SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 635, 12 October 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

•■ '■ ■';■,-.' •■ ■■■■-•■ '.:■:-- '■ :• . ,- v ■ ' ..:.;. t ;-:,: , .The Season Revives;; ■': • ; . . ■-■'■:■ Things •• social /have .been- rather . dull in /.'Wellington,for the past :fetf, weeks, but, with /the beginning of the session, has come a suddenrushof important social - functions. The to be given to Lady. Ward by: the : ' Victoria Leaguo. takes place this afternoon.' ; ' To-morrow the Pioneer Club gives a. reception <:' to.'liady l .Ward,:who-:is its yice : warden, and it may be iaention'ed by the way, that only mein-■...-Tiers of the club - will participate in this ivel- - come, as there is hardly /accommodation for '■■':' more than the : full number of members. On •'•'• Thursday afternoon the • Babies' Aid Cingress gives an " At Home "to tliree hundred guests and, on .'Friday afternoon,- her Excellency, Lady ..Plunket, entertains:the.committee of that soc -/ciety -and.'the-delegates.•• '.';;■ y-....-■' : - ;-.. The Viptoria-League, / , ; .'. . /: ; '.Miss "Coates: has issued invitations for-an

';;■■. " : At ; Home" to "be given this afternoon' at '■■'■ her home. in Hobson Street, on behalf of the j ; '•.committee' ? oi'-'the Victoria League who give <■..■: this as , a welcome■to.Lady Ward, the president .■'': of -the.rleagne, ; on to return from England.. : ' The •Wellington 'branch of' the Victoria League '". : . .has 'a. membership- of 400, and :it. is the largest .. ibranch.outsidevLoridon.'.The•■central' body;.in London has expressed. great satisfaction. with ':' -the vitality and the-energy of the New Zea- '■"•:'■'■'. land branch, , saying : that the letters received •■'••:• 'from -it ■'; always ' interest. the ■ London; Society ■ "'sexceedingly nnd'impress them-with a 'sense of ', c iithe usefulness of the work.done here. ' , ; Women's Employment, ;;:' : ■'.'•".'.■■::' The 'Qovernment Women's Employment'Bn- '•-■' VieftuV in Auckland reports that. during last v- -month 155 applications were-made for domes- :.'. -tic assistants, and 101 women applied for work. ■-:': Eighty-eight generals' were applied 'for, and .:CV, : 'only--'-12 offered-for that class of work. '. -.' '-•" Jln ■Wellington 52 generals were applied for,. ,'-:\' end 16 generals tasked for engagement. ••"'•:. :.::' The steamers Euapehu. and Arawawere met, : . .. but/very few of the new arrivals called at .-.the office, most of them having employment or .'. ■ friends to go: to. A'very large number of dress- !•.'."..■ making hands was • applied for, but. only one •; -application was made for work to the Depart- .-.'■ ■ inenfc' ■'■ ■ ' '.'■■ ■.-"■ ■■■•""':■'/:'''■■ . Vv there were 76 applicants for ..'■v employment,, of whom 61 were suited. Of'those ! ' notsuited,,several.were. elderly.women seeking .'■■''■■• situations ;a's housekeopors who' had not the ■■■.'■ necessary ' : qualifications: 'for ench. ipbsitions. .r- , Housekfopers;.,however, are not in great , des:iharid..During the'saine period 206 employers V. sought the assistance of the branch. .It will be . ; .'seen that;the applications from 'employers are "::. slightly on , the increase. The demand-for geh:?:»rals is-still, very, great, but most girls applyx,., '. Ing. prefer, a .'lighter class of ..work.. There is '■'■ no surplus of hotel-workers ;at present,. al- .:; though "a good many girls, of thfs.blass are \ J^oomihg'.tpl .Chii,st I chnrch l ,frbm-.pther r ,parts, hav- '.'.. ;v ing -.. been-' irifo'rmed" that .;h6tel-w6r£ is more :: .'•'; plentiful there.' Inquiries fdrjlressmakers, ma-. -.'•' chinists, -^tailoresses, etc., .also- apprentices, [, ' .'were, mad.6 ( dufing..the month. .. .',..-,' ; ■.;, .-.ln applications from ;■' v employersVa'nd-61;from 'assistants. , ;..,-; ''■•'; Obituary. '".■•■';"• : ..;;:"- •/•'.■■.'■' ;, '■:•.•.'. -V.'

.'There .passed : away at her residence, Erin Villa/ BnsqUevßoadi-on'-Thursday, , '■ says ■ an ■ A:uckland..pape'r, nn old identity, in-the pereon of; Mrs. Eleanor '.Fitzpatrick, wife Of Mr. : : Michael;:; Fitzpatrick, at - the ripe age .of 71. ~ Mrs. .FiUpatrick was pne of- those who arrived in tho' Dominion in its early days, and, life ; many; other,/pioneers, saw , many-, ups and downs .;bf; colonial "life. Leaving her native ~ home, New. ißrunswick, in' her, father's brig, Our Hope, in.1862,-she landed at InvercargiU : .in; the. following year.■ ;After a year's stay-in that ppftion.'of ,the-country, she . migrated to the Attbkland province, 'where -she resided up ■till the time; of her., death, living 1 respectively at VOnehunga; Thames, Northern ■ Wairoa,' and •'. then in'■' Auckland. Tho deceased, 'who w.is , greatly respected.by all.who knew.her,- leaves .a;-family, of.'three sons and four daughters. ■ i Protecting 'Women .Prisoners. :•'■. ;■'. ' : ; A Press- Association message from Christ- ' : church states ..that; the .Canterbury ' Women's Institute'have agreed to the following feso.'ilutions:—(l),"That it is'essential to the wellbeing.; of; the -society that a 'woman attendant ehfluia -be always bn'diity : at ;the police sta- : tion''!',(2):."That this, institution urges upon the (jbverriment that:,women justices of the ■ peaco 'should: be.'appointed, with power : to, . visit all- women prisoners, in police stations, lock-ups, .and prisons, '■; and■• having -power- to . inyestigate-abu'ses (if :ariy) : in theadministra-' .; tion. • :-.,■;'. :•.■ ••.:;. ■ '-. '.'"' -. •; • Tho Kelburne Lady. Bowlers. - ; •'. :>';The inembersbf the Kelburne Ladies'; Bowl-ing-Club had intended , to; send players out ... tp.-Shannpn-Jast Wednesday on. the invitation .-' of the-Shannonplayers, but the weather proved. ■;■■ altogether,;urisuitable.";'lf.'it. is fine 'two rinte . : from . the -ladies' -.club, and one from- the •..-■'• men's,vwill. go.up to. Shannon to-morrow. The ;. opening, of the kolburne Ladies' Bowling Green will■ take plate -on < Wednesday, Novernber 20, instead of. t'o-mqrrow.-as-previouslyarraDged.

■Miss Beere's junior pupils are giving an'exhibition of'class dancing in the Sydney Street Hall - on" Saturday,- October ■ 30. This is to .be regarded;:'as, the formal conclusion' of; Miss Beere's classes, and .the dance given in the ea'me hall ..last .Saturday ■ Was giyeu .chiefly for the :/pupils from .the colleges.. and ' "private .Bohpols ) .biit"'not as a'-break'.ng-up dance. , marriage .of Miss Dolly Mahdel takes place at'/the Wellington Synagogue on Tuesday, Oetober.'.lO.' i; .., ''.., -.'■ , ; ' . Miss ,y;. Johnston; o! 'the Hntt,- left yesterday, for.a three weeks', visit to Rotorua.