WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 227, 19 June 1919, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAB AND NEAE,

(By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The thirteenth Club (Wellington Col.' lege Old Boys) was responsible for a very successful and enjoyable dance which was held in St. Peter's Schoolroom last evening.. Tho decorations, which were, carried out with Hags, foliage, and coloured -drapery, were very olfective, and with a good floor aiyl excellent music all tho essentials were provided for a very pleasant evening. The cliaperones wero Mrs. Gully and Mrs. Ossipoff, and the committee responsible for the arrangements consisted of Misses G. Gully, M. Gully, Gordon, Ossipoff, Donnelly, Messrs. Chegwidden, Binnie, Coleman, Keegan, Emerson,- Loe, Harper, Choto, Dawson, and Schloss. The secretary was Mr. Binnie. Mrs. J. Faulkner (Hastings) is ■ the'-' guest of Mrs. Ernest Hadfield. Miss Peebles (supervisor at the Wellington Telephone Exchange) has received word of her transfer to Napier. Mr. and Mrs. Algar Williams are etayiog at the Midland Hotel. • Miss C. Gow has returned to Wellington from Christchurch. Tho net proceeds of tho street sale and entertainment held recently in aid of the Wellington Free Kindergarten amount to £W2. • : The Hon. James Borthwick and Mrs. Borthwick have arrived in Wellington to join thd Komuera for England. Among the suggested improvements for Napier in connection with town-planning is that a modern hotel, especially for the accommodation of women and children, be erected on the gaol site recently acquired by the Napier. Borough Council from the Prisons Department. Tho site is said to be an ideal one. Much interest is being taken in the rest room which has been obtained for the use of mothers with children by the Mothers' Help Division of tho Women's National Reserve. With the funds which' had been collected some little time ago, and which will not bo required to pay rental, since the City Council has promised to do that, the rooms will bo simply, tastefully, and adequately furnished for the convenience of mothers. In this case tho mother of a large' family will not be penalised, for no matter how many children sho may bring to tho rooms she will not have to pay more. j than the mother with one. As there j will bo a matron in charge, and as lighting, cleaning, and heating will have to ha met by the division it could hardly bo expected that tho rooms could be used free of charge, but whatever amount is fixed for payment it will be quite a modest sum, as it is not expected that the rooms will bo altogether selfsupporting. Mr. and Mrs.. Elliott AVyett, who iecently returned from England, havo been spending a few days with Mrs. Spratt and Miss Wyolr, "The Willoivs," Greytown. •

Sister Nora Demnsey (Xa«- PlymntiHi) who recently returned froin active service abroad, has been appointed to tho 'staff'of tlio Duncdin Hospital.-

The marriage took nlacc Inst week in the Methodist Church. Shannon, of Mr. William Allan Carter, son of Mr, and Mrs. S. Carter, to Miss .Tomima Eaton Millar, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. Millar, also of Shannon. Miss Lilian Carter,, sister of the bridesroom, was bridesmaid, .mid Mr. W. Millar, M.M., best man. The Rev. W. Howe, cf .Tohnsonville, assisted by tho Kov. A. Harding, of Foxton, officiated, and Mrs. JL Haylor, A.8., was at the crg-in. In referring to the death of Mrs'; , Emma York at the advanced ago of S3, the Nelson "Diocesan Gazette" records that she gave-two sons to the ministry of tho Anglican Cliuroh, the Von. Archdeacon fork and tho Pev. Herbert T.. York, vicar of IHccartui). The Bnv. F. P. Fendall, v|car of Eanjiora, is .1 snn-in-law..' ' .' ' Mrs. Wood, of Napier, is anioi-g those who luivo been detained in Australiaowing to tho influenza and shipping troubles. When she returns, Mrs. Ernest Hadfield ■ will accompany her on a visit to' Napier. The Stratford Red Otws Cooper T-ail Country Committee met last, week, when it was decided to pay over tho '-alar.ce of X 27 55., which will bo the final payment, the fund being now ciosed. 'Mie total amount raised by'the committee was 0)3092. • 1 The Salvntjon Army is about io Luild a large hostel in Melbourne for the accommodation of working women m that city. Each resident will be provided with a cubicle with lockers, and- other needful furnishings, at a charge of some-. thing liko five week. 'J ho hostel, moreover, will be under very core, ful supervision, so as to protect the best interests of the women. Miss H. M. E. Wilson, of Riccarton, and Miss M, Walker, of Cashmere ] Fills, aro spending the winter months at Napier. ■ j The first lady to receive full membership,of the- Auckland Returned .Soldiers' Association, entered on the books last week, is Mrs. Gladys Henning, who.possesses an ordinary certificate of discharge showing that she qualified for membership by two years' service abroad with tho New Zealand motor transport, with the rank of driver. She,can wear the E'.S.A. badge. Help fop Mothers, It is to be hoped that the appeal which has 'been ma<lo for funds for the furthering of the work of the Mothers' Help Division of the Woman's Nntional .Reserve will meet with the necessary support, for the object is a, most deserving one. During the short time of its existence tho voluntary helpers havo come across quite a number of very distressing cases of mothers of young families who have, been utterly unable to obtain help of any kind, and whose plight, in consequence, has tea nothing short of desperate. To try and relievo the many eases of distress which they Jiavo met with, members of the committee and some of their helpers linve over nnd over (itftvin devoted their spare time to helping these mothers, sometimes by taking the children out, sometimes by ■ helping in the house, but like so many other things it has been the. same helpers over and over again who have borne the brunt of this work.

The question is undoubtedly a vital one, witn far-reaching effects, and in. grappling with the problem the Mothers' Help .Division does not. in the schemo it has so far formulated, present,, or attempt to .present, anything like a finalsolution of tho difficulty. Its scheme is still in tho experimental _ stage,- and necessarily the factore which will condition' its success will bo tho amount of financial support it recoives, the paid helpers whom it is .able to engage, and tho needs of tho people who aro helped. Once tho scheme is started it will in nil probability be largely self-supporting, as the people to wlioin tho helpers nro sent would naturally wish, to pay for such services, whether they be given for w> many days a week or bo many hours- n. day as the case might be. If the -C3OO which has been appealed for is received, the committee exoccts to make a start; with at least three holnors, whoso hours of .work perweok will be fixed by the committee. Needless to say, these helpers will bo traiiijvl nnd thoroughlycompetent women. Tim fact iluit' nnid helpers will he eii?a.?nd ne«l not, hn\\\ ever, debar volunteer, helpers from oflVrintf their services as well. «s it is impossible to get too much help of any kind. In every easo the woman with children will lip' the first care of tho Mothers' Division.

Women's National Reserve. The sick nursing closes, which are -bring conducted'by llu National Reserve under the auspices of the Public Health Department ure- proving most interesting and instructive. ~' Last week Sister Moore-fave -thirteen lectures, which were largely attended ami greatly enjoyed. The lecturer has tho gift of imparting knowledge m the most interesting and attractive manner, and her experience as a lecturer is invaluable at a time like this. The promoters feel sure that such knowledge in the home is an absolute necessity, and this work, properly taken up,, should prove a great Rational boon. Anvthing that helps to equip our, women and girls better for the battle of. Lite helps to build the nation, and nothing, could help both the lecturer and leaders more than tho enthusiasm and great interest displayed by all the members of the classes, who. number now-about a thousand in , .Wellington and .'suburbs. Tho following subjects were dealt with at the various classes Inst week:—. 1. The isolation and: precautions neceseary in nursing .infectious cases in private houses. - '■■■''■ 2. The general nursing management 01 a pneumonic case. . • .... 3. Treatment of -haemorrhage; fainting fits, collapse, delirium,- sunstroke, and poisons. - . - - i. Making and application of poultices, fomentations, packs, etc. , 5. Treatment of burns .and. Kalds, and simple'.dressings. . ' 6. Bandaging. 7. Invalid cookery, with the diet.suitAble in most .-fever cases. 8. Care ami attontion necessary of the mouth, tongue, and throat in all illnesses. . ' ' 9. Sanitation, ventilation, generalcleanliness, and responsibilities of the nurse. ■ ■ ..•'"' Incapacitated Nurses. At a public meeting held in Ashrmrton to.discuss the question of collecting funds to provide annuities for incapacitatcd nurses, many , of whom had returned from'the front broken in health,, it was decided to hold a Hospital iaturclay annually, to which the Ash burton -Hospital Board had consented, <uid that tho first year's collection be devoted to the Hospital Fund. The matron of the County--Hosmtal addressed the, meeting, and mentioned many improvementswhich could be introduced if funds were available. She was confident the necessary funds could bo oblatned to bring the hospital up to dale. After discussion, June 2li was fixed for.the day. at Mothveil, and June 28 at Ashburton. It was resolved that the Bed Cross branones, local bodies, and school committees U asked to take up collections in the uountry district. A ladies' meeting y<ae subsequently held, wiien a strong tentral committee was formed, 1 with; Miss. .Wanders (matron, County Hospital) as, convener.- '. • '■ •

THE LOVE STORY OF TO-DAY ■ ■ DIFFERENT FROM' YESTERDAY. The love story of to-day differs intrinsically from the love story of yesterday. Yesterday's \ose story always ended" with, marriage bells., l'o-dny s— which is a far lnu'der love story to write -begins with them. Earlier authors, in short, shirked the real prdblem'ot love. For the renl problem is not the falling in'love, the courtship,. or the honeymoon, but the preservation of lovn after the honeymoon. No modern, love story .which ends with bethrothnl or mari'iage is worth serious consideration exeppt as.a minor worJc of art or a merp entertainment.' .A , - rr/jdern love stoi'y whicfr asjiires to l>? a major work of art must pursue its 'theme to the logical con'clusion; must face facts*- and whether/ its end is a "happy" or "unhappy' , , ono it inuSt be an inevitable one. Is-the "unhappy" ending inevitable in the love, story which deals with the only big love problem—namely, the problem of love : after marriage? From the sentimentalist's point of view it is probably inevitable. But' tho sentimentalist's assumption that hero and heroine. "live happily ever after' is the assumption of a tool afraid of facts. ■ A' marnaje whifh, year' aftor. year, maintained' the ardour that is quite natural at the start would not really be'a happy marriage; it would only be a rather mart.marriage ; therefore, in a spiritual sense, almost as an unhappy marriage. Many a married couplo whoso affection appears to have become humdrum, and from whose union all romance has evaporated, look back on the early, passiouato years as tho unhappy ones-even the unbeautiful ones—and knou\ that the present' peace of perfect confidence and understanding represents the true "happy ending" of their'story. But this "happy ondiug" is only, reached after a long journey, and it is tho. description of this journey, the analysis of its Spiritual adventures, which constitute- the'worth-while love story demanded by the intelligent twentieth century reader, who.-asks not that ho should be drugged by the sensuous walk-tunes o'f erotic'literature.-or-gal-vanised-by its-comedy ragtimes, but that a clear light should be .thrown tin this marriage question—that is, on the most vital question in his own and his neighbours'.lives. ■ ' For falling in love, and tfe-qing, and honeymooning nre'a'short—arid easy—episode; but marriage is long and difficult. Marriage, to many, is life itsolf—or jl living death. When .the hero wine the heroine, that 13 no truo triumph in comparison with the claim, thirty or forty years later, that • neither ho nor ehc regrets it. And the author who enn write a novel in which this claim ■is convincing has written what the world wants—a good love story.—(By Ward M'uii , in"London "Daily Mail.-')

The fortnightly rnesting .of ■ the Wellington South Nursinj- Division \vi\s held in the Newtown Library on Tuesday evening, with Mrs. Barltrop in chargo. Eoller bandaging was practised.