SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 91, 11 January 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Y.W.C.A. Notes. . : "Woman,. HeriPlace and Power/' Vrill be Mr. J. Baxter's subject on Sunday afternoon at the) Y.W.C.A. The service; will begin at -i.15 p.m. All girls and' young women, especially those who are strangers to "the city, will be welcome. A bright social will be held at the T.W.C.A., Herbert Street, this evening. Men in: khaki .and with reamed badges will bo special:?' welcome. At the Thursday evening service at the Y.W.C.A., Herbert Street, Mrs. Pearson will speak on "What Does the Referendum Mean?" Mr. and Hiss Redstone are visiting Ohristchurch. Mr. and . Mrs. H. R. Bcauchamp . are visiting Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Turnbuli "have gone to the South Island for a holiday. ' Miss Spence, .Miss Wagstaff, and Miss King, of .Christchurch, are amoiigst tho delegates to i the • W'.T I .A. ' v Mr. and Mrs. Burnard, of GisborneJ who have been making an extensive tour of the South Island, are now in Wellington, at the Midland Hotel, | and.intend leaving for their home on jjon'day. ■ ■ I

The Misses. Herdman are with their father, Mr. justice Herdman, .at Botorua. Mrs. Trevor Foster, of Riccarton, ;and ■ her sister, MiSs Joseph, are spending a holiday in the North Island. After visiting Longbeach with Sir James Allen and the i members of . the French Mission. Lady 'Allen 'and Miss,, Allen went )on -.to "Dunedin. Mr. and Mrs. 'Casey and children, of Turnbull Street, accompanied by Miss Collins, of Pirie Street, are spending "a holiday at Muritai. . \ Miss Mayo, of the Midlands, England, is visiting Mrs. ; S. \G. .Boss, "Tramore," Eona Bay. Miss D.' Richmond and her nieces, Miss' Mary :AtkinsoiAmd : Mi'ss Bosalind -Atkinson, are .staying at ..York Bay. 'Mdlle. de. Valette, ,lthe head of the American .'section of the ;Bress Department of the Foreign,-Office, was instantly killed liy the explosion of a hand grenade'.which 6he had-picke'd up while conducting a party , of 'American women through the Teoccupied '.territories on the French .front.. A French officer with the party had his arm 'blown off. He. hnd carefully warned the members of the party to touch': , nothing. Miss Elizabeth-Shipley Thornton, of the "New Republic,". New York, was wounded, but. not seriously, in tho face !<md other parts of the body by grejinde. splinters. , Mr. and Mrs. F. G, Ward are visiting ,the South Island. Miss Herbert, Miss E. B. Vilsoh, and Miss E. Simpson, of Auckland/ are in Wellington for the meeting of the W.T.A. and of the N.Z.E.I. Amongst visitors to Wellington are Miss E. Millington, Marlborough; Miss Grigor, Poverty Bay; and Stiss Dugleby, Hastings, all delegates, to the.- W.T.A. ; . Mr. and Mrs. William Allan and Miss; Allan are visiting Queenstown -and - the Southern Lakes.

Mrs. Gilbert J. Ryan, of Lyall Bay,, has gone on a visit to Christclmrch and' Oamaru. ■ ' The engagement is announced of Miss, Ethel Eva Bond, second daughter of Mr. S. Bond, of Lower Symonds Street, Auckland, to Mr. Arthur E. Small, Australian Field Artillery, and of the Bank of New Zealand staff, i Sydney, second son o£ the Rev. and Airs'. Small, of Suva, Fiji. The wedding of a' member of the Thirteenth : Reinforcements, ' Corporal ■ Ralph'-, T. <Hales, who was wounded in Prance, took place; at St. Joseph's Church, Wellington, when he was married to Miss Moana Taylor, third daugh-' • ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Taylor, of Wellington, and formerly of Napier. Corporal Hales is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. -C. Hales, of Wimbledon. Tho • bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of creme' chiffon taffeta, the train being lined with pink ninoii. She wore a'beautiful veil, arranged in mob cap effect with-clusters of .orange.buds and blossoms at each side, . and : carried a shower bouquet. The brides- . maids Were Miss Doreen Taylor, sister of the bride, and Miss Gladys Hales, sister of-the bridegroom, They wore pretty frocks, the former being in pale blue Fugi silk with an overdress of georgette, ;and tho latter in a of pink cloinne with a bodice of shell pink ninon over lace; both wore picture hats to match and carried a posy of pink and heliotrope sweet peas. Sergeant P. Norths, M.M., >of Napier, cousin of the bride, was best man, and Mr. J. Morgan, of Wimbledon, cousin,.of tho bridegroom, was the groomsman. The ceremony was performed by /Father Hurley, S.M. The guests were afterwards entertained at the residence of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hales left by the afternoon train, for ii tour of tho North Island. They intend to livie at Wimbledon, H.B.

- Miss. M. '11. Brown, headmistress of ,tho Blenheim Borough School, who retiros on superannuation at the end of this month, will by:her resignation sever a connection of 2S£- years with the infant. department of the school, of which she took charge in 1830. Miss Brown intends visiting Otago shortly for a holiday, and will then, with her sisters, take up her residence in Wellington.

Tho matron, staff, and patients of tho Fcatherston ' Military Camp Hospital thank the Wairarapa Hospital Committeo and especially Mrs.-, Q. Donald, Tauhercnikau, andOlTS. W.'J. Martin, Huangarua, Martinborough, for their unfailing help and kindness at all times during the past year, and particularly through tho recent epidemic and the Christmas holidays. Their generositv and thoughtfulness in the holidays vrill. long be remembered by all in camp.

Women Farmers in United States, Tho request of tho. United' States Department of Labour, asking the Woman's Laud Army to alUliiitc with it, was gi'anted by a unanimous vote at a meeting of State chairmen H sa -ys tho "Monitor"). Henceforth President Wilson, through the Federal employment o.ffipe, .will assist in the rccrWitiig of. farmerettes, aUd.the ariuy will be prepared'to ,furnish women labourers in ' whatever part of. the country, they: are most needed. ,l)uririg tho past season. about 15,00U yo.U'jig women worked on farms, throughout \t A e country, and, according to Jits. Jlai'taret Neale, assistant, to the DirecW-Generat .of the! Women's Division of the United Stales Employment Service', ..the demiands of iho coining year wilt be 'fal" greater. ..Jtfip. Neale read a letter frdm. tiie 'President; to 'Alvrf. Henry Waue Rogers, chairmaii «if the Executive Committee, whibh voiced his appreciation bf the. work.done by the .army to help meet tlie food probletn, and.express-• -ed theuiope t'liaq Americaii farmers vfoiild; follow those of Canada and Great Britain' and avail themSo.lves of . the privileges of "einplbyilig womfen in so far ?is' is practicable. \ ! . ! Tlw Woman's Land AJmy is organised in 38 States. .One unit will go. to' Florida for the . winter, 1 , and it is /hoped that more will be seat to Franco, ;with farm machinery,\undor. the Committee for ,De-. vastated FrAnce.lof which' Mjss' Anne Morgan, is presidoi't. The'. IJahd Army lirop'oses' to. relieveUhe sugar jhortage by. 'tapping tli'o 'mapleUrees in' Vermont and New Hampshire, y J. . j