THE LATE MRS. T. W. HISLOP.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 606, 8 September 1909, Page 3

THE LATE MRS. T. W. HISLOP.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY. .'; The very largo crowd'which gathered at Salamanca Road yesterday, to - attend the funeral of-the lato Mrs;: Hislop'was an evidence of/the'esteem in which she was held by. all classes of the community, and thero were in . addition many who went out to Earori earlier in the afternoon and-.mot the cortege in the cemetery grounds. Tho Rev.' E. J. Tudor' Jones, Ph.D., pastor of,.the Unitarian Church,,'conduoted a funeral-: service in the.houso, and, by request, one of Mrs. Hislop's favourite psalms, tho 23rd, was read. Dr.. Jones said that the feelings of all were too sorrowful to allow'any address to bo delivered-.that day. : What they 'felt could not -be said, but later a memorial service would be held. ; At; tho graveside.the beautiful service was used that'was composed over 1 fifty years: ago by Dr. Martineau. Among the great number, of people who attended, the ■funeral,- in addition to sympathetic friends' and the general public, were many* representatives of different societies .with which Mrs. Hislop had, been connected//The St., John' Ambulance-District Nursing Guild' was represented by many members ~. of the committee, the Young Women's Christian' ■ Association, .the "Women's Social and Political Reform League/ tho Pioneer Club, the Girls' •Realm Guild, the Wellington Privato Nurses' Association,-the; -Young Men's.Christian As-' sociatioh; aitd many others. ■ The pall-bearers were Dr. W., Hislop (son), Dr. Shand and Mr. C. J.Ccopo'r (spns-ip.-law);and the chief mourners were tho Hon.-T. W; Hislop,-Mr. Goo. Hislop (his brother), and Mr. J. Hislop' (his nephew.). ..The municipality:was represented by tho Mayor,-; Dr. A. K. ;Newman, members of the City Council, the Town Clerk, 'the City Engineer, tho City Electrical Engineer, and" the; City; Treasurer.'";' Among the; many others who attended were Mother Mary Joseph Aubert,; the Hon. Dr. Findlay, the Hon. T. Mackenzie, Mrs. Rhodes, Mrs.'J. P. Luke, Mrs...Moorhbuse,. Miss (Joates, Mr. F. D. Waldegravo (Under-Secretary for Justice), Mr. Martin Chapman, K.C., Mr. C. P. Skerrett, K.C., Rev. H.-Van Staveren,'Mr. W. Fraser, iM.P./Mr. (Superintendent of iElectrio Lines), ' Mr. G. F. C. Campbell (General Manager of the State Fire Insurance Department), Mr. F. W, .Mansfield (Registrar-General),- Mr. P. Heyes (VaJiier.General); Mr. ■'■H. Baillie,(Chief Librarian),* and Messrs. Xr S.■', Biss, M. ■Murdoch, J: Godber,' aid :$: Winder .'(ex-couricillbrs), 'J. M'Lellan; J.' Hutch'ehs, John Duthie, J: _H. B. Coates, J, G.-W; Aitken, A. M;-Smith"/ Martin -Kennedy; T; F.' Martin, W.M. lHari- ■ nay, P.;."M'Ar.dJe;.;'G;f;-Hogben -(InspectorGeneral 'of;Scho6ls)' 5 'W ; Watsdri; E.' J.-Ton Dadelsze'ny'';W'. A'.. Quick, ■ A: ; Gray,' J; M; Butt, A' .&,%■ Ewen,- - J. - B. A.".-de -B. Brandon', A. ,'.R.-. Atkinson, Professor Mackenzie, .Hume,:the Hon. Hamilton Gilmerj ..M.L.iC, 'the : Ven. Archdeacon Devoy;-the-Very Rev. and many others.'. .Tho,'Bondyplsnt: Trustees. '■"".-•'.- The services rendered'to the poor of this ;city for.many years by the late Mrs. T. W. Hislop ;wero the subject :'of appreciative reference'at yesterday's meeting of the Bohevoleht Trustees. Tho Rev. W. A. Evans moved to send a_ letter: of -condolence to the Hon. T. W. Hislop. This was seconded by Mr. R. W. Short (acting-chairman), : and passed in silence, the. trustees standing. ■ The Plorieor Club..'.■''.."' _ At tho'meeting of-the committee of the Pioneer "Club, .held yesterday morning,' reference was'.made to the'part taken by Mrs. Hislop in its formation. Mrs. Hislop had. always- expressed a hope that -such a--club would be formod in Wellington. She-had , been. a\membor of. the/first '.Provisional Committee, and in tho last speech delivered by her in public, when she''thanked her friend's their gift to-her, and.reviewed the work whioh she had.dohe.and had tried to do, she spoko with pleasure of the fact that a women's club would be.yery.soon established. The cojhmitteo carried a resolution expressing deep sympathy with'the Hon. T. W. Hislop and his family, in the great loss'which they had"sustained, and expressed their high ap preciation of : the noble services rendered by Mrs. Hislop to tho community. ;' Girls' Realm Guild.'.

Tho: second annual meeting of the Girls' Realm Guild was called for eight o'clock last , night, whonit hadvbeon intended .-to discuss general business, and elect officers for tho ensuing; year. but. out'.of respect, .to Vthb memory of the; late president,- Mrs.' T. W. Hislop, all business, was postponed until next Tuesday, at the same hour andr.placo. The following'' resolution, , proposed by Miss Dimant, tKe hori. general secretary, - and seconded by ; Miss Elfie Young, hon secretary of the; Kia Ora :Centre, was unanimously. . passed beforo the meeting adjourned:— "Tho officers and members of tho Girls' , > Realm Guild in New Zealand tender to tho Hon. T. W. Hislop.and his family the most heartfelt sympathy in the bereavement which they have sustained, and wish also to oxpress their sense of the great los 3 which the guild ■has suffered through the death of its president, Mrs. Hislop,'who had ;snown deep and practical'interest in its aims and work from tho day it was formed,' and to testify to the warm personal, affecvon which sll . members felt for her." . . Dr. Newman's Tribute. ■' Speaking at tbo Christian Endeavour meet-, ing in the Municipal Concert ,Hall last .even- ; "• ing,/ tho Mayor (Dr.-Norman) referred- to tho kindly, philanthropic work of tho lato . Mrs. Hislop.- Tho Mayor was commending the zeal of advanced municipalities like that of Glasgow, in undertaking rescuo work, • building maternity homes, providing nurses for thorSick poor,-and other causes' that c'ony duced to the benefit of mankind.' The late Mrs. Hislop, ho said, had carried out to the full this new idea of civic government. • Wherever, wrong and...misery, existed, she spared neither time nor trouble to relievo Ihem.v Whercyor sho could do good to the aoor and suffering, it was dono. Among tho letters of condolence received >y tho Hon..-TV W.Hislop, _ touching-. the Jeath "of his wife, wa3 ono from the Navy League. ,"Mrs. Hislop was for three years ' president" of the women's branch of tho eaguo in Wellington, and did, valuable work In that connection. , , ."

Baby stealing is n common crime the irorld over, arid in Turkey one. to be guarded ' igainst more strenuously, than anywhere jise, for gipsy women take babies to" aid them in begging. Who can resist tho pretty beggar woman with.a pretty child/ 1 When they get a child in their clutches they smear it with walnut juice and.cxposo it to all weathers,' lotting it lie.on the stones in tho Btreots in a half-famished,' half-dead condition, so that its'weak and piteous '■ wails ■ may bring piastres to its. tiny outstretched hands. Thoir own : children are never Vbrought up,to beg, and when one stolen babe dies of abuse- another is snatched from eonis peasant home. ,' ~;.■. ;;.