SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19501, 3 December 1926, Page 9

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. Tewsley is at present oa a visit to Dunedin.

Miss Walshe, of Auckland, is visiting Thames as the guest of Mrs. T. W. Rhodes,

Miss B. Lockhart is oa a visit to Blenheim, ' and is staying with Mrs. Adams, Langley Dale.

Mrs. R. A. Wright, wife of the Minister of Education, has returned to Wellington from a visit to Auckland.

Mr. and Mrs. R. F. E. Fildes, of Wellington, are on a visit, to Auckland, and have taken up thoir residence at the Shortland Flats.

Sir Andrew Russell and Lady Russell have been visiting Wood villa for the unveiling of the waj memorial and have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. EL Nelson at Lauriston.

Over the Tasman there is -> woman who has the distinction of Ik .he only feminine woolbroker in Australasia. Invading a territory hitherto sacred to men, Mrs. D. A. Skene, M.8.E., of Melbourne, has made her claim doubly sure by building up a successful business Politics occupy her leisure time and she has been appointed president of the Federal Council of the National Council of Women for the third time in succession.

The Prince of Wales, who has a wonderful collection of photographs of members of tlie Royal Family in his sitting room at York House, has just added to them the first pencil sketch done of the little Princess Elizabeth, which was given to him by the Duchess of York. The sketch is the work of a young artist in whom the duke and duchess are interested, and it is said to bo an extraordinary good study. So pleased is the duchess with it, she has commissioned a miniature portrait on ivory of the baby to take with her on her forthcoming tour. Lady Mariorio Dalrymple, with her mother, Lady Menziea, returned to New Zealaud last week from Australia, where Lady Marjorie has been doing a great deal in connection with the gsrl guide movement. Lady Menzies and Lacly Mariorio Dalrymple, and Miss S. Smith (a niece of Lady Menzies) hope to do motor trips to the principal sights of this country, in both the North and South Islands, during the six months that Lady Menzies and Miss Smith are visiting Now Zealand. Girl guides will be pleased to hear that Lady Marjorie Dalrymple is staying on longer in New Zealand

Marriage in China, according to an English writer, is uot at all a happy state for the woman. It is not merely arranged without the girl's consent; she never even seo3 the man until the day of the wedding. He may be a slant-eyed Adonis, or he may be a perfect horror with whom marriage wouid be, for a sensitive girl, almost unthinkable. The average Chinese father, though fond of his children, is fonder still of gold; and no Chinese values girls much anyway. If a rich old merchant or a plundering swashbuckler from the provinces makes him an offer for his daughter, ho is not likely to let sentiment stand in the way of business.

The recent, death of Mile. Jeanne Chauvin recalls the jubilation with which the first woman barrister was admitted to the Bar, says a writer in an exchange. Last year Mile. Chauvin received the Legion of Honour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the throwing open of the Bar to Frenchwomen, an act of liberalism which promised very much more than wa,s subsequently performed. Mile. Chauvin studied law without very much hope of being able to practice, but she was indefatigable in her efforts to procure this right for women. It was not until she was 38 that she was admitted to the Bar, whore she at once made herself felt. Unlike her successors, she gave all her attention to the more sensational criminal law. But even she did not meet with very great success from the public point of view. The French do pot really accept the woman barrister and very few of them secure enough briefs to make a living.