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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 102, 27 October 1911, Page 9

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"lie who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise— follow him." "He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep— wake him," "He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is simple— teach him." "He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, i« a fool— shun him."

Miss Luckie leaves England for Australia in th« Otsova. on 22nd December. Madame Briggs. of Wanganui, is now on a, vieit to Wellington. Miss Clifford leaves for Sydney this afternoon. Mrs. W. Reynolds, of Dnnedin, is al-guesta l - guest of Mrs. E. Reynolds. The parcels of work for the members of the Children's Hospital Guild are now waiting to be called for at Mt*. Wilford's house in Hobson-street. Mr. and Mis. Natusch have gone to Auckland and-Rotorua. Miss M. Mollineaux is visiting Christchurch, where she is staying with Mrs. Falmeri The Arts Club entertained th& members of the Auckland Shakespeare Soriety last evening. After the president, Mr. Ray ward, had welcomed the guests, there wa-s -an attractive programme. Songe were giveiL by Miss Barlle* and My. George Warren (who alto recited) ; piano solo, by Miss Webster; musical sketches, by Mr. Xante Wood ; recitations, by Mr. Lorking ; whistling solo,. Mr. Borneo Gardiner; recitations, Miss Colleen Rayward and Miss Van Sfiave-ren; impromptu epeech, Mr. Thornton; songs, Lieutenant Stevens. The accompaniments were played by Miss Webster 1 , Miss CaTroll, and Mi. Charles Stoughton. Mr. Montague, for the Auckland Society, heartily i thanked the Arte Club f ot its hospitality and entertainment. Mrs. T. W. Young gave a large "at homo " yesterday in her house in Brougham-street. The room* were decorated with quantities of flowers, the dining table being especially beautiful I with fine anemonies. A string band played gay music. The hostess wore black and jet embroideries, and i Miss Young white muslin and lace. Mrs-. [ Alex. Young and Mice Tolhurst assisted with the tea., i Mr». jSidey entertained a, number 6f guests — among them Lady Ward and Lady Findlay— yesterday morning at KiTkcaldie's tea rooms. A wedding of interest to Waika-na-e residents took place at that towne^ip on Wednesday afternoon, when Mr. Headlam Charles Bfemer, youngest son of Mr, C. E. Bremer, of Tasmania, was married to Miss Eva Beatrice Johnston, eldeet daughter of Mr. A. Johnston, of Waikanae. The young couple are very popular, and naturajly the ceremony, which was performed at St. Luke's Church by the Rev. J. E. Jones, was' well attended. Mies Hoy, of Welling' ton, wa-s chief bridesmaid, while the Misses Rene Johnston (sister of the bride) and Maria Lucchesi were also in attendance. The bride's dress was of chiffon taffeta, her attendants wearing white muslin, with hats to match. Mr. Bird, of Marton, was best man. Perhaps one of the most interesting of recent movements in, Copenhagen (writes The Queen) is the Servants' Union, fotmded by servants: themselves, with about #00 members already. Here girls can live~-or come by the- day-^ind learn housework", cookery, etc., and bo get good situations. They publish a little paper for their own use, and can return to the club to stay when out of work. Here, too, is a restaurant which helpe to provide funds for carrying on the work. Similarly, a restaurant is attached to the school for training~iads to be cooks for the navy or merchant service. "Flower Days " for charity haft been instituted with much, success on the- Continent. Tho Lady writes- as follows:-— "St._ Petersburg this spring also organised a highly successful flower day. For many weeks beforehand a. number of ladies used to meet at the house of one of the Privy Councillors to make white jessamine blossoms. As in the case of Geneva and other towns, the city waff divided into quarters, with a 'dame patroneeeo' at the head of each, to whom the girls and ladies applied who were willing to act as flower-sellers. The objects to which the funds raised were to be devoted were two consumptive sanatoria for children and a consumptive hospital. The day was wet and very cold, but the flower-eellers had crowds I of buyers about them, and early in the afternoon their stocks were completely exhausted. The pFice of a flower was- 6 kopecks, and the poor bought as many as the rich, though they could seldom afford more than the actual price of a flower. When the sellers had no more white jessamine blossoms, the flowershops generously came to their assistance, and let them have. their stocks of natural white flowers at a Very low price —lilies of the valley, hyacinths, roses, and white lilac. After a time the stocks of white flowers, too, became exhausted, and flowers had to be sold without regaTd to tho colour. About a million roubles was taken— that is, more than £100,000. As a rule, it is some homely favourite flower which is chosen to cell. -Munich for its May flower day chose the ox-eye daisy ; Lausanne, once the bachelors button : Berne, the forget-me-not ; Zurich, chiefly daisies. Very often the flower day becomes more or less of a flower festival, and there are flower-decked motor cars and flowerdecked carriages driving a.bout the streets. Spring ie naturally the favourite time for arranging a little flower day, especially in such a country a* Switzerland, where, after the long wint«T, ever j one turns with delight to flowers as soon as they appear, and the floral firstlings of the year are looked for ward to more than m countries with milder climate and a shorter time, or perhaps no time at all, when every plant and flower is buried under thick enow." What is a "volunteer flirt catcher" ? A "volunteer flirt catcher" i& a young woman in the service of the police whose rea-son for existence is the nndfting and destruction of "the man -who ogle* girl* in the public streets." There is ap* parently only one of heT at present, and perhaps you will be glad to hear that she is as far away as Los Angeles, which is California. Now, this is no new thing (sa^ a London paper). That may be disappointing to the good people of Los Angeles, who possibly believe i.hat they are in the very van of everything, which is new and surprising. But in the pages which Steele and Addi^on wrote a riiatter of two centuries ago, you will find much complaint and much debate concerning th« iniquity of "ogling," which we generally call staring. It 'was. if a haphazard memory serves, among tlw offenres for which Mr. Isaac Biokerstaffe and Mr. Spectator appointed their engaging courts to justice, and as a misdemeanour may therefore be taken to rank with huge hoop petticoats and the like excesses. But amotl'g thfe remedies which occurred lo the polite age when Queen Anne was yet alivo, "* volunteer flirt, catcher" was nob numbered. Let hew therefore be put upon record,. She js "Miss Fa# Evans*. § re 5