WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2454, 6 May 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

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SOCIAL & PERSONAL Sale of Work at Hataitai. A side of work in aid of the funds of All Saints Church, Kilbirnie, was held in the Bowling Club Pavilion, Hataitai, yesterday afternoon and evening. The Mayoress, Mrs. J. P. Luke, performed the opening ceremony in a brief and appropriate speech, and Lady Kelburn, who was present, also spoke. .The various stalls were well supplied with a great variety of 'goods, and although there have been many calls upon everybody's resources, satisfactory business was transacted. The stalls were in charge of. the following Plain work, Mrs. Greenslade, Mrs. Searle, and Mrs. Craig; fancy work, Mrs. Potter, Miss Flux; cake stall, Mrs. Seville, Miss Hunt; produce, Mts. Jones, Mrs. Brantiigan, and Mrs. Cracroft; sweets, Mrs Shepherd, Miss Easthamj bran tub, Miss Drawbridge, Miss Gilpin; refreshments, Mrs. and Miss Taylor, Mrs. Bethel. Sale of Work at Wadestown. A oale of work in aid of. the Presbyterian Church funds was held in the club-rooms at Wadestown yesterday afternoon and_evening. The Rev. James Paterson presided, and introduced Mrs. W. P. Massey, who briefly performed the opening ..ceremony, a, bouquet of roses and sweet peas having previously been presented her by Mrs. G. L. Stewart's little daughter. Mr. R.' A. Wright, M.P., who with Mrs. Wright was also present, was another speaker; and ma<le complimentary references to the work , which had been accomplished by the stall-holders and other helpers. The club-room had been prettily arranged for the occasion, and the stalls made a most attractive display of all kinds of articles, home produce, plain and fancy sewing, sweets, cakes, etc. Among those who were present on the occasion were: Mrs. A. L. Herdman, Miss Paterson, the Rev. Gibson Smith and Mrs. Smith, the Rev. Cyril Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Stewart, the Rev. Mr. Debour (who is in charge of the Wadestown Church), and Mrs. Debour.

Miss Rita Moss has returned from a visit to Wanganui.

Miss Chilman leaves to-day on a visit to Marton. Nurse M. G. Atkinson, formerly matron of the Northern Wairoa Hospital, and Nurse W. M. Stronach, late of a private hospital in Palmerston North, loft Auckland by the Atua on Monday for Samoa, to ac; as relieving nurses at fhe military hospital there. A special meeting of women and girls was held in the Salvation Army Citadel last evening and was addressed by Dr. Platts-Mills, who took as hor subject ''Womanhood, its Trials and Possibilities." The speaker pointed out the great influence which women young ! and old could exert for good if they would only realise their power,"both in heme life and abroad. Bearing, dress, conduct —all' told their tale and were influences for either good or evil. Mrs. Adjutant Green occupied the ohair and the girls' choir sang' during the evening. There was a large attendance at the lecture. Miss Weston, who lias been the guest of Mrs. W.F. Massey, has returned to Papatoetoe, The Mayor of Onslow, Mr. Crump, opened a very successful sale of work whioh was held at Kaiwarra yesterday for the benefit of the Kaiwarra Methodist Church Restoration Fund. A musical programme was presented in the evening. Miss Dorothy Gard'ner, of the Violet -Dandies, who arrived from Sydney by the Manuka on Tuesday, is a sister of Miss Helen GaTd'ner, the dainty singer ? n d actress, who has appeared twice in Wellington in leading roles with the Wellington Amateur Operatic Society, and who sang the soprano musio of Montana" with ihe Royal Wellington \Choral Society last year.

The death is announced of Mrs. nf C 'ri, m of T Mr - George Mee, ot Li)e Terrace. Last month Mrs. Mee who was well known in Wellington, left fi v ' s i k to Wanganni, and iwule there suffered a severe stroke, which terminated fatally on Monday evening. ?'he deceased lady leaves a S,™ ar fi y®~ tln ' ee daughters and two sons. Much sympathy will be felt for bereavement. ° family ™ sad

Dr. Louisa. Garrett-Anderson, who has returned from France to take charge of a large military hospital in England, is full of praise for the sympathy with which the French authorities and ,the public welcomed the novel idea of a war hospital staffed entirely by women (states a London correspon- ■ dent). She also considers it fortunate that nearly all the doctors and nurses of the 'Suffragists'" Hospital,, aB the publio insisted on calling it, were young. She considers that the enthusiasm and gaiety and courage of youth are valuable qualities in a war hospital. She and tie other organiser, Dr. Flora Murray, met with some opposition when they were trying last year to form a war hospital staffed by woman doctors. But her mother, a pioneer among woman doctors in England, prophesied, "My dear, if you succeed you will put forward your lause a hundred years." When this' hospital was moved from Paris to Boulogne and put under the .British Army Medical Service, their quartermaster, a woman of 23, was put into the bureau of a neighbouring military hospital to leain the routine. Her efficiency so astonished the officer in charge that he paid her the following very masculine compliment .-—"Upon my word, she couldn't do better if she were a man."

BUTTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR,

THE CARE OF OUR SOLDIERS AN APPEAL FOR HELP. The other day, at a meeting that was held in connection with an undertaking that is being organised for tho purpose of raising funds wherewith to provide for our wounded soldiers, the Mayoress, Mrs. J. P. Luke, made a strong and stirring appeal for help. "Any woman that can thread a lieedle," she said, "any woman: that has a heart, is a coward now if she does not come out and help to look after the boys who have gone and the boys who are going—for wc, none of us know who will have to go yet." The appeal is one that is being urgently seconded by tho Wellington South Nursing Division of tho St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, an organisation that, with its sister divisions, has been steadily working ever since the war began to provide medical comforts and clothing for the wounded l and convalescent soldiers. There may have been women who did not realise their responsibilities in this direction Up till the end of last week. There can surely be few now since the casUalty lists of those who ha\ f 0 bssn ready to lay down life and limh for the service of their King and country have been coming home to us, in our turn. In tho springtime, .we were told, in Maytime, the greatest armies that havo ever met in tho clash of war would be at one another's throats in the supreme effort for tho mastery of the world. Up till now wo m New Zealand have only heard the clash from afar, even though there have been many to whom it has been a nightmare of dread and horror never absent from tho shadowy background of their consciousness. With men from New Zoaland in the fighting line already proving their inheritance or bravery," of endurance, of self-sacri. iice,_ the attitude of the looker-on has vanished, and we too are bearing the burden which those at home have been burden that others have borne at Home during all these long months of wartare.

Tlie work which lies before women now and which will need all their efforts is to send m regular supplies of clothing, medical comforts, and necessities tor relief from the suffering which will He before so many of the soldiers. To most women it can har.dly appear as a duty, .and to those who may have Do relative at the front it.can onlv be their deepest desire to do all the.y" can to demonstrate their admiration and concern for those who are prepared to pve everything for their country. Just in the same degree that there'will be no nagging, no cessation from their hating energies on the part of the soldiers on the battlefields of Flanders, of 1< ranee, of Belgium, and at the Dardanelles, so should there be 110 slackenmg 111 the work that is left for the women of New Zealand. , The Wellington South Nursing Divilss.lJ,es,tlie lO ''owing list of articles that will be needed for the wounded and convalescent soldiers:—Bed jackets of red or natural colour ffanuel, 'flannel nightshirts, operation sleeves, flannel pyjamas light-weight drawers, towels sheets single bed), socks (feet 10J to 1H inches), knitted belts, ward slippers, boric lint, _ plain and iodoform gauze, pillow slips, triangular .bandages, eye bandages, light-weight vests operation gowns, flannqj nightingale I '' day shirts, blankets, .handkerchiefs) dressing gowas, bed socks, (without heels), caps, mufflers, medicated cotton wool, gamgee tissue, roller bandaces Contributions of money will be gladlv welcomed, and { those fr«» t 1?° 50metl ™E> may not be free to do as much as they would like . materials may be obtained from the Wellington South Nursing Division When forwarding garments, material or money contributions should be addressed either to Mrs. Barltrop 87 M n'J*' or ? Irs ' Preston. Town hlit oil )i v« e yof w °men only but all the different organisations that are woi king for the men at the front will need all the help th.it. can be of.fered 1,1 the. months to come. . It is all that women can do.

A meeting of the Convalescent Home Committee was held at Hiss Coatees residence, 011 Wednesday, May 5. There were present Mesdames Moorliouse (in t °£ a "i) f" Martin > Litchfield, J m, 5 ,? I*'1 *' \atkins, Miss Ooates, Miss £ « S (tl T ra,) ' and Miss Nathan(secretary). The matron reported that ten patients were admitted and four discharged during the month. Gifts were received from Mesdames Martin, barrony and Rotheram.

A meeting of the Women's Political Ketorm League will be held this evening m the Theosophical Rooms in Balance Street.

A satisfactory response has been made by the school children of the Auckland province to the appeal made bv the Mayoress, Mrs. C. J. Parr, for handiur jle or . ths Auckland soldiers at the front. At the request of the Mayoress the secretary of the Education Board sent a circular to each of the schools inviting contributions of handkerchiefs, and requesting that the articles should be sent to the board's office by Monday. The result of the appeal was gratifying. The children, both boys and girls, set to work in earnest, and practically every school in the province has forwarded the outcome of the scholars' industry to the board's office. Parcel after parcel arrived, and these have been forwarded to the Town Hall for transmission to the Auckland soldiers at the front. Mrs. Parr estimates that she has received handkerchiefs from the children 'to the number of between 10,000 and 12,000. At the Sailors' Friend Society last night an enjoyable concert was provided by Mrs. Swinburn and party. During the evening a conundrum competition was held, and won b f v sailors from ships in port. The Missioner, Mr. Moore, spoke_ a few words on the temperance question, and invited seamen to sign the pledge. At -the closo the Missioner moved a hearty vote of thanks to the performers, which was responded to by Mrs. Swinburn. The following were the pc-rformers: Misses Crump, Fontaine, Finnistere, Upliain, Atkinson, Messrs. Mara,. Hoolo (2), and Mitchell. Mrs. Swinburn was an ablo accompanist. For Face Massage, Shampooing, all Hair Treatments, and Electrolysis, 31 rs. liolleston's is recommended. Spacious Private Rooms. Qunlitied Assistants, and Personal Attention. Switches and Transformations of every sliado a speciality. Haiv guaranteed lo keep its colour. 25G Lamblon Quay.'