WOMEN IN PRINT

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1926, Page 17

WOMEN IN PRINT

Mrs. L. B. Bcale has returned 'to Wellington. / Mrs. Aitken has returned to Waipawa from Wellington. Mrs. J. G. Tweed is a passenger by the Kuapehu for Home. Mra. A. J. Cameron, who has been visiting Mrs. J. Hamilton, Albany avenue, has returned to her home in Gisborno. Lady Marjorie Dalrymple has been holding a training camp for Girl Guides at Waitati, Otago, which was a great Success. She is now in Invercargill, where sho intends holding another camp. Mrs. W. H. Bowring and Miss Phyllis Bowring arrived from Christehurch yesterday. Mrs, J. A. Hanaa is in Christehurch, en route to Wellington for the session. Misa Watt is a Wellington visitor to Timaru, and is the guest of Mrs. Huddlestone. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ferrier, Christehurch, are visiting Wellington. Mrs. G. Tripp is a Wellington visitor to Christchureh. Miss Ethel Le Crew, South Canterbury, was a passenger on the Ulimaroa from Wellington for Sydney. Miss Thomas is a. Wellington visitor to Christehurch. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Thurman have returned to Wellington from a visit to Christchurch. Miss Thurza Eogers, premiere danseuse with Madame Pavlova, is the guest of Mrs. Newlands, Dunedin. Mrs. Prank A'Court, who has been ! visiting her mother in Napier, has returned to Christchurch. Mrs. S. K. Sleigh, of Dunedin, is a passenger on the Buapehu from Wellington for England. Lady Hosking left yesterday for Sydney on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Ormerod has come from Christchurch to Wellington to see Mr. J. N. Ormerod and Miss Margaret Ormerod off by the Arawa for Home. Miss Bell, heal' teacher of Puaha School, Canterbury, has retired after 19 years' service. A farewell gathering to this popular "school mother" paid tribute to Miss Bell's work and influence, and a well-filled wallet of notes was presented to Miss Bell as an offering from the people of the district. Other gifts were also made. A wedding of considerable interest was solemnised at Holy Trinity Church, Woodville, between Marjorie Gertrude, youngest daughter of Mrs. Grant and the late Mr. John Grant, of "Grantully," Woodville, and Frederick Bobert3, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Cowper, of Kaitoke, Dannevirke. The bride was in white beaded georgotte over a pale pink slip. From the shoulders hung a train of georgette, j embroidered with silver true lovers' ! knots, and a veil of Brussels net was j arranged on the hair, with a bandeau of orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of pink and white orchids. The bridesmaids, Miss Marjorie Smith, of Pahiatua, and Miss Beatrice Cowper, cousin of the bridegroom, wore frocks of beige lace over gold tissue and hats of gold tissue, trimmed with flat pink roses, and they carried bouquets of pink cyclamen. Mr. J. P. Stewart, of Wanganui, was best man, and Mr. Konrick Smith, of Pahiatua, was groomsman. Afterwarda a large wedding party were entertained at "Grantully," Mrs. Grant receiving her guests in a gown of black satin beaute, with smart black hat, and a bouquet of red floweTS and autumn foliage. Mrs. F. G. Cowper, mother of the bridegroom, wore a black silk frock with black coat embroidered with grey silk and beads,' and small black velvet hat. The bride and bridegroom left by motor, amid showers of confetti and rice, the former travelling in a frock of rust georgette, with coat and hat en suite. Over £5875 has been raised in Auckland by combined girls' efforts in aid of the Y.W.C.A. Tho successful competitor in the queen carnival of the trades and professions was Queen Mary, representing the hardware trade. The marriage is announced of Miss Sylvia Thompson, author of "The Hounds of Spring," the best-selling novel of the year in both Britain and America, and Mr. Peter Luling. Mr. Luling's name will be familiar to those who have read the book and remember the curious joint dedication —"To the mind of H. G. Wells and to Peter Luling." He is American, but of English family. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, and is at present a student at the Slade Art School. The sad case of a family with a blind father was dealt with at yesterday s meeting of the Peace Time Committee of the Wellington Eed Cross. The secretary reported that the house was in a deplorable state, but as a result of negotiations, another house had been so- | cured for the family, the Jubilee Institute donating £50. The legal firm putting the negotiations through had done it free of charge. In another case dealing with the blind, the mother had had notice to quit, and endeavours were now being made to obtain a house. The Eed Cross Committee looks after such cases on behalf of the Sir Arthur Pearson Fund for the Blind. The annual meeting of the National Council of Women, held in Wellington during the week, elected Mrs. Henry Smith as president, Miss Welch as hon. secretary, and Mrs. Forde as hon. treasurer. The vice-presidents for the year are Mesdames Moore f and M'Vicar, Misses Aitken, England, Kane, and M'Gill. Writes Shiela Kayo Smith, the novelist:—lt is part of the poignant message of Jude the Obscure, that experience and adversity, which usually have so broadening and deepening an effect on a man's character, seem almost invariably to have the opposite effect on a woman's. In the contrasted reactions to adversity of Judo and Sue, Mr. Hardy has hit on a genuine difference between the sexes, again due to physical rather than to psychologie.il causes. Naturally a delicate material will not stand wear and. tear so well as that of -.touter grain, and to mo it seems obvious that a woman's character develops better in what, for want of a better description, on a might call a moderately sheltered life than when exposed to the buffets of tho world, and tho strain of work and responsibility. By sheltered life .. do not, of course, mean a life from which ordinary human experience is shut out, but a life in which the experience comes through domestic and personal, rather than external channels, and from association and observation rather than from conflict and action. Women aro different from men where their physical make-up and ultimate functions urge them to bo so. Tlicir ideal of happiness lies in in:::-i-::i^e and motherhood because that is tin' 'wot of circumstances they arc most Jitted for, and if they have other ambitions, it simply means hat they have mental qualities which override the physical. On the other hand, man's physique—and by physique I mean hia nervous system as well as his body of bone and muscle —fits him for a life of effort and action, and conflict with the outside world.

The inclusion of Mrs. W. F. Massey in the King's Birthday Honours List will bo received with sincere gratification by the many friends of that worthy lady. As a Dame Grand Cross of the Host Excellent Order of the British Empire—Civil Division (G.8.E.) —Mrs. Massey now takes her place among the few women who have had this honour conferred on them by His Majesty the King. Her elevation will come as pleasant news to those who have known and admired her quiet inspiration. Though she studiously avoided association with political organisations, Mrs. Massey was a worthy helpmeet to her husband throitehout his long ana useful public career. The daughter of Mr. "Walter Paul, an early settler in the Marigere district, ivho owned a farm adjoining that of the lato Prime Minister, she was married to Mr. Massey in 1882, and shared with him the hard work which enabled him to establish himself as a prosperous farmer in the period which preceded his entry into Parliament. When Mr. Massey became Prime Minister, in 1912, he and his wife took up their residence in Wellington, the elder members of their family remaining in Auckland, and it was in the capital that the rest of their joint life was necessarily spent. As the hostess of "Arikitoa," the residence of the head of the Government in Tinakori road, Mrs. Massey did not attempt the formation of anything in the way of a political salon, but her house was the main centre of hospitality to public people of all shades of activity.- Distinctly home-like ia character, it was never the scene of gaiety, but came to be recognised as a model to the community of wholesome family life. There Mrs. Massey remained until the death of her distinguished husband in 1925, when «he returned to Auckland. In the later years of her husband's career Mrs. Massey was in indifferent health, and there were times when her condition was such that her survival was despaired of. It ia a matter of common knowledge that on the last occasion when Imperial matters called Mr. Massey to England, for one of the series of conferences which followed the war period, his wife was suffering from such grave illness that he left New Zealand with very little prospect of again seeing her alive, and that only his strong senio of duty to the Empire permitted him to leave the Dominion in such circumstances. However, Mrs. Massey recovered, and was in close and devoted attention to her husband in the months of illness that preceded his death. Though Mrs. Mas-. sey was by no means obtrusive upon public attention in her good works, she did most valuable service to the community in the organisation of women's service to the military camps in New Zealand during the war, and also in the furtherance of the arrangements for the dispatch of comforts to the men at the fighting front. The gloomy days of the great epidemic of 1918 also saw her extremely active, iv her own quiet way, in providing relief for the sufferers from the scourge. Again, she was one of the strongest supporters of and workers for the Plunket nursing organisation, which had her best assistance throughout the years when she was, through her husband's pre-eminent status and her own enthusiasm, in a position to be a power in the land. In the best sense of the term a thoroughly womanly woman, Mrs. Massey will be greeted by the whole community as one who, in the days of her authority, deserved well of New Zealand, and has now been recognised by King and Empire.

The engagement is announced of Phyllis, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Nash, of Wellington, to John Alfred Card, of Masterton, only son of Mr. J. W. Card, of Featherston.

A pretty evening wedding was solemnised at St. James's Church, Lower Hutt, on 17th June, when Dolly, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Cooke, was married to Frank, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cometti, Petone. The Rev. Hansell officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a beautiful silver tissue frock, and carried a shower bouquet of white fresias and roses. Her tulle veil was hold in place with a coronet of orange blossom. Miss Jean Cometti (sister of the bridegroom) and Misses Marion and Kathleen Cooke (sisters of the bride) were bridesmaids, and wore respectively pink, heliotrope, and green georgette frocks, daintily finished with silver girdles; they carried bouquets to tone. Little Miss Ada " Cooke, in blue georgette, carried the bride's train. Mr. Cyril Walsh, of Masterton, was best man, and Mr. Royal Duncan, of Petone, was groomsman. After the ceremony a reception was held, about 70 guests being received by Mrs. Cooke, who wore a petunia crepe de chine frock and black hat. Mrs. Comotti, mother of the: bridegr-om, was in black satin charmeuse, with Oriental trimmings and hat to match. Later Mr. and Mrs. Cometti left by car, the bride wearing a blue ensemble suit and hat, and a black sealskin coat, the gift of the bridegroom.

The report of Sister Lewis, Red Cross nurse, given at the monthly meeting of the committee yesterday, revealed that there was a good deal of sickness and no little unemployment. Garments to the number of two hundred and twenty-eight had been given away during June. She recommended a ladies' sewing guild to make up material. Boys' clothing for a family of nine was especially wanted, and leave was given to provide some if it could not be obtained by gifts. Classes were well maintained, some 300 pupils being enrolled. A new class had been started at Chilton House. Lectures by the medical profession were well attended. One of the Red Cross students now does first aid for the Government Printing Office, which had presented her with a first aid outfit. A request for a stretcher from Eastbourne had been complied with. Space at the Whiter Show had been offered for a rest room and first aid depot to be staffed by the Red Cross. This would be a good advertisement for the Red Cross. Mr. Chapman was appointed to consult with Sister Lewis in the distribution of clothing. Aliss Lissington reported for the Junior Red Cross. Now circles had been formed in Taranaki; all had recommenced activities, and international correspondence was smarted. One backblocks school had raised £18, which was being spent in a first aid cabinet, and on the playground. The Lyall Bay juniors were making babies' clothes. The League of Red Cross Societies had sent some posters dealing with the Red Cross activities.

Many older residents of Wellington will have learned with regret of the death last Tuesday of Mrs. M. A. Clapham, Pipitea street. The late Mrs. Clapham was one of the fo ." left of the old Wellington residents who arrived in thfi Dominion in the early 'forties, and has spent the whole of her life in the district. Her husband predeceased her 36 years ago. Mrs. Clapham arrived in New Zealand with her parents in the ship Lord William Bentinck in 1841, her father being the late Mr. Robert Bould, sen., of Johnsonville. The interment took place at Sydney street cemetery on Thursday morning. Mrs. Clapham leaves a family of five daughters—Misses Clapham (4), of Wellington, and Mrs. Harold Smith, of Paekakariki, two sons, Mr. T. W. Clapham, of Wellington, and Mr. A. R. Clapham, of Eketahuna, and fourteen grandchildren. Mrs. • Clapham was one of those who signed the presentation to the Duke of York—now H.M. the King—on his visit to New Zealand in 1901, and was one of the fow who signed the next presentation to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in Wellington in 1920.

Mr. Chapman presided over yesterday's meeting of the Peace-time Committee of the Red Cross, attended by Lady Rhodes, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. S. Myers, Miss Hynes, Sister Lewis, Dr. Beaumont, and Mr. Galloway (secretary). , It was announced that the reply from the St. John Ambulance in relation to a conference to prevent overlapping of work was being awaited. Donations of £0 (from Mr. R. Pankhurst) for the Red Cross Ball, and £1 Is each from Sir Alexander Roberts, Mr. James Burnett, and Mrs. L. Stewart, were gratefully acknowledged. Permission was given by the Under-Secre-tary of Internal Affairs to raffle a dolL The secretary reported that the AngloSwiss Milk Company had promised to donate part profits of sales at the Winter Show if a lady from the Red Cross Committee would conduct the sales, which offer 'was accepted. It was hoped the committee would be able to do something in regard to a request from the Administrator of Samoa for assistance in milk commodities.

Members of the Feminist Club and Citizens' Association attended in great numbers at the Feminist Club rooms, Sydney, when Dr. Morris, director of Maternal and Infant Welfare, gave an address, dealing with the high rate .of mortality of mothers in New Soath Wales. The figures quoted were alarming, and the situation calls loudly for reform, writes a correspondent. The Government has had its attention directed to the matter, and investigations are to bn i;iade. To secure these reforms and make them effective large sums of money and the whole-hearted co-operation of the women of the community will be needed. It is proposed to hold a big meeting on Bth June, when a scheme for putting maternity and child welfare on a bettor and safer basis will be outlined.