WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2555, 1 September 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Wedding at Auckland. Yesterday at\ Saints Church, . Ponsonby, Auckland, tile marriage took place very quietly, owing to the bridegroom leaving on activo servico shortly, of' Sergeant. George Massey, solicitor, of Auckland, and now of the Trentham Regiment, youngest sou of the Eight Honourable the Primo Minister and Mrs. Massey, to Miss Dora Rebecca Grainger, daughter of the iato Mr. A. H. Grainger, well-known in Auckland as the head.for some years of of Hurst and Co. The ceremony ivas performed by the Dev. Archdeacon C'alder. Miss Massey attended as bridesmaid, and the best man was Mr. Iloy Grainger. After the ceremony a reception, attended only by relatives and a few intimate friends, was hold,. Mrs. W. P. Massey being among those who were present. 'Mrs. George Massey will make her home at' Palmerston North during the time her husband is in camp. War Time Cookery. • Special regulations for grants in aid of instruction for housewives in. cco- . nomical cookery "with (special regard t<> the abnormal conditions arising out of the war ha?e been issued by tho English Board of Education. The regulations set forth that the instruction, which should throughout, be as practical as possible, may deal with all or any of tho following topics, and stich ! other topics concerned with tho ccu- , nomical provision of food in war time as circumstances may suggest:I—l.1—1. The principal kinds of nourishing Soods which limy be employed! to supplement tho . use of meat and iisli 2. 'J lie kinds . of food specially suitable for children.' 3. | The employment of economical niothods ■ in the purchase, preparation,! and cook- ', ing of meat, fish, and other nourishing \ foods. 4. Tho use of simple cooking '• equipment, apparatus, and utensils, 1 with special regard to economy in the use of fuel. The'board will take in- ! striiction given under these regulations [ in a school 'receiving an inclusive nu- . jiual grant into account in assessing the r amount of that grant. v Women War Doctors. s In a letter received by a Melbourne - .colleague from Dr'.\ Mary Bell (nee c Henderson),.- the following : interesting 3 account is given in the Melbourne J 'Age" of the war hospital in London wljic'h is .staffed by.women doctor?: —"I visited tile other day a hospital ill Endell lioad, Bloomebury, taken over bv ® the War .Office and remodelled as a mills' tary hospital.of 300 beds. It is : officered e and staffed by women doctors, who hold i- rank and pay exactly similar to their e male colleagues. They wear a uniform s of khaki coat and .skirt, with shoulder it straps tearing the letters 'W.H.C. (Wos men's Hospital Corps). Dr. Louisa Gar!l' rett Anderson', who,showed me over the * hospital, i,s the chief surgeon. The Ju staff is at present complete,'. but any. ,s vacancies-occurring are filled on Dr. Ie Anderson's recommendation to the ."War y Office. There are two operating rooms, 10 and X-ray, dental; eye,, and other dec" partments, convalescent rooms, dining r * rooms,, and awnings, with chairs ami lounges, out of doors in the courtyard." —: —: — 3- . Mrs. J. P. Atkins returned to Wel--2 lmgloii on Tiiesday from, a visit to Au»tralia.' ■ l'i Mr. and' Mrs. Fowler (Nelson) .. are it staying. at the Empire. iSptel. ... ,

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Sale of Work at the Hutt. j A sale ol' work, organised by St. James's Church Ladies' Working Guild, the proceeds of which aro to bo devoted. . bi> the purchase of leather waistcoats or Now Zealand soldiers at Gallipoli/ ivas opened at the Lower Hutt Lyceum Hall yesterday by the Mayoress of Wellington (Mrs. Luke). The building was fillet! to overflowing,'and much purchasing was done. ; In the evening an entertainment, under the control if Mrs. H. E. Leighton, was well patronised, the performers being Mcs:lames. Macßain, Brown, and Wilson, Misses Harte, Armstrong, Macßain, L'arsons, Curto, and Messrs. Macßain uid House.; Tho stalls were attractively decorated, t'lioso in charge being:— Liincn stall, Mcsdames Hollis, AVatson, Hursthousc, Olero, Jarman, and Tossivill; fancy stall, Mesdamcs Bock and Alexander;' bran-tub, Miss' Grant; [lower stall, Mesdaines. E. Riddiford, jordon, and Anson ; produce stall, Mestlames Leighton, Extoy, and Perry; juinblo stall, Mesd&mes Bock and Fairliurn; sweot stall, Mesdaines Haywood, Brown, Rose, and Mirams; supperrooins, Mesdames Cameron, Woodward, and Russell; take competition's stall, Mrs. Hansell and Mrs. Ellis. . In this" connection the following awards, were made, the judges boing Mrs. Ellis andMiss Humphries—Plum cake, Miss Percy; small cakes, Mrs. Tosswill; brown loaf, Mrs. Heggie; sponge sandwich, Mrs. Staples; sponge-cake, Mrs. Lattey; scones, Sirs. v Bunker. The sale will be continued this evening. Worth's and the War! Tho cabled news that the' London branch of 'Worth's,(probably tho most famous dressmaking firm in the world) has been closed because Englishwomen are practising economy and are' refusing to buy expensive clothes has a significant meaning, states an Australian writer. Wo have read in the English papers how the trade in expensive gowns and hats has'declined, but we also learn from the fashion magazines that the trade in the lesser-priced' garments is excellent. People must have clothes, but in .war time the demand is for simple smartness.Some people have remarked,that-the Paris establishment of Worth's is still open, but ttiere is tlio best of all reasons for that, for the jvar has not affected South America, and it is from that great, and wealthy continent that the orders come winch mean so much to thousands of Parisian workgirls. Then-again the rich women in the United States have found that the. French dress designers and maker? who emigrated to New York a year ago d<i not seem to find the same inspiration ill which the veritable creations are prodticed. It is interesting to learn that, both tlio heads of the firm of Worth's —Messrs. Jean- and' Jacquesare fighting at tlio" front, and whenever they can snatch a few, hours' leave they are back in , Paris, encouraging 'theiremployees and making arrangements for further, supplies of warm garments for Lbs soldiers, -whiph are mado in . tba workrooms at slack intervals. Til© art union ..for tlu afternoon tea table cover,- draivn yesterday, resulted in favour of ,Miss .Ethel Stewart, of Taihape, who held, ticket. No. 718. Mrs. and Miss, Nora* Hawson lTavo goiie to Danhevirke to be present at Miss MacGibb'ons's wedding, which takes place-to-dajv. '