WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2862, 29 August 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(By Imogen.)

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL ,

Of New Zealand Interest. TJio marriage of Miss Ethel Hay Bull, eldest -daughter of Mr. and Jlrs. Edward Bull, of Goldiq's Brae, Wellington, and Mr. John llichard Hughes, eldest son of Lieut.-Celoncl R. Hughes, of Marvbank, Wnnganui, was solemnised at Bridge of Allan, Scotland, 011 July 5, theVßev. Junes Millar, of Chalmers Churchy Bridge of Allan, officiating. The bride wore a cream costume and tream hat . trimmed with feathers, and finished l , with a palo pink rose, and carried a sheaf of white lilies. She was attended by Miss Helen Burnett (Edinburgh'), who wore a pretty frock 'of wedgwood. blue taffetas anil leghorn hat trimmed with pale pink, and. carried a- "bouquet of pink rosos. ■Mr. Robin Trerrbull (Bridge of Allan) was best man. After the ceremony tho bride and bridegroom' left for Perth, tie hrido iveajing a royal blue 'de-ichene -cos-tame and leghorn hat trimmed witl blue velvet. Mr. and ■Mrs. Hughes's home is, for tho time being, at Dunfermline, whero Mr. Hughes is assistant engineer to tho •'Oitv >Gouuci/, and is engaged principally 'on wort in connection with the biiildihg of tho new.township for tho accommodation of the naval dockyard workers at Rosytli. '

' Tha (Mrttor of Leather Waistcoats. IE--'n7iiwer to the inquiries ir.ade by the hoh. secretary (Mrs. A. Crawford) . of the Countess of Liverpool Fund as ' to the position was in regard to '. rfib© 'laither .jerkins for tho soldiers at '' the 'front, whether there were enoiigb :{or "tfco men, what state of preservation they were in, and if more were wanted,', the following letter in reply has i'eeb' received from Lieut-Colonel Ball, ■of,the N.Z.E.F., Headquarters Staff, 1 ILwidon, dated July 12-: — .'"The position as regards i-lie leather vaistcoats which your society has so j rlindly forwarded is that we have api proximately 21,000 of these stored in ' ii'ngland ready for distribution directly : the cold weather comes oil. We had 1 ihem all picked over in Egypt, and. those that were deteriorating we had taken out and disposed of. A cablegram was received from Headquarters, Wellington, stating that a further supply was coming forward, and arrangements have been made that immediately these have landed in Egypt they are to bo sent on to our depot, at Southampton. ■ From the above numbers I have quoted you will therefore see that there aro quite sufficient to give every, man in the lighting line one of these to wear."

Red Cross Work. Miss Sybil Nathan (lion, secretary..of the Women's Committee of the British Red Cross and Order of St. John, Wellington Branch) acknowledges having received gifts from tho following donors during the past week:—Red Cross Branch, Waitotara, Miss A. E. Mills, Mrs. Cassidy, Mrs.'T. Balliuger, Mrs. Lowe, Hiss Phillips, Mrs. Goden (Island Bay), Women's Patriotic Guild (Gisborne), 2 cases; Red-Cross Workers, Waipawa, 6 cases; Mrs. Hall's Guild, Hill Street; Lower Hutt Patriotic Guild, 5 parcels; Ohariu Ladies, per Mrs. li. Bryfirt; Carterton Branch of British Red Cross, 2 cases; Hastings Rid Cross Workers, 6 cases Glaxo; Newman Brunch British Red Cross, 2 ■parcels; Huiitervillo Red Cross; Women's Working Club, Tailiape, -2 casos; Scatoun Branch, per Mrs. Fuller; Napier Branch of British Red Cross; Red Cross Committee, Stratford, I'. case; Waipukurau and District Branch of British Red Cross, 4 cases; Mrs. and Miss Seaman.

Jlrs. M'Ewen,• wife of .Air. Edward M'Eiven, J.P., an old and respected rosident of Masterton, died somewhat unoxpectedly : on Tuesday night.- She leaves a grown-up family of sons and daughters. Visitors to - Wellington staying at the Albert Hotel aro Mr. and Mrs. IJmil Bucker, Java; Mi-, and Mrs. John Farrell, Melbourne; Mr. Claude Haigli, Sydney; Mr. John E Leaning, Aucklandl,; Mr.. Harold Hodgson, Palnierston North"; Mr. E, P, Burke, Greymouth.

| _ On Saturday afternoon, in the Misy sion Hall, in, Aro Street, the.Ladies Auxiliary of the Y.M.C.A., are holding [a jumblo salo for the phi-pose of raising funds with which to furnish the stalls for a sale/of .work which is to be hold some time next week. This later salo is for the purpose of carrying out certain repairs in tho Y.M.C.A. Building, in. Willis 'Street, which, o\ving to theifact that all the activities of tho association have for the past two years been centred upon war work, have been pushed into the background. Contributions to Saturday's . jumble sale ivill be gladly received, and may bo left any timo before Saturday at tho Y.M.C.A. It is hoped that' a good sum may be realised for the furnishing of tho stalls in conncction with next week's sale of work.

Mrs. A. Crawford, lion, secretary of tho Countess of Liverpool Fund, is raffling a very handsome scrccn for the benefit, of tho Soldiers' Comforts Fund, which supplies extra luxuries or comforts for the men at the front. The screen, a folding one, is about five i'eot thrco inches in. height, and is of ivory-coloured linen, beautifully embroidered by Lady Wilson, with a framework of carved walnut; the work of Miss Dora Lovi. It is altogether a beautiful tiling, and is valued at £50. The tickets (to be obtained at' the Town Hall) are one shilling each, and a heavy demand for them is expected.

St. John Ambulance Brigade and Red Cress Society, Nathan's Buildings. 111 another column will be found a duly audited statement of receipts and payments for the two months ending .July 31. It will lie 9bserved that the committee has a balance in hand of £682 10s. 9d., which is considered very satisfactory. During the two months specified, the committee lias expended some £401) upon comforts and equipment and material for sick and wounded soldiers._ It will therefore be seen that afc - this rate of expenditure tho balance of £682 10s. _9d. is not a largo one, but the committee is confident that generous donations will continue to be received as heretofore. - The committee desires to heartily thank the donors of the various amounts which aro shown in the statement of receipts, and is particularly grateful to the committee who manage the R-ed Cross shops at Pctone and at Wood* ward Street,' who have done exceedingly hard work. _ The flower sales on Saturday mornings bv Miss Macandrew and her assistants have continued to be a good source of revenue. During tho months of Juno and July, comforts and equipment of the value, of £1763 have been dispatched to hospitals in various parts of ' tlio world. Tho amount quoted includes the value of contributions of comforts and eouipment front the country Red Cross societies, which aro tlomg really splendid work for tho won who arc in the hospitals. The committee is grateful, to the Island Bay branch of the National "Reserve (under Major Wells} for periodically making cases for the dispatch of goods. The committee also desires to express its great appreciation of the conscientious work done by the many ladies who attend and work at the depot day by day.

Hospital Nsecfs In France. The committee of the.St. John Ambulance Brigade and Red Cross Society. Depot in Nathan's Buildings have received the following letter from Major Charles J. Trimble, o* file St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital in France:— i

"1. have just had a letter handed to mo from you, addressed to Colonel Sir Jas. R. A.- Clark, Bt., Chief Commissioner °f the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and tilt Commandant of this hospital. No doubt Sir, James Clark ivill be writing to thank you Tor the very valuable gifts our New Zealand friends have sent' us; I would like to point out to you that I happen to be the officer in cliargc of-the dispensary and dressing store. At the present time wo are very busy dealing with a. .large- number of surgical eases sent down |o us dircct from the firing line. I wonder if yoiir' organisation ever supply surgical dressings, bandages, etc. If you do, I shall be greatly obliged for any -assistance you can give mo in this direction. For your guidance, I may say that we require large- quantities of roller bandages, one inch to six inches in width, plain wool gauze, lint, wool, boracoc lint, swabs, tape gauze, .gauze pluggings, and many-tailed bandages. Jf thero aro any of these things within your reach and you can. assist mc, on bohalf. of tho hospital, I shall be very grateful. W'o are certainly doing a very useful work here, and when the history of tho hospital comes to . he written, I feel sure that everybody connected with the Order of St. John, and especially the members' of tho St. John Ambulance Brigade, will have every reason to bo proud of their hospital." "Needless, to' say, arrangements are being made to dispatch, at tho earliest possible date, a consignment of the articles required...

A guessing competition was held last Friday in the Patriotic Cake Room, numbeuofnheaiis.' ill-., a -bottle to) be guessed by tho competitors. 'The successful competitor was Miv C. W. Palmer, who guessed the cxact number, 2037; Tho prize was a .box of sweets, mado and presented to the room by 'Miss Rose., Next Friday there will be auother competition of the same description for a beautifully decorated fruit cake mado by Miss Morrison. Miss Helen Gard'ner, who achieved such an artistic success in tho titie .rolo in "San Toy," will leave for her homo in Dunedin this evening. She has undertaken to play the same part with tho Palmerston amateurs during tho first, week of November.

Belgian Royalty at the Front. ITio lung and Queen of the Belgians recontly 'paid a- visit to; tho French front in Belgian Flanders, states' au Australian correspondent. King Al■berfc was in a General's uniform of ihaki,_ and Queen Elizabeth looked icharming in a smart.tailor-made costume of the same hue., Instead of tlifl usual toque,[ she wore a Belgian sol•dier's steel holmot to protect her from stray bullets; for this was no mere promenade or courtesy visit. : Crossing the Yser by tho Joffro ' . Bridge, the royal party went as'far :as an advanced post, where they wero within a few yards of the Gorman "trenchos, and had to speak in whisfiers. After examining various frontline positions the King and Queen reviewed infantry and sailors, who were delighted to see tlie royal couple, and '•especially the Queen, displaying on .her iacket the Croix de Guerre awarded her by President Poincare for her bravery at the front. "While in onc'of tho second-line tren. clips tho Queen expressed a desire to ■photograph • the soldiers, and they were Tanged up before her. Some of them, •who had been asleep in their dug-outs, asked for.timo to give themselves a •wash and brush-up, hut .Her Alajosty said, "No, no; you look much more . picturesque as you are"; i and they •were taken as they stood. 1 • i Tho Queen chatted with tho soldiera for a few mintues, and promised to send their families signed copies of the •photos sho had just, taken. One man, holder . than the others, asked the ■Queon for her signature. A Frenoh General standing By looked very shocked, but Her Majesty said; "Certainly," and, turning to, tho General, asked "for the loan of his fountain pan. It was his turn to appear confused, for he had no such article; but tho soldier produced a grubby note-book and pencil, and Queen Elizabeth, to. his great •joy, signed her nam#. Then, handinp, the, book to her husband, • she said, "Now, you must sign, too." Tho Monarch did so, and the soldier thus secured two royal autographs. A Bis Estat's. ■Tho New South Wales assets in the estate of tho late Mrs.Walter R. Hall, of Sydney, liavo been, assessed by the . Stamp Commissioner at £822,516 9s. 3d., upon- which sum ' duty to ■ tha amount.of £123,394 9s. has been paid by tlio executors. Tho Queensland estate was assessed at £245,996 los. 6d. The assessmont.'.pf the Victorian estate has not'yet been completed.' : Coif. ' On Saturday afternoon at Karori the Jolinsonville ladies played! a return match with the . ladies of the Karori Golf Club, tho latter winning by tlireo "amos. Mrs. Henry (Karori) beat Sliss Davis (Johnsonvillo) by 3 up, Miss Shera (Karori) was beaten by Sirs. Burton (Jolinsonville) 3 up, Mrs. Hawson (Karori) defeated Miss Batham (Johnsonvillo) 3 up, and Mrs Atkinson (Karori) defeated Mrs. Hir;chberg 4 up. .

"Unpolitical Beings." Beforo the war, women in Germany woro impolitely given to understand that' tlioy. wore "unpolitical beings," and in Austria-Hungary similar information was conveyed to them, although in the case of tho latter Empiro this was done politely, states a writer In an English paper. Sinco tho wax, in Germany particularly, positively pitiful appeals havo been addressed to women bv tho authorities to interest themselves not oiily in charitablo anil philanthropic work, but also to come forward and take part in public lifo, and oxert themselves in ovcry way to tho utmost to holp the Government to win tho war. Instead of being told "your place is at home," women have been told "your placo is in public life." As furthor flattery it .was added: "You are tho soldiers behind the front 1 ; you aro winning the war at homo," and much moro wheedling to tlio same offeot. In short, it is a now and German version of Kipling's "Tommy. Atkins" :—

"Oh, it's Tommy this and Tommy that, and 'Chuck him out, tho brute,' "But's it's special train for Atkins when the band begins to play." And "it's special train" for tlio German woman, and anything else for her, if slio will but help to do tho work which the men at'tho front are forced to leave undone. The very last occupation thrown open to lier is that of river or canal boatwoman, provided slio bo over eighteen, and havo a busband or other near relativo among the crew of the boat engaging her. Tlio fact is, however, that these • women soldiers at homo suffer from the -war in' many respects far more than do their husbands, sons, and brothers in the trenches. Especially is this true in tbe.case of married women with children to bring up; and support on an impossibly small pittance from tho Government. Moreover, very often they are'obliged to. send some portion of their scanty supply of provisions to tho husband at the front, which, it might havo been thought, could not bo necessary wero the German soldier's ration really sufficient. _ It is, of course, mainly the working-class and lower middle-class women who are suffering so much from tho conditions arising out of tho war; but they aro after all the great majority of the female population. \

There aro so many flag days in London, states a London correspondent, that a halfpenny evening paper thought it worth wnile to set a line in fairly big typo "This isnot a flag day." During tub past fortnight we have had Russian Day, Church Army, Day, a Serbian Day, Forget-me-not Day, a day for seamen, a day for hospital comforts', and yet to como is France's Day. It is said that tho champion mean man saves his, flags and flowers from year to year, and uses them on their appropriate days. Ho has a largo collection, and takes care of them, and claims to havo saved himself pounds.

Countess of Liverpool Fund. Contributions to tlio Mayoress's Countess of Liverpool Fund have been received at tlie Town Hall during the past week from tho following:—Mrs. Bridges, Mm. Grey, Miss Baber's School, Mrs. A. Holder (Hawke's Bay), Maraiiui Ladies' Guild (Methodist), Mrs. AVaterston, Mr. J. A. Smith, Miss Copcland, .Misses /Slndden, Miss M'Gowan, Mrs. Purdy, Mrs. A. Myers, Mrs. G. W. Dowling, Mrs. Findlayson, Miss R. M., the Hmttervillo Countess of Liverpool Fund, Miss Bradley, Lower Hutt Patriotic Guild, Mrs. Leech, Mrs. I). Campbell, Carterton Liverpool Fund (per Mrs. Murray), Young Women's Club (Terraco Congregational Church), Mrs. Whall. The Huntervillo Countess of Liverpool Fund gift was a particularly generous supply of all- kinds of useful goods for the mon at tho front.

Our Wangamii correspondent writes that a uniquo performance in collecting for tho wounded Soldiers' Fund has been put up by a young girl named Gladys Bamford, who travels daily by train from her homo at Wangaehu to Martcfn, where sho attends school. This girl conceived tho idea that it would be a good plan to make uso of the journey .to and from_ Marlon each day to assist the patriotic funds. Securing a Bed Cross collecting-box she put the idea Into practice, and on August 26, 1915, she timidly started on her mission of gathering in tho shillings from fellow-passengers. The public were not slow to appreciate her effort, and, despite the fact that calls woro made upon fliera elsewhere, they responded so liberally that during the twelve months ending on Saturday slio paid to tho "Chronicle" patriotic funds tho magnificent sum of £500. ' In addition to this amount, Miss Gladys Bamford collected' for and assisted other Wanganui efforts to the extlcnt of £40 10s., and also handed over to the Returned Soldiers' Club Trustees tho suni of £25, which slio bad collected in aid of a billiard tabio fund. The aggregate for twelve months is therefore £565 10s., and it is doubtful if a better record can bo'put up by any other schoolgirl in tho Dominion.

• The bazaar and entertainment held at the Fitzherbert :Torrace School last week realised the sum of £125. Of this amount £70 is to be handed over for St. Mary's Homes at Karori, and £55 will bo spent upon the purchase of materials to be made into garments and bandages for tlie Red Cross Society in Mercer Street. Already the girls belonging to this scliool have sent to the Central Depot several thousand bandages and swabs, besides treasure bags, socks, pyjama-s, : handkerchiefs, etc., all of which wero very well made.

Matron Creal.wlio for tho pa6t 19 years was at Sydney Hospital, lias been selected as matron of tho new Australian General Hospital (No. , 14). Last week slio was accorded a great send-off at the Central Railway Station, when she left by tlie Melbourne express. Sinco 1905 Matron Creal has been attached to tlie Australian Army Nursing Reserve, and during the war has been the chief selector of nursing sisters going to tho front, hundreds of whom have passed through her bands.