WOMEN'S CORKER.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 16068, 26 November 1917, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORKER.

Matter for publication in thi» column should be addressed to the Lady Editor, and should bo fully authenticated. Mrs Henry Wood and Miss Hope Wood are spending a few days at the Hydro Grand, Timaru. Mrs Marmaduke Bethell has returned to Pahau Pastures. Mrs W. E. Herbert, wife of I>r. Herbert, of Wellington, is on a short visit to Christchurch, and is staying at Warner's Hotel. Mr and Mrs H. J. Beswick have returned to Christchurch, after a short visit to "Wellington. Mrs and Miss Meredith Kaye returned to Christchurch by Saturday's ferry. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Chamberlain arrived from Wellington on Saturday They arc staying at Warner's. Mrs W. E. Whitcombe was a passenger from Wellington on Saturday. Mr and Mrs G. L. Rutherford have gone back to Macdonald Downs. Mrs J. Prouse, of Wellington, arrived in Christchurch on Saturday. Miss Stella Aston, of the Wellington Hospital nursing staff, is spending 4 holiday in Christchurch. Members of the city branch of the Women's National Reserve are working hard to make the fruit salad and icecream stall at the Rose Fete very attractive. The 30 girl attendants will wear becoming hats and aprons, and the decorations will be carried out in mauve and white. The children will be specially catered for by Mrs Laurie. Mrs Henry Wood. Mrs Acland, Mrs Bridge, Mrs Macpherson, Miss Way, i-nd Mrs MacDougall are among the many helpers. A touching little gift is being sent away by the Auckland Navy League Sewing "Committee in their next box of garments, says the "Star." It is a very pretty little frock for a girl of about six or seven, made out of biscuitcoloured stuff trimmed with white velveteen. The teacher at the Maori school at Tokaanu, Taupo, wrote to the League saying that the little Maori children had given three shillings and threepence, -which- they had collectoa amongst themselves in pennies, for the poor children who lost their fathers in the battles at sea. The ladies of the League were puzzled to know what to do with the small donation, but eventually bought the material for a frock by adding a little to it, and made a pretty little garment, which will charm iome child's heart in England. With it coes a letter telling of the gift of the"small Maoris away in the recesses of the country who wished to do what they could to help their little white brothers across the sea. Miss Emily J. Robinson, of 35a Elsham road, Kensington, London, \V .- 14, daughter of the late Sir _ John Robinson, editor of the "Daily News, is the moving spirit in the establishment and maintenance of an orphanage at Alexandropol for the poor little victims, who, escaping the death which overtook their parents in the hideous Armenian massacres, were left to the mercies of a cruel world. The Armenian Red Cross and Refugee Society, ot which Miss Robinson is honorary secretary have undertaken the support or 100 in this orphanage; and, in a recent report it was stated that from New Zealand came the first promise of a regular monthly subscription. Our London correspondent states that a Glasgow correspondent, -writing to the "New Statesman," draws attention to the case of a qualified lady surgeon from New Zealand, who came at her own expense to offer her services at 1 the beginning eff the war. The Army Medical Department excused itself on the ground that men doctors would not work with women. At that time also a hospital for New Zealand wounded was being opened in the neighbourhood of London. This lady offered herself as a resident-surgeon, where she would have been, I believe, at that time the only practising New Zoalander, the others being ex-colonials or strangers. Her offer was refused because the London consultants would not work with a woman. Specialists of this type and the Army Medical Headquarters are the last refuges of prejudices."

Mr Lionel Greenstreet, eldest son of Captain H. E. Greenstreet, late of the New Zealand Shipping Co., was married at Christ Church, Sutton, to Milly Baddeley, only daughter of Mr and Mrs J. L. Muir, Newark street, Greenock.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. By arrangement with Mi's Rolleston, Hair Physician and Face Specialist, qualified London, Paris, and America. "C.L." (Hastings).—lt is rarely the colour can bo restored to grey hair excepting _ by mcana of liair restorers and hair stains, which, as you will know, liave to be used regularly, and have no effect whatever upon tho root. In cases of fever, nerve trouble, or seysre illness, much can be done to arrest and prevent premature greynesß by suitable hair treatment. "Main. Trunk."—l cannot judge from your letter the cause of your eyebrows falling to such an extent. If you post a few recent combings for microscopical examination I may possibly detect some scalp disorder that has extended to the eyebrows. In the meantime bathe them with a good antiseptic. When the eyebrows are scanty brushing gently with a small brush often improves them. Correspondence, with addresses enclosed, replied to privately by letter. Write Mrs Rolleston, Dominion . Buildings, Cathedral square. ' (Advt.)

WOMEN'S POCKET MONEY,

(FROM OrR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, September 21. Tho Women's Industrial Council is trying to evolve a solution of the problem which will result from the continuance in employment after the war of women who have commenced to work in the first place for patriotic reasons, but will continue after the war for the sake of the interest and the independent pocket money involved. Mrs Boyd Dawson, secretary of the Council, says:—"There are many women working in Government offices at present who have never worked for money before. Tho reason why they do not ask for more than a .'pin money' salary i s that they have private means or are supported by. their parents. We are trying to pbtain the co-operation of religious and other societies in touch with these women, in order that they may put before them the injury which may be caused to others by undercutting in salaries. The council also wants the girls who have private means and who wish to continue some sort of work after the war. say, in girls' clubs, to do so voluntarily, and not overcrowd the labour market."

"WEDDINGS. A military wedding took place at the Vivian street Baptist Church, Wellington, when Mr Albert L. Dentioo, a returned soldier, who was wounded on the Somme battlefield, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. J. of Tasman street, Wellington (grandson of the late I>rum-Major James Phillips, of the 78th Highlanders, who served through the Indian Mutiny and Persian campaigns), was married to Miss Gertrude M. "VVooa, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs T. Wood, of Austin street, Wellington. IMr W. Oliver (returned soldier) was the best man, and Mr E. Burt (of the 32nd Reinforcements) was groomsman. The Rev. Mr Archer, Chaplain at Tauherenikau, officiated at the wedding. The wedding took place at Petone of Miriam Letitia, eldest daughter of Mr J. J. Cody, and Alan Gibb, second son of Mr J. W. Powell. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss F. Cody, and Sergt.'j. C. McEwan, a returned soldier and cousin of the bridegroom, acted as best man. At St. Peter's Church Wellington, Lieut. Kenneth G. Chamberlain, N.Z.1i.8.. of Wellington, son of Mr Mrs W. Chamberlain, of Woodville, Hawke's Bay, was married to Miss Ivy Bagshaw Kuhnel, eldest j daughter of the late Sir and _Mrs W. I Kuhnel, of Adelaide. The bridesmaid j was Miss Esther Fisher and the best man Lieut. B. W. Millier. NUN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE. The diamond jubilee of Mother Mary Camillas, of the Order of the Sisters of Mercy, was celebrated at St. Mary's Convent, Ponsonby, Auckland, cn Thursday. Mother Camillas entered the Order as a novice at Carlow, Ireland, as a young girl in 1855. - She went to Auckland shortly afterwards, and took her vows as a professed nun of the Order on November 22nd, 1357. Some time later she established a branch of the Order in Wellington in conjunction with the late Mother Bernard, who had spent two years at the Military Hospital at Scutari during the Crimean war. After the work in Wellington had been soundly established Mother Bernard and Mother Camillas returned to Auckland. Mother Camillas has been connected with the work of the Sisters of Mercy in Auckland ever since. She received a large number of gifts and messages of congratulation on the attainment of her diamond jubilee. There was a large gathering of the members of the Order and friends, and Mass was celebrated at the convent by Bishop Cleary. SOME SEASONING HINTS. A French woman who does her urn cooking nowadays gave a London paper of a recent date some new ideas as to flavouring food. They are new to British cooks anyway. She adds owo or three cloves to a vegetable soup with pleasing results, and a pinch of nutmeg to spinach. Brussels sprouts she treats with curry powder and she stews tomatoes with "a couple of grated onions. When she serves the useful beetroot hot as a vegetable she adds a clove to that. And all these seasoning and flavouring hints she got from one of the most famous chefs of Paris. TO-DAY'S RECIPE. Green Pea Mould —Boil 14 piilts peas (measured after shelling) until tender, then drain and rub rather more than half through a sieve. Chop half an onion and fry till brown with teaspoonful of chopped parsley. Rub "teaspoonful of flour into 2ozs butter, and put it into saucepan with a beaten egg and a little good 6tock. Add the cooked onion and parsley, season to taste, and cook for five minutes. Sprinkle some breadcrumbs or oatmeal into a buttered mould, put in the whole peas, then the mashed ones mixed with the sauce. Cover with buttered paper and' steam for fifty minutes. Turn out and pour gravy round.

PERSONAL NOTES PROM LONDON.

(from our own correspondent.) LONDON, September 18. Major Thomas Grant Crosse, of tho R.G.A., eldest son of Mr Thomas Crosse, of Kumeroa and Woodland. Hastings, was married at St. Mary's Chi>reli, Brixham, on the 12tli instant, to Isabel Helen, only daughter of the late Mr Arthur Leslie Harman, of Moorlah, Champaran, India, and Mrs Harman, Sefton placc, Arundel. Lieutenant Arthur K. McArthur, of the Auckland Regiment, son of Mr A. F. McArthur, Auckland, was married on September 13th at All Saints', Kingston-on-Thames, to Margot Madeline, youngest daughter of the late Mr Walter J. Everett, of Surbiton. Miss Charlotte Amy Dorothy Bartrum, eldest daughter of the late Mr B. P. Bartrum, of Fairlie, Canterbury, was married, on July Bth, at the Cathedral at Tai-an-Fu, Shantung, North China, to the ltev. Ives T. Stocker. of the Anglican Mission, a son of Colonel M. Stocker, of Merton Park, S.W. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. G. Mawson. Second-Lieutenant Noel Parker Dixon, R.F.C., son of Mr and Mrs W. B. Dixon (Christchurch), was married at Bimbrooke, Lincoln, on September 4th, to Dorothy Kathleen, only daughter of the late Rev. W. and Mrs Andrews, of Claxby Rectory, Lincoln. Lieutenant Dixon served fqr 18 months in France with the 2nd Australian Motor Transport Column before getting his commission. September 21. Mrs Burnett, who has had charge of the office canteen of the N.Z.W.C.A. for some time past and has done excellent work, has had to resign. She will probably be succeeded by Mrs D'Arcy Chaytor, who has been assisting hitherto. The executive committee passed a resolution. expressing the appreciation of the untiring energy and devotion to work shown by Mrs Burnett. Miss Conyers, matron-in-chief of ihe Australian Army Nursing Service, has been granted six months' leave of absence to visit Australia. .Miss Conyers is a New Zealander, and will celebrate the completion of her third year of war on the voyage home. Miss Jill Hislop (Dunedin) and Miss L. Salmond, daughter of the SolicitorGeneral. have completed six months' agricultural work at Rickmansworth, and will now probably undertake! V.A.D. work. Miss Enid E. Durie (Invercargill), who arrived in England in August, 1916, tried later to get a passport for America or Africa, but was unsuccessful owing to the restrictions upon women travelling by sea; so she is now Join" war work in Miss May Beatty is now appearing in "Carminetta" at the Prince of Wales's Theatre. \ October 2. Captain John C. Simpson (Westport), son of Mr and Mrs Simpson, Fernbank, Wick, was married at Balnafettack, Inverness, by the Rev. Charles Birnie, Aberdour. uncle of the bride, assisted b.v the Rev. George Birnie, to Elizabeth Ogilvie. younger daughter of Mr and Mrs John Birnie, Balnafettack. _ Miss Margaret Thompson (Clinton), having completed more than two years in charge of one of the nurses'. homes attached to No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital at Walton, has now been appointed secretary to the Entertainment Committee of the New Zealand War Contingent Association at -.h'j cantral offices in Southampton Row. Her sister, Miss Thompson, remains at Walton in charge of the other homo-