WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 129, 3 June 1922, Page 11

WOMEN IN PRINT.

XO CORRESPONDENTS.

j 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The Post for insertion in this column must be authenticated and ' properly signed by responsible people, or they will not be published. , Engage- ! inent notices, must, be signed by the ' parties concerned. .'.-.; Mrs! Reading has left for Dunedin to visit her father, Sir John Sinclair. Mrs. Lever and Mi's. Stanhope have returned from a, visit to Blenheim. Mrs.' Sievwright has returned' from a three months' visit to the South. . Visitors returning' to the;. Wairarapa from Wellington include', Mrs. A. D. | M'Master, . Miss Sheath', and Miss Mackay. . ' Tlie staff of the Public Trust Office assembled recently to bid farewell to Miss E. Scott on the occasion of her ap-. preaching marriage. The presentation | in the form of silver ware was made ! on behalf of the staff by the Assistant I Public Trustee,. Mr. M. O. Barnett, who spoke very highly of Mijs Scott's ! capabilities. . A suitable reply was made by Mr. S. J. Smith on behalf of Miss ! Scott. ' I The lecture on breathing in the full ■ sense of the word, by Dr. J. Malcolm ' Mason, which had to be postponed, will ' take place on Thursday week in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall. The '. other lectures in connection -with the | Y.W.C.A. health campaign will be announced later. Dr. Mason's lecture had ! to be postponed, because the great Te- ! sponse after-Dr.1-Trilby King's first lecture necessitated the, engaging- of a larger Kail than had at first been thought necessary. Two pl-easant and successful social meetings were held; by the Y-. W. 0. A. j last week. One was of the Hostess Club, which is' responsible for tea arrangements on the various occasions. The old members invited the new ones to tea,-and, after pleasant social.intercourse,, representatives were, selected • for the various duties which the. club undertakes. The other., meeting was of thoEswia Club, when Miss .-Hartley and others demonstrated the valuable work of the St. John Ambulance Association. - ■••'■ „ ■" Mr. John Philpot, of Messrs. Sargood, Son, and Erwen's staff, was entertained by members of the staff, the occasion.: being the fortieth, anniversary of his; wedding. Mr. C. G-. "Wilson, ware-' house manager, presented Mt. Philpot with a handsome rose bowl for Mrs. Philpot, and, in a brief speech, expressed the high esteem in which Mr. and Mrs. Philpot are held by all the members of the staff. ' A meeting of overseas ex-service women will be held in the R.S.A. Buildings, Brandon-street,- on Monday next at 8 p.m. . . The speaker at the Y.W.O.A. service to-morrow afternoon will be.Miss Florence Birch,, national field secretary for New Zealand. The usual tea. and social hour will follow the service, and all. girls and young women will be welcomed. ■ . . ' ■. Tjjb. nurses' report, . given at the J/lunKet Society meeting, lor the month vi May, shows a wuiiueriul inweasu u» me number of new cases and visits to homes.. Tlie number of new cases total ill —Headquarters', 99, Eastbourne .'I, Ngaio, KliaiiUiUlaii, and Joiinsonville 6, vvadestown 5; number of cases visited in huiues, 1094; mothers' visits to office, adults lo3d, babies 1015; headquarters, adults 1244, - babies "900.; Eastbourne, adults 46, babies'6l ;Ngaio, Khandallah, : and Johnsonville, adults 3d, babies 32; Seatoun/ adults ,42, babies 50; Wadestown, adults 8, babies 8; babies solely breastfed 85; partially 18, artificially 14; "-taught to maka humanised milk 25; expectant mothers' visits 18; letters re-"1 ceived 13, answered 12. TJie hon. treasurer gratefully acknowledged the >/following donations:—Mr. and Mrs. Gray Harsell, £5; Mr. V. Jensen, Mr. George Cook, Mrs. Maunder, Mrs.1 Brown, £1 Is each; Mrs. . Ponsonby, £1; Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Caldow, 10s each; Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Furrie, 5s each; Mrs. Fredericks arid Mrs. Grondin, 2s 6d each. Subscriptions: Box at rooms, £2 17s; Miss Barnett, £2 2s; Mesdames C. Richardson, Corrigan, A. Lyford, TytheBrowh, Douglas Cooke, 'and- Lady Stout, £1 Is.each; Mesdames W. F. Massey, Max Eichelbaum,. and A. Duncan, £1 each; Mesdames Clayton, Kane, and Ponsonby, 10s each; Miss Cameron, ss. The committee wishes to remind members that their subscriptions are, now due and may be sent to Mrs. C. Richardson, ■ Selwyn-terrace. Mrs. Hosking presided at the' meeting, and there was a good attendance of members. ■ It is hoped that a branch of the Women's National Reserve may be opened in Kilbirnie,'and. a public meeting is called by, advertisement in this issue l asking all interested to attend at the Methodist Church Hall, Cockburn-street, Lyall Bay, on Thursday, Bth. June, at 3'o'clock in the afternoon. . Mrs. Porter will preside, and there will be a brief and attractive programme after the business meeting. It is hoped to conduct the branch by a series of "at homes" made specially attractive to mothers of families. Tlie temporary committee consists of Mesdames Brackenridge, Coombe, Cronk.. Sawtell, H, Smith, Stehnett, and Staple. . A small contvibution will -be asked in aid of the Residential Nursery.- The effort, is following on a particularly enthusiastic meeting which took place at Mrs.' P. E. Staoles's residence recently. The fortnightly meeting of the Australian Club was held on Thursday night, the evening taking the form of a plain and fancy dress dance, which was well attended. Several members of the ■ -Australian football team were present, and the M.C. (Mr. Stanton) took the opportunity of extending to them a hearty welcome. The prize for the best ladies' costume was won by Miss 0. Taylor (harem, bride), and the gentleman's by Mr. P. Casey (cowboy). Dancing was kept up till midnight, when a very enjoyable evening was brought : to a close with "Auld Lang Syne" and the National Anthem. Supper was dispensed by the ladies. The Women's Mutual Aid Society in Auckland has <;losed its session as a war organisation, and will in^ future exist as a body devoting its energies to various charitable purposes. The re-, ports showed a wonderful summary of work, sewing for soldiers and their families, visiting1 hospitals and hostels, Red Cross collections (£587), ■ teas for poor children, provision of extra comforts for soldiers, and general help in practically all patriotic causes. In moving the adoption of the report, the Hon. J.. P. Campbell referred specially to the untiring' efforts of the lion, secretary, Mrs. Hi. Yon Stunner.Members of the Lands and Survey Department and the State Forest Service staffs have organised a particularly sociable and nleasanf series of dances, which are held in the New Century Hall. Tha. second of the series proved very • successful, about 80 guests beinsr present. ' The-committee consists of Misses bnnth, Sclmueiv .Wells, and Cockruft, and i Messrs. Barduy, Bridges, Gomel's. «.ud 'M'Cluskty. ■ • ■ ' "■'

At a recent meeting of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children Mrs. Chatfield was elected as a, representative of the society on the Women's National Council.

_ On ..Thursday morning last the marriage took place at St. Anne's Church, Newtown,. of Miss Mary ("Topsy") Guerin, eldest daughter of Mr. W. J. Guerin (< to Mr. Thomas Murphy, youngest son;of Mrs. Agnes Murphy, of Owenstreet. ': The Rev. Father Connolly, of Kilbirnie, was the officiating clergyman. The bride, who wore a nigger brown costume, with hat to match, was attended by Misses Zoe and Monica Guerin, dressed respectively in fawn and saxe blue costumes. Tlie best man was Mr. Frank Galvin. After the marriage ceremony, a Nuptial Mass was celebrated, the choir, of which the bride and bridegroom are members, supplying the music. A reception was held later at the residence of the bride's father. The chief : toast was proposed by the Very i Rev. Dean M'Kenna. . Among the presents was one from the choir of St. Anne's, and one from the H'.A.C.B.S., of which the bridegroom is a member.

Six delegates from the^ Wellington Plunket: Society waited on a public meeting at Eastbourne last evening to place before East Harbour people the needs of the society. Tlie delegation consisted of Mrs. M'Vicar, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. W. F. W-ald, Miss Cameron, Miss Burnett, and Mrs. Hoskings, the latter being the chief speaker. The Mayor of Eastbourne (Mr. F. H. Mather) referred to the needs of the district and the fact that no doctor was resident at Eastbourne. It was decided to call a meeting next week, to take, place in the Borough Chambers during the afternoon, at which the Mayoress will preside. An attempt will then be made to establish a permanent branch of the society in Eastbourne. \

A symbolical pageant, entitled, "Through the Blue Triangle," will form part of the entertainment of welcome which will be aocorded to Miss Dunlop, the new general secretary of tli9 Y.W.C.A. This will take place on Thursday next .at the Social Hall, a large number of girls from the hostel and girls department taking part. The pageant will be an interesting picture of the work of the association..;

The late Mrs. Medley, of Kelburn, was a very old resident of New Zealand and a most interesting personality. She belonged to the times of Bishop Selwyn, Sir William Martin, and Sir Thomas Gore Brown, and had many friends among the early pioneers. She was probably the last to survive among those very early adventurers who made the long and wearisome voyage of six months or more, sailing from the Homeland to 'a far-off and. litt!j:-known country. The late Mrs. Selwyn taught reading to Mrs. Medley, who was the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Taylor, an early missionary: Mrs. Medley also learned to be a good Maori scholar. After her marriage to Captain Spencer Medley, R.N., they went to' England, where Captain Medley was in charge of the coast guard at Inverness and Torquay, and Mrs. Medley interested herself in the wives 'and families of the men. Returning to New Zealandj Mrs. Medley was one of. the Navy League helpers, and specially during war time. She was fond of gathering friends and relations round her, and knitted energetically for the1 Naval, dependents, doing much 'excellent work. Mrs. Medley alsd was much interested in the Melanesian Mission, and in the building of the., church..,' at Kelburn.... ...The ,Bishop of Wellington, ?«e-. Archdeacon Johnson,,and, the ,vicar of Kelburn, the Rev. A. ;W. Payne, of.iciated at the funeral service. . *■' '