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WOMAN'S WORLD

(Continued from page 4.) VIOLET DAY FINE WEATHER FAVOURS GREAT CAMPAIGN. It Teally seemed yesterday ;s though the weather were in sympathy with tho causo for which Violet Day was organised. All day long the sun shone in a sky that was only now and again flocked with soft wisps of cloud trailing across the blue, and out of the shadows the air was soft with tho promise of spring, a promise that is now very closeto fulfilment. It was peculiarly appropriate that violets should have been especially associated with tho causo of sick and wounded soldiers, and everywhere in tho streets was to be seen tho arresting colour of purple, either as a background, as in tho decorations with which, many of the shops had decked themselves out, in tho dresses of many ofi the flower-sellers, and in tho draperies of their stalls. At every turn flowers greeted the passer-by, and although by the time the morning was over the violets had given out, so great had been the demand for them, there wero other flowers to fall back upon. It would almost seem as though, with tho passage of time, tho habit of giving was steadily growing greater and greater, for people simply wont out ot their way to give or to buy. It was as thought the community had been keyed up by a strong undercurrent of feeling, and what they had they gave for a cause that lies very close to their hearts. Some of the workers who took part in yesterday's effort say that never before had they found people so responsive, so willing to buy witnout troubling as to price. , , , , That a' great deal of thought an dmost careful organisation had been centred upon tho arrangements in connection .with tho day goes without saying, and /tho response which had boon received from tho country towns and districts in answer to tho appeals for flowers was very generous. Even as it was the supplies wero not erjual to anything like tho demand, and it was with very great regret that fiomo of the stalls had to cease ' work before the afternoon came to an end. To tho foresight and careful preparations of the organisers, Mrs. D.' Stewart and Mrs. A. Pearce, Kith tho very ablo and whole-hearted assistance of tho honorary secretaries, Mrs. Firth and Mrs. M. Myers, the greatest praiso is due, and they wore very fortunate in the support 'afforded them by a most enthusiastic and hard-working i.ommittce. Not the' least gratifying feature about a day that received so much t.ncouragcment from the public were tho substantial donations that were received from some of tho city firms. Of the decorated handcarts that, took up stations at different vantage points, of the city, it is difficult to mako'any discrimination. They wero all very prottily deoorated.and their burdens ot flowers wero quickly' sold. One with wistaria, in front of tho Post .Office, with its attendants wearing moss green overall aprons, was very charming; and very Oriontal-looking and offectivo was the cart decorated by Miss Murray (of Willis Street) and drawn to its placo by a team of five girls dressed in heliotrope frocks with violet hats and carrying violet and heliotrope- trays. Mrs. Mackersey was in charge of it, and all it wanted to complete t;ho exotic effect was an Eastern idol erated under tho ■ purple; umbrella-shaped canopy. Poinsettias and scarlet camellias added to the vividness of tho colouring, and the whole of tho cart, wheels and all, liad been completely covered with purple drapery. The Guernsey stall, (for egg 3) was another stall with uncommon features about it, all the attendants wearing the quaint dress- of the Guernsey women. Like all tho other stalls, it. did exceedingly well, and had sold out by tho time'tho morning was over. Opposite to it was another, stall in which a special interest was attached, for it possessed a flag torn by shrapnel on Gallipoli. Tho flag had been lent by Mr. Porrctt, and by means of it twelve guineas wero collected, mostly in pennies.- This was quite apart from Hie business done at the stall. Tho stalls wero in charge of the following:—!, Government Buildings, Spinsters Club; 2, JTec's Steps, Mrs. W. Kennedy;

3, Kirkcaldio and Stains, Miss Cooper and Miss Jloss; i, Post Office, Mrs. A. n. Pcarce; -la. Union Bank and vicinity ol wharves, Mrs. Mackersey; 5, Kclburn Avenue, Mrs. W. Nathan and -Mrs. J. P.. I'urdv; (i. Bank of New Zealand, Mrs. (lil)hous*aml Mrs. Leicester; 7, lioulcott Street, Mesdnmes Gamble, Maekin, Holon, and M'Eougall; 8, Guernsey stall (eggs), Albert Hotel corner, Airs. Plnllipps Turner; !l, Winder's Corner, tho Mayoress (Mrs. ,). P. Luke); 10, Courtonti.y Place, Nursing Division of St. John Ambulance (Mrs. .Mom-house, Mrs. Conlgau, Miss Uobieson); 11, Newtown, New Zealand Natives' Ladies' Guild (Mrs. M'Vicar); 12, Upper Kclburn, Mrs. von llnast; 13, Maori Troupe from Wuikair.ic and Otaki, organised by Mrs. Elder: 11, Commercial Travellers, coffee staiul-up. Colli r: ions v-L-e also made at Eastbourne and Ngaio. All the stallholders had a host of helpers. Motor-cars wero lent by Meslamcs Luke, A. Pearce, W . Nathan, 5. Kirkcaldie, Cameron, Stewart, .Pillion, Ferguson, Cornish, Miss Kennedy, .-in.' Miss Wvlie, and a number ol soldiers also assisted with the day. _ MrsVirth and .Mrs. Stewart, who originated Violet Dav in Wellington on lines somewhat similar to the day held m Oliristchurch last year, must be highly gratified at the success which has attended the enterprise. Home of Compassion Gift Tea.

In the midst of many calls upon the generosity and charity of the public, there is always one annual appeal whicl' always meets with a ready response, that is the call of the good sisters of the Homo of Compassion'at Island Bay for a stock of clothes for tho little children they so carefully tend, year in and year out. These, aro'the litt-lo neglected ones —precious lives at such a time as the present—who have been for some reason or other left stranded on life's highway, and there have been found and succoured for tlfo good of the State and in the interests of humanity by the Sisters, lho nations may rage furiously together in their madness, but the surest sanity lies in the cultivation of humanity, and thero is surety no sweeter way of "following the light" than the care and valuablo upbringing of young helpless human jetsam.

Eaclv v;inter a happy form of appeal is made for clothes for boys and girls, to fit those from six months to six or seven years of age. A gift afternoon tea will bo held at the Homo on Thursday afternoon. September (1, ivhen tlie sisters will thankfully receive gifts of clothing. That leaves considerate women just a month to make wliat tliey think tlie sisters need most at this season of tlie year. Tlie marriage took place this week in St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral of Mr. George Moore, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Moore, Eparaimn, to Miss Marjorie Jane Prendergast Knight, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. Prendergast Knight, Bolton Street, Wellington. Tlio ceremony was performed by tlio Dew A. M. Johnson. • Mrs. Stevens, relict of Mr. James Stevens, of "Pendarvis," Petone, died at her homo in Palmerston North on Monday, August 6. She, her husband, and family of ten arrived in New Zealand from Cornwall, England, in 1874. Two daughters pre-deceased her, Mrs. Will Cummin? and Mrs. Hilditcli-TCickards. The remaining daughters are Mrs. P. H. Lynch (Kumcroa), Mrs. Donald Donald (Masterton), Mrs. Stephen Curtis (Petone), Mrs. A. Gower, "Pendarvis." Mrs. Townshend (Palmerston), nnd Mrs. Stoadman (Melbourne). Mr. J. Stevens (Melbourne) and Miv M. Stevens, at present serving with, the forces at Samoa). Mrs. Stevens hoped to live long enough to see the war over, and has a great many grandchildren at the front.

A meetinir of tlie Soeietv for the Protection of Women and Children was held on Fridav afternoon. Mrs. A. Hoby presided. There were present Mesdames G. Ponsonby, G. Winder. Griffiths, and Miss Pnrlane." A large number of eases which had been investigated were reported upon, and others were being attended to. The following subscriptions were acknowledged with'thanks:—Bristol Piano Co., .■CI Is.; George and ICerslev, £\ Is.; Hud-dart-Parker Co.. 10s. Cd.: Thompson, Lewis and Co.. 10s. Od.; Bishop Sprntt, 10s. (id.; P.. Haymnn and Co., iis. fid..: Butcher. 55.; Mrs. Knox Gilmer, 55.: Mr. .V. Lamberg, ss.

The ladies' committee formed in connection with tlie nrnduction. liy Sfiss Gladvs Campbell, of tlie musical pantntmmie play "TV Magic Carpet" at tlie Grand Opera, House next mouth oomnrises tlie whole of (lie conuilHfeo of Hie Trench Comforts' Fund and otlier assisting ladies. Tlie tickets are now on sale, and no effort will 1)0 spared to make tlie season a. record one, especially in view of tlie fact: tint, the Comtess' of L-ivev-nnnl's Trenoli Comforts Fim'l. to nrov'de a few comforts for our soldiers in (lie trenches, .is to benefit.

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3160, 11 August 1917, Page 5

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WOMAN'S WORLD Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3160, 11 August 1917, Page 5

WOMAN'S WORLD Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3160, 11 August 1917, Page 5

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