WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 150, 22 December 1921, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

TO CORRESPONDENTS,

All notices and descriptions of -weddings sent to The Post for insertion in this column must be authenticated and properly signed by responsible people, 'or they will not be published. Engagement notices must be signed by the parties concerned,. Mr. L. H. B. Wilson, with Miss Wilsoii and Miss Sylvia Wilson, are leaving to spend the holidays at Rotorua, Mrs.'Troup (Raroa-roa<3) and her family have left for a vicit to tie Auckland Lake, district. 1 Mr. and Mrs. L. Tripp havo left for a visit to Canterbury. Miss Carr has left for^ a, visit to Nelson. . ' Mies N. Stuart is visiting Mrs. Latter in Blenheim. Mrs. Carpentier (Auckland) is visiting Mrs. Ewen at HeretaunKa. Mrs. Wroughton (Canterbury) is the I guest of Mrs. Larnach, Hobson-street. Mrs. Sclanders has left for a visit to Napier. , Mi-, and Mts. Cfoode hay« retorted from a, trip to England, and havo left I for Wanganui. Mrs. J. B. M'Ewan and Mr. Lan M'Ewan left to-day for England. Mr. and Mis. M'Gregor have taken Mrs. M'Ewan'g house during .her absenca. Mr. and Mrs. F. Newman, who hay* been staying with Mrs. F. E. Ward, returned to-day to Levin. J Miss C. Humphries has returned to >J;ipier. , i Miss Valmai Goi-e I 3 visiting Mi 6» Vailanoe, at Kahumingi, Waira'rapa. Madame Monkman Dempster left by i the Maheno yesterday on an extended j visit to her son, Mr. Noel Monkman, ! who resides in Sydney. Miss Goad, president of the Women's National Council (Wellington branch) has received the following donations towards the play centre for children at the* Basin Reserve, organised under the auspices of I the council:—Rotary Club, £11 lfo 6d; Brooklyn School and Committee, *5 ss. Miss Coad reports that great interest is being taken in this centre, and public approval is being generally expressed, oiton taking the form of acceptable donations, j The wedding itook place recently 4t St. Mary of the Angel's Church, Boul-cott-street, of Miss Hannah M'Mahon, second daughter of Mrs. M'Mahon and the late Mr. Thomas. M'Mahon, of Wellington, and Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, second son of Mrs. Wilkinson and the late Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, also of Wellington. The Rev. Father Mahoriey officiated. The bride, who was given'away by her brother, Mr. T. M'Mahon, wore a saxe-blue costume and lemon hat. Miss T. Breen was bridesmaid, wearing a bronze cloth costume and saxe-blue hat. Mr. Frank Wilkinson was the best man. A reception was held at the residence of Mrs. M'Mahon, and later Mr.yiind Mrs. Wilkinson left on a motor toun? the bride travelling in a smart fa.wn costume and royal blue hat. Among the presents was a handsome silver epergne from the choir of St. Mary of the Angel's Church, of which the bride was a member. News comes from England of the death of Mrs. Mary Sumner, which took place at her house, The Close, Winchester, at the age of 92. Mrs. Sumner was the widow of Dr. G. H. Sumner, for .many years Bishop Suffragan of G-uildford, and nephew of an Archbishop of Canterbury. They were married when her husband was Curate of Crawley, Hants, and in 1898 they had their golden wedding. Mrs. Sumner's name i« well-known all over the world, for she was the founder of the Mothers' Union in, 1887, and she lived to see her union grow into a world-wide organisation, which last year had reached a membership, of 391,409 members and associates belonging to 884S branches. In 1917 the Bishop of London dedicated a central, building for offices and the training of workers, called the Marjr Sumner House, as a 'tribute to the work of the founder of the Mothers' Union. A wedding of interest was «oletnnis*d at St. PaiuT's Presbyterian Church, Ohristchurch, when Miss Rose Stewart, daughter of Mr. A. M'Neil, late of Larkhall, Scotland (now of Dwnedin), was married to Mr. Barnum Fred Waters, of the Pensions Department, and youngest .son of Mr. and, Mrs. H. Waters, of the Wairarapa. The Kiev. John Watt officiated. Th© bride, who wajs given away by her father, ■wore a pretty gown of cream satin and georgette, with a veil and orange blossoms. She carried a charming showei bouquet of white carnations,' sweet peas, pink roses, and maidenhair fern. The bridesj maid, was Miss Nettie M'Neil, who t wore a frock of white crepe de chine, and carried a pretty bouquet of pink roses, and sweet peas. Mr. A. E. T. Williams (Pensions Department, Christchurch) was the best, man. After the ceremony a reception, was held, at the, Cadena, Oashel-street. The bride travelledi in a tailored costume of navy blue, with hat and shoes to match. Among the passengers by the Marama from San Francisco to Sydney is Lady Hope, who is returning to England after eight years' absence in America. Lady Hope lias had an astonishingly varied career. She is a daughter of General Sir Arthur Cotton, R.E., who is chiefly remembered as the builder of the great Godavery- dam for the irrigation of. part of Southern India. She was born in Tasmania, but while still a baby she was taken to England. At the age of six she returned to Australia, and lived with her uncles, on whose property, in Victoria, gold was first discovered in Australia. From Australia sho wont to India, and at the age of eleven sailed to England m a four months' voyage by 0110 of the old East India ships, round the tape of Good Hope. For some time she resided with an uncle by marriage, Lord Roden, at Tullainore Park, Ireland, and on her return to England took up religious and philanthropic work among the people at Dorking, in Surrey. She founded the first coffee tavern for the working man in England as a coun-ter-attraction to the beerhouse, and the movement spread until thirty or forty years ago there were coffee taverns under the Hope management all over the country. Some years ago there was a similar institution known as Hope House in Dunedin. Lady Hope is the widow of the late Admiral Sir Jam«s Hope, R.N., She intends to spend the remainder of the northern winter in the South of France, and to return to England on the approach of summer. Miss Viola Tree writes in. an English, magazine regarding engagements—long or short? She deals with the subect in a quaint, bright fashion, and advocates house-hunting with the fiance, or fiancee, as the case may be, so that similarity of tastes or otherwise may b» discovered, and. the final step not taken if there is not good agreement. ' "Taste in small things is echoed in big ones, and if minds do not, jump together about the unvifcal things, they are practically sure not to in questions of character. Hobbies need not match, but fancies must." She, concludes thus,: "It needs a very Jong run to mako a perfect marriage, or, what lis better for the hearto, at least five consecutive failures; if you have vveathored thaw with the wmio youn.s man or \. cjfria.ll, y^u wi uurry securely and 1 Jwppiiy..." • ■

The Y.W.C.A. clubroom in Herbertstreet was the scene of much activity and~'real excitement on Tuesday evening, when some 160 children (fathered, at the invitation of the Gifle' Department members, to receive gifts from the prettily-decorated Christmas tree. The children, marshalled according.,,to age, received their presents from the hands of Father Christmas, and were also prosented by the girls themselves with bags of sweets and pieces of cake, each containing a threepenny piece The greater number of the children were brought by Nurse Martin, of tho District Nurses' Association, and by Miss Dixon, deaconess of St. Peter's, who collected children from Mitchelltown. The Brooklyn Social Club recently held a "breaking-up" plain and fancy dress social and dance in Waldie's Hall, Brooklyn. About forty couples were present, mo3t of whom were in fancy dress. Trophies were given for the best dresses, and this led to a keen competinon. Mr. and Mrs. Cole were the judges, and awarded the trophies as follow:—Ladies: Miss it'Leod (Maori) 1, MissNicolle (France) 2, and Miss Lawlor (Spanish lady) 3. Men: Mr. P. Newson . (minstrel) 1, and Mr. Randall (minstrel) 2. The first prize was originally awarded to Mr. James M'Ginnity, but, after thanking the judges, he declined, on account of his position as a. committeeman. A special prize \was awarded Misses lima Cole and Eileen M'Farlane (bride and Eroom). A presentation was made to Mesdames M'Farlane and M'Ginnity in appreciation of their effort* on behalf of the club .during the past season. Excellent music was provided, and extra items were supplied by Miss M'Leod and Mr. Frank Cunliffe. Mr. Jack M'Ginnity was an excellent M.C. "Inquirer" asks for information concerning tho position of tho principals at a wedding party at the breakfast/table. As a rulo the bridis and. bridegroom' occupy tho place, of honour at the headi, with tho wedding cake in a convenient position for the bride, to' cut it. The bridesmands, best man, and groomsman come next, the parents of the bride and bridegroom being at tho oth«r end of tli6/.table, with guests a.t the sides. Sandwich women have made their appearance in London, says an exchange, we read of six of them having been seen in. the streets there, all dressed alik«, and bearing the announcement of an entertainment. They walked in slow, stately procession and apparently didn't in the least mind or notice the disapproval shown in the glances of a passing line of "mere men" sandwiches. One gathers^ they are more effective than men, because they are a novelty, and .the result is likely to be more firms employing female sandwiches. So it may prove employment for some of. tho unemployed women in England. After a lengthy illness, Mrs. James Staples, of Manakau, passed away this week. Mrs. Staples, who was one of Manakau's earliest settlers, had gained the esteem of all who knew her. Her life was particularly marked by her generosity and goodness to the poor and needy. Mrs. Staples had for years been a loyal and active member of the Manakau Methodist Church, and the position of the church to-day owes much t» her labour and generous support. Mrs. Staples was the third daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Herrick, of Range Farm, Lower Moutere, Nelson. She leaves a husband and two sons, Messrs. Les and John Staples, of Manakau. A club with a quaint name*—"Frankly Forty Olub"—has been established in London. It consists of women members who are forty or over, and lva.ve no hesitation in letting, the fact bo known. They wish to free' themselves of any foolish pretences to youthfubiess, while sensibly regarding appearances in the way of . damty becoming clothes and general care of comple-xion and hjiir. Women have been more or less good--naturedly laughed at because, of their 'hesitation in nuking their exact age known, but it should be realised that in midi—or even in later—Victorian times if a girl had not secured, or been provid«d by her parents, with a -husband by the time she was twenty or twenty-one, she was pilloried as an "old maid" and a failure. The cruelty of the position has been brought out by the Brontes, George Elliott, Dickens, Thackeray, and other writers, and, reading them, few would hesitate •at the endeavour, at least, to "put back the clock." The older girls nowadays are, fortunately for them, almost free of the humiliating position thrust upon the "maiden aunts" and bachelor women of former days, it being Dnly those whose ideas "still cling to the mouldering past" who try to make tfaem unhappy. and discontented by trying to thrust upon them the title of "superfluous" or "surplus." For women of sound heart, mind, and nerves there is always need and always a. place; more especially, in these days pf reconstruction of a shattered world.' The idle, selfish, pleasureRunter, be she married or single, is the "surplus" woman; for the generoushearted worker there is always a need" and. a place. Doubtless the "Frankly Forty Olub" contains many of the latter, for the former would not enrol under such a title.