FOR WOMEN FOLK

Taranaki Daily News, 15 April 1916, Page 6

FOR WOMEN FOLK

SOCIETY NEWS .PERSONALS. Mrs. "_ong, Tariki, is staying at the Mountain House. Mrs. Bertnlot, Auckland, Is the guest of her niece Miss H. Bawson. Miss Tidy returns from Auckland on Tuesday. »■ * * Mr. and Mrs. Hart (Wellington) are at present in New Plymouth, Mrs. Baker (Waverley) is on a visit to Xew Plymouth. * » *• Mrs. and Mis? Crump (Eltham) are oti a visit to this town. » * • Mrs. A. H. Collins, who has been visiting her mother (Mrs. Devore, Parfell, Auckland), has returned. Mr. and Mrs. W. Reid (Wellington) are spending a few days in New Plymouth. * * *■ ■ ' Miss Cousin, who motored from Auckland with her brother, is visiting Mrs. Sturtevant, of Xew Plymouth. »# ' » Miss Matthews, who - has been on a lengthy visit with friends in Napier and Auckland, has returned. » » # Mrs. Addcnbrooke, who has been the guest of, her daughter (Mrs. B. Griffiths, Remuera, Auckland) has returned. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, of Featherston, who have been on a short visit to New Plymouth, have returned.. Mrs. Ware and Mrs. o Dignan, who have been staying at the .Mountain House, have returned to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gray, who have been the guests of Mrs. A. Alexander, have returned to Auckland. * » • Mr. and Mrs. Gray, and Misses Gray and Williams, Gisbor'ne, have returned after thi.'.r short visit to New Plymouth. * * # Mrs. Taylor, who has oeen tho guest of hei daughter (Mrs. R. Cruickshank), has returned to Manaia. * # • Mr. anl Mrs. K. A. Simpson and Miss Simpson (Marton), who are touring ihe North Island by motor, passed through New Plymouth this week. Mr. and Mrs. Knight, and Mrs. Webster, the latter's sister, all of Christchurch, have left for Dannevirke after paying New Plymouth a short visit. * # # Rw. A. H. Colvilf! and Mrs TWivile return to New Plymouth n Tuesday, the former living exchanged parishes with Rev A. Richards, ol St. Sepulchre's. Mrs. W. J. Shaw, who has been tho guest of Mrs. S. W. Shaw, has returned to Auckland. * * » • The engagement is announced of Captain P. J. Jory, N.Z.M.C., to Miss Mamie Tayloi (England) formerly of New Zealand. Mr. and Mrs. Beard, Mr. and. Mrs. Len. Moore, and Miss Knight (Masterton) who have been holiday-making in New Plymouth left for Wanganui on Tuesday.

LOSS OF RED CROSS SUPPLIES Miss .Sybil Aathan, lion, secretary of the late Red Cross Military Hospital Guild, lias received word from Lieut. Colonel M'Gavin, O.C. No. 1 N.Z. Stationary Hospital, in regard to 30 cases of hospital goods- which arrived a few days Defore the time of writing (February 13). "Unfortunately," he writes, " a fire broke out in the hold containing the cases, and they, together with a large quantity of other material, were completely destroyed. We are greatly disappointed, as the articles, of which I have the lists before me, would have been of the greatest value to us, espeially at the present time. I appreciate the amount jf hard work which the ladies of the Military Hospital Guild had put in to these articles and sympathise ,/ith them in the disappointment which they must feel that the results of their labors have been lost," Mrs. Crawford, lion, secretary of the Countess of Liverpool Fund, Wellington branch, has also received word from Lieutenant-Colonel M'Gavin referring to the ease of milk and three sacks of leather waistcoats which the committee had forwrtrded for the use of the hospital and gtafl. These, too, which were on board clie same steamer were completely destroyed in the fire, greatly to the regret of all concerned, as they would have been of the greatest possible use. This is the hospital Dr. Wylie. of New Plymouth, Is attached to, and they recently lost, all their effects through their ship being torpedoed. ' WOMEN AND WAB, ' ENGLISH »YOMEN AT WORK, At the annual meeting of the Victoria League at Wellington the other evening, Mrs. Corliss, \vlio was in London when war broke out, and has just returned, gave a very forcible address on the work of women in general and the Victoria League In particular in London. Mrs. Corliss, said that the VictjoVic Lea-' gue had taken part in every patriotic movement at Home, and there had scarcely been a call .nacle in which the league had not been first in the field tc give all the holj. possible. The first trouble encountered at the very beginning of the war was to organise the tremendous number of women and girls who desired to help. One of, the earliest problems was to help tlie iarge number of women and <*irls who had been suddenly thrown out of work through factories closing down. These girls had been brought up in factories, and were not accustomed to other class of work, so tlicy had to organise classes of instruction to teach the girls how to make home-made toys, instruct them in simple cooking and housework, so that they could he given employment where it was needed. This work was carried out chiefly by the Women's Emergency Corps. Then they had salerooms for the disposal of the goods they made. A great corps of girls were trained as "special messenger boys," to take the place in many cases of older boys and enable them to go into camp. One of the first big needs was a soldiers' '.mbulanee train, and the one sent out by the league was one of the best equipped sent to France. On one occasion an order came for 500 small -ioft cushions, to support the arms, heads, or legß of wounded soldiers, when the ordinary pillows were too large. This prdu was rawiveu one dor tori by

the ner-'t afterno.-n the cushions were ready for dispatch. After the league was organised in London it was able to send' delegate? into the provinces to meet the needs of those place?. Mrs. Corliss gives the greatest praise to the secretary, Miss Drayton, and Miss Talbot, and considers that the l'urmar is one of the greatest women in the Umpire. . TIIE RIGHT TO WORK. Another trying experience were their endeavours to impress on the English Government Jie right of women to work. Women offered to «vork in tho-munition factories, but they at lirst declined to accept their services. Even Mr. Lloyd George was slow to realise the economic force he had at his disposal, saying that it was against the traditions of the race. Never again in England would tlierp be any talk of menial labor, for women of the highest birth were prepared to do any work, however lowly, and it was not an uncommon sight to see a duchess and a factory girl with their hands in tho same sink. The movement culminated in a procession of 00.000 women marching through the streets of London flying little banners showing the district or factory they came from, neaded by one big banner emblazoned with the words "We come but to ask the Privilege to Serve." As the result, they were given work, and had given splendid satisfaction —better in many cases than the men they succeeded. It was a common sight to see women in a neat uniform driving, the motor wagons of Harrod's, Whiteley's, and Robinsons's, each with two other girls tc. assist in the distribution of the goods. The London Window Cleaning Company does not now employ one man. In 'a smart uniform, they run about with their ladders and cleaning utensils, and dc the work splendidly. Mrs. Corliss said that it had come to this at Home—that a nan who was not serving was cither too delicate, had too many family ties, 01 ,vase coward. She was sorry to say there were still a number who came under the latter heading. CASTE BARRIERS BROKEN The war had broken down Jie harriers of class, and had engendered a new spirit of Empire, and with the arrival in England of wounded Australians and New Zealandcrs those places were rediscovered. Most people knew of Australia, but they knew very little of New Zealand, and wanted to know everything about the place. She referred to the drinking amongst the wives of soldiers, consequent upon their never having had so much money in their lives before, and of the,difficulty in teaching them thrift against the period of want coming when peace was declared, the men came home, and a lot of tlie factories closed down. 1 One of the latest works being done by women was to equip the old "Star and Garter" at Richmond as a home for disabled soldiers and sailors. Mrs. Corliss was given a most hearty vote of thanks for her splendid address. NOTES Mrs. Wells, of Patea, who is in Jier ninetieth year, recently sent a parcel to the Military Hospital Guild of Wanganui, containing socks, mittens, and Balaclavas, all knitted by herself. All Englshwomen "do" their hair, and it looks like it! I always imagine it turned and combed and snugly placed—"done" in fact. A Frenchwoman attends to her hair, as she does to her virtue, carefully. It has expression then—the "coiffure."—"Conquest," by Olive Wadslev. "Two out of three of- our weddings are khaki weddings,'' said a London Registrar. "Many weddings have been crowded into IDIS which in normal times would have been spread over several years. I suppose there neve; have been such inducements as now foi young people to get married." The returned soldier's .redding at Wangauui' took place at Christ C'hureh, when Mr. W. Coombe Morga» was married to Miss Muriel Beatrice Willoughbv, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby, of Moorse, New South Wales. Tho bride was given away by her uncle, Mr. A. Morgan, of "Newtonless," the Rev. H. oflicating. She was attended by Misses May and Effiie Morgan (sisters of the bridegroom). Mi Stanley Gilmour (who was with the bridegroom at Gallipoli) .ras best man, and Mr. .Tack Morgan was groomsman. Later Mr. and Mrs. Morgan left by motor for Rotorua. A smart young soldier, Corporal W R. Gray, 2nd Life Guards', of Bournemouth, arrived at Clacton-on-Sep on a Monday 011 five days' leave from ,he front, met his bride, Miss Maud Barker, foi the first time, and on the following day married nei. A pair of socks made by Miss Barker, the danghte, of a Clacton grocer, and sent to the ront, fell to the lot of the soldier'in October, 1914. His letter of thanks to the girl subsequently led to an exchange of photographs, and an offer of marriage. Very quietly, by special license, Major George Ralph Miller, Royal Field Artillery, third son of thp late Sir Henry and Lady Miller, of Fernbrook, Otago, wns married tc Miss Violet Mary Tesehemaker, third daughter of the late W. H. Teschemaker, of Kaiiro Hill, Otago, on February 21, at St. Saviour's Church, Walton street, London, says an English correspondent. The enormous increase in the cost of drugs and chemists' materials is »oo well known to need further comment, and the advance has been specially noticeable in materials used in the preparation of Sydal, the famous Hand Emollient. Careful calculations show that Sydal now costs considerably over twice as much tc manufacture, and consequently the proprietors have been reluctantly compelled to increase the price to 2s per jar. A. pot of Sydal lasts the carefn' housewife several months, and moreover keeps her hands and skin from roughness, redness, and soreness, while a very small quantity should only be used in cder to obtain best result's.