WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2337, 19 December 1914, Page 10

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR. [Bi ImoobjJ .

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Break-up of St. Catherine's Sohool. St. Catherine's Sohool, Newtown (of whioh Miss Butts is the Principal) celebrated its breaking-up for tlie summer vacation last evening in fit. Thomas's i Infant Schoolroom. A delightful little entertainment given entirely by the pupils preceded the prizegiving, which was carried out by Mrs. fialmond. School songs, of which the musio and words had heen composed by Miss Joy Eggers, recitations, a sailor's hornpipe, and a quaint punotuation table were some of the contributing items of the programme, the recitations being extremely well delivered. Some of the performers were of very tender years, and their understanding of the pieces they recited surprisingly good. The outstanding feature of the entertainment,' however, was a short musical sketch. "Fairie.l and Goblins," the musio and words being composed by. Miss Joy Eggers; It was a dainty little fancy, with expressive; music, and the children taking part in it sang and acted their parts very well indeed. Quite a goblin atmosphere was given midway through by the lights being turned down, save for one or two wilt o'-the-wisp-like flames that shone through the foliage on the stage. After the 6inging of the National Anthem by the children, supper was handed round. A bouquet of crimßon roses was presented to Mrs. fialmond at the beginning of the evening.

Karorl Children's Entertainment. ,A very pleasant entertainment was given on Wednesday night by the children of the Karori State School. The paroohial hall was crowded, and many people were unable to obtain admission. The objeot was to raise money for tho .Belgian Children's Fund. The Karori scholars had already raised the sum of £8 for the Uncle Tom's Fund, and had specially requested the committee to devote any moneys that were earmarked for prizes to the same purpose. The committee readily»acceded to the lequest, and added a further £9, making £17 in all. Later on a proposal was made by a member of the committee to hold a children's entertainment in aid of the Belgian Fund. The teachers and scholars took to the idea with enthusiasm, and Wednesday's function was the result. .' Once more the little ones in their unselfish kindness unanimously agreed to forgo their annual picnic, preferring to see the money 6well the result of tho concert. It is expected that a further £15 or £16 for tho benefit of the distressed Belgians will be handed in. The voluntary and enthusiastic unselfishness and thoughtfulness of the Karori school children was admirable, and well worthy of emulation.

Belgian Christmas Shilling Fund. Already acknowledged, £653 Os. Bd.; St. Hilda's Sunday School children, £5; Mrs 0. S. Jones, 10s. Cd.; State. Fire Insurance, £1 Is.; Longwood, Featheraton, £2 10s.; per Miss Look, £1 15s. 6d.; Oriental Bay, per Miss ■■ Armstrong and Misb Black, £4 165.; Miramar Borough, per Mrs. Rowntree, £17 135.; Jim, Tommy, Willis, and Hetty, 4s. j per Miss Duncan, £2 65.; Pensions Department, 145.; Te Karaka, per G. Warren. £2; Hunterville, per Ellis Bros., £1165.: Tem.uka, MayoressV"£oß':"6B.;;7d.; Inglowobdf per Mrs. 'W. J. Evans, £75; Manaia, per Mrs. V W. Byrne, £4 ss. 6d.; Taumaranui, per Mashlan Bro6 <v £s 05.,:6 d.: Taumaranui, per G. H.'Humphreys, £3 4s : Blenheim, per "Marlborough lixpress.' t £6 55.; Upper Hutt, per F. W. Connell, £9 165.; Lyttelton Harbour Board stafl, £8; Eltham County Council, £5; Northlands, per Mrs. A. J. Patterson, 25.; Tawa Flat, per Mrs. A. J. Taylor, £2 135.; Miss Coneys, £5; Ohariu Valley, per Miss L. P. Bryant, £5; Hosoneath, per Mrs. A. Lowe, £1 95.; Porirua Mental Hospital staff, £5: H. F. Von Haast, £5: "Two Sympathisers, 1 ' 25.; Takapau, £9 18s.'; Sydney Johnston, £9 18s.; Huntorville, per H. M'Manawav, £10 Bs. 6d.; Te Kuiti, per Town Clerk, 10s.: Pohangina, per County Clerk, £39 os. 6d.; Karori,.per Mrs. Barclay and Miss Davies, £16 35.; Brooklyn, per. Miss Auld, £14 155.; Johnsonville, per Mrs. Perryman, £11 25.; per Miss Marks and Mrs. Magill, £1 Is.; Wairowa County Council, £7 9s. 6d.; Pukorau, per J. Bell, £2 35.; Paekakariki, per schoolmaster, £2 45.; Mr. and Mrs. Tregear, 55.: Thorndon, per. Mrs. T. A. Walker, £30 10s.; per Miss Marks, £1 lis.; Onslow Borough Council, 55.; Smith and Lester, lis.; total, £950 3s. 4d.

Recent visitors to Mahara House, Waikanae, include tho following:—Dr. and Mrs. Haßsell (Porirua), Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Adams, Mrs. Murdoch, Miss ABquith, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Nathan, Mrs. Newman, Mrs. Arndt,- Mrs. Samuel Brown, Mrs. O'Shea, Mr. and Mrs. "Malcolm Ross, Mr. and Mrs, Brodie, Mr.' and Mrs. Balcombe Brown, Mrs. Massoy, Mr. and Mrs. Cummiags, Mr. and Mrs. Amos, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Messrs. 0. B. Morison, Chas. Young, A. T. Bate, Stuart, Douglas, R. N. Holmes, Salmond, M'Lean, and Woodhouse (all of Wellington).

Mrs. Mathewson announces a special offering of Parisian Model Blouses in a wide variety of styleß, materials, and shades. She also states that, to meet the convenience of those ladies who cannot call early, her shop at 264-266 Lambton Quay will be open to-day till 9 p.m.

Miss Kane, who has recently started work in Wellington as medical and electrical masseuse, is a- member of the Certificated Incorporated Society of Trained Masseuses, London, of which more than one hundred members have been formed by Miss French (sister of General French) into a Massage Corps, which is working among the wounded in the hospitals.at Home.

The contribution of the Mount Cook Girls' School to the Belgian Distreßß Fund' amounts to £128 10a. 10d., of which £05 resulted from the fete which was held on December 9, and £52 13s. 3d. from Uncle Tom's collection on Guy Fawko's Day. The sum of £6 17s. 9d. was also collected and given to the Ambulance. This speaks admirably for the sympathy and enthusiasm of the Mount Cook girls, and is a result to bo viewed with pardonable satisfaction.

Health' of Women and Children. • _•"■ • The fortnightly "meeting \>f the So-, ciety for the Promotion of Health-of. Women and Children . was. held onThursday, at -the. Plunkot Nurses' Rooms, 61 Pirio Street. : Mre. Algar Williams was- in the chair, and there were also present Lady Stout,.Miesdamea Fitchett, Winder, Ward, Luke, M'Lean, Coo'kj and , Hosking, Misses Baraett, Peacli ( and Cable. Apologies, were Toceived trom Mesdames Massey, i\l'Vicar, Gordon Reid, .and Birkett, The secretary, reported having rccoiv-. Ed a letter- from the'Plunket- Nurse in Hastings asking that humanised milk might be made for a baby being takenby its-mother from Napier to Lyttelton by boat. Arrangements were made with the nurses to ensure the. humanised milk being ready'' on the. arrival of tho boat.' A letter was received from the King Country asking for the pamphlet, "What. Baby Needs." A letter was received enclosing a subscription and conveying special.thanks to Nurse Purcell for her care of the subscriber's baby, and asking the committee to send on the message to Nurse Purcell, who' had left thai; day for England to do nursing in connection with the war. Nurso Stamper arrived from Dunedin to relieve Nurse Pascoe,' who left for her holiday this week. It was proposed and earned tha': in future there should be only one meeting held in each month, on the first Thursday, at 10.30 a.m., at the society's rooms, and an exeoutive committee was appointed to deal with all questions -arising between the monthly meetings and needing immediate attention. Mrs. W. Fell was unanimously elected a member of the committee. A subscription was received from Mrs. Dixon, of 10s. 6d. A special vote of thanks was passed to Mia.- Birkett for her services as assistant secretary..

Amid the many demands for help that hare arisen'in consequence of the war there is a danger that the men who carry our produce, bring in our imports, and convoy our troops Home may be forgotten at the approaching festive season if more help is not forthcoming. Mr. Mooro, missioner, pleads for some small share of gifts in money or kind to enable him and his workers to oarry out the four picnics in view in the next month's general, holidays out of -doors and at the Sailors' Friend Society..

Last .Saturday proved quite a redletter day for Ohariu Valley the sum of £57 16s. Bd. resulting from the efforts of tho promoters of the country fair, which' was opened by Mr. R. A. Wright, M.P., who was accompanied by Mrs. Wright. _ The fair was well attdhded, and visitors spent . freely. Miss E. Best won the live-weight lambguessing competition, and Miss Lorna Bryant guessed the correct weight of a drossed wether, Mrs. Dallaston and Miss M. Bryant each won lambs. All four winners generously returned their prizes, which were then sold, and realised quite- a substantial sum.. This amount is included in tho competition's account in the following, statement:—Christmas tree, ■ £6 17s. 2d.; jumble stall, £8 25.; competitions, £13 17s. 6d.; cigarettes, £1 65.; produce stall, £13 12s. Bd.; lollio stall, £3 65.; bran tub, £2 Os. M:; "Aunt Sally," £1 14s. 4d.; tja-room. £2 125.; donations, £4 9s. 6d s ; totah £57 16s. Bd. .-., '

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A GENERAL TO HIS WIFE

A LEGACY FOR CHILDREN. Lady Smith-Dorrien, speaking at a women's patriotic meeting at Salisbury, read the following extracts from'a letter from her husband, General Sir Hor- 1 ace Smith-Dorrien, written to her from the trenches during the battle of the Aisno:— "Knowing as I do that you are striving to help the wives and families'of the brave soldiers who are -fighting under-me in this glorious war, I should like you to tell them,- when you have an opportunity, a little about the doings of their husbands, brothers, and sons, so that they may learn to ciato them at their true value.

"Never has an army been called on . to engage in such desperate fighting as ' is of daily occurrence in tho present war, and never have any troops behaved so magnificently as our soldiers in this war. The stories of tho battles of Le Mons and Le Cateau are only beginning to be known, but at them a.' British force not only held its own j tgainst a German army four times its own size, but it hit the enemy so hard < that never were they able to do mora than follow it up. : "Of course our troops had to fall back before them, an operation which : would demoralise most armies. Not so' with ours, however. Though they ; .naturally did not like retiring for twelve successive days, they merely fell sullenly back, striking hard whenever • attacked, and the moment the order came to' go forward there were smiling faces everywhere. Then followed the, battles of the Marne and the Aisne. .

Many V.C.'s to ba.Clven. "Tell our women that all these great battles have, day after day, witnessed countless feats of heroism and bravo fighting. Large numbers will be given Victoria Crosses and Distinguished Conduct Medals, but many more have earned them, for it has been impossible to bring every case to notice. "Tell the women that, proud as I am to have such Boldiers under my command, they should be prouder still to bo near and dear relations of; such men. and that they can show . .their pride by their own behaviour. Let them think of their husbands and brothers undergoing the greatest imag. inablo fatigues, often cold and T7et for days together, and through it all, though in constant danger, performing deeds of which any country might be proud. •

. "Tell the wives to talk to their children about tbeir brave father's, and for themselvos never to do anything a full account of which they would shrink from giving their husbands on their return from tho war.

"Tell the women and girls they can serve their, country best by leading quiet lives, thus setting an example of self-restraint and uprightness at home which, equally with the bravery of their dear ones in the war, is necessary to bring the country through this great national crisiß with credit to those who have the good fortune to live undec tho Union Jack."