WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 180, 25 April 1919, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR.

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Miss Ethel l-lrskine, a young English artist, who was in the cast ot' "Betty" iu London with 31 r. (I. P. Huntley, Miss Ivy Schilling and jthers, has been •imported to play lends with the Williamson Musical Comedy Company, in placo of Miss Maud Pane. Miss Erskine played the title role in "Betty" in London. Mr. and Miss .Paviour-Siniih, of Dannevirke, are staying at the Hotel Windsor. At the Esperanto Hall a very enjoyable and successful. "welcome home" ' was given by friends of Private Henry William Parn'ell, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I'arnell, of 221 Tinakori Pond. Private Parnell left New Zealand with the Seventh Reinforcements, and returned by the s.s. Wiilochra. His brother, Private A. J. Parnell, is to return by the Earanga, whilst his younger brother, Private T. A. Parnell, is still doing duty iu England. The engagement is announced of Miss Myrtle' Sndgrove, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. i\ Sadgrove, Mount Albert Road, Mount Albert, Auckland, to 3lr. Percival Cameron, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Cameron, Kaiwarra. Miss ButL>r has returned to Wellington from a visit to Christchurch. Tf the weather is fine a seaplane usually welcomes returning troopships to Auckland, and drops packets of sweets, cigarettes,, and flowers, .which are arranged by the members of the Girls' Realm Guild io be delivered to the soldiers. Mrs.' John Chambers (Auckland), accompanied by her daughter and two sons, Jeffc by the' Niagara for England, where she intends, to stay fur some time. The marriage -of Captain Alexander Charles Clayton, ; A.D.C.. Royal Sussex Regiment; eldest sou of C. Z. Clayton, of Auckland, >mf) Gladys Leslie, daughter of P. Leslie Jefferson,' of "Lexden, Colchester, look place at St. Paul's, Kftightsbridge, on Tuesday," February '2."), -states a London'corhspomle'Rt; Captain Viscount. Althorp: acted as-best man. Tho -bride, who Was- given- away by her father, was attended by three small maids—Miss Patricia and Miss ' Betty Kelly, nieces of the bride, and 3liss lone Brett. The ceremony was performed by Prebendary Leith Boyd, vicar of St. Paul's, and the fiev. T. Stamford "Ruffles, fector of Lexden. . The Civic League in AucKland .is. putting forward ,members for the school committees because it has begun to be understood that it is the duty of wonieii to do what they can to bring forward the. mother's point of view and the womanly side of lifo'inlo our schools, where this outlook is very much needed. It is also held that if a, number of women were on the school committees it 'would prove a link between the 1 parent and the teacher in the interest ot the child. The Wellington Ladins' Christian. Association during the course of its work has found that there \is much distress to bs met with in tho 'city, and would be very-glad J)f gifts of warm,,good winter clothing to be distributed among cases that are, specially deserving of help. \\ itli the shortage of fuel and a dearth of warm clothing the outlook for some people is somewhat pitiful unless help is given. Tho marriage took placo in fit. Mary's Church, Auckland, on Tuesday, of Miss Doris Tayhe, yoiuiyest daughter of Mrs.' J. L. Payne, uf Auckland, to Professor ,F. P. Worley, of tho Auckland Univer-sity,-and eldest son of Mi\. and Mrs. Worley, well known, residents of Nelson. The Hishop of "Auckland, Dr. Averill, Dei-formed the ceremony. The bride was given away "by Ml', de tfuevrier, and was attended by Miss Iris Baker as bridesmaid; Captain Rupert Worley was best n:an< -Mrs. Donaldson, who is-standing for, election to the City Council, addressed a meeting in the club room, Wadostown, last evening. Mrs, A, Ri Atkinson presided. In. tile course Of liei' speech, Mrs, Doilaldsoil spoke bf the ivdrk of women dtlriilfr tho war. It was Won with the assistance of the women, of the cation, ftlid tlloir sacrifices '.had beon made so that the .men in the trenches could fight under tho best possible conditions. Woman was essentially the home-maker, and it was Hie spirit of home that she' wished to introduce into municipal and national life. In the af'fairs of a city such as Wellington there were many things in which women's counsel would be useful to tho whole of the community. The matter of a creche Was ono of these things. A woman I'ould not givo the valuable service for which her employer paid her when her ir.lnd was distracted wondering what was happening to her young children. A crecho would be of value to the whole community, not only to the mother*. Mrs. Donaldson also spoke of the great need for women sanitary inspectors, especially from tho point of view of synii pathy with tho women, living, as so many do in rooms with very limited access to wash-house accommodation. She also referred to the building of stables near residential areas, which Vas fraught with menace to the health of everyone living in such vicinities, and also emphasised the great need of beautifying tho city. The inadequacy of the fish supply of the city was also .-eferred to. News comes from England of disabled soldiers being taught ladies' tailoring in South Wales. In Ijondon, too, wounded' soldiers are making ladies' dresses, and while they have been doing this pre-war dressmakers have been making shells and various kinds of munitions. which plays'them very much better. hepco the reason of their flocking to towiis ■ where the munition factories are. It is interesting to learn that the soldiers are most successful in their new ■cork, and dressmakers are very glad to ijet them. Tho finest bead work on tho market, which is so fashionable- nowadays, is made by the wounded soldiers. Girls are buying men's handkerchiefs now—for their own use isitys a Lonodn paper of March 3). They became accustomed to handkerchiefs measuring about eighteen inches square while they wove i,i uniform. l;'or country wear the bandana is liked. .The silk is line and soft, and there i6'a masculine (ouch hi the sturdy green and snuff-brown pattern. or the equally pronounced blue and. vtllow. Provided they are not alisurdI,- tiny, handkerchiefs made of coloured georgette, crepe de. chine, chiffon, and voile arc approved for the afternoon and evening to match the frocks they accompany. A favourite present from a man tii a girl is a georgette hnndkerchiel'. which will cost about 10?. Cd. There are wonderful designs In stripes converging to a central spot, blurred llowers in colours upon a background of cclours and bizarre Futurist ellecls.

Red Cross Tea and Presentation, Yesterday afternoon tile St. John Ambulance Brigade, Overseas and" ltcd Cross Society, which negan its work, for sick ii 4it wounded soldiers a few days after the outbreak of war, and lias consistently worked for that end ever since, marked the eonoitision of its efforts in this direction .by an afternoon tea held at the depotjin the Star Boating Club shed, Jervois Quay. There was a largo attendance of 'workers, as was only to be expected, the spirit of co-operation, and comradeship in the great work which lay hfore them having been a marked characteristic of the organisation during the strenuous years that have been passed through.' ' Tea was sot in the packingroom. and the table had.been daintily arranged with cosmeas and Miclielmaes daisies, tho arrangements for the tea being in. charge of Mrs. fciaby and her helpers. A. specially inter«-ing feature of the occasion, was the'presentation to Mrs. Preston, the lady superintendent. of a very handsome ,-ilver rose bowl, by Mrs. Exley, mi behalf of the workers of the association. In making the presentation, Mrs. Exley said that it wp.s a token of the love and esteem which -alt felt for -Mrs. Preston, and they had considered it a groat privilege to have worked under-her able guidance, for the soldiers at . tho front. By f her cheerfulness and resource sho bad -made herself a;\ inspiration to all tho workers who had been associated will) her. ■In thanking everyone for their good wishes and tiieir gift, Mrs. Preston said that without their-wonderful co-opera-tion and unfailing energy tho work could never have been carried out so successfully. No cjedit was duo to her, it-was due to everyone of those present, and to the secretaries whom "they had been eo fortunate to possess. (In this connection Mrs. Preston sixilte mrst warmly of tho work of Mrs. Uilnnui, Miss Stev-. ens. and Miss Peat.) An interesting resumo of tho work of the organisation followed, Mrs., Preston saying that when war was declared there w«s no lied Cross Society in existence in New Zealand. That 0110' should be formed without delay seemed to her most necessary, and as senior 'musing officer of the brigade she set to work at once to try and organise a lied Cross Society. Ji. had been difficult. No one. seemed to recognise the necessity for forming ono Theiwar would be over in no time, so why do a thing for which there .would bo no neod, everyone said. However, she was most ably backed up by..Mrs. Peat, and within one week after the outbreak of war they had begun work, ti&d had working ever since. They all knew tho work that Mrs. Peat, and her two (laughters h.ul done, and Miss Peat had been an invaluable secretary. After a while the other nursing division and joined forces, and had worked .with them until the time ranie when tliey sould not' see eye to eye, and -had parted company Mrs. 'Preston spoke, of the oride with which they had viewed their firsl. case of Red Cross goods ready for shipment to ,St, John's Gate in London, and since that tinib they had forwarded about 2000 eases their last packings containing between fifty-six. and s'xty cases at a time. Rooms had been lent to iliem in Nathan's Buildings rent free, and in them they worked for some time, > inter finding quarters in the Star Boatin?. Club. They had never appealed to th-i public as a body for support, but whenever a patriotic appeal was being made by other organisations they had done everything in their power to assist these appeals. In regard to the amount of ,£2OOO which wns in hand, it' was. thought that it would, be wise to wait and see what plans were ; being made for the benefit "of crippled men who were homeless.- If help ware, needed in that direction they' would-see what could be done. In conclusion, "Mrs. Preston thanked . everyone again .most earnestly for tho devoted'way'in .which they-had worked-ever since tlio outbreak, of- war. . Cheers and the singing" of "For She's a J.olly Good Fellow" ended the.afternoon. A fact that would make the rose bowl of special interest to Mrs, Preston was that it had engraved n|ion it the.Cross of Geneva combined with the badge of the brigade, and it also had an inscription. "Presented to Mrs. Preston bj; the workers of the St. John Ambulance Urisade Overseas and Ued Cross Depot." A beiiiitifyl l»u((ifet of carnations, roses, U'nd maidenhair fern was also presented to Mrsi Preston by Mrs. tinman. The Late Mrs', Belworthy, A meeting of tilt Society for. the Protection of. Women and Children was hold on Wednesday afternoon, Lady Stout presiding. There were jilso present: Al'esdair.es G. -Ponsonby, *A. Hoby, J. ICirkcaldie, A. H. Atkinson, Chapman, Golver, and Dr. Ada Paterson. It, was reported that a number of cases had been attended to, and, one of alleged cruelty to a child wis being dealt with. Others are,to be jpestigated. The foil Jiving motion wns passed by the society, to be recorded in connection with the death of Mrs. A. Belworthy, the late secretary: "That this committee places on record its appreciation of the tact and ability with which Mrs. A. ..Belworthy devoted herself to tho duties of her office during seven years, and also its sympathy with her relatives."

Your sensitive skin feels the chancing season. Therefore use Cultene Skin Food for night use, 35.; Cultene Bnlm for day, Us. Cd. Used as direslcd the flesh becomes perceptibly clearer and fresher, Hygienic Face Powder, every shade, Bj. Those are some .of tlio Miss Milsom preparations, original and. copyright. All liair work. Everything personally supervised bv Miss Milsom, established .specialist, 91 Willis Street. 'Phone Sl4 — Advt. Materlinck says of violets that the) yield up tlloir very soul in perfume. Ours aro fresh and fragrant, as the dew. Bunches, Bouquets, or Baskets, whichever you prefer. Miss Murray, YiceP'egal'Florist, Willis Street, Wellington. -Advt. Form tho good habit of inhaling "JfAZOL" and you'll keep free from coughs and colds. Eiglvtcenpence buys sixty doses.—Advt. The patrons of Woods' Peppermint Cure, All findiuE its action cnniiisteiit and oure, Continue to use it, and tell all their friends What speedy relief oil such action attends. Itfi fainc and sales are increasing eacli year, V/hiic its nmuc is the one you most frequently hear: All sensible people in winter are sure r J'o patronise Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. - Advt. ■