SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19529, 7 January 1927, Page 5

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. Freyburg, of Hawera, is visiting Auckland. Miss Jean Carmichael, of Napier, is on a visit to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy, of Auckland, are visiting Wellington. Miss Stott, matron of the Wellington Hospital, is visiting Auckland. Miss Lucy Carr, Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. A." O'Donoghue, Blenheim. Mrs. Nelson C. Pierce, of Eemuera, is staying with her parents in Gisborne. Mr. and Mrs. Roden, of Auckland, are guests of Mrs. Leon Wolfe, Ghristchurch. Mr. and Mrs. H. Robertson, Auckland, are the guests of Mrs. Solomons, Wellington. • Mrs. B. Finlayson, of Auckland, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. Paterson, Dunedin. Miss Mavis Axford left yesterday on a visit to Paihia, as the guest of Mrs. A. B. Roberton. Mrs. McCulloch and Mis. dc la Mare have left for Kawau, ami will be absent from Auckland for a fortnight. Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Thomson are spending the holidays in Masterton, where they are the guests of Mrs. E. B. Skeet ' and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Young, Mrs. G. S. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. D. Manderson, Mr. and Mrs. T. Alhvay, and Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Taylor are Wellington visitors to Auckland. The feminist movement bas reached the American Legion, and Miss Harriet Kurmiu is the first woman commander of a man's legion post in the United States. She is the new commander of the South End Post, and the official "bouncer" is also a woman sergeant-at-arms, Miss G. Lorton. Miss Sylvia Mountain and Miss Henela Mason, both aged 23, acted as crew for their uncle, Sir A. W. Soward. on his 1800-mile voyage to Denmark and Sweden in his 6-ton auxiliary motor ketch, Colleen Dhu. The voyage began in June and has just been completed by a return to England along the Belgian and French coasts. A novel frieze has been receiving acclamations of surprise and admiration at the country house of Lord Sydenham, The Priory, Lamberhurst. This frieze is composed of living ivy, a sprig of which forced its way through the wall, and has been trained and encouraged to surround the room. Good housewives are always wondering, and sometimes inquiring how this is dusted i Advices from France announce the engagement of Miss Audrey Emery, youngest daughter of Mrs. Alfred Anson, of Nov York, to the Grand Duke Dmitri of Russia. Mr. John Emery, brother of Miss Emery, was recently married to Mrs. Irene Gibson Post, niece of Lady Astor. Miss Emery has a fortune of some millions of dollars from her late father, the American leather magnate. Hie Queen is taking a great personal interest in the furnishing of Princess Elizabeth's special rooms at. 145, Piccadilly. Everything modern is the keynote, and the same may be said of the rooms, which will be shortly fitted up at Buckinghahm Palace for the same little royal lady, who goos there when her parents leave for their tour. Prince John was the last royal child to have a nursery at the palace. The male mannequin is the latest example of the general post among professions. He appeared for the first time at a display of fancy dresses Jn a West End store, and was at once the cynosure of all eyes. This is not a vocation that any man can take up at a moment's notice, however, for it demands not only a good figure and a well-bailment walk, but also an ability to show oil' all kirn's of clothes to their best advantage. At picsep* 'his new profession appears to be a part-time occupation for the "chorus boys" of musical comedy. The death occurred at Kaiapoi yesterday morning of Mrs. J. H. Blackwell, 0.8. E., after an illness of several months. She was president of the Kaiapoi' branch of the Plunket Society and an untiring worker among girls' clubs in connection with the Methodist Church. For organising work for the Red Cross during tho war she was decorated with the Order of the British Empire. The late Mrs. Blackwell was the wife of Mr. J. H. Blackwell, ex-president of the Canterbury Progress League and chairman of directors of the Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, Ltd.