FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 30 January 1915, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK.

" BY EILEEN."

" Eileen " will be glad to receive items of interest and j value to women for publication or reference in this column. J

NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL NEWS.

Miss Bluiidcll gave a most enjoyable bridge ]«iirty hist Monday evening to i Miss Kcitha Saxon, who was married I on Wednesday to Mr. A. R. IJl<ixa:n, j and also to Mrs. Percy Prichard, who i.s j on a visit to her father, J)r. Lcatham. I Miss Bloxam, of (liristchurch. and Mr. | Frank Moore carried oil' the prizes. Miss Bhindcll received her guests in white erepe de chine with floral ninon I tunic; Mrs. Blundell, black ninon ovrl floral silk; Miss Bloxain, vieux rose brocaded erepe de ehenc; Hiss K. Holmes, white channelise villi tnnic of gold beaded ninon; Miss Svcton, siiphirc blue velvet relieved with white lace; Mrs. Prichard, white ninon over charmeuse tunic, finished with hiinito'n lace, Miss! Hrewster, black crepe de chcne; Mi.-s j Mnginnitv. black velvet with vnke and sleeves of white lace; Miss Sybil Thomson, vieux rose charmeuse; Miss D. Bedford, white crepe de chcne; Miss fireatj bach, primrose channelise; Miss Matthews, red velvet with white lace fichu; Messrs Bhindell, Blcxsuii. Matthews, Bain, Moore, Bavlev. 'Vhitcombc, C.'oghiil, Drs. Wade and Brewster. PERSONAL. The engagement is announced of the Rev. F. A. Oawshaw. curate of St. Marv's parish, Xew Plymouth, to Miss M. C Howling, of Young street. X.-.v PVmouth. Mr. and \i--i. Varolii Abnii .••,!. ri Sin!:'- r,|. arc si. : :ii:g :i w, A i r Iw, ar flu seasidColonel and Mrs Collins returned to W. :: (on this m. mill". Mrs. •!. H. Mel i.e. aid, of !• .dMing. is jin a ',' sit to ?-(<• I'lymouth. j -\i ■'■■ CimiLivtliaii!, who ha- ben on a long '. .-il t:> A...V-:, r.d. We!lin«( ,11 , >d l"i'd'\e return-d i.. Xew P'vuviiiili on

up a scam or putting a patch on with precision is no load to carry, and there comes a time in tlie life of pretty well every women when the knowledge h a valuable asset.

Mr<. "T!aie, nr' Ar.'hnr. v. ho has been vi.;;ti;:g Xew Ivi.m.im, lias now returned i:> Wellir.g'on. Miss Haider ha.s returned to Ilawera after spending a v.eek (; r two in Xew Plvmoutli.

| Mr. ami Mrs. I!„berU of Feiiding. are / visiting Xrv,- Plvmoutli.

Mrs Mirrb-lonhson. who lias been on a visit, to Wei! uuton and Masterton, lias returned to Xew Plymouth. Mrs Kankin. of Wansanui. is visitin" her sister. Mrs (ieo. Kcbbell, of Xew Plymouth.

Miss (iladys Hayly lias resigned lier position under the Taranaki F.dueation Hoard, and leaves shortly for Wcllington. where she will enter the University ami Training College.

THE HKUiIAX KIXCS KISTICK. The news that tile Prince of Wal.x has joined the liritish forces at the front has impressed Franc favorably, and the popularity of the Knglish lioyit! Family, which was already established after the visit of the King and Queen in April, will be increased, states the. '•'Queen." lioyalty is, indeed, very much in favor with the French people, just now. and on the occasion of King Albert's fete day, it was both interesting and amusing to see the postcards which were sent to him. All sorts of people sent their good wishes, ( and some went so far as to wish that they might call liim their own king. The civil and religious expressions of sympathy with this hero of the war were enthusiastically attended in Paris, and both at Xotre Dame, for the special service, and at the Hotel de Villi-, which was decorated for the occasion, there were crowds of well-wishers. The Due and Duchesse de Vendome were present at the service at Xotre Dame, and . were able to appreciate personally the popularity of King Albert in Paris. Both the Due and Duchesse are wellknown for their charity ami courtesy, and they are much beloved by all wlio come into contact with them. Tfhc Duchesse has associated herself with many public movements for the benefit j of womankind in general, and in a most I dignified and womanly way she has an influence on many feminist movements. 1 At the Paris Lyceum Hub she is well I known and greatly honored for sli-i I gives her support to all that is best

I in tin- work of the club. Her villa at i Xouilly is a pleasant house set in delightful gardens, ami it is tlio custom of the Duehosse to pivo a pardon party now and then, fo which slio invite's many people 0 f different ranks and nationalities. She and her children are often quoted as delightful examples of homely affection and simply dignity, and their popularity is not likely to have decreased since the war. -M'STRAI.UX WOMEN* AXD THE TOAK. Speaking r.F women's pari in the war. a writer in the Sydney Telejrrapli concludes a description of much that has hcen done in this way: The work of the women of Australia does not end with the societies and the R'winfr guilds and the churches. A vas-l amount of work of a very excellent character is bein<r done quite awav from the vlare of the limelight: some of it. for the soldiers and (he IVI-ians but the .water proportion for the sufferers in our own midst--and they are more numerous than the casual observer dreams. These are the families whose breadwinners have I,'one to the front, most of them with tile highest motives, but others for reasons le-s praiseworfhv: to be five from the bond that -alls; to shirk responsibilities that have ."Town ir!;>onie: and so on. In numbers of these eases the women are obliged to supplement their allowances-alto-gether inadeiiiyito where there were several mouths to V tilled -ami who even then, with the L'radunllv inerensimi cost of household commodities, find it i impossible (o make ends meet. Tn other instances women breadwinner", mothers most of them, dependent upon their own overturns, find familiar sotir.-es of employment rhiscrl to them throiieh (he spirit of retrenchment, in the air. and aiv thus thrown upon the ehanfv of j th,- public. I Here is an inexhaustible field for work, into which number- of Svdne'-j "omen hav Mocked to the relief of l.ard-],ivs>ed families. It is a !,V onetion. this of hungry mothers and cliil- | dien at our doors, and in th- uni- I v-r.-al desire to s, nd a-islam- to those j v ho e -inlorin-s loom bir-e in the inn,"- j inatum. thoiiL'h further afield, it is one I tlat. m-hl, ea.-ilv be overlooked. | There was neve,- :, time in th- historv of An-tralia when the wo n with useless hands and brain unaccustomed fo thinking out thinrrs for herself bus been more painfully conscious of her limitations nor when she has more ardenilv I wished she bad used to -ood purpose flic opportunities that came her iviv. An intimacy with the art of nniniii" i