SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2893, 4 October 1916, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Appreciative Letters From Soldiers. Ono of.tho workers at tho Town Hall ■ has received fully twenty letters from Soldiers at the front, in answer to the cards whioh she had inserted in parcols that, had been packed and forwarded from tho Countess of Liverpool Fund Committee to the front. One of tho writers prefaces 'his remarks by saying that "0110 of our _boys gave mo a card that ho found in his p'arcol. Being a marriod man lie thought it would be a fair thing to let a single man writo to • you, 'is there was not any address in the parcel that I got." Ho tihen proceeds to tell her various experiences in Egypt and _in France, where, at tho time of writing, ho liad been for four months, and ended with the warmest thanks for the gifts which had boon sent. Another "soldier writes.: "Will, you giye mine and all the others' kind regards to all the people of Now Zealand' who aro .working so hard to send us gifts, and let them know." we. are receiving them all right?" In ono and all the letters the same great appreciation of these gift parcels, and of %) ikought and work which lay' behind them was shown by the. writers. "It goos without saying," statos a soldier, "that tlie'hoys were both surprised and delighted this morning (July 7) when the various packages. were dealt out. I can tell you they were appreciated. I am sure you all work very hard and spend no end of time and trouble making up these parcels. Tito fully recognise this and approsiate thorn tlia more." .Another soldier says: "The bootlaces and tho socks aro just tho very things we look forward to, hut of course everything else was just Al. I am in tho' snipers with pur battalion and all the boys in the section told 'me to thank: you very much." Ho goes, on to "tell his correspondent that ho ivas in Alexandria, Cairo, and Heliopolis for somo time, then up.through tho Senußsi campaign at Matruli, .back to Alexandria and tho Suez Canal -for a few weeks, then finally to France. .'.'lt is not .so bad, hut sometimes I think how -grand it would bo to he back in A r cw. Zealand to all the sport and peaoe.' -Wo have-ft fair oowa of boys m the snipers, and havo pl«nty_ of interesting and exciting work. I think moro so-than any other hraneh, also a good many narrow squeaks." ■From ono'Soldier a letter of heartfelt gratitudo was. roseived. "I have just got' your pares!.- It ft,mo as a Gbdsond as we have heen in tie 1 tranches . for a long while now, and havo lived upon stQW. You cm imagine how I felt when this winie." In the opinion - of'another '■oldior, '"the girls hero aro very good looking and good sports, but they do r.ot ccmo up to the colonial girls." Another soldier says: "Yes, tho parcels wero actually ' given out in tho front lino of trenches, just sixty yards away from tho Hun trenches, wliero my company is at present fighting. I Wiiiovo l'ritz would' have come over unseen during -tho. distribution, for all, -including. our sedate' skipper (tho. . wero ■grniltlvv excited." 1 . In all the letters tlierc is tho gaino great appreciation''of iho por«in»il clement, and the same desire for letters and nciv's of New Zealand. .Gifts for Siolc and Wounded Soldiers. The Matron of tho Hospital acknowledges., tho, following gifts f"r sick and-woimded-soldiers:—Fruit: Mrs. Hamilton (Nelson). Eggs: Mrs. jVicrris, Mrs. UuttSj Mrs. Christie, Major retrie, Private Phillips, Private Climbers, Miss Cameron, Mrs. Vi'ylie, Mrs. J.. Bromner (Ballanec), Mrs. F. .A. Martin (Ballanec), Miss Strochan. Flowers: Girls' Patriotic Fund, Miss Price, Mrs: Sinclair (Bnllanco), Mrs. Sidney Kirkcaklie. Pyjamas: N.Z. Association. ■ Conjfiour, syrup, hoiiey,. jam, cigarettes, and tobacco: Soldiers Comforts' Guild. ; Books, nlftgazincs, and papers: Red Cross Society, Captain Marshall, Miss M'Gregor, Miss Rothonberg. One case fruit, 2 doz. tinned fruit- St. John's 'Wouien's Association. Cake: Miss Maclean, Mrs. Ponsonbv, Mrs. T. Hunter.. Scones: Mrs. Salek, Mrs. M'Lean. Four.recoi'ds: Sailors' Friend Society. Jam and marmalade: Mrs. Ward and Mrs. M'Lean. Soim: Soldiers' Comforts Guild (per Miss Strachan), weekly contribution. Eggs: Countess of Livci> pool, Mrs. Samuel, Mrs. P. C.' Knip;htj Hnt-t Patriotic Socioty, Soldiers' Coni- ' forts' Guild (weekly contribution): Cake:. Mrs." :Salek, N:Z. Natives Ladies' Association, Soldiers' Comforts' •'Guild,' Solvation "Army (weekly contribution). Sweets, fruit, tooth paste; bedsoeks, " mufflers, handkerchiefs, stationery, Salvation Army (weekly contribution), Clifton Terrace Hospital,— Cake: Mrs. Eichelbaum (weekly contribution). Flowers: Miss Williams. Papers: "Evening Post." Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, of "Wo of the; Never Never" fame, lives near Oak- | lcigh, an outlying suburb of Melbourne. I At present she is not writing, as she is devoting all her timo to helping to send comforts to the men at the front. Sho has knitted milch, her record to date being, 120 pairs of seeks, and tho same number of helmets. Mrs. Gunn has a delightful personality, and has many friends. The death is announced at HongKong, of' Mrs. Lack, wife of Mr. Stewart Lack, of the Eastern Extension Cable Company's staff. Mr. Lack was for 601H0 timo stationed at Wakapuaka, Mrs Lack (neo ..Dorothy Wright) be'longed to and had many friends there and in Wellington.

ANSWERS TO CORKESPONDENTS. (By Arrangement with Mrs. Rolleston, . Hail- Physician and Face Specialist. Qualified London and Paris.) "J1.8.,"—1f you will forward a sample of your combings for microscopical examination, I will advise preparations by letter. ' "H.Mc."—The best and safest hair dye that I can recommend is Imperial Hair Stain, it is most can bo had in all shades, and is easily applied; price 4s. Gil. "B.B."—We. have jitst recoived, per Riinutaka, a largo shipment of La Cigale Cream, which is considered ono of tho best non-greasy preparations on the market in England for the complexion; price 3s. Sd: Further replies by letter. 250 Lambton Quay—Advt. . Ladies! Be suro and see our beautiful Black Silk Hose at Bs. Gd., ahsolutelyI'ure Silk guaranteed! The quality is unmatched! Price's.Store, Willis Street. —Advt.

Soldiers' Club Dance. On Saturday, evening another of the Reinforcement dances is to bo held in tho Soldiers' Club. in. Sydney Street, and very completo arrangements _ are , being , made ■by tho. club committeo ' ladies to ensuro that a thoroughly enjoyable evening will foe. spent- by the. soldiers. It is. expected that there will : be a large number of the moil of the Eighteenth Picinforcements attending. Owing to the increasing popularity of theso danccs, tlio committee has been obliged to regulate matters by the | issuing of. tickets for admittance to the | girls who attend, and they are askedby tho committea to co-operate with them by presenting the tickets at the ballroom door. v -■ Red Cross Clfts. : Gifts have been received at tho Bed • Cross Central Depot, Mercer Street, from the following - donors: —Danne- . virke, large consignment of hospital . clothing aud bandages.; Mrs. Donovan, i | St. Andrew's Guild, Groymouth Branch, large consignment hospital needs; Mrs.- ' Marshall, Hastings .lied . Cross; Mrs. , Hose, Mrs. Brown, Oroua Downs, Mrs. : Powles, Miss Powles, Mrs. Stanton. Harcourt, Hastings Bed Cross; (25 pairs' . blankets), Moutoa Ladies' Guild, Slian- ; lion, Taihape, Waipawa, and Newman lied Cross Guilds. - Tho St. ilolin Nursing Guild. The monthly mooting of the committee of the District jNursihg Guild of 1 St. John was held on Monday afternoon at tho residence of Mrs.' Biilcoinbe Brown. Mrs. W. H. S. Moorhouse presided, and thero woro also present: Mesdames Brown, Corrigan, Gibbons, Tripe, Misses Hobieson and Edmeades (hon. secretary). An''apology for ab-' sonco was received from Mrs. E. Hadficld. Nurse Walton reported for September as follows:—Patients registered • 0, discharged _3, remaining on register 29, visits paid 445. • Appreciation of tho work which Mrs. Barclay had done" during Nurso Jenkins's illness was expressed. Gifts .of clothing, etc., word acknowledged with' thanks from:-Mes-dames Moorhouse, .Moss, . - Sissaclc, Whitehead, Evans, Tyrril, Miss llobie--son, Mr. Cooper, Gear Company, a Bed Cross. Society, .lour anonymous parcels. -How.to Dye Pink.,..-: ; ' As we all "know, pink is a favourite-. colour this .season,' aud' a usoful hint, for acquiring pink blouses is given in tho Sydney "Herald", by a contributor. "First of all," tho writer states, "I. washed my blouse perfectly clean. Then I -got some hot water and pnt therein a tcaspoonful and a half of red ink" and a tcaspoonful and a half of salt. I: kept adding water until I had obtained tho necessary shade, and then plunged my blouse in. 1 got a small stick and kept immersing the different parts of the silk. Then when every part had been thoroughly treated in this way, 1 took the blouse out and liung it in the shntlo. 'When it was nearly dry I ironed it on tho wrong side. Thi's is a tested me,tliod of satisfactorily treating j old white silk' blouses," ' Red Cross Shop, Woodward Street.' { The committfee of the lied Cross ! Shop, Woodward Stroct, desiros to acknowledge, with thanks, donations of home-made goods, flowers, otc., from the following doDors: —Mrs.' A. M. Myers,-Miss 'Dimant, Country Friend,>| Mrs.. Cuddie," Mrs.. Ileid,.,Airs'. ; Dr.: Line, Mrs. Harrovvor, lliSB • Marks, Lyall Bay Ladies, .Mrs. Ward, Miss M'Gregor, Miss Hustwick, Mrs. Helyerj Stoke Valley School, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Aylmor, Mrs. Holloway, Mrs. Seed, Mrs. Preston, Mrs. A. Ramsay, Miss Preston, Mrs. ltussdll, Mrs. Osborne, Miss -Hiohardson,-Miss- Crengel, Mi's. J. J. .Williamson, cmployeos of tho Government Printing Ollicc, and otlioro whoso names wero not ascertained ; Mrs. l'arratt and Miss Evans (Johiisonville), £2 Is. Cd. for purchase of material. Thero will b$ the customary excellent supply of flowers, from the employees of the Government Printing Office at the shop to-day. The marriage of Miss . Iris Crawford, of Wellington, to' Air. Trevor Tully, or lUiutterton, take# place to-day at St. Paul's Fro-Cathedral at 2.30 p.m. St. Mark's. sale of work will bo opened to-day at 3 p.m. by Her Ex-, cejlency tho. Countess of Liverpool. Tho- ladies' championship ih. connection with the Masterton Golf Club has., been won by Mrs.-Guy C. Williams, who defeated Miss'J.rKobieson ih'.the"final. " Mri aiid Mrs. Emil Bucker, Java, and Mr.. Edward ..W. Finch, Sydney, are staying at the Albert Hotel. '- :- - Miss L. Inglis, M.A.j of tho LondonMissionary Society, is i over-from India on a visit to New Zealand, and : is staying in Napier. . Miss Cock and Mies Maginnity (Nelson) aro visiting Wellington. Miss Margaret Jewell, a singer at present in tho bill at _ His Majesty's j'Theatre, is to . pay a visit to the Victoria Ward of tho General Hospital to-morrow afternoon, to Bing to tho soldiers who ate still undergoing medical trcatmont. • , •