WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1914, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

It is easier to go do*u a hill than up, but the view is from the top.— Arnold Bennett,

A meeting of the Society for tho Piotection of Women and Children was held yesterday afternoon, Lady Stout presiding. There were alpo present Mesdames J. Kirkcaldie, A. Hoby, D. M'Larcn, and Miss Denton. A large number of cases which had been investigated were j reported upon, and others were being attended io. The following subscriptions were acknowledged with thanks :—: — Mrs. J. M. Richardson ss, Mr. Penty ss, Mrs. W. H. Field ss, Mrs. Steel 2s 6d, Mr. J. Smith ss, Hayman and Co. sa, Mr. M. Myers 10s, Lady Stout ss, Donation ss, Miss Jessie Marion Petrie, second daughter of Mi 1 , and Mrs. Edward Petrie, of Wellington, was married on Wednesday to Mr. William Parker, of Masterton. The wedding took place at the residence of the bride's parents, the Rev. James Paterson ofljeiating. The bride was given away by her father, and wore a smart black and white check costume, witb a- white hat. Mi&s Clarice and Miss Lilian Pefcric were the bridesmaids, and Mr. Ted Petrie was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Parker left by motor for the North, where- the honeymoon will be spent. A very enjoyable evening was spent in the Pose Tearooms, Latnbton-quay, in honour of Mr. and Mrs. W. (J. Holmes's silver wedding. Amongst the guests were Mesdames Walters, Whiteford. Chapman, and Parker, and Misses Snellings, Walters, Dormer, end Whiteford. Musical and vocal items were given *by Masses Griffiths, Walters. Myers, and Messrs. Coventry, Snelling, and others. On Wednesday, in St. Peter's Schoolroom, St. Peter's Lawn Tennis Club held its annual dance, which was most successful in every way. About eighty j couples were present. The hall was prettily decorated with lycopodium and shaded lights. The chaperones were Mesdames Richards and Carter, and the committee consisted of Misses A. Redmond and E, Watson, Archdeacon Harpar, Messrs. C. Swinburne, E. Player, and W. G. Baird, with Miss D. Thornton secretary. At Remuera, Auckland, on Thursday last, the death took plr.ee of Mrs. MaryEllen Wilson, widow of thn late Mr. J. L. Wilson, of the New Zealand Herald. Mi's. Wilson was sixty-nine years of age. Mies Martyn before her maniage, sho was one of a^ well-known. Waikato family. She leaves four sons and one daughter- -Messrs. A. L. Wilson, R. M. Wilson, Joseph M. Wilson. J, M. Wilson, and Mrs. C. A. Whitney, all of whom live in Auckland. A vocal and elocutionary entcitainnient, in aid of the purchase of <i piano for the All Saints' Clubroom, is to be given in the Kilbirnie Hall on 2nd July. The programme is being arranged liy Miss Easson. The following donations towards the Phinket Home for Babies have been gratefully received :— Mr. V. Riddiford £10, Air. A. Williams £5 ss, Mr. Vernon Mitford (Gisborne) .95 ss, Mr. H. A. Kirkcaldie £1, collected at Khandalhh ss. Mi-. G. Hume PA, Mrs. D. Clathan ss, Mrs. Tompsitt (Otaki) 5s collected at Otaki £1 15s, Mrs. Allan (Lower Hutt) £i Is. Lady Steward, who has been' staying in Palmerslon North, left last .night for Wttimate, where she .will spend tome months. Miss Elsie Carmichael returned by the s.s. Maungunui, after an extended holiday in Sydney and Melbourne. Mr- and Mrs. H. M'Ardle and Miss D. M'Ardle, of Day's Bay, have gone to Sydney for six weeks. They left yesterday by the Uiunaroa. Most enjoyable was the party given last evening by Mr. and Mrs. Redstone in honour of the birthday of their daughter Nancy. It -took place at Oodber's Kooins, Courtenay-place, and .sixty children, dressed in quaint and pretty fancy costumps, found every moment rich with pleasure. Overhead was a largo Japanese umbrella,, which was filled with bonbons that were distributed to the chldrcn, who put on the cap* and aprons they found inside. In the centre ot' the table, decorated with iioweis, was the birthday cake with its seven candles. (Some of the children- who danced and sang entertained the ctheic, and the whole affair was a great success. The hostess wore black velvet, with a lace collar and a cluster of pink roses, and Mrs. Saunders was in iloral crepe and lace. The little heroine of the party mid her cousin, Hilda Saunders, made a pretty pair of follies. An excellent concert was given last night at the Girls' College. It was arranged by the Old Girls' Association, of which Miss Dixon is secretary, and did credit to the promoters. Sweets were sold during the entertainment. The programme was as follows: — Piano • solo, Miss M. Edmundson ; song, Miss Price ; recitation, Miss Wiren; oichestral trio, the Misses Henry ; song, Mr. Waldeniar Eiby ; monologue, Mr. S. Rankin ; and Japanese , dances by Miss Borlase's pupils. The evening concluded with a most amusing extravaganza, "Between tho Soup and tho (Savoury," in which Mibs K. Ellison waa Parlcurman, Mise E. East Kitchcnman, and Miss M. Ryan Cook. There will be a "health talk" to girls and young women at the Young Women's Christian Association to-mght, at which Nurse Macandrew will be the lecturer. Dr. Agnes Bennett will give the health talk she promised next month instead of this one. During the past week the services ai the Y.W.C.A. were taken by the llev. G. S. Cook, Miss Bissen, and Mission and Bible Study Circles were led by Mi-. W. C. Badden, Miss Birch, Miss Millar, and Miss Bland. The idea that a dress worn when making a debut must be of pure white is quite a thing of the past 5 in fact, by tar the moet chic presentation toilettes worn by the debuntantes in London lliis season have been relieved by a decided note of coloirr, such as lia'nd embroidery in Pompadour colounngs on v, hite tulle illusion. The exaggerated floppinoss of the bodices and the filnnness of the evening materials both lend to the charm of the girlish appcaiance. The late Madame Nordica's first husband was one of the first mcv to sacrifice his life in the cause of flying — one of the pioneers in a science which has demanded many lives. In her twentyIhiifl year Noidica was married to Mr. Frederick A. Gower. who eighteen months later attempted to cioij, the Channel in a balloon, and was, not hoard of again. Soon after .Madame returned (o the operatic stage, and lcm^ enjoyed the assumed position of one of the mo-t inipoitsint prinii dmine ot the day. One rl' the many interesting o-pi-iiodes counseled with thr- diva'j i-uispi 1 was the fact that Tsar Alexander 11- of liupsid, spent his List evening be fore It is asrassinntion listening to one ot her in- | imitable operatic impersonations, aatl

that Gounod was heard to remark that 1 her Marguerite was the best he had ever heard. A fine by-law has been passed in Surrey, which provides a penalty of £2 against tho scattering of empty bottles and papers by the careless picnicker. Thus the roads and the common lands are kept free from such nnsightliness as one sees occasionally in Hyde Park and the Domain, Sydney. An interesting tribute to women's courage, enterprise, and the increasing' value of their services as explorers, is paid by Mr. Burlingluim (&ays the Pictorial), who has recently kinematograplied tho crater of Vesuvius, in his new volume on Alpine climbing. Ue points out that not only are there no heights which women will not venture to climb, but that certain peaks never reached by men have now been explored by women, the discovery of an entire new range in the Himalayas being placed to the credit of that most remarkable mountaineer, Mrs. Biillock-Wotkitmn. Yet, curiously enough, this daring spirit of adventure and most dangerous exercise is no outcome of modern athleticism among women. A century ago a woman climbed Mont Blanc, and eyer since her sex have been following in her slippery steps. The >vedding presents received by Miss Eleanor 'Randolph Wilson, daughter of the President, on her marriage in Washington to Secretary M'Adoo, besides being numerous and valuable, have the added quality of being, in many instances, of n, personal and domestic nature, signifying tho interest taken in the home life of the new Cabinet couple (reports the Springfield Pvepublican). The bridegroom, Secietary M'Adoo, in addu tion to the splendid string of diamonds which his bride wore at the wedding, is also reported to have given her the opal brooch, surrounded by a ring of large diamonds, which she has worn frequently of late, and a wrist-bracelet in which a tiny watch is bordered with diamonds. The engagement ring is said to have been a large diamond solitaire, and another ring fiom Mr. M'Adoo was an opal surrounded by diamonds. The opal is a birthstone tor both the bride and bridegroom, as their birthday anniversaries occur in October. The gift ot the President and Mrs, Wilson has not been made known, but is understood to be similar to the gift they made the first bride — a sat of furniture for tho bride to use in her new home. IThe Cabinet members and their wives united in a gift to Miss Wilson and Mr. M'Adoo, following a historical precedent established at tho Cleveland-Folsom wedding. Their present was a set of silver dinner platss and a silver platter. It waa sent to the bride-to-be early in the week, and has been a sourca^of admiration for its massive elegance. The Senate's present was a gold bracelet studded wittli diamonds, and it has the added importance of having been chbsen from among other pieces of jewellery suggested to Miso Wilson. Tho Senate committee in charge of the gift consisted of Senators Martine, of New Jersey (chairman), Saulsbury, of Delaware, Townsend, of Michigan, and Overman, of Noitli Carolina. The wives of tho Senators made the selection. The gift from the House of. Representatives was 'Selected by a small committee headed by Representative James 11. Mann. It consists of a silver teai service, a largo tray, with kettle and stand, teapot, coileepot, sugar bowl, cream pitcher, waste bowl, and a pair of silver candelabra, j