WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3187, 11 September 1917, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD

; _.;» . -■ (Continued from page 2.) For New Zealand Soldiers. The New Zealand -Soldiers' Reception Society has opened reception rooms at 9 "Wynyard Street, which have been put at its disposal by the Bank of New South Walts, states the "Sunday Times." They will be used as rest rooms, and a' meeting 'place for New Zealand soldiers with morning and afternoon tea free of charge, while' members of the society may entertain their friends on the usual club -terms. New Zealand papers and writing material are provided for the soldiers, and different ladies of the committee will be in charge every day from 10 o'clock to 5 o'clock.. The rooms are brightly decorated with and Japanese lanterns, while Maori emblems adorn the walls!.' -A motto on the wall reads: "Kia-Ora Ootea Eoa, Ake, Ake, Ake" (Good Luck for Ever and Ever).'

; Miss Jean Stevenson, the extension-sec-retary of the Melbourne Y.W.C.A.,-• is at present in Auckland. Mies Stevenson is going to America, where 6ho is tostudy industrial extension work at the T.'Vv.C.A. .National. Training School, Kew York. Intending donors of cakes, biscuits, scones, etc., to the cake stall in copection with the Hobson Street Day at tho Wellington Bed Cross Shop on Friday, are asked to send their contnbjitions to the Red Cross rooms on Thursday afternoon or Friday morning, or to Mrs. A. H. Miles, 39 Hobson Street. Mrs. Miles ■ and Miss Barnett are in ohargo of the stall. • '. ? IT LIGHTENS THE DRUDGERY ■of household work! That is. the real reason of the success of -.the Daisy Vacuum Cleaner. At the depot, Lower Cuba Street, you can have a, demonstration of its work. Get one and let it cut your housework'in two. Simple, effective, easy, the, "Daisy" is the most perfect Vacuum' Cleaner on the market. Inquiry is invited by the N.Z. Agents, Oscar Hewett and Co., 56 Cuba Street ■ (just below Bank N.Z.).—Advt.

Thorndon Day Art Union. Yesterday afternoon a private view of the dinner service which has been given by Miss Johnston (iPitzherbert Terrace) for art union purposes, in aid of the Thorndon Day at the Wellington Red Cros3 Shop, was held, and will be continued to-day, and also on Wednesday afternoon. There are five prizes offered, tho first prize being a dinner set of Hong-Kong china, consisting of 21 dinner plates, 8 soup plates, 1 sauce tureen, 2 vegetable dishes, a soup tureen, and three, meat dishes. The pattern. is, as the name suggests, Chinese, and is •carried-out in colours of terra cotta, blue, gold, and blnck, against an ivory white background, and is very effective. The second prize is a dessert service of white Mintou china, consisting of three tall centro pieces ornamented with small shepherd and shepherdess figures, after the Dresden china pattern, 2 white baskets in an open design, 4 swans, and 1 dozen plates; the third prize is a complete set of fine table glass—decanters, water-bottles, 8 champagne, 8 port, and 8 sherry glasses, and finger bowls. Tho shape of the decanters, water-bottles, glasses, etc., is very quaint and charming. ■ The fourth prize is a set of dessert knives and forke, and the fifth . is a damask tablecloth (large size), edged with handsome old linen lace, which ie also inserted in the centre of the cloth to form a centre piece. To go with it are a dozen table napkins. - Any one of these prizes are well worth winning, and many tickets were sold yesterday afternoon. Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Stains have kindly given the use of one of their windows in Johnston Street in which the whole set will be exhibited next week. Country people who are desirous of buying tickets may purchase them by sending a stamped envelope with their address, and containing a shilling in stamps, to Mr. Hislop, manager of Stewart Dawson's, corner of Willis Street and Lambton Quay. Tickets may also be purchased from members of the committee. As already mentioned, a private view of the dinner service may be had at Miss Johnston's residence, between half-past two and five o'clock in the afternoon to-day and tomorrow. Dorothy Bruhton's Farewell. ' Dorothy Brunton has said farewell to Australian playgoers for some time to come. Sho goes to America in quest of wider fortune, and comports herself very modestly as she goes. "They may not like me," sho says,, "and as I make ready to go I can't iorgsft how kind Australians have been to me always. If there is in me anything that has been worth making, Australian goodness has made it." She.seems to mean what she says. The public farewells took place on August 31. In the afternoon the Actors' Association said good-bye to the little woman in their rooms in.Ponzance Chambers. Mr. Bob Greig made the inevitable presentation, anH said gently and naturally the things the occasion inspired and demanded. Ho paid tribute, as ah old friend, to the girl's shrewdness and good sense and modesty. And Dorothy responded on the verge of tears. She has been on the verge of tours all tho 'week, and several times has been carried comfortably over. She said: 'J. can't say anything but 'thank you' for all your goodness and kindness to me. Whatever success I have had has been duo to tho generosity of my brother and sister artists, who have advised and scoldod me for my good, and to the public, who have been so kind to me right from my., first appearjmce."' That was obviously as sincere as it was modest and the aipplause swelled up. And Mr, Walter Bentlcy, who had made a few characteristic remarks, smiled and looked glad; and everybody was as happy as possible. Dorothy Brunton makes no enemies at all. Her associates like her as much as the public does. < Later j>io girls of the Dorothy Brunton Social Club] entertained the little star at dinner at Paris House before they trooped to Her Majesty's Theatre for the public farewell, i'or another thing to be noted about this bright young woman is' that the girls pet and make much of her every bit as 'heartily'as the men do. The closing performance at the theatre was memorable. A number of gallery girls had stood in the lane ever einoe the night before, and were still perky and unruffled when tho doors opened on Friday light. In the theatre tho enthusiasm- was remarkable. Bight through the performance the audience cheered everything Dorothy did, cheered when she smiled ar.d did' nothing, and in between timos cheered on general principles. Even when she sang the poorest of the poor stuff that sho occasionally had to sing, the ■house rose at .her. It was a personal triumph; unquestionably genuine.—Sydney exchange.

As a result of Daffodil Day, held in Auckland on l'riday by the Victoria League, for the purpose of raising a sum of money sufficient to complete the Maori War Memorial, the'sum of JE329 18s. 2d. was realised. The memorial, which will commemorate the \sacrince of the soldiers and friendly Natives who tell ill Jtlie Maori War, was originally expected to cost about .£IOOO, but so many delays have been experienced in its erection uftit we increased cost of material and labour will briug the total up to about ,£I6OO • and Friday's effort was made m order, to provide the necessary funds for the completion of the work. Mrs. Barcroft (Hastings) is spending a few days in- Palmerston North. As a result of the "competition afternoon," held at Axiki-toa last week by Mi<s Massey and a committee of girls, ■ in aid of their "Surprise Envelopes days, which will be held later this month for the benefit of the Thorndotf Day at the Wellington Bed Cross Shop, the very satisfactory amount ot 417 be. 6s. was realised. ' Mrs A. Crawford, lion.'- secr.etarv of the Countess of Liverpool Fund Committee, has- received the sum of .£B3 irom the Waverlev patriotio workers for the Christmas parcels for our overseas soldiers. ' Needless-to say, this amount, is very\ "reatly appreciated by the commit-, tee 'who are also very grateful to tins' band of patriotic ladies for the splendid way in which they havo consistently worked for the Liverpool Fund, not only by contributing money, but also by constant supplies of comforts for the soldiers. The organisation is not a large one, nor does it belong to a yary .large town, so that the help it renders is all the more to be appreciated and admired.

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