SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 182, 22 April 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wellington Rod Cross Shop. Tho. money received iroui Ked Cross days at tho shop hist week was XW is. lUi., including .fclli lUs. Ud. from The i'urrnces cake, day and X'M ;fc. ao. h-oin the country day. 'i he display of cukes which were sent in from Tii ß Terraces Has remarkably good, and tue quality was greatly appreciated. Many efforts of Bed Cross work will, come lroin this district during tho next few.months,and Hie funds will bo gently benoiited. I'or next Tuesday the Misses Cooper, Moss and H. Miles have, organised a day, and thoro will be ninny delightlul articles of liaud-mnde needlework and embroideries to be bought. A special display is being mndo in tho window:, aud it comprises dainty neglige sets, lavender sachets, toilet powder and trinket boxes, lace-edgod guest towels, boudoir workstands, Cupid pin-cushions, posies, etc. AH the work is hand made, and much of it is original and specially designed for and by the friends of those ladies who are organising the day. There will be a, quantity of delicious home-made cakes under the iOiitrol of Mrs. Peter Howden; and the Misses Veitch wj.il so'id their usual weekly supply of sweets, which are so much sought after. A. littb later in the year there will be a day full of interest, and one that should help the-Red Cross funds very considerably; for the Wellington Commercial Travellers liavu promised to take charge of tho shop. The success which has always attended tho efforts of this body augurs well.for a great result. Outing for Returnod Soldiers.

last Wednesday afternoon a very enjoyable afternoon was spent by many of the wounded soldiers from the Victoria Hospital, when Messrs. W. Judd, C. Foster, C. Odlin.D. Burke, and A. Campbell (chief of Scottish Society) set out with their motor-enrs for Victoria Hospital, and to the time of the pipes of Fiper Patterson motored round Queen's Drive and thence to the Scottish Society's rooms, .Tory. Street. Hero the ladies of tho society provided afternoon tea, and to tho piano accompaniment of Mrs. M'Millan many songs were sung by members and soldiers. A pleasing feature was the Highland dancing by some young girls in Highland dress, accompanied by Piper -Patterson, The hall, which has been thoroughly, renovated by the Scots, was tastefully decorated by the ladies, and made a picturesque setting to the' blaze of tartan in evidence. At'tho close of the afternoon tho soldiers were conveyed by motor back to hospital. During the v:inter months it is tho intention' of the society to carry, out further afternoons on similar lines.

Miss Craig, matron of tho Nurses' Club, Kensington Street, has returned from a visit lo Christcburcb and tho West Coast.

Mrs. Holland, Mayoress of Christchurch, has been addressing a series of patriotic meetings throughout South Canterbury in connection with the Liverpool work, i ,

Colonel the Hon. Heaton Rhodes, who went to England to inquire into Bed Cross work, is, with Mrs. Ithodes, staying at. Hyde Park Hotel, London.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Louisson have returned lo Christchurch from a visit to Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Fitzherbcrt (Marton) are visiting Auckland.

Hostesses at the Sydney Street Soldiers' Club for this week aro as follow:—Yesterday (Sunday), Mrs. Jacob Joseph; today '(Monday),. College Old Girls; Tuesday, Mrs. 1. Stewart; Wednesday, Mrs-. C. Earlo; Thursday, Ladies of St. Mark's Church; Friday, Mrs. G. W. Bussell; Saturday, Johnsonviile W.N.R. In charge of coats and parcels— Mrs; Sommerville; Monday, Mrs. Harris"; Tuesday, Mrs. A. Atkinson; Wednesday, Mrs. (I. Fulton; Thursday, Mrs. Radcliffe; Friday, Mrs. Vf. Flanagan; Saturday, Miss Shand;

Miss June Clifford (.Christchurch) is visiting Wellington.

■ Captain and Mr 6. Turnbull (Christchurch) aro on a launch trip in the Sounds.

Mrs. and' Miss Dyer are visiting Christchurch.

Mrs! M'Gill and Mrs. Bacchus, of Sealoun, will be in charge of tho Red Cross Shop in Woodward Street on Wednesday, and expect to have a good supply of cakes, sweets, /lowers, etc., for sale.

Tliero was a very large attendance of soldiers at the dance which was held in the Town Hall on Saturday evening. The Mayor's Entertainment Committee was in charge of tho refreshments, and the music for dancing was all that could bo desired. Everything possible is done by tho Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs, J. P. Luke) to miiko these weekly dances thoroughly cnjoyablo for tho soldiers in from tho camps.

Mrs. and Miss Dauby havo been staying at the Mountain House, Egmont.

Miss Gether, .who is shortly leaving Dunedin for South Africa, was given an evening "At Homo" lust week by members of theOtago Women's Club, of which Miss Gether has been a very successful secretary for the past three years. Tho president, Mrs. Ferguson, presented Miss Gether with a purse of sovereigns, iinil made a. very charming little speech, In which Miss Gether appropriately replied.

The death occurred on Friday night at her residence in Essex Street, Mastertoii, of Mrs. Butcmcnt. The late Mrs. Bulfr meiit was held in very high'estan. She leaves a family of six, viz., Messrs. Tliomns Butament: (mining engineer. Kalgoorlie), Alfred Eiitemont (chief motor mechanic, Portsmouth), and IhoA. Bute-

••">iit. I:r. Butemenf, Mrs. Langdon (Clive), and Miss liutemont, of Masterton. The late Mrs. Bulement was 81 years of ago, ami had been in poor health for some timo past.

A. hundred more women were applied for recently In train a.s policewomen for munition factories, slates a London correspondent. Policewomen in factories have Iho power to arrest, can, if necessary, convey women lo tho police station, charge them, and give evidence. Educated women between the ages of 25 and •15 are the most desirable applicants, and opportunities are to bo .siven to qualify for permanent services after the war.