SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Pioneer Club, It is. expected .that. a..number.of ladies will Visit • Wellington ; next month in connectionwith!' the. v Medical'Congress, which v;meets>hcre ''towards . the end ..of February, and :. the:;Piohoer' Club, intends to' entertain. thorn-, iit a. reception on : tlio first \Veduesday ;after their arrival. Ono; .of .the;;ideasthat the founders '.of;, the club had in ' view :wBS that women' visiting Wellington: ofiicially .'should be .so entertained, .and those members who wero, last'.weekywhen the club entertained the ,ladies; attending .the •; Educar \iouy Institute understood *.pleasant .this could; be; for both . hostesses • and ; guests.! • A; few of .the .delegates; had left for their .homes, 'but .most of them', came. ;to' the c'ub,' and!• avery • pleasant: afternoon; wa ; v speiit, • ' /' .: . yiliss . Richmond, • as • president,; addressed :the ' visitors,:; "welcoming ; them : on< behalf,of- the club,: and' stating ;that the (club might' be: considered as ; reprersenting the ..many women'; in;', the;' community . who appreciated the work; done . their ; ahu-iren by: the v - toacliers, though,' - perhaps, r they - never ' ; gave ex-' pression. po; that; appreciation.;.-She then*' eave ,a; very interesting - account ;of visits , which;.she had' paid jtoVschools and colleges in-rOerraany and America. ~ •'.After .her the teachers, - (Auckland), .Miss :Chiaplm(ivacth .Canterbury) • responded -on berk [delegates! .'They stated ! that : /muchXiappreciated ; the hospi..tality shown .them, and that in' no other town : : where institute' had ;met ..had •the . TOmen , of - .the: tow-n ; ever, extended a^; welcome fto ; i the' ; women delegates, ori shown-so much interest in their work. . v. Jt; determined;that in future, .when ' the"; Pioneer' Club• officially: entereliecfc • wilr;, appear. : in): the ' - advertising - c ° ? mils ,°f thfi daily papers. v' V -

i Girls, ; as Military Nurses, IJ ft ;be .veryinteresting to/know I \ s propossd .to.' carry ,'riut ?'• the .scheme. ?, loro.iraining^girls*as > yWiuca^as.?'discussed. at; the; meeting re- : ;ow . Aiicklandi correspondent. Obviously,, if ;,!t were - possibly ;to. train' girls, of little.. more : than school , <ige, to such proficiency, that they could' render' valuable aid in-all the difficult.surgical casesvthat a.war'.miglit produce, it would - j •£■ ' benefit': to 'ithe- community,' . and;« Tfar never reached bar'; shores', the experience, the., girls.; would have 'gained,' woUd.-.be: of, great service to them in or-' .(Unary life. /.;.';'.-VA"-;A:;y; A 'V Bjt tho:scheme appears to.be too huge to be practicable.;. Dr. Purdy'spoke' of ~tha possibility,..'of - training; in a very short, timo five thousand efficient nurses.' could this-; be;done ? Where would .they- receive; tlieir training? .- A nurse's' warning must be much' more 'practical than theoretical,' and 'she' could' probably g;' better without j the. text-book, '•Wfel'jtliiont''• the■.patient.on whom she practises.' Where. are the patients to is whom ./the five thousand ; 'practice, 7 ,and' how Swouldthe pati-' -ents ,;enjoy. :;their' passive: assistance in this course ;of study? ?■ ' of .''providing, an: efficient ,stait ; .of .nurses; to -be 'ready , to meet' all' . in ' time of ■ war,' is 1 one • that -the. :J)efence;. Department; should be 'faclingi'Tery.'seriofcly.v-, Zealand -hospitals.,are;,staffed ';-withwell-trained •nurses, but they -are, if anything; understaffed, and 111 tiriio of war, those nurses 'I {however'; p.^i6tie,'Vcould ; ,hardly ■be ex;pected.: to; desert 'their patients and go to the front; Atft;is';nectssaryv to :have a band of';,trained;women,: ready to act. in Auck-' iland- scheme ; does.- not : 6eem altogether : to ; meet the case., 'A a ; .' Tha Bowling Greens. ' < ; :bowUdg city attracted many - visitors : yesterday;!' : to' TS mi • tho Prosress of -the 'tournament: At- Thonidou, afternoon tea was provided.* -J'-'CklliiisAi^ and-.between ; forty,'; sndAfifty ■■ ladiis • V&e 1 •present. ''.-At.;the WeUfegton';* green r also, the.,- scene was bright, with the ..pretty. ls . ;at :;ihorndon, l ;.and.:it, is' expected'^tKat-Va-' very large ■ number-Frill bethcro. On a Ay°py...foy , :tha.-Thoriidoh' greens .'are ve'ry, : ' ■ attractive;r andi' many :• ladies- will * probably ■be. giad;,to avail'theniselves'.of ; the oppor■tunity ofvisiting them".' •. " . Convent- Appointments. • was; in chargo of* the' -Pabnerston -.Convent' - last yeary.-vnll;;this ;year .bo • stationed: at 'the< ,coixvent;and school of; her I .Order : at Sea•toun; Sister ..Winifridj- and' esteemed., here,.. is. the; new Palmerston Keverend -Mother, and will- have;■ charge ,9f Convent High ; School, for which ,a;-;fuiv:and. ; welUequipped.' staff; has ; been' secured.:. The high school is -to reopen l on : .iebruary.'-l. ■ , . -7

Gifts. Ajknov/ledged. • . Jtr. A. -Amodeo .• (secretary for. the .'■M- I w?e' 0f..;; Compassion . Christmas' A Tree i ii- 6 , .'wishes,:'to. acknowledge -further.- donations ■; for ;.-;the' :' ; home : from i S r -^ E : D ?! 1 i I1 S' (Petone)lGs.,A-arid-.Miss Devlin 35.-.1d.-;-Also goods from P.' Hay and; Cadburj- Brothers. Ue-;,desires-also to thank- the,'Hutt' and & ;, Clfa A e^_ BaI1 ? for -"its - services before the.Christmas -tree' function. : The amount?taken, 'at';their. performance was

is = the of Mr., and Mrs.; J. Studholme./ at iiUanm. : -- ■ • : C wife ' °f Ws Excellency Dr.' Solfy Governor .of A German Samoa, - ar- : " v \ s -"j WeUington to-day, to. join her' husband .who s has. beerii.in' town -for two' ;ori,three'days.A;l)r.:'ahd /Mrs.' Solf .have , been spending somo weeks, at Eotorua." ' -.Airs. lurby,, of Salamanca lioad, . is • fSTW?-,'#;., 'kitchen, tea" - this afternoon for. .her sister-in-law, .Miss .Kirby, of Alfred'wnj .w'hose'marriago. to Mr... Albert Smith.' takes . place.jon'.'January. : ?l9. l : : ;

John -Dancan' are going .to; England.A;They. leave by;the lomc in. Apru. ::';c ..

;;- Mrs.. S:. Watson,- of Invercargill; who came .back by ,the s-s.-Ruahine after -ai 12 ,™ a f t ' hs tr'P at Home, left, for tho south; last , night; , Shei was ■ accompanied■ -by. her son, Mr* T. Watson, of -IWercargill. "A..'' ■ "■ -i- .A' --..,.V'A'

aMk., Wilfrid Stead .is the guest of. Mrs. A. il. .Miles. ' . .. ~

;A;Miss D. Ki; Richmond, , who is recovering from : her; recent severe ' : illness, is ■ now' stayrng- witli .Miss Richmond, in Hobson Street:.. AO ' ' -

•' Mrs. F. M. B. Fisher left on a holiday .visit to iChristchurch' last evening./ , E - j>Driscoll; i. postmistress ■ at •Jlavelock North, has effected a ' three : months f exchange 'with jMiss " Constance of- the Government .'. Buildings •offaee, Wellington. l .Miss-' Seykiour comnances duty in-Hawke's Bay : oh .Monday .. - fi . S3 . OUve Heckler, who has been' visit in£ .friends in town, leaves for Wairarapa this weeb.W.;-.^>: : j': . Staff-Captain. Eoi, the matron of the salvation Army ■' Children's Home, has gone, for _a; trip. to tho south for the benefit, of;, her health. ' Miss Eva Butts, who was oh the Waisue was wrecked, has returned tov Wellington,; and is staying at 'Miss :;Malcolm s. ' vKWi, paper '. says:—Miss .Deiany, eldest daughter of: the late J. A. Delany, , composer and musical director, of Syaney, secured a' firm footing* in newspaper .circles .in -New York. • She has • i 1 ./P r last two years a weekly contributor, of • and . is. now; engaged on the.-biography of her .father, wluch' -.will /cover-the ground of 'art, -m its - infancy, in the = Australian colonies/,: - : ~ •. - • ~■/.:/ . r A Sydney. /paper says, that Lady Poore - v with an accident to one of her eyes. She >is obliged in consequence ?t: nil/in using* ft, and among other things, must for the time, being-al-lowvher;' correspondence 'to remain unanswered. •/,•■••''• /.•/.•.; '■ ■-/Mrs. Newrich—"Don J t you think, ■ William, now wo'are-getting; into the smart set, :tliat 4 we shaulcl have.'.a coat-of-arms?" ' my' dear, i I'll see my; tailor^abouti it to-morrow,'/