WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2740, 7 April 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(By Imogen.)

■**• SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Wedding at Fellding. The wedding took place at Feilding, on Tuesday, April 4, of Air. John Graham, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. ij. Graham, of Nelson, to ■ Miss Doris (Tommy) Gould, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gould, of Feilding. The bride wore a simple frock of white crepe de chene, with satin train, together with veil and orange blossoms. She was attended by her sister, Miss Phyllis Gould, who also wore wbite crepe de chene with touches of nattier blue and silver and a black hat. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr. David Graham. The bride travelled in a sage "reeu costume, with a vieitx rose velvet bat. £ Tribute to a Red Cross Shop. / At the lied Cross Committee meeting held, in. Christchureh on Wednesday, Air. J. A. Fiosh'er, the deputyohairman, made a glowing reference to the work done by the Red Cross shop in Cathedral Square. It was, 'he said, a. perfect godsend to the society, bringing in as.much as £100 a week. The cordial remarks of the deputy-chairman were endorsed, oy the applause of all present. ' 1 Red Cross Tea at Hukanul. On Wednesday last 'a very pleasant and busy afternoon was spent by tha ladies of the Red Cross Committee at the residence of Mrs. Twentyman, sen., Hukanui. It has now been decided to send away parcels each month, and also to purchase more cases of luxuries foi the hospitals in Egypt. Mrs. W. Payne, idCamuu, will be the hostess next Wednesday, April 12. . jWairarapa Queen Carnival. The coronation of Mrs. Quentin Donald, of Featherston, as Queen of the Carnival, took place in the Mastorton I'ark on Thursday afternoon in the presence of an immense crowd of people The ceremony was carried through with pomp and dignity, and the newlycrowned queen granted numerous titular distinctions. The presence of tho Featherston military and bugle bands added to the pleasure of the afternoon. In the evening a coronation ball was hold in the Municipal Hall, and a patriotic concert in the Town.Hall, both of which were highly successful': The.proceeds of the carnival, which will amount to well over £25,000, are being devoted to various patriotic causes. Mrs. Den'niston has returned to Christchureh from a visit to tho North Island. j Miss Cox (Featherston) is the guest of Mrs. R. W. Anderson, Christchureh. Sister S. Young (Auckland Hospital) is attached to the hospital ship Letitia. Sho was in London 'recently, statts a correspondent. The wedding took- place quietly last week in Christchureh of Miss Lalla Hemus, the wall-known Ohristchurch 'cellist, to Mr. Angus Foster. Miss Lilian Harper was bridesmaid. Hostesses for the coining week at the Soldiers' Room are as'follow:—Sunday, Mrs. Walter Nathan; Monday, Lady Ward; Tuesday, Mrs. Bristow and Mrs. Moss; Wednesday, St. John Ambulance Senior Division; Thursday, Lady Gibbes, Mrs. Bucholz, and Mrs. Wheeler; Friday, Mrs. J. M. Richardson; Saturday, TTo. John's Church Women's Association. . . Mrs. Firth, hon. treasurer of tha Wellington Women's Committee of the 'British Red Cross and Order of St. John, acknowledges tho following contributions:—Mrs Middleton, April and July, 10s.; Mrs: Winder, £2; Mrs. Walter Martin, £3 os. Od.; Mr. Bridge (Opotilci), 10s.; Mrs. Anderson, Red, Cross Tea, £7 os. 6d.; Mrs. Spragg, lied Cross Tea, £2 25.; Mrs. J. W. Salmond, February and March £1; Mr. M. Eicholbaum, March and April,, £2 25.; Mrs. Fiudlay,, April, 10s.; Mrs.' Fitchett, March and April, 10s.; Mrs. W. Nathan, April, £5; Mr. J. Joseph, April, £1; Mnrjory and Florence, Is. 6(1. The ladies of the Auckland Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance- Brigade packed this week tho ninth consignment of clothing, Red Cross garments, surgical dressings, and bed linen, for dispatch to' London to the headquarters of the brigade, whence they will bo distributed to the various hospitals requiring them. This consignment is the smallest sent so far, ; only four medium-sized cases being filled. A case of garments and quilts for the poor of London is also to accompany ■ the other goods. One activity of the division is the making and rolling of surgical bandages, over thirty' thousand having been distributed during thelast ton months. Most of these were for tho Now Zealand hospital ships. About £600 in cash has also been sent Home for Red Cross purposes since the beginning of the war. The total cash collections in the Military District of Canterbury for the French Red Cross was £4785, but the goods also forwarded, including £250 voted by the Red Cross executive for blankets, 'would bring the total gift well over £5000. ' ' On Wednesday evening a concert party visited the Home for Incurables and gave a very enjoyable entertainment. The party included: Misses A. Duncan, Jaiue Petrie, .Nellie Simpson, E. GriXj L. Anderson, Irene Gcyaer, and Messrs. Laslett Exton, and Zante Wood. Mrs. Magill and Mrs. Bacclms, of Scatoun, bad a very, successful sale at the Red Cross shop in Woodward Street on Wednesday, the amount taken being £11 Bs. fhey desiro to acknowledge, with thanks, the assistance rendered by the ladies, of Seatoun and Karaka Bay, and also to thank the ladies of Manakau and Mrs. J. G. M'Lean, of Paraparaumu, for gifts of, goods for sale. Miss Carter gave a cooking demonstration at tho W.G.C. ' Rooms last evening, and the place was overcrowded. She gave an exhibition of cooking various dishes, viz.:—Scones, coffee cakes, fondant icing, shortbread, beef cutlet, fried bread, and plum pudding. Miss Carter will give a demonstration every Wednesday afternoon at 3, and Thursday at 8 p.m; At present Mrs. Dolleston lias one of (ho largest and the most beautiful stock of Hair in the colonies. Every shade and texture can bp accurately matched in hair of the best quality, which is guaranteed to keep its colour. This department Ims been considerably enlarged of late, and the services of ft specialist in knotted partings and transformations ha* been ."retired, in addition to a la-rge staff of-oxpert Hairworkers. Switches, Swathes, Transformations, Toupees. Temple Waves, 0111! Pin Curls are sold at English Prices. Combings made up by .special hygienic process. 25G Lam Won Quay.—Advt. Wedding 1 Announcement.—Beautiful rosea and the choicest of flowers only are used when designing wedding bouquets, which I make a speciality of. Packed and forwarded through the Dominion. Afisi Murray. Vice-Regal Floriste,' 36 Willis Streat.—Advt. (Continued on next page.}

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM /AR AND NEAIL

Welcome Banquet to Miss Barnes,

i.iio i.n.t.i. rooms in Herbert Street presented a very bright and pretty appearance last evening, when "Miss Helen F. Barnes, M.A., national organising secretary for Australasia of the Young Women's Christian Association, was entertained at a banquet which members had organised in lie; honour. Autumn flowers, foliage, and crimson berries gave vivid touches of colour to the long tables, which had been charmingly arranged for the occasion, and over the table reserved for the members of the board was suspended a transparent basket of hawthorns berries, their bright scarlet harmonising wivh the pretty-coloured shades over the lights. Miss Barnes's chair was quite an artistic triumph, having been outlined with foliage, in the midst of which her initials had been carried out in scarlet berries. _ Practically all the board members, including the president, Mrs. R. Pearson, were present, and Mrs. Bennie made an admirable toast mistress, her. remarks at times being the cause of much merriment.

A somewhat long toast list had been prepared (the medium being, it might' be said, of a nature that none might object to), but the speeches were limited to a duration of two minutes, each. An interesting feature of the evening was the fact that though several of tho speakers to whom the toasts were entrusted were "maiden speakers," their speeches were remarkably free from the nervousness and lack of clearness and coherency so often shown by novices. Afterwards, Miss Barnes gave an interesting address .to her large and keenly-attentive audience, pointing out all that might be achieved by the Y.W.C.A. She hoped to see a membership of at. least 10,000 for Australasia, and she hoped that those ■ present would, do their utmost to secure their quota, for Wellington. For such a city it, was'not large enough. She spoke of the aims of the organisation and of its work for making girls more 'efficient, more useful, and better equipped for the battle of life. The various competitions which were being organised in' connection with the Triennial Convention, to be held in October, in Sydney, were also touched upon, and the opportunity it would give of showing what girls were capable of, emphasised. After the proceedings in connection with the banquet were finished, an inspirational address was given by the Rev. Mr. Sola,

Mrs. Martin is visiting.her mother, Mrs. Hassell/in Tim'aru.

Presentation to Mrs. Peryman. A very largely attended meeting of the Wellington Central and the District Union branches of the Women's Curistion Temperance Union, was held in tho rooms in Constable Street 'yesterday afternoon for tho purpose of nialurii a presentation and .-.aying farewell to Mrs. Peryman, editor of the "White ltibbun," and a prominent member of the organisation, who is leaving this-week with her husband, tho Hev. Mr. Peryman, to take up her residence ill Port Chalmers. Mrs/ Houlder, district president, presided. . After several preliminary matters had been dealt with, Mrs. Houlder, on behalf of the two branches of the un'.in, presented Mrs. Peryman -.villi :> w.v handsomely fitted bag f.nd at tho name time paid a warm tribute to tho great value of tho work done by Airs.-Pery-man'for the cause to w'.i.'h -sho had devoted so much of her energies and, time, also the great regret vh'ch.they all felt at her departure. - Airs. W. Evans, on boialf of the New Zealand Union, -and Air.-?. A. It. Atkinson and Airs. Alacdo.-nld, on behalf of the Central Union, spoke, warmly of the service which Airs. Peryman had so steadfastly given' during the time she had been associated with them. Other speakers were Airs. JohnsonWright and Airs. Houlder, on behalf ot the' District Union, and they also emphasised the regret with, winch they parted'from Airs. Peryman. Airs. Lill, of Ashburton, was another speaker. Ihe ceneral tenor of the, speeches dwelt upoi the marked ability which she had brought to bear upon the work, her tinfoiling' cheerfulness, «antU the faithfulness to duty which she had displayed. A brief speech, thanking everyone for their good wishes and appreciation of her work was made in reply by Airs. Peryman. , After tea had been handed ronn<l, Mrs. W. Evans spoke in regard to the petition for tho closing of. hotel bars, at six o'clock which they were organising throughout .New-Zealand, and Airs.. Johnson-Wright explained to her hearers the purpose of the Patriotic Fund of the W.C.T.U. throughout New Zealand, and for which she asked the hearty co-operation of; all present. The purpose of the fund was to make sv.ch arrangements that our men at the front would be supplied with hot soup, cocoa, coffee, etc.. which would he far more beneficial than rations of | rum. It was hormrl that a sum considerably oyer£3ooo would be raised by the union throughout New Zealand, and if every member contributed even a shilling, this woiild.be done. Airs. Lee Cowie. of Invercargill, was presenting them with the value of a house, which, when sold, would realise £500. The money which' they hoped to_ raise they -'iitended should be administered to the men through the organisation of the or.c.A. ■■'-'.-...- ■, Airs. A, It, Atkinson said she was 'very pleased,to hear that the Young Men's Christian .Association would ba the channel through which the men at .the, front would receive these comfort* which they hoped to provide them with The Government, when approached, had sbted that they could jiot afford to provide the men with hot soup, etc., and so'thev determined ,to do what they could in making this provision for the I men.

The Christmas Billies. The Christmas billies' so carefully packed and enthusiastically dispached by the Auckland Women's Patriotic Association for,, the boys at the front unfortunately, as is now generally known, did not reach the addressees iii time for Christmas Day, owing to the important events that wore developing on the peninsula but they were-none the less welcome -when, in the middle of January, they, belatedly came into tho hands of the boys, states tho "Star." Tho Mayoress .(Mrs. J. H. Gunson), who . s is the president of the Association, has received a letter from General Godley expressing the cordial appreciation of the men for the gifts, and stating that not only were there 'sufficient billies to go round, but, owing to the depletion of the forces b,y the departure of the wounded, a considerable proportion was- left, in hand. These, state Genera! Godley, are being retained in Egypt for future distribution.

The latest and the mode of these everchanging times-rParisian Bloom (Fraicheur, Paris, Eeg.), as distributed bv Miss Milsom,- sole agent. This beautiful, hygienic and novel preparation gives a natural bloom' and healthy, fresh appearance to the complexion. Used by' the best and made of the best.".Price, 3s. Gd. box. Sole Proprietors all "Cultone" skin preparations—the Skin Food 35., the Balm 3s. fid. "Write for hair preparations, completo outfits for dry, greasy, grey and faded hair. All hairwork. Perfect match and texture guaranteed. Miss Milsoni, 1, 91 Willis Street (4 doors past "Evening Post").- Telephone 814,-Advt.

On the Hospital Ship Novasa. Miss Mabel Crook, N.Z.A.N.S., who' was attached to the I'almerston North Hospital for several years, and who went to Egypt with the lirst party of 50 nurses from New Zealand, remained on the stall' at N0.'15 General Hospital for . live months, when she applied for a * transfer to hospital ship duty, states a 11 London correspondent. This was ar- - ranged, and on October 10 she ' left 3 Alexandria to join the hospital ship Norasa, which made her lirst trip to Mu--1 dros and look on board sick and wound- • od from the hospital them and landed ' them at Malta. Tho vessel at once re- ; turned to Anzac beach, arriving them ■ on November 1, when those on hoard ' the vessel could see the guns firing and ' the shells exploding, and thoy watched ' tho British airships manoeuvring over the Turkish positions, the Turks the 1 while making great efforts 'to bring ■ down the airships. One cvon'mg. a Turkish bullet hit tho deck of the Nevasa, passing close to Nurse Crook, and ! splintering the deck of the Novasa, 1 only half a yard distant; next evening one of the ship's orderlies was hit h the arm by a stray Turkish bullet, . and ho admitted later to hospital ■at Alexandria. By November 3 tho Nevasa had her full complement of sick and wounded, mostly New Zcalanders and Australians, and they were landed at Alexandria. Several trips were made subsequently ( to tho beaches; the last being on December 4 to Suvla Bay, where, from the deck of the ship, Turkish shells were seen bursting among our dug-outs and stores on the beach. Nurse Crook is in London now, the Nevasa having brought convalescents from Malta and while the ship is being cleaned ami soaled. Nurse Crook is having a few days' furlough. All the New Zealand nurses passed, through strenuous times in Egypt during June, July, and August. A Loyal Subject. Queen Alexandra has obtained what must be a record price for a cup of coffee. She dropped in to lend a hand with the work at the soldiers' free buffet at London Bridge station, when up came a jovial old farmer from. Kent. The-soldiers did net know the Queen j they called her "Missus," and gave hor littlo money presents for the fund, and went : - their way unknowing. But the. old farmer recognised her,- and tho Queen poured him out a cup of .coffee. The .farmer drank it, and then, 'taking out hss cheque book, wrote a cheque for five pounds, and went home. The next thing heard of him was in tho form of another cheque, this time for fifty pounds, which.sum he had ■ collected from his neighbours. -A few days lator he puffed into the buffet - again to take another twenty-five pounds,' and to say that' lie was not going to rest until he had made his contribution a round ! hundred pounds in payment for the I Queen's cup of coffee.. t '. ■ -•' ' Reform in the Universities. Mr. H. G. Wells does not waut to. see Oxford and Cambridge- return to their old lines of life when tho war is over. "For my-own part," ho writes, "ns tho father of two sons who are present in mid-school, I hope with nil my heart that they will not. I hope' that the Oxford and Cambridge of unphilosophical classics and . little-go Greek'for everybody, don's mathematics, bad'Frenoh, ignorance of all Europe except Switzerland, forensic exercises in the Union Debating Society-, and cant -about the Gothic, the Oxford and Cambridge that turned boys full of life and hope and infiriite possibility into, barristers, politicians, monolingual diplomatists, bishops, schoolmasters, company directors, and lomittance men, arb oven now dead. We, have now "before us a pha.se of opportunity that will never recur again. .Now that the apostolic. succession •of muffing and . podagogio humbug ,is broken, and ..tho-entire sys- '] torn discredited, it seems incredible that ;t"can ever-again be reconstituted in its ' old scats-npon the old lines. In these \ raw, 'harsh days of boundless : oppor- . tunityy the opportunity of tho new odu- i cation is certainly the greatest of all."

A Wonderful Clock. Petrograd contains the most wonderful clock in the world. There are 95 faces to this colossal timepiece, which indicates simultaneously the time of day at thirty different places, besides flie movement of the earth round the sun, the phases of the moon, the signs of the zodiac, and the date according, to, the Gregorian, Greek, Mussulman, and Hebrew calendars. The works took two years to put together after the clock had been sent in detached pieces from Switzerland to Russia. A Royal Translator, i The Empress Catherine of Russia, whose translations of Shakespeare have hist been discovered, is not the only Royal personage who has paid such .1 tribute to our national poet. King Louis, of Portugal, grandfather of oxKing Manuel, was a great lover of Shakespeare, and devoted his leisure to. translating some of the plays into Portuguese. His translations of "Hamlet," "The.Merchant of Venice," and "Richard III" were ' published betwen 1877 and 1880, and met with great success.

Madame Hamelius (Miss Dora Wilcox), a New Zealander, has been engaged in V.A.D. work, first at Leeds, and more recently at King George'u Hospital, London. ' '

I Mrs. Fletcher Eoilly and Mrs. Murray Thomson/of the Red Gross Shop in Woodward Street, 'were by the permission of the racecourse officials allowed to have a stall at Trentliam yesterday, from which sweets and cigar, ettes were sold. Their ifinancial results were very satisfactory, and the Red Cross Fund will benefit thereby. They will again be in charge of 'a ijil stall on Saturday, the las't day of the | races. ' pi The president and members of the | committee of the Now. Zealand branch % of the British Red Cross Society and & the Order of St. John (Wellington ft branch) invite everyone' interested in. j? Red Cross work to attend tho opening s) of the now rooms in No. 4 Mercer | Street, the ceremony to take place on § Wednesday afternoon (April 12 )at 3 | o'clock. Those who are willing to bej come active niombcrs of\the society are ji especially welcome, as by joining' they ;i will become entitled in due course of jj time to the British Red Cross badge jf, end a certificate for continuous work. 3 The committee hopes that country ; workers will bo able to be present. I Surgeon-Gciioral Henderson has been r. asked to perform the opening core- ? monv.

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