A ROYAL NURSE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1639, 4 January 1913, Page 10

A ROYAL NURSE.

In. nil wars the Red Cross' Units are a : most important bod}'- With the Gresjnn ..■ 1 Army, in the struggle between tho Balkan States and Turkey, l'rluecss Helen, dangli-(«r-in-ki>-of tho King of Greece and wife. ; .'. of Prl'uc6 Nicholas of Greece, had control | of tho railway arrangements for the re- ! moval of tlio wounded soldiers to tho hos- : mini: This train was called 'Trincess Helen's Special," and a number of Bug- ' , lieli nurses' wero amongst tho,most valu- . able- assistants in' this: important work.. , v The Princess is well-known, in Eimlimdjjlior husband is, of course, a nephew j f. Queen Alexandra—and two summers' nifo. sb'i and.her three charming little daugh-. '•..''■ tors spent .a holiday in visiting London, ! several Sussex Seaside'towns, ..and the. .■■;'■.' Hertfordshire countryside,, where.she be-: X"| amio very popular. , It maybe.added -v'. J that the Queen of Greece alfcb took the | keenest possiblo interest in Red Cross ' • work. This,- of course, is characteristic ' | of Queen Olpa, who all her life has been: Identified with' (ho practical charity of , doing good to others.' i Tho variableness of Wellington weather . ■ is a primo factor in oausing roughness of • ■tho skin. Wind 'mid rain join forces in this fell work by making tho.complexion, coarse and chapping the hands. Tho . ravages of unseasonable weather may bo'. ' combated by tho use of Mrs. ltnllcston's j Complexion Creams.which aro imported ~ \ from loading.houses in France, England,. ' ; mid America,- and sold til .'ls. (id. per jar. "■.". "La Cigulo" is a ; lending French iionmvasy Fnco Cream. An English prcpara- '.■". tion, "Massionc," is a successful complex- ' , I ion beautilicrj.whilo for removing black- . ] heads and skin- blemishes, tho'j Virginian. Massage Cream is also a great|favourite.,. . .Free advice is given purchasers]regarding - v '•: their complexions.; Mrs, Rolleston, isfl \ ' Lambtou Quay (opp. Econeniic).—Advt. If a man is an invalid, and wishes to ,'. J live, givo him au engrossing task to per-:, j form, This is the lesson of tho last -.. ''> months'of General Grant's lifol according to Mark Twain, as'quoted'in'"Harper's , ■ j Magazine." After tlio.General finished > j ; ' his Memoirs, Murk Twain writes, "iho -, '• .;< lack of any strong 'interest, to employ his .':;'■■■' ; mind enabled thu . tedious weai'incis to ,r •' : kill him. I lliink his book kept him alive \> several months,'' ;■ .•;'■ , '•;'' I