FOR WOMEN FOLK.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 301, 29 May 1915, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK.

" BY EILEEN."

—— —— S " Eileen " will be glad to receive items of interest and j value to ivotaen for publication or reference in this column. |

NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL NEWS. -PERSONAL ITEMS. Mrs. McCosh Clark and her daughter (Mrs. F. Boss), who have been visiting New Plymouth, have returned to Auckland. Mrs. W. A. Thomson (Awakino), who has heon visiting Wellington, has gone to llotonia, where she will join hoi' husband, who is undergoing medical treatment. Nurse Stronach, who has been the guest of Mrs. Qtiiliiam for a few days, has returned to Stratford. Miss Lorna Williams, of the Central School, leaves on Holiday for Inglewood, where she will be the guest of Miss Esse. Mr. and Mrs. Wilton, who have been staying in New Plymouth, have returnmi to Auckland. Mrs. Mayncr, who has been residing in Now Plymouth for several years, left last Wednesday for Wellington, en route to California, being a passenger by the s.s. Moana. * * » Mrs. W. Leatham (Auckland), who lias been visiting friends in Wanganui, has returned to New Plymouth, being the guest of Dr.- H. Leatham. • Miss Una Tansey, of Taihape, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ken. Webster. , Red Cross Teas.—An organisation of "Red Cross Teas" has been started in New Plymouth and taken up by tlio ladies in a very spirited and energetic manner. The work, as is well known, is in aid of the Hospital Ship, which goes to bring our wounded and suffering men back to the homos they left 'in health and strength, and the equipment of that ship is to be a gift from their fellow-citizens, £50,000 being needed to do that work. Therefore I feel sure that New Plymouth, like the rest of New Zealand towns, counts it an honor to be able to show some token of gratitude to those who at the 'Dardanelles have made us proud of being New Zealanders. At these teas each lady is provided with work, the material of which is secured by different contributions given previously. Only now and again does one coine across the knitter, plying her needles in her usual untiring manner, most of this work now being done in her own home. Such work us pyjamas, handkerchiefs, towels, etc., seems to be more in evidence, and naturally so, if tli'ey are to be in aid of the wounded. Last Saturday Mrs. .Matthews held a very successful Red Cross tea, and amongst those present were: The Mayoress (Mrs. J. E. Wilson), Mesdumes Hirst, Addenbrooke, Co!vile, H. Fookes, Newton King, Foote, Burgess, E. Griffiths, XV. Penn, Ebberlet, C. T. Mills, Courtney, P. G. Evans, Cowling, and Misses Bayly, Burgess and Pope. Mrs. V. Elliott had a very pleasant party last Wednesday, at which were Mesdames Roy, Stocker, Johns, Mills, Baker, Medley, <C. H. Burgess, Hirst, J. Clarke, A. Robertson, Mackay, Jackson, MacDiarmid and Miss Bayly. Other Red Cross hostesses were: Mrs. C. 11. Burgess (president of the Victoria League), IT. Stocker, Bullard, H. Fookes, Howley, Orant and Miss Bayly.