WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2617, 12 November 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OP INTEREST PROM FAR AND NEAR.

(By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Soldiers' Room Fund. Tlio lion, treasurer (llrs. Henry Hall) of tlio Soldiers' Room Fund acknowledges the following donations: —The Misses Williams, Hukerere, Napier, £5; Airs. Cleghorn, £2 '25.; Mrs. Cullender, £1; "F.L.Y.," £1; per Lady Gibbes, 10s.; and the following monthly subscription?:—Mrs. J. G. Stott, £3 (three months), W. ana G. Turnbiill, £2 Is. Bd.; Mrs. J. Kirkcaldie, £2; Miss Fraser, £2 (two months) Mrs. G. F. 0. Campbell and Mrs. W. Nathan, £1 Is. each.; Mrs. W. F. Massey, Mrs. W. H. Moorehouse, Mr. W. li. Moorehouse, Mrs. J. W. Wallace (two months), Mrs. W. Ferguson, Mrs. J. M'Eldowney, Mrs. A. Levy, Mr. G. Hunter, Mrs. A. Crawford, Mrs. C. Earle, Mrs. C. Griffiths (two months), £1 each; Mrs. E. Anderson, Miss F. Scales, Mrs. Coleridge, Mrs. T. Ward, Mrs. J. W. Salmond, and Mrs. A. H. Miles, 10s. each; Mrs. Litchfield, Mrs. H. S. Hadfield, Mrs. Mestayer, Miss Jenkyns, "A Friend" (two months), Mrs. E. Hadfield, Mrs. W. Kennedy, Mrs. Samuel, and Miss Ward (two months), Cs. eacli; Mrs. Willis and M.iss Boothj 2s. 6d. each; por Miss' Murray, Willis Street, Lady Gibbes and Miss Richardson, os. each; and Miss Coates, £1. The committee, also wish to t.hank Mr.. M. E. Denniston for weekly donations of eggs, and Mrs. C.' G. Hougliton, It-aetihi, for 201b. butter. The Rose Show. A beautiful display of roses was made by the Wellington Eose and Carnation Club yesterday afternoon and evening, the proceeds of the 6how to be devoted to the Mayor's Wounded Soldeirs' Fund and to the Eose Garden Fund for the Zoo. However much one might waver in allegiance to the rose as the. queen of flowers —when they do not happen to be in season—such a display as that of yesterday would he quite enough to enable them to regain all .their old ascendancy. The general colour effect was very lovely. Some of the isliades • were indescribably delicate, others so rich and- vivid, while the fragrance of them pervaded the whole of the ball There were some beautiful displays of pot plants, notably that of Mr. C. H. Izard, and a decorative feature of tlio hall was the flower • stall wbich occupied the centre of the liall, and was in charge of Mrs. Hislop, Miss Duncan, and Mrs. S. Pearce, with assistants. There w-as also a cakc stall, which was in t'he cliar'go of Mrs. and Miss Joseph. Afternoon tea was arranged in tho Concert Chamber, numbers of small tables liaving been placed about the and all decorated with roses and other ilowers. The arrangements were in the hands of Mrs. Gore, with a committee consisting of Mesdames J. P. Luko, A. Pearce, G. Johnson, SJiand, Triifgham, T. Young, M. Myers, W. Nathan, J. M'Lean, J. Campbell, Jcfferv; and Miss Patterson. Each lady provided her own assistants. Her Excellency the Count-ess of Liverpool, who opened the show, was received by Mr. Harcourt, president of the club, Miss Harcourt, and Mr. and Mrs. Gore. Mrs. Massey and tho Mayor and Mayoress were among those who were present. Mlramar'Golf Club Patriotic Cako Room • Mr. R. Hannah has kindly given a room in his building, Lambton Quay, for the Patriotic" Cake Boom which the lady members of the Miromar Golf Club are organising to be held and used by them for the purpose of adding to,the Wounded Soldiers'' Fund as long .as they wish. This they feel most grateful for, as the position is central and the room an excellent one, and adjoins the Pioneer Club. At a meeting held yesterday, it was decided to open t-hs rooni two days a .week, Friday .afternoon and Saturday morning, starting next Friday. November 19. A match will be played by the lady members of the Thorndon Tennis Club in aid of the fund for soldiers' tobacco and sweets. Entries in pairs are asked for as soon as possible, oither at the courts or to Miss M. Ward, hon. secretary. telephone 453. Friday, November 19, is the closing day for entries. Members who cannot play are asked to give one shilling each to help the fund. -.

St, John Ambulance Acknowledgments. The St. -John Ambulance Association acknowledges the following gifts for the Hospital Ship:—Miss 0. M. Johnson (tho 6choolhouse), Presbyterian Wallaceville Guild, 12 blue triangular bandages, 3 baalclavas, 1 pair socks, handknitted ; 1 pair mittens, 10 face cloths, 3 eye bandages, old linen. Q doz. roller bandages, 2 don. towels, material for waistcoat; collected by Medical Corps, per Mrs. Neal, hon. secretary, Pahiatua, half-dozen towels; per Mrs. Geange, sen., 2 pillow-slips; Miss Collinson, Idoz. eye-bandages, 3 face . cloths; Mis. Horrax, 1 doz. eye-band-nges, 2 mufflers, 2 balaclava's; Gladys M'Harlick, 18 eye-bandages; Mrs. Meal, 1 pair hand-knitted socks; Mrs. Pilkington, 4 pairs socks; Mrs. Mabin, old liueu; Sanson Eed Cross. Guild, per Mrs. Perrett, 1 cushion, 8 pillow?, 24 towels, 4 quilts, 12 sheets, 8 drawsheets, 12 pillow-slips, 4 mufflers, 4 waist-coats, 8 pairs day socks, 8 face cloths, 8 pairs bed socks, 24 handkerchiefs, 4 dressing gowns, 4 pairs slippers, 12 pairs pyjamas, 4 pairs underpants, 8 day shirts, 8 under shirts, 4 bed jackets, 5 writing pads, 1 'case bandages; children of Sacred Heart Convent, Island Bay, face cloths; Master Hugh Bryce, Pemberton ; Feilding, 1 muffler, 1 balaclava, 1 pair socks; Mrs. T. Smith, Wellington South, 5 pairs bed socks, 2 face cloths, 5 balaclavas, old linen; Miss Breight, 10s.; Miss Helyer, 3 balaclavas; Mrs. P. H. Ataok, 4i doz. jug covers; Stratford Ladies' Patriotic Society, per hon. secretary, Mrs. Archer Bridge, 24 sheets, 21' draw sheets, 18 pillow-slips; 71 towels, 11 quilts, 22 pyjamas, 11 doz. shirts, 32 undershirts, 10 slippers, 23 wash cloths, 98 handkerchiefs, 10 flannel drawers, 8 dressing gowns, 10 waistcoats, 11 mufflers, 22 pillows, 1 water bottle, 1 water bottle cover, 3 calSSs Lifebuoy soap, 14 pairs bed socks, '-15 day socks, 4 tooth brushes, 1 pair mittens, 4 Jinen bags, 14 bandages; Dr. Baldwin. Raratanga, 2 oases bandages; , Marton Patriotic Workers, 4 pillows,, 9 under pants, 7 under flannels, 11 sheets, 6 pillow-slips, 6 draw sheets, 13 towels, 9 pairs socks, 8 face cloths, eye bandages, 10 shirts, 18 feeders, 18 handkerchiefs, 3 pairs slippers, bandages, 10 packets absorbent cotton wool; Ingle Brps., 3 tins sweets; Lum Kee, 5 pillows, 2 cushions; Mrs. James Awdry, 2 cushions. ,

The hostesses at the Soldiers' Rcom for the coming week are as follows Sunday, Mrs. W. Nathan; Monday, Mrs. Rolleston; Tuesday, Mrs. Wright; Wednesday. Mrs. Moorhouse and Mrs. Pearson; Thursday, Mrs. 0. R. Smith and Mrs. Willis; Friday, tho Spinsters' Club; Saturday, Mrs. G. Tripo and Mrs. J. Tripe. The officers of the Bth Reinforcements wore entertained at a dinner on Wednesday, and afterwards the officers' wives and friends were guests at a farewell supper and dance. Quite a jiunibor of visitors went out from town,, and a veij enjoyable evening was spent. Among those who were present were: Tho Hon. James Allen, Colonel Potter, Major Ross (Officer Commanding the Bth Reinforcements), Mrs. Ross, the Misses Ewen, Stewart, Thorne-George, Henderson, Hall-Jones, Davis, Yarrall, Mack. - • The" festival -week of the Church''begins'-'on r Monday, ■ 'November! 13. The opening service and dedication of the new Sunday School will be: conducted in'the • afternoon! by the Bishop of ■Wellington, and if .his Ministerial duties will permit, the Hon. A. L; Herdman ■ will attend. On Tuesday a' sale of work,.will be opened by. Her Excellency tho Countess, of Liverpool, and there will be the usual? stalls, as well as afternoon tea obtainable. Mrs. ' Massey will open the sale the following afternoon (Wednesday), and in the evening a concert will be given. On ' Thursday there will be a euchre party i and dance, and on Friday a Sunday i School scholars' tea, after which Mrs. • Coleridgo will present the prizes foT i the year. On Sunday there will be • special services, at which all the col- • lections will he given to'the church debt . extinction fund. [ : —

Military Hospital Cuild Acknowledgments. Mrs. Firth, lion, treasurer of tho Military Hospital Guild, acknowledges the following subscriptions for November: —Mrs. Ma.ssey, 55.; Mrs. J. Joseph, 10s.; Marjorio and Florence, Is. 6d.; Mrs. E. Hadfield, us.; Mrs. J. G. Fulton, 2s. 6d.; N. llilev, 2s. 6d.; Mr. M. Eichelbaum, £1; Mrs. Robinson, 55.; Mrs. A. Crawford, os.: Miss Blyth, 2s. 6d.; Mrs. L. Blundell, £1 ; Mrs. G. Richardson, £1. For Hospital Ship equipment—Miss R. Joseph, £25; Dannevirke Mayoress' Patriotic Fund, £137 10s.; Ohau Institute (per I. Rowland), £3 155.; A Friend, £2; Fitzherbort Terrace School (per Miss llaber), £44; Mrs. J. Joseph, £1. Donations —Miss A. Morton, 25.; Mrs. Marchbanks, £1; Mrs. M'Gregor, 2s. fid. : The interesting address which was given at the meeting of the Women's Political Reform League on Tuesday evening was given by Mr. Jolly, not by the Rev. Mr. Jelly, as was stated. Mr. and Mrs. J. Caselberg returned to Masterton yesterday from, a visit to Wellington. Mrs. Caselborg attended the conference regarding the Red Cross work which was held on Wednesday. The entertainment hall at the Y.M.C.A. yesterday was the depot for quantities of roses in. preparation for Rose Days (to-day and to-morrow). Long tables, each bearing a number, were arranged about the room, and were massed with roses and other flowers, while many helpers were busily at work making up bunches and buttonholes with which to invade the streets to-day, in aid of the work of supplying sick and wounded soldiers in fclio hospitals and convalescent homes overseas with comforts and the means of alleviating their sufferings. 'From Auckland in tho north to Dunedin and InvercaJ'gill in the south supplies for tliis work of. the Y.M.C.A. have been received,' and early this morning the boats arriving in the harbour will carry with them boxes for 1 this invasion of the City. A capable and untiring committee, with Mrs. Kersley at its head, have with the assistance of Mr. Varney been making careful and complete arrangements, and, given fine weather, the undertaking should with such an objcct in view meet with much success.

THANKS FOR GIFTS

SOLDIERS' APPRECIATION.

The lion, secretary of the Countess of Liverpool Fund lias received the following letter'from Captain D. H. Eaith, Officer Commanding' No. 2 New Zealand Veterinary ' Section"May I, on behalf of myself ,in<l members of this corps, thank the Countess of Liverpool Fund Committee (Wellington Branch) for their kindness in forwarding tlio socks and handkerchiefs for the men of this unit.- The gifts were deeply appreciated." Another letter which Mrs. Luke received was from the late Major F. G. Hume, who, before his death, was commanding the 2\id Battery N.Z.F.A., in Galiipoli. It was written in acknpwledgment of the receipt of gifts from the Countess of Liverpool Fund (Wellington Branch), and is as follows:— - 'I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 18, and have much pleasuro in advising that the parcels containing socks, etc., forwarded by the .Countess of:-Liverpool Fund, per Hospital Ship Mahono, have been duly received and distributed to the mon under my command. Oil behalf of my officers and men, I wish to thank you and those responsible for these most welcome gifts, which were more than appreciated, and to add my own personal thanks." Another letter received by Mrs. Luke was from Lieutenant E. J. Hulbcrt, Officer Commanding the Signal. Trow M.R; in Galiipoli. Ho writes:—"The N.C.O.'s and men of my troop have asked me to express to your committee and through your committee the public generally, their sincere thanks for all your gift* The socks per Hospital Ship arc to hand. You will .be pleased to know that my men lack nothing in the way of warm clothing, and so it is with all of our troops. We have everything that wo require. We aro all in good spirits, and all ranks are as determined as ever to stick to it until complete victory is ours."

CARING FOR SICK & WOUNDED SOLDIERS

MRS. BODEN'S APPOINTMENT,

Criticism lias been voiced in certain quarters with regard to the fact that at the request of the authorities Mrs. Boden has undertaken to form a committee of ladies who will visit returned soldiers —ill or well —at their respective homes or hospitals and ascertain their condition. Our evening contemporary yesterday published the following:— "The following report, published by a contemporary, has caused some surprise among ladies of Wellington: 'At the request of the authorities, Mrs. Boden has undertaken to form a committee of ladies who will visit returned soldiers— ili or well—at their respective homes or hospitals, and ascertain their condition, and endeavour to brighten t'heir lives somewhat after their strenuous time 011 the field of battle.' "The surprise is not due to the appointment of any particular lady, but to the fact that an appointment has been, suddenly made without a word of consultation with ladies w'ho have been busy for some time with the kind of work under notice. The replies to inquiries made are attached. . "Miss Coates (president of the Victoria League) states that she has heard nothing about Mrs. Boden's appointment. She was not consulted as to the necessity for such procedure. The league's work in this field is well known. "Mrs. M'Vicar (president of the New Zealand Natives' Association) made a similar statement. She lias 140 ladies oil her committee, and they have permits for the wharf when transports arrive with invalided .soldiers. These ladies give all the helft. desired. They havo concerts on board ships and at all military hospitals regularly. They visit systematically and entertain men in their own homes. "Representatives of the Soldiers' Club have been kept in similar ignorance as to the pending appointment. The Mayoress (Mrs. Luke) save'that neither she nor her committee was consulted in this matter." In setting out the facts of the case Sirs. Boden states that she utterly fails to realise that any society o'r body should hold a monopoly of this work of caring for the returned wounded or invalided soldiers. These ladies, she holds, fail to grasp the important fact that all fresh ground broken by any new organisation must stimulate recruiting and that is what is needed just now. Mrs. Boden understands that 110 svstematio visiting has been done in connection wit'h returned soldiers who are in their own homes, boardinghouses, or hotels, or tfho have been discharged from active service as unfit. She states that she asked to bo permitted to do some other work of a much less pleasant. nature, but was requested to take up this instead. Since accepting the position, which is an honorary one, she has, she states, found that it was needed. Several ladies have since rung her up offering their' services, and many have complained that tliey have been unable to get into touch with any ot the other patriotic bodies. Mrs. Boden says her committee does not wish to encroach or intrude upon tlio l work of any other society.

FROM THE HOSPITAL SHIP MAHENO

LETTER FROM THE MATRON.

In a letter which was received by the Mayoress (Mrs. Luke) from Sister E. U. Jirooke, ..Matron of the Hospital Ship Maheno, dated August 24, the writer fit.ys: "\\'e have had as you would probably have heard by cablegram quite a busy time, and we are fortunate in being almost quite at tho firing line. This is our fourtn trip—twice to Malta and tho others to Loinnos, four hours' run from Anzac. Most of the men that we liavo carried the last three trips required medical treatment, although there have been a- few wounded. Most of tho boys so far have been Australians; others Tommies, and they are all very brave. We thought when we were going through the lincu, etc., that it would last forever, but we find that we are just comfortably supplied. The only thing we require are more shirts, and I believe that the colonel has already written to His Excellency regarding the matter. Some of the poor things have not one at all. They get so dirty and wator is so scarce over there. Of course, wheii they get to tho base they are given a new kit, which soms of them sorely need, especially after wearing the same things for four months. Most have had them on for two months and more, officers and all, so you may imagine how they do appreciate our baths, and those that cannot have that are sponged. They say it is heaven. The bread and butter is mucli Eouglit after also. Everyone thinks our ship is a wonderful ship, and our speed is so good, exceeding most of the others. The only thing is lack of room. Wo hear rumours of another hospital ship leaving Now Zealand. I wonder if that is so ? So far we have had no mail since out departure—l suppose it is in England. There are only two trained New Zealand nurses in Malta, and some probationers who were in England. The rest are English and Canadian. Our boys aro all so pleased to see us, they feel it is a little bit of home."

A NURSE'S APPRECIATION OP GIFTS.

Mrs. Luke has also received a letter from Sister M'Allum who was on board the Tofua on the run from Now Zealand to Egypt. In the course of her letter Sister M'Allum says how glad she was of the store of old linen which was on board, and few people could realise what a godsend it was. It was being sent over to Egypt for hospital needs, but apparently the need on board was more immediate arid urgent, so it was broken into. In several of the bundles of linen she found cuttings and cards from the people who had given the linen, and these she was returning with acknowledgments and thanks for its use. She has been nursing ashore and the men were delighted at having a New Zealander to nurse them. She hoped to be with them' as much as possible. Sister M'Allum was particularly grateful to the Masterton people who had been so generous with their gifts.