SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19254, 17 February 1926, Page 7

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. J. Lightfoot, of Blenheim, is staying in Auckland.

Mrs. Laing-Merson, Auckland, has been visiiting Dannevirke, t

M?"s. George McMillan, Auckland, is visiting Christ church.

Mrs. G. G. Pollard, Auckland, Is holi-day-making in the South Island.

Miss Mary Geddes, of Auckland, has been enjoying the winter sports at Adelboden, Switzerland.

Mrs. W. Burt, of Dunedirt, who is at present holiday-making in Auckland, is at the Grand Hotel

Mrs. Norman Pope, Sydney, is a visitor to Auckland. She is in residence at the Graud Hotel.

Miss Constance Hart, o! Timaru, who has been in Europe for some months, is returning by the Tainui.

Sirs. W. Mcßae Peacock and Miss Lesley Mcßaa Peacock, of Mangarere, have "left for England and the Continent.

Sirs. Mullins, of Bournemouth, England, has arrived in the Dominion and is at present in Auckland at the Grand Hotel.

Mr. and Mrs. George Gow and their daughter, Miss Eva Gow, were passenfers by tho Aorangi yesterday for Great Britain, f

Mr. and Mrs. A. G, Gardiner, of Christchurch, and Miss Una D'awson, of Stanley Bay, Auckland, wore passengers by the Aorangi for Honolulu.

Mrs. Annie Stuart, daughter of tho late Bishop Stuart, for many years Bishop of Waiapu, later. Bishop in Persia, has arrive'd in Auckland" ,

Miss Bronette Paykel and Mr. J. Paykel, of St. Stephen's Avenue, Parnell, after spending some months in the United States of America and Canada and a month in England, have left- for the Continent. They intend visiting France, Belgium, Holland, Germany ana Switzerland before returning to London.

Madame Spahlingor, the wile of M. Spahlinger, who has been so much in the public eye in connection with his work against , is described iii an exchange as an/Englishwoman, and both she and Madame Spahlinger, his mother, work in the laboratory with him every day, and are skilled in the delicate work of handling test tubes. His wife ifi a cousin of Lady Drummond, the wife of the League of Nations general secretary. She is most charming' and very pretty, and her whole thoughts are centred on her husband's work.

In one year 26,000 women ofall. ages availed themselves of the facilities offered by the London County Councils institutes for women only. This information is contained in a statement issued by the London Council, says the "Morning Post. Classes are held in all the domestic arts, the aim being to train the students to be efficient in every branch of home-making. The trade schools for girls'are particularly valuable, in that they provido highly trained women to fill the vacancies that occur in the West End trades, a considable factor in London's race with Paris for supremacy in the world of fashion. There is an increasing demand for skilled women in such specialised, trades as photography, hairdressing and: saksmahship. New trade courses during the winter session will include a special training in textiles for salesmen and saleswomen, and a day course for women who wish to open dressmaking establishments of their own, in which training will include, the business eido as well as the acquirement of technical skilL

Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, vice-chairman of the Democratic National. Committee of America, writes in Harper's Magazine: "Women have passed ho laws. They have made no changes in party procedure, in campaign management or tactics. They have affected to a slight degree the choice of candidates for important offices. They have not influenced party platforms or performances. Few have been elected to | political offices.* Few ara placed in appointive offices of power. I kn_6w of no woman to-day \vho has any influence or folitical power because she is a\w6man. know of no woman who has* a following of women. I know .of no politician i who is afraid of the woman: vote on any question under the sun.. Have women in business made any difference in the ways of offices, their atmosphere and their' manners ? Have women buyers and women clerks made any change in storest Have they made any change In,, the professions, in industry, in the arts t So much and no more can they be expected io make in politics."

Princess Heana, the youngest daughter of the Queen of Humania,,whohas been a pupil at Heathfield, a girls' school at Ascot, where the daughters ol several -society women are being educated, ended bar stay there at the close of the last year, v "Because I am a princess, I don't want any favours," she saicl when she first went to Heathfield, and this rule ha 3 been strictly adhered to. . When some of her girl friends, used to ask her to teas and parties during the term, she replied : '' I'd love to, but I only have one hour off and that is on Sunday," writes an English correspondent. Indeed, when her mother, the Queen of Bumania, • visited England a few weeks ago, the princess had special leave to go to meet her at Victoria Station one Saturday night. As soon as she had kissed her mothisr, she begged to be allowed to stay with her. ' Bat nave you got' permission ?" Sctid the Queen in surprise. "Yes, until to-morrow night," the child replied enthusiastically. Princes Ileana will carry back to Bucharest many happy her experiences at Ascot. She worked lard one day ift a treasure hunt, when she was staying with the* Locker-Lanipsons, at Cromer. She wondered later—-when she ran, or swain, a dead-heat for first place—whether it j was worth it. All over the place the clues dragged the searchers, and one of the obstacles was a swim out to a buoy quite a distance out. to sea, to find a clue telling them to dress again and rush to some tennis courts another good distance away. After a few more troubles, the winners at the same moment found four pounds—all in copper!