WHAT OUR WOMEN DO.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2998, 8 February 1917, Page 2

WHAT OUR WOMEN DO.

LOOK ON THIS PICTURE—AND ON THAT. Are we really at war I One wonders, sometimes, when one reads this sort of thing in tho society column of a London daily, under the heading, "What "Uoinon are Doing":— "Miss is back in town. I saw her dining at the. Carlton, looking charming in nile blue," etc. Again: "Lady So-and-So was also there in a 'Gibson Girl 1 gown, with an eel-like train." If the London writer desired to chronicle under the same heading what our women are doing here in Wellington just now, she might read something like this: "I noticed Mrs. —— and a party of workers in serge skirts and plain, sensible blouses busily- engaged in packing and nailing up cases of soldiers' comforts. "A very smart function was the teaparty given recently by the Rotf Cross workers. Tho new fashion of having tea set out on inverted packing cases, and drinking from thick cups, is rapidly spreading through the town. "la the Sydney Street Club elbow sleeves aro very fashionable for those engaged in the exciting pastimo of washing'up; ladies who cut bread and spread butter for several hours on end wear aprons, while those of more Bohemian tendencies are daring enough to sot conventions at defiance and carelessly throw a tea-towel over their knees. "The St. John Ambulance working party, have hit upon the notion of serving dry biscuits at tea time, and they have also introduced a novelty which bids fair to become a most popular innovation in our social life —of pouring the milk and tea into the cups simultaneously." Of course, wo all recognise the fine work Englishwomen are doing during the war, but why these cheap, silly paragraphs in tho London Press ? Mr. and Mrs. Walter Macarthy Reid aro at present staying aD the Royal Oak Hotel. The following are tho names of the candidates who passed in tho examination in homo hygiene, held at tho Y.W.C.A, by tho St. John Ambulance Association:—Rui Van Staveren, Gladys Esson, Mary Russell, Mary F. Gaby. The monthly croquet,tournainont held on the Thorndon green on Tuesday afternoon was a very successful affair. Tho grass was freshened by the recent rain, and tho air was cool and delightful. Mrs. Hiley and Mrs. G. Johnson had made two beautiful silk work bags as prizes, and, in addition, Mrs. Hilcy gave a pair of hairslides. Mrs. O'Doniiell aiid Mrs. Gray won tho workbags, and the hairslides were won by Mrs. Watt and Mrs. P. Isaacs. In tho pavilion upstairs tea and cakes were awaiting tho flayers and their friends. Altogether the proceeds amounted to £3 145., and, in addition to this, Mrs. Andrew, of Hobson Street, donated £2 25., which will all go to the club's fund for wounded soldiers. The 121 st meeting of tho Richmond Free Kindergarten Union was held in Taranaki Street on Monday. Present: Mrs. Gill (chair), Mesdames Luxl'ord, Dixou, Vickery, Andersen, Misses England, Helycr, Myers, Hiscock, and Seaten. Accounts to tho amount of £73. 18s. Id..wore passed for payment. Miss Riley reported that the schools had opened with a full attendance and that in'each school tho "waiting list" was already long'. She also. * desired to record her grateful thanks to tlio parents and friends in. each district io whose help tho success of the parties was so largely due. As Miss d Oyley, tho able director of Maranui was going to England, Miss Macandrew was appointed to the post. Tho council-hav-ing purchased a section of. land for tho kindergarten building in Taranafci Street, they arc"beginning a , vigorous campaign to raise £2000 required for purchase of land and building, and would be grateful for any donations,' large or small, as the amount has to be collected within the next few months.