THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 803, 6 September 1916, Page 4

THE SOCIAL ROUND

Mr and Mrs Percy Murray-Aynsley Siave gone back to Parnassus, after a visit to Mrs Beauehamp Lane. Miss Fell (Nelson) is staying with Mrs Wilding, Opawa. Miss Reiil (Onmaru) is sttaying with Mrs Elworthy. The Misses M. and J. Clifford, who have been visiting Wellington, are now back in Christchurch. During their stay in the northern city they were the guests of their Excellencies the Governor and Lady Liverpool. Mrs Weir, who has been visiting her people in Christchurch during the last few months, leaves today for Australia, on her way back to Burniah. Her Bister, Miss Victoria Summers, who was a passenger by the ill-fated Tongariro, goes with her as far as Sydney. The latter has been living in Paris for some time, and has been interesting her friends with many a story on the aspect of that gay city in war time —a very different Paris now than in the days of peace. Mrs Bernard Wood has returned to this city, after a visit to her parents in Wellington. Mrs and Miss McKenzie Gibson have gone down to Sumner for a time, and are staying at the Cave Bock, Hotel. Mrs Elphick (Gore) is visiting Christchurch. Miss Chaplin, of this city, is visiting Wellington for the meetings of the Council of Education, of which she is a member. Mrs T. 0. Hay, of Christchurch, is spending a holiday in Akaroa. Two young ladies have a table at the tram shelter to-day, and will also be there on following days, to receive contributions towards the Overseas Christmas Tobacco Fund. The public must not forget that the soldier in the trenches must have his smoke, no matter what else he goes without, and are asked to contribute accordingly. According to advice received in Napier, Miss Carrie Jones, formerly of Napier, has now been on active service almost two years. She was 15 months •n the hospital ship Vladiva, after which she went to Alexandria, Egypt. She is now stationed in the General Hospital, Mesopotamia. A small sensation was created by the engagement of Mrs Joseph Chamberlain to Canon William Carnegie, rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster, the parish church alike of the Anzacs in London (says a London correspondent). Canon Carnegie is a handsome man of 56, with a long record as a social worker. He was left a widower in 1901, and succeeded Canon Hensley Hcnson as rector of St. Margaret's in 1913. In

May, on the death of Archdeacon Wilberiorce, he was appointed to the hon-J oured post of Chaplain to the House of Commons. Mrs Chamberlain has lived very qiuetly since her husband's death in 1914, some of the time being spent in America. Miss Mary Eudicott was considerably younger than Mr Joseph Chamberlain when she married in 1888. Mrs Chamberlain was never an active! politician; but she had charm and tact in a high degree, and was a great favourite with Queen Victoria. Her many friends will wish her every good fortune in the future, and none more than the admirers of Mr Joseph Chamber-; lain in Australia. Canon Carnegie is! one of the best preachers in London. He is a Broad Churchman. It is stated that Queen Wilhelmina has promised, on behalf of her Government, a measure to enfranchise the women of Holland. Thus the Dutch women will probably be the next after the Danes to obtain representation in the Parliament of their country. The fact that the women are being enfranchised in two of the smaller neutral | States near Germany cannot be regarded as a mere coincidence. Meanwhile in America the State of New Jersey has thrown out by a big majority a proposal to amend the constitution by introducing women's suffrage. Oddly enough, on the same page of a daily paper where this news is recorded, we may read the answer of General Joffre to a question about the patriotic services of the women of France: "Oh, our women! They are sublime! No one ever knew how heroic they could be—not even themselves. There will be no flinching there. Even the mothers who have lost their sons, their only sons, will not permit us to stop now. They have made their sacrifice without complaint—only it must not be a useless sacrifice." One of the most romantic episodes in connection with the return of our wounded heroes of the great advance is the part played in their welcome to Old Blighty by the London flower girls. Although their generous scattering of roses among "the wounded has only now attracted attention, they have been greeting our returning men with their offerings for many months past. There is one flower girl in particular who meets the heroes' train at Charing Cross every day. She always asks the driver of the ambulance car, "How many in the car?" and gives her tribute accordingly. Here is a noble woman in humble life for whom there ought to be an appropriaro distinction.