THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1299, 18 March 1915, Page 26

THE SOCIAL WORLD

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Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Leys and Miss Leys returned to Auckland by the Niagara last week after an extended trip to Europe and America.

A Wellington paper announces the engagement of Miss Flora Mackay, of Nelson, to Lieutenant-Coicnel Davidson, of the Peruvian Army.

Mr. John Studholme, of Coldstream, Hinds, has been given a commission in the sixth reinforcements of the New Zealand expeditionary force.

The engagement is announced in a southern paper of Miss Dorothy Parsons, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Langdon Parsons, West Perth, and formerly of Christchurch, to Corporal E. F. H. Knowles, elder son of the Rev. and Mrs. Knowles, Amberley, North Canterbury, and now serving with the Expeditionary Force in Egypt.

Mr. and Mrs. Kersley, Wellington, gave a garden party at their house at Day s Bay in honour of Miss Helen Barnes and the delegates to the Y.W.C.A. conference.

Mrs. J. A. Rosewarne, of Napier, was recently presented by the musical people of that city with a diamond bracelet, on which was engraved “Napier’s Queen of Song.” Mrs. Rosewarne is paying a lengthy visit to Wellington.

According to a cable, three Sydney girls, the two Misses O'Brien —from a convent at Louvain —and Miss Pauline Sullivan —from Mons —-have arrived in London. Thej' are well, and suffered neither from interference nor inconvenience.

Miss Dorothea Spinney, interpreter of Greek plays, has been on a visit to Rotorua and Mt. Egmont, and is now in the Hawkers Bay district.

Lieutenant Norman Holbrook, R.N., in command of Submarine 811, who was awarded the V.C. for bravery and distinguished service in the Dardanelles, is a cousin of the Rev. Father Holbrook, of Auckland.

Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Gordon, of Colombo, are visiting Auckland, and later intend touring New Zea’and.

Dr. and Mrs. Bruton Sweet have returned to Auckland after a visit to Christchurch and Mount Cook.

Madame Maggie Stirling’s daughter, Miss Mary Stirling Riddell, was married last week to Dr. S. P. Croom, of Melbourne. Among the guests at the wedding breakfast was Madame Melba, who presented the bride with an exquisite pearl brooch set in platinum.

Mrs. George Bloomfield has been elected captain of the Auckland Ladies’ Golf Club.

Lieutenant McCullock, who owns a farm in the Pohangina county, is on the battleship Queen Elizabeth, which was engaged in the assault on the Dardanelles forts.

At Kelburn, on Wednesday week, the marriage took place of Miss Winnifred Pierard, second daughter ol Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Pierard, of Kar ori, to Mr G. J. Bertinshaw, A.M.1.C.F.. of the District Railway Engineers’ Office, Invercargill.

Dr. Elizabeth Macdonald, senior house surgeon at the Dunedin Hospital, has been appointed medical inspector of schools for the Auckland district.

A scheme has been outlined by the Australian Institute of Domestic Economy for free instruction in cooking. Teachers are prepared to go to any home where their services are required free of charge, and give instruction in cooking and how to make the best use of material.

Mr. William Manson, son of Mrs. Isabella Manson, an ex-Dunedin vocalist, has, it is stated in Dunedin, been appointed Professor of Harmony at the Royal Academy of Music. Notwithstanding that he is only 18 years of age, Mr. Manson gained three medals at the close of the year for harmony, pieces at sight, and singing.

On January 9, at St. Philip’s Church, Kensington, London, the wedding took place of Mr. David Brunskill Reid, son of Mr. David Reid, of Sydney, to Miss Madge Pollock, daughter of Mrs. Robert Pollock, of Wellington, New Zealand.

A young New Zealander who has been doing splendid work for the Red Cross Motor Ambulance Volunteer Corps for the past three months is Dr. Hector Munro, of Palmerston North, a grandson of the late Sir James Hector.

The wedding took place at St. Luke’s Church, Christchurch, of Mr. G. Mulgan, younger son of Mr. E. K. Mulgan, Chief Inspector of Schools, Auckland, formerly of Christchurch, and Miss Doris Mclntyre, youngest daughter of Mr. George Mclntyre, of Sandilands. Miss Mclntyre is well known in musical circles in Christchurch as a gifted violinist.

Mr. Gladstone Ward, third son of Sir Joseph Ward, has left for England to offer his services to the War Office.

Miss Anita Giese, daughter of Mr. J. A. G'.ese, of Hokitika, was married to Mr. F. T. Eyre, son of Mr. W. B. Eyre, of Auckland, at Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, on February 8.

Dr. McNab, a brother of Mr. R. McNab, M.P., who was reported to have been shot while attending to the wounded at the front, has written to friends in London, stating that he is a prisoner in Germany.

The Auckland branch of the Vic toria League held their annual meeting at Cargen, business and pleasure being happily combined. Dr. Hope Lewis’ (president) report testified to the excellent work achieved during the year. Musical items were contributed by Mrs. Arthur Myers, Mr. and Mrs. A. Clarke and Miss Brenda Kenderdine. Mr. G. Warren recited and fine speeches were made by Miss Butler, Mrs. Carr Rollett, and Mr. W. A Beddoe, Canadian commissioner. Among those present were: Mrs. Hope Lewis, Mrs. Louis Myers, Mrs. Brigham., Mrs. Drummond Ferguson, Mrs. S. Nathan, Mrs. Mulgan, Mrs. J. L. R. Bloomfield, Mrs. I. Alexander, Mrs. Eliot Davis, Mrs. Edmunds, Mrs. Napier, Mrs. R. A. Carp, Mrs. D. Goldie, Mrs. and Miss Bourne, Mrs. and Miss Boult, Miss Runcie, Mrs. and Miss Coleman, Mrs. and Miss Ware, Mrs. Edgar, Mrs. Von Stunner, Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. and Miss Devore, Mrs. and Miss St. Clair, Mrs. Dawes, Miss Dija Fletcher.

Miss Ella Cooke, formerly of Auckland, is at present in France nursing the wounded soldiers.

Dr. W. H. Parkes and Mrs. Parkes have returned to Auckland after their visit south.

Miss Katherine Prichard, a Melbourne girl, won the £250 prize offered by Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton last year for the best Australian novel by an Australian writer. Miss Prichard, is at present on a trip to London.

Mr. H. S. Richards, of Canterbury, this year’s Rhodes Scholar, was presented with a purse of sovereigns, a set of books, and a steamer ticket to England. Mr. Justice Denniston, in making the presentation, referred to Mr. Richards’ most recent scholastic achievements. He had taken his M.A. degree with first-class honours in mathematics and mathematical physics, and had been awarded the Cook prize for the most distinguished student in the University of New Zealand in pure and applied mathematics.

The Auckland Tennis C'.ub’s annual “At Home,” held at Grafton Road, was a most popular gathering, a large number of representatives from sister clubs being present. Prizes were wen in the A grade by Mrs. Colson and Miss McCormick and in B grade by Miss Ziman and Miss Booth. Mr. H. A. E. Milnes made a happy little speech during the afternoon.

Those officers’ wives who had arranged to travel to Egypt in order to be with their husbands (says a writer in Melbourne “Punch”) have nearly all received cable messages ordering them not to do so. Some of them have abandoned the' trip altogether. Others are going direct to London in the belief that the Australian troops in Egypt will soon be sent to Europe.

On January 20, at Stopham Church, near Pulborough, England, Captain William Douglas Paton, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Victory, of Crailing, Jedburgh, Scotland, was married to Miss Gladys May Teschemaker, youngest daughter of the late Mr. W. H. Teschemaker, of Kauro, Otago, New Zealand, and Mrs Teschemaker, Stopham House, Pulborough.

At. Knox Church, Reefton, Miss Constance Pascoe, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Pascoe, of Inangahua Landing, was married to Mr. J. Turnbull, of Crushington, last week.

Visitors to Dunedin desirous of following up the beauty cult should pay a visit to Miss H. E. Milsom, Princes Street. Miss Milsom is an authority on beautifying methods, and has a large clientele.

It will be seen from an advertisement in this issue that Miss Lawson, general manager of the well-known Viavi Australasia, has opened a branch in connection with the Viavi Company, which has for its aim and object the uplifting of suffering humanity. Drugs and medicines do not form part of the Viavi treatment. It is based on rational treatment, combined with common sense, founded upon sound hygienic principles. Beginning at the root principles of health—mens sana in corpore sano—the Viavi treatment resolves itself into bringing back to nature, as far as possible, the conditions and environment, so that where disease is prevalent it is bound to be eradicated. It is refreshing in this age of quackery and nostrums to find that there is at least one firm which

has secured the confidence of the public, as shown by the fact that the Viavi Company has been established fcr the past 30 years, their branches operating all over the world. Our lady readers who desire information regarding the Viavi treatment should consult Miss Lawson, at Ellison's Chambers, Queen Street, Auckland. Miss Lawson possesses the charm of inviting confidence, combined with practical knowledge, and to suffering womanhood she is willing to give advice and help according to the varied needs. A cordial invitation is given- to the weekly lectures on “Hyg.ene and Perfect Womanhood” on Wednesdays, at 3 p.m.

Miss Mary Eastwood, 14 years of age, and a member of the Girl Peace Scouts at New Brighton, Christchurch, has distinguished herself by splendid services in first aid in connection with injuries received by a little boy on Cashmere Hills. Of a large number of adults who were present when the accident occurred, none had any knowledge of first aid, and the medical man who attended the patient stated that the boy would probably have bled to death had it not been for Miss Eastwood’s trained service.

“A platonic friendship is a friendship without any extras.”

It is often not realised that just a teaspoonful of Scrubb’s ammonia put in a bath renders the water beautifully soft, so that soap lathers quickly and a general sense cl well-being is established. The same bath, too, is possessed of valuable astringent properties, rendering the action of the skin healthy, and generally stimulating the system. This knowledge should prove most valuable, for, by the simple practice of it, all fatigue and weariness after a hard day’s sport may be obviated. This is a beauty hint within everyone’s reach, costing the minimum and giving the maximum result.