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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 30, 4 August 1931, Page 9

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District Nursing Guild. The district nurses of St. John had a very busy month in July. They paid 234 visits to homes, and 305 patients visited tho surgery. They admitted 32 patients and discharged 21, while three were sent to hospital. One died, and there remain on the register 41. The distributions for poor folk must have filled many a want, for they gave two tons of coal, five sacks of potatoes, 1253 articles of clothing, 33 pairs of boots and shoes, 4 bedsteads and mattresses and groceries, etc., as well as_ soup daily. It was a great surprise and disappointment to the committee that they did not receive any grant from the Maearthy. Trust this year. A letter was received from Dr. Watt (Health Department) asking if the services of the District Nurses of St. John would be available for administrative positions in connection with emergency hospitals or casual clearing stations in times of national calamity. The committee decided that the nurses would be available under such circumstances. A letter was received from Mrs. Corrigan accepting tho position of honorary life vice-president, made vacant by the death of Lady Stout. Mrs. Stace- presided at the meeting, which was held at the Broadway Buildings. A Golden Weddiiig. Married at Old Sk Pancras Church, London, on 31st July, 1881, Mr. Henry Curie and Ms wife, who was formerly Miss Annie Hall, celebrated their golden_ wedding last Friday at their home in Jackson street, Petone, where their now adult children held a surprise party in their honour. There were present from Wellington, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Curie, Miss A. Curie, Mr. A. Curie, and Mr. and Mrs. Burkhart, and from Petone Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hayward, Mr. and Mrs. B. Parrant, and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Curie. These included the whole family except two in England, one being the eldest son, who was ordained a minister in Auckland and now has a rectory in Somerset. Also at the party was Mrs. M'Neil a very great friend of Mrs. Curie. The celebrations were of the happiest nature and the old couple (Mr. Curie is 78 and Mrs. Curie 71) were greatly delighted at the unexpected visit. They have 16 grandchildren. A Private View. An. opportunity to study the paintings of Mr. W. Robert Johnson was given last evening, when a number of people were invited to a private view. In. the absence of Mr. G. A. Troup, Dr. A. D. Carbery delivered an opening speech. Many of the pictures were greatly admired, and several of the outstanding ones were sold. Supper was served to the guests, who included Mrs. M. A. Tripe, Miss D. K. Bichmond, Mr. and Mrs. G. Shirtoliffe, Mrs. S. Earkcaldie, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Watson, Mrs. Hamilton Gilmer and Miss M. Gilnier, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blundell, Mrs. N. Nelson, Mr._ and Mrs. 0. M. Malfroy, Mrs. and Miss Eichardson, Mr, Nugent Welch, Dr. E. Stout, Mrs. and Miss Seton, Mr. and Mrs. Widdop, Mrs. D. Jackson, Mr. Boss Gore, Mr. Eric Gore, Dr. Duncan Stout, Dr. Myers, Miss Hilda Hadfield, Mrs. S. Harcourt, Mrs. C. Todd, and Mr. Brian Todd, Mrs. and Miss Evans-Scott, Mr. Haley, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Eweu, Mrs. J. Hannah, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sievwright, Miss Barron, Mrs. Allen, Miss B. Robieson, Mr. C White, and Mr. Stuart Peterson. Mothers' Helpers. Appreciation of the grant of £200 from the Maearthy Trust and £100 from the Wilshaw Trust was expressed at the meeting of the Mothers' Helpers held on Monday. As an unusually large number of families who are totally unable to pay are being helped at present, the receipts for the last few months are extremely small. The energetic committee contemplates holding another jumble sale in September. Donations were acknowledged from Mrs. Nagle, Mrs. Norman, and Miss Sybil Nathan. Successful Concert. A most enjoyable concert in aid of the City Mission Girls' Clab was given recently at the New Mission Hall, by the pupils of Mr. Claude Sander, who were kindly assisted by Miss H. M'Lellan, Mesdames Eosenthal and Dawson. The varied programme consisted; of action and character songs, elocution, and instrumental'solos, dance solos, and duos including several national dances. An outstanding item was a tap dance given by sis small girls. A vote of thanks was accorded to the performers, who included Marjorie Flanigan, Nelio Bell, Betty .Eosenthal, Dolores Harris, Jean O'Connor, Dell Sa.ndlant, Eosie Smithers, Minnie O'Connor, Patricia ParneU, Eeba Hunter, Marguerete Dawson, Audry Hall, Bill Smithers, and Mr. Norman Sander. Mr. Claude Sander was at the piano. After the concert the performers were entertained at supper by the Girls' Club. No More Curls. 'I Parisian women are all cutting off their hair again; and a good many London women are doing so, too, I think," states a London writer. "I rather think that, except for the few with long, graceful necks—whom the style really suits—those little bunched curls are doomed. There have always been a few very smart women who would not pander to that longer-hair fashion, believing that it would not suit them, and firmly determined to abide by their own taste-" Lost Shoes. A problem which has often worried visitors to hotels has been solved in France by a Court of law. A hotelkeeper, it holds, is responsible for the shoes which his guests place outside their doors in order to have them cleaned. M. Luciani, a commercial traveller, when staying at a Nancy hotel, wa3 annoyed one morning to find that the shoes he had placed outside his door wore missing. Inquiries failed to trace them, and the traveller had to stay in his room until he could get another pair. This delay meant that he missed Jus train. He therefore sued the hotel proprietor for the value of the shoes, plus damages for the inconvenience caused him. The he-telkeeper'a lawyer pleaded that the proprietor could not be held responsible since a notice was posted ia various conspicuous places in the hotel warning travellers that the management could only

accept responsibility for articles left in charge of tho cashier or the porter. Tho Court took tho view, however, that tho old system of leaving shoes out in the corridor was right, and ordered the hotelkeeper to pay the cost of the shoes and 7s 6d for the inconvenience caused to his guest. Dancing Championships. The final night of the Wellington dancing championships, at the Majestic Lounge, drew a large attendance, and amid keen interest the championships were danced off. The winners were: First, Miss Mavis O'Connor and Mr. Griffiths; Miss Elston and Mr. Eoy Moore, 2; Miss Jones and Mr. Cross, 3; Miss Wilson and Mr. Jonathon,4; Miss Cattell and Mr. Bingley, 5; Miss Clark, and Mr. Sweetzer, 6. ' Kisses and Microbes. "Kissing is the result of two sets of emotional cellular vibrations which attract each other and become harmoniously merged into a rich chord by contact." Dr. Josiah Oldfield, of London, said so recently. He was addressing a meeting of women's institutes at Birdingbury, near Eugby. "At intervals," Dr. Oldfield said, "we get what are called scientific scares about the alarming dangers of kissing and the risks of microbe infection. There was a time when no girl who was considered 'nice' could ever admit that she had been kissed, although . every nice girl had the instinctive longing for the experience of it. A kiss should combine affection, respect, and passion, and when any one of these ingredients is absent the kiss falls below its usual standard. A kiss does not create the scaremongers 3 million microbes which are said to be given with a kiss. If Jack kisses Jill and transfers to her a- million of his microbes, he gets, in return, a million of hers, and from what we know of evolution, the probability ia that this exchange of microbes is beneficial, and not injurious." Invitations Issued. Invitations have been issued by the Wellington Basketball Association for their third annual dance, which will be held shortly. Invitations have teen issued fey the Northland Catholic Tennis Club for a dance to be held in St. Francis Hall. An energetic committee is sparing no pains to make a brilliant success of the function, the proceeds of which go to the fund for the rebuilding of the Marist Brothers' house in Hawkestone street.