WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 233, 28 June 1922, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL The annual church parade of the (Wellington corps) St. John Ambulance Brigade was held last Sunday evening at St. Peter’s Church. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. Watson, and in the course of his sermon he spoke of the chivalry and mercy of the old crusaders of the Order of St. John. He also mentioned that one of the—main objects of the brigade at the present time was to get a suitable building where they could centralise their work. There was a large attendance of members of the nursing divisions present, who looked well in their neat uniforms. Mr. H. H. Seed (assistant commissioner) was in charge. When Mr. Justice Sim and Mrs. Sim left Dunedin last Thursday for Wellington to join the Ruahine for England, many of their friendb met at the station to farewell them. Mr. and Mrs. J. Sim are occupying their house an Musselburgh Rise during their absence in England. The Otago Women’s Club shad a birthday party last Friday to celebrate tie club’s eighth anniversary. The assembly room was filled with members,, and a very pleasant evening was spent, the acting-president, Mrs. Hutchison, presiding. An excellent musical programme was given, and the Art'Circle’s contribution to the evening was a large, beautifully decorated cake, and an artistically ornamented programme card. The Otago Women’s Club pow has a membership of about GO). This last celebration was the first occasion on which the president, Mrs. Lindo Ferguson, bad been absent. Miss M. W. Biid, who for two years held the position of supervmpr and training teacher for the DuneaTn Free Kindergarten Association,' lias been appointed to the faculty of the Sydney Kindergarten College. y Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Taiboys (Wanganui) and Mr. and Mrs. S'. C. Gillanders (Auckland) passed through Wellington early this week on their return from a visit to the South Island. A southern exchange announces the engagement of Miss Gwyneth Pratt, daughter of Mr. 15. Pratt, of Christchurch, to Dr. F. F. A. Ulrich, of Timaru. Captain and Mrs. Weaver, of India, Who are spending some time in New Zealand, are at present guests of, Mr. Howard Tripp, Timaru. Mrs. .Elwyn Jackson has returned to Christchurch from a visit to Wellington. The wedding was solemnised at the Kent Terraco Presbyterian Church on June 26 (tho officiating minister being tho Rev. Dr. Kennedy Elliott) of Miss Alics Johnstone, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Johnstone, Waipapa Rond, Hataitai, and Mr. W. G. Burn, of Torquay, England. The bride wore a gown of shell pink taffetas silk, draped with silver lace and a veil, with a wreath of silver and pink roses. She carried a bouquet of white roses and hot-house flowers. Miss Rone Pearce attended the bride as bridesmaid, and wore a dress of pnlo bluo taffetas, with a hat to match. She carried a bouquet of pink and white carnations. Air. Eric Johnstone was best man. After the wedding, a reception was held at Dustin’s, about seventy guests being present. After tho usual toasts were honoured, songs were sung by Mesdames E. F. Hollands and Westwood. Tho bride and bridegroom are spending their honeymoon in the north, the bride travelling in a navy tailored costume braid* rd with circ ribbon aqd a steel grey hat with oxidised feather to match. Dr. E. O. Rowley and Dr. Gladys Rowley, of Auckland, arc at present visiting Christchurch. Mrs. Dawson (Rangiora) arrives in Wellington this week on a visit to her sister, Air*. Turner. It is announced that a marriage hap been arranged, to take place quietly at Coldstream on Juno 6, between Mr, Ramsay Middleton Winter, M.Sc., A.I.C. (only child of Mr. and Mrs. John Winter, of Bowdens, Langport, Somerset, late of New Zealand)} and Miss Doris Margaret Shaw, elder "daughter of Major R. Hogg Shaw, V.D., J.P., and Mrs. Shaw, Wester Park, Coldstream, writes a London correspondent under date of May 12. The “Diggers’ Ball” held in the King’s Theatre, Carterton, on Monday evening, under the auspices of the local sub-centre of the Wairarapa Returned Soldiers’ Association, was a very successful affair. The attendance was a large one, visitors being present from Tablelands (Martinborough), Longbush, Greytown, and Masterton, local residents also attending in good numbers. The decorations of the hall were effective and original, both in tho main hall and the supper-room, and excellent music was played by the Pioneer Native Orchestra, of To Ore Ore (Masterton), members of whom played entirely without music, each player being self-taught, and playing from ear. Besides the piano, there were violins, mandolins, and a banjo in the orchestra. The masters of ceremony were Messrs. 11. M. Ewart andß. P. Wakelin. An excellent supper was provided under the supervision of the Carterton ladies. Tho hon. secretary was Mr. H. M. Ewart-, who did much to secure the success of the ball. Nowadays Clarisse is one of the most popular French feminine Christian names. It is interesting to know that it was introduced to Franco when Richardson’s. “Clarissa Harlows” was translated. A very successful “five hundred afternoon,” organised by tho Hataitai branch of the W.N.R., was held yesterday at the residence of Airs. Sturzakor, who very kindly had lent her house ifor the 'occasion, About ten tables were in use, and some interesting games were played. Tea came «as a pleasant interlude, and was provided by a committee of ladies, comprising Mesdames Dinnie, Barnett, Cathie, Shepherdson, Fell, Moeller, and Fortune.' Before tho afternoon camo to an end, Mrs. Bear, tho president of the branch, thanked the hostess for lending her rooms, andjrresented the prizes to the winners—Mrs. Chambers and Mrs. Shepherdson. The pro--coeds ore for the Owen Street Residential Nursery of the AV-N.ll, Miss Mira Whiteside, who recently passed the examination as a surgeon dentist at tho Otago University, has been appointed by the Government as officer in charge of tho dental ellilio at Wanganui, Miss Whiteside, it is said, is the first lady in New Zealand to graduate and qualify for a diploma at Otago University in.this profession. Tile hon. division of the W.N.R. in Auckland is engaged in trying to establish a rest-room for mothers and babies on linos similar to those on which the Wellington organisation has established one iu Courtenay Place.

The students of the Janet Clarke College (Sydney) gave a very successful dance recently in the Melba Hall. A special point about this dance, which certainly made a strong appeal to the modern woman, was the arrangement of the women’s cloak-room. Hero were not only tho usual pins, powder, and all that sort of thing, but comfortable chairs, a blazing fire, the latest illustrated papers and magazines, cigarettes, matches, and asli trays. Was it any wonder that it was a popular resort, and that many a feminine gugst booked a dance with herself to go and enjoy a cigarette among such enticing surroundings? There was an unusual number of the University authorities present, most of whom appeared to enjoy themselves immensely—actually dancing—states the writer in tho “Sunday Times,” with some astonishment. The Misses McHardy (2),. of Havelock North, are visiting Mrs. Percy McHardy, Palmerston North. Airs. Taylor, who had been visiting Miss Marion Wilson, left for the north last week. Mrs. and Miss Peat (Wanganui) are visiting Wellington, and are staying at the Midland Hotel. In the course of an interview with a representative of the Christchurch “Press,” Miss Rosina Buckman said she had been surprised at the. progress mado in this country in musical matters. There was no doubt that New Zealanders were very musical, and that with their talents thejy had discriminating taste. She notea in several places in tho North Island a marked appreciation of grand classical French songs, which often were demanded again. This topic led Aliss Buckman to speak of the community singing that lias come into vogue here. She said that it was a splendid idea, and would have a measureless educational effect, but she thought that tho standard of songs at the gatherings should be gradually raised. Miss Herrick (Napier) and Mrs. Sydney Johnston (Takapau, H. 8.) have been elected members of the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society. In connection with the performance of the Otaki Choral Society, ■ to be given in the Concert Chamber, Town Hall, Wellington, on Monday next, Their Excellencies the Governor-Gen-eral and Viscountess Jellicoe have extended their patronage. The hon. conductor of this society, Airs. H. C. E. Stable (Madame Josephine Ottlee, A.R.A.M.), is the God-daughter of a well-known member of tho Marquis of Ormonde’s family, and it was this lady, who, recognising the talent which lay latent in Mrs. Stable’s voice, arranged for her entry into the Royal Academy of Music, London, where she gained every possible diploma, and was subsequently made an associate of this famous academy, a distinction rarely bestowed upon a student. Mrs. H. Kirkcaldie arrived in Auckland on Monday by the Niagara on her return from Sydney. The funeral at Wanganui on Sunday of Airs. Muller was attended by a large number of friends. Members of tho Wanganui and Central Swimming Club officiated' as pall-bearers. The interment took place at the Guyton Street Cemetery, whore Archdeacon Reeve performed tho last sad rites. Wreaths from the Wanganui Centre N.Z.A.S.A., Wanganui Amateur Swimming Club, and Central Swimming Club were placed on tho grave among a largo number of others forwarded by friends of tho deceased. All arrangements have been completed for the first annual bit’l of the New Zealand Natives’ Association at the Town Hall to-night. Music, dancing and refreshments will be of the best, and it is anticipated that there will be a large number of entries for the fancy <|rcss prizes. The committee has arranged for the circle to be thrown open to onlookers on payment of one shilling. The not proceeds will be. devoted to the soldiers’ unemployment fund. . Misses 0. and B. Paykel, of Auckland, aro visiting their brother in Wellington. _ Tiro death of Airs. Elizabeth Davies, of Auckland, in her 87th year, removes one of the oldest members of the AV omen’s Christian Temperance Union in the city, of which organisation she was treasurer for many years. Airs. Davies was also one of the early members of Albert Street Congregational Chapel. The arrangements of the Wairoa School Committee in making provision for supplying hot cocoa to the scholars of tho school during lunch hours met with an unexpected and generorjs re_ snonse, viz., a resident of they place giving a supply of both cocoa and •sugar sufficient to meet full reouiremonts for the winter months. Needless to say such generosity was greatly appreciated. Miss Nora Heald has recently bevfi .appointed dramatic critic of the “Daily Mail.” This is the first time that a woman has held such a position on the staff of a London daily newspaper. Miss Heald is one of the two clever sisters p? the late Ivan Heald, a humorist with a whimsical gepiys, who was killed during the war. Airs. Bessie Davidson, an Adelaide artist, a London cablegram Mates, is the only Australian member of the Paris salon who has been elected an associate of tho Societe des Beaux Arts, tho highest honour obtainable._ Her group of four pictures, hung in the salon, has been much praised. Death of Miss Brock, 1.8.0. Miss Brock, an esteemed ex-mem-ber of tho staff of the Post and Telegraph Department, was found dead in her bed .yesterday morning. Miss Brock was an ex-officer of the accountants’ branch of tho Post and Telegraph Department, having joined the service as far back as 1875, and retired on superannuation on June 30, 1908, Aliss Brock was the first lady in New Zealand to be awarded tho Imperial Service Medal, which is granted to members of tho Civil Service who do not belong to tho administrative or clerical branches of tho service. The late Aliss Brock was 82 years of age.