WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3052, 13 April 1917, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL AN® PERSONAL

(By Imogen.)

Lady Liverpool Fund, Eastbourne, At tho monthly meeting of tho Eastbourno branch of tho Countess of Liverpool Fund, Mrs. C. I\ Pago, of Muritai; handed in tho sum of £55 2b. 3d., the iiefc result of the art union for the horse presented by Mr. Charles Russell, of Rona Bay, in aid of tho Red Cross Fund. The president, in proposing a hearty vbto.of thanks to Mrs. Page, pointed out that tho result was entiroly due to the individual work of Mrs. Page, who had stopped into the broach whon- there was a difficulty in getting anyone to undertake tho onerous task. By her untiring efforts Mrs. Pago had not only disposed of the 300 tickets originally aimed at, but had increased tho number to 500, all of which had been disposed of. The resolution was carried by acclamation. A hearty vote of thanks was also voted to the goncrous donor of the horse. The art union took place on tho Eastbourne bowling greon last Saturday, the winner being Mr. Claud Everard, of Wellington.

Sailors' Dependants' Relief Department. At the monthly meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Navy League, it was decided to start a new department' which will probably bo known as the Bailors' dependants' relief department. Mrs. A. H. Waters, a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary, was asked to organise. Garments will bo mado and forwarded to the chief naval ports in England for distribution to tho dependants in distress of thoso gallant sailors who have given thoir lives for the Empire during the present war. The Wellington Navals' Society has generously placed its fine social hall at the disposal of . tho Navy Loague. Maohines' and' other requirements havo been lent or givouj and offers of assistance aro coming from many different quarters. Of course monoy and material aro urgently needed. All interested in tho movement aro asked to attend the first, meeting, which will be held on Tuesday at 3 p.m., in the Navals' Social Hall, next the Star Boating Shed, Jervois Quay. This new department will be for dependants only. Knitters who' work for the men of tho lesser craft will, as hitherto, send their gifts to the Technical School, Mercer Street, on Fridays, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Red Cross Mooting. • A meoting of the Women's Committee of tho British Red Cross was held at tho depot in Mercer Street yesterday.'The president (Mrs.. J. P. Luke) /was in tho chair, and there were present: Mesdames, Pearco, Nathan, Wilford, Shirtcliffe, Rowiitrce, S. Kirker, Myers, Salmond, Morison,' Barltrop, Rose, Townsend, Blundoll, Moorhouso, Moore, and Miss Sybil Nathan (hon. secretary). Apologies were received from Mrs. Firth, Mrs. Crump, Mrs. Howden, and Mrs. Mackenzie. In-a brief resume, dealing with the work that , had been accomplished by the organisation during tho past year, Miss. Nathan stated that 1194 cases of garments had been sont away from New Zealand to Mesopotamia, Egypt, England, France, .and Serbia. These cases contained 67,185 garments, of which 10,851 wore pyjamas. Biindagos to the number of 158i687, ! inclusive of swabs,' had also been sent away for distribution where needed. Tho work of the Soldiers' Comforts Guild, a .department, of tho Red Cross, was also ioferred to. Mrs. M.'Myers, who is in charge of this particular , branch of activities, has done valuable work, and is in constant touoli_ with the soldiers who are in the military hospitals at Trentham and afc Newtown, as well as those who aro at the Taumaru Hospital at Lowry Bay, for the purpose of seeing that they lack for nothing in tho way of comforts and,luxuries. A letter was read from Surgeon-General Henderson, expressing appreciation of the work done for Red Cross needs by the committee. : The annual meeting of the Red Cross organisation (men's and women's branches) is to bo held very shortly.

The engagement is announced of Miss Dora Varney, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Varney, of Wellington, to Lieutenant J. MTherson, third son of Mr; and Mrs; John M'Phcrson, Maori Hill, Dunedin. Lieutenant M'Pherson loft with tho Main Body of ■ tho N.Z.E.P., and ia now adjutant of the New, Zealand Command Depot, Codford, England. , Mr., Mrs., and Miss Foster have returned to Wellington from a motoring tour in tho north. Thei y.M.C.A. Ladies' Auxiliary has decided to discontinue tho weekly Red .Triangle. Depot at the • building in Willis Street. In tho place of this they are arranging for a street sale to take place the first Friday in each month. Donations: of cakes, fruit, flowers, vegetables, etc.,, will bo gratefully received by Mrs. Piper (convener of. tho committee) at the rooms, 150-2 Willis Street. All proceeds are to bo spent on comforts for- soldiers at the front. Mr: aiid Mrs. R. Cashman have gone on an extended'visit to Rotoraa and Auckland. . Mrs.. Chisholm (Hawera). is staying at the Grand Hotel. '' ■ In the Goring Street Hall. Miss.Borlase's assembly dance for soldiers takes place on Saturday, April 21, not April 1-1 as was previously stated.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR ANB NEAR.

For the Returned Solders' club, The afternoon which is to be given in tho. Grand Opera House next Wednesday by Mr. Greig and the members of his farcical comedy company promises to be very enjoyable. A musiI oal programme, to which the artists of i the company will contribute, has been arranged, and afternoon tea will bo provided by tho House Committee of the Sydney ■ Street Soldiers' Club, all of whom are experienced hostesses, as many of the soldiers in camp can testify. They will be assisted, in dispensing tho tea by Miss Beatrice Holloway and the iladios of the company, as well as by several of their 'awn' girl helpers. The proceeds of the afternoon are to go to the Returned Soldiers' Club funds, and to add to theso there will bo sold flowers, photographs, etc. The Union Jack presented by Miss Beatrice Holloway to the Returned Soldiers will be sold by auction, and as it is to be signed by all the Teturned_ soldiers in tho Wellington district, it should be in time to come a most valuablo possession to whoever proves to be its possessor. .

A Victim of the Huns, Peculiarly pathetic and tragic are the circumstances connected with tho death in Belgium of Mmo. Beland, wifo of the Hon. Dr. Henri S.' Belaud; former Postmaster-General of Canadn, news of which came to Sir Wilfrid Laurier a short time ago. (states a London correspondent on February 13). Dr. Beland was with his wife in Belgium whon the war broke but, in fact they were on their _ honeymoon, and he at once offered his services to tend the wounded. 1 Ho was wounded and taken prisoner when- Antwerp was captured, being the first Canadian M.P. to shed his blood, but continued ister to tho wounded ( Germans as well as Belgians ■ and British, , while his brido volunteered hor services as nurse. For months she served in Belgian hospitals, turning her villa in Belgium into a refuge for- disabled soldiers, oho was stricken down .by . illness ;!ast i autumn, and succumbed some weeks ago, but no official details have yc-t been given as to the character of hor illness, its cause, or whether any stops were taken by tho German invaders to givo her proper care and nourishment. Her husband was : refused permission to be with her oven in her dying hours,, and lie has been kept a.prisoner all tho time since Antwerp -was taken, every effort ,of tho Canadian Government and other Parliamentarian friends to secure his releaso.having failed, even exchange being refused. " I

The engagement is announced, of Miss Gladys .Varnham, daughter 9f Mr. ■'J.-Varnham, chief clerk, Wellington Education. Board, to Mr. E. B. Witard, son of Mr. G. B. Witard, I'oulton-C-Fylde, Lancashire, England.' ' :

Mrs. Dalrymple, who was mentioned in dispatches lately, and awarded the Military Medal for nursing-services, is a daughter of the late Mr. John Stevens, at one time member for Rangitikei, and sister to Miss Stevens, whose voluntary clerical services for the benefit of the Returned Soldiers' Club are so much appreciated.

""■■ SOCIAL INVESTIGATION LEAGUE MUNICIPAL MARKETS'. At the meeting of the Women's Social Investigation- League, which was held in the Vioforia College gymnasium last evening, two interesting addresses upon municipal markets were given hy Mr. John Hutcheson and Mr. Reardon.

In the course of his lecture, Mr. Hutch'eson told his audience that he was almost inclined to believe that democracy was a failure, when lie saw how huge an effort was needed to achieve anything. Ho did not mean to dogmatise upon municipal control of the markets; but he thought that if it were well carried out-,much benefit would accrue to the community.. In Bays that, not so very distant nearly every town in England had its public t market, where produce of many kinds was sold.. There the purchaser saw what he or she was buying, and ■the advantages were, obvious. In these days there was practically no such thing as perishable goods, by reason of the refrigerator. In the early days of "Wellington land had been set aside for open markets, but in the Course of time the laud bad been used for other purposes, and was not now available. Mr. Huteheson thought that- land on the western side of Clyde Quay might possibly Be acquired as a site for public markets from the Harbour Board, and it was liis opinion jthat it would make an admirable site.

Against the advantages .offered . by municipal markets was the natural conformation of Wellington, which made it impossible for the housewife to go to the markets and.load herself Tip with heavy produce. She wonlA not be.able to climb the hills and steep roads . which everywhere prevailed. There was, however, a large section of the population which lived in hotels fcnd boardinghouses, and otherfi, again, .who" had.thpir meals <itit. ■ These .Would got the benefit of a more profitiable and wholesome system of supplies,

sucli as would" 1)6 obtainable in the municipal markets. The present milk supply was severely criticised, and Mr. Huteheson spoke of tlie great waste that existed in regard to our fish supplies. _ As things now were, the consumer in the city rarely knew how excellent fish could bo, as it suffered so much in trali&.fc. Also, tho waste m regard to by-pro-ducts was simply appalling. _ With a proper system, gelatine, oil, phosphates, jelly, etc., could be made in enormous quantities. "With properlyconducted methods municipal markets could augment supplies and control the prices of commodities, and the people in. the city would without' doubt gain in many ways. Mr. Reardon considered that private interests should never, be allowed to stand in the way of matters that led to the betterment of the people in the city. The question that was uppermost in men's minds when any'new [ suggestion was brought forward wp.B always "Will it pay?" but he considered ! that where anything led to the betterment of .the health and the physique of the people then matters should not be judged by such material 'standards as those of finance. They were in -the long run false.

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Convincing proof of the value of "St. dal" in cases of sunburn and windbum is provided in a statement by a non. com now in camp at I'rentham He had'suffered severely from chapped and roughened skin, tried a sample pot, and derived such reifaftrkable benefits that he spread its name and fame amongst others at .the camp, all of wham speak in the highest terms of _ the softening, soothing, heating properties of this refreshing etaollient. 2s. at chemists and stbros. —Advt.