SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9870, 16 January 1918, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr and Mrs W. Lawson have left on a visit to Mt. Cook. Miss ColUnson. of Sydney .University, and Miss Scott Shaw, who are touring Now Zealand,, have returned from Rotorua and left for the South Island. Mrs and the Misses Wanchop (Christchurch) are ■ paying a visit to Wellington.

Miss N. Waring, who has been staying with Mrs Miles. Christchurch, has returned to- Wellington.

Mrs Mitchell, wife of My E. E. Mitchell, K.C., of Melbourne, has been appointed by the Red Cross Society as assistant commissioner controlling women s work in London, says a Sydney paper. Mrs Mitchell is .well-known in Sydney, and before leaving for London was closely identified with Bed Cross and other activities .in Mnlboumo,

• Details have reached Christchurch of the wedding", on November 16th, at Meerut, India, of Miss Mupicent Hanmer, youngest daughter of ■Mr Geo. Hanpier, ChristcfiOTch, and Mr Vincent Lee Dean, assistant-superintendent of the NorthWestern Railway. The bride, who was given away by her uncle. Mr A- if. Los, was gowned in white, with the usual wedding veil and wreath of orange blossoms, a . little bridesmaid. Miss Margaret Sherlock, accompanying her. After tno wedding a reception was held at the residence of the- bride’s uncle. Mr Dean and his bride afterwards leaving iop their honeymoon trip to Kashmir. There will ho no meeting of the Sydney street Soldiers’ Club Committee tins month.

Professor -and Mrs Angus, of Sydney-, are visiting New Zealand.

There are fortunes in many things, but it has remained for. an lady to discover that there’ls a fortune in stocking tops. She has appealed W ti« women's committee of the United States Council of National Defence to find out all possible ways of using up stocJCfig tops. - She declares that .£200.000 worth ot'atcckmjr material is wasted annually IRASmerio'a through stocking, top? being either thrown away Qr used tor purposes for which it is waste to use material now so precious. Mr and Mrs Alistev Clarke, of, Melbourne, who are regular summer visitors to New Zealand, are this year visiting Tasmania instead. The Australian Red Cross, which has a commissioner in Fiance, has dono. nne work for the soldiers there. In a letter to the headquarters an. officer expresses thanks for the help given tha Sommo battle, yhen the men r v id from the trenches after weeks of acute misery in winter warfare. ine Red Cross supplied blankets by the hundred. socks and sets of warm clothing for men. whose clothes wore sodden TV'it.n ■water..: Baths and ...hot water-heaters were supplied men who for days had been’- unable, to -remove . .their clothing; fuel stoves and oil stoves for. warming food for men Waiting for wounds to be dressed, and these nriratts-Stoves often supplied the only ttame possible to use in advanced dug-outs, Again, after Xpres. when the men,,had gone back to one of the ambulance rest- stations, not suffering from illness enough "to be sent to the base, but shaken from rhe incessant battling in misery and mud the Australian Red Orpss supplied during this week of recovery, bedsteads, mattresses, - hotwater bottles, gowns, books., .and ■ other com forts and dain ties'to ‘. these '•warfwbru men. ’ '■ ■ ■

We are coming’ very near to compulsory rationing in London (says an Englishwoman). Each day housekeepers expect to see the dread announcement that w»"are all *'dß'’rations,’’ with the .endless inconvenience which rationing ” will entail. -.Even:to-day the.shopkeeper has introduced a modified system -of rationing. Instead of the old week-end purchases, suburban housewives are submitting their orders oni Monday and Tuesday, to be executed when the shopkeeper knows how much ho will have for his customers. If a pound of tea ia ordered two ounces may he sent. Butter is also ’’allowanced. Practically every staple article of food has its official maximum price. The charge for a ilb loaf is 9d, a quartern of flour is BJd. The retail price of butter is from 2s 3d to 2s 5d a pound, about twice as much as before the war. Butter, beans, jam, cheese, chocolate are other goods which have their maximum price, , It is all very novel and very , confusing. But, It is’better'than standing in queues for hours qutside a butcher's, a baker's, or grocer’s, and becoming the slave of the shopkeeper. Lady Rlpon, who has just died, was one of the, most remarkable personalities in the English, aristocracy. Disraeli spoke of her as the only woman he Knew capable of running a “political salon;"-"As fi fact" Lady Ripon preferred to associate ivith’ artists, pfio and Lady Salisbury were the only women invited by Lord Kitchener to Broome Park during the war. Since August, 1911, Lady Ripon has worked daily at King George’s Hospital, and showed a splendid teal in nursing, as was natural in the daughter of Sidney Herbert, the friend of (Florence Nightingale. Probably she at-: tempted too much. At any rate, the effort waa so great that Lady Ripon broke dawn after eighteen months. During ' the last illness Queen Alexandra ■went to see her friend almost ©very day. Few English women were more, loved, and none will bo more missed in the social world.-

In order to cope with the ever-rising prices of food a number of municipal kitchens have been opened in. London and the suburbs.' Queen Mary and her daughter visited one in Hammersmith recently and officiated as saleswomen, says an English correspondent. In forty minutes the Queen sold 500 meat pics; Princess Mary cut up thirty long jam -rolls. Customers were of all classes, but a top-hatted man ox prosperous appearance puzzled the Queen greatly. He asked for a veal and ham pie, ana produced no plate and no paper. “Where are you going to put it if’ asked the Queen. “In my hat. Your Majesty,” was the answer. And sure enough that was where the pie went. The Queen is perhaps still meditating whether her customer was a relic-hunter or a needy member of the upper classes suffering from war losses. In Hammersmith there is a central kitchen which supflies fbod to nine branch establishments y means of motor-cars; 40,000 dinners a day can be served. Here is a typical dey’E menu: —Celery soup. Id; steak and kidney pie, 3d; fish cakes, 2d; haricot beans, la; jam roll. Id.

A guarantee is of value if it is sound. Mias Milaom positively guarantees to cure all coses of dandruff—that distressing but all too common scalp trouble—men, women and children alike. Dandruff is the forerunner of all decay of the hair, especially falling hair ' and greyness. ■ The irritation attending it is unbearable at times. "Just try the new scientific treatment ■ for the extermination bf the germ. Preparations to suit every case at small cost, applied but a few minutes daily. Call or write for full explanation. Miss Milebm. 94, Willis street, opposite Shortt’s Pictures. ’Phono 314. ’ •

If you pride yourself on having soft white hands, keep a pot of Svdal in the house. A little of this soothing emollient applied to hands, face or neck when reddened or roughened by sun or wind will quickly restore their whiteness and softness to the akin. 2s a jar, at all chemists and stores.*

Mrs Strong, who is returning to China after a lengthy visit to Auckland, t and in Wellington on Saturday. Her taster, Miss Blick, will accomipany, her a? far as Sydney.

A conference of Victoria League delegate frpjn the various centres in tho Dominion, is to be held shortly in Christchurch, says the "Press. Miss E. Poari Wright, of Wellington, is spending a holiday in Christchurch, and is staying at Jesmona Dene, St. Martins.

Miss Siella Power, a native of .Melbourne, who has had an enthusiastic reception in the United States, is a protege of Madame Melba, who predicts a great future for her. Prior to leaving Australia with Melba last year, for a tour which was to include America, Stella Power was acknowledge® by musical critics to be a gifted and cultured soprano 'vocalist, ; ■

Major and Mrs Unwin ■ have gone to Christchurch.

The names of Miss Violet Bell, youngest daughter of Sir Prauois and Lady Bell, and Miss Agnes Pearce, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Pearce, of Wellington, have been, cabled out as members of the Older qf Empire, says an exchange. Both these Wellington girls have been, doing war work in England for some time past.

A resident of Ponsonby, Auckland, for the last forty years, .Mrs Anne Bettony, died last week in her eightysecond year. Deceased wap horn in Manchester, and came to New Zealand with her husband, Mr A. Bettany, in the ship Shalimar, in 1862. The husband, who was a veteran, of the ..Indian Mutiny, also saw service during the Maori War. His death occurred about twenty years ago. ■ Mrs Bettany is survived by tpvo sons, one daughter, seven and two grout-grand" children; One grandchild. Gunner Arthur Bettany, is now at the ’ front. The death occurred at Wanganui last week of Miss Catherine Cathro. Deceased, who was sixty-seven, years of age, was well known and highly respected. She took an active part ill the harmonic and choral societies’ of Wanganui*

Hiss Mclntosh, of Ballarat (Victoria), is on a visit to New, Zealand, and is at § resent staying with her sister, Mrs tackenzie, at Rangiora,

A decoration {hat is largely, although, not entirely, oopflned to nurses. Or those interested is nursing,, is the Order of St) John. This , decoration takes the form of a’ small Maltese cross enamelled white, and bearing the words “For Service in the Cause of Humanity.” The Chapter of the Order also awards circular medallions in silver and bronze to nurses who have specially distinguished themselves.

The death occurred at Auckland on Monday-of Mrs Wilson, mother of Lieutenant E. R. Wilson of Masterton, who ■was killed in action l in (the early stages of the Gallipoli, struggle.- .* The death has occurred at Groytown of Mrs If. Trotman, ah old resident, at the age of 5a years. ■ The Melbourne “Argus” published an interview with. Miss Vera Pearce, the as a rabbit in a J,- C. WRliajnSPn pantopantomime, “Diok Whittington.-’’ 1 Mias Pearce made her ' first stage appearance as a rabbit in a J. H. Willimson.- pntomitme years ago, : and evolution through years of training' to the proVd position of principal boy was ■ accomplished only by hard work, training, and amDition. “I must confess that now I have got go far I have still other amUnions," said Mias- Pearce to-tha;-in tcryiewer. "I would love to do some dm'matto work- I have done-a little'for the moving pictures,- and perhaps tho opportunity will come sonm day tor dtamatic work dn the stage. I’m studying for it all tho time, and continually add* ing to roy other studies, besides keeping •no the old. ones. Itls the otfly way. Sue, cess and laziness can never go tgoether.” Mrs Russell (wife of the Hon. S. W. Bussell, Minister for Internal Affairs) has been paying a visit to Auckland. and: ia now staying at Rotorua. Mr and Mrs J. B. Brinsden and their daughters are staying at the Grand Hotel. Auckland.

Mr s Sant entertained the members: of the Wives* Club of the Women’s National Reserve on Friday-afternoon- A pleasant and enjoyable time was spent. The holiday air still seems to pervada*aU gatherings and the general fooling of tho members at present is to have the gather, ings of tmito a social character and not to begin' the actual "work HU the children go back to school: so the members tote it in turn in providing amusement and find plenty of.material among themselves. Oh Fri 3 ay reel tat ions. - songs, etc., etc., were contributed by the fol-lowing-.—Mesdaones Gray and Wilkins, the Misses Sullivan, Burgess, Pyke, MadDock Elm, Molly Grey, Terence, and Allan. ’ •

Miss Maud Telfer, who has been associated with Mr Oscar Asohe and Miss LUy Brayton since the opening in London of Mr Asohe’s wonderfully successful produntdon.’ “Chu'CMn Chow.’’ recently organised a concert for returned soldiers at the Y-M-C.A. in London. She woe assisted by a number of the “Chu Chin Chow” company. Miss Telfer has done a large amount of work at the various convalescent hospitals, at the Ahzac Buffet, and at other .places where tilo. men in khaki congregate. She is known ,as the Australian soprano, and spends ah her spare time in singing for the wounded.