WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 135, 5 December 1910, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

The nobleness of life depend on its clearness of purpose, quiet and ceaseless energy.— _____^_________^ ,Iluskin.

Mrs. Haggitt has gone to spend Christmas with friends in Dunedin. Miss M'Lean, Lady Principal of the Girls' College, will spend Christmas | with friends in Christchurch, and tour | up to Eotorua later. Lady Islington will present th& prizes at the Girls' College on Friday evening, at 8 o'clock. The Hutt Valley Horticultural Society will hold its summer show in St. James's Hall on Wednesday, 7th inst. • Captain and Mrs. Fergusson, who are in New Zealand for the captain's furlough, arrived from Auckland to visit Mrs. V. Reid, Mrs. Fergus Eon's sister. Miss Ethel Ledger has come over from Nelson to meet her parents, who are returning from a visit to England, and she is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. T. Ward, the Terrace. ! Miss Pringle gave a very pleasant j breaking-up party at her residence, Grant-road, on Saturday afternoon, for her music pupils. Each pupil contri buted an item to a well-sekcted programme, and they acquitted themselves excellently, showing how careful thorough their teaching had been/ A very delicious tea was served in the dining-room, when it was abundantly evident that Miss Pringle knows well the particular "vanities'* of childhood -at a "party tea." A number of friends were invited, and greatly enjoyed the pleasure of seeing so many children happy. Miss Pringle presented two prizes foi the highest number of marks. On© was wod by Miss Lorna Donn to, the other (junior) went to-Master Harold Dumbeli , The energetic efforts that have been made by a widely representative committee for some considerable time, with the utmost unanimity of feeling and sympathy in its object, culminated on Saturday evening, at the Town Hall, in the presentation to the Rev. Mother Aubeit. There was a largo audience, who were, perhaps, more keenly interested in the personal proceedings .than in the very nice programme, which was composed of items by our best and most popular en- i tertainers. It was natural that the dear old lady who i» such a benefactress in our midst should be the cynosure The \ stage was covered with red felt and numbers of palms and ornamental screeno, and easy chairs made a fitting surrounding for the historic episode enacted upon it. It was felt that the highest honour was conferred upon the Rev. Mother when his Excellency the Governor came expressly to bestow a grateful city's gift upon her on the unique occasion of fifty years completed of large-hearted and unostentatious work for the sick and helpless. Lord Islington's speech was full of appreciation and eulogy, but his audience warmly endorsed every sentence, and felt he was only expressing in carefully kind methods the feelings of all. The publicity of the occasion was without doubt the crumple m the Rev. Mother's rose-leaf, for sne love's retirement and unobstrusive ways, but it was unavoidable, and she is too true a philosopher not to bow to the inevitable gracefully. Dr. Izard was her mouthpiece in returning her thanks, and in a Short speech he said everything sj»e wished. The Rev Van Staveren (who was the chairman of th.9 committee) announced, at the Rev. Mother Aubert's request, that she intended to devote her gift to build a convalescent children's home close to the Hcme of Compassion for her afflicted children Amongst those who attended the Rev. Mother on to the platform were Lady Ward; Mrs. Findlay, and Mrs. Van Staveren, and Mrs. Ryland. A number of girls, under Misses Tollett and Nathan, in white frocks and most becoming little Dutch caps, cruised amongst tha audience with trays of tempting home-mads sweets that were tgo nice- ,to be resisted, and a good brisk business was achieved. They were put up in two shades of blue packets, the colours of the "Sisters of the Poor." The Rev. Mother was presented by little Miss Fuller with a beautiful bouquet of roses. Amongst those presenc and who were specially connected with the work ol this jubilee gift were: —Mrs. T. G. Macarthy (who has been to a great extent the moving spirit), Mrs. Grace, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Lan Duncan, Mrs. W. Turnbuil, Mrs. Elliot, Mrs. K. Gilmer, Mrs. Butter, Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Tollett, Mrs. Phil Nathan, his Grace the Archbishop, Rev. Dr. Kennedy (Rector St Patricks College), Rev. Kennedy Elliot, RevK. Fathers Macarthy and Schaefer. The beautiful enamelled necklace given to the girl who collected most at the hotels of the city by Mrs Macarthy was,..»von by Miss Lorraine, of the Club Hotel. The handsome turquoise pendant given by Mi'b. Butler for themost collected on Saturdjiy was won by Miis Jacob. The Argonaut states that by next spring Miss Helen Miller Gould will have one of the largest of private swimming pools at her country home in Irvington-on-thc-Hudson. The pool will measure 35 x 70ft. ' It will be inclosed in a one-story brick and limestone building, covering an area 55 x 105 ft. The exterior will conform with tlie architecture of other buildings on the estate. The interior will be fashioned after a Roman bath, in Pompeiian style. There will be fountains, with statuary, resting-rooms, and shower baths. The structure will cost about 50,000 dollars.

Ihe Roseneath Garden party enjoyed the first and most important element of success, i.e., a perfect summer afternoon. A great deal of care and thought I had gone to prepare all the other en- | joyments so successfully, and a thoroughly pleaßant (and, we feel sure, a profitable) afternoon was arrived at. I hose well-drilled little Japs are always an acquisition with their pretty songs and Japanese {garments, and their dane- N ing is most graceful. All the attractions invented for profit were there in brisk going order. Art stall, sweet stall, fortune telling, flower stall, and a cooking competition were very active agents for the good of the fund. The following were the successful competitors :—Homemade scones, Miss Williamson, 1: Miss H. Williamson, 2} date scones, Mrs Batten; sponge cake, Mrs. White; walnut cake, Miss Eva Thirkell; small cakes, Miss Jacobsen, 1; Miss M. Low, 2; toffee, Mrs. Rule; date creams, Miss F. Davidson, h.c.; Turkish delight, Mrs. R. Hull. Buttonhole competition, Miss Maggie Smith, 1 and 2; Mr. Stainton, »c. The guessing competitions were won by Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Richardson and Mr. J. Grant. Mrs. Knox Gilmer was the lady who judged the various items. Amongst those present were Mesdames Bainbridge, Darrock, Phillips, Davis, Misses Bird, Richardson, Davis (2), Barr, Johnston, Kay, Dixon, Elias, Aitkin. All present greatly enjoyed the little fete of the Sunshine Guild on Saturday afternoon in Daniel-street. The Christmas tree was, of course, the chief centre ot admiration and attraction, and was a nice fruitful tree, too. The sweets were in great demand, and the fancy wares also found customers. Mrs. 'Wilford opened the fete with a little speech full of kind symnathy for the work of the guild, and had the unfailing bouquet presented to her. It was a charming arrangement of coreopsis, as yellow as the guild's colour. Miss Claire Butts is the secretary of the guild, and she and her fellow members bring a great deal of sunshine to many who sadly need such kindly cheering. Any profits of this party will be carefully expended in helping to make Christmastide a happy season to sick sufferers. Last week, Mr. and Mre. T. F. Bennett celebrated their golden wedding at their residence, Brunswick-road, Lower Hutt. Although a resident of th& Lower Hutt for the past four years most of •their lives 'have- been, spent in the Featherston district. Mr. Bennett came to New Zealand in the barque Minerva in the early part of 1859. He, with other shipmates, left his ship and walked to Featherston, looking for work. At this time Featherston was practically a wilderness covered with flax and scrub with only a few tracks. His first job in this district was for ten weeks in payment for which he received food only. He then found his way to Papawai where a sawmill was starting, and he got work at 5s a day, but on pay-day there was not much cash to draw as he had to take all his supplies from his employers who were the local storekeepers. It was about this time that the diggings broke out near Dunedin, and Mr. Bennett decided to make another niove. He walked in one day from Papawai to Wellington without a shilling in his pocket and got a^ chance to work his passage to Dunedin in a sailing vessel 'which took fourteen days to reach Dunedin. He met with fair success in the diggings and got back again to Featherston, where he purchased k small home for' himself. The Featherston Highway Board was formed about this time in the early sixties and Mr. Bennett was ono of the board's firsij employees. On 28th November, 1860, Mr. Bennett was married to Amelia Lucas, of Nelson, by the Rev. Ronaldson, who is still alive at Dunedin. At the golden wedding last week all member of the family were present: —Mrs. Knutßon, Carterton, Mrs. Gadsby and Mrs. W. Pryde, of tho Lower Hutt, Mrs. Collins, of Featherston, Mrs! A. Pryde, of Nireaha, and Mr. G. W. Bennett, of Eltham. As twenty work-girls came out of a dressmaker's shop in the Rue Boileau; Paris, at mid-day, an arm encircled the waist of one of them. The girl protested indignantly. The too-gallant intruder was well dressed in a frock coat, grey trousers, top hat, patent leather boots, and wore smart grey suede gloves. But he was a hideous little persom The girls began making fun of him, when suddenly he caught hold of one and put his face close against hers. She boxed his ears, and he dropped on all fours and bit her leg. The girls rushed off shrieking, and two policemen arrested the aggressor. The creature was a chimpanzee, the Express explains —the pet of an explorer living near at hand. He was captured after a struggle, and carried off by his master's cook, who went to fetch him at the police station, where he had spent the night. An amusing item of the story is that the police magistrate got very angry with the monkey when he was first brought in because he refused to answer any questions, and turned his back on the official table. Queen. Dowager Margherita of Italy had allowed her priceless collection of laces to be exhibited at the Brussels Exposition, and it was feared that they had been destroyed in the fire, but they were saved and have been returned. The queen dowager has endowed a lace factory at Venice, conducted for the purpose of perpetuating the art of Venetian lace-making, and her loan collection included some patterns of exceeding rarity.