SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19156, 23 October 1925, Page 16

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. Tracy Inglis has returned from a visit to Wellington. Mrs Claude Sawtell, of Christchurch, .who has been on a visit to Auckland, left for the South last evening. Mrs. R. A. Ballantyne, Dannevirke, is visiting Auckland and is staying at Castlebar. Mrs. H. R. Craig, Mrs. Ronayne and Miss Ronayne, of Epsom, who have been on a visit' to Rotorua, have returned to Auckland. The Misses Eardown, of Maurice Avenue, Remuera, are visiting Rotorua and Matamata, and are the ' guests of Mrs. Lambourne. Mrs. W. H. White and the Misses White, of St. Stephen's Avenue, who have been spending some in England, are returning by the Aorangi on Monday. The right of women in the Swedish Civil Service to equal pay with men has just been granted by Parliament, a Bill giving them equal rights for promotion to all grades having been previously adopted. Mrs. E. B. Gunson is returning by the Aorangi from a visit to Sydney and Melbourne. Mrs. Douglas Cook, who has been residing in Mrs. Gunson s home, Princes St., has taken a house in Laurie Avenue, Parnell, until her departure for Sydney in March. Miss Lucille Atcherson, America's first woman diplomat, is now in Berne, Switzerland, where she is to be the third secretary of the American Legation. Miss Atcherson entered the ranks of the Diplomatic Service in 1922, when she passed the Diplomatic Service examinations. She was in the Latin American division of the State Department for two years. Club day at the Lyceum Club yesterday took the form of an " At Home," at which the hostesses were Mesdames C. R, Keeble, J. Hodgson, D'Arcy Levien and Ashton. During the afternoon an enjoyable musical programme was contributed which included, songs Nightfall at Sea," Montague Phillips, and "Morning," Oley Speaks, by Miss Winifred Averill; "Hinemoa's Love Song," words by Marie de Batten, and "Puta's Da.noin<~' Song," by Miss Ailsa Cook. Recitations: "The Egg,'' "The Beauty Parlour" ' and " The Hat Shop," by Miss Adkins. Business was combined with pleasure this year when the Women's National Reserve Violet Day workers met- at a social gathering in Wellington, to hear the result of their combined 1925 achievements in aid of the 'residential nursery. Miss E. Freeman, the organiser of Violet Day, gave a full report of the work accomplished and extended to stall-holders and all other helpers her great appreciation of the loyal way in which the work had been carried out. Special thanks were expressed to the country friends who gathered and packed so carefully the beautiful flowers and produce. These had been from' Auckland, Te Awamutu, Paeroa, Thames, Napier, Kimbolton, Hawera, Taihape, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, Carterton, Featherston, Otaki, etc. The grand total for the effort amounted to £664 Is Bd. Mrs. Portor made a presentation to Miss Freeman of a gift of goodwill and appreciation, together with a dainty posy from the presidents who had worked with her during her three years' most successful organisation of this special effort. It is mentioned in an English paper that the Birmingham Conference of Women has decided to take a special standpoint for the work to be done at the meetings, and that is on i! Practical Idealism." The idea is to get togther to consider what ideals can be realised in the immediate future, leaving out those which are for the next generation to carry out, but which the world is not yet prepared for in the way of education or progress. It was asked that all resolutions should express this aim. As showing the trend of thought along the same lines as those of a number of New Zealand and Australian women, it is stated that the Tunbridge Wells remits -objected to press reports of undersirable Court cases, and supported the Judicial Proceedings Bill. The York branch moved that steps be taken to suppress the names of juvenile offenders. Sex equality, penal reform, temperance refoim, right of married to be wage-earners, child welfare, placing of women officials, and other subjects appear to have come under the nomenclature of " Practical Idealism," and the reports of the meetings should be interesting.