Hamilton Social News

Observer, Volume XL, Issue 7, 18 October 1919, Page 30

Hamilton Social N ews

[By Daphne.]

A GREAT many visitors are in Hamilton this week for the Golf tournament at the St. Andrew's links. Many of the competitors have entered that were playing at Middlemore recently. Some of the players are Mesdames Williams, Donald, McLean, McCarthy, Kelly, Misses Wright, Pay ton (2), Corrie (2), McCormick, Clendon, Anderson, Cameron, Preece, Kettle, Moginie, Hally, Cox, Cussen, Holmes, and others. ® © "© The members of the Hamilton branch of the Council of Women, held their-last meeting in the Reading Room of the Library. The chair was taken by the president, Dr. de la Mare. Several letters were read and discussed at the meeting. Mr. Staee gave an interesting address on different Acts dealing with Social legislation in the Dominion. ® • ®> @> The soldier patients at the Hamilton hospital were entertained at "The Narrows," at Mr. and Mrs. Way's home on Tuesday last. The visitors spent a happy time and had great fun with various competitions, croquet, golf, etc. Before leaving, a delicious ( afternoon tea was dispensed by the liostess who was assisted by Miss B. Way. Those who drove the boys out were Misses Mackay, A. Hunter, and Rev. R. Mackie. ' ® ® © The last meeting of the Town Planning and Housing Sectional Group of the Women's National Council, was held at Mrs. Ferguson's residence. Mrs. de la Mare, and Mrs. English read papers, and Miss Going dealing with gardens from the citizens, householders, and municipal points of view. The meeting discussed the advantages of a play-ground for children in Hamilton. It is hoped that more residents will go in for larger gardens. ®' • ■ @ ® Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Fox and -Miss Fox entertained the performers after the Orchestral concert on Tuesday night, at a supper. The supper Avas held in the Theatre Royal tea-room.s and was very dainty. Mrs. Fox, received her guests, in a grey crepe (Ie chine frock. Miss Fox was wearing a pretty net gown. A very jolly time was spent, the time passing all too quickly. ® ■ ® @> The members of the Girls' Friendly Society intend holding a bazaar for the funds of the Lodge, on December 4. The girls are all working hard for the different stalls. The women of St. Peter's Guild are going to work on each Friday to help as well. ® '® ® The Sale of Work, organised by the members of St. Peters.' Guild, eventuated on Thursday in the Schoolroom. The room looked very gay with the various stalls, prettily jdecorated. The sum of £150 was taken which is very satisfactory. Archdeacon Oowie tflianked the Guild for their efforts to augment the Church grounds fund. * * * The stall-holders were:—Needlework: Mesdames Curling, Wigg, Gariiham, Lamprell. D'oyley and Handkerchief: Mesdames Culpan and Prosser. Jumble: Mesdames Atkinson, Coombes, McKnight, Radford, Darke, McKenzie. Flower and Produce: Mesdames Hume, West, Storey, Valder, McWilliam, Tompkins. Sweets.: Mesdames Deck, McIndoe, Gifford. Baby Stall: Mes-

dames Graham and Vautier. Bran Tub: Mesdames West and Stubbs. Cake stall: Mesdames McNicol, Whitton, Vickery, Speight. Tea stall: Mesdames Powell, Wilkin, Brain, Stanley, Innis, Misses A. McPherson, Carey, Brewis (2), Wyllie. During the evening an enjoyable musical programme was rendered. @>' © &> . Mrs. C. F. Bond was in Auckland for a short visit last week. Mrs. Kelly (Napier) is the guest, of Mrs. Furze. , Mrs. W. Hopkins has been,at.Te Aroha for a holiday. Mrs. D. Hay and Mrs. Slack have returned after being in Auckland for the New Zealand Ladies' Golf Championship meeting. Mrs. E. H. Northcroft has gone to Wellington tio meet her husband, who is. expected shortly from England. . .. . Mrs. Brown has.been spending the September holidays in Auckland. Miss Caldow was-in Hamilton for a short visit last week. - Miss E. Ciissen has returned from Auckland where she took part in the golf championship meeting. <8& ® © ' ' - An eminent medical man (says a writer in tne "Daily Telegraph") , was complaining the other day, more m -sorrow tlian in anger, tiiat tor years lie had been urging women, ror reasons' ol hygiene, to take an inch, olt tlieir skirts, and now they had taken an ell. Jfor sanitary reasons the change could be approved, but lie was not sure about the mattor of modesty, if modesty means hiding your legs, there is plainly not much left of it in England. But this interpretation seems arbitrary. in Oriental countries it means hiding your face, and various denominations of the heathen have other interpretations. Modesty would still survive if we all wore breeches, for even among men it can still be discovered by the thorough investigator. But that fashion is; still to come, and 1 fear that those who expect every woman to emulate, the land girl and the window cleaner have lcftig to wait.

There is, let us realise, no reason iv the nature, of: things why women .should wear skirts and men trousers. The old "civilisations which knew a good deal "about comfort, and did some enduring work, kept both men and women in flowing robes or in short petticoats. The Roman despised the Gaul's trousers. In. the Near East women have worn trousers for many a long*.year. But it is not generally believed, that the Turkish woman has found in breeches the royal road to the. emancipation o£ her sex. Some of us saw .many years before \\g had land girls, women working.in Swiss fields in. trousers. But the rest of Switzerland, a sufficiently acute, and energetic country has not adopted the fashion. It is'probable if women remain in possession of the more laborious occupations which they have followed during the Avar (which does not yet seem likely, that some portion of the sex may have a working dress of breeches. It is possible that the extension of women's employment in lighter tasks* may assimilate their dress to the grimmer style of men. But there is little sign yet of the change. If it does come, we may be confident that no one Avill be a penny the worse or better. Not by breeches or petticoats is the mind of woman made manifest or her heart changed.