WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2742, 10 April 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL British and Allies' Relief Fund. Miss Litchfield and Miss Watson have received at the Tov.;n Hall pnreels of clothing lor the British and Allies' Relief from Mrs. Walter Nathan and Mrs. J. M'Mahon, also four anonymous parcels. Queen Carnival. The crowning ceremony of the winning candidate (Mrs. Q. Donald) in the Wairarapa Queen Carnival, which took place in Masterton on Thursday, is to be repeated in the Town Hall, Feathersfcon, to-night at, 8 o'clock. This privilege has been given the residents of the South Wairarapa to enable the supporters of their Carnival Queen to sliow their appreciation of the honour conforred on their candidate, who is a resident of Feathcrslon. There is also to Tie a. grand concert. Holland and ,the War. A Dunedin ladv, Miss May Barron, a daughter of Mr. Win. Barron, of Oaversham, returned to Dunedin on Wednesday night, after an absence in Fngland and the Continent of over three vears, states an exchange. Miss Barron was studying music in Leipsio at the outbreak of the war, and eight months elapsed before slie was onablett to get across the border to Holland. Miss Barron says that there was a distinct feeling of unrest in Holland when she was there. The mass of the people were in favour of the Allies, while the governing classes favoured the Germans. The Hollanders .were between the "devil and the deep sea," as, if they - sided' with Germany, they would lose their enormously wealthy colonies. Still, Holland was a very small nacion as against Germany, and tho tame iemarl; applied to Doiimark. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland had never forgiven Britain for her pat b in the Boer war

■The marriage took place in St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral cn Wednesday of Mrs. A M. Harvey to Mr. Walter Cooper, both of Christchurch. Tho bride was given away by Mr. E. Duncan, of Dunedin, and Mr. G. S. Swan was groomsman.

Tho wedding took placo on Friday of Miss L. Scully, of Napier, to Mr. James Macfarlane, pf Clive Grange, Hawke's Bay. Miss Scully,, of Wellington, left for Hawke's Bay to attend the wedding.

Miss Tabart and Miss M. (Christchurch) are visiting Wellington.

Mrs. Myers accompanied tlie Hon. A. M. Myers to Auckland at tho end of last week.

A generous contribution to the parcel fund of the Countess of Liverpool Committee at Christchurch lias been made by the' Christchurch Meat Cpmnauy and the Frozen Meat Company, which will enable tho committee to add a large tin of tongues to many of the parcels. The Hon. It. H. Rhodes, of Tai Tapu, has also made a gift o¥ 350 tins of honey. ,

Mrs. Holhwl, the president of tho Christchurch branch of the Countess of Liverpool Fund, is away on a holiday at 'L'imaru.

During the opening ceremony of the Soldiers' Club's new quarters in Auck< land, at the Y.M.C.A. on Friday, tho Mayor, Mr. J. H. Gunsoirread a message just received from Madame Melba. It ran, "Thinking of all you brave soldiers, and send you mv love and blessings. Also sending £o0 from Niagara concert." . The message was greeted with hearty applause.

Mrs. William Irving left Christchurch at the end of last week for Wellington, en route for Auckland, to meet her husband, T)r. Irving, who is returning to New Zealand early this week.

On Thursday afternoon, at Christchurch, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Rhodes gave a farewell party for Miss Thurston, matron of the Christchurch Hospital, who is leaving for England shortly to take charge of tho New Zoalaiul Military Hospital at Walton-on-Tliames. Mrs. Julius, on behalf of the members of the Victoria Leaguo and the Lady Visitors', • Hospital' Association, presented Miss Thurston with a purse of sovereigns, the silver purse containing them being the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes. Mrs. Julius said how glad the mothers of the New Zealand men would be to have their wounded sons at the other side of tho world in lier efficient care.

Mrs. and Miss Burnes, Lowry Bay, leave for England by the Turakina. Miss Burnes's marriage to Lieutenant Spiers takes place in June.

In connection with the rifle practice section recently started by the Women's National Reserve, a provisional committee has-been formed to deal with all the necessary arrangements. This committee includes tlje following members: —Mrs. Hall-Thompson (president), Mrs. Pilkington (secretary), Mrs. fiomerville (treasurer), Mrs. Porter, and Mrs. A. E. Rowland. Owing to the large number of members enrolled,' two classes have been formed, one to be held on Wednesday afternoons at 3 o'clock, at Y.M.C.A. Range, Willis Street, the other on Thursday evenings at 7.30 at the same place. Only members of the Women's Branch of the National Reserve are eligible for these classes. The entrance fee for these is 2s. 6d., and ammunition can be bought at the range.

A very old resident of Auckland, Mrs. F. L. Prime, died last week, aged 91 years. Mr. and Mrs. Prime arrived in Auckland in, the ship Cresswell, commanded by Captain Barnett, on lune 25, 1855, and had resided there practically ever since. Mr. and _ Sirs. Prime celebrated the diamond jubilee of their wedding. Mr. Prime survives hi 3 wife. He ,was Mayor of Auckland from December 1874 to 1875.

The only means of permanently removing superfluous hair is Electrolysis. Mrs. Kolleston. specialises in this treatment, and is recommended by our leading medical men.' Permanent results without the slightest scar are guaranteed. Ladies troubled with this disfigurement should arrange for a weekly treatment of either half an hour 'or an hour. Very littlo

inconvenience is experienced, and in a short time the growth of hair is' entirely removed. Strictest privacy is observed. 25G Lambton Quay.—Advt.

Don't make the mistake that "SYDAL" is expensive to use. It is " unlike nil other preparations for the skin in that it is entirely free from grease or fat in any form. A very small quantity is used each time, and a Jar will Inst several months. Is. 6d. spent on a Jar of "SYDAL".is well spent—Advt.

LADIES! For Pace Wear, we are showing, a ■ smart range of lovely' Silk in khaki, -vieux rose, grey, blue; etc. Call in at Herb. Price's.—Advt. •

Wedding Announcement.—Beautiful rosea and the choicest of flowers only nre nfiwl when designing wedding bouquets, which I raake 2 speciality of. Packed and for.nirdcd through the Dominion. .Miss Murray. Vioa-Rvgnl I'loriotu, 30 Willia Street.—AMt«

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM /AR AND NEAR. (By Imogen.)

Victoria League Entertainment. The- entertainment which was given b.y the Victoria League Girls' Concert Party in Palmerston North on Friday lor the benefit of the Camp Concert Party Motor Funds, met with a very good reception. The Ojiera House, in which it was held, was well tilled with the audience, which included a number oi the soldiers from Awnpuui Camp. Songs, dances, reotations, choruses, and part-songs made up a very enjoyable and varied programnio,' and one which metl with much appreciation. Miss Nola 'Ilaybittle contributed songs; Misses Dull and Anderson sang a duet; and a trio was given by the Aliases Anderson, Putnam, and Dall. Miss Barbara -Putnam danced graceful solo dances, and later performed again with Miss Gladys. Davics. A quartet was sung by Misses Wilberfoss. Dall, Ha,ybittlo, and Anderson; and, of course, chore ( were sevpral choruses with dancing, wliich is quite a special feature of tins now well-known little party. Colonel Purdy, who joined them'by chance on the way to Palmerston, gave a couple of recitations. For the first part of the programme the girls wore the white and red which has been their distinctive uniform, but for the second part a change was made, and they appeared in white, with black shoes, big , black, bows'in the front of their frocks, and white tam-o'-shanters with black tassels. They also carried soldiers' little black canes. This was. a very, effective change of dress. Miss Ruth Put- > nam was the accompanist. Accompanying the party, which numbered in all abdut fourteen or fifteen, were Mrs. Dall, Mrs. Webster, Miss, Stevenson,, and Mrs..Cbatfield. All the performers were the guests of Palmerston resi- I dents during their brief visit. They returned to town on Saturday, after having thoroughly enjoyed their,, little expedition, the financial results of which should, be of benefit to the Motor Fund. Mrs. 'Prendergast (Auckland) is visiting her mother, Mrs. Dovine, the Terrace. , The ladies in charge of the Red Cross Shop fl'ont again to Trentham, and although it might have been expected that their "enterprise of selling sweets, cigarettes, etc., would have suffered on account of the rain, such was not the case. 1 They did .excellent business, as well as on roe previous day, and they expect to be able to hand over to the Red Cross Fund a very satisfactory balance.

WOMEN'S PART IN THE WAR

LECTURE BY CAPTAIN SIMSON. Oil Saturday evening at the Y.W.C.A. j. Captain. Simson gave an interesting j. lecture upon "Women s I art 111 the a War " There was a largo audience j gathered to liear him, and a most ai>P D?'Xrnau, who introduced • the speaker, touched upon the fact thai , Captain'Simson had taken part in tho , African campaign and had also fought ( at Gallipoli. - At the present time lie , was doing a f -great deal m the work of j l6 Captaiu Simson, wtio, during the j course of his. lecture,. showed some ex- , cellent slides of Egypt and , poli, spoke emphatically of the. need for realising that the Jimpiro was at war, and of how serious it was. . in France and Belgium realised the full horror that it had brought!,vith it, but when even .returned soldieis were . able to a certain extent>j to put itc,on one side after a while, it was easy' to seo how far must be the people in th s country from understanding all that. it meant. Even those to whom tho wai had brought losses could not grasp its ,tll Wrar and yet it was absolutely ii»i it'd™u b. ««««»< what defeat would mean. The greatest danger, in his opinion, that the Allies, faced was the dangei of a bad peace. Women made a gieat mistake in praying for a speedy peace If it were to come about a worse wai than even this wouls inevitably follow at a future date. No grater danger could "be met with than this talk of See, which some people i seeme<l to think might come about n nmo months" time. Gormanj, with hei great numbers of men, was not readj Vome'n could not fight, but they 'Sf Those who had sons should bring, them up to protect the weaker sex, ami thmild cncourage tbem to tako part in like their training in the ,o hardening their pW» the men they would make. Women couiu do much in the way of replacing-men in offices, on larms, and in shops. Mothers who. kept their sons, their brothers, their sweethearts, from gomg to the war should remember that the} were branding .them for life. lhey should encourage their the National Rosorvo v a ß the mo;» cise and drilling they obtained before hand the better they would to stand the strenuous life of the soldier who finally took his stand in the JgWr ; ing forces of the country Hpjras to | "half-baked" man who fell a victim to sickness and over-strain, and they could not begin too soon to get themsolves into training. It was important that tho question of the treatment of the soldiers' dependents should be nut on a good financial basis, and through the fact that this was not yet tho case recruiting was suffering. Another way that women could help was by staying awav from races + as a protest. That within two or three days of a great disaster women couitt go to races and enjoy themselves was ■ somewhat a commentary upon .the way in which they were viewing the wai In Australia the Governor-General had set an example by announcing his determination to stay away from races for tile uuration of the war. Another thing which women could do was to use their influenco in \getting the returned Vsoldier • employment. it had to : bo understood--that- the life m camp and at tho front had affected the soldier's temperament and. made .him restless. They should use their interest with relatives and friends, to . ta£e him in, but not to expect him to settle down to earn his money at.nrst. Another point that Captain Simson touched upon, and which lie emphasised, was that women should not encourage suitors who .were not in khaki. .' He also paid "a tribute to : the work i which was being done by the Red Cross 1 and the Women',s National Reserve, and spoke most warmly of tho splen- ; did work of the nurses. 1 During an interval Madame Anderson > sang, and • greatly delighted her audi- : ence, which insistently recalled her.