THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 18, 26 February 1914, Page 4

THE SOCIAL ROUND

NOTES AND NEWS. r His Excellency the Earl of Liverpool left for Wellington by the ferry steamer last evening, and will return to-morrow morning. jaiss Millicent Jennings's vocal recital, which is due to be held in the Alexandra Hall on Tuesday evening next, will be under the patronage of their Excellencies the Governor and Lady Liverpool. ,The mezzo-soprano will be assisted by Mrs John Guthrie ('cellist), Mr Frank Charlton (baritone), and Miss Lilian Harper will be at the piano. Major Godley'and Mrs Godley left last night by the Maori for Wellington. The Mayor and Mrs Holland left this morning for Dunedm, where Mr Holland •will attend the Methodist Conference. Mrs Hadfield and Mrs C. Earle, the visitors from th«* Wellington Women's Reform League, will be the speakers at a meeting to be held in the Catena Tea Rooms to-night. Amongst the possessions ' of Miss Helen Baines, the national secretary for Y.W.C.A., is one which she specially treasures and almost always wears! This is a gold wristlet watch, which ■was presented to her by her Christchu¥j?h friends on the occasion of her yisit in 1912. It is a very handsome ■ specimen of the jewellers' art, and is appropriately engraved. Dr and Mrs Herbert (Wellington) have booked return passages to New Zealand by the Oram a; meanwhile they intend visiting Edinburgh, Leads, and Liverpool. Dr Herbert has just come iiack from Germany and Austria. He has been taking a post-graduate course at-large hospitals in Vienna and Berlin. Cable news has been received of the . death 'of Miss Gertrude Nathan, youngest daughter of Mr Joseph Nathan, and sister of Mr J. D. Nathan, of Welling- « ton; Miss' Nathan, who had been ailing for some time, was staying with her \ Ibrother, Mr Louis Nathan, in London. , She was born in New Zealand, where Bhe lived, for a number of years. The following .were visitors to Wellington during the week:—Mr and Mrs Featherston, Mrs Carey Hill (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs Calder (Christehureh), Mrs and Miss Cook (Christchurch). Mrs Harrison Lee Cowie, the wellinown tempefranfe worker, leaves Duncdin on Monday for South Australia to r~ take .part in. the no-license campaign there. She returns to the Dominion in •Tune. ' ,v. Mr James Mitchell, managing director • ..of Messrs Beath and Co., Ltd., who is Shortly leaving for a holiday trip toEngland and America, was tendered a fare- > well social on Tuesday night by the memI>ers of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. . Mr Mitchell has for years been a prominent worker in connection with this ehi&xtTf'and has been of material assistance to it in many ways. Mr P. Hercus occupied the chair, and short addresses concerning the indebtedness of the church to .Mr Mitchell were delivered by Rev. J. , Tait, Mr D. C. Burns, Mr G! Burn, Mr W. H. Johnston, Mr J. Tennent, and Mr G. Callender. Mr G. A. Alexander, secretary of the Board'of Management, on behalf of the managers and members of the session, presented Mr Mitchell with a gentleman's dressing case appropriately inscribed,-and in doing so made reference to the esteem and regard in which ■ the recipient is held by all members of the Church, and their appreciation Qf his , valuable services. He concluded by wishing Mr and Mrs Mitchell a happy holiday , and a safe return home. Mr Mitchell made a suitable reply, and the rest of the evening was spent in music and social converse. "1 must go to < the city and do a lot of shopping," said Mrs Spendcash. at the breakfast table. "Will you write mc a cheque, Bob? I shall go to-day if the weather is favourable. What is the forecast?" Mr Spendcash, seated at the other end of the table, consulted , lis paper, and read aloud:—"Rain, hail snow, thunder, lightning, and floods!" The little kindergartners were asked to tell what they saw in the schoolroom that interested them. One tiny miss "who lisped offered the following—and, certainly, no one can find the smallest lack of orthodoxy in it: — "The gold fisth thwimmeth in thf bowl, The robin tliits upon the tree; them thit tho eathsily—- .. "Who stuekth the fur upon their breasths? God! God! —He done it"

there are 1200 members of the Y.W.C.A., some of these being Indian, some Eurasian, and some European. The fact that the Eurasians are citizens of no country forms one of the greatest needs for association work in India.