NOTED FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11106, 12 January 1922, Page 9

NOTED FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

Mrs Walter Nathan gave an afternoon tea at her. home in Hobson street yesterday afternoon as a farewell to her daughter, Miss Sybil Nathan, who . leaves next week for a visit to England. Beautiful flowers decorated all the rooms, and the guests admired the line display in the garden itself, which was a blaze of colour, rivalling anything to be seen in the Botanical Gardens. The spacious rooms were filled with a throng of guests, who all offered the heartiest good wishes to the departing traveller. Miss' Sybil Nathan has been eecqptary to the Wellington Bed Cross since its” inception, and part of her trip will be a visit to Geneva, < where she will be one of New Zealand's* representatives at the Red Cross Conference. She received many congratulations and good wishes from Red Cross workers and others on her venture. Afternoon tea, which was served in the diningroom, where Miss E-thel Nathan and her sisters were in charge. Mrs Nathan received her guests in the drawingroom, wearing a gown of black silk and georgette. Miss Sybil Nathan was in dead rose-coloured crepe de chine. Among the guetsts were Mnp W. F. Massey, whom her friends were glad to 6ee after her long rest, Lady Luke, Mrs T. M. "Wilford, Mrs Joseph, Mrs Joseph Joseph and the Misses Joseph, Mrs H. Nathan, Mrs C. Nathan, Mrs Moorhouse, Miss Coates, Mrs Van Staveren, Mi6S Thurston, the Mieses Williams (Trentham), Mrs A. H. Miles, Mrs Chaplin, etc. Mrs and Miss Putnam (Northland) leave for a visit to Napier to-da'y. Mrs H. Lever is on a visit to Christchurch. Mrs Westmacott, of Christchurch, came to Wellington to meet her mother, Mrs Patrick Campbell, who returned to New Zealand by the Arawa. Mr and Mrs T. Ward (Wellington), who have been the guests of Mr and Mrs Arthur Ledger, m Christchurch, arrive back in Wellington this morning. Dr. and Mrs Duncan Stout have re* turned to Wellington after a visit to Mrs Arthur Pea roe, at Featherston. Mrs R. P. Hudson, of Motueka, -1* staying in Wellington during the Parliamentary session. The engagement is announced of. Miss M. P. (Mollie) Hudson, only daughter of Mr R P. Hudson. M.P., Motueka, to Mr J. P. Gordon Paterson, of Colombo. Mrs M. Nathan and Mrs Nathan, of Melbourne, who have been touring the south, arrived in Wellington yesterday morning. Mr A- E. Shaw and Mrs Shaw, and Mr J. and Mrs Frendoville, of this city, ure visiting Christchurch. Mr and Mrs A Brown, of Wellington, are visiting Sumner, Chrietchuneh. Mr and Mrs J. .McLean, of Greymouth, are visiting Wellington, accompanied by Mrs Gilmour, who is -returning to Scotland. , Mies B. Hall, of Wellington, is visitr ing Cireyhiduth, the 'guestf; .pf Mr and; Mrs X-. McKpight, -Cowper street.. . .; 5 ' » death occurred at/the> Seatoun Convent on Tuesday night of* the BeV. Mother Mary Cecilia/Ben-bow, at the,age off 81 years, who-was one of-,tl»e first nuns to come" to New Zealdnd* was bom in Birmingham, England, and went* to Victoria with her family in 1857 i where she entered the Convent pf ; Mercy, in Melbourne, at the time the only 1 one' in Victoria. In 1873 Sister Cecilia, Bern bow and a companion. sister came to Wellington at the - invitation of the the 'nucleus o£. St»' .Mary'^'Convent and schools. Sister Cecilia was elected Mother Assistant and mistress of novices. Hl 1873 she left for Europe for the purpose of.seeking monetary help and scouring school sisters, in which mission she; was successful, getting the funds needed for St. Mary's and the establishment .of. a community 'on the ' Wpet Coast. For many years Mother Cecilia filled various high offices in the order. She had lived for the past twelve years at the Seatoun Convent, where: she endeared herself •to all with -she came in contact. Requiem Maes will be 'held in the convent dhapeJ. this morning, and the interment will take place at Karori Cemetery. \ St. Barnabas' Church. Femdalton, was beautifully decorated for; the wedding of Miss. Belle Lusk, second daughter of Mrs Lusk, 23, Burnside road, Fendalton, and Mr Arthur Owen, of Christchurch, which was celebrated recently by the Ven Archdeacon Emsor, while appropriate nuptialmusic was played by Miss Black. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr David Lusk. The Sh eat-Parrott .. wedding, which was solemnised at St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth, an the 28th ultc vaa of particular interest in educational circles, inasmuch as the contracting parties, as well as the best man and bridesmaid, were all students at Victoria College, Wellington. The bridegroom,, who is a son of Mr J. Sheet, (of Hawera), obtained his 8.A., and LL.B. degree whilst at that college, and was for two years president of the Victoria College Students' Association. His brother, Mr W. Sheat, 8.A., officiated as best man. The bride, Miss E. M. Parrott, was until recently on the staff of the Stratford High School, and the bridesmaid. Miss L. M. Parrott, is engaged on the teaching staff at Eltham. - Miss K. the young woman Labour leader —she is only twenty-eight years of age—is the most discussed figure in feminist circles at present, for she is to go to Washington to place before the Disarmament Conference the European working women's point of view (says a London correspondent). She will be the only European, woman delegate at the conference. Miss Manicom was appointed by the International Conference of Working Women, which met recently at Geneva. She takes .with her a six-line resolution that voices the opinion of the delegates of the working women of forty-nine European countries. “The resolution urges disarmament," said Mies Manicom, "because war brings misery and suffering to the world, and the aftermath of war is wrecked home® and destroyed lives." Miss Manicom, who de described as fair, with large blue eyes and rosy cheeks, is the woman organiser of the Workers' Union, and achieved prominence . in April, 1920, soon after she had assisted in thp Pearl strike victory, when she addressed a Labour Women's conference at the . Memorial Hall. Her oratory made a deep impression on the 500 delegates, and she'was singled out as a star of the Labour party. "She is i<n dead earnest, but her seriousness does not obliterate her sense of humour or her love of fun."

Mlqa Mabel Baker, who controls tbe social and theatrical pages of *The Sporting and Dramatic Review'' (Au^^ - land), is at present on a brief holiday visit to Wellington, and returns to the northern caipitafli at the end of the week* The latest use to which raffin is being put is making mats for the table when no cloth is used. The et* feet is a great economy in the laundry bill. Fans and Spanish combs to match are made of black or silver lace, tignmy. stretched over a wire frame. Toilet seta in coloured opaque glass or in clear glass with coloured borders and handles are the latest thing in London. The newest have a IJarge glass bowl to serve as a sponge dish. Coffee sets ,ot coloured glass, with trays to match are another novelty. After a summer of elaborately strapped eandal shoes there is a reversion od favour to the plain satin ,or brocade court shoe, with a small brilliant buckle, ailthough this style is not eo comfortable for an evening's dancing as a strapped or ribbon-tied shoe (says a London writer). Heels on both day and evening shoe® are slightly lower, and the young girl in particular should avoid the extremely high heel. The craze for petal trimmings is unabated. though our petals are now of natural size, instead of, as formerly, lengths of chiffon reaching from waist to hem (says a London fashion writer). A pretty cyclamen taffetas evening frock for a young girl shown at one display during the week liad all its petals collected on the sleeves, where they entirely hid the tiny puffs. F l ur petals are the latest and most stupid development of the petal fashion. A moleskin coat was shown which had a deep cape of the fur worked in loose petals. Still another moleskin coat had a deep fringe of moleskin—surely a silly use of ,the material J Mrs (Robert Ajitktem, "Whefnua-hau," Waipawa,- and Mr Moore Maeterton; are in Christchurch to - attend the' wedding of Mr George Aitkem and Miss Nerroli Knight, which will be celebrated at Darfield to-day. Mr Aitken is the guest of the. Masses Aitken, Fen dal ton. • Born in the same year as Queen Victoria, Miss Jane Raby, of Pulteney street, to-day celebrates her 102nd birthday. She still retains all her facilities (says a London paper). She is a 1 cousin of. Lady Methuen, who sends : her on each birthday a cake decorated with miniature candles and flags for every year of her long life. Miss Raby, who is an aunt of Lady Cubitt (wife of Sir Bertram Cubitt, of the War Office) and a sister of the late Admiral Raby, who won the first V.C. in the Crimean War, comes of a long-lived family. Her mo* .ther lived to 87, her sisters were 90 andj 85 respectively when they died, and an aunt only missed her century by a few months. THE SAILORS’ FRIEND SOCIETY. -With, the flags of the Allies,"flowers, mtesie. and recitals the evening. .Arranged by., the Misses Worboys for the seafarer went all . too, scon at the Sailors* Friend Society oh Tuesday. The performers were: -The,.Misses Worboya (2), E.'James, Weston. and. Messrs Crosbie, Fettcs, Worboys. . Martlew,.. Faulkner, Mise D. Wprboye was at the pdhno. "Who gets , it?" was Air Moore's .tem.peranee subject and voluntary . pledgeswere -forthcoming. As usual, the competitions aroused -interest. The prizes came from the hostess and Mr James and went' to the \ Arawa, Tre. mere,, and Waimate.-; ■ ;•