WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2716, 10 March 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

A LITTLE PLEASURE, AND SOME BIMMSi)

A NURSE AT MONS

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM AND NEAR.

(By Imogen.)

Hospital Acknowledgments. The Matron of tlio Hospital desires to acknowledge tho. following gifts:— For Sick and Wounded Soldiers. —Eggs and iiowers, Her Excellency Lady Liverpool; magazines, Sirs. C. Smith; sweets, Miss Didsbury; cakes, eggs, jelly, books, Mrs. Salek; vegetables and tomatoes, Sir F. D. Doll, Sirs. Matson, Miss Marsden, New Zealand Natives' Association, Mrs. Gason; flowers, St. Mark's Sunday School Mrs. George (Kilbirnic), New Zealand Natives' Association, Mrs. Meek, Mrs. Rice; fruit, Now Zealand Natives', Association, Sbldiers' Comforts Guild, Motueka residents, Mrs. F. 11. Hills, Mrs. Blair, Mrs. Wilson (Riddiford Street), Mrs. Walker, Miss Mace, Mrs. Gason, Mrs. M'Kelvie, Sir F. D. Bell, Mr. Parkinson; soup, cakes, jelly, cigarettes, papers, eggs, apples; Soldiers' Comforts Guild; sunshades, Miss Marsden; flounders, M rs. Richards; cakes and scones, Miss Griffiths; grapes, Miss Newton, Mr I Brown, Mrs. J. A. Tripe; jam, Mrs. Blair, Mrs. "Walker, Mrs. Bice (Kilbirnic) ; eggs, Mrs. Crood, Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Blair; cream, Lady Gibbes; mosquito netting. Mrs. Howard; old linen, Mrs. Larmour; case of pears, Mrs. Bengam; cakes, eggs, plums, beans, cabbage, ladies of Ballance district. ( Clifton Terrace Hospital—Flowers, Mrs. Huthnance, Mrs. Taylor; illustrated papers, Mrs. Diniaut, Mrs. Pollis. Veils ,for the Troops, When the New Zealand troops were in Gallipoli the ladies of the Auckland . Overseas Club made and sent to tliem some thousands of veils as a protection against the fly pest. A letter lias just been received by the secretary of tho Ladies' Committee, Miss Ivy Garrett, from Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Plugge, saying liow much the veils were appreciated "tiloHi and since then, and conveying tho thanks of tho officers and men. ■ Red Crass Military Hospital Guild. Mrs. Firth; lion, treasurer of the Pied Cross Military Hospital Guild, acknowledges the following contributions: Mr. 11. Turn bull (January to May), £5; officers of Government Insurance, £3 los:; Mrs. L. Tripp (March and April), £2; Ngnrnora Croquet Club, £'1; Mrs. Morgan, 10s. (December, January, February, and March); Mrs Joseph, 10s.; Marjorie and Florence, Is. Gd.; Ngarnora Croquet Club (December), £4 10s.; Mrs. Bluuclell, £1; Mrs. Townsend,'2s. 6(1.; Mrs. J. Hutchison, Eed Cross tea, £1; Mrs. L. Nathan, £5; Lady Glasgow, £5; Mrs. J. Findlay (March), 10s.; Mrs. Moorhouse, £1; Mrs. Morison (March and April), £1. . Miss Dorothy; Bulkley has returned from Sydney, and is staying with her sister, Mrs. Fred. Didsbury, on tho Terrace.Mrs. Atliol Mills is visiting ■Wellington, and is at present staying with her sister, Mrs. Cameron, at tho Hutt. Mrs. Mowbray (Auckland) is visiting lier parents in Wellington. Mrs. Barclay (Te Arolia), whose husband lias just gone into camp, is at present staying in Wellington. The Mayoress (Mrs. Luke) lias received the sum of -£100 from Mr. S. Kirkcaldie, im answer to the appeal for funds for the Liverpool Work for Soldiers at the front. Mrs. Small, of Toi Toi Valley, Nelson, celebrated her ninety-first birthday on Friday last. The old lady is now confined to her bed, but maintains her geniality and interest in those around her. For almost 60 years she has been a resident of tho Nelson district. At Rangiwahia one of the oldest and most respected of its residents died last week, in tho person of Mrs. Robert Hancock, aged 6f years. Sho was born in Birmingham, England, and came to New Zealand with her husband fortysix years ago, residing in Rangiwahia for twenty-six years. Hostesses at the Soldiers' Club for tho coming week are as follow: —Sunday, Mrs. W. Nathan; Monday, Mrs. Louis Smith; Tuesday, Mrs. Bristow, Mrs. Moss; Wednesday, Hutt Ladies Patriotic Guild; Thursday, Mrs. C. R. Smith; Friday, Spinster Club; Saturday, Mrs. G. Tripe, Mrs. J. Tripe. "I have not infrequently heard people remark that the Women's National Reserve is only a temporary organisation, formed for file duration of tho war," said Miss Stewart at a meeting at Mornington. "Is it? Why should it be? When wo can welcome our men back to their posts again, there will still be work for us. There is always the work for which women _ are specially fitted, and when I think of tho good wo women can do in helping those who are less fortunate than ourselves, it seems to me that it would be a thousand pities to allow the Women's Reservo to become only a temporary institution. The declaration of peace will not end our responsibilities as women, and it will be a long time before we got back to normal conditions again. Even in normal times there is far more work for women than we can ever really overtake."

Y.IYI.C.A. Triangle Depot. The committee of the Triangle Depot, Y.H.C.A., wishes to thank everyone who contributed to the depot at tho end of last week. The ladies in charge were very successful, the results being well over the amount which they set out to get (£10). The fund for providing comforts for the soldiers will therefore be substantially aided. This week-end the ladies in cliarge will be:—Friday morning, Miss' Steel; afternoon, Mesdames Ilott and Varney; evening, Mrs. and Miss Webb; Saturday morning, Mrs. Rose and Miss E. Lawson; afternoon, Mrs. Muir and Miss Barnes. Contributions of cake, sweets, flowers, fruit, and vegetables will be gladly welcomed.

The Spiritualists have been doing their share in the matter of raising funds for war purposes. Yesterday Mrs! E. .1. Moore, lion, secreary of the National Spiritualist Churches of the Dominion, forwarded to London the sum of £5-1 1-ls. collected by the treasurer, Mrs. E. Birdsall, of Stratford. This will go to augment the Spiritualists' Motor Ambulance Fund which is being raised at Homo for a good cause. Already the organisation has presented five ambulanco cars to the Forces The wedding, of Mr. James Maconoeliie, Poligolet, Western district, Victoria, and Miss Elsie Tapper, daughter ot Mrs. E. A Tapper, Dunedin. was quietly solemnised by tho Rev. C. j£eays on Wednesday, February 16, at the residence of lifcr sister, Mrs. Stowart, Olydesvilie, (jueenscliff, Victoria. The bride jvas given away by her brother-in-law, Captain Stowart, and was attended by Miss Nellie Bloxam, of Christchurch, as bridesmaid. Tho marriage took place at St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth, on Tuesday, of Miss Ernestine Howell, of New Plymouth, to Mr. E. W. Good,, of H.M. Customs, son of Mr. W Good, of Auckland. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. H. Colvile. Tho bride was given away by her brother, Private N. B. Howell", and was attended by her sister, .Miss Gladys Howell, as, bridosmaid. Mr. F. J. Fisher, of Auckland, was best- man. Sample parcels were being made '.if.. «•. the Town Hal' yesterday, of what are fn future to be suit every month to tho men n iho frercbes. The contents of these parcels, which have already been enumerated in the appiitl which was recently sent out by rhe Mayoress, Mrs. J. P. Luke, are subject to variation in tho matter of food, hut ill this respect it must be in tins. Those that wore being made up yesterday arfe to be seiit out to the different Liverpool hodios a guide for their future supplies. The Red Cross Military Hospital Guild is supplying the Soldiers' Convalescent Home at Lowry Bay with bed equipment, underwear, etc., for the returning sick and wounded soldiers. It will be rcmembeied that tho. Hon. Sir Francis Bell placed tiiis property at the disjiosal of the Government for tho purpose of a convalescent home, an offer that the Government has been very glad to accopt. The hospital will be receiving pationtis within a few days. On Wednesday afternoon, Miss Carter conducted' her usual demonstration of gas cookery at the Wellington Gas Company's rooms in Courtensiy Place. Thero was a largo attendance, and many ladies were unable to secure seating accommodation. The interest during tho lecture was well sustained, and at i,ts conclusion a number of questions;| were asked and answered. In order to meet the needs of clients who find it inconvonient to come into town on AVcdnesday afternoons, the management has arranged for a series of lectures and demonstrations, to bo held in the leading suburbs. On Thursday afternoon Miss Carter gave a lecture in the Public Hall at Wadestown. About fifty ladies were present. Through the courtesy of Mr. Joplin, headmaster of the Wa'deitown Public School, the senior standard girls were also present. Tho programme for *he afternoon consisted of cooking a dinner, cakes, and scones. Lord Rosebery, in a London address on tuberculosis, said that preventive measures had reduced th'e mortality from consumption in London by 33 per cent, between 1901 and 1911, and by 14 por cent, in England and Wales for the same period.

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WHO KNEW MISS CAVELL. A vivid story of the battle of Mons was told on her return to England to a representative of "The Daily News" by Nurse Kathleen Cambridge, who since the outbreak of the war has been nursing a Belgian Baroness at a chatoau at Maisieros, three or four miles from the town. Nurse Cambridge, who belongs to tho British Red Crosß, was formerly a member of Nurse Cavell's private nursing staff.. She last saw Nurse Cavell a week before her imprisonment. "She was a very noble woman," sho said, "most just in all her dealings, and very good to the poor. She was looking forward at that time to tho return of the Allies to Brussels and to treating their wounded." saw the British," she said, describing the events of Mons, "as they were marching into the town, and I saw the approach of the first party of German Uhlans. British cavalrymen were haying breakfast by the roadside at the time, and as soon as the TJhlans saw them they turned and flow back. "Immediately the British jumped on their horses, and with drawn, swords, which they brandished in the air, were after them. What happened I could not see, but in about a quarter of an hour they returned with their prisoners on horseback. Cerman Cavalrymen. "All that day, the eve of the battle, everything was quiet. The British remained along the line of the canal. Something, we were told, would happen about six o'clock in the evening, and at that hour five hundred German cavalrymen galloped through in the direction of the bridge at Vimy. "At eight on the Sunday morning, the day of the battle, a division of German artillery came into our park ond asked us for food. Wo gave them_ coffee and bread, and the officer in command said it meant more than gold to them. "As they moved on they were followed by thousands and thousands of cavalry, still more and more artillery, and great numbers of infantry. The Germans liact placed some of their guns only a few hundreds yards away from our park. The roar of these guns, to which the British replied, was terrific; I can't describe it.. "From the upper windows of ' the chateau we saw the shells bursting; and witnessed the smoke and flames of the battle. 1 'Many times that day we feared that the ohateau must be destroyed;' and at one hour we had to take refuge in the cellars. Aeroplanes were flying overhead, and' the roof of our stable was burned by the bursting shells that were fired at them. This, however, was the only damage wo suffered. British Prisoners. "After the battle I was very pleased to be of assistance to the wounded, for whom my mother and I had arranged an ambulance. It was at four o'clock that I saw the first party of British prisoners being marohed through from Mons to Brussels. A halt was called just outside tho chateau. The Germans were very kind at that time, and offered their prisoners cigarettes and gave them water from their bottles. "Two men, exhausted by terriblo wounds, dropped into the ditch. The baron went off to ask if we could bo of assistance, and the German doctor told him that ho would be grateful for any help, as he had to get on to Brussels, and could not wait. The two men wero brought into tho chateau. Wo did all we could for them, and gradually, after some weeks, they recovered. • "That' night, the sky was red with the burning of Vimy. Tho Germans were constantly passing with their prisoners, and we helped with as many as possible of the worst cases of wound«d." For months after the battle Nurso Cambridge was nursing the wounded in and around Mons, and was helping to trace the missing and the killed. All the inhabitants, she said, speak in tho highest terms of the great bravery of the English soldiers, and even the Germans paid a tribute to their shooting.

Mrs. Ban- opened a newspaper and glanced over the entertainment announcements. Shall we go along and liavo eoine tea in the circle at the_ Empress Theatre and watch 'The Unafraid* ? Everybody says that it is a splendid drama." "By all means, my dear," said Sirs. Johnson. "And make a note of the fact that next week's star film at the Empress is 'Up From the Depths' —the story of the life-battle of a girl heroine and a •nan's regeneration. The drama is really a criticism of the social system, which, has made ono law for the woman and mother for the man." "How interesting! Wo must certainly see it. By the way, before I forget about it, I want to get a supply of disinfectant at the Wairarapa Farmers, on the Quay. lam getting quite nervous abbut this dreadful epimedic of iiifantile. paralysis, and am not going to run any jisks. The AVairarapa Farmers' keep a largu supply of various kinds of disinfectants." "I must get some, too—one cannot do too careful, you know, and prevention is better than cure. Why—what a nice blouse you're ivearing! I didn't flotice before—where did you get it F' "ThisP Oh, at the Bon Marche, m Willis Street. Quite a lovely show they have there just now. You should seo their millinery, too—quite a galaxy of smart shapes and new ideas. The blouses run at 2s. 6d. and 3s. Gd., and there is a lot of American sailor hats with bands at Bs. lid., all colours. We'll go there today." "All right. We will have lunch together at the Tyrol Booms, in Manners Street to-day." , , "Delighted! I took my husband along there the other day. They have a smoking room there for gen. tiemen, and I think that must have bee® the last-little touch that captured him. We had such a nice lunch, too—thrso courses for a shilling." husband took me to supper there the other evening, and we quite enjoyed ourselves."—(Published by arrangement.}