WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2620, 16 November 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEA2L

(By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Ladies' Guild of the N.Z. Natives' Association. The iveekly meeting of the Ladies' Guild of the New Zealand Natives' Association was held in the Tory Street rooms yesterday afternoon. ' Mrs. M'Vicar presided. The sewing committee reported that. it had on hand a 'large supply of garments in readiness for soldiers' needs. The Entertainment Committee reported . taking a concert party out to Trcntliam Camp on Friday last, and tho entertainment which it provided was much appreciated by the soldiers. The guild was very grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Culford Bel) and their party for their services in this connection, also to Messrs. Levey, Campbell, Munt, Odlin, and Bailiey for tlio loan of motor-oars: Collecting sheets for Gallipoli Day were given out, and members intend to assist the Central Committee responsible for Saturday's undertaking in any capacity whatever. Mrs. Futter and her sisters are giving a social evening on Wednesday week, the proceeds to go to the Shilling Fund. It is hoped all members and friends will attend.

Girls' Branch of the Victoria League. The final evening of the season of tho Girls' Branch of the Victoria League was held in the Pioneer Club rooms last night. Miss Coates presided, and there was a good attendance of members, each .of whom brought the sum of sixpence to be devoted to the Victoria League's supply of. medical comforts for the soldiers. During tho evening' Mrs. Salmond announced tho result of iier war competition, Miss Deris Dall being first and Miss Cora G'ow second. The winners of Jliss Coates's camisole competition were also made known, Miss Vickerman being first and Miss Margaret Knox second. Music, recitations, and Charades provided a very pleasant entertainment, and much' amusement was caused by iilie hard-up costumes which were worn by tho members of the Girls' Branch who were present, some of them being distinctly novel and ingenious. Mrs. Atkins, who is a vice-president, as well as Mrs. Salmond,' was among those who were present.

Plunket Society at Petone. The monthly meeting of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children, Petone and the Lower Hutt branch, was held in the Mayor's room, Petone, last week. There were present: Mesdamcs Kirk (president), Scales, Stephenson, Rowse, Lyford, Mather, Burd (secretary)j and Miss Peach. A vote of appreciation and thanks was accorded Miss Peach for her services as secretary. A donation of'a tabic from Mrs. Hosking for the Hutt Plnnket room- was gratefully acknowledged. A patriotic sewing guild in connection with the society was formed, with Mrs. Lyford as secretary and Mrs. iMather as treasurer. The nurse has been doing very good work in tlio district during the month, attending cases as far north as Upper Hutt and east as Lowry Bay'. Waistcoat Fund., The lion, treasurer of the Mayoress's Countess of Liverpool Fund acknowledges a donation, per Miss Baber, of £20 from the pupils of Fitzherbert .-Terrace School; also contributions to the Waistcoat Fund, from Mrs. Henry Street, £1 lis.; Mrs. Shield, £1 Is. To the Christmas Gift Fund has been donated £5 from the Levin Borough Council, and £1 4s. 6d. from "Nemo," Levin.

A : sale of work is to be held' at St., Mary's Home, Karori, on Thursday afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock. Afternoon tea will bo provided. Sister H. M. 'Newton, of the Wellington Nurses' Club, at present doing duty at tlie Military.Hospital, Taulierenikau, has been solected for service abroad, and will loave in tlie Hospital Ship early in December. The complement of the equipment for the Hospital Ship Marama undertaken by tie Hospital Guild is, with'the promises of contributions still to come to hand from the various patriotic bodies, practically now complete. The Military Hospital Guild; sent away during the past week twenty cases of hospital. equipment for No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital, which suffered so severely in the torpedoing of the Marquette. The guild was largely assisted in its operations by the generous contributions sent from Dannevirke, Masterton, Inglewood, and the Maraekakaho Red Cross Guild.

Military Hospital Guild. -PJie secretary, Miss S. Nathan, acknowledges the following gifts, received by the guild during the past week: — Ladies' Sewing Guild, Eltham, 1 bed equipment for Hospital Ship; Mrs. C. T. ltushbrook, Karori, 2 scarves; Sirs. Cable, 3 pairs bed socks, 5 balaclavas, 2 pairs day socks; Pupils of Levin District High School, 4 pairs sheets, 4 pairs bed socks, 25 face cloths, 2 dozen and 7 pillowcases, 15 hot-water bag covers, 11 handkerchiefs; Wairarapa Branch of Liverpool and Allies' Relief Fund for Re-equipment of No. 1 Stationary Hospital, 72 night shirts, 11 day shirts, 6 sots pyjamas, 41 under flannels, 84 handkerchiefs, 3 dozen pairs slippers, 2 pillows, 6 dressing gowns, 2 dozen pairs socks, box of tooth brushes, tape, and 1 largo ease of old linen; Red Cross Workers, Maraekakaho, Hawke's Bay,' G suits pyjamas, 2 bed jackets, 5 flannel night shirts, 10 body binders, 10 ice baps, 30 fomentation pads, 10 manytailed bandages, 29 flannel body belts, 10 day shirts, G flannel under shirts, 30 operation cloths, 20 draw sheets, 1 parcel of medicine cloth, 10 tray cloths, 20 hot-water bag covers, 10 face cloths, 53 roller bandages, 12 pillowslips; per Mrs. Larcombe, Mayoress, Patea, 4 cases clothing and bed -linen for Hospital Ship; per Mrs. Boon, Mayoress, Stratford, 5 bed equipments for Hospital Ship; Ladies of Takapau, per Mrs. Sidney Johnston, 12 Hospital Ship 'bed equipments; No Name, Levin, 9 suits pyjamas, 2 feather pillows; Pupils of Maranui School, 36 face cloths, 33 feeders, 10 eye bandages, 15 balaclavas; Marjory and Leigh Treadwell, Wanganui, 1 scarf, 2 balaclavas, 2 pairs socks, 6 face washers, 2. treasure .bags, and paper serviettes; Miss Laurie, 2o>pillowcases; Pupils of Roseneath School, 18 face cloths, 15 feeders, 7 balaclavas, 1 knitted scarf, 6 treasure bags, and old linen; Pupils of Worser Bay School, 7 feeders, 6 face cloths, '5 pillowcases; Rosetta Le Grove, 7 face cloths; Mrs. (Dr.) Harding, Petone, 3 pillows, 1 muffler; Women of Newtown (collected by Mrs. Crosby), old linen; "A Friend," 6 face cloths; Mrs. Edward Collie, Colombo Street, 6 pairs bed seeks; Kilbirnie School, 17 balaclavas, 34 face washers, 30 feeders; A Work Party, Levin, 122 roller bandages, 50 knitted eye bandages, 5 head bandages, 2 triangular bandages, 2 feeders; Mrs. Jago, old linen; Mrs. Booth, Carterton, old linen; Mrs. C. E. Bamford, Mangaweka, 4 Iqrge handkerchiefs, 1 bandage; from Hawera, 2 bags of old linen; Kelburn Presbyterian Church Ladies' Guild, 7 surgical socks, GS bandages, 13 pairs slippers, 6 pairs socks, 1 pair bed socks, 34 face cloths, and old linen; Mrs. Salmond, old linei) ; Upokongaro Ladies' Guild, -per Mrs. Scott, 2 bed equipments; Ladies' Patriotic Guild, Raetihi, 47 face washers, 10 day shirts, 9 suits pyjamas, 4: dressing gowns, 12 towels; Lower Hutt Contributions to Hospital' Ship, per-Mrs. Purdy:—Mrs! Burt, 3 feather pillows, 2 pairs socks; Mrs. Harding, 3 pillows, 1 muffler; Mrs. Gibson, 2 feather pillows;' Mrs. Kempthorne, 10 towels; Mrs. Perry, 2 singlets and underpants; Miss Johnson, Ipair socks; Mrs. Ayson, 2 towels, 6 face cloths; LoHver Hutt -Private School, 20 face_ cloths; Mrs. Holland, 2 towels; Mrs. ICitto, 2 flannel waistcoats; Mrs. Strauchon, bed socks; Mrs. Mirams, 1 pair socks; Mrs. Menteath, 1 dozen towels; Mrs. Hayward, 1 dressing gown, 8 pairs bed socks; Miss Crowtlier, 1 feather pillow; Pupils of Ngaio School, 5 balaclavas, 10 face cloths, 10 feeders; Miss Dulcie Fitzherbert, Feilding, 1' pair socks; Mrs. Adkin, Levin, old linen; Mrs. 15.' Deller,. Bushcroft, Carterton, 6 towels; Mrs. Frank Leekie, old linen; Upokongaro Ladies' l Guild. § pairs bed socks, 17 face washers, 12 swabs, 9 many-tailed bandages, 2 dozen bed. socks, 12 towels, 40' bandages, 9 bed jackets, 13 nightingales, 6 sheets. 1 shirt, 25 head bandages, 2 suits nyjamas, 2 mufflers; Lepperton Women, 1 bed equipment; Ladies of Government Printing Office, 31 bed jackets; Pupils of Gladstone School, Wairarapa, 18 handkerchiefs, 28 dish cloths, 14 fomentation cloths, 14 operation cloths, 6 face cloths; Red Cross Gnild, Newman. G pairs h.k. socks, 3 pairs hospital slippers; Mrs. Marley. old linen; Miss Allen, 3 towels; "New Zealand," 2 balaclavas. •

Countess of Liverpool Fund. Contributions to the Mayoress's Countess of Liverpool Fund received at the io\vn Hall during the past week are. ns follow: —By post, 1 pair hand-knitted socks; Mrs. Bland, biscuits for sick soldiers; Mrs. Baumgart, 3 pairs socks; Miss Cable, 4 pairs mittens, 3 pairs socks; Nellie Nolan, 1 pair mittens, 1 balaclava; Mrs. Gully, 3 balaclavas; Mrs. W. Holmes, -3 balaclavas; AVliakamara School, box containing cake, tobacco, and comforts; Miss M. Govan, 3 pairs hand-knitted socks; Mrs. Dudfdin, 6 pairs cuffs; Mrs. L. Whittington, 5 balaclavas, 2 pairs hand-knitted socks; Mrs. A. Crosby, balaclava; komen of Newtown, per Mrs. Crosiy, old linen; from Feilding, per post, 1 rxiir socks, 4 balaclavas; Mrs. G. B. Davey and Miss Davey, 6 pairs' handknitted socks, 4 balaclavas, 1 pair mittens ; Mrs._Mo!lie Williams, 1 balaclava; Miss Lottie Carrington, 1 balaclava ; Waverley Ladies' Patriotic League, 11 pairs socks, 6 pairs mittens, 5 pairs cuffs, 14 balaclavas, 1 box cigars, 3 handkerchiefs, 12 magazines, 12 novels, 2 writing-pads, 2 packets envelopes, parcel of old linen; Anon, 3 pairs handknitted socks. 8 balaclavas; Vera Turner, 1 pair hand-knitted socks; No Name, 2 parcels books and magazines; Mrs. Edward Collie, 6 pairs socks; Feilding Mayoress's Guild. 106 pairs seeks, 8 caps; "A Poor Knitter," 1 pair mittens; Mrs. A. R. Mills, 5 balaclavas; "Arley," Kelblirn, 25 bags; Mrs. Taft., 11 handkerchiefs; Mrs. Westland, cholera belt: "A Friend," 3 pairs hand-knittod socks; Mrs. Johnston's Knitting Club, Carterton, per Mrs. Haddrell. 44 pairs hand-knitted socks; Mrs. Briscoe, 1 pair socks. 2 balaclavas; Mrs. Jay, 2 pairs socks; Miss M'Kerrow, 1 pair socks; Mrs. Paul, 2 balaclavas; Mrs. Johnson, 2 pairs socks; Master C. Hosking, 1 pair mittens; Miss Sedcole, 2 pairs fiedsocks; Mrs. J. I V. Curtis, 2 pairs bodsocks, 2 balaclavas, 6 face cloths, 1 pair mittens ; Rex and Dorothea Haughey, 3 I tins fruit and magazines: from Marten, books and papers; G. Straiten, sandbags ; by, post, 1 pair socks: Mrs. Selfrood, 1 pair socks; Miss Borocock, 3 pairs socks; Mayoress's Patriotic Committee, Dannevirke, 5 doz. pairs socks and magazines; from a work party (Levin), 4 pairs mittens, 1 box handages ; Misses Sladden, 4 pairs socks, 1 pair mittens: Mrs. Nalder, 2 pairs bed- . socks; L. M'Cnrtie, 1 pair socks, 4 eyebandages, buttons, tape®, eto. ;. Mrs. Bland, 1 pair socks, 1 balaclava; Mrs. Wilson, 2 pairs hand-knitted socks; Miss.Speedy, I,muffler, 1 pair bedsocks, 1 pair socks* 3 pairs' mittens, 2 balaclavas; Mrs. Branting and Mrs. Bickford (Dannevirke), 2 pairs socks, 2 pairs bedsocks, 2 balaclavas, 2 pairs mittens; Ormondville Ladies' Patriotic Committee, per, E. C. Webb, 9 shirts, 7 pairs Tia'n<f-knitted socks, 1 pair mittens, 1 balaclava, 3 face cloths, 25 sandbags, illustrated papers; Miss Blythe, 2 pairs socks, 1 balaclava; Mrs. Gordon

Heid, magazines; Mrs. and Miss Yiokers, 3 balaclavas, 1 pair bedsocks; Standard 11, Island Bay Schinol. 32 handkerchiefs; M]rs. D. Campbell. 2 balaclavas; R. Eames, 2 cholera belts: Grevt-own Branch Lady Liverpool and

Relief Fund, largo case of clothing: Mil?. Matthews (Teatherston), parcel for British and Belgian Fund: Rangiotu School Children, 12 face cloths; Rnligintu Workers, 2 pairs mittens, 1 feeder, 2 bags, 1 pair hand-knitted socks; Newman Red Cross Guild, 2 scarves, 11 pairs mittens, 2 paire handknitted socks, , 6 balaclavas.

I The members of the Johnsonville Golf Olub presented Mrs. Wallis and Mrs. ;Morgan with an afternoon tea 6et each as a mark of appreciation for tlieir kindness in providing afternoon tea every Saturday during the past season! On Friday, November 12, at her residence, Aorangi, Feilding, the death occurred of Mrs. Mary Louisa Ncill, widow of the late'W. G. Ncill of Dunedin, and ..third daughter of the late Sir' Francis Murphy, first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria. f»io leaves two daughters and tlireo sens, two of whom are on active serVico

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, tho latter marvelled at—yet each treatment was very beneficial and satisfactory. It should be realised that it ib natural for hair to grow as long as lite lasts, and most unnatural for it to ccaso doing so at any stage; and it is impossible to keep hair at its best except by propm treatment. Consult Miss Milsom. She treats and teaches the true massage of the had, and imparts to clients sufficient knowledge that they can carry on liei treatment in their own homes. Miss Milsom, Barnett's Buildings, 94 Willis Street (4 doors past "Evening Post"). Telephono 814.—Advt. ■