WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2997, 7 February 1917, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

4 MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR.

(By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL District Nursing Guild of St. John. The monthly meeting of the committee of the District Nursing Guild of St. John was held at tho residence of Mrs. W. H. S. Moorhouse on Monday afternoon. Present: Hesdames Moorhouso (presiding), Balcomhe Brown, Barclay, Corrigan, and Gibbons, Misses Robieson and Edmeades (hon. secretary). Apologies for absence wero received from Mesdnmes Trine and Pearson. Nurse Martin was appointed assistant district nurse. Reports for December, 1916, and January, 1917. wero presented by Nurse Walton. Gifts of clothing, etc., were acknowledged with thanks from Mesdajjes Moorhouse, Shand, Ohatfield, Holmes, Elliott, Mason, Kent, Lissack, Miss iHales, threo anonymous donors: also 1 subscriptions from Miss Coates, D.1.0., Bristol Piano Co., To Aro House, Bris--4 coe and Co., £1 Is. each; Mrs. Cor- | rigan, £1; and a donation of £1 from 5 Mrs. Holmes. | At tho close of the meeting Nurses I Jenkins and Martin joined tho commitH tee and were entertained at afternoon | tea, by Mrs. Moorhouse. Gonoert at Returned Soldiers' Club. J Tho "Purplo Courtiers," who have recently returned from Napier, where they won the first prize in a competition, are giving a concort for roturned_ soldiers in their club on Lambton Quay on Thursday night. Only ladies with tickets will be' admitted, and soldiers can procure the tickets from Mr. Fox, the manager. Mrs. Louisson has arrived from Christchurch. Dr. and Mrs. Will Ewart have arrived from the Wairarapa, ijnH are spending a few days in "Wellington with relatives before they return to Invercargill. Mrs. Maurice Gillon and Miss Litchfield are staying at tho United Servico Hotel, Christchurch. a Miss Wheeler, wlio has been for a six weeks' visit to her sister, Mrs. David Williamson, in Wellington, lias returned to Cliristclrurcli. Miss Isabel Maud Peacock, of Auckland, is 'on a visit to Nelson. f Mr. Justice Ferguson and Mrs. Fergusorj (Sydney) iand their two daughters, wlio havo been in Christchurch for a few days, have gone to The West . Coast. ' n Stuff-Nurse, Ivv Smalo returned to

Races in Christchurch. A Christcharch paper says: An occasional watery gleam of sunshine, and a prevailing high wind, composed the weather for the Midsummer Meeting of' the Canterbury Jockey Club. This probably, accounted lor the comparatively small attendance mid certainly for tho wintry tone of tho dresses. But if the dressing suffered, the rain was kind to tho llowers and lawns, for seldom has there been such a riot of colour in tho gardens, such vivid freshness of grass and tree and shrub—blue hydrangeas, violas in purple, heliotrope, and yellow thickly bordering the paths, masses of African marigolds, scarlet geraniums, and tall, whito margueritos, and over all the garden a perfume of honeysuckle and sweet lavender. Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Liverpool and suite occupied the vice-regal box, whicli was festooned with branches of pink and heliotrope fuchsias. Lady Liverpool wore a beautiful frock oi' navy shot taffeta and ft small black hat, wreathed with field flowers. Mrs. Henry E. White, of. Sydney, formerly of Oriental Bay, Wellington, is at present a. visitor to Auckland. Miss Violet Trovcnyon, tho dainty soubrette and singing commedienne, who is to fulfil another engagement withthe Fullers' in New Zealand, arrived • from Sydney by the Manuka. Sister jßosalio was a passenger from Sydney bythaManuka. Tho many friends of Mrs'. Eric Johnston, of Goldic's Brae, who underwent a serious operation at tho "Lister" privato hospital last week, . will bo pleased to hear she is progressing satisfactorily. Mrs. A. 11. Waters, of Boulcotfc Terrace, Wellington, who is spending a holiday in Auckland, has received intimation from Londojj that tho N[iv,v. League has bestowed upon her a special service decoration to mark appreciation j of her services as secretary to the La-! dies' Auxiliary Committee in Wellington. Tho decoration will bo an en-! graved medal and a blue ribbon. —Press Association. A correspondent asks whether any parcels of clothing are now being sent to tho Belgians. Not long ago advico was received by Miss Litchfield, who was. helping Mrs. Kolleston to pack at the Town Hallj that no'more clothing was required for the Belgians.

Setatt-iNurso xvy omaio retumcu tu Gisbornc last week, after about twelve months' servico in tho military hospitals in England and Franco. Miss R. Mitchell, who was mistress of tho junior department at the Scots Collego, Wellington, is taking tho same position in tho now St, Andrew's Presbyterian Collego, Christchurch. - The engagomont is announced in an Australian paper of Miss Eileen Harte, youngest daughter of Major Harto, of I Brisbane, to Mr. Alexander Chrystal, of Wellington, who has returned from activo servico. Miss Nellio Stinson, who lias been a prominent worker in tho Waipawa Salvation Army Corps for tho ; past two. or three years, leaves shortly for' Wel-i lington, wliero sho will enter tho William Booth Memorial Twining CVillegc. Misses Mollio and Genovievo Taylor, of M'Mahon's Point, Sydney, left last week with thoir nnole, Mr. George Crowloy, and his daughter Kitty and son Kevin, for a month's holiday tour of New Zealand. I 'An English lady, writing from Rome to relatives in New Zealand, says:— "Everything is frightfully dear here, and the taxes very heavy, sp that it. ~ is really difficult to make both ends - 1 moot—oven with tlio_ strictest economy. I Eggs, sugar, and milk are difficult to get sometimes. Xij fact, eggs fail entirely occasionally, and sugar is doled out to one an ounce at a time. There is really no reason for all this scarcity, but there; are always the middlemen who.make, enormous profits by holding back their stores. Wlioro money is tho object thero is little or no patriotism." Dr. Viplet Field - , daughter of Mr. T. A. H. Fiold, M.P., was (states tho Nel- . son "Evening Mail") tecontly appointf cd Professor of Pathology at tho Lady. ; Hardinge Memorial Collego, Dolhi, and jj went to London to tako a special courso i in pathology before beginning hor work I /at Delhi. . While she was working as s assistant-bacteriologist at tho Lister 5 Institute her health broke down, necosjj . sitatinc somo months' rest. She went I to California, and spent a couple of S months in tho mountains, coming on later to New Zealand. After a few ' months' rest, Dr. Fiold will return to 5 America for special work at ope of tho 5 universities thore before taking up her residence in India. The collego stands ~' in 49 acres of ground, with tennis courts, hockey ground', etc., and 11 acres are taken up by tho various buildings. All the members of the staff (seven professors at present) are women, and accommodation is provided for 100 women students. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. (By Arrangement with Mrs. Eolleston, — Hair Physician and Face Specialist, pa Qualified: London and Paris.) (Asliburton).—Tlio ha}r requires special attention during the autumn to prevent excessive falling. Regeneration of hair begins at once, and to promote a healthy new growth the scalp must be in a good condition, and free from dandruff. Special courses of treatment, one guinea. "F.L.C."—Cutting and singeing is necessary for tho liair. Tho splitting of the hair is due to bacteria, and singeing will dosti'oy the bacteria and so prevent the splitting; it also strengthens the growth of hair. Fee, 16. 6d. "Inquirer."—Transformations, Ton pecs, and Switches aro manufactured in my workrooms. Every article is made under close supervision, and with tho best materials. Further roplies posted. Private rooms for all treatments. Mrs. Polleston, 25G Lamhton Quay. Telephone 1590.—Advt. Wedding Announcements. — Beautiful roses and the choicest of Bowel's onlr are j used when designing wedding bouquets, J which I make a speciality of. Packed and forwarded through the Dominion. __ Miss Murray, Vice-Regal Florist, 3fi Willis Street.—Advt. ' The girl with the delicately soft cheeks, soft supple fingers, and smooth white arms and hands, is tho girl whose skin suffers most from tho effects of heat and wind. But sho need not be concernod as to her beauty being impaired. "Sydal"—a softening, soothing, refreshing emollient—will quickly restore her skin is. to its original charm and beauty. Price ul 2s. t at all chemists and stores.—Advt nt ftl Tile Patho Disc, playing through the 01 medium of a smooth, ball-pointod, un- _ wenrablo sapphiro in lieu of the sharp- . pointed needle, represents tho Inst word *J" in the faithful reproduction of sound. "" It is unwearable and, with ordinary care! unbreakable. The tono is rich, full, and mellow. Any existing Disc Machine can — be easily fitted' with the Pathe Sound id Box, to enable its owner to enjoy the in pleasures of tho largest and most artistic e. repertoire in the talking machino world, te Catalogues, etc., Oscar Hewott and Co." it, 56 Cuba Street (just below Bank N.Z.).— Adrt,

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