THE SOCIAL ROUND.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 828, 5 October 1916, Page 4

THE SOCIAL ROUND.

Miss Ramsay (Dunedin) has gone to! Melbourne to stay with her sister, Mrs John Mackenzie. Miss A. Scully, supervisor of the Wellington Telephone Exchange, has been appointed Inspector of- Telephone Exchanges and Women's Post Olliees. Her headquarters will be in Wellington. Mrs Whitton and Miss Marjorie Whitton (Oamaru) are visiting Christehureh. Mrs Gordon (Hawke's Bay) is visiting her mother, Mrs Michael Campbell, Avonside. Mrs Masefield left for Akaroa this morning, after a few days in Christchurch. Mr and Mrs Trevor Stringer, who have been spending their honeymoon at "Haylands," are at present in Christchurch, and are staying at the United Service. Mrs 11. Graves (Wellington) is amongst the guests at Warner's. Mrs Hayhurst (Teniuka) will pass through Christehureh to-night, en route for the north, to see her youngest son, Corporal S. Hayhurst, before his departure for the front. Mrs Hayhurst has two sons already in the firing line. Archdeacon and Miss Stocker have returned to Christehureh from a, visit to Dunedin, where they went to meet Bergt. Stocker, who returned by the Willoehra.

A young Japanese girl on her graduation from an American school was asked what she intended to do when she returned home. She replied, "Teach my people Christianity and how to make ice cream." Tho former had proven the joy of her soul, the other delight of her taste.

Among the various surprising disclosures of the Irish rebellion is the revelation of the accumulated wealth of the poorest among the population of Dublin. In the Sackville Street ar_ea that was devastated by fire and bombardment there were many poor tenement dwellings as well as important business premises. Since it has coma to be understood that the Government would make good all the losses incurred, the poor sufferers are admitting to the ownership of considerable amounts of properly. There is a story in Dublin that the Committee of Property Owners Which is collecting the compensation claims that have to be submitted to the Government assessors had before it a poor old woman who made a scanty living as an office cleaner, and lived in a single underground room near to the post office. Her claim amounted to more than £l5O. She had, it appeared, some exquisite old furniture, including valuable mantelpiece ornaments, a clock of merit, an antique table and several unique cane-bottoined chairs. She had a gold watch worth many pounds, of which not a trace could afterwards be found, and some rings and brooches richly jewelled, as well as a store of money. She also possessed £35 worth of underclothing. In spite of her external frugality of attire, it appeared from her own admissions that she had most luxurious tastes in lingerie. We give flowers ridiculous names, or give the names ridiculous pronunciation (says a writer in an exchange). Examples of the latter absurdity are af-

forded by two well-known plants which make our gardens gay and beautiful—godetia and montbretia. They are named aptly enough after the Frenchmen, Godot and Montbret, who respectively introduced them to lovers of flowers. But the names look like perfect rhymes to Lucretia, and we pronounce them accordingly. So in the sound all trace of origin is lost.