WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 May 1917, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

PERSONAL. Mr. J. and Miss J, Mackay are at present in Dunedin. •#' * # Miss Brewster leaves on Tuesday on a holiday to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews, who have been on a visit to New Plymouth, have returned to Hamilton. • • • • Miss I. Skinner, who his been the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Skinner, senr,, has returned to Wellington. • • • • Misses A. Wilson and C. Douglas, who have been on a visit to Makuri, return by the mail train to-night. • » • • Miss K. Eyre (Wellington) is spending a few days with her parents in New Plymouth. t • » • • Miss 6. Shaw, who has been spending her term holidays with her mother, Mrs. Courtney, has returned to Havelock North, • • *. • Mrs. A. C. Fookes has returned from hir short visit to Stratford. « » t • ■ Miss 0. Donnell (Hawera) is the gu«Bfr< of her aunt, Mrs. F. Orbell. • • • • Mrs, W. Armstrong (Inglewood) has returned from her short visit to New Plymouth. • » » * Eon. 0. Samuel and Mrs Samuel left for Wellington on Wednesday. » » • • ' Mr ft, Mrs Ryder, who have been on a visit to Marton, have returned. » # » • - Mrs. Duncan (Remuera) is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. G, Kyngdon. • » » • Mrs. ißenaud has returned after her pleasant stay in Waimata. • » • • Miss Harris, who has been the guest of Mr. J. Quilliam, has returned to Christchurch. » • • • Mrs. R. George, who has been on a visit to Dannevirke, has returned. • • » * Mrs. H. Stocker is visiting Archdeacon and Mrs. Stocker, Christchurch. « « • « Mrs. Leo Horrocks, who has been on a visit to New Plymouth, has returned to Feilding. » « • Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, who have been cm a visit to New Plymouth, have returned to Auckland. • • • • Mr. and-Mrs. Burr are at present in New Plymouth, having motored through from Hawera. • « * » Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have returned to Palmerston North. •' * * • ,

Mr. and Mrs. Burrell (Hastings), who have been visiting New Plymouth, hare gone on a short visit to Wanganui, bnt will return early next week. • '# # #

Mr. and Mrs. Ashton (Auckland) are on a short visit to New Plymouth. - *** * 1 Miss McKellar, who has been visiting - relatives in Inglewood, has returned. - Mrs. McLaren (Toko) was in town ' this week, , * * # • Mr. and Mrs. Herron, Mr. and Mrs. , Porter, and Mr. and Miss Mcßae (Auckland), arc holiday-making in New Plymouth. • • • • Miss Lepper, who has been on a visit to Auckland, has returned. » » * » Mrs. Ernest Cutfield is the guest of her, mother, Mrs. H. B. Lepper. ♦ » * * Mrs Murray (Auckland) and Mesdames Ellis «nd Parker (Wanganui), ore visiting New Plymouth. Mrs. Blancbard, who has been in Auckreturned to New Plymouth yesterday. i , NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL NEWS. BRIDGE PARTY. Last Wednesday, Mrs. W. Chaney, asstated by Mesdames B. Chaney, J. Glenn, Misses 0. Mackay, and W. Webster, arranged a bridge and euchre party, in 1 answer to an appeal from Mrs. Clawle , Weston, for monies to be Bpent on the wounded New Zealand soldiers who we i i London. There were eleven tables of bridge, and five for euchre, and the prizes were won by Mesdames Avery and N. Johnston. PATRIOTIC WORK. GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS. The New Plymouth Women's Patriotic Committee acknowledges with thanks the following:— Miss Inch, 3 eye bandages; Miss Godfrey, music for troopship; Miss Bertha Coleman, 5 cans milk; Miss Testar, hand knitted muffler; Mr and Mrs. H. J. Wells, books.for troopship; Miss Smith, lemons ! and books; MiBB Daisy Marsh, 6 pincushions; Mr. Fleetwood, books; Mrs. p.jtt, face washers; Mrs Pipe, 8 cans jam; Miss Evans, face washers; Doris, Amy and Belle, 21 pincushions; Mrs. Bradbury, blanket dressing gown; a friend, 6 cup covers; Mrs Arden, 2 tins milk. ' Vogeltown school per Miss Jemison,— 1 dozen khaki handkerchiefs. 1 Hand-made sox.—Mesdames Beere, Arden, W. H. Jury, Ambury, Smith (Uruti). Misses Flight, Flight, Greenwood, Clarke, ' Street. Whitely Patriotic Guild.—l 6 pairs bed ' sox, 7 face washers. Rifle-cleaning material.—Misses Inch, Robson, Clark, (Robson and friends, Evans, Mesdames Mclsaac, Saunders, Frceth, Whiteley Patriotic Guild, Clietwode School, Lepperton Ladies' Guild. Sweets and sugar.—Friend, Misses ' Nicholson, Margery and Jean Large, Marjorie and Aubrey Fargie, Mesdames For* 1 rester, Townsend, Hurleston, White. Soldiers' Gift ,Parcels.—Misses 8.8., Eustace, Daisy Marsh, Mesdames C. E. • Baker, R. Street (Tarurutangi), Collis, • F. W. Hall, Martin, Mr. Minnear, 2s Od ■ each, Miss Gascovne 4s, Mesdames Twine > and Clothier 7s Od each, Lepperton la- ■ dies' Guild 10s, Mrs. W. R. Wright, Ra- , hotu £2, Rahotu Ladies' Guild £2 10s, St. Andrew's Guild £l, Omata Sewing Guild £2 2s, Chetwode School 4s Od, St. Paul's offertory (Okato), per Rev. C. Addenbrooke, for Y.M.C.A., £2 10s Id, collected by Mrs. C. F. Foote for hand- ' kmchiefs 18s, People's Picture Co, for ■ blind soldiers £3 10s, Mrs F. Webster, for blind soldiere 10s, for Roumanians 10s, New Plymouth Red Cross Society, for hospital transport comforts . £3, JjuttlM from Grosyraor Hotel £i I» 4d,

Central School bottle fund 7s 3d, MiJ. Bitrieyman (Waitara) -'<> of photo. IB fid, Mrs, Alexander, i Y.M.C.A., £5, Mrs Mace, milk fund, i „ Mrs, milk fund, 2s Cd, afternoon tea donations, Friday 11th 3s fid, Friday 18th ss, Mrs. Corney, for sweets, 2s, Eahotu Ladies' Guild, per Mrs Wright, for material 12s 6rt.

For Belgians.—A friend, babies' woollies, Miss Cowling 3 pairs socks, Mrs. Cock 4 garments, Miss Deacon, woollies, cap ar.d gloves, Mrs. Wilson 3 garments, a friend gift of flannelette, Whitelcy'Patriotic Guild, per Mrs. Ambury, 211 garments, 12 pairs bootees, 1 cot quilt. Victoria League.—Lepperton Ladies' Cuild, 5 suits pyjamas, 4 handkerchiefs, 2 children's garments, 1 treasure bag; Miss J. Whitton, Waitangi, 2 underskirts, 4 caps; Miss Greenwood, 2 pairs spiral speks; Miss ,T. Clarke, Wallace Place, blanket dressing gown; Miss Norman, knitted girdles; Mrs Haseler, mittens; Mrs Bowden, Balaclava; Mrs. Blun. dell, collected, 10 handkerchiefs, Upper Uruti school, per Miss. J. D. Wallach (for Belgians, 8s; tea donations, 7s 3d, 4b Cd, The .Defence Department hag kindly granted free use of the Coronation Hall to Mrs. Burgess for Empire Day, June 4. The flag will be saluted and the National Anthem sung by the school children. Music and sweets and afternoon tea stalls, also a stall of dolls' clothing, which every little girl can help with, by sending something a doll can wear. The .autograph set of table cloths, which are to be'sentjto the Overseas Club for our soldiers in London, will also be on view. The proceeds of 11" '\y are to be used for the same pr ■>. Mrs. Burgess wishes to thank Mis* Cowling for a gift of gramaphone records. NOTES; The St. Helen's Hospitals at all centres

receive for confinement women whose husbands are in receipt of not more than £4 weekly, but under special circumstances this condition may be waived on recommendation to the Hon. Minister for Public Health. The fees for admission remain the same as before the war, viz., £1 per week while waiting confinement, 30s per week after. A special notice to soldiers' wives is published in this paper The Okato Ladies' Patriotic Committee has raised £79 3s 2d as the proceeds of the afternoon teas held on sale days near the sale yard. In announcing this at the concert on Thursday night, the chairman, Mr. L. A. Hunter, referred to tho splendid work performed by the Okato Ladies' Patriotic Committee in various spheres of patriotic activity, paying a special tribute to the zeal and enthusiasm displayed by the secretary, Miss Sterry. The district, he said, could do with a few more workers similar to the members of the committee. The work performed by the ladies was recognised by the audience, which signified its appreciation of the remarks by giving three hearty cheers for the Ladies' Patriotic Committee. An American paper says that the Grand Duchess Tatiana, eldest daughter of the Czar of Russia, and a number of Court ladies of Petrograd. have adopted a new war style in clothes, and have taken an oath never to wear anything but black until Puissia is victorious over Germany.

An interesting marriage took place on March (1 at St. Dominie's Priory, England, says a correspondent, between SubLieutenant R. H. Ward, R.N.R., and Miss F. V. E. Jacobscn, M.A., English mistress of J;he Girls' Grammar School, Auckland. The bridegroom, who is on duty in the North Sea, obtained fifteen days' leave, and the ceremony was per-' formed by the Rev. Father Leather. After the ceremony a few relatives and friends met at the Trocadc'ro, r.::d on March 15 Lieutenant Ward returned to his duties. Mrs. Ward will probably take up some useful kind of war work. It was a disappointment to both that two brothers of each—Lieutenant Ward and Private Ward, and Sapper C. N. ■Tacobsen and Sergeant L. G. Jacobsen—\vere prevented from attending the wedding, as all leave was cancelled just then.

A tasty filling for sandwiches is chopped peanuts and finely chopped parsley, a sprinkle of peppef and salt, and the thinnest scrape of butter on the bread.

There has died in the county of Caithness, Mrs. Mackenzie, a widow, at the advanced age of 105 years and eight months. There is no doubt about the length of years of this venerable lady. She was born at Aukengill, in the parish of Canisbay, on June 0, 1811. Wer father was Alexander Bain, one of the "fathers'' of the little Baptist Church at the neighboring village of Keiss, which was founded by the late Sir William Sinclair about 1730. She was predeceased by her husband some twenty odd years, and is survived by five sons and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Mackenzie enjoyed comparatively good health up to a few days before her death. Three years ago (writeß the Giasgow correspondent ■of the Otago Daily' Times) I saw hcKhale and hearty walking, about in front of her house,