WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2619, 15 November 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL AND .PERSONAL

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR. (By Imogen.)

Military Wedding at Palmerston. At Palmerston, on Thursday, Captain L. J. Short, son of Mr. AV. S. Short, of Wellington, was married to Miss Marcie West, fourth daughter of Mr. L. G. West, of Palmorston North. Tho Rev. H. G. Blackburne was tho officiating clergyman. The bridegroom, who went to the Dardanelles and waswounuVd, returned by. the AVillochra with Lieutenant Moore, who acted- as best man. Both were wearing khaki. As tho bridal party left tho church tho congregation rose and sang the National 'Anthem. For Our Soldiers. The cafe chantant, which is being organised by members' of the Victoria League for the purpose of assisting with the supply of canned vegetables and fruits for the sailors, is meeting with tho warmest sympathy and support. Soveral otters of assistance in regard to the entertainment programme Have' been received from well known Wellington artist 6, and the soldiers in camp at Trentham are, many of them, displaying the greatest interest in the undertaking. A stall for fruit and vegetables (canned), erected inside tho hall so • that people can purchaso on tho spot, will, he in the latter's particular charge, and other' stalls for flowers and buttonholes will also bo.under their direction. The cafe chantant will bo held on Saturday evening next in tho Concert Chamber of the Town Hall, and entrance will bo obtained by a tin of fruit or vegetables presented at the door. Her Excellency tho Countess of Liverpool, Mrs'. W. F. Massey, tho Mayoress, Mrs. Luke, and Miss Coates have oxtendod their patronage to tho entertainment, and intend to be present on tho occasion. The arrangements are in the hands of Mrs. Honry Hadfield, who will' bo assisted by the .Victoria League girls. Lucky tetter-Bag Day. Writing from one of the hospitals in Egypt to a frieud in Wellington, a correspondent says: "Yesterday tho patients all had quite a merry' time from tho 'lucky letter-bag'—letters from unknown persons in New Zealand sent to those who are not getting letters from home. Nearly all were able to get a 'pull' at the bag, and some put their letters in their pockets and others read tho funny ones aloud, and they did them all good. I think a good many wili send postcards to the senders. One contained a proposal, another a request to take to the pictures on return to NewZealand, and nearly all said tlioy hoped they -were not received by anyone who knew them. No doubt others were of a serious nature, but what wo want hero is to try and get tho humorous side before us, or the weight of things would crush us.

"The New Zealand boys in especial are spoilt, for tlio Padro- _ M'Donald brings them condensed milk in '.unlimited quantities, lovely jam, and biscuits, and don't they appreciate them all! Colonel Mackersey comes often to see them, aaid he is grand, cheers them up, sets them right about, pays for books and kits, and cableß homo about them."

The annual meeting of the District Guild of St. John Ambulance Association will take place in St. John's Schoolroom on Tuesday .afternoon at 3 o'clock. The business to be dealt with will be tho receiving of tho report and balance-sheet, etc.

British and Belgian Relief. Mrs. Rqlleston and Miss Litchfield have received parcels of olotliing for tlio British and Belgian Relief from: "Fukera" (Fielding), Mrs. H. D. Crawford (23 Hobson Street), Mrs. C. W. Smith, Ormondvllo Patriotic Committee, "Majori 8.," "M. B. Mama," "A Country Girl," Mrs. Joseph, Kumara. Assisting the Cause, "I can't do-much," said an old lady who lias joined tho National Reserve, "but I just drops in a word. My garden's back of the tennis club. Tho young fellers likes to use tho backway. So 11 sits'out doing a bit of mending, and when they comos along I says, 'Hey, mister, that's not the way. to the recruiting office.' " Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Choyce were passengers by the Turakina, for London. Mr. Ohoyco intends offering his services on arrival in England to the military authorities. A.brother, Colonel C. C. Ghoyco, R.A.M.C., is at present on the staff of one'of the hospitals in Egypt. Dr. Helen Cowie is expected to return to Masterton from England some time | before Christmas'. Tho Lower Hutt Women's Branch of tho National Reserve has received permission from the Mayor' of Wellington (Mr. J. P. Luke) to hold a flower carnival in the Town Hall, Wellington, on Christmas Eve.

Among 'the New Zealand passengors who returjed to tlio Dominion by the Ruapehu, which arrived in Auckland on Thursday, were Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bennett, of Oluistchurch, and Mr. and Mrs. E. Balcombe Brown, of 'Wellington.-

New Zoalandcrs in London have been delighted during the past few weeks,' says tlio London. correspondent of the Auckland "Herald," to find our soldiers sporting a distinctive shoulder badge in place of tho regimental badges which hitherto have been worn. The Canadians and Australians in England have boon a standing advertisement for their country for months past by Teasoil of the metal shoulder badges they wear, with the name of the country in plain letters. The New Zealand men have now been provided with a shoulder plate in brass, bearing tho word "New Zealand," and they are consequently easily distinguished by the man in, the street.

Lieut-Colonel Cook, administrator of the Hospital Ship-Marama, and Mrs. Cook, have returned to Wellington from a brief visit to .Christchurch.

Tlio Misses Hill, of Ellerslie, Auckland, who have been staying at the Hotel Windsor, left for .the north last evening by the Main Trunk express.

Tlio doath took place at tho Picton Hospital on Tuesday of Mrs. G. S. Johnson, of Mahau, Peloms Sound. The late Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of Captain Sohenkel, of Lyttolton, well known in the early days on the West Coast and in Picton. She went to Pelorus Sound with her husband about twenty-five years ago, and _ helped to carve out a home in the midst of virgin bush. She is survived by a husband, fivo sons, and a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Gullery, of Loch Mara.

Beyond tto Pals. , As an antidote to the scntimentalism of Dr. Lyttelton, Mr. Rudy ard Kipling, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," would recommend a visit to Rhcims, not so much to see tho ruined beauty of tho cathedral as to hole the brave daily life of twenty thousand French, mostly women, who show the exquisite quality of the French soul under hardships without parallel. As one woman put it to him, "What else can we do? Remember, we knew the Boche in '70, when you did not. Wo know what he has done in the last year. This is not war. It !6 against wild beasts that we fight. There is no arrangement possible with wild beasts." Mr. Rudyard Kipling continues that this is the one vital point which wo in England must realise. We are dealing with animals who have (scientifically and philosophically removed, themselves inconceivably outside civilisation. When you have heard a few—only a few —tales of their doings, he says, you begin to understand a little. When you have seen Rheims you understand a little more. When you have looked long enough at the faces of the women; you are inclined to think that tile women will have a large say in the final judgment. They have earned it a. thousand times, Fcilding Notes. The Ladies' Committee, who worked so hard for.the patriotic fund at the Palmerston Show deserve great praise for the good results they obtained. The stalls were artistically arranged as Maori whares, and decorated with flax. Mesdames Walker, Fry, Roberts, Cherry, Woollams, and Blaxall were among those responsible for the work, the takings at .the various stalls amounting to over £400. Among those present at the show were: Mesdames Gorton, Willis, Evans, Conway, Short,. Richardson, Mackay, Levin, Elliot, and many others. Miss J. Burrel'l is staying in Wanganui. Miss Kirton has gone to Auckland. Mrs. Miles is in Wanganui. Misses Haybittle (2) have gone to Sydney for a trip. Mrs. Colville has been the guest of Mrs. L. Peat. Mrs. Peat (Otaki) is staying with Mrs. L. Peat. Miss Hitehings (Levin) and Miss Perkins (Wellington) are the guests of Mrs. L. Hitehings. A very pretty supper cloth, worked by Mrs. W. H. Cbittey, is now on view at the Bristol. It will be disposed of by art union, the proceeds being devoted to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Mrs, Beard, Mrs. Mawley, and Mrs. Moore, of Masterton, have oeen spending some days in Wellington. - Mrs. R. Beetham and Miss Hampton, of Masterton, axe staying at Island Bay House. Mrs. Quilliam (New Plymouth) is the guest of Mrs. Kendall. As a close to their season, the Victoria League girls are having a "hard-: up" party at the Pioneer Club rooms on Monday evening. Each member will be required to briiv; with her the sum of sixpence to be added to the league's fund for the supply of medical comforts for tho Expeditionary Forces, and it is hoped there will be a good attendance. An excellent entortainment programme has been arranged for the occasion.

WOUNDED SOLDIERS' CLUB IN ' LONDON

By Telegraph—Presa Association—Oopyrleht (Rec. November ,13, 7.25 p.m.) London, November 13. Mr. Bonar Law (Secretory of State for the Colonies) is Chairman of the Committee of King George's and Queen Mary's Club for the Overseas Wounded in London. The committee also includes the Oversea High Commissioners, and will welcome subscriptions for the purpose of equipping and administering the institution. It is hoped that Australians and' New' Zeaknders will assist the scheme. < \ ■

A Note of Contrast.—Eighteen months and .eighty 'years were the' ages of two clients in Miss Milsom's Rooms, same time, same day. The former wondered why, the latter marvelled at—yet each treatment .was very beneficial and satisfactory. It shpuld be realised that it ib natural for hair to grow as long as lite lasts, and most unnatural for it to, cease doing so at any stage; and it is impossible to keep hair at its best except by propei treatment. Consult Miss Milsom. ' ane treats and teaches the true massage of the had, and imparts to clients sufficient knowledge that they can carry on hot treatment in their own homes. Miss Milsom; Bamett's Buildings, 9-1 Willis Street (4 doors past "Evening Post"). Telephone 814-Advt.

THE UNRULY BILLY

Maledictions innumerable havo been heaped on tho heads of the originators of tiio "billy" suggestion for conveying Christmas gifts to soldiers, 6tates a writer in the "Sydney Morning Herald." While the billy had much to recommend it on the score of carrying properties— it could lie hermetically sealed, and thus safeguard tho preservation of foodstuffs passing through the tropics—it had so many drawbacks that its one recommendation to the good graces of battalion committees, albeit a strong one, was in many instances entirely lost sight of.

The experience provided by the first billy gifts that reached the dopots drove home some facts to the committees. They wore extremely difficult to pack, and tho waste of space, due to their shape, when every inch meant so much to the packers, called forth loud and continuous lamentations. Had square tins been suggested a great many, difficulties in packing would have been obviated, and work of the committees made much easier, not only by husbanding space, but in the actual packing of the goods as well.

But the, billy idea having taken on, and tho full tide of billies having submerged the depots, it was impossible by any after-suggestions to stem the influx. Along they cams in their hundreds, the faith of the public pinned to them with a fervour that nothing could abate. "Please God," said one of the harassed committeo women, dolefully rattling the ill-packed contents of a well-sealed can, "we won't need to send Christmas gifts to any of our boys next year—but if we should " and the tone implied that henceforth and forever the muohvaunted billy can, which has assumed almost a national character in Australia, would be anathema.

Packing tho Christmas goods for transport had been no sinecure. It had involved heavy labour and long hours, and most of tho workers, now that the greater portion of tho goods has been shipped, aro feeling the effects of the continued strain. To their undying honour be it said that none of the committee women shirked their offices when it came to downright laborious work, but stuck to it with an enthusiasm and a consistency that would do credit to tho boys at tho front. '