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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 138, 10 December 1908, Page 9

"People who are ready to dio for you never think it necessary to pass you the salt. They seem to think the greater includes the less— which it doesn't!" Isabel Carnaby.

Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet, who has just been appointed Governor of South Australia, is well known to many people here. He commanded H.M.S. Opal, and was popular in Auckland, where his ship j was stationed for some time in the nineties. He married a cousin of Mr. J. M. Butt, of Wellington. He is very handsome — or was, at all events, when Ihe visited New Zealand — most hos pitable, and versed in all matters of I etiquette and ceremony. Mrs. H. D. Bell returned from Christchurch yesterday morning. Mr. Huntley Eliott, Mrs. and Miss Eliott, returned by the Ulimaroa yesterday from their Australian trip. Mrs. Carter, whose husband died in London while they were on a trip to England, arrived yesterday from Australia. Her brother, Mr. Montague Martin, accompanied her. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, of London, have arrived for the fishing and shooting seasons. They go on to Eotorua. Miss M'Callum, of Dunedin, is with her sister, Mrs. Sievwright. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Williams, from Masterton, are in town. The Misses Turner leave next week for a month at Nelson. The Misses Hunter are occupying their house in their absence. Miss Clare Butts has come back from her month's 'trip to Rotorua. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Russell and family go to Day's Bay to-morrow for six weeks. • Miss Mildred Fell, daughter of Mr. George Fell, is engaged to Mr. Francis Dillon, of Leefield, Blenheim. Mr. Dillon is a grandson of Sir David Munro and a nephew of Lady Hector. Miss Fulton, who is in Sydney at present, is having a delightful time. On the 16th she goes to Lannceston, where the wedding of Mr. St. Hill with Miss Mason, at which Miss Fulton is to be bridesmaid, takes place, the date being probably about Christmas or New Year. Miss Mason is a niece of Mr. Arthur, the well-known owner of racehorses. On her return trip Miss Fulton will stay some time in Auckland. Mrs. Gore-Gillon, wife of Dr. GoreGillon, of Auckland, is at present in Wellington. , Mrs. Duder, of Auckland, returns home to-morrow by the Main Trunk line. ', The Reading Society, which has met on evei"y Wednesday afternoon since March last, brought its meetings for this year to a close yesterday afternoon, when occasion was taken tot make a presentation to the president, Miss Holmes. In March Miss Holmes — accompanied by her niece, Miss Whitegoes to England and the Continent, and her absence will be keenly felt by the club, whose success is in a great measure owing to her energy and enthusiasm. The members presented her with a handsome leather travelling clock, which every one hopes will only measure happy hours. Mrs. M'Lean, her sister, will act as president next year, Mrs. Gerald Fitzgerald filling tho office till the session commences. During the year the club has studied the Georgian period — essays and biographics — and next year its members are looking forward with keen pleasure to revel in the delights of Robert LouT&' Stevenson. Of the Tatter's letters, it may be remembered, some one said : "Robert Louis, the Beloved, writes letters of love — a dash of wit, an idea, and a handclasp." Last night an enjoyable little surprise party was given to Miss Palmer by some of her friends, and the nurses on her staff. Miss Palmer, who joins the new P. and 0. boat at Morea, stays at Marseilles, where she joins her sister and Mrs. MacEwen. They escape the .winter in England by touring on the Continent, and then go to London. •> The newest hats are to be worn much smaller than the present modes, and one particular shape is a regular busby ! Mr. W. Wilson, eldest son of Mr. George Wilson, of Wellington, was married at Masterton on Tuesday to Miss Maud Church, second daughter of Mr. R. B. Church, of Masterton. Miss Ellen Greig, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Greig, was married at the Presbyterian Church, Upper Hutt, yesterday, to Mr. Francis Whiteman, a member of a well-known family in that district. Mr. Fred Whiteman was best man, and Mr. W. J. Greig groomsman. The bridesmaids were Misses Mabel, Isabel, and Gladys Whiteman, and Misses Julia, Isabel, and Jessie Greig. The officiating clergyman was the Piev. W. Marshall. r An enjoyable evening was spent by this members and friends of tho " Mothers' Union" Vivian-street branch on Tuesday. After the usual preliminaries the Rev. J. J. North, who occupied the chair, gave an interesting address. There were also recitations, songs, and pianoforte solos by some of the members and friends. Mrs. Rathbone, of Hawkes Bay, and her daughters, who left for England about two years ago, and have been touring the United Kingdom and the Continent of Europe, are on their way back to the Dominion. They arrived m Sydney by the s.s. Mongolia a few days ago, and will be among the passengers who should arrive here on Wednesday next by the s.s. Moeraki. / Here is a recipe for courtesy given in a ladies' Daner. which, if carefully prepared, should prove very efficacious :— . Of unselfishness, 3 drachms ; of the tincture of good cheer, 1 oz ; of the essence of heart's ease, loz ; of the extract of the Rose of Sharon, 4oz; of the oil of charity, 3 drachms, and no scruples; of the infusion of common sense and tact, loz ; of the spirit of love, 2o*, Tho mixture to be taken whenever there is the slightest symptom of selfishness, exclusiveness, meanness, or I-am-better-than-you-ness. The romantic elopement of the daughter of Mr. William Speer, a millionaire, of Atlanta, Georgia, with James Thomas, her father's chauffeur, and their subsequent marriage, has had a sensational sequel. The bride's mother succeeded in taking her away from her husband, after detectives who had been on the track of the eloping couple located them in a town in Georgia. Mrs. Speer and her daughter arrived at the Hotel Astor, while the bridegroom is on his way to New York to claim his wife forcibly or take legal proceedings against her Earents. Mr. A. K. Rambo, Mr. Speer's usinoKa partner in Now York, atatos that Mrs. Soeer aud her daughter will

sail for Europe, bufc he declines to give the name of the steamer, in order to provent Thomas making a scene on the pier. Mrs. Thomas, who appears to re- [ gard her elopement as a joke, merely laughed when she was questioned by reporters at the Astor Hotel, and retused to say whether or not she intended to rejoin her husband. It is stated that her family will make every effort to induce her to forget her husband, and that a divorce will ultimately be arranged. A charming word-picture of Miss Christabel Pankhursfc (who has figured so prominently in. the Suffragist movement in England) as she appeared at Bow-streeb Police Court some weeks ago, is giyen in the Saturday Review by Mr. Max Beerbohm. "Her joyousness," he writes, "is one of the secrets of her charm But tne price she may have presently to pay is not cne which she would risk if she were not also very thoroughly and unselfishly in. earnest. And so, when I say she is a most accomplished comedian, do not suspect me of a cheap sneer. . . She has all the qualities which an actress needs, and of which so few actresses have any. Her voice is charmingly melodious, and the art with which she manages it seems hardly compatible with its still childish ring. And her face, still childish too, is as vivid and as variable as her voice, whose inflexions have always their parallel in her eyes and mouth. And not there merely. Her whole body is alive with her ©very meaning ; and, if you can imagine a very graceful lhythmic dance done by a dancer who moves not her fuet, you will have some idea of Miss Pankhurst's method. As she stood there with a rustling sheaf of notes in one hand, her other hand did the work of twenty average hands. But "work" is & dull teim foi those lively arabesques with which sht adorned the air of the police court, so eagerly 'and j blithely, turning everything to iavoui ] and to prettiness. I am told she is J great at the mass meetings in Hyde ' | Park, but I doubt whether her effect lean, b& so delightful there. A (settingof trees and grass would strike no contrast to her freshness. But put the ('wood-nymph, in the dock of the police j court and her e3ect is <juiti> wonderful. . No, thai is a misleading image. The wood-nymph would be shy, uncomfortable, whereas Miss Pankhurst in her barred pen seemed as comfortable and as self -possessed as Mr. Curtis Bennett on the 'bench. And, as she stood there, with her heard inclined merrily to one side, trilling her questions to the Chancellor oi the Exchequer, she vyas kite nothing so much as a little singing bird born in captivity." Six members of the French Chamber of Deputies laid on the table of the Chamber last week a private Bill for the purpose of , abolishing Article 213, oi the French Civil Code. This article reads as follows : "The husband must protect his wife, and the wife obey her husband." fv At all marriages in France the mayor reads out this article to the couples about to be married. The proJmoters of the Bill assert that this "oldfashioned and out-of-date article constitutes a real injustice to women" and is "a barbaric conception which does not coincide with the present equality of the sexes." The six promoters are married men According to •a* London paper, Deputies who are prepared to oppose the A ill point out that, in France at all events, the families in which the wife is really — by her seciet influence — the f cad of the family, constitutes at least naif the married population of the land. The proposal to suppress the phrase as to the wife's obedience to her husband is not new, for as far back aa 134b a French Feminist Club presented a petition to the Revolutionary GJovernment then sitting at the Pans City Hall, demanding that the article in the code should be abolished. M. Paul Hervieu, the distinguished member of the French Academy, wanted recently to chai go Article 212 : "Married couples owe to each other mutual fidelity, succour, and assistance." M. Hervieu wished to add the word "love," but his pioposal was much ridiculed. M. Camille Pelletan, the ex-Minister, says it is all a question of character, the wife will always be prepared to follow him, but' if the wo"man is the stronger, even the most blatant husband is but the reflection of his wife. A twelve-year-old Chicago boy, clad almost in rags, but rejoicing for the present in a series of luxurious meals, owes his good fortune to some person in London whom, he does hot know. Stirred by the official report telegraphed recently to the Daily Mail that 10,000 Chicago school children habitually go hungry and that 5000 more constantly go to school without breakfast, a London lady sent the following letter to the Chicago Board of Education: — "Having seen the enclosed cutting in a London newspaper regarding the conditions of 'Chicago school children, 1 beg to send herewith a cheque for £2, and request that, if feasible, it be used in giving some fair-haired, blue-eyed boy, hitherto insufficiently fed, a few good meals in memory of a fair-haired, blueeyed boy who recently died in England. Please acknowledge, care of Harriet Jane Pole, New Victoria Club, 30, Sackvillestreet, Piccadilly." Straightway the officials found the boy, and gave him his first meal at a restaurant, the menu consisting of turkey, gooseberry ice, potatoes, vegetables, a cinnamon pudding, grapes, and coffee. The whole £2 will be invested in meals for the same boy, who will get altogether forty satisfying meals. Jimmy Foster, the boy in question, said that the first meal was the biggest he ever had in his life. He had always been hungry before, had never known his mother and father, and had always lived in the streets, eating whatever he found there. "Everybody in London must be rich," he said. " When I grow older I am going there if everybody there eats big meals as I did today." Postcard collectors greatly value those having pretty little turkeys, ducks, geese, and barndoor fowla faithfully modeller] in tiuy real feathers on thorn. A great j (many of these are reported to be tho work of Viennese women, who. with theit deft fingers, are largely responsible for most of them. The Mexicans, too. havu brought featherwork to a. high _ pitch of perfection. The work is becoming quite fashionable, and some very pretty wall panels and screens have been made representing peacocks, parrots, and cockatoos done in real feathers. Some time ago the so-called new art of applicjue pictures was much discussed and depictod in the illustrated papers. Portraits _ dressed in tiny bits of real fabric, which were gummed on to the cardboard, became a rage, which still continues. _ This feather work is in tho way of being a development of tho applique pictures, and should, with a little patience, and dcx terity. bo quite within the powers of the average -woman to execute.

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