FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 284, 10 May 1915, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK.

" BY EILEEN."

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

RUSSIAN POLAND, AND BRITAIN

What must have been a very interesting gathering addressed by two famous women, the Princess Bariatiusky and the Princess Kropotkin, was held just before the mail left, under the auspices of the Glasgow University Fabian Society. Princess Kropotkin said that it was a. surprise to many including the Germans, to find that the Poles were on the side of Russia. The Poles were fighting with the Russians because they believed that the war would result in a new Russia. The Russians did not approve of autocracy, and the progressive forces of Russia were continually lighting against it. A new Russia would mean a free Poland. No one need fear that with victory for the Allies, Britain would be confronted with a great Russian military power which it would have to fight. "That," Princess Kropotkin emphatically declared, "is not true." Militarism was not a characteristic of the Russian nation, she continued, the Russians were essentially a federative people, and the Russian ideal was to have a federation of all the lands belonging to Russia, with full autonomy for the nationalities. Russia, with a population of 100,000,00'), which includes the smaller Slavonic j States, did not require to fight for markets, because there were sufficient purchasers among hcv own enormous population. Moreover, Russia was essentially a peasant country, and of all the peasant countries perhaps the most peaceful. Princess Bariatinsky emphasised the fact that the old idea of Russia being a remote and barbarous country of oriental habits was being destroyed. Speaking as a Russian, she declared that Russians felt themselves western in civilisation, history and aspirations, and it was precisely this great fact that had sent the whole Russian nation into this war with united enthusiasm.

MME. JOFFRE. The wife of the French Commander-in-Chief, like her gallant husband, dislikes publicity. In her opinion, ''the wife of a military man does not count," which is another way of saying. "He is everything; I am nothing." She probably does not quite mean it, for no Frenchwoman believes that she does not count. Mdme. Joffrc was born in Paris. Her grandfather was a notary at Co.npiegne, and her fattier was a knight of the Legion of Honour. He was also a celebrated collector, and brought up his* daughter in the cult of all things beautiful. To perfect her knowledge of the language of Shakespeare she came to England when she was a girl, and she afterwards spent two years in Germany. It need hardly lie said that site never speaks German if she can help it. Mdme Joflre is tall, fair, alert and bright, like a woman of the south, hut with the physical characteristics of the women of the north. She is simple, natural an.i vivacious. She drcsscij very soberly, and the fashions that preceded the war are not all to her liking. She is very fond of her home, domesticated in her habits , and has a restricted circle of friends.

MOBILISING THE NURSES In view of the ever-increasing casualty lists the papers in 'England are making a call for trained nurses. It is even suggested that nurses who have given up their profession, on account of marriage or other reasons, may be asked to give their services, having first attended a sort of brief post-graduate course to 'bring their methods up to date. The Government is making an attempt to mobilise the industrial resources of the country by asking every woman who is able and willing to do any sort of said work whatever to register her name. Shops and hotels (and even one club) have been for some time gradually substituting women for men on their staffs, and the Government hopes to further and hasten their process of setting free the men 'by finding out exactly the amount of feminine labor available during ±he war. Shampooing, Hairdressing, and Twisting. Electrolysis for the permanent removal of superfluous hair. Switches, Toupees, etc. Ladies" combings made up to any design. Mrs. BEADLE, Egmont Toilet Parlors, Griffiths' Buildings, new Carnegie Library. DANGER OF CROUP. The great danger of croup is the formation of a thick mucus in the voice box and until this is expelled, the spasmodic choking continues. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given in frequent doses will loosen this membrane and cause tne child to expell it by vomiting. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is absolutely safe and certain for croup, and if given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, it will prevent the attack. Sold by all "hemists and storekeepers.