NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10685, 3 September 1920, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND-PERSONAL,

lire C J. Parr and her daughter have gone south for a visit. Mrs 0. A. Jefiery has also gone to Christchurch. Miss Edwin, of Wellington, and Miss Chaytor, of Marlborough, are visiting Auckland. Mr and Mrs Harry Clark, of Auckland, are in Wellington, en route for England. A pretty wedding took place at Knox Church. Masterton. on Wednesday morn? ing, the contracting parties being Miss Mabel Darlington, of Masterton, and Mr JJorman Cobmber, also of Masterton. lhe Rev. G. T. Brown, M.A., officiated, and a reception was afterwards held at the Burlington' Tea Rooms." The bride was given away by Mr L. Walker, Miss Rosa Hill acting 'as bridesmaid, and" Mr Yv. K. Lauehlaiid as best man. The Jaappy couple left by "the mail train for Napier, where tho honeymoon will be spent. Cable news has been received from Mombasa of the marriage on July Srd of Lieutenant C. G. de Courcy Drury, M.C., K.A;B., eldest eon of Mr El. de C. Drury (Christchurch), and grandson of the late' General. Drury, Plymouth, to Grace.' Kathleen, elder daughter of trie Rev. F. B. Gmelin, vicar of Woolavington, BridgwateT. Lieutenant Drury was formerly Runner 2/370 in the N.Z.F.A.., but he was discharged in April, 1917, for an Imperial commission, and was posted to the 3rd Royal Scots Fusiliers. The death occurred of Mrs Mary Ann Mead, of Hastings, at the Napier Hospital on 'August 24th, at the age. of 08 years. The late Mrs Mead was well known in Wellington and Bketahunn, and was highly esteemed;,, by all with whom she came in' contact. She leave* a husband (Mr John James Mead, of Hastand adau'ghter.XMrs E. E. French,, of Hastings). ' Tho funeral took place on Friday'afternoon, when her remains were laid. to rest in the Hastings cemetery.

: Many people will be interested to hoar of the of two of Wellington s most popular entertainers,, the marriage of Mr Albert Edward Russell, son ot Mr and' Mrs F. Russell, of Napier, and Mrs Maud Buckeridge, daughter of Mrs Isabel" Hansen. :of. Nelson, having taken at Hat'aitai, when tho Rev. R. H. Catherwood officiated: -Mr- and Mrs Ruseell are artists of a high' order, and havo been.particularly generous in their help at" all patriotic efforts during and since the war. There are many who vill wish them happiness and prosperity in their married life. .

Mrs A. B. Luttrell, of Christchurch, who has been in Europe since April on a visit to her daughter, Mrs H. E. pie, is at present in France, and will raturn to England in' August She intends to leave for New, Zealand in September; states thVßiitish-Australasian," of "July Bth. ' -,-...-.■ A very pretty wadding toot place; recently, at St. Peter's Church, Wellington, when Miss Mary Ann Wood.fourth. daughter of Mrs and the late W, W. Wood, Fairlic, -was married to Mr George Thomas Limb, formerly of Christchurch. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr Watson. The bride was attired' in a pretty dress of white crepe de chine trimmed with filet lace and pearls. Shewore a becoming white bat to match"/ and carried a Bhower bouquet.' She ifas attended -bf two Wood (sister of the ■". bride), .; and ■ Miss Amy Pryde, of Lower Hutt. Miss Pesjtfy Eileen Claxton made a charming flowergirl. The bridegroom. was attended by Mr John Burrell. cf Christchurch. After the ceremony a reception, was held at tho residence of the bridegroom's sister, Mrs Claxton.

A pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Matthew's Church. Masterton, when. Miss Ruth Burling, daughter of Mr and Mrs Burling, of South road, Masterton, was married to Mr F. .Cross,; son of Mrs Cross," of '"Homebugh, . Masterton. The bride was given away: by her father. Miss Ruby Burling was hridftsmaid. Mr H! Keadifen, of Wellington, . was best man, and the Rev. John Walker was the officiating clergyman. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the bride's -parents. Lord and Lady Islington's only child, the Hon. Joan Poynder, made her inairea speech—and a very good one—(recently at her . parents' house, 20, Portman Square, London, where, at tho invitation of Lord and Lady Islington, the State Children's Association,'" held, its annual meeting.' Miss Joan Poynder. who is only 33, has for a long time taken an interest in children, and she at one time nursed at the Alexandra Hospital for Children. During stho .war she nursed at the-hospital for officers which Lady Islington opened at her house in Chesterfield Gardens, and later she was nursing at Rouen. She showed her lovo for children by a'doptinsr the war baby of the rather large family of a soldier killed in Francs, takinjr .the child to her cottage in Kent and providing a nurse for it. Handsome and , popular, Miss Poynder has,.on various occasions, acted as bridesmaid" to girl friends. Tho marriage took place at Haslemere. Surrey, in May, of Sir Mark Gldroyd. founder of the great Dewsbury woollen firm, to Miss A. J. Pattison, of Gainsborough. Sir Mark was 77 on May 80th. Hift brido is 73.

• The annual dance of the Customs and Marino Department was held last night in St. Peter's Hall,- Ghuznce street. This is one of the few annual functions that was able to carry on all the war time, and the function has always been a particularly .pleaeant one; tho staff of each deipartmont taking the greatest interest in making it eo, and that held last night was no exception. The hall was prettily decorated, flags being much used, and garlands of greenery festooning walls and ceiling. The supper tables in the adjoining room were gay with spring flowers. The platform • was decorated and furnished comfortably for the chaperons, who were Mrs W. B. Montgomery. Mrs G. Craig, Mrs R. Duncan, Mrs B. W. Mullier. and Mrs J. J. Furlong. Mr Montgomery and several of the heada of the department were present." The committee responsible for the arrangements were Misses Johnson, Stubb, Dalziell. and Wallace, Messrs Lawrence, Ginger, Furlong, Stokes. McNaughton, Stevens. and Cotterill, the last being the hon. secretary;

■ A very pleasant evening was epont at the Masonic Hall. Seatoun, when a number of those interested in the movement for helping homeless boys bf the Church of England gave an entertainment. Dancing and euchre were indulged in. Mrs S. Kennedy kindly provided the music for the dances.

CHURCH BAZAABS.

AT ST. THOMAS'S,

A bazaar was held in St. Ibomas S. . Hall, Newtown, yesterdav . afternoon :. in aid of the Young Men's Institute. The Mayoress performed the opening ceremony, tho Mayor being unable to attend' owing to his Parliamentary duties. The Rev. W. Fancourt. in introduciiiß Mrs Luke, explained the object ot the sale, which was to raise money to start a club room for the -foung men of the church, who at present are drifting awav to other pastimes. An anonymous donor had given .815, and •bv the sale and other things they hoped to raise mora money for the purpose.. Mrs Luke, jvho was/presented; with a pretty bouquet, congratulated St. Thomas's on the. ■practical" work, it was doing to keop the young men in ■ the cbAu-ch. The Rev. Mr Rich proposed a vote of thanks to Mrs Luke tor attending, which was seconded by Mr Salmon, and carried with acclamation. The stall-holders at the, sale were:— Plain stall, Mesdames Wood, Webb and, Kilfy; tpv stall and treasure, hunt, Mendames French and Tinney; flowers. Mrs Croll and the Misses Startup, Butler, and Young; surprise packets..,: Mrs and the Misses Rollins."-and Mrs ColUhs; art and fancy stall, Miss- Allen, -Miss Foss, Mrs Hargreave; ironmongery, Mrs Cooper, Misses Harnier and Cooper; produce, Mesdames Lawrence, Tindall, Owen. Bradshaw, and Miss Lawrence; sweets. Misses Christio and Baker. Mrs Fancourt, wife of the vicar, was unable to be present owing to sickness. The sale was continued in the. evening and will be open again to-day. ST. JOHN'S. ... M A salo of'work-in aid of the ChurchMissions was-held.in St. John's-"school-room, Diion .street, yesterday'.afternoon..In the, absence of 'the Hon.: J. G* W. Aitken, who was. to have opened the sale, the. Rev. -Mr Burridge performed that ceremony, and spoke of the work of the missions. More money, was needed nowadays because of the; low rate of exchange! The stalls were all "well stocked and good business* was d6ne. -.• The stall-holders were:—Produce, Mrs Halley, Mrs Fraser and Miss Sinclair; cakes, Mrs Dalziell and Miss Steel; sewing." Mesdames Allen. Burridge, Forsyth, and Wilson; tearoom, Mrs Creswell, Miss Westrupp,—Hr6—Moyes; flow-, ersj Mrs McLean.;,... ~',..;..■.> ..... RETURNED SOLDIERS' BALL. MEETING OF COMMITTEE. A meeting of the committee for. the returned soldiers' ball/ was held in, the clubhouse) yesterday Mr Wilson presided over a fair attendanceThe secretary reported that-, arrangements were" well advanced! ■ A letter had been ..'received from Lady Stout promising.'plants* and.flowers!"frbm. Go.w ernment House; as :! well : as her'owh :garr" den. A letter .was received''from "the private secretarV tb**Sir 'Robert-' Stout saying that the Administrator and' Lady Stout would be pleased to accept' the 'committee's invitation to be present, also that they approved of the- - suggestion that there ; should be no official set. The ■Mayor: and Mayoress have also accepted :an invitation to be. present...... Arrangements have been made to have soup added id! the- menu and a' new system will be ."introduced, tha.supper.be'ing distributed from the centre., of the' opneert! chamber instead of from , the, platform:. The. .^programme,' .co'mm'jtte*' dances,"which.was approved.. The Pipe Band. has been engaged to: plav for a Highland. Schottische. A vote'of thanks was passed to the ladies who attended," and sent out the invitations. - The secretary reported,. that only 500 pencils were obtainable. It" was decided to use! these for the ladies* programmes • and that gentlemen be asked to bring their own. .:■..-■ It was decided to. hold a further" meet-' incr next Thursday at the same time,, and that a committee 'be... set ..up- then for decorating the supper tables: . THE CROQUE'TSe'a'sON. KELB"T/RN LADIES' CLUB. DEPUTATION TO RESERVES COMMITTEE. * A deputation of four ladies from - the Kelburn Ladies' Croquet Cluib waited on the city • reserves committee this week, in order to make certain requests to the . council in the interests .of the club members. Mrs Middieton, who-"- acted •osTspokes--.woman, first of all read a'resolution.'"of sympathy passed by the club's committee in tho death of Councillor George Frost, the late chairman of the reserves committee. In answer to Mrs Middleton's first question, the director of reserves, Mr J. G. MacKenzie, stated that the new lawns that -were in course of preparation would not be fit for use till Christmas time. The old lawns would be available, but h© could not say whether the club would be allowed four greens. Upon being asked - what--the - rental would bo, the inowly-appointed chairman of the .committeo, Councillor J. Thompson, said that that ■would have to bo considered by the committee. It was agreed that three lawns should bo prepared for the opening of the son on October 13th. .>...-. ■•'.■■■"

Mrs Middieton asked - whether in iho event of a Dominion tournament being arranged for January next- the basket ball ground could be used," so thafj in all nine greens would, ho, made available. The present-pavilion, : .she = also pointed out, was.; altogether inadequate for the purposes' of the olub.. In addition to the present membership—it had been restricted to 40 last season-"there wore applications from 26 new members already.

Councillor' Thomson assured the deputation' that tho committee would go thoroughly into tho matters represented. The committee was sympathetic with tho club in the pavilion difficulty, j»nd would do all it coirid to assist'the club.