WOMAN'S EWORLD.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 250, 16 July 1919, Page 4

WOMAN'S EWORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST- FROM FAB AND NSA&

(By Imooeh.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. J. L. Jtorrison, The Terrace, and hor daughter, Mrs. C'. Onkley-Clnrke, returned by (:ho Manuka' from Sydney on Monday. Nurse Morion, who is leaving Featherston, was tho (?urst of honour ati a farewell gathering iield at the vicaragdi Foathorston, last week. - The rooms had boon prettily decorated with flowers, and several' musical 'items, which added io tho pleasure of all present, were fiiven. Tho hostesses wero Sirs. Barley and Mrs. Bnrtlett, and -Miss Card (Mayoress), on belinlf of Nurse Morion's friends, preher with a travelling rug and silk kimono,' at tho same time referring to Nur.so Morton's unselfish work in nurs-. ing during her stay in Fcathersion, Tho engagement is announced of Miss Iris Woodlwmso, eldest daughter of Mr, and Mrs, E. W. Woodhouse, of Wellington, to Lieutenant C. S. Atnioro, M.C!., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Atmore, of Napier. Tho annual meeting and election of officers of the Ladies' .Auxiliary. Wellington Boys' Institute and S. A. Ehodes Home for Boys, was held in the Institute on Monday afternoon. Mrs. J. Hislop was in tho chair. Apologies for absence wero received from Alesdames G. Moore, ,T. Bruce Christie, A. Wilson, and G. B. Brown. Subscriptions of 2s. 6d. each wero received from Mesdanies Stanton, Meier, G. Troup, .T. ; Hislon, Parton, and Miss Gilchrist. The "election of officers was ns follows:—Hon. president; Mrs. W. H. S. Moorihouscj president, Mrs. J. Hislop; ' vice-presidents, Mes'damos ,T. I{. GiWxms, C. Jfoore, T,. T. Watkms; hon. secretary, Airs. G. E.' Brown; assistant secretary, -Mrs. I'arton; hon. treasurer, Mrs. G. T. Bell,

Sister G. M. Guthrie, daughter of tho Hon. D. H. Gu.tlirio, Minister of.Lands, was a passenuer from Sydney by the Manuka. Sister Guthrie., has been* with (hi! Australian N-ir.iing Service for tho past four years, and has been ou service abroad for the whole time, with the. exception of a.sick lcavo rest in Keiv Zealand some two years ago., A private danco organised by a com* mittee, consisting of the Misses Taylor, Iveogh, Fitzgibbon, Messrs. Berthold, Campbell, and Krause, was hold in St. Anne's Hall, Green Street, last evening, and was very successful. Thero was a large attendance of dancers, and the hall -had ..been, prettily decorated for the occasion. The chaperoucs wero Mrs.' Koogh and Mre. Clark'. Tho Returned Soldiers' Club onLnnibton Quay was a very busy place yesterday, when a large numbor of returned soldiers from the transport Kigoiua (somo with their next-of-kin) made their way there after disembarkation. The ladies in charge of' the refreshments, Mcedamos Do Castro, Hopo Lewis, C. AYilson, Davi?s, Batten, C. Barle, Carter, and the Misses Jladdison (2), Marks, Little (2), Vickorman, and Howifct, had a very busy time during the earlier part of tho day before tho greater uuinber ot tho men entrained for their destinations elsewhere. Much appreciation of tho club's hospitality was expressed by many of tho returned soldiers, somo of whoii) wero very frank in their criticism of tho food supplied on tho transport. Mrs. A. Gray acted as hostess for tho occasion, and Mr. Maxwell, tho chairman of tho Clubhouse Society, and Mr. Calicndordid much to assist in looking after the returned soldiers' requirements. Tho Wellington Nursing Division of St. John Ambulance Brigade intend to welcome Lieutenant-Colonel Barclay and ad _ returned brigado members at a social evening to bo hold in tho Esperanto

Mrs. Reynolds (Dunodin) and tlie Misses Reynolds (3) returned to Now Zealnud by tne Kigoma yesterday from England, where they had been' staying i'or tho past few years, and where tlxo Misses Reynolds Ikivo done a considerable amount cf wo,r ivork. During the first year after the. outbreak of war Miss Maud Reynolds was . a masseuse at Walton-on-Thames, and after that she entered some of the big .London hospitals, | and for the next-three years and a half studied medical electrical treatment undor noted medical men. Tho work is extraordinarily interesting, and covers very wide field, some wonderful cures being effected by this means. Miss Reynolds is of the opinion that a medical electrical " department, however, should only be run in conjunction with a medical man. Miss Rachel Reynolds • did canteon work for some time, and Mi» Vidft Reynolds was a V.A.D. for a while. Later she turned to massage and also .to.medical electricity with a view to assisting her sister later on. Wedding' at Masterton. At .Knox Church, Masterton, on June 2<i, Miss Elma May Stewart, daughter of Mrs. Alex. Stewart, Masterton, was married to Mr; Clive Matthews, son of Mr. 11. .J. Matthews,.J?.itzroy, New:.Plymouth. .The 'bride, who was given' away by'her brother, Mr. Norman Stewart, wore a frock of pale blue georgette, and a handsomo veil of tulle and silk point. Miss Alexa Stewart, sister of the bride, attended as bridesmaid, and woro a frock of emerald green georgette, over bine satin. Mr. George Fookes, qf New Plymouth, cousin of the bridegroom, acted' as best man. The Rev.- G. T. Brown was the officiating, clergyman. Luncheon was served after the ceremony at the AVenvoe Tea Rooms, and later the bride and bridegroom left by motor for Wellington, en route for tho South Sea Islands. ' A School for Disabled Soldiers. At Chailey, Sussex, a school lias existed for many years in order to prepare armless and legless boys and girls to earn their own living, states an exchange. A scheme to apply the same training to maimed soldiers was begun . within a fortnight after the outbreak' of war. The crippled boys built huts for themselves, left, the school buildings fur the uso of the soldiers, and shared teachers and work with' them. The combination of Monte&sori babies, raidshocked, children, crippled boys and soldiers ga've quite a ftunLy feeling to the place. An atmosphore of work lind "hominess" was established, and. -the children actually conspired to make the soldiers try to bo useful, for at first they were often bo depressed that tlioy lind no heart to do, anything. They soon learned ~to perform feats as astonishing as those done by the boys. Eacli wounded man has a small orderly similarly handicapped as himse'.f. If ho has one arm, the orderly has one arm; if one j leg, tho orderly lias one leg. The babies aro a great comfort to the men. Music takes a great part in the training. The men form tho village choir, learn songs anil glees of many kinds, and givo entertainments all round the neighbourhood. Many delightful views have been shown of men working on the land, in the piggery, in the conservator?, gardening, making baskots, rabbit hut'dies, embroidery, repairing boots, and at schodl writing with their toes. An unwritten law lias grown up to tho ell'cct that 110 billiards or games may be played until after tea. Strenuous industry i through the day greatly increased the ! enjoyment of the games later. | The Nursing of Tubercubus Patients, i It is very important that those who ! at lend to' tuberculous patients should en--1 deavour-to keep perfectly well in every : way in order to maintain the highest : possible d?greo of resistance (writes I "Nursing Mirror.") iMiceeswui woculaj tioii by tlw 'bacilli can only result if : the dosage bo sullicieuriy missive or if j tho power of the blood and tissues bo Mow par. It is a safe rule for anyone | living with or nursing cases of tuberculI osis to carefully obsorvo personally the I hygienic, principles underlying sanatorium treatment, especially those relative to fresh air, nourishing food, ami rest. Night and day, as far as possible, such porsons should live in tho (.pen. When within doors windows should always lie widely open. Meals should bp taken regularly nnd in abundance. At no time should work bo allowed so to encroach on tho hours of sleop or of recreation as to lender tho workers tired and unfit.

Serious Dancers. I wundor, says the "Man About Town" in the l/oiidoii "livening News," .if our ancestors and took their Ualiving as seriously as we do in tntse days. I was watching 11.-o dancers at the Hj do i'ark Dance Hub I lie other day, and whatever weircl antics lliey wero ptrloniiing tho expreasion oil'their .laches was onu of tlcadly earnestness or acute misery. Yet I suppose 11,ey \>'ere enjoying themselves, or they would not have been there. The room was well filled, and the dancing floor was crowded, and even when the delicious tea was served the couples allowed it to stew unheeded wliilo they jnzzed and cne-stepped and fox-trotted indefatigalily v-ith'.lho fame unbroken gravity. Buc r.o rnc evinced a sign of enjoyment, ibo attitude of the dancers reminded me of that passage in "Bleak House" where I'sther describes the danco she had with tho schoolboy. "We danced for an hour with great gravity," she said, "the melancholy child doing wonders with his lower extremities, in which there seemed lo be somo sense of 'enjoyment, though.it never rose above hit waist," ' DEVASTATED FRANCE A NEW ZEALAND GIEL'S EXmu'EXOE. Tho following letter was written to a Wellington friend bya .New Zealand girl who has boon working in a canteen in France for some time:— "Wo started our trip to tho lattlefields Tuesday, Aluy 13. It'was a perfect morning. Miss came for us in the ear at S a.m. Wo went into Dieppe and picked up a Mrs. , wife of a captain., tie was coming with us, but in a side car with his man. We went ihrough Eu and on to Abbeville, and then on to Lillo tho first day. The whole place was particularly interesting, especially to see the big trees where the Germans had put ill huge iron Gtepa.to the top, and a little seat up thero for tho sniper or man to delect tho guns. Tho roads aro still hunij with, screening stuff, made of wire netting and green lags, so that tho road' cannot be seen from a distance. We saw ouo dead tree, which was realiiy all iron; it stond by the road in a row of dead Irees, but had a little door where the. sniper could mount to the top and be quite near tho German lines. Lillo was most interesting; now lull of people again, but v.ery -knocked/about in place*, .and all tho brass taken oft the doors and shops by. the Germans. Our.pillows wero only stuffed with hay in the Hotel Anglcterre. The Boeho lud taken all tho propor pillows. When the Germans found they had to retreat- they immediately sent to Germany and got jots of English and French flags made and sold them to tlie civilians More they retreated. We left Lillo at 8.30 next morning, but had tlie most interesting trip all through La Basse, and on to Lons, which was a huge town of over 100,(KIO inhabitants, and now thero nro not two bricks loft on top of caoh other. It is a complete wreck. \\ r G also went through linpaumo and Peroiiiie, which.are nothing but a mass of bricks. Wo went over tho historic Vimy Ridgo. where so many Canadians fought ami died. The Wonder is so mniiy eame out alive. Wo nalked on the ridge and went down a dugout which was very wet nnd damp. ITow the men lived in them I cannot imnginc. Even now if. is dangerous to touch anything, because so many traps were left by tho Germans. AH rouin} thoreare so many little graveyards. We passod a quite mngmficcnt German cemetery, wliichvuust linvo teen liuulo a year or two. Wo came to Arras for lunch. That place has been terribly knocked about, but the peopls ;.rc quickly i-3 turn ing, and wo got a rwifly excellent lunch in a Jiittlo restaurant where tho man cook had lived in BligliVv, and could talk English. AVo went to Dethuiio and Albert, but we had not nearly enough time for them all, and thero. was so much of interest to see; '

All along' tho sides of. tho' loads', aro mnsses of stuff being collected. All the different coloured labourers, Cingalese, £Mii/wn6n, ,ind hundreds 'jf Goniuui prisoners clearing up the mess they liavo !. ,' ,T llpre is barbed wiro scattered atl round to stock all tho runs in i\ew Zealand,and such vicious stuff, too—barb two inches.- In one of •u \"?, riw sl,m,ts much blocked with fallen rubbish a car blocked tho It: only had to move 100 yards to . ss , — nrgued heaiedly uitii tho driver, who refused to move hirc car-said wo could back round another way—but Miss — was not taking any. bho just put speed on, we bumped nnd soared over tlie piles of stones and rub* bish and came safely through, leaving tho Frenchman f>{?hnst. We had several punctures, but Miss — took off tvres and wheels as though they were no many lpols of cotton on a sewing -machine, Wn en me home through Amiens, which is a beautiful city. We had tea there, and just had time to rush-into the Cathedral, which is all heavily up inPide and, luckily,-was.not much damaged. There was a poor old Scotch couple who had come out to. see the. grave of. their son near La Basso. They .seemed r>o lost and .bewildered...:-It.. would be :a terriblo ordeal going through all that devastated country where one's son- had died, though it. must Hook infinitely better now than two months Ago. Nature covered up all the gaps and shell-holes M'ith soft green pass and dandelions. :But T should hato to say T had lost anyone'there and realise the awful discomfort tho men . had to put up with. In-six months' t'rtne there will be nothing hiiioh left-to-see. - Tliev nro jriready plou?hjnfr'and .fillih«.in . all the shell holes and .trenches, and in a short time the 'country will nisablo but for the poor trees cut down and tho wrecked houses. 'You, can set hears of shell enses up there, jhey arii all lying in dumps beside the road.' We took ono each, but- they are an awful weight;; but I mean to bring mine-home, as I picked it up at Bapaume mvself. We got back again at 9.30—a glorious soft moonlight night. The (lowers around here are beautiful. We have the most heavenly walks,' the fields full of bowslips—sonic'a foot li.ght I have counted as many as fifty flowers on one head—bluebells, violets, and applo trees, cherry treas, p'.um and blackthorn. I liavo never in my life seen anything ■like tho spring in this part of France. ■