WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2821, 12 July 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OP INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR,

(By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

A Recont Royal Engagemont,

l'rinoo George of Battenberg ( elder son of Prinoo and Princess Louis, is (says an exchange) engagod to be married to Couutess Naidejda Torby, youngest daughter of tho Grand Duke Michael Michnel-aievitch, and a brother of tho Grand Duchess of Anastasia of Mecklen-buTg-Sobwerin. Countess Torby is tho daughter of Prince Nicholas of Nassau, who oontractod a morganatic marriage with Mmo. Natalie Pouchkine, and >-ho< was crofted Countess do by her husband's brother-in-law, the late Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Prince George, of Battenberg, wlio, was a sublieutenant in H.M.S. New Zealand during her world oruise, and who was subsepromoted lieutenant, is still, as far as is known, serving in that ship. Gifts to the Hospital. Tho matron of the Hospital acknowledges the following gifts for sick and wounded solditfrs:—Cake—Soldiers' Comforts Guild; N.Z. Natives' Association.; Hutt Patriotic Guild; Mrs. Van Praagh (Ballnncs); Mrs. Thompson (Ballance); Salvation Army; Ivhandallah ladies'. Guild; Miss M'lntyre. Eggs—Mesdames Samuel, Christie. Knight; Hutt ladies; Mrs.' Sinclair (Ballance); Misses Anderson and Cameron.. One air cushionMiss Cooper. One gramophone and 20 records—Soldiers' Gramophone Club. Papers, books, and magazines—Captain Marshall, Mrs. Hooper, Mrs. Snodgrase, Miss Kathleen Cotter, Mrs. Cummins. Old linen—Bed Cross Society. ."Anonymous." . Eggs . and lemons—Mrs. (Dr.) Tosswill (Hastings). Tin of biscuits and oranges—Ladies' Guild, N.Z. Natives' Association. One wheel-chair—Red Cross Society. One dusting-mo^—Mi'. C. H. Foote. Oysters—Mrs. Austin. One bedtable—Working Men's Club. FlowersMrs- Windley, Khand-allah Ladies' Guild. Curios—Mr. Lytheer. Jam—Ladies" of Mangamaho. Cases of apples—Soldiers' Comforts Griild. Parcel of clothingSociety ' for Health . of - TTomcn and Children. .. ' / New Zealand Soldiers in Franco. In the course of a letter from the front a soldier from Christchurcn; whoso ucoounts of men and affairs have (states the "Press") always been characterised by a sense of proportion and whose comments aro always level-headed, .has a word to say concerning the conduct of tho New Zealanders in France. His statement will ba weloomed by New Zealanders generally, and tho moro so because; the letter was not written with a view' to publication. "France," lie writes, "is wrapt up in tho war. I wish you could have met tho good folk in whose barn we wero quartered previously. They were poor—the father a farm ; labourer earning two or threo ,I'rancS a day, tho three, older girls working early and late at dressmaking, while tho youngest, about twelve years, had just ieft school. Yet they did everything iu their power to make us comfortable. The coffee-pot was on the fire at all hours, and the night of our departure we had a big:feed of chips, beor, and coffee.' All the boys thought tho world of them, and behaved like . gentlcmon; and it is fino to think that though they wero a wild lot in Egypt, hero (in the mitt.-it of sorrow) they knew what was incumbent on them as New Zealand soldiers." For Red Cross Funds. Au interesting demonstration of cookery was given by Miss If-na Carter in the Concert Chamber of tho Town Hall yesterday afternoon aud evening for tho benefit of the Ked Cross Funds. A plnt- . .t'.QWnJ.iad been .erected in the middle of ■ -the room with tables, gas stoves, and all necessary appliances placed ready, for ■ use;-and-, tho-seats had -beon, arranged, oh all sides of it for the convenience of those attending the demonstration. Tho Wellington Gas Company had been very generous, as in addition to their arrangement by means of which Miss darter lectured for tho benefit of tho Red Cross funds, tho company supplied stoves, tho Mse of tho utensils,: and all the various '.ingredients. During the afternoon Miss Carter niade cream- horns, devilled almonds, almond and celory savouries, Haley pastry, stew.ed rabbit, glazed tongue, .vegetables in aspic, oysters in aspic, chocolate-log, coffee Bponge, etc.', and after the lecture was over Mr. F. Townsend auctioned the very attractivelooking dishes that had .been made. Although there ivcro certain difficulties in classifying the poods, Mr,.Townsend surmounted tho difficulties with much success, und sold them with profit to the causo. At".this, demonstration Her Excelloncy the Countess of. Liverpool, Mrs. Mu.ssey, and the. Mayoress, Mrs. J. P. Luke, as well as many Red Cross workers, were present. In tho evening Miss Carter gavo another demonstration, in' which were included several, luncheon dishes, sweets, etc. Several copies of her recently published cookery book waro sold, tha proceeds to go to tho Red Cross 1 Funds.

Mrs. C. Bidwill is staying at the Eoyal Oak Hotel. Mrs. George .flume and. Mrs.' W. Hume (Teatherston). are .staying at tho Boval Oak Hotel. In connection the dance which has boon arranged' for tho soldiers of the fifteenth Reinforcements by the Soldiers' Club Committee at the club's .ballroom in Sydney Street on Saturday evening next, the committee particularly requests that ladies' who have cards- for tho function shall bring these with them. Presentation of the tickets will greatly assist, the committee, and obviate any possible difficulty-which, in the absenco of a ticket, might arise. Miss L. Tabart has returned t» Christchurch from 11 visit to Wellington. Much sympathy will be felt with' Dr. Morkano in tho loss of his wife, after a brief period of .married life, of just about two years (states tho Christchurcli "Ruu"). Tho lato Mrs. Morkano was Mifs Koso White. Alter their marriage she and her husband went for an extended tour of ths Homelands, returning to Cbiistclmvch. eomo months ago. Tho hvt.o Mrs. Morkano had a v.-itb civt-lo of friends and relatives in Canterbury. Mrs. Alfred Bunz and Mrs. I!. O. Duncan aro sisters. ANSWERS TO. CORRESPONDENTS. (By Arrangement with Sirs. Kolleston, Hair Physician and I'acc Specialist, qualified, London and Paris.) "J.J.K."— frequently after a severe illness there is rapid falling of the hair, usually the . baldness does not bccomo complete, but the hair gets very thin. Tho prospect of regaining it is good if the scalp is well rubbed witli special hair lotions. I can post yon an excellent one for stimulating 'the erowth; prico as. Sd.

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Tracing Missing Soldiers,

Tho 1{«! Cross Society of Geneva, with which. Miss . Todhunter, of the Christ-church branch of the Red Cross, is in constant communication, with the object of making inquiries regarding tbe missing soldiers, is not alone in this excellent work. Tho King of Spain, it appears, has established in tho Royal Palace at Madrid an inquiry oirice under the direction of Don Emilio de Torres, his private secretary, .for the purpose'of prosecuting inquiries oil behalf of missing soldiers. Spain is charged with the in-' terests of all tho Allied nations except England, both in Berlin and Vienna, and with the interests, of Austria, in Rome, and tho taslc which the King- has undertaken has proved to be .no light one. It is stated, that nearly 200,000 letters have been dealt with from Franco alone. A staff of twenty is employed on tho work at the Palace, and wifaiig help is afforded by one or two privileged ladies, and by the Sisters of tho Convent of Santa Isobel. The Sailors' Friend Society, At tho Sailors' Friend Society last night a pleasant programme was provided by Mre. T. E. Jones and party. Competitions- were entered into by those present. At the close of an enjoyable evening,' a hearfy vote of thanks was tendered -tothe performers, and responded to by ilr. Jones. The following were performers:— Misses Jones (3), Carter, Henderson, Messrs. Jones-and. Ross (Cobai). .Mis 3 Henderson was .accompanist. . The Need of France, Wo in New Zealand can hardly realise what the patriotism of the .French soldier is costing himself, his wife, and his family. The Frenchman v,'ho answers his country's call can make no comfortable provision out of his pay for liis wife and family, and if they are poor-they must to a large extent .rely upon what generous people will do for them. It would take a powerful-, imagination and a still mora powerful pen to flepiot the great needs of France- in this ■ titanic ■ strugile,, states a writer in an lian newspaper. Her hospital requirements alone must demand at -least ten times as much as tho whole of the work "that tho peoplo of Australia and New Zealand aro doing for their wounded. Already it is a fact that the whole coun. try is exhausted of clean old linen, to that the-thousands of hospitals .are dij. pendant for their bandages and swabs and goods, such as we aro making in ml. our lied Cross centres, upon what peoplo from outside can send to them.. Every hospital is short of . sheets and'pillowslips and towels, not to speak of the pillows themselves, factories . cannot keep pace with the over-inoreasin;; demands lor supplies of all sorts, and, if' they .could, money is wanted to pay for tho supplies.' When 0110 thinks of Verdun alone, the which Ims been sustained sinco the middle of 'February, a struggle in which tho loss of life has been unequalled in. tho history of warfare, it is not difficult to beliovo that Franco is one big hospital and orphanage combined. "From Etretat, in the north, to Cannes, in the south, every department has its home, maintained partly by tho Government, partly by subscription fqr the orphan children. of soldiers who have been killed in the war. Already in Al. geria they have a farm on which to • train tho little sons of dead soldiers. And they are caring for the-young wives, and -widows too, so that ■ tho ■ young • fathers at the front may know that tho babios born in tbeir absence shall lack no care or nourishment." It. is-because-in Australia they have recognised the great need of Frauce in this work of. caring for her wounded soldiers tho great strain upon her, resources, that', tho. Australian '.'.branch .of tho British Bed Cross is sending a little baud- of army nurses to Fiance"to fill this terrible gap, and that various 'efforts havo been'made" from time to timo to raise -money for the PrenclMled Cross. .France is worthy of more 'than the artmiration of tho world—that she has earned over and over again—she deserves that every precious' life should be saved where possible.

Miss Agnes late of the Waiapn Hospital, wlio' lias been nursing in a military hospital in York for some time, is about to be transferred for service in India (writes a London correspondent, under dato May 18). Her sister, Miss Jean Allan, who has been nursing at Malta and Gibraltar for some time, is expected in. England shortly.

Tho first woman to practise as an architect in Melbourne is Miss Muriel M. Stott, at present in tho office of Mr. J. J. Meagher, Chancery Lane, Melbourne. Miss Stott was articled to Mr. E. Itoyston Bradshaw, of the firm of Messrs. Fialier and Bradshaw. There she studied all aspects of domestic architecture, concerning interior and garden design'. Sho Kas devoted particular attention to modem kitchens, bathrooms, and cuDboards, features often overlooked in ordinary residence work. With the right designs she claims that furnishing outlay can bo reduced ten per cent. .

A -very liappy thought (possiblv the first of its kind in New Zealand) was given effect to in Wanganui, when on Monday the Wanganui "Swankers' Club" en bled the sum of .£IOO to tho High Commission i.u London, to bo distributed among twenty Wanganui nurses for comforts and necessities.

A Soldier's Wife. ■ The following. letter, from tho wife ol a dead, soldior, speaks for it-self, states tho .Sydney 'Telegraph." It wns addressed to a friend of the -writer's lata husband, a returned soldier now in llandwiok Hospital, who, in forwarding it, says"A -woman who writes and feels like this should get the V.C." Tho first part of the letter refers to the missing kit of tho dead soldier,! and then tho ■writer goes on:—"I ehouUl like to tell you how very sorry I am for you, and yet how thankful I would have been had my 'hußssh(i'l>een spared--to Teturn as you have. You splendid men of tho .First Brigades, how proud I am to he the. wife of one of you. I havo heard boys say they would rather bo live cowards than dead horoos, but even when life 6eems darkest, I would a thousand times rather be-the wife of a dead hero than of a live coward. I don't seo how a woman could' possibly be expected to loyc, honour, and obey a coward. I know I couldn't. My only brother is over there • somewhere. It is- a heartbreaking affair however one lokos at it. I am not going to apologise for -writing this, I know letters ore always welcome to any one in' hospital. Besides, the soldiers D6long to all of us." The Chicago Board of Education, says "Musical News," proposes to use.jnueio ] in order to bring mentally defective children up to a normal standard. The 60 ungraded or subnormal schools in Chicago are to be supplied with cymbals; castantes, drams, tambourines, and tri--angles, as it has teen found that ' the children become much brighter and mqre reoeptive after listening .to the rhythm of percussion instruments. It gives them a sense of rhythm and order, and awakens their mentality. • They learn much more quickly after their miisio, and go on with their'regular school work with unusual enthusiasm. The musical eomody, called "Sunset j land" being arranged _by;_ Miss ' Gladys . Campbell and her pupils in aid of the British Red Cross Society, is. to take place at the Grand Opera House on! July 2S and 29. The cast wiU be maintained entirely by young ladies, all -well known' to Wellington as clever amateurs, and they have all been hard at work rehearsing for. some time.. What a -woman is searching for today, ' yet no one guides her. How can she prepare herself for dinners, theatres, parties, etc., and act as naturally as our great grandmothers did in the eighteenth . century? How and itow. Let her take' twenty .minutes of Miss Milsom's instructions, and she can go home and attend her household, duties -without fear of loss of that which nature gave her; because this -well-known specialist teaches how best to preserve the facial contour of youth, onrve of chin and neck, lustre and colour of hair, keep delicate hands and shapely nails. 'Advice' gratis. All hair and. face preparations stocked. If you cannot call, write so you can attend yourself in your own home. , Miss Mil-' som, Barnetfs Buildings, 91 Willis Street. Telephone 814.—Advt; .