FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 241, 20 March 1915, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK.

"BY EILEEN."

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

PERSONAL ITEMS,

Miss K. Penaud is .'Siting friends in tlie King Country.

Mrs and Miss Conway (Wellington) are staying at the White Hart.

Dr Trubv Kin;;, of Duncdln, lias been in town for a l'ew days.

Mrs Sheath and Miss ]>hilli|>s are holi-day-making in New i'iymouih.

Mrs E. Carthew is on a visit to Auck land.

Mrs .1. Avery with her daughter. Mrs S. Cottier, are touring the Xorth Island.

Mrs and Miss Crump, of Eltham, are staying at the White Ilart.,

Mrs Lewis Webster, Stratford, is in town.

ilr and Mrs Santerhmd. of Welling ton are at present in New Plymouth.

ilr and Mrs Alexander, of Hawera are spoijilimr a few days in New Plymouth.

Miss L. Wliiteonilv.*. of OlivistHmn-h is visiting friends in New Plymouth.

ilr and Mrs Johnstone who have been visiting New Plymouth, have returned to Wanganui.

Miss .T. jshrttlewortli. of Auckland, i on a visit to her relatives in New I'lv mouth.

Mrs 0. Kebbell, who has been on a Visit to Wellington, lias returned.

Mrs R. 1). ('olson is holiday-making in Auckland.

| ilr and ilrs T. C. Li-t returned oil Tuesday front a trip to the South Island. '

ilrs E. S. Johns, who has been on t to Nelson, returns by Hie mail , train to-night.

Mr and ilrs If. Collier, of Wanganui n r e in town.

Mrs S. Alien, who has been visiting her mother (ilrs Newton King), has returned to Dunedin.

ilrs IW. Saxton, who has been visiting lie'- relatives in New Plymouth, has returned to Auckland.

Mi** \ ida Hunter, who has been on a vifit to Ilawcra, has returned to Auckland.

Mr r*id Mrs Terrv l'enton. who hav" been the guests of ilrs Fitzherbert, the latstcr's mother, have returned to Dunnevirke.

Last Saturday Miss Monica L'nnon gave, a party in honor of Miss S. Fitzherbert. The competition prizes were won by Miss E. (freatbatch (first) and Miss ii. Matthews (scoonil.)

Shampooing, Hairdressing, and Twist--1 ing. Electrolysis for the permanent removal of superfluous hair. Switches, Toupees, etc. Ladies' combings made up to any design. Mrs. BEADLE. Egmont Toilet Buildings, near Carnegie Library.

N()N< KJENARTAN BIRTHDAY. Very few are permitted to celebrate n OOtli birthday, but ilrs. Elizabeth ['<•;>- pcrcll. widow of the late ilr, .lului i'epperell. of Bell Block, reached her 00th birthday on 18th Maivh. A birthday reunion was held at the residence of her youngest son, ilr. R. llcppcre!], when tlie day was spent in the company ,! of the surviving member* of the family, J viz., ilr. John Peppeivll (Hurworth), ifr. R. IL Pepperell (Waitara) and ilr. R. Pepperell (New .Plymouth). Mrs. Pepperell is still hale and active and retains all her faeultii,*. Being one of Taranaki's earliest settlers, arriving in the Essex in Jannaiy, 1K43, she had her share of the hardships of the pioneers. She was in Taranaki through tlie wiir of tin 1 sixties, had her share of life's griefs, as only three of a family of twelve survive, yet. she is cheerful through it all. Many telegrams and greetings from friends and relativus were received oil her birthday from all parts of Taranaki. Her descendants at present, comprise three children, 23 grand-children,' 04 great, grand-children, and ,>ne great great grand-child—a total of 100.

Mi-s Hunt, Instnietrss of Millinery ai d Dr' ssnmking. will crnf hiuc classes on Tuesdays at Toko Hall, from HI to 3: and St. Andrew's Hall, Stratford, from 3.30 p.m.; Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. at office adjoining ilr. Eraser's Store. Waitara: Fridays.' Midhirst -M "tiled:-; iiall, from 111 a.m.; and inglewuod ■ •' l '-'i M;ill, front 2 p.m. Also, fonr '"lasses at Devon Street East, New Plymmitli. Particulars i*-n application.

THE DIIIXK THAT GINGERS TOIT UP. That's Camroc Dry Ginger Ale! It is wanning in winter and cooling in summer. Its healthfiilnoss and purity is guaranteed—oven the water is first carefully purified. Drink Qimroo Dry (■Uiger Ale-always! At all hotels and

nr.KOXA AT!TV SrOCESSKCT, LTTTLE niUL CURED OF ECZEMA. "Allow- me herewith In tender most •intloful thanks for the complete cure ami recovery of my little Rirl from : i bad attack of Eczema on 11n- face," untes Mix J. Parson-!. 2!) lironirhion '■ive.-l. South Dumdin. X./. "]!y iim' of your IVxnna Ointment it lias in ft . Vl ' r . v sliort time removed all trace of this na<4y complaint and left lier skin in a rich healthy tone and appearance that could not lie expected in so short a time. \Y(! had been continually tryiii" all kinds of remedies, but till \ve were advise.! of yonr Kexona Ointment tiling we,re unsatisfactory indeed. From thr first application slie obtained instant relief. The sores changed tlieir and irritating appearance, she had no (]:■.,lre to sciatcli as the had pone awav and in a short time no one would ever havo thought she had been troubled with suoli a disfiguring malady, thanks to your Eexona Ointment." Rqxonflj is sold at Is 6d and 3®. Obtainable everywhere.

READERS' COLUMN. (By 'dames Wortley.) T VO NOVELS. •"The Manager of the B. and A." by Yaughau e'ester, author of ''Viie Prodigal Judge." New York: (irosset and Duniop. Daniel Oakley, a well-trained man from the workshops, with some, administrative ability, is sent West by General Cornish, tile great railway magnate, to pull together a bad bargain. As general manager of the B and A. line Oakley is "some goods'' in the little way baeic | city of Antioch. where the workshops are situated. Unversed though lie is in the ways of society, he cannot w.'ll keep out of. the circle. Beside Ryder, editor and accomplished courtier at afternoon tea-table Oaklcv is boorish, but his evident sincerity and directness wins favor with the doctor's daughter. Rvder, clever and lazy, resc nts what he considers intrusion where he "alone has previously had the intimate privilege of friendship. Ryder s bitterest antagonism is aroused, and he seeks occasion against Oaklcv. The opportunity occurs very quickly owing to a dill'cr'cnce which Oakley has with certain slackers in the workshops, when he attempts to put matters on a better basis for his employ.-. Use is made of an election to write stirring lenders against the capitalists, and th"ir sitt-d----lites with thinly veiled insinuations against Oakley in particular. When, 1 however, it transpires that Oakley's father, who lias served time for killing a. man. is a workman in the carriage shops, the attacks are direct and venomous. Atl'airs are going from bail to woi'se when Ryder is killed and Oakley by running his engine through burning country rescues the t.-vnship from devastation. The book carries the reader along without the interest flagging for a single line. It is full of dramatic situations.

♦■■'All for a Scrap "f Paper." a romance of the pre-ent war. bv Joseph Hocking. London: Ilodtler and Stougliton.

Let tlic.se who think the war is just something whi h is happening in tile papers read i r Ji's"pji Hocking s latest novel. It sums up in the space of some 2.->0 pages all the various incident;! of the war, the attitude ( of the people at Home and 011 tlu* continent fis fur rts can be judged and brings history right down to'the time of the publishing. How many millions of earnest minded folk are to-day wondering what is the end of Bob's story, for that is the story of what the world has hi store for us. Naturally Mr Hocking—Puritan that he is, a'Puritan indeed of tile liggre'sive type—takes Bob Xancarrow, of Quaker parentage and belief, and fills him with the call of Cod to put down Prussian militarism. Before arriving at a decision to enlist. Bob is driven through a nerve-racking self-analysis which finally brings him from being convinced that no circumstances can justify war, to eager impatience to, as he puta it, kill the mad dog. Bob gets to the trenches. and is not .singular in displaying great bravery. His previous training in the olliccrs' training corps at Clifton proves of great value, and his rise from the ranks is rapid. The book is truly realistic in that we leave him still fighting his country's, battles, and Nellie is still busy tending the wounded in a field hospital.

NOTES. Mr Albert Kinness, the well-known novelist, has joined the British expeditionary force as an interpreter. ilr Charles (I. 1). Roberts, whose delightful nature studies have gained him world-wide reputation, bus just been gazetted first lieutenant in the King's (Liverpool) Regiment, after having first served as a private in the Legion of Frontiersmen. Mr Roberts is a Canadian. hut he has been domiciled for some years in England. Tlie following New Year's greeting to our troops at the front was written by iliss V. D. (ioodwin, of Lyndliurst, Kent:

"May Cod, who giveth us tlie victory, Whose Holy name we tfless Whether in triumph or in tribulation, In joy or wretchedness— May He be with you whom wc love and honor. That yon go on your way Unswerving, steadfast whatsoever liefall you; That, is ly.ir prayer to-dav." "To his clear, capable head was owing somewhat of the greatness of England, on the seas. In the exploits of Iliiwke, Rodney, or Nelson, this dead Mr Pepys of the navy <if lice had some considerable .share. He stood well to his business." —R. L. Stevenson on (Samuei repvs, tlife diarist.

•Books received for review from ifr A. S. Brooke,•, thc s U.K. Bookshop, Devon Street.