WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 234, 27 June 1919, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

The wedding took place last week at Ho.y Trinity Church, .Patea, of- Mr. David Duncan, of Greymouth, and' Miss Florence' Booth, only ■daughter of Mr. G. W. Booth, of the-Bank of Australasia, Patea, and Mrs. Booth. At afternoon tea, following,the ceremony, thobrido cut the wedding cake with the sword of het grandfather, Lieutenant Hunter, who fell at Te Ngutu-o-te-Mauu, where Major von Tetupsky was also killed. . '•' ,

An "at home" by members of, the Featherston Branch of the Bed Cross Society was held last week to show theiiesteem and appreciation for their president, Mrs. Q. Donald. During the afternoon Mrs. W. Toogood presented Mrs. Donald on behalf of the members with a, silver tea tray and cake basket, suitably inscribed, as a small token of appreciation of all the excellent work she had done in connection with the Red Cross Society and Lady Liverpool Equipment Fund.

In the course of a lecture given at the Grafton Library, Auckland, on Tuesday evening, Miss. Melville said there had been a great deal of talk about tho high wages paid to women 'in England, but it could' bo shown, that the bulk of them had been ■very poorly-paid, girls from 28 to 35 re.ceiving on an average 95.. a.-week with a war bonus of ltd. Elderly women in tho pottery districts had been paid 10s. for a 18-hour week. In some eases women had made from ,£2 10s. to £1 a week, but these were exceptions.. On the whole the wages paid were low, and -it was impossible to avoid the conviction that-in a great many cases advantage had been taken of tho patriotism of the women'to exploit their labour.

Dr. Platts-Mills, who has been seriously indisposed for, the past three weeks,; is re. ported to be making a satisfactory recovery.

Miss ,H. B; Cooper, associate to Mr, Justice Cooper, is staying at Miss Malcolm's, The Terrace. - ■ .•

A wedding of local interest took place, in Edinburgh on May 8;- when Miss Edith' Morrison, daughter of Mr. J. L. Morrison, of Forglen, Maurice .Terrace, wasi innr- . riejl to Major T. F. (Eric) Corkill, of Oriental Bay, who was released 'frofn service with the R.A.MIC. if.few days be. fore. The bride, who had just arrived from New Zealand, had Miss Massey for her bridesmaid, and 2nd lieutenant Harold Corkill, R.F.'A.. was the best man. A number ; of New Zealand ■ and other friends were present at the' church am," at a reception held afterwards at the NortTi British Hotel, where, they were received by Mrs. T. E. - Corkill'in tlie-aK sence of the bride's parents., The bricK pair afterwards left' for tlio English Lakes, where they spent a few days before going to London in order that Major Corkill might attend ; an - investiture at Buckingham Palace, and receive a'bar to his Military ..Cross.

Nurses Morrison, Mackay, .Burnett, Kerr, and Williams liavo resigned from the staff'" of the. 1 "Wellington Hospital,' Their resignations were accepted by the Wellington Hospital Board at: yesterday's meeting. '~.''

Writing-to a Wellington friend, a. New Zealand lady at. the present lime visiting England, says:—"Everything just now seems to be in a great state of transition, and indeed one might say, hiuddleJ ment, as -I suppose could only .be expected. Just to see the 'workers' lighting to got on the buses and trams that carry (hem-to their wretched homes-is'to niako one gather some idea of why there is such discontent and a determination not to get back permanently to old conditions. There is a great outcry about the 'out-of-work pay' .;wkich...is,'i being given' to so niany people; and/of- courso iti'niiisV be''demoTalismg ) ,',.liut?:jbn the. other hand; what about tho .coal royalties belonging to people'who--have done so tittle to justily their existence, as some of these owners have? Water here is- intensely, hard;.;.'full of" chalk;' and it is very hard to get it hot.' At an hotel at'w'hich'l.stayed shortly after landing there were 50 people-resident in it, and there was not a bathrcohrin the whole place. Hat' water for shallow hip baths had to be carried .into 'every room. It may have been exceptional—but still, there it was." ■■" ' ■

'Nurso Webster; of tlio Oranga' Private! Hospital, Wakefield (Nelson), has been appointed, to''the .position of sister m chafe of itlio Picton Maternity Home,- m place of Nurse Gibson,'who recently,resigned.. Nurse Webster commences her new duties on Jul}' ?■■■.. ...

• Sister B. G.. qVa.I.M.N.SJJ," (Te iute), who has been at the '■! Military Hospital at Pclixtowe for : tho. past year, is now at the Pargo Military Hospital on Salisbury Plain -(says a London correspondent)'. /' ■ , ,'•

Sister E. M. Fitzgerald ,(Bltham) is returning to New' Zealand by;the Kuahine.

Mrs.' M. Taylor, of Kolbum, and hei daughter, Miss.vP. K. Taylor, are leaving for" En-land." Miss Taylor intends to finish her medical course at the Loudon University.

Tho Misses Fnruuliar '(Dunedin)' have taken Mrs. Izard's house in Auckland for some months.

Nurso Adams'(Nelson) left for London at tho end of last week.

\t tho Cathedral, Nelson, the marriage took V-ace this week of Staff-Sergeant James Henry Nash, N.Z.M.C., second son of Mr and Mrs. N< H. Nash of Palmerston North, to Sister Hannah Carruthers, NZAN.S. only daughter of tho late Mr. and Mrs. J. Carruthers of Ne son. The bride was attended by J. 15 d'Bmden, N.Z.A.N.S., 'who, with the bride, had but 'recently returned ton servico in New Zealand hospitals in Prance and England. Corporal E. J. W^°\ ri # ■Wellington, was best man. Olio brio* was g veil away by Mr. T. Peltit a former Uavor of' Nelson. Both bride and bridegroom and their attendants vjore theii■uniforms.' Tho.eervice was perform, ed by Dean Weeks.

The Funeral of Nurse Cavell,

Air and "Mrs. Arthur Holmes have got to Balelutha to marriage of their son, Mr. Ivan .Holmes, to Miss. Nancy Lyall.

"What Dame Melba has' done in Melbourne, at tho Albert Street Iluteal Academy, where she has -.Mtablibhed a school for promising singers,«ho como rem .11 over the world for training given under her general supervision, so Ruth St. 'Denis, the famous dancer, prop*es. to do for aspiring dancers, says a palladia iiournal. "Miss St. Denis is wedded ♦o "hibought that only the highest, of Ideal" are worthy of thojrpat profession in which she is sneli a si.mmg light. Hci earnest devotion, to the higher PWesrt the theatre is. inspiring, and bUould be m.eWnplo to Hie.whole pr ession •Wherever I go,' «hc remarked in d re cent interview, "I am conrtantlj approached by young people who j ml to L dancers, singers, or actors l»e majority of them haven't a cent .0 tier mines, and ■ through' necessity thej...o forced to stifle their 'craving to o»-p ess themselves in art. Theyfollow tholino of least resistance and strive to lo.'gel °heii hopes. What I want to do is to help theae children, mullet them express themselves as they desire - - -I.is 0 obtain money for this .project that 1.0 famous dancer, ••ontinues en. the vuudc wlie stage." ~-, ...,';'. ~_ ■.

MATTERS OF INTEREST; FROM FAB AND-NEAR (By'lmogen.) '" ""■" * ' '''-'

"..The funeral procession of Nurse-'Cjivell .will stand apart'in the' memory of those who.were present as something different from anything Loudon had known, states ..it writer, in the' "Manchester Guardian.'" There: is 'no doubt, that; people at Home had .acquired in .the war something of a .surface.callousness towards death/of the soldiers at. the front. We had seen something;of the blind: brutalities : o'f- the war in tho air raids; .and great'popular proCessions, (unreported' at tho time) foli.lo'wed.niany of. the victims'.-to the grave, particularly in one case, .where a mother land six children. had. been'- killed in ' an t.iiistnnt in South London. We had had memorial' services.'.to great leaders—Lord -Kitchener's stands out—and to the dead of .many .regiments' and of many professions and trades, ;

■'•■• But this procession and • and service we're different from all others. People ■felt prouder,. I think,, that this woman was a countrywoman of theirs, and they .knew. that, her'name would ben star in pur history for all time, to cojne. However- passion- may. rage' at : the moment, her-, last words roust always return, to speak to' tho inner consciousness of '.the : raco: "But this I must say, standing as I do in view, of God arid eternity—l realise that patriotism is hot enough. I hi'ust have ho, hatred or bitterness':to•wards anyone."- This-message of forgiveness and .reconciliation' w-ill always remain, and. everyone know tltat it is'the voice,of the future. ...

■■' Yet it was, the death of Nurse, Cavell tho't-;bvbught soldiers out of the ground and. over the sea,. and men went into action shouting her name as thoy shouted the. name "L'usitariia." Her. death brought nearer,■ as it finallyroused the world to .what dull, inhumanity and horror 'the Gorman Government stood for. Rome women. ..whose.'.dust lay in the A'blie'y hid-facd violent jdpitlis as tranquilly as Nurse. Cavell, but. the. history of our islands has .no: story as -flrio.

Phc'iioth'inß'»fonihiori'-did-or-'mean-Upon that memorable scene. ■'■

She was a figure.' that .united,! the dual--ities that have, been disunited in.Eng-. : land in'the war. She nlmined and defied tlio enemy like a soldier'.- to \ save, -kef ■countryman, -and 'she succoured the enemy and wounded arid forgave Germany,'and • died with a .message of ..conciliation On .■her lips. ', , ■ " ' N.Z. Nurses' Memorial 'Fund, ...' In the second annual report of Hie Now Zealand' Nurses' Memorial Fund • it is ■stated that a substantial addition,to the .capital- fund..had been- made. during.tho •year,-as it. had' increased .from" to ,£5750. Tins .amount, however, isi'stillfar sliort ;of i the .sum required to..assiiro" .the adequacy of the resources"forv,the future.' The .increase ,of capital is largely: due to contributions of over .£3OO from-. Napier and of Smaller' amounts , from other-. p>aces;. .-The- Christchurch.. centre ■raised over .£BOO by a garden feto in..March, whiclv did-'not dome to hand ..in time to be dealt-with- in this year's ac- ■ counts. •■ -Interest- is. being shown. in the fund ill various centres." We understand, that, an effort is to bo,.made to raise ,£3OOO in Auckland, and'a. movement'.is■on foot to obtain money : in Ashburtdn,, though',.tho details of the,schemes have, not reached us. Jt is very desirablo that .the number of annual subscribers should be 'increased, and many, who,are. inter: •ested-in' the question of- providing. for sick; nurses, but. cannot, jafford'. a, large donation, might well give an ' annual-contribution-to swell'our revenue. Niirso James,, who 60 far has,been.-the.only ;■«-■ eipient of aid from f tke'fund, died .'on August 3.1 at. an .advanced .age. .The.Hospital Board.lias consented, to,the erectionin' tho hospital -precincts.of a .tablet to. perpetuate.tho-memory df.-this faithful old servant'of tho institution,-and-this, matter is, iri- : the •■ hands of.the .Trained -'Nii'rsesY.Association,' Tlio current,- year, it;.is,hoped,.,will.-Dring ill-. croase'to the- capital. A contribution'■ of ■.ovjjr' 'MW[ -Mle'cted' by: v Mrs,' Llidbro'ok; ' hrtyiiiE* b'iieii. received'' .from,, : tlio East Coast-, through, the is, ,a,gOod 'omen'in Itliis'./i.irection.;- The. year;opened by <t ;6'lnini'. for an .annuity. which ■ .will, absorb;:, 'about' one-fifth' ;of tho ,pre-. sent fixed income... This .claim,, from.the hatiire of.the'case,'is likely, to .remain in' force for .'many years',-and contributors to the fund can; feel' that. it. lias; begun .'to Carry out tho object for, which;,it 'was" initiated. .'..-.' , .''.-• ■ : ; Standardised' Clothes'.'..' "■'' .'.''"■'•.,"'■' "Standard" costumes. < are now selling ■ in many' West End shops, states a London correspondent.- • The; phrase suggests a. special cut, but. as a fact, the only things.standardised are- the cloth and the price. The costumes are made.frommaterial supplied 'by the ; -' Government, and are'sold l .a't a'fixed price, : i£3 15s.■Gd. The Government cloth has.much variety of colour and ■•texture,-and.'-the dressmakers have added a variety, of designs. The costumes, 'however, -'are.' ready-made, so the purchaser must lie near to one of the.'standard'sizes if tho wearer, is to bo comfortably fitted. ' The over-tall. or the ovsr-stout are doomed- to'disappointment, along with tho'-womah of minute proportions., - These' must got'tbeii-vcostumo9 made to order,"and'pay tlio ten or twelve guineas which ' are ;■ usually demanded.. The standard costume at .83 15s. Gd:, however, is a boon-td'many women of limited means. Knitted jersey's, worn with Scotch tartan skirts, are still popular for morning' wear. The jerseys can _bo bought at prices varying from a guinea to ten guineas, but clever women prefer to. knit their own'' jerseys. The skill '■with' the knitting-needle developed during the enrly days of. tho war ■is proving Valuable., ' "'.....

The. June, nuniber of the "Bed Cross Record" states, that- the concessions received by the New South Wales Red .Cross-Society from the.Cable Company, through the Information-Bureau and on behalf of friends, and relatives of soldiers, for cablegrams dispatched'and received amounted-to over .iaU.OOO; -In, the same issue tho president, ■ of . tho Australian division of the- society (Lady Helen Munro Ferguson), refers-to-the fact that .in the constitution of the 'League of Nations a special clause has been inserted imposing upon ;every country within tho League'the duty of encouraging and supporting a Eed Cross society. 'Her Excellency..,, urges. the' maintenance"of the-society-to carry through .the peace programme of the Red.; Cross.: