncementa canaotlbo'.uubliiheiU , ;■ ■■:''/ !C- The'ilnklnd;criticr/'v'y'l'tf-' ."•' ' .■■[■'■\'':.'.- Someclittle time/ago a''very'plea6ant-German /;/ /professor made;his-.way through Ne'w./Zealand, ■•;'; inquiring ; into, the., social ;and economic; reforms :-;.■■ '/of thisyoung country, very much interested in : •-■•; : /New ZealandV social experimentsi • and' anxious / to: believe, that'/the maiority of them- would ..f■-..•;■,-. prove ..successful.. :Professor. Manes is a/pro- '/■.;/ ;tess'or.'at.vthe; Berlin Commercial/\-University, .-;';'.':.'. and interested -in: Dfaqtical : work 'in 1 , his' ,, own /f ■;'■;' iCountry; ';.'>From , , .conversation , : him, ■ one' : ;,; > gathered...that^h«■'■ hadr.beeir' associated,?'on '..;..charitable-.organisations'.'i'in , ' Germany,' with /'. German women , , of the'./most cultivated' and -.-"" V efficient- -type, 'and; ,one'; guessed -that - he/ ■■ had/ ; :;.expected;; to ;.fin'd.the.}sahie : typo-very.muchv.in ,i/ evidence; in countries where /wohien;hdve ; the' /' : ■franchise.; v He/had evidently .expected •to find - ■■'.':'.;■ that/the women h«re-would take their politics ■. ■:: very ■ seriously,' r that; they • -ir'ontd , '. know, some- -//;; thing of economics, and'a good deal about > the •;■:.. Xprld*'outside Australasia:'..vHe'came from a ;/-. .country iwhere the: education'-'of^girlsvis'more' -■'; x'■- '•thorough' than - perhaps. anywhere else in the ;' :.;; world, and: he. was bitterly' disappointed to find /;/.;/ how-farjbelowy'their'.intelieotual'Standard' the y.-;', : . women of Australia-.fall;');'And, as.he';has gone .: ;•-.'.. on 'through : .the States, 'ho has told. interviewers '.:,..of, his disappointment.' Here/.in ' New S^al'arid 1 . \ . he spoke.of:/the;intelligence' of the rwonie'n,- but v ;.'■'.■'eajd tha't'he ;had expected"/to:findHhein : diffe'r'/;:/ent;iby:'virtue; of' their ; ppssessidii.of-the , .,fran : J/ v - ehise. ; West-Australia he/has.beeh' : making' ■::./; the. Aratralian, education''sys-' .// r .tem': the', bcc.asion - for.the'expressibri-of his , sur-" / ■;• /:. -'■ prise/ at'discovering' that/the 'Australian young. !-"!^'-'--iadies-'.'(an-\-ooD.v'eTO;.pn ; ■V-'.vand; "thnt 1 in families;the:highest'in :the'"land;' ' r v/thyjchil'dren can 7 spe^k/rio.language.but'ith'eir •} : .:wn/:;';- There;'was rip ■country,,-, in the -world :.!;;■ ■ yitH;-',so'; muchi'leisure/, as ./Australia, '•.he.'said,.- /','■/ but itwas'.all'for sport,/ and. seldom.: for educa-'. : ; .- :tion./\"What, r do girls : do'/with /.their., time'?" ;U": he/asks.'.Vlt;is! assuredly:/a/ ; very hard'.quesi >'V\ tion -Viandrit ./wbnld'itake <a:.ye'ry ; 'learhe<i , 'rnan : ' : ■S.■i^'.^'■•answ■efc.^f.' i '•^f•''a■w^. ! .'•-.. ;did ..- : -".-'.cettainly I 'be!;'-"My'':tlmeV:.-jfh3r.'l-'iieTef have s '''';;.';;''.' ! ;'/'■ ThV Bibiesf.AidConareiisJ /' /, ■':/-. /; -'■', •..':.'.-.''. i [(.--■'<■':- ;:.The*congross':which is ,tp ; -be -/ -.-,- ton ■ by-. Tepresen.tativesJof' the:.' different .centres .VV-.'bf the Society for,the Promotion of the Health ; ■'-:■ of Women 1 and Children,-is , ;to : meet ; on , October f -/i'/14,. (npt./.on..October/4_:as. previously ..stated). /;;//; Tie length-of'the session, is riot yet.fixed,. but f;-/:membeb''hope.:tha't: 1 a-great deal of-good vwill ;':/... be /accomplished; by;/this--congress; ,/that. sdme. •'-jV important.ldr'ward step will be taken, arid : that .o';.; the.-society:/ will; be..established, on .a -firmer, ■'• •"•■' ..basis,; and , .its.scope extended. /The wort done :?-/■; in" Wellington; is very ■quiet,. , but very./imppr- " tant.-;'Already, this/year:.over SOO. babies; havo.' ./ .. ■■■ been treated by, the Pluiket nurse, and : that is. 7, ■- : -;?a.-recpr'd'..to-,-b'e the society'.'is ■->.'■ './.trying, to,.establish , an-'Tadvisory .',.board- "of i.^''medical mon ; /and ,'wome'ri,':arid already quite a ,/ ;.: number have promised , ,/to /join. /// ,-/./. ... : ; :'•:-;.'-. Birfhday ''Cdhoratuiationi: ■;>.■';;Ci /' /■// '-.''■• ■}:■'-:, j. ;r A little party'of friends/gathered at,the/homo : .//of Miss;Cneethami :atvWadestown,/'on Sunday- ; ./.' afternoon,,to' congratulate- her on' attaining hei ■<■"." eighty-secorid; birthday.- 'Miss Cheetham—who ;'/ v has, ■ by'the: way,/ been, -living.; in New Zealand, '• .■:-. for; the past-fpuit?cn'yeard.;*ithjher niece, Miss /->■:. an. ; excellent: ■m.empry,'-..an'd-:'ca'n , ''re':' /:. many:things';that scem'to most people. ':'/•' .-/now.as/though/they; only, happened in the hisf:'; tory books. -She'was present-at.the coronation' '/'"i.'.df .William.lVj'jhe can remember the opening'; '.:.- / .-of. the first railway .td;,Leeds;.'she' tells of the '■;'■;■ : trouble -that'it ..was^to'-.light..'a■ fire ,in those .•."•■::■','. bad old days;.when.; matoh'es -,were not .invented,''! ■Vand one ,had;t6;.use , 'a'tinder box .or the more/ ■//;: ntf-tp-date/method: of ■: the., -stick -which- was •; : ".' : dipped .in a liquid that Eet it on fire; and the' '/'.J? inauguration oi!-the ; modern-postal /system'was : -,:-'another .thirig'-that.intorested.'her in her youth.. :.-;../Miss,Cheethitm. has travelled 'a great deal, arid • A V/talks/iriterestirigly ;0f her-experiences. Among •^r : thqsp-who:gathered to congratulate, her, were /.;'.a/number:of:small children,..to whom, sho gave ■M-jeouvcnirs./..-i.,/.:;¥ ; -,;-.. :;:,/;/ '. : ; : - ? /'.!','■'. 1 - , ..' ■ ; : f/ -A'Wellington Qirl at Homo. ■ '/ , / / , '■'■■- Mr.'iaiid'-.Mrs.• -Eabdne/(\V|elliogt6n)"'are re-- '-■'■■ '":turning/'by/, the' sis.',,loriio ■ on//September .17.' .;'y/Their.daughter, the first holder of.ithe scholar-/ j '' ; AustValasia,: pres'eriteiT b'v,'the'"Ass'o-' ; / . -.oiated:/Boards of the ond B.C.M.i'will. ■ 'reii(ain .'■■lα:; London.".-'• She.- , is-Stndyiiig .'at .the. /'//Eoyal-Acddenjy. of Music -.under Signor yisetti, ; .-':'. who .entertains 'high ./opinions of his .New Zei-Z ; .'-, land /pupil, and: who: speaks in' terms -of / tho. '/ V ./highest: praise of the vocal, training which she : .-. received-in NewrZealand./-' Miss Eaboneis.the , '■ ■:•'•/.. possessor ;of,-a., spprano/voioe,/ of wonderful' .;■/■;, dramatib 'power , and/beautiful quality. .; It is . '/.'/':■ not unlikely' 'that■' her, /course'will be com-: ...V.-pleted .in* a year,-though the , scholarship -,ie' . : :." tenable for",'.three/years. >Miss Eabone. received , '■'■'■.'; •:■ her vocal, tuition.at St./ Mary's Convent, Wei- .:;./ lirigton:/Vr//■/:•'-:/:/-' : ; ; ■:;/-./' '.' ■'■■ .-'■■' ./•> ,//. = -"* -; / ; ;'/?;/,/;' ;K' - ! J\] '- I:-; '..Shakespeare'/-Club; '/which/ ; /../ began /its'.season. 60/ strenuously, /and even how- ; -.... dreams -of: is' about ■'/■td; give /a' 'public reading /of "A Winter's .Tale," .*; and probably-finds this qriite a,fairy-like task ' : , /in comparison.... The characters have been"cast, '■'"■■'•■'■ ;and' the/following -ladies./are,;td take part:P ,; .j( Miss Lena Van Staveren, .'./ ;Mrs.;DarlingirMiss/;Grey\ Miss; Carson, .arid // / Miss /Knox..,- The .two finest parts. in the play, .;.:Hermione : and :.Paulinft,'/.are'to/,-be. taken by .:.-.■ Miss'.Van-Stavereri/arid. Miss':Hardin!?e-MaJtby ■"/.'. : -'.;'.' respectively," and -he pretty'part of Perdita: is •'■- ,' .tobp'read.iby-'Miss'lreneAvtrster. ., '•" ■ ■;.'

:: Mrs. E. : Tregear■ is .visiting, '.her j-daughter,' .it'■Picton.v^ ! -rV-;-'.- : -;-i.--:-'•■■■,•.,■/:., "•>'.;, '.> ; ;-.':. •'; '■-::■ Miss: ; Beatrice' Bennett,' from.- Masterton,: is •risitirig friends in Wellington;', ;•■ .'.''•.' ■ - 'y : .-'/■':' ■■ •-* Miss, Gladys de Castro returned to Wellington ■ onlSaturday from "a'visit-.to■ F.oilding. ■..;, ■' ' • ■ Barker returned on Saturday spent, in. Canterbury; Miss .Dorothy'Pollep ; ; goes : 'nextvwcet.'■' to .Nelson/where -sho will bo'the. guest- of' Mrsi ; Hiihter-Brpwn. ;^-:y::V, .;. v ; ':;:,;">■■. > .' ifrs..A. K. S. Thomson is visiting.her mother, Mrs. P.. do Castro, of. Talavera Terrace, fora few ;wecks/v .■■:■,'■:■' ;;' .■■■.■•■:' ':■. '■ ■■ : ■'•■ : *'■*• ■•; Miss Greenwood'.is; returning 'at the, end of the week to , horihomo on the ■has : been let; for -some' months f .to Dr.. Pollen. ■-Invitations havo been'.issue'd'by tho Misses M.; and ;Ej Oakley Browne for their ■break-up dunce,' to be held in the New Century Hall dn ".Thursday,; October ;H.;';: ;?;.: •; ';- .-.; :, : -•■■ ■ The nnnual dinner of the. Wellington Private .Nurses' Association , -is;-to be the be-einning.6f--Noveniber,- on. a'date that has yet to:be.fixed.'.■/■:'": :'- , ' : : , ':, ' ■' '■:■■ \ :

Several of the friends and acquaintances of ■ Mrs. Pyke (who is leaving'Masterton, for Dan-, nevirke) met last week at the house of Mrs. E. ; R.,- Cameron rto bid-'her -farewell;-'and; to make her a little presentation" as a mark of the esteem in which they held ■ her. ■■ Mrs. Cameron, on behalf of the ladies present, made the/presentation..,. . ; . , .' ,;. .-' Miss Annie Greenwood, who has Ibeen travel: ling ,in; England and on the Continent, is expected, home. at the end of November..; .;:. . Miss Befry,, from Westpo'rt,- is yisitine Lms-, tlowna, where she is tho guest of Mrs. J. B. Henry; , .: ..-.. V.. .';' . : .'■;'::... ■ -:.",...', ; Mr. .and. Mrs.-. Carey, of ■Westwood; ■' Lanedowne, left yesterday for a holiday visit -to the South Island. ■ .. '.■.-; '..'•';, - Mr. and Mrs. W. ,L. Thompson, of Wellineton,,who have-been in. England since last April,' leave London by the Otranto on Dotober l.on their return to New Zealand. They hayo done a great deal of .motoring through.the South of England, Wales and Scotland, and Mr. Thompson's health has greatly, improved 'by ■ the change. ■ ' ■ ...".■■ ',; ■-. ' " . :".'.':■<■:'<:'■■' '. ..Mr! and •Mrs.'F.rank Dillon, of. , Leefield, Marlbdrough, are' arriving' from. England via Sydney,, by ; the Moana to-morrow.; .. .-' ..'English papers announce the'engagement of Lady ,Mary Lygon, who visited' New Zealand as maid of. honour to the Duchess of York,', to Mr. Samuel 'Hoaro, eldest son of Sir Samuel H. Hoara, of Sidestrand. Lady Mary Lygon is the youngest sister of Lord' Beauchamp, .and Mr.-;Hoare belongs to a great banking house.