THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1301, 1 April 1915, Page 26

THE SOCIAL WORLD

Mrs. Thorne George, Auckland, is on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Vivian Riddiford, Lower Hutt. * * * * Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Mason left Hastings last week en route for Eng' land. Mr. and Mrs. J. Cameron, of Lower Hutt, celebrated their silver weddingon March 20 with a family reunion. » > ♦ * Mr. and Mrs. Wellwood, Hastings, returned last week after a trip to England. , * » <• Dr. Leslie Thompson, formerly of Napier Hospital, has just returned from a visit to Great Britain, where he obtained the degree of F.R.C.S. (Ed nburgh). * * * * Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Croft, of Middleham Hill, Ashley, celebrated their golden wedding on March 17. Their family of six sons and live daughters were all present at the anniversary. * * * * Miss Holmden, M.A., assistant in the Secondary Department of the Waihi District High School, has been appointed assistant lady teacher at the Gisborne High School. * * * * Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cohen, Wellington, are the guests of the Hon. J. A. Millar and Mrs. Millar, Auckland, before going on to Rotorua.

The wedding took place in St. Andrew’s Church, Wanganui, of Miss Maude Hooper, daughter of Mrs. J Hooper, of Wanganui, to Mr. R. Edgar Pumfrey. of King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England. Nurse Wright, who has bsen acting as district nurse amongst the Maoris in the Rotorua district, has been accepted for service at the front, and will leave for England by the Rotorua. ;;; ❖ * The marriage took place last week of Mr. F. G. B. Waldegrave to Miss Alice Lucy Atkinson, daughter of the late Sir Harry Atkinson, K.C.M.G., at St. Margaret’s Church, Karori. * * * * Miss Ella McNeil, who has been secretary for the Christchurch branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association for the past three years, has been appointed secretary of the Y.W.C.A. in China. Miss Olive Isobel Seale, youngest daughter of Mrs. J. Lanauze, Hastings, was married at St. Matthew’s Church, Hastings, on March 20, to Mr. Walter Humphries, of Napier. Mr. W r . O’Malley, manager of the Union Bank, Pahiatua, has been promoted to Greymouth, and was tendered a send-off at a representative gathering of citizens. • ♦ 9 The engagement is announced in the “ N.Z. Times” of Miss Molly Cow per, second daughter of Mr. F. G. Cowper, of Dannevirke, to Mr. Neil Russell, son of Mr. J. R. Russell, of Dannevirke, and nephew of Mr. G. W. Russell, M.P., Christchurch. * * * * On March 18 the wedding took place of Miss Alice J. Lucas, daughter of Mr. C. Lucas, Opawa, Christchurch, to Mr. Alexander J. Jackson, Parnassus, Canterbury. * * * * Miss Alyce Austin, a clever young Australian, will support Mr. Joseph Biascheck, the English humorist, on his New Zealand tour. Miss Austin has a fascinating personality and makes a specialty of musical sketches at the piano. Dolores called her “ the sweetest little singer in Australia.” • * ♦ * Dr. Isobel Ormiston, formerly of Australia, who has distinguished herself for her devotion to the wounded since the outbreak of the war, is now working at a Belgian Red Cross Field Hospital at La Pavre, France. * * * .-5: Mr. J. Stewart, vice-president of the Rotorua Chamber of Commerce, was entertained by his fellow-members and presented with an inscribed gold sovereign case. Mr. Stewart is a captain in the Motor Reserve, and has decided to provide a. car and offer his services at the front.

The body of the late Bishop Grimes was brought over from Sydney last week and interred at Christchurch. A most impressive service was held in the Cathedral, and dignitaries were present from all over New Zealand, including Archbishop O’Shea, of Wellington, Bishop Verdon, of Dunedin, and Bishop Cleary, of Auckland. • • • a A prominent; Auckland identity passed away last week in the person of Mr. John Bollard, ex-rnember for Eden. Deceased was 75 years of age, and is survived by a widow, five sons and five daughters. The Prime Minister, who was a personal friend of Mr. Bollard, came up from Wellington to attend the funeral. * * * * At Trinity Church, Napier, on March 18, Mr. James Hadden Handyside, of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company, was married to Miss Eleanor Kathleen Allis, youngest daughter of Mrs. Allis, Nap'er, and of the late Mr. George Allis, of Lincolnshire, England.

A Southern paper announces the engagement of Miss Ruth Mildred Beard, second daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Spencer F. Beard, of Havelock South, to Mr. Thomas Martin Millar, fourth son of Dr. Matthew Millar, of Roslyn, Dunedin. The marriage will take place shortly.

Mrs. J. Hannah, Wellington, is the guest of Miss Zoe Bartley, Takapuna. Mr. Allan Maguire, one of Wellington’s best-known citizens, died on March 24 after a long illness. He leaves a widow, a daughter and two sons. One is Mr. J. E. C. Maguire, of Bartholomew’s Hospital staff, London. Sir James Wilson, K.C.M.G., and Mr. Geo. Hogben, C.M.G., were invested by the Governor in Wellington last week with the insignia of the her ours recently conferred upon them by the King. Ten thousand women in London alone have intimated that they are prepared to undertake war work. There are a thousand applications daily. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The first wedding to take place among the Australian troops on active service was celebrated at the Mena Camp, near Cairo, of the Ist Australian Expeditionary Force, on February 17th, when Miss Nellie Honeywill was married to Private Philip de Quettville Robin, of the 10th Light Infantry. The ceremony, which was performed by the Ven. Archdeacon Richards, chaplain to the force, took place in the officers’ mess tent, very kindly lent by the colonel and officers of the regiment.

The death is reported of Mr. Hector K. Burns, 8.A., one of the Auckland Education Board’s inspectors. Death was due to the effect of heart strain. Mr. Burns was formerly master of the Baillie Street School at the Thames. * * «■ • The South Auckland croquet tournament, held at Hamilton, attracted keen competition. The championship handicap doubles were won by Mesdames Bull and Cowles (Hamilton) and the singles by Mrs. Hyde (Hamilton). The trophies were presented by the president, Mr. H. H. Howden. * * * * “A woman knows in a moment whether a man is susceptible to woman’s charm or not. There are men who love, who have loved, or who wdl love, a woman. And there are men who love woman.” * * * ♦ Dr. A. Eisdell Moore, of Mount Eden, who has been stationed for some months at Aidershot, as lieutenant in the Royal Field Ambulance, has been transferred to the British Base Hospital at Boulogne. * * * * Miss Amy Castles had a great reception in Melbourne when she sang at a patriotic concert. At the finish of her first numbers, Madame Melba, with a delighted “ Beautiful, simply beautiful!” lent over and threw a bouquet of pink carnations at the singer’s feet.

Nelson has just held a successful carnival. Miss Gladys Baxter was elected Queen, Mr. T. A. Field, M.P., performing the crowning ceremony. The engagement is announced in a Southern journal of Miss Chris McGilvray, daughter of Mr. Duncan McGilvray, Mount Seddon, North Canterbury, to Lieutenant A. J. AV. Birdling (C.Y.C.), 6th Reinforcements. * * * * Mr. Charles Holdsworth, managing director of the Union Steam Ship Company, returned last week from a business visit to Australia. He was accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Holdsworth. Mr. C. A. Cotton, lecturer on geology at Victoria College, Wellington, has had the degree of Doctor of Science conferred upon him by the University of New Zealand. The uniforms to be worn by the fifty nurses who have been selected by the Government to go to the front are of grey, piped with red. With these are worn little red capes. Regulation nurses’ bonnets, and grey American sailor hats, which will make a pleasant change, have also been provided. The overcoats are of thick grey tweed, with a turnover collar of red, with straps on the shoulders.

Messrs. C. H. A. Senior, 8.A., and F. A. Taylor, M.A., masters at the Auckland Grammar School, have resigned their positions in order to join the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Mr. Farquhar Young, of Christchurch, will act as judge at the elocutionary contest at Greymouth. * * * * Mrs. H. B. Irving (Miss Dorothea Baird), the well-known actress, discussing the subject of infant welfare before the National Union of Women Workers, said New Zealand had the most perfect system. There the mother of an infant was given skilled attendance and advice, and the infant death-rate had fallen in five years from 80 to 35 per thousand. * * * * “What is a honeymoon, Pa?” “A honeymoon, my boy, is that time in a man’s life when his wife is really supplied with all she wants to wear.” —Detroit “Press.” * * * ❖ The costumes worn in the pantomime “Babes in the Wood” (now in the South Island) were all designed by that well-known artist (of the Sydney “Bulletin”), D. H. Souter. * * * ❖ A most enjoyable afternoon tea was given at the United Service Hotel, Christchurch, by Mrs. E. D. Hoben in honour of Miss Hardinge-Maltby, of Wellington, who was her guest. Mrs. Albert Humes sang, while recitations were given by Miss Hardinge-Maltby, Dr. Norman Hales (Wellington), an| Mr. Bentley-Russell (Wellington). Amongst those present were: —Mrs. H. H. Loughnan, Mrs. P. C. Freeth, Mrs. Claude Sawtell, Mrs. Bristed, Mrs. Carey-Hill, Mrs. Cyril Ward, Mrs. Hight, Mrs. Walter Bean, Miss Uulu Bean, Mrs. Albert Humes, Mrs. J. Pollard, Mrs. Bruges, Mrs. G‘. Caley Robinson, Misses Robinson (2), Mrs. M. Reading, Miss Tessa Reading, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Miss Margaret Stoddart, Miss Millicent Jennings, Miss Freda Jennings, Miss Sadie Wynkes, Miss McAdam (Constance Clyde), Mr. Bush, Doctor Norman Hales. Mr. Bentley Russeell, Mr. Kenneth Aitken. ❖ * * * Sarah Bernhardt attributes her unfailing youth partly to adopting a lemon diet. The Bernhardt method is to begin the day with the juice of one lemon before breakfast, the second day the juice of two lemons, the third day three lemons. Then start backwards till one is reached, and this remains the permanent dose. And there must be no addition of water or sugar, merely the lemon juice “ au naturel.” The divine Sarah, despite her recent catastrophe, hopes to return to the stage in May. * * * * “ High Jinks” became so popular when staged in New York that the title was tacked on to many articles of popular use, from soap to candles. Last' New Year’s Eve a festivity, entitled “ High Jinks,” out of compliment to the play, was given at one of the most brilliant of the Broadway restaurants by a New York millionaire. Every guest had to be made up as a character from the sparkling musical comedy, and nothing but ‘ ‘ High Jinks” music was played. The affair was so funny, fast and furious, that the New York “ World” the next day referred to it in a headline as “ High Jinks Outjinked!” * ♦ ♦ * “Do you keep servants?” asked the inquisitive neighbour across the fence. “ Not long,” responded the truthful woman next door. — Philadelphia “ Ledger.” One of the most successful functions held in Christchurch was the “Le Chat Blanc” Cafe Chantant, organised by Miss Laura Tabart in aid of the Belgian fund. The Colosseum was transformed into a bower of beauty and gaiety, and a programme of music and dancing infused a carnival spirit into the crowds of participators. The committee consisted of Mesdames Boyle, Dalgety, Reid, Lane, Scott and Harvey, with Mr. C. W. Reid as chairman and Mr. W. H. L. Cooper as secretary. Their Excellencies the Governor and the Countess of Liverpool were present.

A gathering of a unique character was held at the Octagon Tea Rooms, Dunedin, when Mrs. Burn, the first lady principal of the Otago Girls’ High School, was entertained by a few of her old pupils on her ninetieth birthday, and presented with a purse of sovereigns and an eiderdown quilt.

“ It’s a curious, thing, Duchess, about the game of marriage—a game, by the way, that is going out of fashion —the wives hold all the honours, and invariably lose the odd trick,” said Lord Darlington. “ The odd trick?” questioned the Duchess. “Is that the husband?” Lord Darlington smiled and said: “It would be a rather good name for the modern husband.” —From “ Lady Windermere’s Fan.”

“ Are you going to war in the old red shirt?” asked a correspondent of the “ Manchester Guardian” of General Garibaldi, He took out of a packet a brilliant garment. “ Every one of us has one of these,” he said. “ They are very visible.” “ Yes, they are visible. But it is not so easy to aim at a red object. Try. It dances before you.” “ But you see it.” “ The visibility of it,” said the General, earnestly, “ is as a disadvantage nothing when you take the enormous moral effect it has on every man who wears it. He feels he is fighting for a great tradition. It is the symbol of a sacred idea.” * There is another matter —a point where red is an actual advantage. It is as regards numbers extraordxnarily difficult to gauge. Try to count a line of poppies. You will imd you have much over-estimated them.” 9 • • ” Here is Krelsler’s message to his fellow-arcists published in a recent issue of “Musical America”: —“To bridge over the abysses of hatred and racial animosity that this war will leave behind; to make the peace that will come, and that otherwise might be but a shallow pretence, a real and deep and lasting peace —that must be the mission of the artist, and particularly the musical artist, when this war is ended. It is to the artist that we must look first of all, 1 think, as the true diplomat, the true missionary of peace, and in that service that will come to us, it is my great hope to do my part. In the chain of international friendship that we must all hope for, cannot great artists like Ysaye weld the links most firmly together?”

A unique memento is now being prepared by, it is reported, thousands of Englishwomen for their Belgian refugee guests, from whom the notion seems to have emanated. In little hand-embroidered bags, bearing various devices and the dates of arrival and departure, a handful of British earth is to be enclosed. This will then be hung up at the reconstructed fireside when Belgium is her people’s again, as a perpetual reminder of British hospitality and affection.

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