WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16377, 23 November 1918, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor will b© jjleased to receive for publication in tho "Women's Corner" items of social or personal news. Such items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to, women. Mrs Mathieson and her' two daughters (South Canterbury) are in Christchurch for some weeks. Mrs C. Bidwill, who came here to see her son while he was ill, returned to Fcatherston last night. Mr. and Mrs H. M. Campbell, of Hawko's Bay, are staying with Mr and Mrs Duncan, Cashel street. Among tho guests at the Clarendon are Colonel and- Mrs W. J. Will, of Dunedin, and Miss D. Bruce, of Feilding. Miss Owen, the general secretary of the Y.W.C.A., is a sufferer from influenza, after giving her services to nurse others. Miss Hardie, Girls' Department secretary of the Y.W.C.A., and several members are helping at the Plunket Babies' Hospital on the Cashmere Hills, while others are nursing at the Royal Hotel, helping tho district nurses. Nurse Hilda Hooker, whose parents are well-known residents of New Brighton, died from pneumonia on Wednesday. She had been a nurse at the Christchurch Hospital for more than a year, and her loss will bo greatly felt. Miss M. V. Cossgrove is suffering from influenza, and has been obliged to discontinue her work as financial secretary of the Dominion Boy Scouts' organisation for a time. Miss Colleen Macfarlane, who has been laid up at W T arner's with influenza, has recovered sufficiently to return to Kaiwarra. Nurso Isabella Maud Manning, whose death took place at Narrow Neck Camp, Auckland, .was a daughter of Mr ». Manning, Holly road, St. Albans, a very old and well-known Christchurch resident, for whom tho greatest sympathy is felt by a wide cirolo of friends throughout Canterbury. Sho was trained as a nurso at the Christchurch Hospital ten years ago, and had been engaged as a mission nurse among the Maoris ever since. She was stationed most of the time at Paeroa. When the epidemic broke out sho volunteered for sorvice at Narrow Neck, where sho contracted the complaint herself, and passed away before her relatives could reach Auckland.

The tea-room started by Mrs Holland and the members of the Lady Liverpool Depot is proving an immense boon to the many helpers in the influenza campaign. A delicious cup of tea, with cakes, soones, and bi&cuite is served, to as many as 400 each day. Many helpers, chauffeurs, and scouts are working at such high pressure now that they have no time to • think of their own needs, and to all such Mrs Holland and her assistants give a hearty welcome. Next door to the tea-room in the old Red Cross Shop is the office of tho clerical and general distributing staff. It is thoroughly well-manned, and one might say woman-ned, for the girls here who are keeping all the reports filed and tabulated are most efficient. The medicine for patients, and tho masks are also obtained here. If everyone would wear the masks, not only when nursing but all the time, in the streets, it would be a great check to infection. If only a few enterprising women would start tho fashion of wearing masks it would mean much for the general safety. Miss Mary Tabart reports that there lias been a good response to her appeal for old linen at the comforts department of the Red Cross Depot. It is found very useful at the various hospitals, and a continuous supply is needed. Nurse Gilkes has resigned her position as superintendent at the Addington Reformatory for Women, and has offered her services to the Hospital Board. The statement that Canon and Mrs Russell-Wilford (Collego House) had gone to their cottage at Clifton was not correct. Canon Wilford has been in the City all the vreeK, and has been giving iiis assistance at the Christchurch Hospital. The work at the electric kitchen in Manchester street, under the management of Mrs Hastie and tho Misses Ross, is in full swing, carried on by a band of encrgetic ladies. Those, who have been working hard each day from eight in the morning till eight and nine o'clock each night, making soup, jellies,

.„-+ards. include Mrs T. 3>. KenMrs Floeselle, Mrs L. Taylor, Mrs Miss Leach, Miss FairlinSfcMiss Una Smith Miss Betson, and Miss Hazel Evans. The workers at +£« kitchen are still in need of dishes cies ther make. They would be very grateful* for some eggs also. ° Lack Plunket, who started a creche for the children of working gentlefolk in the spring, has met with suefcextranrdinarv success that when tho last mails left Engk-nd, other ladies were contemplating opening similar nurseries Princess Mary and Princess Arthur of Connaught are both workin.* "in babies' hospitals, and this work is dailv becoming more popular with voting girls. This information should'be distinctly encouraging t<, the Plunket Societies of Sew Zealand, and to the various crcche and kindergarten, associations. There is no doubt that we in Christchurch have not begun to understand the real value of tho creche as a help "to working mothers. Tho Countess of Dudley, whose matrimonial affairs have interested a number of London folk recently, was wellknown and much liked while m Australia during the carl's term as Gov-ernor-General. She visited Jew Zealand once, for the sake of her health, but preferred to come incognito, to escape the inevitable entertaining. She is a very .beautiful woman, dark in colouring, and very bright and amusing. Her daughters—the Ladies Honor and Morvyth Ward—are very pretty girls, and have been greatly admired in London.

Mrs Lena Hutton, wife of Mr Frank Hutton, of the Wellington Magistrate's Court staff, died in the Normal School Hospital from, influenza on Tuesday. The deceased, who was a native of Auckland and a daughter of the late Mr William J. Gibbons, of that city, has left a little daughter. Mr Hutton himself is seriously ill.

The friends of Major Douglas Wilson will" regret to hear of the death of hia -wife, who succumbed to an attack or pneumonia, at Feathers ton on Tuesday. The deceased was the youngest daughter of Mr H. F. Christie, of Wanganui, and was only recently married. The death is announced of Mrs Jane Askow, of Hiwaka, relict of thelatei Mr William Askew, at the age of 85 years. Mrs Askow was born m in 1833, and with her parents (Mr aud Mra Jacob Gifford), Bister and six brothers, she'sailed lor New Zealand n the Thomas tttarks, arriving m Nelson in March, 1343. The family fi«t ®ado their homo, at the Upper Moutere, where they resided for aDout five years. Mr Gifford then took up land at Applebv and it was there Mrs Askow lived tu her marriage in 1857.- From then up to tho time of her husband s death, seventeen years ago, she resided in 1 waka. Sne leaves a family ot three sons and four daughters. Miss Margaret 3>ryburgh, -who has been spending several weeKs *1™ Mrs H R Harris, Timaru, returned to Ciiristchurch this week. . The death is announced of Mrs \orman Walker, eldest daughter of Mr James llickus, Wilkin street, Temuka. The deceased, who was widely known and highly respected, m cal tastes; and was a finished on the piano. Since tho war broke out the late Mrs Walker had taken a leading part in. patriotic work, .organising functions in aid of the Maori Soldiers Fund, collecting, playing at socials, and helping in every way she could. The cause of death was pneumonia, followinz upon influenza. Her younger sister died of the same complaint only a week ago. Qno of the deaths at the Dunedin Hospital on Wednesday wa s of Nurse Elsie M. G. Loudon, daughter of Mr J. H. Loudon, and niece of Mr John Loudon. The deceased was well known and highly esteemed. One of the victims of the epidemic is Mrs Olivo Hardin, a popular Member of the audit branch of .the [Defence Department. Mrs Hardin was the daughter of Mrs A. J. Litchfield, of Levermere, Blenheim, and leaves a daughter aged twelve years. She was-a talented musician and the possessor of a very fine voice, and was well known in musical circles in Wellington. Sufficient helpers have now enlisted to cope with the work at the Girls' High School soup kitchcn. The benefit derived by the Guinea Course of Hair Treatment at Mm Rolleston'e w oormiderable. The course consiats of five treatments, including clipping or singeing, massage with scalp ehampooing, with tomo and friction. Hand and vibro massage, also a lesson in the latest hairdreeaing. All troubled with falling hair, dandruff, or premature grojnefls. are assured •• of euooMeful results. DOMINION BUILDING. Cathedral square. 1 THE LATE MISS CONNIE WILDEY. Mrs It. F. Bickerton writes; In her slwrt twenty-six years, Miss Connie Wildcy. who passed to her rest on Tuesday, did as much, or more, than most of us do in our whole lives of fifty years and upwards. Her energy was wonderful, and she never wasted a minute. She was one of the partners in a business firm in town whero she spent her working hours. In addition, she was a very giftod singer. The violin, too, the king of- instruments, claimed a snare of her attention, and in a short space of time she made very great progress, and was a valued member of the Linwood Orchestra, besides' acting as its secretary. Tho piano, also, was one of her instruments, and just the week before her death she promised to play a difficult solo the following week for some of her friends. She was no stranger to the Ciiristchurch Competitions Society a few years back, and she had great ability as a character rociter. Patriotic work claimed a great deal of her time and strength, ana she was especially interested in work for our sailors, as her brother is in the Navy. Besides all this 6he found time for good works where needed, and all she did was done willingly and happily with a kind and gracious smile for everyone. DEATH OF A piILANTHROPIC WORKER. Rescue work in Auckland has suffered an almost irreparable loss by the death of Janet Hancock, superintendent of St. Mary's Homes, Otahuhu, who succumbed this week to pneumonia following influenza. .Like the late Miss E. C. Firth, Miss Hancock gave her life for the common good in the fight with the influenza epidemic (says the "Auckland Star"). At an early stage she volunteered, with Miss Bennett, her head sister, to take charge of the temporary hospital at Kylbridc, and three days after taking up this duty she contracted the disease. She was removed to Selwyn. Court, adjoining Bishopscourt, Parnell, where she died. Miss Hancock took up rescue work in London when little more than a girl, and devoted all the rest of her life to it without thought of reward. She was selected ten years ago by an English committee, at the request of Bishop Neligan, to take charge of St. Mary 5 Homes, which at that time accommodated an average of about 14 girls. Since then the work has practically doubled, for there are now in the homes about 32 girls, and about 50 infants, under three years of age. Miss Hancocfeywas the means of saving the lives of literally scores of infants, and the homes were held up by Dr. Truby King as an example for the whole worlci to copy, for although" the most unfavourable cases had to be dealt with, the infantile death rate of the institution was almost nil. This record, considering tbiat many of the babies born in the homes are those of immature mothers, while numbers of others are sent there that their lives may be saved, is in itself a splendid testimony to the deceased lady's work. Miss Hancock had a unique personality, and her personal influence upon the unfortunate who came under her care was the means of restoring great numbers to a happy

and useful life. She would never accept anything like adequate remuneration for her services, or, indeed, anything beyond what sufficed for her simple needs. She had no relatives in New Zealand. wedTdings. BREWER—PLUCK. Tho wedding took place on Wednesday, at St. Andrew's CHurch, iiakaia, of Miss Gladys Pearl Pluck, eldest daughter of Alt L. T. Pluck, ot Rakaia, to Air Harry iteubin Brewer, only eon of Mr G. Brewer, of Sumner. On account of tho prevailing influenza, epidemic, the weuding was of a very quiet character. Tho ceremony was conducted by the Rev. A. S. Morrison, and Mr Geo. Pluck, the bride's uncle, acted as groomsman. The bride wore a blue voile costume, with hat to match, and the Miss Florence May Pluck, sister ot the bride, wore a grey voile irock. Both earned bouquets of orango blossoms. Alter the ceremony a fow iriends assembled at the. residence of Mrs L. Pluck, where the usual toasts were duly honoured, that of tho bride and bridegroom being proposed by tho Rev. A." S. Morrison, and responded to by Mr H. Brewer. Later, Mr and Mrs Brewer left by tho South express for Timaru.

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TO-DAY'S RECIPE. Chicken Broth.—Cut t/io chicken into joints, put into 3 pints ot water, beacon witn salt, tuia simmer siowiy until all tljo nourishment is extracted. Tms will take about J 4 iiours, or 2 iiours for an old fowl. & tram tuiough a liuir sieve, cool, and remove ail tat before it is warmed up for invalids. According to taste> tiiiOiy. cliopped parsley may be used as a iiavouiuujj. ALany doctors are of the opinion tnau rabbit broth, made in this way is quite as nutritious as chicken.