WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 233, 26 June 1919, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. Norman Bcetham has returned to Mnaterton from a three weeks' visit to Duuedin,

The .enjjaßeinent is announced of Miss Eva Theodora' Connelly, fifth daughter a( Mrs. Connelly, of Carnarvon, to Mr, Glenn Rao M'Kenzie, yomijjost boii of Mrs. T. M'Kenzie, "Clydesdale," Carnarvon.

An appeal for old linen is made by tho District Nursing . Guild of St. John. Towels also will be much appreciated. During''-the'course of their work the district nurses have much need for both, and supplies are very low at the present time., ;

Madame Marie Power, thq Dunedin contralto, who has been singing so successfully under, J. and. N. Tait's management (with tho German naval surrender picture) has been engaged by the Auckland Male Choir to sing at its festival in Auckland on July 24.

A. despicable act was committed at ono of the Auckland picture theatres on Saturday ovening. A girl, who was occupying ono of the Seats, discovered on leaving the theatre that n portion of ■ her dross, measuring several inches square, had been cut out, thus completely Spoiling the garment. '■ The matter has been reported to tho police. ■ ; ■

The Belgian Government has decided to award a .posthumous Legion of Honour to Nurse Cavell! The terms of the award read: "Nurse Gavell was tho initiator of an organisation destined to ensure} the revictualling lodging,. and repatriation of soldiers, French and Allied, held within the German lines."

It is said that Canada, has. named one. of her mountains the Edith Cavell Mountain. The mountain is a curious natural formation, which looks at a. distance like tiie'figure" of a nurse holding aloft a torch. 'Cavell Mountain is next to one bearing the niune, fitly enough, of Mount Sorrow. • . . ...... . :

At last night's. , meeting held to urge that women sanitary inspectors be «p----.pointed, Mies Butler,-who was asked.to tell how the/experiment of women inspectors was_sucoeeding imAiickland, ..said that so far it was too soon to judge. ..Tho appointment was.too new.-. She knew Miss Maynard, who had a great deal to do with tho work of women sanitary inepeotors at Homo, and she had.been able to gather eome idea of the necessary qualifications for the work there. Thewomen were very carefully selected and they were specially, trained. They needed legad knowledge, scientific training, more than ordinary. common eense, a greatjleal of courage, for they had to go into some ugly places and among unruly pedplo sometimes, a great deal of patience, and a great deal of titlct. It was essential to get the right kind of people for the take" of'the city, and for tho eako of the system, because, they.did not want to get'the doors closed against them from the start. At Homo, the introduction of women sanitary, inspectors had been, opposed at first by the employers; in the cities, however, the opposition was keenest amongst the employees, and the eight of one was hailed with as much annoyance as was,that of. the police. Miss Butler thought that the work carried out by the Nursing Guild in Wellington was a specially valuable one because it. was giving better ideas to people who 'were, unfavourably circumstancedi and it was also paving the way for women sanitary inspectors.'

Mrs. Hallam save a very enjoyable afternoon tea at lier residence, Shannon, lost Tuesday afternoon to farewell Mrs. Bydo, president of the Shannon Bed Cross Guild, who, with her family, is leaving the district early next month. A delightful afternoon tea was- serv&l in the dining-room, also an , exerting' com?ctition was indulged in, entitled '"A 'arty at the . Zoo. Mesdames Pickett, Farther, and Miss Hyfoj t/ed for fast place, eventually Miss Hyde winning, Iwing' presented with a silver- cup, tlio gift' of Tilr. Hallnm. Mrs. Pickett presented v-Mrs. 'Hydo. ; with, an 'aiitograph book, being a small lnemenlo from her Hed Cross workers." '

1} An Afternoon Tea at the Pioneer Club, fc • In pleasant contrast to their labours \ was tho'afternoon tea'with which Mrs. Hanan and Mrs. W. J. Anderson ■enter- . tained tho members of the Education ! Council, at present sitting, in confevencc ; in Wellington, yesterday.' Tho Pioneer Club .room, in which the tea was given, with die cheerful fire, shaded lights, and big bowls of foliage, intermingled with .'scarlet berries, was very, cheerful, and 'cosftlooking; to those- who had been facing the cold wind arid heavy rain out- . side. Small tables,, arranged .with scarlet berries, birch foliage, and l'.reesins, - t'ho heralds of a niuch-looked-forward-to spring to those of a hopeful temperament, had been set aside for tea, and after it had been served Mrs. Anderson sang two or,three songs, which were very much enjoyed (bar accompaniments being played by Mrs. Brown), and Mr., von Haast also eang. Altogether' a very pleasant time was passed with music and conversation,.-. Mrs, Hanan unfortunately .was unable to. be. present through indisposition, but her husband, the Hon. J. Hanan, Minister of Education, came later in tho afternoon. Mrs. Anderson, with her husband, D.h W. J. Anderson, Director of Education, received, thn guests,, among whom were Sir? Robert and ' Lady Stout, the Mayoress, Mrs. j'.' l P. . Luke, Miss Butler, (Auckland), , ' Professor ■ J. Maomillan Brown, Mr. J. Caughley, Mr.-ahd-Mrs. Speucer, Mr. and Mrs. von Haast, Mr. T. B. Strone (Wanga- . nui), Mr. . M'Callum, M.P. (Blenheim), Mrs. Bates,' Mis/. Brown, ■ Mr. .and Mrs. Tenitant, .- Miss , Phoebe Myers, Mr. Kirk (Gisbornb), the Hon. D. T. Fleming, IX.L.C. (BalclutUa), Mr. W. M. Hamilton (Chiistc'hurch), Mr, T. u. Wells (Auckland),' Mr. Eudcy (Dunedin), Mr. V. H. Caninbell (Dunedin), Miss E. \ A. Chaplin (Christchurch), Mr. E. C Bunk-. (Matnma, Auckland). Mrs. Anderson was in blacJc velvet, with a high swathed belt, the upper part of tho corsago being of black net and lace over white. Her wide hat, with drooping brim,, was also of black velvet. Women's Part in Civic Life. I At the meeting held /in the Pioneer I Club last ovening with regard to the appointment of women sanitary inspectors Miss Coad, in urging their necessity, naid they were told that women for this position.rnust hayo almost every qualification under the sun. She did not think the men had shown they possessed 1 these qualiHcations, In such a matter I as this women were apt to think that it. did not matter, it did not touch them, did not affect them financially or in any ulherVway. Civic affairs, however, touched women very closely.- Mothors who wanted good conditions for their children Should co-operato ' with the Women's National Council in their eftort to improve tho city; housewives who found endless worrits attached to tho provision of food and clothing, and teachers who realised tho value of environment upon .. children should surely know how all theso were affected by civic affairs, nnd how their interest and efforts could improve them; Unless present conditions were altered women did not justify their existence as citizens, Tho health of the city waS very much their affair, and they had the beginnings in Wellington of somo of .fiomo very nasty specimens of sluimlom. That was what it was so, necessary to prevent.

. Mrs. liolloston hns just received a large shipment of Imperial Hair Slain from London. This etain is permanent, harmless 'to tho scalp and produces ;i glossy appearance, lteconimended for home use. Price, is. Cd. and Bs. 6d.; poslago Od. extra. Address 25G Lambton Quay.— Advt.

In one of her marvellous scientific hair treatments Hiss Jlileoin can do mors for the scalp than a whole year's treatment with clcctricilj or vibro. One (10s. Ort.J or two of these treatments will cleanse this scalp from impurities, and set it into groivinK activity, the special Hair Tonic, ss. (id.. Miss Milsom, Qi Uillis Street. •'Phone BU.-Advt.

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"Our City" in, unfortunately, ils most unattractive aspects, was the subject of a meeting held nt tho Pioneer Club'lost •-'veiling, uriidef tho auspices cf the Women's National Council. Tho speakers were Mrs. Moorhoiise, Mrs. Luke, 'Jliss Robieson, Nurse Macaiidrow and 'Nurse I'iclipriiig (district nurses), Miss Butler (■Auckland),' and Miss Chaplin. Miss Coad, SI.A., presided. 11l opimins tho meeting Miss Coad exAtneu that it liad been called as an aftermath of the deputation winch hau n-aitat upon tlio Mayor and City lon.iioil n short time ago to urge that women should be appointed ns sanitary inspectors to the city. From many of the workers who had been combating tho influenza opidemic they had heard of Hie great need for women in such positions. Tho Mayor had announced himself as 'belli"'very favourable to tho , proposition, ibut although the City Council had since met they had heard nothing further of tho matter. Mrs. MoorhousD. president of tho District Nursing Guild of St. John, was the first to bo called upon to speak, mid she briefly-explained tile nature of the w'oik which the district nurses belonging to the guild--were called upon to do. At the first call the nurses, of whom there were hvo, -would attend cases, and their .first question was, if it were a mso for the do'.'tor—"Have yoiii had a doctor?" bocause above- all . things they did not wish- to break in upon tho' doctor's ground and transgress medical etiquette. They had their cottage in Ghussnee Street, at which patients who.were well enough would call, obtain advice if necessary, have their dressings done, and there the nurses wero to be found from half-pitst eight in tRo morning till halfpast niifi, when they'began their rounds, ono going to one part of the city, the other to another, till they covered their calls. • In -the afleanoon they-, were 67) duty at tho office from four to half-past five, and on Sundays each took an altefrtato day. Nurse Macandrew had been one-of the nurses'for some years, aiid tihey • now had. .Nurse Pickering and Nurse llai'tin.

Nurso Macnndrew. gave an interesting resume of certain aspects of tho work as it had appeared to her, and also touched" iipoii experiences' whielr itnd occurred some time ago. When sho began twelve years aga the Plunket nurses hful been but little heard of in Wellington, and St. Helens Hospital was Jmt little known. Since then, however,"' they had como very .much into prominence, and many of the cases which would otherwise come under tho district nurses' care had gone to the one or the other of tho latter. Aβ an example of some of the insanitary conditions which had come under her observation, Nurse Macandrew described a room which was over a etable loft, and there her patient lived. Fresh air was an impossibility. If tho window or the door were opened, the smells from the stablo rushed' in. " Their "work-n-as sometimes very hampered by bnd conditions for which people were often nft responsible themselves. The women doctors had done much to help by their sympnthy and advice, but even they could do little against eome of the conditions in which Bouio people lived, and could not take the place 'of women eanilnry "inspectors.. Women were often ■ very shy:, of- speaking to men about unsatisfactory conditions. Men,as sanitary inspectors have had their chance, and she considered they had failed. Women inspectors with tact and judgment could do very great good. knrse Macandrew ended by-paying a .very sincere tribute to the late Mrs.-Rhodes, who had been- president of the-guild tor some time, and in referring to their present president, Mrs. Moorhouse, she said nothing more could be-said than that they all loved her. . The Mayoress (Mrs. Luke) was another speaker, and she expressed herself .-as being, (jrcntlj- in favour.,of., women sani-tary-inspectors.' One case-that , had come to 'her knowledge that evening, was that of a woman, her husband, and five children, who all lived in one room. A man inspector had been there, and ho had told them they niiist get. out, and tho unfortunate woman was expecting shortly to be confined. .Where were they, to go to? There were no' rdoms'(o'bo' - haa;; no small cottage for-people .with.five children They .nil-know the treatment Ihnt: was meted out'to people with children, and she did not know what would happen to Vthe country -when family, were .so penalised. No woman, no children could 1)0 healthy living in such circumstances as these. They wanted women who could ■see beyond camouflage, beyond the outside of. buildings, and see what wns wrong , , nnd she honed pressure would be brought upon the City Council to get women of the right kind appointed. • ..',., Nurse Pickering; one of the-district nurses, nlsolspokci and briefly described her work. ' Many of the houses into whiclr they went were very old and draughty, and tho surroundings were not such"" as'would mako for health.. , • Another speaker was Miss ..-Kobieson; who spoke of some of the conditions she had come across when working: dnrin? tho epidemic. ' In ono.placd.'.a'.man occupied two rooms. In one he lived, mid in tho. other he kept fowls. Unless fte city-weto made clenner and healthier it would be impossible to make people refined- and' with , a" preference, for. .better surroundings-.' = Aβ -it-was, -many -women would be induced to keep their homes in better order if (hey were not old and broken dowfl, and badly placed to begin with Miss Hobieaon mentioned a case in which, thrco.houseswero. being built in'ono'.of.the suburbs. ; limwes-'tnero was but..one:'.waslihpttso, to be' , iised in common, , and between-, two ot them , -.but' , oiie. liivhfory.:;' df the horrible habit of ,'rhicli wns eo rnrapunt;.:.nna which-was responsible'for '.disseminating.; epidemics.

The 'concert in aid■'•:of.:-the- • Kelburn Church bnildinit.fiind, which was organ-; isciVbv Jitr. Eodney Patikliuvst, was lieltl in St. Peter's schoolrbbm on Tuesday evening and was an unqualified success, practically every item beiiig.enoored. , rhoquarret,: "A-:Kerry by Misses K- Driscoll nnd G; Wntkins nnd Messrs. (iioudie nnd Ilxton, was specially enjoyable 'Mr. Extpn. who had just returned, from the front r tlwt morning, kindly consenting: to'take- tho part of Mr. Hellish; who was unable to, appear. Other excellent ■ items were a character sketch' by Mr. L, , A'. Eiddel, and dances rendered bv hvo littlp pupils .ofi; Miss Carwelltooke.- . '■'.• ■■■ ; .■;

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Ladies are advised, to send their Furs to a really Qualified Furrier for remodelling. Our Fur -Department is in the hands of an experienced Continental Furrier. Fur Coats remodelled and rclined with special Fur Coat Satin; guaranteed for 2 seasons. Coleinan, Ladies'. Tailor and Furrier, 231 Lambton Quay.Advt.

Nin that cold in the bud by treating it instantly with "NAZOL laken on sugar or iiihalod. "NAZOL" never fails. -Advt. ' ' '

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