WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2827, 19 July 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR.

(By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

News of Dr. Agnes Bennett. Recent news of Dr. Agnes Bennett received by a Wellington friend, states that at the timo of writing she had just been appointed officer in command of a woman's unit, to be sent for work in Serbia. Dr. Bennett will have under her charge fifty or sixty women—nurses, orderlies, etc. —with facilities for treating 250 patients, and her work, as may be imagined, will have heavy responsibilities attached to it in these times of uncertainty and stress. Dr. Bennett had been visiting Devonshire, where it was hard to imagine that such a tiling as war was going' on not so very far away. Her sister is in Prance, attached to No. 4 General Hospital, and her brother is still in the fighting lines, ''somewhere in France." A Woman Doctor Decorated. Dr. Isobel Ormiston recently returned from Egypt, whore she has been spending the winter, and after a few days in London left for Limoges to take up post at on# of the military hospitals, stutes a correspondent in the "British Australasian." At the outbreak of war she went over to Belgium to look after .the wounded, and after' having distinguished herself by her courage and de. votion tp her patients, she wns made a prisoner of war by the Germane at Ostend. and after only _ a short detention she was permitted to go'to Holland. She then spent several months at a Belgian . field' hospital, after which she wad sent by the Wounded Allies' Relief Committee to Montenegro, where slio worked (in the typhus-stricken districts. For these latter services she has been awarded tho Montenegrin Rod Crass and the Order of Danilo by the King of Montenegro. An Antarctic Exhibition for Patriotic Purposes. An exhibition of special interest is to be given in Wellington next week, consisting of 4 number of reproductions taken from sketches of Antarctic scenery, made by Dr. IJ. A. Wilson, who accompanied the heroic Captain Scott on his splendidly traglo expedition to the _ South Pole. Mrs. AVilson, who, during her visit to Now Zealand, had shown these sketches to several of her friends, has had fifteen of them reproduced so perfectly as to bo practically indistinguishable from tho originals. She is now Belling these reproductions for the benefit of a liatriotic fund. It itf proposed to exhibit them in ■ Wellington next week, when orders can also be placcd, the priccs ranging from £1 to £1 10s. Any takings at the exhibition, and moneys for orders given, will go to the same object. Mrs. Wilson herself is devoting her whole time and energy to the needs and comforts of our New Zealand soldiers, desiring as she says to repay in some measure the kindnoss . and hospitality shown her while in the Dominion. She has joined Miss Maekenae in the N.Z. War Contingent spending hoi days at the office in Victoria Street, and superintending tlio work carried on in the rooms there. An advertisement will anneal' later on in the week notifying the day and placo uf the exhibition. A Socialistic Country. "The Dutch .in South Africa are the greatest Socialists in the world," states a South African lady in the course of an interview with a representative of tho Sydney "Sun." "Snobbery is unknown. For instance, Mrs. Botha may be enter taining peers of England at the same time as she is sustaining a visit from poor relations (and Dutch poor are very poor!) I have invited to afternoon tea Dutch women of the educated class. During the afternoon a poor -woman lias called at the door. begging for boots, clothes, anything!- And I, knowing the customs of tho country, have had to invito her in to afternoon tea in tho drawinc-room, llow wns she received? Why, like anyone else, and she was not in tlio least disconcerted, greeting everyons present quite as casually as though she had been an invited gnest. Had my wnsherwoman cpme, I should have liad to ask her in just the same."

Mrs. Cook, wife of tlio Administrator of the hospital ship Jlnranm, has returned to Wellington from a visit to Musterton.

Miss Dorothea Spinney and Miss Mearea have arrived in Wellington from Christchurch.

"A very interesting function was held at the Lyceum Club in London recently," writes, a Wellington girl to a friend iii this city, "when a dinner was given ut the club to one of tho women doctors from Serbia. Dr. Agnes Benneu and Dr. Jessie Scott were also present, as were several other doctors who had been working in Serbia ns well as woll known London doctors."

The Women's National Reserve in Christchurch is i working very energetic, ally at the task of making ditty bags for the sailors of the Psyche, the Pyrainus. and the Philomel. One thousand have already been obtained, but moro bags are wanted and even more housewives as well. A series of afternoons for filling them haß been arranged and the guests are expected to bring a gift of chocolate, tobacco, soap, handkerchiefs, or else money to provide those necessaries for tho bogs.

The friends of Mrs. Frederick Cargill in tlio North Island, will regret to hear of the death of her daughter, Miss Mary Enid Cargill, which took place in Christchurch on Sunday. Miss Cargill was a grand-daughter of the late Captain Cargill, after whom Invercargill is called, and 6he arrived in Christchurch about ten years ago. Her brother, Mr. Trevor Cargill, who has many friends in Wellingtou, is at present with the New Zealand Forces ill France. -Mr. A. W. Bishop, to whom Miss Cargill was engaged to be married, was due to arrive in England on Sunday. ■

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Further replies by letter. Mrs. Rolleston, 256 Lambton Quay.—Advt.

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Wedding Announcement.—Beautiful roses and tb« choicest of (lowers only are used when designinc wedding bouquets, which I make a speciality of. Packed and forwarded through the Dominion. Miss Murray, Vice-Bega] Florist, 3li Willis Street.—Atfvt.

Welcoming the Returned Soldiers,

One of the cheeriest and most interesting of, the many receptions .which have now been given to the returning soldiers was that which tool: place yesterday morning ill the Town Hull. Many Wellington people had turned out to welcome the nieii, and upon their arrival at the hall they received a very warm grcoting. 'J'lie presence of the French soldiers and the Cook Islanders, who are going into camp at Narrow Neck with the Maoris, added a decidedly international touch to tiie gathering. After the speeches had been made and refreshments had been served by the ladies of the Mayoress's Entertainment Committee, the Islanders went on. to the stage and sang some of their songs, the rhythm of which was emphasised by the swaying movements of their bodies. The Mayoress, Mrs. J. P. Luke, owing to her recent bereavement, was not present on this occasion, the first time she has been missing from any one of these welcomes to the soldiers, nor will she be present at this evening's function in the Town Hall.

Mrs. W.- P. Massey attended the reception, and with her was Miss Jlaseey, from Auckland. There were also present Mrs. M'Ardle, a French lady, who was married to Sergeant-Major M'Ardle in Cairo, and who has come to New Zealand to live. War Medals for"' Woundod Men. A vigorous agitation is in progress in England in favour of the early issue of war medals to tho men who have been lighting in the front trenches since the beginning of the war, and particularly to i the survivors of the retreat from Mohs and tho original landing in Gallipoli, states a London correspondent of the "Argus," writing on June 1. Hitherto it has been the custom to award medals at the end of a campaign. But no campaign, in, times past was as bloody as this is proving. Individual battles were as serious, or more serious, in proportion to tho numbers engaged, but after a battle there was a period of rest. To-day a battle may last a hundred days, as that at Verdun has done. Only too many men are killed without ever receiving tho honours to which their bravery entitled them. In France, however, ■' the authorities are much more generous in the distribution of medals, and 'most wounded men are the recipients of some proof of their country's Tegard. These aro distributed in circumstances which stir the imagination. Lord Esher, who holds strong views upon the necessity for giving medals more promptly, has published the follow; ing "contrast" in justification of his opinion. In the second part of the contrast nil Australian is the hero. The first, however, Is concerned with a party of grands blesses (seriously woundeds) from Verdun. The scene is a hospital ward, gaily decorated with flags and (lowers. At the far end are the recipients of the military medal, anS the military cross—all privates and non-coms.— whose beds are hung with lilies of tho valley and lilac, i Relatives come from afar; many friends are- invited. The decorations are bestowed by a field officer attached to the General Staff, who, after a few words spoken with humour and emotion, reatte out iSo nafifes and services of each recipient. Then he pins, tho medal upon tlio breast of the soldier and gives the "aceolado" or embrace. Then follows "Tho Marseillaise." and. upon the special occasion oh which Lord Esher was present, the National Anthem, in honour of.an English lady who' had given artificial limbs to the heroes of Verdun. t . Here is Lord Ejher's second picture:— "Testerday there limped into the office in which I was writing an Australian boy who had lost his leg at Anzac. He was on crutches, and was here in Franco on leave for ,a few days to see his brother. Ha lad come from England. Except for his radiant look and cheery speech there was nothing to indicatenot upon the tunic of this British 'gTand blesse' a bit of ribbon or a stitch—that he had crippled for life in " railway ac'cTdent, instead of in a fight that will livo in the annals of the Antinodes as long an that of Plataea in European story." ' .

Mrs. Eadclyffe (wife of Captain D. Radclyffe, N.&.A.5.C.) is in London, after having spent six months in Egypt working at the New Zealand General Hospital at Port de ICoubbeh (states a London correspondent of June .1). The hospital is to be moved very soon either to 'France or England, and Mrs. Radclyffe, with &\t other workers, went to the South of Trance a month ago to await its arrival. She went to England to spend short- leavo with her husband.

Sister Mabel Gray, who left New Zealand ill December by the Marama, had tho misfortune, while at the 31st General Hospital, .Port Said, to' contract enteric fever. At the end of April sho was invalided to England,' and is at present convalescing at Sandwich, in a vory nice house for sisters lent by Mr. Waldorf Astor.

At the Sailors' Friend Soctety last night a programme was presented by Mrs. A. M. Lewis and party, At the termination of. a pleasant .evening a hearty vote of thanks to tho performers was carried. The following contributed to tho programme:—Mrs. Staple, Mrs, Fauvel, Misses Mack'ay, Hall, Lewis, Siminond?, and Cooley, Messrs. Fauvel, Travers, and Filloy. (Waihemo).

■Brave Deeds in Dublin. Nov that Dublin has somewhat recovered, from'the strain of tho awful ordeal through which she'-, has passed, there- is time to.look back on those sad days "and, piece together .tho deeds of valour and heroism which stand out in noble contrast to tho 'dark doings of the rebellion, states "The Queen." From the .lung downwards, the splendid' work accomplished, by the troops, by the Dublin Police, by tho Royal Irish Constabulary, and by the loyal citizens of Dublin, men 'and women, is being appreciated at its full value, and it is the one bright ray .in the gloom-. General Sir John Max■uell has issued- an official communique expressing his high. appreciation of tho services : rendered'on all sides, by clergy as well as laity,: to lighten as much as possiblo the heavy task of tho military. His tribute extends to medical men, and to private citizens, who so ungrudgingly put all their soiencc, and even their nouses at the disposal of fhe wounded soldiers and civilians. In every part of the cityin those terrible day? of Easter Week, brave men and women took their lives in their hands and went into the htreets amid a hail of shot to rescue the wounded, tho marvel being that more of them did not fall victims ..to their courage and devotion. Tho medical, surgical, and nursing staffs of all the hospitals were, taxed to their-utmost. In « beautiful sermon preached on Sunday morning (May ,7) by. Canon Day in St. Anne's Church; Dublin, he told his congregation that the fearlessness of tho nurses of a hospital in tho worst part of tho fightiug had simply amazed, him, and he asked one of tho staff .'how they came to be so brave mid..so regardless of their own danger. "We saw a little ."girl, a tiny child, carry out a glass of wator to a wounded soldier in the street," was her reply,, "and after that none, of us thought of ourselves." To the Red Cross Society and the St. John Ambulance '. Brigade, General Maxwell also pays a well-merited tribute. Special mention must'be-made of tho work done at 40, Merrion Square, which for Home months past has been, the headquarters of tho Irish War Supply Depot, conducted by a joint committee of theso two societies, under th'o presidenoy of the Marchioness of Waterford. When tho Rebellion broke out the deputy-com-missioner of. tho St. John Ambulance Brigade, Dr. J. Lumsden, was put of town, bnthewas quickly back at his Dost. Meanwhile Dr. ]311 a Webb, the district siii)erin'??"lenf.' :<t once set "bout turning 40 -Merrion Squaro into n temporary Jiunpnhl. assisted'ny a few of the voluntary nurses. She sent round the square asking for the loan of things that wcro needed, and these were readily supplied, and in three hours the houso was ready to lake in fifty patients, while even an operating theatre was provided for necessary cases. Among those who volunteered, as "Staff" of the emergency hospital under Dr..Ella Webb (commandant) were Sir-Robert Wood, Mr'. Edwnrd Taylor; Dr. Chrichton, Dr. Euphan Maxwell, Dr.. M Vittie, Miss CaTson, Miss MacDonncll, Mrs. J. Lumsjlen, Mrs. Hignett, and :Sfrs. Kewcomeu. J'he entire.staff went about "their work with untiring courage and fortitude. The house was used for the reception of wounded for whom there was -no room in Sir Patrick . Dun's' Hospital,- the nurses, in tho face of grave danger, going: backwards and forwards between the. (wo buildings regardless of fear. No fewer than one hundred-and oighteen wounded soldiers were taken to tho Dub•lin Castle Red Cross Hospital, besides a, number of civilians. The Royal City of Dublin Hospital in Baggott' Stree't also took a number of wounded, but the lady superintendent,' Miss'Eddisou and-,-her staff, were quite equal to the occasion. The Irish ,Automobile Clnb, who have instituted an ambulance service for carrying wounded men from ships to hospitals, did noble work during the rebellion, and beyond- all praise .was the part played by the secretary of the club, Mr. Herbert Chaytor and-

Mrs. Chaytor, who went themselves with two ambulances conveying the wounded to tho hospitals, their trying work lasting often till nearly midnight. Many of the ambulance drivers lui(l miraculous escapes, and several were more or less seriously wounded, but no one shrank from <luty; and the record of the week's rescue work will be a _ lasting memory of servico and sell-sacrifice, l.t it the 'silver lining to tho cloud of Easter 'Week in Dublin. Jackets for Airmen. In response to an appeal made for old kid gloves with which to make jackets for tho airnieii, sent out b,y Mrs. Edward Harris, of Uromlcy Avenue, Crc. morne, Sydney, through the columns of the Press, au excellent response was made. By the R.M.S. Mongolia were seat JISOO "pairs of old kid gloves, making in all a total of 8750 pairs sent forward to date. j\.s speedily as the gloves come to hand in Sydney they are dispatched at once, to be mads into jackets. The total receipts at the depot to date, states Mrs. Harris, are over 3000, and gloves''were coming forward from Now South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South and West Australia and New Zealand. As the' airmen require new jackets continually, all the kid gloves that can bo spared are required. Parcels should bo addressed to Sirs. Harris, e/o Messrs.. Hugh Duff and Co., 283 George Street, Sydney. 'U.S.W.

Tho wedding took place in Greytown on Monday of Miss Myra Winifred Freeman, of Hofne' Street, Wellington, to Mr. Harry James Kimherley Humphries, second oldest fon of Mr\ H. Humphries, of Greytown. The Rev. A. W. H. G'ouip-. ton performed the ceremony in St. Luke's Church. Miss C'addon (niece of the bride) attended as bridesmaid, also two little children, Marjorie Trotman and Joan Hnigh. Mr. G. Garrity was the beit man. A. reception' was subsequently held- in tho Brigade Hall, and later tho bride and bridegroom loft for the north. Their future home will be at Moroa.

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; For your lad's suit outfit, don't fail to inspect our stock of "Sports" Suits at 21s. to 425.; best material. Geo. Fowlds, Ltd., Manners St.—Advt.

The spring time is coming, and with it the inevitable "spring cleaning," with all its attendant discomforts. The "Daisy" Vacuum Cleaner has .revolutionised spring cleaning," and has practically abolished it altogether. No more lifting and beating of carpets, no dust, no risk of inhaling germ-s, and eaves time and labour. The "Daisy" is nil British, which is a guarantee i.f durability. Call in and see the effectiveness of'this wonderful labour-saving machine. Oscar Hewett and Co., 56 Cuba Street (just below Bank N.Z.).—Advt.

'•'Face dry and parched after the outing, dear? . . . Mine was, too, but it's better now. I applied 'Sydal.' It's so refreshing, and my!—hasn't it made a change. Just feel how soft and smooth my face is now! It's just grand! Go round to the chemist and get a pot of 'Sydal' to-<lay. It's simply splendid for softening the face and hands and arms. Inexpensive, too—you get such a big pot for 25." At all chemists and stores:— Advt. .

Parasols were used by the ancient Egyptians.