A WORTHY APPEAL

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 48, 20 November 1926, Page 19

A WORTHY APPEAL

FOR MOTHERLESS BABES. Excellent work is being done for babies at the St, Barnabas Home for Motherless Babes, at Kliandallah. The home is open to motherless and necessitous babies ot all denominations from the Wellington province; no difference is made, and no religion is a bar. In three years some sixty little ones have passed through the home. Such is the constant demand on its accommodation, however, that the existing old two-storied house is hopelessly inadequate for the urgent need of the babies aud staff, and it is imperative to find reasonably’ comfortable quarters for them. A building on one floor is required, which will meet the needs of the babies, especially in regard to nurseries, playing veranda, sufficiently’ large kitchen, suitable bathrooms and lavatory, etc. At present for a bathroom and lavatory they have what was the butler’s pantry" of the old house. The sum of £6OOO is urgently required to build a new home, which will supply the pressing need of the little ones. 'Io secure the erection oi this the “Babies’ Home Campaign Committee” was formed, and has been steadily working for some time. It is composed of Mr. Frank Hurley (chairman), Mesdames M. Crompton Smith, S. P. Andrew, AL Watts, Misses S. A. Cowles, L. B. Greig, Rev. R. G. Finch, Messrs. M. Crompton Smith, R. G. C. Fitch, H. C. Heays, M. S. Galloway, C. H. Seville, J. Rusden Salt, H. J. M. Tomlinson (hon. secretary), H. T. Marshall (organiser). The committee appeals to the people of Wellington aud district to assist in finding the money required. It is felt that in this approaching Christmas season kindly thoughts will ensure something for these motherless babes. The campaign has already commenced in various country’ districts, and many' booklets have been distributed. Amongst other activities in the city, a street day collection has been arranged for December 10, under the auspices of the Rev. T. Fielden Taylor. The committee would be grateful to hear from those willing to work in this campaign for such a worthy cause. Donations, which will be acknowledged in the Press, may be sent to the lion, secretary, P.O. Box 729 or to the office of the organiser, Mr.* 11. T. Marshall, 35 Johnston Street.

The engagement is announced of I’hvllis Eunice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. B. Gray, late of Wellington, to William Mowbray, son of Mr. and Airs. S. C. Barraud, of Lower Hutt, and nephew of Mr. W. A. Mowbray.

All kinds of paints, oils, and varnishes are rather difficult to remove. If vou lake, however, some carbon trachloride (obtainable from the drug store), and rub the material with this, afterwards rubbing well with benzine, the stain will be removed. Hair Brushes. —Wash brushes frequently in hot water to which a little soda has been added, taking care that only the bristles are in the water. Rinse thoroughly in cold water, shake and dry in the open air, not before a fire.

The stockings now displayed in the shops as the latest novelties are extraordinarily elaborate —possibly more* elaborate" than they have been since Louis XIV. held sway in France (says an overseas exchange). There arc stockings of a pearly, neutral tint, with several blue birds in glittering beads flying through a foam of spangles. Stockings with embroidered flowers worked on them, aud even with lace insertions, have been on view, but they do not seem to have found much favour in the sight of the average woman, who prefers the really good silk article, with the open-work or worked silk stockings, usually of a pale flesh or biscuit tone. Verysheer silken black stockings have been worn a little during the last two months, but they have not attained a lasting popularity, for they are surely most uninteresting beside the lovely delicacy of “pearl ash” and “moth’s wing.” Some of the silken stockings made with open-worked clocks are of an almost incredible cobweb fineness.

Having shared with an uncle the task of navigating a 30-year-old exnaval pinnace 3000 miles through the Baltic and across Germany and the North Sea, Miss F. G. Knowles-l'oster, a young novelist, of Tapestry Hall, Old Windsor, collapsed in the last moments of her arduous journey, says the “Daily Mail.” After Miss KnowlesFoster and her 61-year-old uncle. Commander Derwent Simmonds, and their crew —one boy—had got their fltons craft safely back to Windsor, examination bv a specialist revealed that in addition'to her nerves and heart having been affected by the stiain, she had travelled hundred's of miles with a torn arm muscle and a broken finger. Yet she had made the navigation of the Thames on the last stage, of the journey her own task. Describing incidents in their journey, Miss Knowlesl'oster said to a “Daily Mail” reporter: We arrived at Copenhagen after a stormy trip late last year. It is because we were dissuaded from tackling the Baltic during the winter months that we have just arrived back. Wc started in June, Stockholm for the island of Bornholm we finished tip with an expuuence I shall never forget. In bad weather the Swedish fleet was practising gunfire near the island, and .we got among it all in the dark. 1 felt sure we would be hit, although mv uncle did not share my fears, as the targets were continually being lit up bv searchlights, and I spent hours flashing a light as warning that we were there. At Stettin a little Prussian sword-rattling was awaiting us. A fierce official wanted to know why we had arrived. I said we bad followed the light of a steamer. Apparently- we had gone through the German defences unnoticed-! '