SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18702, 7 May 1924, Page 14

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mis» Xois Brierly returned by the Jfaheno yesterday affer having spent ad* Wl9iSn^^Si|iißil '••?•"•;3>pi» Margery Allen, of Morrinsville, is ; Spending V fleet week with Mrs. George ■ Ilinney, Guisnes Court, Eemuera Road. . The engagement is announced of Miss 'r - 1 Kitty JB. Saber daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' G. Saker, Perry Street, Masterton, to Mr. Harry EL Stott, of Helensville. sen of Mr. and Mrs. S. Stott, Hastings, England. . 1 The engagement is announced of Margaret Matthew, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gory Matthew, ■;''of--- Epsom, to Kenneth - Brian Hutchison, youngest son of ' Mr. Thomas Hutchison and the late Mrs. Hutchison, of Oamaru. New York professes to be shocked at London's cigarette girls, but American ' Women cannot have any special dislike to tobacco, for they were responsible for the manufacture of seven thousand million more cigarettes in 1923 than were ; produced in 1922, according to Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation. The Navy League is calling a meeting of the lady members at 10.30 a.m. tills morning in Smith's Building, "Albert : Street, ,to arrange for : the ■ entertainment of the petty oaie'era and men of the Special Service Squadron during their visit ' ; v here, ajid also to provide refreshment for the '- country school-children during Fleet [Week. . r-.v- ' - ■■ > Mrs. . Helena Normanton, the first . woman barrister, has gained the further "distinction of being appointed honorary ; standing counsel (legal;' adviser} -to the Women's Unionist Organisation. ' ,No ' political organisation has 'ever entrusted such a post to a woman before, and the :' appointment ■is regarded as another indi- ,!' • s cation of the. great part t'hat women will ■ play in ; ■ political affairs in the ..future. Mrs. Normanton has v won her spurs in the. Law-; Courts..'; She was : the * ' first woman to conduct a case at the Old ;*Bailey, and she won a. complicated case •■. which : she was called upon to undertake at a moment's notice. - -■ v; . '.[ t *2.' A feminize equivalent of the Rotary ;• Club has just been formed. It is called . : the • Sorcptimist . Club of Greater , London. v There are seven such clubs in America, alt erirunz up -in" about eighteen months, ana Mm* lipesof the Rotary in only admitting one' representative of each profession or-business, -London Sorop- ' .tiinists are the first m England, and there are over' a -hundred chartered members. v ■>:, C Kathleen Lady Falmouth (representing ■' horticulture) is' their first president. Other officers or directors include: Mrs. ±ox Pitt (otherwise 'Miss. Elspeth 'Pbelns, the 4 > dress designer), Dr.- SybilThorndike and ; : r Mrs. Hilton Philipson, M.P., ■ :-K \ very successful social was held in the ■ r Karaka Public Hall von . Saturday: even- ; . ing to bid farewell; to Mrs. Swares, . who leaves on "a trip /to England .next week.' • . .The Rev. W. C. Wood, presided, and dur- *"■ ; ing the evening spoke Of- the merest the guest had alwaysdisplayed in the affairs of the district "and. . the cheerful manner in- which- she had helped forward anymovement ' for its betterment. The resi-. * dents - had subscribed toward '{ a present a- - tiaa that took the form <of i a handbag, and :travelling rug and the chairman ..asked y.the guest to . accept these as a token 'of their goodwill.' Mr. H. Walters returned • thanks. The following contributed to the - >programme. . Mesdames • ' Harvey, Fitzr. ' ' Patrick and Hampton,' Misses Heerdegenj • Wood and'Shenkin-(2): - " ' - ; •••■ • •• •. -.. . . .. . . Among the foremost authorities ;; on "dogs'; in the British Isles are the Misses.; ; Cynthia^,, Marie. and Ainiee , . Ashton- • Cross, who i'- rear v' various -breeds' /of 5! dogs afc- Alderbourne :• Kennels at • : Bletchinplv. : ; Every ; kind.. of dog ; has been in •;their - Iflennelftr'at various • times, ; and Y: each ,• of 't" /- the tasters •; can ' discuss / points - about r- St. Bernards, bloc.dhounda, Belgian griffons, French poodles, terriers, gun , . • dogs, or the .humbhist >- mongrels. • Just, . ; now they have about a hundred Pekingese, < and they say they find them "quite .the brainiest of all ■ t.ogs." Usually ''the; ■ Blisses Ash ton-Cross :ii'ain' their own ken-; nel-maids, .preferwng. to do ;so . because -; they ' like (to have ; thtyr own - ideas; carried • out, .whereas older ; people often want ' to' -put 1 their? into practice. The " Pekingese - •' reared by. i these" English girls have. been ' / purchased by dog fanciers all over the world in Japan. "They are,, sup- ■ posed to-have the j courage V; and -dignity, v ■<;' of a lion," says 1 Miss; Ashton-Ctoss, "«nd i; | their coats >; should tbe 1 ; dull and upstand'J ing like that of the lion." r r ; :: : f-;/- • .-.-j,:.■ ."J 1 j <, -. iv>, ; : 'f i ■ ■ '> -»rcv.' •• v /. - r 4 -■