NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12392, 11 March 1926, Page 5

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL ] Miss Joan Perkins left last night for a visit to Dunedin. Mrs W. A. Evans has left for Christchurch to attend the W.C.T.U. Convention. Miss Estelle Beere’s little pupil, Peggie Welch, who is touring New Zealand with “The Parmer’s Wife,” under J. C. Williamson’s management, has met with distinct success in Auckland. Peggie is eight years old. Her mother is accompanying her on tour. Mr and Mrs Cassells and their little son,. of Brooklyn, are visiting Dunedin, and are the guests of Sir John and Lady Rosb. Mr arSl Mrs C. Chilman, of Wellington, who have been spending some weeks in Dunedin and Christchurch, have returned to the north. Mrs Salmon, of Palmerston North, who has been in Wellington while her husband has been attending the Rotary conference in Dunedin, returned home yesterday. ■ .Miss Hilda Chudley, who was with Mrs Gus Jones, Evans street, Timaru, on her return from Dunedin, motored to Christchurch on Saturday. Miss Mary Hardy (Napier), who has been spending a few months with Mrs L. V. Comerford, Leinster road, ‘Christchurch, left on Monday night for Wellington, where she will be the guest of Lady Pomare. Mr and Mrs G. G. Sherwood, Wellington,'are visiting Auckland. Mr and Mrs George Lauchlan and Mr and Mrs M. S. Martin, of Wellington, have left on a motor tour of the North Island, and will visit the Waitomo Caves and Rotorua, returning via Gisborne Mrs Campbell and Miss Willis, of Wellington, are among the visitors in Christchurch. Mr and Mrs and Miss Burton, and Mr and Mrs Newton, of Wellington, are among the North Island visitors staying in Christchurch. Mrs 0. F. Wilson, (j.8.E., widow of the Antractic explorer. Dr. Wilson, has lately arrived from England, and is staying with Lady Kinsey in Christchurch. Mr and Mrs R. Mortan Doughty, of Wellington, are staying in Christchurch. Mrs Ray Brown, of Wellington, arrived in Christchurch on Tuesday. Miss Stuart Forbes, of Lower Hutt, is paying a visit to Kaiapoi as the guest of her sister, Mrs Edgar Stow. Miss Dunlop has returned to Wellington after attending the meeting of the Y.W.C.A. National Field in Dunedin. Mrs Gore Martin, of the Education Department, is visiting the Tauranga district. Mrs Lionel Rhodes returned to Hastings on Saturday after a two months’ stay in Wellington. •‘A child born in 1926 has twelve years’ greater expectation of life than one born 35 years ago,” said professor J. A. Thomson in a lecture at Birmingham University. Mr and Mrs R. M. Douglas, of Wellington, are in Christchurch. Mrs H. J. Lovell-Smith, of Hastings, is visiting Christchurch, and is staying with her mother, Mrs H. Day, St.’ Albans. The engagement is announoed in an exchange of Nurse Edith Forster, of Willis street Hospital, Wellington, and formerly of Eketahuna, daughter of Mr F. L. Forster, of Picton-to Walter Whitaker, only' son of Mrs W. Brown, of Wellington!, The marriage is to take place in June. . Mr and Mrs J. Thornton, of Wellington, are visiting Auckland. Mrs M. T. Phillips, of Stratford, who spent a short time in Wellington as the guest of her brother-'in-law, Colonel Green, of the Salvation Army, has left to. take’ part in .the W.C.T.U. Convention at Christchurch. Mrs Phillips will also attend the Presbyterian Sunday School Conference at Dunedin. Miss Harris, late infant mistress of the Kaiti School, and at present infant mistress of the Wairoa district School, is on exchange with an English teacheff ' and will be leaving to take up her duties in England at the end of this month. • Miss Violet Hedger, 8.D., who, at the age of 25, has been appointed pas r tor of the Baptist Church at Littleover, a suburb of Derby, England, has created a record in that she is the first woman to complete the' regular course at any of the Baptist colleges. .As pastor Miss Hedger will undertake the customary duties in full. Christabel Russell (the Hon. Mrs John Russell of the famous lawsuit) has entered tap ranks of novelists. Her first work, “Afraid of Love,” published by Hurst and Blackett, is reported by critics at Home to show distinct promise. Apart from the crudities common to first novels, the story is interesting and the characters well drawn. The lesson of the story is that, with all her self-reliance and independence, the modern girl at heart is no different from her ancestors. Human nature remains the same throughout the agesMiss Mary Bowie, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Bowie, of St. Clair, Dunedin, was married recently, at the : Presbyterian Church, St. Clair, to Mr J Fletcher, eldest son of Mr and Mrs C. F. Hewitt, of Milton. Interest is attached to the wedding by reason of the fact that the bride’s father was for 17 years headmaster of the Wairoa District High School. The bride wore a white crepe de chene dress trimmed with radium lace, and nlso wore the customary veil and orange blossoms. The bridesmaids were Miss Jean Bowie, sister of the bride, and Miss Dorothy Hall, of Wairoa, Miss Nellie Bowie being a dainty flower girl. Mr Lisle Tregonning, of Oamaru, was best man and Sir Jack Bowie groomsman. The reception was held in the St. Clair Church hall, where Mrs Bowie received the guests. The young couple left soon after for the north on the honeymoon trip.

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Miss Jones, general secretary of the. Palmerston North Y.W.C.A., who has been attending the Y.W.C.A. Convention at Warrington, Otago, as the Manawatu district delegate, returned to Palmerston North on Saturday. The death took place in Napier on Sunday of Mrs Charlotte Adelaide Hindmarsh, widow of the late Mr John Hindmarsh, aftev a long illness. She leaves behind her the following family of four sons and nine daughters:— Messrs J. St. J., H. S., and G..M. Hindmarsh, Napier, and A. F. Hindraarsh, Cape Runaway; Miss M. F. Hindmarsh and Mrs V. Cox, Napier; Mrs G. Broad, Mrs A. Dodds, Wairoa; Mrs A. B. Knight and Mrs C. R. Sclanders, Wellington; Mrs E. Knight, Dannevirke; Mrs A. Heal, Jamaica; Mrs G. Hunt, Rugby, England.

GIRL GUIDE NEWS

On a recent Saturday afternoon, the Wellington East College Company, under their captain, Mrs Robottom, travelled out to the Lower Hutt, and meeting the guides of the Hutt Company, under Mis 3 Sealey, set off in merry mood up the Normanville road. The day was a beautiful one, and Qn arrival at the top, locally known as Maori Bush, the guides lit a fire and billy for much appreciated tea. The bush was searched for treasures, and armfulls of beautiful red-leaved foliage was gathered and native re/1 berries. Suddenly, However, the hot sun vanished, dark clouds massed, down on the hills, and in a very short time rain was falling heavily. The walk down hill was not loitered over, and some very re. pentant guides regretted the absence of the coats they had hidden at the foot of the hills. A soaking, however, does not dampen the spirits of guides, whatever it may do to their clothes, and a tired, damp, but very happy crowd of girls boarded the train for home.

Last week guiders* evening* were field at the residences of Mrs Fry, District Commissioner for Wellington South, and Mrs Holland, District Commissioner for Wellington North, to explain matters which had been discussed at the Commissioners* Council at the end of February. The first Wellington Rangers* Company w.ere given a mock council meeting by Mr Len. McKenzie, last Monday. This proved v a most interesting experience for the girls, Mr .McKenzie took the chair as Mayor, and explained the necessary procedure. Each patrol leader had one motion to bring forward, among them being the following:—(1) Should gas rings be placed in public garden* for the com venience of picnickers: (2) suggested that dustbins be emptied twice weekly; (3) owners of hedges should be obliged to remove hedge clippings; (4) how to deal with the summer fly nuisance in shops. All these questions w©re properly discussed, for and against, and afterwards open questions were asked by the girls, and answered by Mr McKenzie. Afterward a heaTtv vote of thanks was passed to the “Mayor” for his kindness in giving up his time, and for a ipost instructive and interesting evening. The matron of the Public Hospital has consented to allow the first Wellington Rangers to attend the children’s ward every Saturday and Sunday, to play with and amuse the little sick ones. Children under fourteen# are not, of course, allowed this privilege, but Rangers are all over sixteen years. Mrs A. Duncan, Hobson street, who held the positon of Provincial Commissioner for Wellington last year, has generously donated a cup for ming competition, among Wellington Guides.

A BIG WELLINGTON FURNITURE MAN BECOMES A PUZZLE TO THE TRADE. It often happens in a large provincial district that one merchant stands out among his fellows in his own particular line of business as a man who does things. So much so that even his keenest competitors have to stand outside the ring and take a long breath while they look on, and wonder however the man gets there. Of course, it’s all in the know how-, and it isn’t likely that Kenner, Wellington’s big house furnishing man, is going to broadcast how he manages to furnish houses so cheaply, and at the same time sell an article that is solid in construction, chaste in design, dependable in wear, and low in price. Suffice, it to say that he has learned the art, which is proven by the fact that he supplies to Wellington and the surrounding districts probably ns much furniture as all the other furnishing houses combined. Of course, he has two big warehouses, one in Lower Cuba street, and the other in Mannera street, and both of these shops are stocked from floor to ceiling with every conceivable article of furniture required in the modern home. These two shops have become the ’ happy hunting ground for the big majority of Wellington’s young brides, and if you ask them where they furnished, the invariable answer is, “At Kennfer’s.” By the way, you can get the easiest of terms at Kenner’s, and if you wish to furnish a three-roomed house he will do the whole thing for you handsomely for £52 18s 6d on the smallest of all possible deposits, and the easiest of all possible weekly pay-ments.—-Advt.