THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 78, 8 May 1914, Page 4

THE SOCIAL ROUND

£ NOTES AND NEWS.

Miss Elsie Cooper 'is leaving by the Maunganui on Thursday for Sydney, where she will spend the winter. Mrs Haslam, president of the Christehoreh branch of the Keform is -.visiting Wellington, and attended the meeting of the Dominion Executive of the League, which was held yesterday. Miss Mabel Ensor is in town, staying .at Warwick House. The Misses Clifford (2) were passengers for the north last night. Mrs J. L. Scott left by the Victoria last night for Gisborne. Miss Christie, of the Theosophieal Society, arrived in Christehurch from Wel- "" lington this morning. Lady Stewart left Christehurch for .Wellington last evening. Mr and Mrs T. L. M'Gregor were Amongst the arrivals in Christehurch yesterday from the north.

Mr J. J. Kinsey and Mrs Kinsey, accompanied by Mrs Moore, left Wellington on Thursday by the Eemuera for London. Dr and Mrs Morkane, Mr and Mrs Alfred Bunz, and Mrs E. O. Dunwan were passengers by the same boat. Nurse Duncan, of the Grey River Hospital, is spending holiday leave in Christehurch.

Mrß Logan, wife of Colonel Logan, officer commanding the Auckland Military District, has been presented by the staff officers of the Auckland Garrison -with, a solid silver cake-dish in com.memoration of her rfecent marriage to ' Colon elLogan.

; Mr and Mrs J. C. Macky, of Devon-- ' port, have returned to s New Zealand sifter an absence of 16 months, during which time they have been touring the ' Continent and" the British Isles. Mrs John Kennedy, of Tainui Street, Greymouth, left early this week for a holiday trip to be spent in ,Christchurch and Palmerston North. One of the notorious Pankhurst family is at present in Melbourne, and is ;te lecture there presently, under the ehaperonage of Vida Goldstein. The * 1 Bulletin''. says, that - 'the young lecturer on forcible feeding, or whatever it is she intends to discourse about, looks ms meek and unimpressive -as a weary nursemaid; but there may be some fire And eloquence inside her." There evidently is.

Mrs Bing, of the teaching staff of the Girls' High School, went north last '.night for the Winter vacation. Miss Rutherford! (Leslie Hills) is spending a few days in town, and is staying at Warwick House. Other new arrivals at Warwick House include Mrs (Dr) Mill, from Geraldine, and Mr and Mrs Firth, of Wellington. The Misses Meares (2) are expected to arrive from the north to-morrow. Mr and Mrs Acton Adams -and Mr and Mrs Studholme have gone to Auckland for a short visit. Mr and Mrs Baker (Christchurch), •who yhave been staying in Wellington, left "for Dannevirke yesterday morning. ■■Mr and Mrs Davies, of Christchurch, who have been visiting Sydney, stayed a few days at the Grand Hotel,' Wellington, before returning home this mornMrs J. D. Sievwright, who has been ctaying in the Bouth, returned to Wellington during the week. The Methodist Bazaar, which was concluded at St. Paul's schoolroom, Papajrui, last night, had a very successful jrun, and the nett proceeds will be something between £l4O and £l5O, probably nearer the latter figure than the former. Needless to say, the committee are much gratified /at the result, particularly the secretary, Miss Mary M 'Arthur, who was particularly indefatigable in her efforts to make it successful in every way. Those who did not go to the Chrysanthemum Show in the Art Gallery missed seeing some of the finest blooms which have ever been exhibited in Christchurch. Florists and others who have had a wide experience vouch for the accuracy of this. It would be difficult to imagine anything more beautiful than some of the great white chrysanthemums shown—they were just perfect. The coloured ones, for those who love colour, were equally exquisite. And as for the autumn leaves that figured so conspicuously in the section for table decorations —one would really require a new set of adjectives to do justice to the "Vivid .glory of them.

There is at least one woman practising the profession of engineering. Miss Griff specialises in motor engineering, the care of oil and gas engines for farming and gardening work, and domestic lighting. Her business is that of a consulting engineer, and she goes about the country to. advise people about the choice of cars, engineering plant, and so on. As a child she had a great liking for machinery of all kinds. After her ' schooldays she worked for and obtained certificates in mechanical, electrical, and motor engineering. During this time shQ worked at the bench as an appi'S'ntice, so as to learn all the different branches of turning and fitting, and . she has practised in heavy motor works. Her time is now fully occupied with practical work and consultations all over England. London shopkeepers find that shop"sjifting is becoming more and more

prevalent among well-to-do and apparently respectable people. .. In many cases they are themselves to blame for spreading out a tempting array of goods on counters. Each large shop has on the average about one case of detected theft a day. At Christmas, when the temptation and the apparent chances of immunity from detection are greater, one. shop has caught' as many as 40

pilferers in a single day. But no one i can even guess how many get successfully away with their plunder, or what is the yearly loss suffered by a large shop. The large shops are thus compelled to have detectives on the premises, who may be of any age and either sex, from girls, of 14 years of age to middle-aged persons, who look like ricfi city men come to meet their wives. Most of the establishments also have ingenious police devices of their own, such as mirrors set innocently at all sorts of angles, so that customers are under the eyes of more people than they know, and telegraphic codes of coloured lights, by which, by pressing an invisible button, an attendant can summon to his or her aid the police from every part of the building. Yet the manager of a large shop shrinks from making actual arrests. Only a small proportion of those detected are actually charged, and merely as a warning to others. Usually the culprit is made to sign a written confession of guilt and warned not to visit the place again.