WOMAN'S. WORLD

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2561, 8 September 1915, Page 3

WOMAN'S. WORLD

0(Continued from Page 2) • A Striking Pageant in London. In describing the. women's war pageant iii London on July 18, tile London "Times" said:—"The most notable feature of the procession was tho pageant- of the Allies. It was headed by a girl wearing a Grecian robe of white fringed with gold, and carrying a tropliy composed of tho flags of tho nations at war with Germany. Behind her camo native representatives of the countries, liio place of honour was given to Belgium. The soul of that martyred, but unconquerable, land was vividly "typified by a tall, slender lady dressed in mourning, with a purple veil bound round her head and flowing in a long streamer behind. She carried aloft tho flag of her country, torn and tattered, but still beautiful in. its colours of black, yellow, and red. She walked barefoot through the slu&h of tho roadways, and on her delicate face there was a. moving expression of pride and sorrow. Then canto a striking contrast m France, represented by a pleasantlooking young girl who walked with a swagger m lier tricolor frock and red °ap of liberty, and charmed the crowd with her merry smiles. The other Allies followed—Russia, Japan, Italy, Serbia, and Montenegro—a most picturesquo group in their varied peasant costumes. A girl in white, carrying an armful of roses, typified England, and in attendance upon her were three women, ono wearing the kilt and tartan of Scotland, another the high conical hat of Wales, and the other the red colleen cloak and green dress of Ireland. • For tho Test, the parade consisted of tens of thousands of women carrying, streamers, which worked out a brilliant coloured scheme of many sections in red, white, and blue; interspersed with numbers of large banners bearing inscriptions. Among the mottoes were: Women are prepared to pay any price to defeat the eneniy. Delays have dangerous ends. We believe in our great past, and in our still greater future. We demand war work and service for all. We are not slackers. .' Women's battle cry is, Work, Work, Work. Shells made by a wife may save, her husband's life. Mrs. Thomas Campbell, an old' and respected resident of Napier, died on Monday at the ago of 87. Miss B. Young, of Napier, left yesterday morning oh. a visit to Christchurch. Misses M. and E. Stace, of Napier, left yesterday morning on a visit to Auckland. Mrs. H. White-Parsons, of Napier, 54 spending a holiday in Wellington. Mr. M. 0. V. Dimock, of Wellington, has received a cablegram stating that his son, Pte. Victor Dimock, who was a member of the Ist Australia® Battalion, was wounded at the Dardanelles on August 12, and is now at Malta. Before leaving New Zetland Pte. Dimock was a corporal in- the Feilding Mounted Rifles. When the war broke out .lie was in Australia, and was one of the first to go to tho front. . Mr. J. Kirkcaldie and Mr. S. ICirkcaldie, of .Wellington, are visiting Napier. Mrs. W. Kennedy has returned from a visit to Wanganui.