SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Women in Print.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 58, 5 September 1914, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Women in Print.

At St. Joseph's Church, BuckleBtreet, on Thursday last, a, very pretty wedding took place, when Chas. J. H. (Bon) Donnelly, second son of Mr. J. F. Donnelly, of Wellington, was married to Eleanor (Nellie), only daughter of Mrs. L. Edge, of Wellington. The ceremony was celebrated by the Rev. Father Barra. The bride, who was given away by Mr. C. H. Taylor, wore a charming gown of white charmeuse satin, the skirt being prettily draped and the bodice of ninon being daintily trimmed with blonde lace, and the orthodox veil and orange blossoms. She was attended by Miss Mary Nolan, who woro a very pretty frock of satin de soie, with shadow lace tunic. TBe bride and her maid carried bouquets of pink and dark red cyclamens. Mr. I. Duffy acted as best man, and Mr. Pat Donnelly as groomsman. The bride's present to tho bridegroom was a gold albert, and the bridegroom's to the bride a handsome drop necklace, aaid to the bridesmaid a beautiful gold bangle. After the ceremony a reception was held at Godber's, Courtenay-olace. The bride's mother wore a pretty dove<coloured costume and a black plumed hat; Mrs. J. F. Donnelly, mother of the bridegroom, wore a beautiful black seal coat and black hat with osprey. The bride and bridegroom left by the boat for Melbourne, the bride's travelling costume being a pretty lime-coloured cloth with a white-corded silk hat. They Avere the recipients of numerous presents. The Scottish Society of Wellington is giving a social and reception to its honorary chieftain, the world-famed Scottish comedian, Mr. Harry Lander, and to Mrs. Lauder, who is an honorary member of the society, on Friday, 11th September, in St. Peter's Hall. This promises to be the best function of ite kind held in New Zealand. The visitors will be present for a part of the evening, and the Scottish Society hopes to give them a real Scottish welcome. The society's Pipe Baud, undejj Uie

direction of Hon. Piper-Major A. Stewart Frost, will take a prominent part. The introduction of organised games on the members' tea-party night at the Y.W.C.A. has added to the attraction of the evening for girls. The popular new game in vogue is Volley Ball, which is played over a net like tennis with a football, which, is bounced with the hand instead of a racket. At the devotional meeting which followed the games last Thursday night, Sister Alice gave an address on "Lessons from the Life of Helen Keller." There was a large attendance of girls, who listened with keen attention to a recital of the wonderful achievements of this heroine. The Sunday service at the Y.W.C.A. to-morrow will be addressed by the general secretary. Miss Campbell and her pupils are giving an "at home" on 14th September, in the Oriental Bay Kiosk. A collection will be made for the War Fund. The engagement is announced of Miss Elsie May Petherick, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Petherick, Wellington, to Mr. Colin Dalbeth, late of Waikato district. The engagement has also been announced of Miss Gladys Baldwin, of Wellington South, to Mr. Harry Kudge, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Eudge, Welshpool, England. The matron of the Hospital desires to acknowledge the following gifts : — Flowers and sweets, Wellington Girls' College ; lamp shade, Mrs. Masters ; books, Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs, Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Stains ; - illustrated papers and magazines, Mr. Earnshaw (Island Bay), Mrs. Hubbard, Mr. E. Tanner; flowers, Mrs. C. M. Luke, Mrs. Sydney Kirkcaldie, Miss Coupland (Lower Hutt), Hopelauds School (Hawkes Bay), Mrs. Press (Constablestreet), Mrs. Hills (Daniel-street). Mr. and Mrs. Lowry, of Hawkes Bay, left for Sydney yesterday. Mrs. Adams, of Dunedin, is a gueet of Miss Coates. Mr. and Mrs. Hinton left on a trip to Sydney yesterday by tho TJlimaroa. Investigations have tended to prove that sufferers from rheumatism snould eat very sparingly of meat, and that it should be boiled if eaten at all. That all starchy foods, when oiot thoroughlycooked, tend to cause indigestion. That eating between meals and exoeesive eating m genei'al are the chief causes of indigestion. That fresh meats and rich nutritious foods, such as butter, olive oil. marrow, honoy, fruit preserved in sugar, and grapes, are good, for consumptives, who also may eat bountifully of fat bacon and fish ; and, in acute stages, finely-minced raw meats, are beneficial. Many vegetables possess valuable medicinal properties,. Fer m- i stance: Watercress is a blood purifier. Lettuce has a. soothing effect on the nerves, and is excellent for sufferers from insomnia. Celery contains sulphur, i and helps to ward off rheumatism. It is also a nerve tonic. Tomatoes are good for a toTpid. liver, but should be avoided by gouty people. PaTsley is an. excellent aid to digestion. When eMen wi#h a hearty meal, it will prevent dyspepsia. Cabbage helps to purify the blood. There was a romance of the counter in a wedding at St. Pancras Church recently. Two days before, the bridegroom, Mr. Alfred Field, had been acting as an assistant in the dressed provisions department of the army and navy stores, where the bride, Mrs. Johnston, a rich widow living at the Euston Hotel, had been a very good customer. His fellow-assistants at the stores were kept in ignorance of the marriage until he handed in his notice. Mr. Jj'ield, a dark man of 42, was very popular in the stores and had been on terms of close friendship with his bride for nearly two years. Mrs. Johnston paid three or four visits a week to the stores and was always served by him. No matter what department she went to, she insisted on his attendance. When he left the provision department he changed his white coat to accompany her round the stores. Most of the assistants knew of the friendship between them. An Express representative, who made enquiries at various large shops, found that though Cupid frequently presided at the counter, such marriages of shopmen were unusual. Mr. P. A. Best, director and general manager of Selfridge's, said that it was more usual for a. pretty shop girl to attract the masculine customer than for the male staff to attract visiting ladies. "In one week there were eight staff weddings at Selfridge's, and we have a special bureau which looks after such events," said Mr. Best. "On the occasion of her marriage, each girl receives a special marriage letter from the firm, a little personal epistle wishing her good fortune, a framed photogravure of the building, and her holiday money as a little wedding ; present. After marriage, the bureau still keeps in touch with the girls and writes from time to time to see how they are getting on. In one case, when the husband died some four months after the marriage, the bureau again gave the widow employment in the shop." It is interesting at this time"to note a few facts regarding railway travel in Germany. The cost of railway travel in England, where the lines are under private control, is excessive as compared with travel in such countries as France, Italy, and Germany, where railways are all State-owned. In Germany, for instance, travelling is not the monopoly of the well-to-do; the people, instead of having only two classes there to choose from, are fortunate enough to have four. The first and second are very much on a par, as regards comfor 4 and price, with English first and third carriages, but a. third-class ticket in Germany costs less than a penny per mile, while the fourthclass 'is much cheaper still. Naturally the carriages are not luxurious, the seats in the third-class being of plain wood without any cushions to relieve the hardness, while the fourth class consists of a whole coach not divided up into compartments, but having a seat fixed along its four sides.. Passengers are allowed to take their luggage with them, and trunks are often used as a resting-place for the weary when the other accommodation is already monopolised. An enterprising student recently solved the problem of comfort, combined with economy, by travelling fourth-class and taking with him a deck-chair, in which he reclined at ease until his destinatiqn was reached. Not only do the very poor take advantage of this cheap method of getting from one place to another, but many a merry picnic party off for tho day in the country prefers travelling en masso to being separated, as they would be in more comfortable surroundings. Platform tickets of a penny each are a necessity for all not actually leaving by train, so that the economically-inclined say their- " good-byes " near the booking office, while the less thrifty and more affectionate are to be found on the platform, a stone structure only rising about 6in from the rails, so that to get into the train is quite a climb. All luggage not taken into the compartment by tlig

passenger- must be paid for before enteiin* thl train. The trunks are weighed, a paper with the cost -of transport is given; and the traveller pays the amount to another official, from whom a receipt is obtained, which must be given up at the journey's end when the trunks are required, so that there is none of that hurry-scurry around the luggage-van, rather the rule tlian the exception in some of our large stations.