SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12548, 10 September 1926, Page 5

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr and Mrs 6. S. Watkins and Miss Bunny, of Lower Hutt, are visiting Wanganui. ’’ Mr and Mrs W- Jones, of Wellington, are visiting' Auckland. Mr and Mrs' J. Findlay and Mr and Mrs JorgenSeri, of Wellington, are visitors .to Wanganui. Miss Elsie Morrah, Cranmer square, Christchurch, ; is ‘spending’ a short'holiday in Wellington. , Miss Carol‘ Baldwin has. gone to Christchurch from Wellington, and will spend adioliday with Mr and Mrs J. Baldwin-, iPapanui road.’ The committee of the Levin Memorial Home has issued invitations.for the annual gift tea to.be lield on September 16th. - Miss Eileqn Wilson,- of. Christchurch, is spending a holiday, with - relatives in Wellington. ','■;! . Mr and Mrs ■ Gerrard, of Wellington, arrived in .Christchurch on Wednesday. . ... Mrs G. B.jvßullqck, Wellington,' who was with Mrs.iA. >W.’ Wright, Secheron, Wai-iti road, is now. the guest of Mrs R. H. Rhodes, Carne, ,‘Sealey rtreet, Tim-iru. Mrs S. L. •B’rceman, Palmerston North, who has i been staying in Wellington for a brief holiday, motored bacik on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Berryman, of Wellington, are staying in Christchurch. .Miss G. Button, of Wellington, is staying in Christchurch.. , Mrs S. E. “Lewis, of Karori,. Wellington, and:! her two. daughters are at present on a visit to Marton, where * they !iare the guests, of Mrs J. J. McDonald.. The many visitors to Honolulu from the Dominion who have .met Judge and Mrs Stanley there will he interested to hear that Mrs Stanley and Miss Dan ford are expected to arrive in Auckland by the Aorangi next week. Mrs Stanley ’ and Miss Danford will visit their sister, Mrs-V. -H. Kitcat. Northfieldj Marion. Miss Gertrude F.: Cooke, , of' Wellington, while in .London hopes to visit the headquarters of the International Federation of ■ University Women, of which she is a member-in New-Zea-land. She intends leaving France on September 18th,-:for Canada,,,where silo wifi spend several weeks en route for New Zealand. liady-Allen is. staying on, at her flat in Hans Crescent after Sir Jamv> leaves next month for. New ‘ Zealand (writes a London correspondent .on July 22nd). Miss Rons Allen is staying with some’Sussex friends, who .are carrying out/a. gardening/and ‘.natural study scheme. Miss 'Allen,- who has for the greater part of her stay been studying alld teachitig infants on tile modern lilies, Montessorian and other, is remaining on'at her work ,in England. . ‘ ' A brass tablet, in memory of the late Mis?.F.il£: Payne. is being erected. iii St. '-Mark’s Church, by nurses who trained under Her. during the time- she waS matron of Wellington Hospital. The ; unveiling rf - the tablet will take-place - at- a, special' service; The date will be announced later. Miss Joyce Beeby, 8.A., has 'been appointed associate - to • her- father (Judge Beeby) in the Federal Arbitration Court. “I ’ am simply doing the work of an associate‘because it interests me,” she said to an interviewer, “and it is a wonderful opportunity for gaining experience. Other, -legal subjects do. not iriterest/me at all.” Miss Beeby wears the traditional /dress for associates in court, but dispenses with the white bib that £ the men wear.

A quiet wedding took place , this week at the residence of Mr. and Mrs F. _W. Martin, Church street, Masterton.' The contracting parties ' were - Miss K. J. Held, sister of 'Mrs F. W. Martin, and Mr A. M. Irvine, of Manrigaroa, Bay of Plenty, eldest son of Mr . and' Mrs A. Irvine, of Feilding. The Rev. G. S. King, of LansdowUe, offioiafed iin the presence of near relatives; of both bride and bridegroom. ■ Amongst those present were Mr and .Mrs A. Irvine (father and mother ,of the 'hridegrboin); Mrs Norman Mitchell, of -HainiltoDj Mrs P. R. Fnlton, of and Sister Grace Reid sisters of the .bride); and the Misses Leslie and Betty Irvine (sisters of the bridegroom). The' bride wore a save blue marocain frock with hat to match. sShe was-attended by her niece,/Miss Lois Fnlton, as bridesmaid, and Mrs. J. Drummond, of Napier, as matron of honbnr./All'carried suitable bouquets. Mr -Ken Irvine, brother of the bridegroom,.was best man, and Mr F. W. Martin, gave the bride away. After. the ceremony, -Mr and /Mrs Irvine left by motor for the south. Modern gculpture-^if^He-term sculpture can be applied to Mme. Oaterina Barjanska’s-dainty, little ‘portraits arid figure studies/and;dressed' “dolls”, .. atthe Brook street, • Wy. Art Galleries, London —has-produced few things as. fascinating and'- as these minute works, whieh bear the same relation to mdriuiriehtai-sculpture as an ivory 'miniatufetdbes-.to 1 a.Tife-sise portrait in oils, says a writer in an exchange. The ideal of ‘a’miniature is that, seen through a strong-magnifier, it should have ; the firm construction and breadth 'pf.-a . painting on a large scale. And the.’Polish 'artist’s modelled miniatures in'vvrix,:iii the /same way, are like large works’of/sculpture reduced to tiny proportions. In . spite' of their miniaturedike' scaled they,' are, truly sculpturesque ‘ conceptions,,. amazingfy life-like; and’searchlng as studies or character. ,

Miss Margaret -McMillan, 'a •. leading kindergarten wrirkor in England, recently founded' a‘ school for tile poorchildren at Deptford, London,: at which the commencement age is two years. She defends -this! early beginning with the contention-.that the:first few years of childhood are .wasted under most educational systems -of to-day! Her efforts aer being-watched with interest by educational authorities in many parts of the world! arid the Department of Public Instruction in London has been so impressed- that if now gives her a little monetary assistance.

Mrs J.. Gore-Newell, delegate from the Christchurclj branch of the Association, left on Wednesday for Wellington to attend a meeting of the National Board of Directors for New Zealand of the Y.W.C.A. Miss Irene Manton, who has taken a double first-class for botany in part two of the Natural Science Tripos at Cambridge is stated to be the first woman for -20 years who has secured this distinction. Although there were other candidates, both men arid Women, who were considered brilliant, they were not successful.in gaining, a double first. Miss-I. Manton took the examination in her third year instead of . the usual fourth_year, having been placed in the first division ■ last year for - part one of the Natural ’ .Science Tripos. Followon her; success this year she has been awarded the Ethel Sargant Studentship. - ' Vet another group of doctors in Gertijauy has been, founded, now : that per‘mission has’been granted, by the Prussian Government to Berlin’s Conimercial High -School to examine and, pass students in the theories of business and business training. They will after three years’ training then be able to add the title “Dr. OEc,” to their Dairies. As the by no means easy matriculation is necessary for this training, it is unlikely that the rank and file of ! office-workers will be able to profit by it. For! rich men’s sons who were forced. to. follow in their fathbr’s footsteps the new regulation is a boon. Doctors of all' degrees belong to a certain social class;' the wealthiest of young men is unhappy if he. cannot put this title before ,his name. He can now salve his vanity; gaining the. necessary insight into the parental firm all the timo.

The only adopted Liberal woman can; didate in England at the-present time is . Lady Rathcreedan, who, at the next election, will contest South Oxfordshire, the division in ."whichshe lives. A decided Feminist, J.adv Rathcreedan holds- strongly ; individualistic/ opinions. While she admires clever women, she has' no admiration, for. those who want to he , cleVer men.. The, superiority, of men in the past she attributes largely to tlieir dress- which, unlike that 61 women, did nifc exhaust them by their having to carry-about a weight of superfluous clothing all day,/. For this reason she, welcomes , the . present style of dress as being .eminently hygienic, y et‘ . comfortable. and /decidedly decorative as all women’s dress should be.-

Lady Cecil.- will reach Auckland ;on Sunday morning ■by the Aorangi and will ‘be accompanied by. her daughter Margaret (says-the ’“Star”). The Victoria/League, in .which Laoy Cecil ,n, keenly interested, has received letters from London -asking' them to meet the distinguished; guest and welcome;her to New. Zealand.; Lady Cecil isone of the workers’ who ate interested in the migration within the. Empire schemes, and it is ‘in this connection that she is anxious to meet the members of the league’ and; hear what‘ they .have done in welcoming' and helping’ overseas emigrants. , Miss' Mowbray (Auckland) is making ‘arrangements -which will fit in with Lady ‘Cecil’s movements, so that members of/the league can do afforded the pleasure of meeting.her.