WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2651, 23 December 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM /AR AND NEAR. (By Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Wedding in St. Paul's. Tho wedding took place very quietly yesterday, in St. Paul's pro-Cathedral, of Miss Mary Daphne Stewart, daughter of Mrs. Stewart, of Duncdin, to. Mr. Leslie Miles, older son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Miles, of Hobsoii Street. The ceremoiiy was performed by tho Rev. A. M. Johnson, Vicar of St. Paul's. The bride, who was given away by her mothor, wore a pretty white frock draped 'with old lace, and a hat lined with black and trimmed with pink roses. She carried a sheaf of pink carnations. The bridesmaid was Miss Hilda Miles, who wore a frock of white ninon with a blue belt and white liat. The best man was Mr .MacShane. Mrs. Stewart, mother oC the bride, wore navy blue taffetas, with a black hat, and Mrs. Miles was in black chiffon velvet with a black hat. Mrs.' Steel, sis- J ter of tlie bridegroom, wore black crepe de chine with a tetede negro hat, ami Miss AV. Miles was in navy blue taffetas, .with a bat trimmed with touches of violet. Mr. Gould, a relative of tho bride, and Mrsi Gould were also present at the wedding, and afier tlio .ceremony the bridal party and guests were entertained at afternoon tea at theresidence of Mr. and Mrs. Miles. In the evening the bride and bridegroom left for the South, the former travelling in navy blue with a black and white ha.t. For the Sick and Wounded. Mrs. Barltrop acknowledges the following:—Per Fox to it Girls' Guild, 10 walking sticks; Mrs. Lomas, 1 cap, 2 pairs socks, 3 mufflers; Mr.'Turnbull, 8 walking-sticks; Mr. Levestam, 3 sticks; per Nurse Sexton, 11 sticks; Mrs. Pritchard. 7 washers, 1 filled bag; "Anon," 22 bandages; Master L. Smith, 2 pairs slippers, 1 pair mittens; Mrs. P. Smith, 2 bed jackets, 2 nightingales, 2 pairs bed socks, 1 cap; Mrs. Startup, 13 washers; Mnrton Workers,' 37 slips, 42 .shirts,-14 vests, 22 undcrvests, 18 underpants, 18 jackets, 11 pairs elbow covers, 22 pairs mittens, 15 nightshirts, 11 mufflers, 58 towels, 34 pairs socks, 11 nightingales, 9 pairs bed socks, 46 washers, 4 pillows, 7 cushions, 28 caps, 31 bags, 4 gowns, 25 handkerchiefs,' 2 pairs knee covers, 5 pairs slippers, 15 food covers, 4' suits s\yabs ; bandages, 3 walking sticks; Ohingaiti- Partiotic AVorkcrs, 31 towels, 15 pillow slips, 14 sheets, 11 pairs pyjamas, 4 nightingales, 2 pairs slippers, 6 pairs socks, 1 muffler, 18 washers, 7 night-shirts, 2 jackets, 1 undershirt, 2 pairs mittens, 14 many-tail bandages, 74 roller bandages, 10 pairs bed socks; Mr?. Babbagc, 10 bags, 1 pair socks. Jam for the Men at the Front. A correspondent writes: "AVe hoar nothing is . more appreciated by. our soldiers at the front than home-made jam. Unfortunately a great deal of that which has already been sent has been damaged through being put into glass jars. Oil hearing this, the women of Otago determined to send 10,000 tins of this season's jam, and in order to fulfil this contract they are asking every housewife to take a few small tins of regulation size and fill at lea6t .one with cacli kind of jam she is making. The scheme has proved so popular that in ten days 5000 tins ij'cre distributed." Anyone wishing to carry out the same idea in Wellington could get particulars from the Otago Women's Patriotic Association, Dunedin. The British and Foreign Sailors' Mission ; is entertaining all the sailors in port on" Christmas Day at a tea which will be held in the mission room above the Navals Boating Shed, Jervois, Quay. Mrs. Pyne and. the Misses ' Pyno (Christcliurcli) have left for Hawke's Bay, Where they will be guests of Mrs. J. Ormond, AYallingford.

Work In the Hospitals. .Sister Bowie, of Seadown, formerly Piunkot Nurse at Timaru, returned by the Maungamii from Egypt on- sick leave (states the "Evening News").' Sister Bowie left with Sisters Nixon (Christchurch), Brown (Timaru), and J3lackmore (Timaru), early in the war, hc-fore nurses were being sent from Now Zealand. They paid their own passages 10 London, where tbey were engaged l by the Imperial Government and sent to Egypt, being tlie first New Zealand nurses t<< do service for the troops there. Sister-Bowie says the. work was very hard at first, t'ie nurses being on duty Irom C a.m. tiil 10 p.m. every day, and oven then it was impossible to attend to many of t.lui patients as they ought to have been attended to. After keeping on with the'work for sonio months her health rail down, and when nursing typhoid patients she caught the_ disease herself. Nurs<> Bowie, is looking forward to the time when she will be allowed to return to Egypt, two months hcuco. . ' . , ■ ' The other Sisters who went from New Zealand with, her, she says, are standing the work vpII. though they have be come very thin owing to the heat and the long hours. Mrs. and the Misses Allman left Wellington by the i'atcena for Picton yesterday. Mrs. J. Myers and family left for Picton yesterday.. Tlie engagement is announced of Commander 15. It. G- R- Evans, C.8., R.N., of H.M.S. Viking, second in command of Captain Scott's Antarctic Expedition, to Miss Elsa Andvord, of Christiama. A 'meeting of ladies who had assisted with tho recent Christmas party given to the wives and children .of soldiers at the front, Reservists, and sailors on board our warships, was held in the Y.M.O.A. rooms 'vesterday afternoon, Mrs. Chatfield presiding. A statement of expenditure and receipts was presented, and a very satisfactory state of finances was disclosed, the sum. of £7 after everything had been deducted being left over. It was decided to bank tho amount for future use in connection with cases of distress that might arise amongst families of soldiers, sailors or Reservists. The liberality ,of all who had assisted .with gifts of' toys, cakes, sweets, etc., as well as with monetary contributions,, was greatly appreciated. The committeo expressed its gratitude to the firm of Cadbury and Co. for gifts of chocolates, to the municipal authorities, per tho Mayor, for use of Concert Chamber, to the AVarehousemen's Association for gifts of toys, to the Aerated AVaters Manufacturers' Association for aerated waters, to Messrs. Coull and Culling for printing invitation cards, the Y.M.C.A. for use of Toom, and to D.I.C. for loan of Father Christinas dress and wig; etc. At Napier South School yesterday tho committee presented Miss lliley, a member of the teaching staff,. with a handsome manicure set as a token of their appreciation. An English paper announces the marriage of Captain Edgar Babst, sth Northumberland Fusiliers, only son of Dr. Babst, Norman House, Millington, Quay-on-Tyne, to Miss Laura Pearsc, only daughter of the late Mr. W. S. Pearse, South Canterbury, and Mr?. George Hescott, Auckland. , , (Continued on next page.)