SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19124, 16 September 1925, Page 17

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. J. MacKay left last, evening on n visit to Rotorua. Mrs. M. May, of Khaudallah, Wellington, is tho guest of Mrs. E. J. Moir, Merivalo, Remuora. Miss Carncross, of Elfham, is at present on a short visit to Auckland, and is staying with Mrs. C. O'Connor, Omahu Road, Remuera. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tremvith and Mr. Fred Tremvith, of Auckland, arrived on <Monday by the Niagara, after an extended tour in the United States and Canada. A recent Gazette announced that the King has conferred the decoration of the Royal Red Cross, First Class, upon Princess Arthur of Connaught. Princess Arthur was a nurse during tho war. She studied at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, and at the Queen Charlotte Lying-in Hospital. Tho Queen of the Hellenes, eldest 'daughter of the Qneen of Rumania, with her husband, King George, has recently boen on a visit to London. At Goodwood she was immensely admired, and is, indeed. a very lovely"woman, always dressed in the latest fashion. She is like, and yet unliko, her mother in appearance, whilst in sympathy with her on every subject. As a young girl Queen Elizabeth, who was very studious, would wave away any suggestion that she should ascend a throne. Her ono ambition was for learning. When first she marriod there was no likelihood of her becoming Quean-Consort of Greece. Bnt her husband's brother, Prince Alexander, died from the bite of a monkey and Prince George found himself quite suddenly heir to his father, the renowned Tino. Miss Gladys Cameron, cf Dunedin, is on the Continent. Since leaving New Zealand she has been doing postgraduate study at the University of Chicago, and ono reason for her visit to Europe this summer was that, she might attend tho annual council meeting in Brussels of the International Federation of University Women as the official delegate from New Zealand. This meeting took place in July, and Miss Cameron found it most interesting and stimulating. The delegates were hospitably received and entertained. On one occasion they were received by the King and Queen of the Belgians >at their summer palace. Each delegate was presented to Their Majesties, who remained for an hour' and ahalf with their guests and said goodbye to each in turn. After tea they were shown over the noted conservatories. Another occasion of special interest was tho presentation of the delegates to the famous Burgomaster, Monsieur Max, and they were afterwards shown the glories of the Hotel de Ville. Tho Burgomaster made a very charming speech, raying 'that he was greatly in sympathy with the aimn of the federation. These, of' course, are to promote sympathy and understanding among tho university women of the world by means of encouraging women to study in countries other than their own. In furtherance of this scheme fellowships are given to graduate women to enable them to travel and do research in other countries, and club houses are built. Apart from the academic point of view, which is not tho aim of the federation, it in felt that there can b b no basis for world peace until the women of different countries develop mutual understanding and fellowship. There have already been significant examples of co-operation among women hitherto unfriendly, because they have come to see that natural differences are less important than the formation of a national federation which can join the international one and work toward a bigi deaL From Brussells Miss Cameron has gone to Prague to visit friends whom , she mot in America; she will also seo Vienna.