WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2772, 16 May 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM MB AND NEA&

(By. Imqqek.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Fund For Invalided Nurses, Miss Hester Maclean, Assistant-Inspec-tor of Hospitals, has received a donation of ,£IOO front the nurses of West Coast Hospitals awl their friends, to be ■iscil for the assistance of invalided nurses wiio may arrive from the war front.. A previous donation for the same purposo vus sent by the. ladies of NgaruawaUia, and was used an very beneficial ways for nurses by Miss Maclean. Possibly no better memorial lb tho lost nurses of the Marquette and others who have given up their lives in this war could bo thought of than that of inaugurating a. fund to be used for invalided nurses. Pensions do not cover everything that is needed in life, and unfortunately it is llmusfc certain that all our nurses will notjcomo back the samo healthy, strong W'-inen that they were whon they wont away. Life and health they olfored for their country and from all wo hear and all we know they are spending the latter without counting the cost in their fight against -disease and death. In Australia—in. Sydney—they long ago started just such a fund, but wo in New Zealand are somewhat, slow to act where our nurses aie concerned. Countess of Liverpool Fund. The Mayoress' Countess of Liverpool Committee has received at the Town Hall during tho past week the following contributions:—J?.B„ 10s. Od. for Parcel Funds; Mrs. B. M. Simpson, cards and books; Miss Aitkeu, 1 pair socks; Miss Bicknell, 1 pair socks; Miss P. Myers (from Koseneath School), i treasure bags, 23 face cloths, 2 handkerchiefs; Miss Dora Hayter, 2 balaclavas; Mrs. Morrow, 1 pair socks; Mrs. Kilfoy, 1 pair socks; Miss Andrews, 1 pair socks; no name, 1 pair soks;.'. Mrs. Leach, 2 pairs socks; Mrs. Tamplin,' 1 pair socks, 2 balaclavas; Mrs. Eonayne,'3 pairs socks; Mrs. It. B. Smith, 1 1 2 pairs socks and books; Mrs. Taylor, 5 pairs socks, 2 balaclavas; Foxton Ladies' Patriotic Guild, 10 mufflers, 2 chest protectors, 37 pairs socles; St. Andrew's Guild, 7 pairs socks; Miss Amy Clapham, 3 balaclavas; by post, 1 pair socks, 1 pair mittens; G.H., 1 pair socks; Rex and Dorothea Haughey, papers; Mrs. Arthur Myers, 9 pairs socks; Mrs. G. Reid, magazines; Toko Patriotic Society (per Miss, Bain), 8 pyjamas, 1 pair pants, 8 washers, 14 slips, i shirts; Mrs. Andrews, 1 pair socks; Mrs. A. L. AVilson, 1 pair socks, 1 pair mittens; Taita School, 9 face cloths, 10 balaclavas, 1 pair mittens; Wellesley. Club, i packets magazines and papers; Mrs. Dickson, 1 pair Eocks, 2 balaclavas; Eastbourne Ladies' Guild, 20 pairs hand-knitted socks; "A Soldier's Sister, 1 pair socks; Allies' Guild (Petone), 12 pairs socks, 12 handkerchiefs, i pairs- mittens; Mrs. C. Penny, 3 pairs bed.socks; Mrs. J. Bell, 1 balaclava; Mrs. S. Harco'urt, 1 pair socks. Rod Cross Gifts. '.- Miss Sybil Nathan, hon. secretary of the Women's Committee of the British Red Cross and Order of St. John (Wellington Branch), acknowledges the following gifts:—Mrs, .Waller. Nathan, 1 pair hand-knitted socks; Marton Sub-Contre of British Red Cross, 10 blankets, 5 dressing gowns, 10 lounge suits, 10 grey shirts, 7 scarves, B pairs. mittens, 2 wuistcoats, 15 pairs socks, 57 pyjamas; 10 ilannel bed jackets, 21 day shirts, i white shirts, 2 pyjamas, old linon, 11) white night shirts, 15 pillow slips, U towels, 19 triangular bandages, 2 bundles old linen, 31 manytailed - bandages, 75 hospital swabs, 54 face washers, 17 eyo bandages, 5 handkerchiefs, 11 white head-caps, 10 treasure bags;-21 pairs sooks, 1 pair surgical sock», 3 knee cup.v 2 pairs bod socks, knitted waistcoat, 5 balaclavas, 2 limb cushions, 485 roll bandages, 1 box Eoap.jl pair slippers, 30 singlets, 8 underpants, 3 tins of coffee; Lady Liverpool -Fund (Wairoa Branch, H. 8.), (i sheets, 54 pillowslips, 3 pairs bod socks, 3 pairs slippers, 1 "doz. face cloths, 22 bandages, 8 undershirts, 1 -Uannel- waistcoat, 2 boxes of cards, 12 pyjama shirts; Mrs. W. H. Kebbell (Ladies' Masterton Committee), 445 triangular bandages, 502 roller bandages; New Plymouth Sub-Centre British Cross, 18 draw-sheets, 48 pillow slips, 24 towels, 18 hot water-bag covers,' 3 knitted hot waterbay covers, 2 dressing gowns, 3 flannel shifts, 1 bed- jacket, 1 sdarf, 29 pairs socks, 5 cotton shirts, 7. union shirts, 10 undershirts, 22 pyjamas,' 2 nightshirts, 20 face cloths, 28 diet cloths, 7 surgical oloths, 18' handkerchiefs, 12 many-tail bandages, 1 bed-pan cover, 36 eye bandages, 22 T-bandages; 90 flannel bandages, 83 gauze bandages, 9 arm splints, 8 leg splints, 390 swabs, 12-kapoe pillows; Mrs. Gardiner, 100 roll bandages; Mrs. M'Rae, 3 balaclavas; Miss Davidson, 3 pairs socks';'anonymous,, old linen; Red Cross Guild (Ohlngaiti, per Mrs. Graham), 2 balaclavas,. 4 • undervosts, 3 face cloths, 27 pillow slips, 16 trinangular bandages, 3 pyjama suits, 5 head bandages, 2 swabs, 18 packets bandages, S small pillows, 5 magazine:), (I shirts, 6 tins condensed milk, 2 tins Glaxo, 9 tins tobacco, cigarette panels, 3 pairs socks, 19 shoes, 7 tins V.H. cocoa, 10 packets paper and > envelopes, 1 box notepaper, 2 khaki handkerchiefs, 40 towels, 2 mufflers; Miss .Kitty Jones (Wainui-o-mata),.l balaclava; Miss. Eileen Cook (Wainui-o-mata), 1 balaclava, 1 pair hand-knitted socks; Takapau Patriotic Committee, 12 flannel shirts, i pairs flannel pants, 1 pair bed sooks, 2 nightingales, 48' roll.bandages, 9 pyjama suits, 15 pairs slippers, 2 woollen scarvos, 3 bed jackets; Mrs. Thompson, old linon; Foxton Girls' Club (Foxtpn), 11 knitted faco cloths, 26 towel face !oloths, 14 soldiers' hold-alls, 1 pair knitted bad socks, 2 pairs hand-knitted socks, 1 pair spiral knitted socks, 2 pairs wounded foot-covers, 6 "housewives," 0 pairs knitted mittens, 2 knitted scarves, 2 balaclavas, 4 chest-protectors, 4 nightingales, 6 flannel bed jackets, 2 flannelette -.operation gowns, 3 day shirts, 70 swabs, 29 handkerchiefs, 17 under Hnnnels, 17 pairs pyjamas, 5 pairs shorts, ,50 roller bandages; Patea Patriotic Guild (per Mayoress), 42 flannel undershirts, 18 balaclavas, 18 pairs socks, 13 pairs mittens, 2 pillows, 24' treasure bags, 11 face cloths,. 2 pyjama suits, 4 towels, 12 pillow slips, 0 pairs bed socks, 17 mufflers; Newman lied Cross Guild,. 8 pyjama suits, 1 odd pair pants, 6 pairs hand-' knitted socks, 1 pair mittens, 25 eye bandages; Wnverley .Ladies' Patriotic Guild, 48 pyjama suits, 38 swabs, 5 mufflers, 4 day shirts, 3' face cloths, 1 treasure bag; Ohau Branch of British Red Cross, 12 many-tail bandages, Gl head bandages, 238 roller bandages, 220 swabs (11 bags), 0 face flannels; Sanson Red Cross Guild, 492 bandages.

Mrs.. Firth, lion, troasureu../of the Women's Committee of the Brl ?h Red, Cross and Order of St. John (Wellington Branch), acknowledges the sum of J;9 2s. 6d. from Mrs. T. 1\ Bryant, of Ohnriu, tho result of a Red Cross ten. Mrs. Ross (Gisborne) is the guest of Mvs. Munro (Mnstcrton), while her husband is in camp. Mrs, L. Bn»nall, who has boon visiting relatives in Master-ton left yesterday on her return to Auckland.

A Visit to Featherston Camp. At the invitation of the Minister of Defence, the Hon. James Allen, the MayuDess, Mrs. J. I'. Luke, Mrs. A;' Crawford (the hon. secretary of .the Countess of Liverpool Fund), and Mrs. Dymock joined the Parliamentary Party whicb journeyed up to Featherstun yesterday to inspect the camp. For the members who livo away from tlio district, and who have not had many, opportunities of seeing how our soldiers, live and train, tho occasion was particularly interesting. The review of the troops mado a great impression upon tho visitors,' who were greatly taken by the physique and hearing of the soldiers. For lunch they were entertained by the officers in tho Soldiers' Club, a lino building built in tho form of a "T," the long, somewhat' narrow part of the building being the club-room, while the writing-room on one side, and the library and reading-room on the other, furnished the T formation. After lunch, -the party divided, the larger portion being taken to see the trenches, and other interesting phases of the work, performed in camp, while Mrs. Luke and a little party of ladies, with Surgeon-General Henderson, visited the hospital, and were afterwards entertained at afternoon tea by Matron M'Nic. Several motor-cars from Masterton and other parts of the" district added to the party, and in addition to the Minister of Defence (tho Hon. J. Allen), the Hon, Mr. Hunan, Surgeon-General Henderson, and tho Staff officers wero Miss M.assey, Lieut. Stenhouse, Mrs. Hall Thompson, Mrs. J. Barton, Mrs. Roberts, and many otherß. The Home League. Great interest is being taken in Salvation Army circles in connection with the inauguration of a new branch of activity amongst women, viz., the Homo League. Commenced' a few years ago in the Old Country by Mrs. General Booth, tho league lias firmly established itself in hundred of centres up and down the United Kingdom, and is still extending. The Home League has been organised for the purpose of giving counsel and practical direction to womon in all mat-' ters relating to the home. Meetings are held weekly at which addresses and practical demonstrations on home topics are given—sometimes by the members, themselves, as well as by experts specially invited. During the meetings many' of those present engage in knitting or sewing, the garments so made being passed on for the benefit of tho soldiers and 6ailors of the Empire. Mrs. Lieutenant-Colonel Powley has been appointed by Commissioner Hodder as the Homo Loaguo secretary, arid is busy at tho present time in launching the league in.the various centres.throughout the Dominion. Branches have Keen formed at Wnngauiii, New Plymouth, Auckland, aud other places, as well as Wei-, lington, where an excellent membership has already been attained. At next Thursday's meeting 'at , tho Citadel in Vivian Street at 2.30 p.m..' Dr. Margaret M'Cahon is the speaker, and will give.an address on""Children's Ailments and how to treat ihem." A hearty invitation is given to any women readers to attend this and following meetings of tho league. It may be added that membership of tho league is not confined to Salvationists—any woman may join, A, Berlin Picture. Miss Caroline Wilson, who left the Ford party at The Hague and travelled to Berlin, where she had excellent opportunities of studying the internal,conditions of the German Empire, has drawn a gloomy picture of that country.s"ln all, the time I was in Berlin (she-says) I did' ■not seii a wounded man, except three soldiers limping slightly, walking with a cr.ne. There wcrc.no armless-- sleeves swinging'- loose from coats, as in Paris, and no wooden stumps-thumping along, tho pavement.- Around- the .corner from the esplanade is a. large building. : given up to blind soldiers. Tho building -is right in the.- heart of- Berlin—you : pass it a dozen times a day—and yet you never meet any of these blind men out walking with their attendants. I learned after I had been there a couple of weeks that they are never taken out except after dusk, and then go to tho Tiergarten to walk, so that.no one may be depressed by the sight." Mrs. Guy Williams (Masterton) is staying at Lowry Bay. Mrs. Morrison (Masterton) and Miss Morrison arp visiting Wellington. ~ Mrs, Hugh Willia\ns (Masterton).'"has been visiting Wellington. . ~,.',. .Mrs. Grundy is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lamb, in Masterton. '.''." Misses Leathain and Cutfield (New Plymonth) are visiting Wellington. Mrs, J.- Martin (Martinborpugh) is staying at tho Hotel Cecil. Sanitary Dish-Washing Machines! Invaluable for hotels, boardiughouses and families. By this process, dishes are washed, dried, and drained, speedily and thoroughly, proving a real boon where there is much dish-woshing. These machines may-he inspected any'time at Oscar Hewett and* Co., 5G Cuba , Street (just below Bank of N.Z.):—Advt. Herb Price's showing of wide-end Ties at 25.. Gd. is hard to equal for novel effects and smart - colourings. Men should make a point of inspecting,—Advt.

The New Veil, The cult of thei veil is one that is carefully lollow'ed l>y many women who are of opinion that care of tlie details of one's toilette is an economy which saves many dressmakers' and milliners' bills, Sucu as those will changa the style of their veil twico iu a month it' a novelty presents itself, i'or instance, the statement niaile that navy blue or toto de negro veils are the very newest ideas is sufficient to keep them employed for two <luys to find out whore sucn novelties can be purchased, and the smartest way ot wearing and tieing a veil is closely studied. Tne fact of tne nose length veils returning to lavonr is probably well known by now to tluso who make a point of wearing the fashions of next month ; rather than thoso of to-day. The nose length: veil is not tied round the hat, but is fastened round the brim so that it hangs loosciy in much the same way as the chin lengtn veil lias been worn during the past summer. On some of the new millinery models which.have wide flat brims the veil is merely a Sin. deep "valance" (which goes right round to the back), of line meshed net, with a pattern of spotted vertical lines. Matching! > An enterprising Frenchwoman has established iu tli'J shopping quarter of Paris a business wliicn, by.reason of its usefulness, had achieved immediate success. It is called the "matching house," and its organiser undertakes, for the mudest fee of half a franc (fivepeuce), to match silk, ribbons, feathers, etc. (states a Melbourne writer). As most dressmakers keep a junior hand running in and out of the shops to match colours and materials, it is found that by patronising the matching house this waste of a girl's 6ervice is obviated, while country customers, as well as many who live in a town, are saved many an hour's • drag from shop to shop, as well as the incidental expense usually incurred on a "matching" expedition. Of course, aii outsider cannot, with assurance recommend a "matching house" as a profitable enterprise to a Melbourne girl, but such as it is, it is commented ou in the English newspapers as appearing to be an excellent scheme for a woman . without capital. Nothing is needed but one helper and a small office in which to receive customers. All the stock-in-trado required is a telephone,. together with an eye for colour, and a knowledge of the various shops and warehouses. In a way the matching business seems closely allied to that of the professional shopper, and we have in Melbourne at least ono capable girl who manages to shop on commission, and also to advise her patrons as to the quality and style of their clothes. But her business has nothing to do with matching materials and colours for professional dressmakers and others, and it seems at first glance that if a beginning were made, with patronage promised, by some of thoso who are,in business in' a large way, there might be something in it.

Irish Unexpectedness. , Many-interesting tilings are touched upon by Lady Poore, the wife of. Admiral Sir Kicha-d Poore, at one tiiae Comniaudcr-in-Ciiicf on 'tho Australian Station, in Iho course of her memoirs which nave just recently been published. Having spent' her early years in tlio south .of. Ireland, she naturally drew comparisons beuvceu the Irish and English types of village lii'e.;',Whilo fully appreciating tlio orderly ways, tho sound and tidy cottages; ami the relegation of pigs ami hens to the. yards and sties, she confesses to missing the pretty speeches, the picturesque imagery, and ingenious falsehoods which maue tho Kerry peasants so en'tcrtaining. "No grateful beggar at Winsley," she says, "called down onmto blessings on my head, or prayed that "Tho Lard might lave tho bacicdoor of heaven open to mc 'at the Indite,' and tlio description of the English beggar's ailment.-, was franker, if less original. The unexpected rarely happens, or so it seems to me, in a quiet country neighbourhood in England, but it is the rulo in Ireland. You invito a man to spend a week-end, and lie remains thirteen years; you. go out to buy a packet of postcards, and return with n couple of bloodhounds on a string. -. Where in England can you find a squireen who turns his farm servants into footmen ij scarlet liveries, and directs ono of them to say grace before meat in the words, 'For what Mr. L. A. is übou't to receive may the Lord make Mr. L. A. truly thankful?' Nor do'our English coroners pronounce such a verdict as 'By the visitation of God,\ under suspicious circumstances.' ■ But, then, we do not in England have members of two hostile factions returning wildly drunk and combative from the market town, with murder, of which not one- of the party is either willing or competent to give evidence, done on the way." Munition Workers and Their Food. All over England, says the "Daily Telegraph," the authorities are taking great' care that the health of the women taking the places of such men as can be spared from munition making should be safeguarded. It is an old story that the wage-earning woman rarely takes -much trouble over her meals, and with this in mind the heads of some of the huge factories have taken the commissariat into their own hands. The result has been so beneficial to the health of the operatives that the innovation seems likely to become the settled practice. In one instance, which is quoted as typical, the girls take their meals in dining-rooms near their work, and the meal is provided for each employee in a separate basket. The cleanliness and daintiness of these receptacles are an education to women formerly satisfied with a piece of cold fish wrapped in greasy newspaper. Each'basV\t holds a bright aluminium receptacle like a small cake tin, and this holds, some days a measure of Irish stew, and on others liaricot mutton, curry and rice, or beef steak pudding. The basket contains also- a tiny china piedish, which holds enough pudding or tart for one. These vessels are placed in ovens for a few minutes before lunch, and a good hot meal is thus enjoyed at a -minimum of trouble, while the cost is not more than 3d. per' day to each girl.' . Valuo of Old Linen. A Melbourne nurse who recently returned from her strenuous duties of'nursing, sick and 'wounded soldiers in: Egypt, says that the ordinary home living tierson can have no conception of what a good and steady sunnlv of old linen and bandages means in the hospitals abroad, both on land and on sen, states an Australian newspaper. "I know," she savs, yon' have; sont more than was -over thought possible, but please go on sending more and more, for, in spite of the enormous quantity that lias passed through o"r hands, it is not nearly enough. .No one can imagine the joy, it is to a nurse to have an unlimited quantity of those heat rolls of bandages n>"' parcels of soft old linen. .1 never 'hart really enoinrh. Many arid many a lime l have washed and boiled and rewound «"ch bandages as suited niv work best": 'Hern is munkod-for I'npreciation'of one branch of the RH Cross work, and it surely will stimulate to further action any .who'inny be fe»ling tired of what is generally known throughout Melbourne ;ns rag pick-in?" It is true . that, the .handling of old linen is tedious and often .tryine-. work, but surely this appeal from .one with such intimate experience, of-its wnvif Z ■ t0 s <* neonle:to woik again, and with increased, zest.

The committee of the Veterans" Home , t La Porouse, -Sydney, and a number of the ■ veterans themselves, entertained a nsilcr from New Zealand last week This was Miss Stitchbury, whose BTS tajn Stitchbnry,. , s the honorary seert tary of a veterans' home in Auckland very, similar to that.of la Perouse " Miss Whitehead. (Mastorton) has been visiting Nelson. .''■'' I •■ Mrs.. Allan ; Cameron, (Castlepoint) 'is visiting Wellington. V