WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16416, 9 January 1919, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor will, be pleased to receive* for publication in the "Women's Corner" items of eocia or personal news. Such items should be tullv authenticated, and engagement notices must bear *he signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited on any matters a - fecting, or of interest to, women. Lcdy Allen and Miss Allen went to Longboach yesterday with the party accompanying the French Mission They will entrain at Ashburton for Dunedin to-morrow. Mi*s Gibson '(Melrose College, Invercargill) went South by yesterday s express. Mr and Mrs J. M. Hussey (Wanganui) arc staying at Warner's. Mrs Chilton has gone with Dr. Chilton to Cass, where they will spend a few days at the Botanical Observatory. Mrs Louis Blnndell and Mrs J- I'Blundcll (Wellington) went South yesterday morning. Mr and Mrs M. Godby are holidaying at Lake Wakatipu. Mr and Mrs J. M. Page (Hinds) are staying at the Clarendon. Lectures, training classes and demonstration schools will tak ; ° P l !,® throughout the week in connexion uith the summer school now being conducted by the Diocesan Sunday School loach ers' Association, at Christ's College and St Margaret's. Yesterday afternoon, by wav of recrcation, a tennis tournament "was hold on the St Margaret s courts, and a river picnic has beon arranged lor this afternoon. Mrs T. E. Taylor (Cashmere Hills) returns from Akaroa to-day. Tho monthly journal of the Victoria League, which is published in London, contains several extracts from a speech delivered by Mr G.' T. Booth, at a meeting of tho Victoria Leaguo, m Christcnurch, last year. Special notice is given to that portion of the speech which dealt with the wonderful spirit which the women of . Portsmouth displayed when they waited all night to learn the names of the survivors of the Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy, which were torpedoed in the North Sea. \Vnen eighteen* names had been posted there came a stop, and a double line was drawn across the bulletin board. Thore were no more names to come. The great company of women stood silent for a whilo as though stunned. Then one began, and the others joined in, until the whole company was singing "Rule Britannia." It is this spirit in the womanhood of the nation that has been not tho least factor in leading the Empire to victory. Mile, de Valette, the head of the American section of the Press Department of tho Foreign Office, was instantly killed by the explosion of a hand grenade which she had picked up while conducting a party of American women through the reoc'cupied territories on the French front. A French officer with the party had his arm blown off. He had carefully warned the members of the party to touch nothing. Miss Elizabeth Shipley Thornton, of the "New. Republic," New York, was wounded, but not seriously, in the face and other parts of the body by grenade splinters. Mrs Trevor Foster (Riccarton) ana her sister, Miss Joseph, left by last night's boat on a month's holiday m Wellington and Hawke's Bay. Miss Cuthbert (Avonside) has returned from Little Akaloa. < The Red Cross shop has been so long located in Cathedral square that it has come to be regarded as almost an institution witJi the people of Christcliurch. Now that the war is ended, however, tho Red Cross Society's appeals for funds have ceased, and the shop authorities decided to hold a clearance sate of the remaining stock. Mr Willis, of Messrs McKonzie and Willis, was honorary auctioneer, and a surprising variety of goods came under the hammer. As is usual with sales of this nature, many articles, that would appear to be of little use brought good prices, while others whose utilitarian value was unmistakable, went for the proverbial song. For instance, a splendid suite of furniture Bold for a few pounas. Other articles sold included books, pictures, cutlery, household utensils, etc., etc. There was a largo attendance. Among ladies who are afflicted with super- • fltious hairs Dr. Waldron's preparations prove a boon, as they can be applied with perfect safety. A special outfit for summer use comprises Massage Cream for Freckles and Sunburn, Vanishing Cream for applying before powder; Rougette, an emollient for the lip*. ' and a delicate powder, any of four shades. Prioo 16s, postage 16s 64. MRS ItOIiLESTOJT, Dominion Buildings, 1 Cathedral square. VICTORIA LEAGUE. The Canterbury branch of the Victoria League some time qgo sent gifts of clothing to the New Zealand Hospital at Etrambieres, France, for French repatries, and the secretary of the League has just received a letter from Sir Thomas Mackenzie, the High Commissioner, enclosing ono from Monsieur Charles, the administrator of the hospital, acknowledging the receipt of the gifts, and thanking the League for them. M. Charles adds: "We havo already distributed the contents of the two cases that arrived at the end of June, to relieve the more necessitous cases. The contents of the other two will help us to make the winter less terrible for the invalids and convalescents who leave the hospital, and whom we are obliged to clothe. For the most part they have nothing; the Germans took everything from them, and it is one of our greatest sorrows to sag mothers and. fathers with children in their care without hearth or home, without means, nor any possibility of supplying tho most urgent needs of their family. We are keeping for Christmas Day the gifts you have especially sent for the children. Their Christmas gifts will give both them and their mothers the greatest joy. In their name, and that of all our poor, sick folk, I say, thank you! France, so cruelly tried by the war, will never forget what she owes to the Allies and the Etrambieres Hospital, and will always keep alive her intense gratitude for all that New Zealand has done for her."

reel OF COTTON £4 ss. The people of Great Britain hare small cause of complaint as to wartime prices when those of other countries are ""''WhenMme. christich.left Serbia a few weeks ago," lldeof the Serbian Rehef *und told a "Weekly Dispatch" representative, "she set up in business a poor Serbian sewing W °*Tho stcck-in-trade she supplied consisted of two reels of cotton at £4 os each and some old flannel covers for hot-water bottles" out. of which the woman hones to make some garments for children. . r, ~ "If you want a pair of boots m Serbia to-day vou may search a very long time before you find them, and when you do you will be charged anywhere from £20 to £30 for them. . "When the sacks, curtains, ana raps thev hare made garments out of are soiled the Serbians must stay in bed until they are washed, and the washing is a difficult process, for soap is only obtainable at 30s lb, and not often even Prices are Jess astonishing in France, but a soldier who is quartered in a billot recently left by the Germans has written :— . , "Prices are .<jf course, coming down gradually, but they are still pretty much above tHe clouds. A penny bar of chocolate is three francs. Rice is /fr. 50c a lb in shops, and coffee was -sfr. until a few days ago. The Germans when thev were here paid as much as 7ofrs. for a kilo of butter. It is pretty certain wo won't pay that." TO-DAY'S RECIPE. Summer Salad. —Two lettuces, mustard and cross, young radishes, cucumber; cold meat, poultry, or cold fish. Cut radishes, cucumber, and lettuces into thin slices. Place sauce at bottom of bowl, then the salad, and garnish with sliced egg (boiled hard), and cross. Vegetables must be fresh and thoroughly drained. Slices of cold meat or poultry added to the salad make a convenient and quickly-made _ luncheon dish. Or cold fish, flaked, will be found exceedingly nico with it.