THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1401, 1 March 1917, Page 30

THE SOCIAL WORLD

Announcements of engagements and contributions of interest relating to weddings and social gatherings should be sent to Lady Editor, “Sporting and Dramatic Review” Office, Auckland. In all cases the writer’s signature and address must be attached (not for publication). Photographs of wedding groups will be reproduced by arrangement.

The Lord Mayor and Corporation of Sheffield have presented a chest of cutlery to the Premier of New Zealand (Mr. Massey), a silver dessert service to Mrs. Massey, and a silver toilet set to Miss Massey.

A most successful garden party was held at Mr. Hanmer’s residence, “Tilford,” Woolston, Canterbury, in aid of the funds of the local branch of the Red Cross. His Excellency, Lord Liverpool, who was accompanied by Lady Liverpool, opened the proceedings, and complimented the Woolston branch on the success of its endeavours since its inauguration.

Mrs. H. B. Lusk, of Napier, and her daughter have returned from a trip to England.

Miss A. Symon, of Adelaide, South Australia, has been spending some weeks w.th Mr. and Mrs. Cracroft Wilson in Canterbury.

Miss B. Thomas, of Auckland, who has been staying with Miss Strachey, Christchurch, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Davison, at Featherston.

At Christ Church, Wanganui, on February 14, Miss Helen Mary Ethel Newman Hazell, eldest daughter of Mrs. Hazell, postmistress of St. John’s, Wanganui, was married to Mr. Vivian C. Gossett, youngest son of Mr. K. B. Gossett, of Parnell, Auckland.

The engagement is announced in southern papers of Miss Eileen Lark, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lark, Highbury, to tipper Leonard James Tatham, New Zealand Engineers, at present in France, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Tatham, Thorndon, Wellington.

The engagement is announced of Dr. A. Douglas Anderson, youngest son of Dr. and Mrs. Morten Anderson, of Christchurch, to Miss Kathleen Patterson, youngest daughter of the late Mr. W. Patterson, Belfast, Ireland, says a southern exchange.

Miss C. St. J. Williams, of Nelson, has been appointed matron of the Wanganui Orphanage out of a number of applicants.

By a happy conjunction a recent war sale in London had for saleswomen at its bookstall Lady Thackeray Ritchie, daughter of W. M. Thackeray, and Mrs. E. Perugini, daughter of Charles Dickens.

Mrs. Arthur Gore, of Napier, accompanied by her two daughters, Mrs. Frank Donnelly, of Hawke’s Bay, and Mrs. George Tripe, of Wellington, have gone on a trip to Mount Cook.

At the annual meeting of the Christchurch Ladies’ Golf Club, the officers elected for 1917 were: —President, Mrs. A. Boyle; captain, Mrs. H. F. Wigram; honorary secretary, Mrs. Donald; honorary treasurer, Mrs. Hewlett; committee, Mrs. T. Cowlishaw, Mrs. Godby, Miss Cracroft Wilson, Miss Wilkin, and Miss E. Helmore.

“When you can’t tell whether a woman is old or young,” said the old lady, “then you’re lookin’ at something what ain’t respectable.” —“The Captain’s’ Furniture,” by John ’ll evena.

A “Surprise Bag” Day is being promoted in Wellington, to be held on March 2. Mrs. Gibbons, the chief organiser, says the main object of the bags is to hold the surprise packet, and she appeals to all women with even a little time to spare to make half a dozen bags, and, if possible, place some trinket or prize of some sort, however small, in each. The money is to be used for the benefit of the wounded soldiers in France.

The wedding took place at Thames on February 15 of Miss Muriel Stella Jenkin to Mr. Francis Hartley McCall, of Amodeo Bay, and late of the 9th Company, Main Body N.Z.E.F.

Deep sympathy has been expressed with the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr. H. Holland) and Mrs. Holland in the loss of their son, Sergt. Percy Holland, who died of gas poisoning in France a few days ago.

A quiet wedding took place in Wellington on February 14, at Mrs. Phil Nathan’s house, when her sister, Miss Mina Arndt, was married to Mr. Lionel Manoy, of Motueka. The Rev. Mr. Van Staveren officiated, and only the immediate relatives of the bride and bridegroom were present.

The Christchurch “Sun” announces the engagement of Miss Thursa Warring, M.A., of the Christchui ch Girls’ High School, to the Rev. J. A. Jermyn, 8.A., of the West Coast. Both are ex-students of Canterbury College.

Mr. and Mrs. Black, of Remuera, have been on a visit to Wellington.

Mrs. Howard Richmond (Auckland), who is visiting Wellington, is Ihe guest of her aunt, Miss Haise, in Tinakori road. # ¥ V * A woman’s sphere is her home, but her horizon must be the world. —-Mrs. Alec Tweedie. * * * * The late Sir George McLean leaves a widow and six children to mourn their loss—one son (Mr. Frank Elgin McLean, of Dunedin) and five daugnters. The eldest daughter married the Rev. C. A. Fraer (now a chaplaincaptain at the front with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces). The second married Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P., and the third Mr. J. F. Reid, of Eldersl’e, Oamaru; a.rd there are two unmarried daughters.

The marriage of Miss Helen Fulton, elder daughter of Mrs. Fulton, Fulton Avenue, to Mr. G. Rutherford, of Montrose, North Canterbury, was solemnised at the Merivale Church the other day. The bride’s gown was •of white filmy material strapped with

graduated widths of white satin, and her veil was of Limerick lace. Miss Joan Fulton was bridesmaid, and Mr. George Rutherford best man.

Mrs. J. E. D. Spicer, of Remuera, has returned home after a long stay in Wellington, where she was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Adams.

Mrs. Colvile, of New Plymouth, who, with her husband, the Rev. A. H. Colvile, is taking up residence in Auckland, was the guest of honour at a farewell tea given by Miss Wade.

Aucklanders will regret to learn of the death in Napier on February 19, of Beryl, widow of the late Jack Parker, and only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Keesing, late of Auckland.

An Australian lady, who was helping with the Christmas festivities at the King George Hospital, near Waterloo Station, was present when the King and Queen and Princess Mary arrived. The King moved from Led to bed, talking easily to the men.

inquiring the nature of wounds, showing real concern and interest, while the Queen, who also seemed entirely at home with the men, was anxious to know that they were comfortable, and that they had letters from home. Princess Mary was shy. She gave her muff to someone to hold while she distributed books, but she only dared say to each man, “A happy Christmas, from my father and mother,” as she presented the books. :J: # At St. Peter’s Church, Upper Riccarton, Bishop Julius unveiled a tablet in memory of Second Lieutenant lan Patrick Campbell, First Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, who was killed in action in France ir. the early part of 1915. Lieut. Campbell was the younger son of the late Mr. Patrick Campbell, of Riccarton. There was a large congregation, including His Honor Sir John Denniston and Lady Denniston.

Good sense must in many cases determine good breeding; because the same thing that would be civil at one

time, and to one person, may be quite otherwise at another lime, and to another person; but there are some general rules of good breeding that hold always true and in all cases. — Chesterfield.

Mrs. and Miss Darling, of Auckland, are on a holiday visit to Christchurch.

Miss Dorothy Burrow, late of Auckland, has been appointed science mistress, vice Mr. Niven, on the staff of

the Napier Technical College. Mrs. A. H. Collins and Mrs. George, of New Plymouth, came up to Auckland last week to attend the marriage of their sister, M.ss Kate Devore, to Mr. Austin Bewley.

The best shampoo for the hair is the egg shampoo. For this the yolk of an egg should be beaten up with a tablespoonful of pure scap—white Castille if possible, finely shredded. The rinsing must be done with cold water, as using hot water after an egg shampoo makes the hair sticky.

The Queen’s Hospital, London, has appointed a Sydney girl—Sister Myra Mackenzie —to be its first matron. Sister Mackenzie was cue of the first nurses to leave Sjdney Hospital to join Lady Dudley in France when she was in charge of the Australian Voluntary Hospiatl.

Dr. Truby King, at the annual conference of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children, emphasised the importance of proper care of children in the first five years of their lives. - He estimated that the State expenditure on a child during the first five years of its life in New Zealand was 55.; in Australia, because of the baby bonus, the amount was £5, and in France the new proposals of the Government would involve an expenditure of £5O. However, he expressed the opinion that the expenditure of even so little as Is. per baby through the organisation of the Plunket Society was likely to do much more good than a payment of even a substantial sum to the individual parent. * * # * The war is responsible for some extraordinary marriages. The pretty nurse from the Eastern States marries the stalwart Highlander she has nursed back to life and love; the Madonna-faced Belgian is betrothed to a gallant Canadian from the Far West; and the piquant Parisienne, in her rustling taffeta and tilted hat, gives the radiance of her unobscured eye to a well-set-up officer in the navy blue of Belgium. Many a pretty English lass will take her beauty and wild-rose freshness to the colonies; now she waits the green envelope which contains love messages from the trenches, and forecasts the little shack on the Rockies, or the longtrail they two will strike toward some home in the wilds. Perhaps, too, when things are more settled, they will have a son or two to carry on in “God’s own country.” Home, wherever it lies, is always the special possession of the Almighty. Every little maidservant has a lover now; many of them get married by license in the short leave, and go back to their work afterwards. Low whistI ngs at dusk betray the presence of Mary’s boy at the area steps, and prowling forms pace up and down till that eventful hour when, washing-up over she may run out for a walk with her “friend.” Happy days, when the birds sing madly to theii* loves, and the sea is bathed in amber and rose beauty, when the scent of the gorse rises like incense at love’s altar and the crushed grass trodden by love’s feet exhales its indescribable scent. — Rose E. Sharland, in “The Clarion.”

A further refreshing luxury, quite as much in demand as the Ammonia, is Scrubb’s Antiseptic Skin Soap, which may be used separately or In conjunction with Hie Ammonia. It contains delicate emollient properties which purify and soften the' skin and prevent blemishes. To all sufferers from hot weather we recommend the use of Scrubb’s, either in the form of Soap or Ammonia.

A quiet naval wedding was celebrated on January 27th at Mt. Carmel Church, Sydney, by the Rev. W. Greer, when Mr. Alec. Kinnear Bradley, of the Royal Australian Navy Transport Service, only son of Mr. G'eorge Prince Bradley, of Sandy Bay. Hobart, was married to Miss Storm Keates, youngest daughter of Mr. B. C. Keates, late of Auckland, N.Z. The bride, who was given away by her father, was attended by Miss Muriel Keates (sister) and Miss Heather Ridgeway as bridesmaids. Mr. James Pascoe, brother-officer, s.s. Araluen. was groomsman. A reception was held at the brown room in the Fresh

Food and Ice Co., King Street. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley left on a short motor trip to the South Coast, owing to the bridegroom’s early departure for England on service.

An interesting description is given in an American paper of the recent wedding of Edsel B. Ford, heir to one of America’s billion-dollar businesses, and Eleanore L. Clay, niece of one of Detroit’s merchant princes. The ceremony was impressive, even remarkable, because of its simplicity. From beginning to end there was an utter absence of the ostentation, show, glitter and display of wealth usually associated with the union of scions of great and wealthy families. In preparation and fulfilment the nuptials were such as are within the reach of any middle-class American bride. Although the guests represented almost untold wealth, there was hardly a jewel to be seen even among the older matrons. The five score or more of curious persons of both sexes who gathered at the entrance of the long covered way that led from the street to the Hudson! home must have been vastly disappointed at this lack of display. There was a delightful air of informality about the ceremony. As the time set for the marriage a” proached, one of the ushers formed a narrow lane between the guests assembled in the large entrance hall and library. Then, as the old grandfather’s clock in the corner struck 8.30, the lights in the two rooms were turned off, with the exception of several clusters behind the place reserved for the officiating minister, the sliding doors opening on to the dining room were drawn open and the ■orchestra struck the opening bars of the wedding march from “Lohengrin.” The gowns of the bridesmaids were Lucille models, fash’oned in the long, straight hues of the Russian idea, and were of white taffeta The skirts were full and ankle lergth, banded at the bottom with brilliants and pearls. Their bodices were of tulle with Russian jacket of cloth of silver; they also were braided with pearls and brilliants, and around the armholes was white swansdown. They wore Russian head dresses of pearls and rhinestones. The bride’s gown was very much like those of the bridesmaids, except the material was cloth of silver and also fashioned on very straight lines. Her gown was ankle length, the skirt full and banded around the bottom with pearls, and the front breadth ornamented with a garniture of similar beautiful trimming. The bodice of pearls was tight, with long net sleeves. Her tulle veil fell from beneath a Russian headdress of pearls and rhinestones. * ♦ ♦ r

An unusual addition to the staff of the Canadian Hospital, Walmer, England, is the “lady gardener,” Miss G. Hollowes, who has a thorough knowledge of her work, having for twelve years acted as head of the staff in Lady Sligo’s gardens. Miss Hollowes volunteered her services when war broke out, and she now devotes her time to growing vegetables for the hospital kitchen

The theory of an American genealogist is that the women of to-day and back fifty years have not had to work hard enough to be worn out when they reached the middle thirties, or even as late as fifty. “I have a woman friend,” she writes, “who is trying to prove that there are as many children born to-day after the mother passes her 'fiftieth birthday as there were during the Colonial period after the mother passed forty. She had been at work only about four years, and says she can prove that children born after the mother passed thirty have the greatest mental powers. On the other hand she maintains that when the mother is in her twenties and healthy the children are likely to be sound physically.”

“Between thirty-five and £ orty-five —given clothes —a woman’s age stays in the same place.”