WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 151, 23 December 1921, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

i All notices and descriptions of wed- ' dings sent to The Post for insertion in this column must be authenticated and properly 'signed by responsible people, or they will not be published. Engage- : ment notices must he signed by the parties concerned. Miss Massey has returned from a visit to the South. Pr. and Mrs. Cohen, of Wellington, I are spending Christmas at Akaroa. Lady Osborne-Gibbes is leaving for a ' visit to Eer daughter, Mm. Thompson, , Pahiatua. I Miss Maisie Gray (Eastbourne) is • leaving for a visit to Mrs. Hadfield at Paraparaumu. N i Mrs. T. S. Weston and Mis? M. ' Ward, of Heretaunga, are leaving on Monday to take part in the tennis tournament at Christchurch. • Mr. and Mrs. G-. Wallace (Wadestown) are leaving for Marlborough to visit Dr. Peerless. j Dr. and Mrs. 0. Earp-Thomas, who ; have been motoring through the thermal district, are leaving Wairakei for Napier I en route to Welliagton. Mrs. C. J. Parr and family have left for Auckland to spend the holidays there. Mrs. Perkins will accompany her son, Mr. Eric Temple Perkins, who is returning to Uganda, a* far as Durban, and will then go on to England /to visit relatives. Mr. and) Mrs. Malcolm Mason are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Mason at the Lower Hutt. Wellington visiter* who have Tieturned' home are Mr. and Mr*. Ralph Beetham (Masterton) and Mrs. Walter Strang (Pahnereton North). Mrs. Fitchett, wife of Dean Fitchett-, passed ' away at All Saints' vicarage, Dunedin, recently, after a short illness. Mrs. Fitchett was born in England, and arrived in New Zealand from Australia with her husband many years ago. After j residing in various parts of New Zea- J land,' she came with the Dean to All j Saints'. Tin's was 42 years ago, and i she had resided in Dunedin ever since. Greetings are sent by the Superior j and Sisters.of Compassion and the inmates of their homes, with good wishes ' for the coming year. These will be heartily reciprocated, and it is pleasant to know that through the kindness of many friends the homes will be enableto have a Teally happy Christmas. A number of ladies, interested in the Military Memorial Chapel met. at St. Hilda's Schoolroom, Island Bay, yesterday afternoon, when Mrs. Sprott presided. The Rev. Mr. Askew, organiser of the fund, said that money was coming in rapidly and that people, irrespective of creed, were giving assistance, regarding the proposed chapel as a national memorial.. Sir. Askew mentioned some of the interesting and unique trophies which he had secured for the chapel, and much interest was aroused in the subject. A general committee was • formed with Mrs. Bence as president, and Mrs. Westbury 'Hughes and Mr. Robert Ancell, joint secretaries. It. is announced from Washington that a marriage may shortly take place between General Pershing, United States Commander-in-Chief during the war, and Mrs. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Vanderbilt is well-known in London. She inherited a huge fortune from her husband, including the New York and Washington family residences, while her daughter Cornelia received £10,000,000 and one of tho most beautiful country houses in the States. General Pershing, who is a widower with one son, is looked upon in the States as a national hero. The romance iB said 'to have sprung up shortly after the Armistice.

On' the occasion of the farewell pre-.----i sentation yesterday to Colonel R. J. Collins, C.M.G-, who is retiring from the position of Controller and AuditorGeneral, the Audit Office staff, which comprises many ladies, was entertained at afternoon tea by Colonel and' Mrs. Collins in the largo room of the Department at Government Buildings. A handsome bouquet was presented to Mrs. j Collins on her arrival by Miss Alexander, on behalf of the Audit staff. The presentation which was made by the Right Hon. Mr. Massey consisted of two beau-tifuj]y-mado easy chairs, suitably inscribed with silver plate. After the presentation tea was served, the tea tables being decorated with flowers. The singing of the National Anthem concluded a very nleasant function. The marriage took place recently of Miss Eva M. Clift, of Brooklyn, to Mr. Ralph Robeck. The ceremony took place at St. Peter's Church, when the Rev. T. Feilden Taylor officiated, assisted by the Rev. A. W./11. Compton. The bride's pretty gown was of cream crepe de chine, trimmed with lace, and she Wore a veil of orange blossoms. The bridesmaids were Miss Ruby Waters, in lemon colour, and Miss Lottlie Clift, in heliotrope. The bride was given away by Mr. C. Clift. Mr. R. Hemple was the best man, and Mr. Kenny groomsman. The wedding march was played by Mr. Mill. The wedding breakfast was held at Captain Cliffs residence, Brooklyn. On Tuesday evening last a gathering was held of ex-members and officials belonging to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (commonly known as the "Waacs"). They met at the Rialto, and spent a most enjoyable evening, J exchanging reminiscences and discussing the various experiences in France, England, and Germany. This is the first meeting of the kind which has been arranged in Wellington, but it is hoped that it will not be the lastj Any exmembers of the corps who were not notified are requested to communicate with Miss' C. A. Eastgate, No. 8, Willeston-street, Wellington. A very successful breaking-up ceremony in connection with Mrs. Menard's school of elocution classes took place at St. ■'. Mark's Schoolroom on Mon--1 day evening. There was a large gathering of parents and friends, and the pupils presented a most enjoyable programme. The items included recitations, dramatic sketches, solos, duets, choruses, and dances. Most of the individual performers were pupils from tho beginners' class, and their items reflected great credit on the training they had received. Mrs. Sexton was at the piano. At the conclusion of the performance Mrs. James Hislop presented the prizes.

A correspondent to an Auckland! paper in reference to the severe remarks1 concerning women's dress at present, compares it favourably with tlie old crinoline days, also those of tightly-boned bodices, high.,' stiff collars and foolisb, trailing skirts. These are, indeed, fortunately things of the past, andi long may they remain so, is th® feeling of most -women and girls. All that is needed in the sensible, artistic fashion of to-day (when properly carried out) is the true sense of modesty, commonsense, and. decency. Modesty and decency would provide that bodices and skirts should be not over-short or X-Tay-like, while common-sense woxUdi prevent thcSr scanty clothes in ft cold sunv , nwsr, and tin ttvoiduviee of the "mutUm 1 dreteed v lamb" (ailing.

Much pleasure was expressed when Lady Luke attended the executive meeting of the Red Cross, as she has been much missed in many directions during her recent illness. The members of the executive greeted her with great warmth.

The wedding took place in Whangarei (says an Auckland exchange), on Saturday of Miss Mary C. Jack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Jack, of Whangarei, to Mr. Eric Baume, eldest son of the late Mr. F. E. Baume, K.C., M.P. for Auokland East, and of Mrs. E. W. Kane, of Wellington, Tlie bridesmaid was Miss Elsie Ballantyne, of DevonSort, Auckland, and the best man was It. Arthur Jack, the brother of the bride. Among the relatives present at tho ceremony and reception which followed were the bridegroom's mother, Mrs.. E. W. Kane.

The engagement is announced in a Napier exchange of Miss Nada Cotterill, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Cotterill, Bank of New South Wales, Napier, to Mr. Frederick .Owon Cljssold, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Clissold, of Timaru.

Enjoying all the statutory rights of suffrage with men, women in Nebraska (U.S.A.) have the advantage of half a dozen privileges and immunities granted by statute to their sex, though denied to the men. For instance, a woman cannot be allowed to work more than 52 hours a week, and never between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. If she is a dependent mother, she gets a State pension, but no such provision is made for dependent lathers. Under the laws ol property nothing can keep her from a third of her husband's realty after his death. She also has a widow's "quarantine," handed down from the common law, which gives the temporary use of. all her husband's personal property and £50 in money during the period of mourning. The converse is not true as to men. The wife can charge bills for necessities to her husband, and she has the full right of support. Under the statutes of Nebraska she is exempt from poll tax and from jury duty.