WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2565, 13 September 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(By Imogen.)

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR;

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wedding at Creytown. The wedding took place at Greytown, in the Presbyterian Church on Thursday, of Miss Myrtle V. Williams, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Williams, of Ahiakoukn Greytown, to Mr. Henry Stewart Pauling, of Mastcrton, eldost son of the late Mr. J. H. Pauling (writes our Greytown correspondent) Tho Rev. Mr. Stowcll performed the ceremony, the service being fully choral. Tho church had been dccorated with flowers by the girl friends of tlio bride, and tin? Wedding March was played by Miss C. M'lvenzie. Tho bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of white duclicsso satin with ovordress of Brussels lace, made with a court train lined with pale blue chiffon taffetas. Her veil was fastened with orange blossoms, and slio carried a. bouquet of narcissi, snowflakes, and maidenhair fern. Tho two elder' bridesmaids, Miss Venctia M. ftlaguiro and Miss Vora C. Gibbons, of Pahiatua, wore pretty blue foreks with lace overdresses and wliito laco hats trimmed with flowers and black velvet ribbon. They carried bouquets of white narcissi and asparagus fern. Tho lifctlo girls, Miss Sylvia Hobley and Miss Gladys Haigli, wore bluo satin frocks and laco hats, and tliey carried crooks tied with bluo satin ribbon., Mr. Clinton Williams was the best man, and Mr. Collin Ingley the groomsman. A reception was afterwards' held in a marquee on, tho lawji at tho residence of the bride's parents. The bride's mother wore a. gown of black satin, witli laco overdress, and biscuit-coloured bat trimmed with lancer plumes and purplo pansies. Slio carried a bouquet of violets. Tho bridegroom's mother was in black silk with a black hat trimmed with roses. Slip carried a bouquet to match. Tho bride travelled in a cream serge costume and an electric blue hat trimmed with tulle.

For Qjstreesed Serbia. On Saturday evening an entertainment was given by Llie Eastbourne Children's Guild for tlio purpose of raising money with which to buy clothes for the distressed .people of Serbia. "The Dream of a Japanese Child" was the name of the little playlet which chiefly provided tlio entertainment of the evening, the characters (all dolls) being taken by tlio following children: —Elsie Victors, Isabel Chitty, Maud Wise, Norma Cook, Xtoso • Jackson, Dorothy Avery, Gladys llussell, Esther Jackson, Doris Sievers, Phyllis Avery, and Kathleen' Speed, who did credit, to their stage' manager. A pretty chorus opened tlio piece and also concluded it, the last two lines, "Darkened the light and expired' tlio flame ;' now wo aro only toys," explaining the motif. Miss Violet Ross' sang and .Master Amyas Zohrat recited. The hall was filled with parents and friends, and a satisfactory sum will probably result from the undertaking. Miss G. Howden was the lion, secretary.

Largo additions have been made to tho ladies' needlework section at the forthcoming Hawke's Bay Show, including several classes for woollen articles for soldiers knitted by adults and school girls.

Military Hospital Cuild. Mrs. Firth, lion, treasurer Citizens' Military Hospital Guild, acknowledges t'lio following subscriptions:—Mrs. L. Blundoll, £1; Mrs. Litchfield, Ss.; ii.H.O., ;C2; J .P.M., £5; Mrs. J. Salmond, 10s.; Miss Spe.ed, £10; Miss' Rio'hardsoii, 55.; Mrs. Jacob Joseph, £5; Mr. Max Eichclbaum, £1 Is.; Miss lily the, 2s. 6(1.; Mrs. P. R. Baillie, £1 J.s.; Miss I. Evans, £1 Is.; E.M.. 55.; Mrs. Gear, 55.; Miss Gear, 55,; Mr. S Eichclbaum, 2s. 6d.; Mrs. j. E. Fulton, 2s. Gd.; Mrs. Aspenden, 2s. Gd.; Mrs. Marchbanks, 55.; Mrs. Pilkington, 2s. Od.; Mrs. A. Crawford, ss. ; i\lrs. Townsend, 55.; Miss Eraser, 2s. Od.; N. Riley, 2s. 6d.; Miss Joseph, £5; Mrs. llobinson, 55.; Mrs. Morgan, 2s. Gd.

Soldiers' Comforts' Depot. Tho following donations have been received this week:—V.P., 10s. From PaMafcua, 1 crate eggs; AV. Leihbridgo (Hastings), 1 case lemons; Miss Strachan, soup; Mrs. Balthrop, eggs; Mrs. Plimmor, eggs; Mrs. A. It. Meek, oggs; "Union Jack," £1. From Pahiatua., eggs. Donors —Mrs. Tylee, Mrs Dyer, Mrs. Frank White, Mrs. Holdaway, Mrs. Hedges. Mrs. Halliburton, Mrs. James Willis, Mpsdames Lund, Eglinton, Wakemau, Gregorie, Priest, Powell, Hall, Bissot, Bisdce, Yowers, Ebbett, Brenmer. C.L.R., monthly subscription, 10s. Miss Skerrett, flowers and magazines; Mrs. Gordon Ponsonby, 10s.; Mrs. Morley, soup; K. N. Dalrjjnple (Bulls), butter; Mrs. Wilkinson, eggs and calto.

The hostesses at tie Soldiers' Room for this week aro as follows; —Yesterday (Sunday), Mrs. AV. Nathan; Monday, Mrs. J. P. Firth, Mrs, W. F. Ward; Tuesday, Mrs. Bristow; Mrs. Moss; Wednesday, Mrs.. Moorhouso, Mrs. Pearson; Thursday, Mrs. C. It. iSmith, Mrs. Mills; Friday,-Mrs, Herdwan; Saturday, Mrs. J. Tripe, Mrs. G. Tripe;'Sunday,'Mrs. Josopii.

Miss Hazel Hardwicke, one of Miss Estelle Beere's star pupils," leaves today lor Hastings under engagement to daiico at a grand concert organised by Mrs. W. T. Lewis in aid of the wounded soldiers. Mrs.- Hardwicke accompanied lier -little daughter.

The members of the Club held a very successful street sale of flowers on. Saturday, tlio proceeds of which «ro to go towards helping to provido Christinas boxes for soldiers who are without relatives or friends. As well as selling flowers ill the ordinary way, little posies of forget-me-liots and wall ilowers wero made and sold to those of tho passers-by who wished to present the returned wounded soldiers with some little gift of welcome. The members also did their share' in helping to decorate the returned men with 'flowers. In all, tlio sum of £-10 was realised, quite a satisr -factory result, especially when the work devolved upon about a dozen girls. Tho club wishes to ihank tho many generous donors of flowers.

Welcome to Our Wounded. For, the second time, and 'within a comparatively short period, the visible evidences of war were brought before the people of Wellington by the wounded soldiers who returned to the Dominion :on Saturday by the Tahiti. All along'the'route , leading to the Town Hall, where the official welcome awaited those who • were able to attend, the way was lined- with people who showered flowers and cigarettes upon the soldiers, and when finally they entered the ,liali' there was not one soldier to be seen who did not carry a, posy of flowers somewhere about his person, either,in his hat, his buttonhole, or in the lapels' of his. coat. . The whole of the floor of, the hall had beein. carpeted', and ■ arranged for. after-. noon' tea,'with numbers of small,flowerdecked ' tablos and' couched.and chairs. Members of the Mayoress's Countess of Liverpool ; Fund ■ Committee , and. the Military "Hospital Guild and_ the Soldiers'' Room Committee assisted the Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke) in waiting upon tho soldiers with tea,'.a 'difficult 'matter,' indeed, so ;crowdcd; did the floor of : the hall become, although _ nominally it wais reserved for the soldiers themselves,'their nisxt-of-kin, andthose assisting with- the tea arrangements,- the .latter - doing - much- to break Aup the formality, tnat -must necessarily, attach itself to such occasions. , ..Probably tho arrival of tho four.nurses .who were in charge of the sick and : wounded men on hoara the Tahiti met with ;the most sustained wolcomo.

The Nurses on the Tahiti. The nurses who camo over in the Fahiti from" Egypt ' with the; sick and ivoimded were: —Sister Nixon / (in jharge);-Sister Low, Sister Myles, and Sister, Moore;;, a very little band, it seemed; to attend to so many sick and invalided, men. According to 'some of jho.returned soldiers,- it meant'that .at irst they had twelve hours' duty at a iinie, but as they continued with.the ,-oyage the men improved considerably i: health', arid necessarily their work vas .lightened. '• :■!;\ •• At times their work in the-hospitals n Egypt .was strenuous without a doubt, Htfr it'-:, fluctuated 1 ' considerably.: "They nust ; :be 'very .busy now,": said one of ihe' nurses, ' one who 1 had been: working ni the Abassa Hospital, which, till.the Hit-break: of:- war had been under .. .theEgyptian' Government, but was now the British General Hospital. Her companions 'had been; stationed in tho. bitadel:' Of .the 'nurses who had- 'left' New. Zealand " since , their . time - (they: liad"! left'!with the - fifty, who were '.the. Sj'rst-tig i tody .'of -nurses /to j leave .this, country), they had seen little or nothing, as rthey.' had 'been -placed in different hospitals and in different parts of- the jountry. : . . . . ■' "Do you ever -feel home-sick?" this nurso < was asked. . ' And,,. in .reply,she confessed : that ; they did, many of ;theni, ; and ..looked . forward ' most eagerly to letters and papers from -New. -Zealand. '(They are .so',- long', in ; reaching.,us 1" _' : They found tho climate';.'very:-'trying to work in, and liko the .' Australian, nurses- spoke of . the . tendency •, to - get septic 1 hands;'Of the.war /in Gallipoli but' little news reached , them., -' '

Our Greytown correspondent writes tint.-, a 'Very , successful 'military. dance, .was held in .the" Foresters' Hall on il'liiirsdav ,-e.vening last in 'aid of- i: the Greytown Boy. ■ Scouts' funds. ."There ' was a. good attendance of visitors, . in-' ■eluding several members,, from the. ,Tauberinikau " Camp.' - Music was supplied by'Mr'.'ind, Miss Maguire, assisted:-by Private West,(A.M.P.). Miss Wiren, of Wellington, gave two recitations. The edmmittee,- consisting: of Mesdames . S H.{ Walden, H. Finn, E. Fuller, and Misses L Armstrong, E. Maxton, E. and J. Bickkell,'■ aiid C. Duff had. made excellent:'arrangements for the ,6v,ening. Messrs. M. Jackson,' C. , Armstrong, and J. Bland were M.C:'s/ and extras svero played by Missies Hodge, Duff, TJay, and Armstrong... ,: '•. ,V /k ..yery '.successful . "jumble: sale", to. ' aid of the funds of the Petonc Jackson Street: Methodist Church was 'held on ; Saturday .'-'/ afternoon j and it- is antici-pated-that as a result the, funds will benefit considerably.

. Mr. and Mrs. C. .T. Salmon, of -Pal--merston 'North, -are visiting/Wellington, ; - and. are the. guests of Mrs..-M'Vicar. ' ' -Miss Bathgate and Miss Turton, of . Diinedin, have- been 1 .visitirig Wellington/;. ;' : i i ; The annual business meeting of the .y.WiC/A. lis- to. bo held : in the association's, rooms in 'Fowlds's 'Buildiug. this evening. . Mrs. Quane, who has been l visiting friends in ... Wellington,, returned ' -to Christchurch last week.

Concert for Invalided Soldiers. In welcoming ■ tlie returned wounded soldiers, who were able to take part in the official proceedings, people did not forget those who were unablo to leave the Tahiti, and several friends brought presents of little luxuries and comforts, clothing, and all kinds of things to theso less fortunate soldiers. On Sunday evening a concert party, arranged by Mr. Culford Bell and Miss Betty Purdom in connection with the Ladies' Guild of the Now Zealand Natives' Association, wont on board the Tahiti, and gave an informal entertainment, the concert room being a screened in part of the deck. Invalids from down ber low wore brought up and placed in comfortable chairs, ancl members of the audience arrived from all quarters of the ship. The performers were Mrs. Woodward, Miss Boutell, Mrs. Hempton, Mr. N. E. Watson, and Mr. Mander, M.P. Mrs. M'Yicar, president of tho Ladies',, Guild, and . several other members of that body were among those who were present. They also pro-, vided the invalids with many welcome little attentions in the way of comforts, etc.

Miss N. Nanstead, whohas 1 been book-keeper at the Grand Hotel for some time, has resigned her position.On Saturday members of the staff pre'sented her with a gold bangle and a silver-mounted powder box as a token of esteem.. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hislop, of Auckland, are-visiting Napier." ' . Mrs. E. J: Hughes, of Hastings, left on Saturday for Rotorua. \ : ... _.' ■ ■ Mrs. Boneston and : . Miss Litchfield have- received parcels of clothing for the. British and Belgian Relief Fund from:—Mrs. Mason (Island Bay); "E.GlT.j"'. Mrs. W. B. Clark, vMrs. Kember (The Terrace), Mrs. Lindsay (53 Bowen Street),- "Taihape," Mrs. W. R-. York, : Te Wharau Ladies' Sewing Bee,' and three anonymous parcels.