WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17063, 7 February 1921, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in the "Women's CornA - " 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. Miss Clark (Nelson) is staying at the United Service. Mr and Mrs Alex. Marshall (Dunedin) are visiting Christchurch. Mrs L. Heywood (Wellington) is staying at the Clarendon. Mr and Mrs J. Simpson (Balclutha) are visiting Christchurch. Mr and ?vlr.s Stanley iluir (Gisbome) are visiting Christchurch. Mr and Mrs Irving Carney returned on Saturday from a trip to the North Island. ..Mr and Mrs ,T. D, McCracken (Haylands) have been in town. Mr and Mrs W. 11. Turnbull (Wellington) are visiting Christcliurch. Mrs and Miss Douglas (Hawke's Bay) are visiting Christchurch. Miss Gene Boyton, of the Australian Red Cross, described by the London Press as the bravest nurse in the war, was married in England on January 21st, to Mr Harold Williams, of the Essex Yeomanry. Miss Boyton wears six chevrons, was wounded six times, and won the Egyptian medal lor bravery. Later, in France, she was ■Jiwarded the Military Medal for exceptional gallantry in the firing lino. Sho once went without food tor <8 hours, and wlnle attending the wounded was shot by a wiipet. She still carries a shell splinter under the heart., and once gave a pint of blood to savo a soldier's life. A CROWNING GI/ORY. Every woman knows that a faultless "■own avails but little in her efforts tor complete attractiveness if the hair is thin and lustreless and the complexion . muddy. Courses of treatment, including Hand and Vibratory Massage, five for £1 Is. Electrolysis, Manicuring, Hatrdressing, Cutting and Singeing, etc. Hair Work in all its branches. Mrs Rolleston, Dominion Buildings, Cathedral square. Telephone 373.^^ A WELL-EARNT~REPUTATION. We are proud of the reputation we have earned as expert Fur Manufacturers and Jtemodellers. \ou may with every confidence send your Furs to us for Remodelling. We employ only skilled workers, and they are under the close supervision of our principal. We would be pleased to receive a. call from you. T. Best and Co., Ltd manufacturing furriers, 140 Lichfield street, a few doors east of Clock Tower. o Summer sun makes summer sunburn, while dry and broken hair is often a. result of sea bathing. _ The woman who values her appearance is advised to visit J3allantvne's Toilet Salon without delay. A rose-leaf skin results from tho use of Cnmellian Massage and Vanishing Creams, while under the-skilled, attention given in this attractively-appointed Salon the hair becomes soft and lustrous. ® LONDON MISSION WORK.. VISIT OF SISTER KATHLEEN. | An interesting visitor to Christchurch is Sister Kathleen, of tho West Ham Central Mission, who has a etorv to tell in which pathos and bravery mingle. The Mission to which she i

belongs was inaugurated by the Rev. R. Ilountree Clifford twenty-three years ago. It is situated in London's dock-lnnd, and the people with whom it deals are mostly of the casual labourer typx? Their lives aro sunless, and it is only by the work of njdpvotod band of men and women who toil unceasingly iowards a betterment of things that even the smallest rays of sunshine are brought into them. Theso workers co out amongst the people, nursing them when they aro ill, feeding them when it is possible, organising classes and holidays into the country for the children, and caring for the old, who can care for themselves. Sister Kathleen paints a vivid picture of the misery, the squnlor, and the want that exist in the East End. During the war especially matters were very bad, particularly hi airraid times, and when the great Silvertown explosion took place. Tho Mission then opened its doors to as many of the homeless as was possible, and on the night after the explosion had a hundred and forty-three people whose homes had been destroyed, sleeping in the Church. While Sister Kathleen has her own story to tell—and she will tell it in Christchurch during tho coming week —she is also acting in advance for Madame Jessie Strathearn. A.R.A.M., a singer with a bjg English reputation, who has .given hnr beautiful voice to the Mission" for six months. Madame Strathearn arrives in New Zealand by the Athenic to commence an Austra 1 lasian tour in aid of funds for the Mission. Money is urgently wanted, in order that tfie good work may go on, and the Mission feels that it can depend upon the generosity of New Zealanders and Australians, to whom life has been kind, to assist those whose very existence often depends upon what the -Mission is able to do for them.