EVERY LADY’S JOURNAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3993, 28 July 1915, Page 3

EVERY LADY’S JOURNAL.

(BY “VIVIENNE.”) DECLARATION DAY. It is the duty and privilege of every man and woman throughout the district to ask ourselves what are wo doing in connection with the war. No other can do our individual part. The men and women who are doing tuo sprinting like it no more than those who are lounging and looking on, and even finding excitement in the reading of disaster and death. It is, of course, just as much, the duty for some to stay at home as for others to make for the firing line; circumstances alter cases, but wo can all help some way. The Overseas Club is arranging for an out-door function on Wednesday, the 4th August, to mark the anniversary of the great war now in progress. The function will take place at the Band Rotunda on the Esplanade, and no matter if its a boisterous and stormy day or one of glorious gohleu sunshine it is expected that there will be. a record attendance of all able-bodied people. The resolution will then be passed undertaking to carry to a victorious end the campaign in the main ten-ace of those ideals of liberty and justice which are the common and sacred cause of the Allies. This resolution will he passed throughout the Britsli Empire, me Band will play the National Anthems of the Allies, members of various local bodies will attend officially, and as the meeting will only last about one hour or “perhaps less,’’ everyone should he able to attend, and the fair feminine people, too, s'hould regard if as a duty to be present. An engagement recently announced was that of Miss Ada Kemp, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Kemp, of Tuparoa, to Mr Leslie Buchanan, of Takapuna. The hostesses at golf last Saturday were: Mrs Gillingham, the Misses Nolan and Miss Keiha. The dainty afternon tea provided by them was very much appreciated. Mr and Mrs Harry Ludbrook, Bay of Islands, have returned from tiieir visit to Australia. Mrs Malcolm Ross, wife of the official press representative with the New Zealand Forces, and sister to Mr CL Grant, of Gisborne, has arrived in London.

Mr and Mrs Lament Gu.rr have left Gisborne to take tip residence in Auckland. 'J ho enthusiastic members of the Private Skating Rink continue to meet on Mondays. All kinds of trick skating is done, and a musical chairs item lias now been introduced, which affords great amusement generally, not to mention “Sir Roger tie. (loverly.” “Billy” tea is always partaken of during a pleasant and res©ful interval. The hostesses last week were the Misses Hookey and Kennedy. A number of young people met at Mrs Henry White’s residence last Thursday to do Red Cross work. A number of young people were assembled at Mrs It. u. Burke's home, Childers Road, last Thursday. Doll dressing for a forthcoming patriotic sale of work was enthusiastically pursued in. Mr Lawrence Ludbrook. of Dunedin, who lias been visiting relatives in Gisborne, returned South on Sunday. Mr and Airs A. J. Faulkner, of Muriwai t are at- present visiting at To Ante Airs Jack Faulkner, of Hastings, has been visiting friends in Gisborne. Miss Daisy Hill, of Napier, is dio guest of Air and Airs Harry Hill, Wintaupoko. Airs F. Joffcrd Into AJ.iss L. Busby) and Aiiss Elsie Busby, or Toknniaru. left Wellington b.v the- II.Ai.S. Reinuera on a visit to England Airs Ken. Williams has been the guest- of Airs Ludbrook. senr, at Kaiti. We most of us remember Dr Dan Thomas the dame in the “Babes in the Wood” pantomime produced in Gisborne. ‘Mr Thomas during a fortnight's singing of “.then the Boys Conic Marching Homo Again" succeeded in collecting ±;6o 12s 6d in aid of the Wounded; Soldiers’ Fund. Aiiss Faubert has returned from a brief visit to Wellington.' Mrs Ma.elaurin, of Mungapupa, Las been visiting in Auckland. Airs Lusk, of Napier, who lias been visiting her daughters in Gisborne, has returned to Hawke’s Bay. Dr and Airs C. B. limes, of Wanganui left for Wellington recently where they join the R.AI.S. R; mu ora, on route for England. Dr' Lines int. nils to be a wav about 12 months.

M iss Pickett is the guest ox Mrs MeCaw at Tauranga. Mrs Scott, Miss J 5. Scott and Mrs Fletcher, of Ormond, returned recctitJy from Wanganui, where they were the guests of Dr and Mrs Junes. Mr and Mrs 15. Holdsworth have been visiting in the South. Mr and Mrs Claude Sainsbtiry and Mr and Mrs Osborne Sainsbury ara spending the winter in Nelson with Mrs Sainsbury, sour. Miss 0. do. Lautour is the guest, of :\i rs Vincent Barker, Havelock North, Hastings. Miss Lillie .Bcere is leaving shortly on a visit to England. Miss N. Davies is visiting at To A ute. Miss Phyllis do Lautour left on Sunday’s steamer for Sydney where she will ho the guest of her sister, Mrs Pit tar. Mrs Edgar Wallis, Tiniroto, leaves shortly on a visit to England. Mrs iStrarhan, Napier, has been staying at Waimarie. Lieut. Aluir, of the Sixth Reinforcements, arrived from the South last Wednesday on a brief visit and returns South at an early date. Mrs D. 15. Tulloek left for Napier last Wednesday. Mr .T). Kettle, of Napier, returned South after a brief visit to Gisborne. The Rod Dandies Costume Comedy Company have been entertaining Gisborne audiences with items brimful of humor, harmony, hilarity, and elevating and amusing discourses. Lieut. G. H. Hume. N.Z.S.C., leaves for the South shortly.

WELLINGTON NEWS. In the rush and excitement of the carnival a rival ‘•‘coronation” 1 ceremony was rather overlooked, so it was wisely repeated last Saturday week. “Royalty”-on this occasion was repro-

! seated by Baby Edith Hawkins, tho six-months-old daughter of a reservist who was recalled to England when war broke out. Robed in white lace, with a crown of white flowers, she was carried by her mother in the procession, and behaved with great decorum and dignity. Her retinue included pages, heralds, ladies-in-waiting, and court officials, ail children, charmingly dressed to suit the characters, and trained to the correct etiquette and demeanour of royal attendants. A diminutive guard of honor of sailor hoys from the 11.M.5. Amokura end an escort of Boy Scouts were on duty, and after the “coronation” a party ol : clover and talented children gave a ' little entertainment of music, dancing | and recitations. “Queen Edith” was I a little too young to appreciate their j skill, but she showed groat delight in j a doll, presented to her by Her Excellency "Lady Liverpool, who curtsied before the baby “royalty” with due deference. Among the spectators was “Queen Edith’s” father,who, just invalided hack to New Zealand, saw bis little daughter for the first time. SOLDIERS’ LETTERS If ever the art of letter-writing should be spelt with a big A it is now. says a writer to the “Star.” Everyone is writing long letters, either to the men at the front or to the folks at home. But not everj’one is a natural genius in this art, as some of the replies homo from our soldiers testify. One man I heard of, who has been in the firing line, says:—“When you write, drop war. AYe have all we want of it out here, and when the home letters are half-filled with it, it seems waste of space. To hear that The Kid did two hours weeding in the garden so that he might earn a. swimming lesson the' next day, and that Marjorie is j'more keen on riding the donkey than • going in the cart, is the sort of stuff we like in our letters. AYe can get me war news from the papers.”