WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2879, 18 September 1916, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR,

(BY Imogen.)

. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL A Christohurch Wedding. Tile wedding took place 011 Tluiriday, in St. Michaol's Church, Christchurch, uf Miss Bessie Seymour (lately a nurse in the Christchurch Hospital) to Mr. Trevor Stringer (a returned Anzac), son of Mr. Justico Stringer and Mrs. Stringer. The ceremony was perlormed by the Rev. Mr. Perry, vicar of St. Michael's,'.and the Kov. Mr. Tobin, and the church had been decorated with flowers and palms. Tho bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of - white satin with a veil and w'reath of orange blossoms. Her sister, Miss Violet Seymour, attended lier as bridesmaid, and woro white crepo de chine, with a coatee of grey and pink in soft tones. Mar largo black picture liat was trimmed.'with a singlo pink 'rose. Sergeant Cyril S. Stringer was the best man.' Mrs. Seymour, the mother of the bride, wore an electric blue silk costume with hat to match, and Mrs. -Stringer (the bridegroom's -motlier) was in navy blue gla.co and liat, with touches of tangerine. Soldiers and nurses Wero largely represented at tho ceremony, as many of the latter as could bo spared from tho hospital. After tho reception, Mr. and Mrs. TreVor Stringer left for North Canterbury.- ' , " British and Allies' Relief Fund. Miss. Litchfield and Miss Morison ■ liave received at tho Town Hall parcels of clothing for the British and Allies' Relief Fund from :—Mrs. Chatiield (Tinakori Road), i\ r . J. Antill (two boxes), '"Helpful," two anonymous cases, three anonymous parcels. Johnsonville Coif Club. The funds of the Med. Cross. Society benefited to the extent of £2 by the ladies' golf , match and . afternoon tea which took place on the J'olinsonvillft links on Saturday afternoon. Tho winner of the match was Miss Cook. Defore the members "dispersed, a pleaslint- little ceremony took place. -. It was felt that the winter season sliould not .bo allowed, to clone without wnie mark of appreciation of the kind manner in which'Mrs-. Wallis and Mrs. • Morgan , had prepared' and dispensed afternoon tea every Saturday. ' Mr Graves, on behalf of the club, heartily thanked the two ladies, and presented Mrs. Wallis with three cut-glass table centrepieces,, and Mrs. Morgan with a willow-pattern china bowl. The i-o who wero quite taken by surl.priso, expressed their thanks brielty j'bnfc feelingly, and the company sang "For They Are Jolly .Good Fellows." Mr. Graves expressed' regret that the club was losing tho Misses Grapes, who are about to leavo for Melbourne, und Mr. and Mrs. F. Buddie, who will hbortly. tako up their rcsidcnco in Auckland. Wedding In the Taranakl'Strcet Methodist Cliuroh. The marriage took place in the Tnrrtiialii,'Street Methodist Sat-' in-dayof Sergeant-Major Leslie C. (jibbons, of the Eighteenth Reinforceitionb's,'secretary of the Wellington Onderwriters' Association, son of Mr. Joseph Gibbons, of Melbourne, to Miss Irene Dix, fourth daughter of t-lio late ;Jtr. H. -Itoss l)is, journalist. The Rev. ,T. G. Chapman performed MlO .ceremony. 'The bridesmaid was Miss Florence Dix,". and Sergeant Boyd was the .best man. ' The Women's National Reserve, Palinerstoii North, held a successful flower day. last •Saturday; The Council Chambers wero made the headquarters, and ladies were abroad early with their' baskets of beautiful spring flowers) The organisers made'a splendid effort, which resulted in the collection of £25 10s." At night time some 'enthusiasts still persevered in soiling many buttonholes outside the picture theatres. The .Reserve also lias the Christmas Plum Pudding Fund Well in hand, and hopes to be ablo to hand over a substantial cheque. Lady Walker, wife, of Sir Robert Walker, of Wellington, is at present a visitor to Auckland. Sir Edward Gif)bca and Lady Gibbes are yisiting-Paliiatua.-Mrs. J. Samuel, whoso death occurred in Auckland 011 Friday, -was the . ividow of the late Mr. M. K. Samuel, of Wellington, and mother-of a family of soldiers. One son/ Major Albert Samuel, left New Zealand in command of a reinforcement draft.; another, Private. Fred. Samuel, has been at the., front and been invalided, and is again in camp; Sorgt.' Victor Samuel was at (Jallipoli and is now iii France; and Private J. Samuel, also in France, has been wounded, but is again in the trenches. Mrs. C. S. Phillips, of Auckland, is her only daughter/ Mrs. ißjObert Malcolm, Miss Malcolm. and Mrs. Newall,of Christ--[church, left last week to attend tho fourth Triennial Convention of the Young Women's Christian Association of Australasia, to be held'in Sydney from October 5 to 11. Miss Gertrude" Owen, secretary of the Christchurch branch of the association, also leaves later for Sydney. Miss Moira M'Nab (Blenheim) is visiting Mrs. J. Williams, Christchurch. - Owing to the absence .from town nt the Mayoress.(Mrs. J. P. Luke), tho .(al'g'e meeting-of ladies which it wns proposed .to call together tins' vcoii will not be. held. The meeting arranged 'for, Wednesday afternoon next, at .half-past four in Mr. Shallerass's room iu.-Harcourt's Buildings will, however, lie held,.nr.<l it is hoped that ah 'those ladies who' were, present last Wednesday will' attend . this , coining meeting, aa well i>.i those who. liavu b'ccn communicated with. ANSWERS 'J'o CORRESPONDENTS.' fliy ■ Arrangement with airs. Kolleston, Hair Physician and Face Specialist. Qualified, London and Paris.] "R.S.T."—The daily use of very hot water on the face, unless cream is. immediately applied, is a mistake. To wash the face ill hot water and expose it' to cold air subjects the complexion to redness, -roughness, and a generally coarse and chapped appearance. "Inquirer" (Greymoii.tli).—As . tho prcmnture greyness is not hereditary or caused by ill-health it in list be due to tho poor condition of the scalp. If you will send a lew combings lor micro-scopical-.,-examination, I will write you personally 'and advise what is best. "jesmond."—Massage of the scalp is, with very few exceptions-, 'attended with excellent, results, for it stimulates the hair follicles and helps forward the secretion of the sebaceous glands of the scalp. Courses, one guinea. Private 'rooms for all treatments. Jlainvorlc of every description at Kiik.lisli . prices, r 25G Lainbton (Jiwy, Wellington.—Advt. Ladies are invited to inspect our SilkAnkled .Hoso at. 3s. Gd. Also our puro Silk Hose at Gs. Gd., 7s. Gd., and Bs. Gd., For value, they can't be beaten.. Price's Store, Willis Street— Advt. Wedding Announcement. Beautiful roses and the choicest of flowers only are used when designing wedding bouquets, which I niako a speciality of, Packed and forwarded thr.ough the Dominion. Miss Murray, Vice-Kegal Florist, 3G Willis Street.—Advt.

The Excollenoe of Women's Work. in the report of tho presidential address of the Iron and fiteel Institute, delivered by Sir William Beardmorb, of the Parldiead .Works of Glasgow, there comes confirmation of the capacity of women lor .work, of the -conscientious way in which they earn their weekly wage, states an English The address deals with the scientific research and experiment in steel and iron manufactures, with .efficiency and- economy in production, with the refusal of tho workers to utilise to the best advantage improved methods of manufacture, with the determination of trades unions limit the output, a policy somotimos called "na canny." The Government demand for munitions compelled this Glasgow firm to employ girls, owing to tlic scarcity of skilled workers. The words of the report are worth .quoting:—"These girls produce more than double the amount produced by skilled mechanics—members of tho trade's unions—working the same machines under the same conditions. Threo ropresentatiro cases may bo quoted, thus: 111 tho turning-of tho shell body, the acttial output by, girls with the same machines and the same conditions, and for an equal number of hours was qijite double that by trained mechanics. In tho boring of shells the output was double, and in tho curving and waving and finishing of shell bases quite 120 per cent, more than that of skilled mechanics. These coip-. diti'ons applied to war time, when" the peril of the nation demanded unselfish patriotic oxertion. by everyone,' and the men who thus limited tho output can onty be regarded as -unworthy of the privileges of citizenship." Another testimony to the. efficiency of the work of women comes from the Glasgow Tramways Manager,-' who was compelled to employ women as tramway conductors. Mr. Dalrymplo stated at a'conference of tramway managers in London that the. tramways, in Glasgow were then employing 870 women, and that they had. never earnbd so much money or carried . so many people. • 111 every way the services of. tile women were entirely satisfactory. In fact, if anything, they surpassed the. men whom tlie.y displaced Jby the tactful way in l which they dealt with disorderly passenger's. . . Correcting a Bishop. in a reoeuo jMiglisk journal tliu Hisudp of Uxrord, wuo opined that "wo wero prouder ol our young -men and more aslianjed of our young women tnan beiore tho war," in wiuch'he cliticr.s from Air. Asquith ahd Mr. liolloinley, has been taken to task. "Tho right reverend gentleman," th'o writer says, "contrasts' tho young men serving at tile front witlutho .'girls of 13, 14, and 15,' who aro. beyond the control of their mother,s; and does not seem to have sufficient;' sense of pro-portion-to sea that girls of this ago aro not on Uio samo: level as young men of 18 or 20. The true comparison tor these unruly young persons of the 'flapper' variety is, the, boys, whose vicious and depraved tendencies are tilling the children's courts and causing much uneasiness throughout the .land, it is a matter o'f congratulation that so little of. the juvenile crimo of Avtiich wo hear so much is-'attributable, to girls. '... ' "To go further. The girls who compare'.with the young liibn oi the-Army-and Navy aro those who havo taken 011 every responsibility and every variety of. now work with ever-increas-ing capacity 1 • and steadfastness—tho girls of whoso : courage and devotion both in the Dublin rising and in tho Zoppelin raids l tho Postmaster-General speaks so highly in his report; girls who work in dangerous.explosives with never a thought of shirking; the girls who work all day long voluntarily in canteens and at -hospital necessities.; tho girls who toil ungrudgingly in tho sweated trades"\to produce tiio Government clothing-for the Government .forces, the-girls against whom it has 'never been alleged (as it lias been against men) that - they are slacking, that they are holding up, the output through drink or by staying away from work after tlio week-endholiday. With these girls tho men of the fighting forces may'bo proud to be compared." Miss Coates is visiting Auckland. Mrs. Steel has left 011. a visit to tho south) where she'will stay with her sister, Mrs. -Handyside. Miss ' Geraldino . Mills, -daughter of Sir Jaines 'Mills, is among those who aro working on casualty' lists at the War Office, the hours being from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Miss Sarah Mncnnughtoii, who wrote "Tho Fortune of Christina M'Nab," "Tile Expensive Miss Du Cane," "A Lamo Dog's Diary," and other popular novels, died in London on July 24. Slio was with the Belgian army in the early days of'the war, and received the Order of Leopold for helping the civil population. ITer illness developed while she. was serving in a British ambulance attached to the Russian army. She also acted as a nurse in the South African war, and in the Balkans. — Surgeon-Colonel Hope-Lewis and Mrs. Hope-Lewis are visiting Masterton.

FOR SOLDIERS' XMAS GIFTS .WELLINGTON PROVINCE FUND. There axe rainy ways in'which the futid for providing Christmas gifts for the raeu tfe the front can bo assisted, and tho appeal just issued by the Mayor and. Mayoress of Wellington (Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Luke), in conjunction. with the Amateur Sports , Bodies, is one which country people throughout the Wellington province can do more to forward perhaps than anyone else. In this appeal jiatriotic people fend could one bo anything else * but patriotio in these days) are asked to forward gifts of poultry, dressed, undressed, or alive, to Messrs. Towns«nd and Paul's Auction Mart, Allen •Street, Wellington, where they will be sold each day on arrival, the procoeds w> ho haricTed over to the "Wellington Province Soldiers' Gift Fund." Cool storage is provided in tho firm's auction mart, so that if necessary the gifts .may be stored. These gifts should : be sent as early as possible, and should bo marked "Soldiers' Christmas Fund," as, by ihe kindness of the Hon. • the Minister of Internal Affairs, arrangements have been made for all such "to be sent to tho auctioneers free of freight to the donors if bearing this inscription. _ This is a point worth ■ bearing in mind in these times, when a limited purse will not spread itself out sufficiently to meet all the many appeals for hefp. To tho lads who often think longingly of tho nappy, peaceful land they left behind them, for which tlrey are ready to lay down their lives, such evidence that the New Zealand folk are thinking of them and working for them as will result from this fund will do much to holp them to face what lies ahead. -—7- ; —; ; ; \ . The face, once a xoman is over thirty, needs daily a skin-food to feed it, to be well rubbed in at night and morning. The very best only should he used;, this , is ' not necessarily expensive, for a pot lasts for some weeks or months. Miss Jlilsom recommends her • "Cultene" (35.) for nightly use, which is a tissue-builder, possessing/ the nourishing yet healing qualities which the skin demands, cures blackheads, reduces large pores, and leaves a .fine smooth .surface. The "Cultene Balm" (3s. 6d.), for use by day, ie a sure preventive for chapped and cracking skins. All hair preparations; All hair work; Eleotroljsis; Manicuring. Miss Milsom, Baraett Buildings, 94 Willis Street., Tel; 814. J -Advt. One of the most popular and profit- . able pastimes iif New Zealand is collecting Camels. £50 in prizes, and hundreds 1 . of oonsolation gift prizes offered to those J who save Camels off packets of Desert 1 ■ Gold, the Queon of Teas. Start to-day-enjoy the best ■ tea .and win a prize.— Advt. "The Son* of the Shirt." —This poem . portrayed the hard lot of the heedle- , women of earlier days, which has been largely removed by the advent of sew'ing machines, of wjiich Oscar Hewett - and Co. (established 18S9) have sold up-" - wards of 25,000, and for which they • guarantee to ■ supply needles, parts as | may be required. Parts, needles for all makes stocked. , Bojiaira promptly, efficiently, and economical; Depot, just below Bank of N.Z. 'Phone 520. Best value" in Sewing Machines. Try us.— Advt. Ladies will be particularly interested in our Showing of Dainty Hosiery. SilkAnkled Hose, Ss. Gd. pair. Pure Silk Hose, 6s. 6d., 7s. 6d., and Ss. fid.. Call at Price's Store. Willis Street.—Advt.