WOMAN'S WORLD,

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2773, 17 May 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD,

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM a?AB AND NEA&

(Ex Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wedding in St. John's. The marriage took place in St. John's Church yesterday of Miss Ulivo Isabel Smith, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Smith, The Terrace, to Major Alexander Oam-oron-M'Killoi), U.A.M.C., son of Mr. Cam-oroii-M'Killop, Inverness, Scotland. The ceremony was performed by the Bev. Dr. Gibb. The bride wore a gown of white ninon over palest pink with foundation of white taffetas, mado with a short: irdl skirt and long square train, finished with a tulle bow. She carried a bouquet of roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Mimi Smith (sister of the bride) wore n frock of pale pink chiffon taffetas and ninon, with, a black velvet hat trimmed with a largn bow. Her bouquet was of pink shaded carnations.' The best man was Lieut. Thomas, who has recently returned from the front. Mrs. Smith woro a tailored cos, .fcumo of grey cloth with a black velvet hat trimmed with oxpreys. Returned sol. diers formed a guard of honour, and as the bride and bridegroom left thu church they were heartily chcereti. Marriage of Two Stage Favourites. Theatrical London, and even a wider circle, were intensely interested by tlio announcement of the marriago of thn famous actor, Sir Charles Wyndham, to Miss Mary Moore. They are old comrades of the stage, and their imion forms an ideal "happy ending" to an association that has lasted since Miss Mooro .joined the company at the Criterion in the late "eighties." She lias told how sho was given her first engagement by the lessee and manager out of respect for her husband, Mr. James Albory, the wellknown dramatist. She appeared first as an understudy, hut soon was playing Lady Oldacre with Mr. Wyndham, and promotion was rapid. She is now, jointly with Sir Charles, proprietor of tho New and Wyndham's Theatres, and is associated with him in the management of those theatres and of the Criterion Theatre, of which 'he has been lessee since 187 G. Sir- Charles is 75, at least fourteen more years than one would suppose hobore upon his shoulders. He was intended for the medical profession, but after fighting in the. American North and South War ho went on the stage, and made his first appearance with John Wilkes Booth, the brother of Edwin Booth, and the assassin of President Lincoln. In ISGS ho fame to England, and ever since has been one of the favourite entertainers of the public. King Edward was a great admirer of his talent, and Knighthood was hcstowed upon him at the Coronation in 1902. Sir Charles's first wife, lvhom ho married in 1860, died last January. Miss Moorfe was married at iho ago of IG, and site has three grown-up sons named. IrTing, Bronsofl, and Wyndham.

Edith Cavell Memorial in Sydney. Tho movement now bniug energetically set on foot by <i strong committed of influential men and women to keep alive Nurse Edith Cavotfs memory by raising ■£15,000 ns an endowment fund for a rest home for nurse; should appeal to all persons, rnen and women alike, states the "Sydney Morning Herald." The first idea was to erect an .Edith Cavi>ll monument,, but when Mr. .and Mrs. W. E. Shaw gavo their, beautiful iome, Ponlee. Prospect Road, Summer Hill, with the object of its being made into a rest home for nurses tho community considered that it would bo n much, more fitting memorial to that great woman, who, herself a, nurse, thought always of comfort, aid, and support to fill her tired sisterhood.

When wo think of how absolutely essential to our lives nurses are, whon wo try. to think for a moment of how hard and unselfishly they work, and how littlo one thinks of tho recreation and holiday they need, tlio need for n holiday homo where theso nurses can come, say for a week-end or a month or so, should appeal 10-everyone. This house, that Mr. Shaw has given is a beautiful .one, -lighted' throughout with electricity, and will bo fitted with every comfort.' Tho grounds are large and spacious, with ample accommodation for outdoor rest, Tho committee wish to raise £\ 5,000 to endow this home, so that no further appeals, for its support need bo made to the public. Already many generous-hearted people have given large donations, and others have promised tho furnishings of some of tho .rooms; and through Sydney and its suburbs the ball has started rolling, and tiho organisation, is hopeful that in a very short" time tho movement will be in full siting. Soldiers' Room Fund, Tho hon. treasurer of tho Soldiers' Room Fund , acknowledges the following subscriptions:—Christchurch Patriotic Society, .ClO (two months); Lady Ward, itf (threo months); Mrs. Rieg .49 (twelve months); Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull. .{3 Is. Bd.; Mrs. N.'Nathan, .£1 Is.; Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. E. Anderson (two montlis), Miss Cuates; Mrs.' W; H. Sefton Moorhouse, Mr. AY. II: Sefton Moorhouse, 1 Mr. Ci. Hunter, M.P., nnd Mrs. h. Blun. dell, £\ each; Mrs. Zohrab, 10s.; Mrs Oorrigan, 10s. (two months); Mrs. Ernest Hadfiekl, Mrs. Samuel, and Mrs. Green, tvcod, ss. each. Also the following.dona, tions—"Anonymous" (per E. Arrowsmith, Taihape), 55.; Mrs. J. B. Cvuickshank, gift of coffee; Mrs. Trevor, Ohakune, a cheese.

■A private cahlegram advises tliat Mrs. Harold Beauchanip and Miss Bcuuchami), who left Auckland on April 18, per Niagara, for Vancouver, en loute for Alnionto, Ontario, Canada, reached their destination on Thursday last.

Tho Women's Anti-German League will hold its first general meeting at the New Century. Hall, Kent Terrace, on Friday evening next, at 7.31). Miss Holmes wi'il tako tho chair, in the absence of Lady Stout, president of the league. The first part of tho evening will be devoted to tho. Business of tlie league, and tho members of the execntivD will deliver some interesting addresses. An excellent programme is heing arranged, with which to conclude the meeting. Many ladies are assisting, amongst them being Miss Hardingp-Haltby, Mrs. Vt. Pearse, Mrs., Stephens, Mrs. Ostter. Tho members are invited to bring a friend, but it is regretted that tho meeting will be on this uccasion exclusively for women. The hon. treasurer begs to acknowledge a donation of ss - . from Mrs. J. Bay-ley A'Beanc, Hawkc's Bay.

The weekly meeting of tho New Zenland Natives' Association Ladies' Guild was held at tho Natives' Hall yesterday ' afternoon, Mrs. ll'Vioar being in tho chair. The'ro was a largo attendance, and a considerable amount of business was handled. The reports from tho various committees were quite satisfactory.

' A friend, homo from tho trenches on short leave, told me the other day (says rv writer in "The Bulletin") that' the power of the horses to detect the ap : proach of poisonous gas was quite remark-' able. They seem to become conscious of tho deadly menaco before the men havo any apuvchension of it, and they cry out loudly as tlioug-k in terror and paiii.

From a New Zealand Soldier's Letter. In the course of n letter received by a Wellington lady from an old lioy .of the Hntt District High School, who has teen lighting in Galhpoli, mid had been invalided to Kngland, occur the following extracts:—'Thero have been nvuiy letters and papers sent mo which I have not yet received. . Von six months I got no mail at all from Maoriland, but subsequently received a hugft bundle of letters, somewhere about (if!y-six, mostly written many months before the date on which I received them. In regard to papers, none have reached me. but I am not greatly disappointed, as I know that slhcr lads in the trenches get them, as is also the case with the parcels. I do not wish to write of my doings, at the front, although, speaking of the New Zenlanders as a whole, I am proud to cay that none could have fought better and died more nobly than did our lads in Gallipoli.

"This life in the army has two opposite influences upon the men—it either makes a blackguard of Tommy Atkins, or it makes of him a man—strans, confident, strong-willed, able to resist' great temptations, possessing a great depth of soul, a broad outlook upon life, and giving him an insight into .hnoian hearts nnd human needs such as could not have been gained in a whole lifetime'of peaceful existence. God grant, that our lads be brought 'Out of the lire purified, ennobled, and enlightened. "My wounds have cuiite .healed up, but the sciatic, nerve of the left leg has been injured, giving a. good ileal of trouble nnd making the limb very weak and unre. liable. But it is on the mend now. I have seen a little of England, but not very much—not nearly so much as 1 could wish. London is very itnerefiing, but in gloom—the gloom of saddened hearts and the glcom of darkened streets.

. "What has aroused my admiration is the work the women of England are doing in munition factories, in rest homes for soldiers and sailors, and in a' hundred and one useful ways. Th'c women are more alive to the seriousness and needs of the time than nro the men. who sceni (•o lii just waldng up from so>ind slnniher." Thi Late "Frank Dauby." By last mail came news of the death of "Frank Danny" (Mrs. Fruukau), n veil-known novelist, whose "Babe in Bohemia," and "Pigs in Clover" were two popular -Looks in their day. Mrs. Franlciiu also came into prominence through her quarrel with Mr. Geo. Moore over Bomo literary question, states an Australian writer. He was supposed to have been her "master" in the art of writing. Her novels are society stories on tho rather fast side. But "A Babe in Bohemia" (first edition) deserves to.live for its illuminating and sympathetic appreciation of the late Catherine Booth, the wife of General Booth and the real soul of the Salvation Army. Published about a quarter of a century ago, this character sketch (for it was that) of one'wonian by another was, about the first detailed description of Mrs. Booth over published, and it was more remarkable coming from the pen of Mrs. Frankau, who 'was a member of a brilliantly clever Jewish family, two others being "Owen Hall," the librettist, and Mrs. Aria, the fashinn writer. The family name is Davies. Mrs. Frankau's son was in Sydney just before tho war broke out. Now ho is an officer in the artillery. He has published some verses, "The Guns," which has met with praise.

, Miss Sybil Nathan, hon. secretary, announces (hat a. special meeting of tho ceneral committee of the Women's Rod Cross Society will be held this afternoon, nt 3 o'clock, at. the Central Depot, Mercer Sheet, to organise a band of collectors in connection with the, Bed Cross collection on. Empire. Day, Juno 3.

Mts. M'Conncll, who has been staying at the Empire Holel, -lias returned to her home at Havelock North. ! Through' the sale of (ho little booklet of applo recipes during tho week that the apple show was being held, Mrs. Murphy, a most energetic worker for the; Livc'i'pool Fund, expects to hand in' the sum if -£M for tho benefit of the special parcels branch of the work. .

For the Wounded and Sick. Miss Macandrew (the Art Depot Manners Street) will bo very glad to receive offers of assistance in selling flowers on Saturday mornings for the benefit of the Red Crois Funds. Supplies arc being sent across from Red Cross workers in Nelson in time for a- Saturday morning sale in the streets, and as such a cause as that of the Red Cross will need more workers than ever now and absolutely unremitting effort. Miss Macandrew hopes that girls with a little spare time at their disposal will make their sacrifice in turn for the sake of the men who are facing all the horrors of German! warfare.- Street selling is not work that everyone rushes, but then neither is fighting, and both have at the back of them a great cause. ' Miss Macandrew will bo glad if those willing to assist will communicate with her either at the Art Depot in Manners Street or else at 217 The Terrace. John Bull, Junior. The following extract from a letter written from a hospital in England by New Zealand lad who' was wounded by a bomb and by a shell speaks for itself as to the spirit of our boys r—"lf they don't pass me because of my eye I will stow away. I will'refuse'to bo sent back to New Zealand—not that I would not. love to see you all, you know that, don't you, uncle? But fancy being away from'tho Anzacs, the best troops in the world. If you had only seen the boys fighting; it was glorious. Don't imagine that I love fighting. I don't. My heart is in my boots, and I am praying for myself all tho time, and I have such a rotten imagination. I never get carried away by excitement, I am always thinking. It's when I see the Anzacs fighting and dving as only Anzacs can that I think that after all what a snlendid thing it is to die with them. You can't imagine. It makes my lieart feel all aquiver when I write, about it." ■Mrs.-Tate, wife of Colonel R, Tate, Officer Commanding th© Wellington District, arrived in Wellington from Palmerston North on Monday. In connection with the Petone "Rosebud" Queen Carnival, which closes on June 3, the Hutt Red Cross candidate (Bertha Cross) is still leading, whilst Dorothy Wright (No. 12) and Maggie Cc.ulson (No. 10) are not far behind.

Mrs. Chapman is taking next Friday at the Soldiers' Room in Sydney Street.

I Australian Soldier's Letter, "Somewhere in France—29j3/'l6" is the date line of a letter just received by an Australian mother from her soldier sou. The letter is from Corporal James Henry Dunn (an Anzac), son of Private Arthur \V. Dunn (who fought at Lone Pine) and of Mrs. Dunn, of Leichardt. Corporal Dunn writes:—"After we disembarked we entrained,. and were billeted right here, 'somewhere in France.' • 'Billoted' means that so many men are told off to each house in a village, accorcliug to the sizo of the house, and are provided with floor opace and straw to sleep on. Since my arrival here I have not seen a man of military age or physically fit who was not in uniform. The villages and towns are populated by old men, boys, and the fair sex. The welcome and hospitality meted out to us by these homely and beautiful French women is 6uperb. Right from the moment we arrived here, from tho moment we got in the train until wo got out, it wau nothing but kisses (thrown to us) and waving of hands;.and at the stations we stopped at en route wo were given baskets of fruit, cordial waters, cakes, and hot tea and coffee. These lovely French folk could not do enough for as. The sombre black costumes worn by the French people tell too truly the story of the terrible suffering caused by the war. Everyone is in black. Everyone mourns the loss of someone they held dear. We seem to fetch sunshine into their homes, for they meet us with an ever-welcome smile. In the fields .may bo seen boys ploughing; girls in their teens working in tho railway yards, swinging the shovel in the ash-pits, on duty in the signal-boxes, and coal-lump-ing. You will hardly believe it, but I have seen it. But with all their hardships tuey. greet you with their smiling welcome. No doubt they realise that we have come 12,000 miles to give a helping hand; but over in Australia you cannot realise what war is or what it means. Australia cannot do too much. She should shed every ounce of blood, if need be, in this fight for liberty and right. Mother, if you were here you would gladly say 'Go' to every son you had if he was of military age, even if it. meant - dentil, and death is nothing to the individual when the cause is considered. Oh, if you could only see the ravages wrought in Belgium and France. A liftie Belgian girl (refugee, of course) looks up with her .curiy liair, rosy cheeks, and smiling lace, and says; 'Hello, Australia! Welcome, Australia!' It makes your blood tingle. Yes, her father has been killed in the great fight. What is death, then, to us, if we fire a shot and have (lone our best in the cause of right? Boom! Boom! I can hear the rurablo of the big guns, but we are too far away ttt any damage to be done to us.' I cannot say how long it will be before we aro in the trenches; but I can tell you it is very Weak here, cold and wet. You might think the writing is bad, but it is caused by tho cold. My fingers are numbed, and can hardly hold the pencil."

The Australian Girl. In her book "Recollections of no Admiral's Wife," Lady Poore tells her read, ens what keen pleasure 6he found in entertaining at Admiralty Houso (Sydney). "I will not say we had no failures," she observes, "but Australians are rarely bored, and the ugly habit of posing as superior beings is practically .unknown among them, so they are easy to entertain." Her. remarks in general upon Australian characteristics are sympathetic, and for the most part highly'favourable. She .noted in Australians, the same gift of spontaneous and uncalcnlating friend, liness.. which is also to be mot with in Irish people, adding: "They are frankto a fault, but they do not habitually and without reference to their surroundings discuss the diseases and divorces of their acquaintances, topics or conversation so common in England as to be almost unavoidable." She was much struck by the fact that "in Australian society nobody is more popular, no one more freely entertained, than the girl or woman who earns her own living, whether as an artist, a nurse, a massenso. a teacher, or a tradeswoman," as also by the Australian working lady's ability to 'put off her business face aloni; with her business gown." "Ladies' maids are few and far between, even in such places m Sydney," she 6ays in ono place', "and the capacity of Australian women for cutting out, sewing, and contriving-, and for turning themselves out fresh and Bmart from tho top of their shining heads to the toes of their small and wellshod feet, never failed to excite rny ad. miration and envy." They might, however, 6he suggests with nil duo diffidence, learn a good deal in the matter of decorating and furnishing thoir houses. 1 Better colour schemes and more unencumbered floor spaces would make their rooms more attractive; but as practical housekeepers, not dirnrtoivl of a eorps of well-drilled servants, th'iy are far ahead of us." Obituary. The death took place on Monday at the residence'of Mr. E.: D. Maney, Hastings, of. a very old pioneer in the person of Mrs. Sarah Ann Couper, eldest daughter of the late Mr. James Hallett, of Meance, and relict of the late Mr, AV. Couper, of i! rasertown, Wairoa, also sister of tho late Mr. Enoch Hallett, formerly borough engineer, Hastings. The.late Mrs. Couper arrived at Wellington in the ship Clifton in 1812, proceeding afterwards With her parents to Waimarama, and thence to Meanee. She afterwards left with her husband for Frasertown, Wairoa, being amongst the last, of tho pioneers to settle there, The deceased lady saw some stirring times during the Maori trouble and the Mohaka massacre. She leaves three daughters and seven sous and 57 grandchildren and 88 greatgrandchildren to' mourn her loss. Her family consists of Mrs. E. Hart, Stratford; Mrs. T. M'Neil, Waipatiki; Mrs. R.l).'Maney, Hastings; Messrs. John Couper. Wanganui; Walter Couper, Hatuma;.Win. P., I\, ; and D. Couper, Frasertown; and F. D. and C. Couper, of Blenheim. . -

•Mrs. Firth, lion, treasurer of the Women's Committee of the British Bed Cross and Order of St. John (Wellington Branch), acknowledges tho following contributions.:—lire. S. Eichclbaum, 10s,; Wellington Cleaning Co., Fa. 3d.; Mrs Fuller (memb.), 2s. 6d.; Mrs. S. I/.ard, 2s. 6d. ; Mrs. Weekcs, 2s. C(L; Mrs. Pope, 2s. 6d.; 14. B, N., 7s. Cd.; ,T. S. P., 7s. 6d. ; C. 13. G., £1; Mrs. Joseph, 10s.; Marjory and .Florence, Is. Cd.; Marjory, 2s. fid.'; Mrs. J. Bonnie, 2s. fid.; Miss Flanagan, £1 Ids. 3d.; Mis. Levy, 2s. Cd.; Miss Levy. 2s. 6d.; Miss J. Petherick, 2s. 6d.j Miss M. Lucas, 2s. fid.; Mrs. Dumbell, April and May, XI; Mrs. Bateson, 2s. (id.; Mrs. Gower. 2s. 6d.; Mrs. Middleton, 2s. lid.; Mrs. Crump, 2s. Gd.; Mrs. Crump, lied Cross Tea, £U 16s. 6d.; Miss Ednieades, 2s. Gd.; Mrs. Harding, 2s. 6d.j Mrs. K. H. Williams. 2s. fid.; Mrs. B. Muir, 2s. Gd.; Mrs. J. Fuller, <£1 Is.; Mk. W. Nathan, «E5; Mrs. E. Hadneld, 55.; Mr. E. Dickerson, 10s.; Mr. Dix, .£1 Is. j Airs. Brodie, 2s. Gd.; Miss Bunvrell, 10s.; Eastbourno Indies' Committee, .£2O; Mrs. Hurst, 2s. Gd.; Miss M'Rae, 10s.; Miss Laivson, 2s. fid.; Mrs. J. W. Eobinson, 10s.; Mrs. M'Gregor, 2s. Gd.; Miss Birch, 2s. fid.; Mrs. Pinokney, Bed Cross Tea, 10s.; Mrs. 1.. J. Thompson, 2s. 6d.; Mis 3 Litchfield, 2s. Gd.; Mrs. Onyon, 2s. fid.; Mrs. Masscy, 55.; Mrs. D. Nathan, Bed Cross Tea, £ii; Mra. Hosking. M; Mrs. Winder, £2; Inglowood War Fund, J135 Is. lid.; Miss Richardson, £1; Miss Davidson, 2s. fid.; Mrs. Davidson, 2s. fid.; Mrs M. Myers, 2s. 6d.; Mrs. Dixon, 2s. Gd.; Mrs. Herzog, 2s. 6d.; Mrs. Blaokie, 2s. Cd.; Mrs. Young, 2s. Cd.; Mri Black, 2s. Gd.; Tangi Moann, ss. 6d.; Mrs. Kiv?, 2s. Gd.; Mrs. J. Myers, £1; Mrs. A. Myers, 15.