WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2423, 31 March 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAB, [Bl IUOOE-\.]

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Indian Women's Work for the Troops. A remarkable instance of the wave of sympathy' which swept over the Empire on the outbreak of war was the eagerness of the native women of the coast tribes in India to make garments for the troops. The capital of one of the provinces received at one of its depots cases of garments designed for a section of the Canadian contingent represcntingthe work of the native women. A. consignment of socks for sailors, knitted by the Indian women of Cowichaw from yarn spun by themselves was received by another depot of the same province. Concert at Trentham Camp. A concert party organised by Mr. Varney, secretary of the Y.M.C.A., was taken out to Trent-ham Camp 011 Monday evening, where a much appreciated and excellent programme of songs, instrumental music, humorous recitations, etc., was given. The Y.M.C.A. Hall was crowded, as it always is upon these occasions, and the visitors before returning to town were entertained at supper in the officers' mess tent. Assisting with the entertainment were Miss Mina Caldow, who sang several songs: Mrs. Craven (nee Miss May Donaldson), who played violin solos; Mr. F. Charlton, who contributed songs; Miss Betty Purdom, who gave recitations; and Mr. D. Kenny, humorous recitals. Miss Gibson was the accompanist of the evening. The party was taken out in motorcars lent for the occasion by the Hon. J. G. W. Aitken, M.L.C., Mr. D. George. Mr. H. G. Hill, and Mr. W. Crichton. The Nurses for the Front. The Wellington branch of the New Zealand Trained Nurses' Association held a meeting last evening, at the Nurses' Club in Kensington Street, for the purpose of arranging a farewell to the nurses who are leaving to go to the front. There was a very good attendance of nurses, and it was decided that a farewell evening should, be given in their honour on Wednesday, April 7. All Nurses are aßked to accept this intimation of the function as an invitation to attend. The nurses are due to arrive in Wellington at the latest on Tuesday, April 6, when they have to report themselves to the authorities. On the Wednesday afternoon following they nro to be entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Young, Tennis and the War. Norman Brookes, the world's tennis champion, told a meeting of club delegates, the largest brought together since the formation of the Lawn Tennis Association in Victoria, that in London a man seen carrying golf sticks or a tennis racquet in the streets would be hissed. 'And yet here in New Zealand people have sometimes thought that, they realised what the war meant a.; much as; people did in Great Britain. The champion drew vivid pictures of scenes he had witnessed in France, and said thatthe gravity of the situation in the colonies was evidently not realised. I Archdeacon and Mrs. Williams (Napier) were passengers by-the Monowai for Wellington. Miss Muriel Starr, who will be remembered for her performances in Wellington in I"Within the Law," has had to enter a private hospital and face an operation for appendicitis, states the Sydney "Sun" of last week. Much sympathy has been expressed for this actress, who has been under a continuous strain for the past two years, playing without a holiday big emotional parts. In the meantime her misfortune provided an opportunity for an actress Australia was on the verge of losing, Miss Sylvia Bremer, who played in New Zealand and also in Sydney in "The Argylo Case," and who had determined to go to New York to seek her opportunity there. Dr.'and'Mrs;. "A. N. Houghton, with Mr. and Miss Houghton, .left by the Tainui for England, where Dr. Houghton intends to join tho Medical Corps and proceed to the front. Playgoers in Wellington who saw "Kismet," as played by the Oscar Asche Company, will be interested, to learn that a dramatic sketch written by Edward Knoblanch, on- the lines of his previous play, "Kismet," was the medium whereby Mr. Oscar Asche and Miss Lily Brayton made their debut on the variety stage at Newcastle (England) last month. Miss Alice . Macandrew leaves this evening by the Main Trunk express on a visit to Auckland. Mrs. Norman, who has been/staying with Mrs. Hale-Munro at Hatait'ai, left on her return to Dunedin last evening. At St. James's Roman Catholio Churoh, Forest Lodge, Sydney, the marriage took place on February 6 of Mr. Frank A. Naßh (formerly of New Zealand), and second son of Mr. Thomas Nash, late of Grenfell, N.S.W., to Miss Katie Freida Gruen, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Gruen, of Glebe Point, Sydney. The Rev. Father Smith performed the ceremony. 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Rolf Boldrewood and His Sisters. With t'he passing of Rolf Boldrowood goes one of the last of an interesting coterie of men who with more leisure on hand might easily havo been men of letters, states a writer in an Australian daily. As it is, in "Robbery # Under Arms," Mr. Browne has left behind hjm one of the most authoritative stories concerning Australia's past—a dramatic, exciting story which won the author a hearing many years ago, and in point of interest was never touched by any subsequent work of his. Socially speaking, ho is one of a family that loomed very large in more senses of the word than one. Some years ago one of his sist-ers, the widow of Colonel Scratchly, was one of the Royal pensioners at Hampton Court. Like her sister, Mrs. Cockshot, she was a beauty of no mean order. A brother of remarkable personal is Mr. Sylvester Browne, who married a daughter of the late Sir William and Lady Rtawell. One of Rolf Boldrowood's daughters, who married Dr. Morrison, has brought out t-w<> books. His son, Mr. Everard Browne, has distinguished himself mostly in sporting circles Russians and Their Horses. That Russians, and especially Russian soldiers, are passionately attached to their horses is a well-known fact. To such a race of nomads as they so largely are, the horse means comrade, a friend to trust to in time of danger, and a refijge from abysmal solitude, and when death finally claims the willing spirt that so readily gives its all for those that trust it and treat it well, the grief of the Russian is very deep indeed. To such a people the appalling sacrifice of their dumb helpless friends in this ghastly war, friends that share the dangers, the heat and the burden of battle equally with themselves, has driven them to pray for their welfare, and everywhere in Russia, in the armies, in the churches, in villages, and cities, gravers are offered up for the compassionate safe-guarding of these humble comrades t'hat ask for so little. It is not surprising that the Russian example has roused a greaetr interest among the people of other nations' thatare concerned in the~ war than has been the case before in war time, and the commander of the P. and 0. Malwa in the ■ daily prayers that are read on board, reads, so a correspondent states, the following from the Liturgy of the Russian Church: "And for those also, 0 Lord, the humble beasts who share with us the burden and the heat of the day and offer their guileless lives for the well-being of their country, we supplicate Thy great tenderness of heart, for Thou Lord, shalt save both man and beast, and great is Thy loving kindness, 0 Master, Saviour of the world." And yet, one is told, thb Biriiop of Oxford objects to the prayer. Mrs. Louisson, of Christchurch, was a passenger from Syduey by the TJlim'aroa yesterday. • - . A New Zealand trooper who left with the main Expeditionary Force well sup--plied with socks, having a dozen pairs presented him by his family and friends, has in the course of a letter written to his mother told her that, with very careful wear, he already ha 6 only four pairs left. This suggests the fact that too many socks cannot be knitted' by the women in New Zealand for, the men in Egypt, as marching in. the sand 1 so quickly wears the socks out. - This was pointed out by Lady Godley some , time ago, and even Lady French has' had to make.further.appeals for 6ock6, soarfs, etc., for the troops at Home, 60 quickly do' these things wear out. ' « Dr. A. Bremis (Hamilton) and Mrs. Bremis passed through Wellington on Sunday on their return to the north from a visit to Christchurch and Mount Cook. Mrs. Mac Donald,, wife of Dr. Marshall Mac Donald, of Dunedin, accompanies her husband to France, and intends offering for nursing service in France. Mrs. Mac Donald is 'a member of the Australian Trained Nurses' Association. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Gaisford (Bulls) are staying at t|ie Empire Hotel. Bishop Mules (Nelson) and Mrs. Mules are staying at the Windsor Hotel. For Face Massage, Shampooing, all llaii Treatmerts, and Electrolysis, Mrs Rolleston's is recommended. Spacious Private Rooms, Qualified Assistants, and Personal Attention. Switches and Transformations of every shade a speciality! Hair guaranteed to keep its colour. . 256 Lambton Quay *