WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 96, 16 January 1918, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM PAR AND NEAR

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Australian Nurses in France. More than eighteen months ago tho New South Vales division of the Australian Branch of tho Eed Cross Society offered to France the services of twenty nurses (states tho "Sydney Telegraph"). With the acceptance of the offer tho Australian Jockev Club generously undertook to defray the cost of the nursing unit's equipment and maintenance. Recently one of these sisters, Miss Fullerton Grey, returned to Sydney for family reasons. Tho other Australian nurses, sho Bays, are still at their posts, the French Government having begged their services for an extended period. In the first instance tho agreement was for one year. Miss Fullerton Grey says that the nursing representatives of the Australian Bed Cross have been very busy in French military hospitals since August, 1916. While, all shared tho responsibility of ministering to tho siclt and wounded soldiers several of them had been appointed to important positions. In innumerable instances the appreciation of tho men on leaving the hospitals has been surpassed by the eloquently-expressed appreciation of the French meflical officers.

The returned sister explained that those- trained Australian nurses, while engaged in several hospitals, keep closely in touch. They wore morn than pleased when they wero told by the authorities that they were still of great help. She added: "Having dono such good work in co-operation with tho French Red Cross Society I think Australia should be represented by its quota of nurses on active service to tho end of tho war."

Their Resting Place. The "country of the dead," that strip of France from Peroiine lo U'o sea, where lie buried so many British soldiers, is thus spoken of hy Mr. G. B. Slocombe in the "Daily Chronicle" (London), the conditions being those of a- few weeks ago:—"ln the familiar haunts of their lives there is' sorrow and mourning, but not here.' Here ia another memorial, nature's own. There spring tears—here springs triumph. To-day there is a great riot of poppies over all these fields of death. The yelloTV gold of the garlic blossom gives hack sunshine to the sun. The lihio cornflower, countless_ among the long grass, sways gently in the wind. O!<1 battlefields that but this last winter were an aching devastation—how they are now beyond words redeemed!" Dr. and Mrs. Marshall (Wanganui) are -visiting Christchiirch. Dr. Agnes Bennett, who was in charge of the 7th Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals at Monastir until incapacitated by fever, is. at present staying at Neutral Bay, Sydney. As soon as health permits she will return to her dutios. Ou. December 19, in St. James's Church, King Street, Sydney, the marriage took place, of Mr. Stanley Leon Bartlett, second son of Mrs. Humby, of Auckland, New Zealand, to Miss Elsio Florence O'Neil, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter O'Neil, of Macquarie Street, Sydney. Members of the Sydney Street Soldiers' Club Committee are advised that there will be no meeting of tho club this month. Writing to friends in Melbourne, Mrs. AVall (Miss Beatrice Day) states that she has been endeavouring to establish a hostel in Paris for tho convenience of oversea soldiers. Her suggestion has been favourably received, and recently she had. tho pleasure of seeing tho "Leave Club" opened. This is a central bureau, where Australians and New Zealanders can obtain information for their guidance , while in Paris on furlough. Two I months ago Miss Day paid a visit to the Somme district, and met many of the peasantß on whom Australian and Now Zealand soldiers were quartered last year. Miss Day states that it was most affecting to hear the kindly way in which the motherly women spoke of the overseas soldiers, and to see their interest in hearing news of soldiers whom they had fed and sheltered. Miss Day's son, Robin, is now flying in France. Mrs. Arthur Chapman (Christchurch) and her little daughter are staying at Miss Martin's, Burnell Avenue. Australian newspapers record th& death of Miss Lascelles, principal of tho Brackley Preparatory School, Lewisham Koad, Windsor, which occurred on New Year's Eve at the school. Miss Lascelles was the last survivor of the family of twenty-one sons and daughters of the late Lieutenant Thomas .Allen Lascelles, who came out to Tasmania in 1808 as A.D.C. to Colonel Davey, Governor. Lieutenant Lascelles subsequently became a polico magistrate. Nearly forty-one years ago.Miss Lascelles, who was bbrn at New Millbrook Estate, New Norfolk, Tasmania, established Brackley as a preparatory school, in Lewisham Road, Windsor, and the school became famous ns a feeder to the public schools, mainly the Melbourne Grammar School. Boys from Brackloy won scholarship after scholarship at the larger schools, and as Miss Lascelles was a strong bolierer in the value of athletics, her pupils did well in the sports of the public schools. There are hundreds of old Brackley boys in khaki to-day who will miss their old teacher.

Women's National Roscrve, Mrs. Sant/ entertained members of the Wives' Club on Friday afternoon at a very onjoyabln social' gathering. As the general feeling of members at the present time, is to have gatherings of this nature instead of commencing the-actral work which it is intended to curry out at the chili, they have decided until Iho children ro back to school to take it in turns to provide entertainment for all who go there. Songs, recitations, musical items, etc., wero contributed by Mesdames Gray and Wilkins; tho Jlisses • Sullivan, Burgess, I'ykc, Maddock, Elm, M. Grey, Terence, and Alan.

Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Macandrew leave on Friday on a motor tour through Central Otago.

There are fortunes in many things, hub it has remained for an American ladv to discover that there is a fortune in stocking tops. She lias appealed to the women's committee of tho United States Council of National Defence to find out all possible ways of using up stocking tops. She declares that £200,000 worth of stocking material is wasted annually in America through stocking tops being either thrown away or used for purposes for which it ia waste' to use material now so precious, ' ; " • ■

Tho marriage took place at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Sydney, recently, of Mr. J.- Douglas-Davys, of Dotorna, to Miss Hazel May Sledge, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Sledge, of Bofloville, the Hev. John Ferguson performing the ceremony.

The wedding took place at St. John's Church, Meerut, India, on November 1(5, of Miss Muuicent Hanmer, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Georgo Hanmer, Telford. Ferry Road, Christchurch, to Mr. Vincent Lee Dean, as-sistant-superintendent oP'tho NorthAVestern Railway, India. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr. A. P. Cox, and was attended . by little Miss Margaret Sherlock as bridesmaid. Mr. Calder was best man.

■ Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cook and Miss [M'Lellan, of Wellington, are .visiting ■} Auckland.

I The death took place on Sunday, at Groytown of Mrs. Trotman, the wife of ■Mr. E. H. Trotman, and daughter of the late Mr. Humphries, who was a very old resident of Greytown. The late Mrs. Trotman. was an 'energetic [.worker in patriotic causes, and her help JHiid presence will be greatly missed. ' She is survived by her husband, a son, and Mesdames W. Humphries and E. P. Ward (her daughters). •

■Mr. Wright, of Invercargill, has been notified by the High Commissioner (Sir Thomas Mackenzie) that his daughter, Sister M. Wright, N.Z. i!A.N.S., has been mentioned in an official communiqae for valuable services rendered in. connection with the war. Since the outbreak of the war Sister iWright has given her services to the care of the wounded. She survived the Marquette disaster, and after spending ft short leave in,lnvercargill returned to England and resumed duty. She is now stationed in the No. 3 New Zealand Hospital, Cod'ford.

Miss Vera Caselberg (Mastertori) is visiting Wellington.

Lady Lugard, whose name was in the New Year honours list with the Order of D.B.E. (Dame of the British Empire), visited Australia in the early .'nineties as head of the Colonial Department of the London "Times." Her .Tour as commissioner took her to South Africa. As Miss Flora Shaw, she was married to Sir Frederick Lugard, High Commissioner of Nigeria in 1902. The decoration has been bestowed upon her for her work on the War Refugees' Committee in Loudou.

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