St. John’s Ladies’ Guild

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20042, 14 September 1939, Page 12

St. John’s Ladies’ Guild

On Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. A. Clare presided over a good altencitnce of members tit ihe monthly necting of St. John's Anglican Ladies’ Guild, held in St. John’s Hall, vlangapapa. Sympathetic reference was made to he' illness of Mrs. R. C. Willis, and -.opes were expressed for her speedy recovery. Two amusing competitions provided rntertainment. It was announced that the next meeting of the guild would take place )n Tuesday, October 10. The hostesses were Mesdames Johnson, Simpson and Mitchell. Card PartySix tables were requisitioned at the monthly flag five-hundred party held by the members of the Mangapapa Girl Guide Hall Committee in the Scout and Guide Hall on Tuesday night. Honours were annexed by Mr. and Mrs. Mclvor, Mrs. Carnegie and Miss Leipst, and the prize for the highest number of flags was secured toy Mr. Burch, Mrs. Johnson- emerging the winner of the travelling envelope competition. A prize was awarded to Mrs. Eiliott

. Supervision of the play, as usual, was efficiently carried out by Mr. Mclvo". A delicious home-made supper was served informally bv members of the committee. Repertory Society

The three one-act plays witnessed by a good attendance of members in life Repertory Society's club-room on Vlonday night marked the close of the season—as far as one-act plays are concerned —and consideration is bein given to a production for pressntatio; In the Opera House.

The well-chosen cast of the first production, a delightful comedy, included Mrs. W. A. Harper. Misses L, Godfrey, C. Oman, S. Dodd, M. Cleary, L. Davys, P. and M. Mortimer, J. Irvine. N. Pearce and O. Long; Messrs. J. W. Fergie, R. Terry, R'. Sinclair, T. Bain and C. Allen. An excellent characterisation of the various roles in the second play, r

highly diverting farce, was given by Misses S. Dodd, L. Davys and P. Mortimer, and Messrs. Sylvester and K. Logan. The third presentation took the form of a drama, and Messrs. J. Doreen, S. Hill, R. Terry and R. Coleman were seen to advantage in the various parts, Ladies ’ Gclf Title

Opening in unfavourable weather, although the conditions improved later, the final in the Poverty Bay Ladies’ Golf Club's championship, played over an 18-hole course, was witnessed by a fair gallery at the Awapimi links yesterday afternoon. Contrary to the usual procedure, both the club and junior championships were completed this year in two days. Keen interest centred in the struggle for the senior title, and the finalists, Mrs. F. A. McFadyen and Mrs. D. E. Chrisp, were evenly matched, the former emerging the winner after a close game.

Played under similar weather conditions, the junior section was annexed by Mrs. Stratton, with Mrs. R. P. Baigent as the runner-up. Flight results were as under:— No. 1 Flight.—Final: Miss E. Hegarty won from Mrs. It. G. Kemp. No. 2 Flight.—Final: Mrs. N. Kenwon from Mrs. Thomas.

When washing windows or woodwork with upstrelched arm it is unpleasant. to have little streams of water running down your sleeve. Tie a cloth, perhaps a piece of old towelling, around the wrist to catch the water.

England’s First Woman Army-Surgeon

Though the ex-Prime Minister of South Africa, General Herlzog, is of German and Dutch descent, his principal Christian names, James and Barry, are British He was named after Dr. James Barry, a famous surgeon, who died Inspector-General of ' the British Army Medical Department, This remarkable personage was actually a woman, though that lact was . unknown to Barry’s most intimate associates until the noted surgeon's death.. Born in 1795, Barry, who is said to have been the granddaughter of a Scotch carl, entered the Army Medical Service as a hospital assistant in 1813, and became assistantsurgeon two years later, a surgeonmajor in 1827, Deputy Inspector-Gen-ral in 1851, and Inspector-General in 1858. A year later she was placed on half-pay. She died in 1865. Physician to Governor For many years Barry served a( Malta, and for a time was stationed in Cape Cplony (South Africa), where she was greatly liked by all I sections of the people, not least by the Dutch element. Lord Albemarle, l who visited the colony when she was there, and met her at the table of Governor Lord Charles Somerset, whose medical adviser she was, describes her as “the most skilful of physicians and the most wayward of men.”

She was renowned for her quick ‘emper, and while at the Cape fought a duel. In appearance she resembled a beardless youth with an unmistakably Scotch type of countenance, red hair, and high cheekbones. She could not help showing a certain effeminacy of manner, though she did all she •ould to hide it —perhaps this was the '-•ason for her quickness to take

■ ffcncc. The motive that caused her to enter ‘lie Army Medical Service is said to have been love for an army surgeon. Kitchen Planning'. I-low far is the thoughtlessness of man who places kitchen equipment and cupboards in the wrong places, responsible for the servant problem? To quite a large extent, according to Mrs. D. D’Arcy Braddell, whose husband is an architect, and who, herself, for the past 25 years has been designing household decorations and model kitchens. A few months before her marriage in 1914, she supervised the redecoralion of the Mansion House. “If only builders would employ women consultants,” she said at her home hi London recently.” “I am no ardent feminist and I have only one slogan, ‘common-sense.’ But just look at some of the the things these men do!

“Sometimes they place the gas cooker in a draught. The flames are blown about, money is wasted, the food is not cooked as it should lie.

“The electric light fitting is often placed over the left shoulder, instead of the right, so that the cook stands in her own light. “Most people like a small kitchen nowadays, but there is usually room for two sinks. Yet often there is only one placed by the gas cooker. Therefore, when cook and kitchenmaid are at their busiest, they get in each other’s way and ‘have words.’ “I am convinced that the lack of attention by men to things which they do not regard as important in designing a house, is responsible for much of the dissatisfaction among servants to-day. The best type of servant requires the best conditions. \ “The modern house too often has too much outward show. More money .should be spent on the more practical items. Some houses have linen cupboards with hot water pipes at the o'her end of the house. And often there is no cupboard for the maid to keep her brooms and dust-pans.” Mrs. Braddell sees eye to eye with her husband on planning, and has designed several kitchens for him. Sometimes she is assisted by her 22-year-old daughter, Virginia, who lias been trained to follow her mother’s footsteps.