"ASHAMED OF ADELA."

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3033, 21 March 1917, Page 3

"ASHAMED OF ADELA."

• MRS. PANKHURST 'MD HER DAUGHTER. Air. Hughes, Prime Jftnister of tho Commonwealth, 6tatod in Melbourne on* March. 8, states an Australian paper, that ho had received "the following cable message from ■ Mrs. Pankhurst:— "i;am ashamed of Adela, and 1 repudiate her. Wish you all succeßs. Make 'my use of this." The "var has oaused a notablo division in'.the previously united Pankhurst family. 'Mrs. Pankhurst and her daughter Sylvia;have supported war measures and assisted in all patriotio movements, while tho other daughters, Cristobal and Adela, have opposed tho war.; Miss Adela Pankhurst has gained notoriety in Australia as a peace advocate' arid anti-conscriptionist. Sho published a' book, entitled "Put up the Sword," an<S has appeared in publio In ever/ State of the Commonwealth as a propagandist. ' !A few weeks ago' Miss Adela Pank-' Hurst, und«s.tho auspices of the Industrial Vigilance Committee, attempted to lecture against Mr. liloyd George, Mr.' Hughes, and their supporters at_ Midland Junction.(West Australia); a strong Labour centre. The audience sang Tier down with "Ernie Britannia' and "Australia Will Bo There?' •• . Miss Pankhurst delivered some inflammatory addresses in. Wellington some four months ago. Prodigality in Servants. As a measure of national sacrifice, it does not on the face of it seem an outlandish :• demand that one man or woman should not be entitled to have more than three men or women exclusively engaged in waiting upon him or her (states a writer in the "West-, minster Gazette"). But such a rule would probably have_ _a devastating effect upon the homes' of the rich, and thousands of women would no doubt protest that rthey could not possibly keep houßO on this scale. No country in Europe is so prodigal in servants as England.\, Numberless families in England keep two and even three servants, where" German and French families, would be content with one. The French habit of amalgamating families under one roof—abhorred of the English

—is necessarily muoh more economical in domestic servants, ns in all other ways. Here, every married' son or daughter sets up for himself or herself in a separate establishment as a, matter of course But not only that, most unmanned sons and many unmarried daughters of a certain age cultivate the same independence and require their separate- establishments and seryants. This is one of the great causes of British extravagance, as_ compared with the foreign way of living.. Also one of the great causes of genteel poverty. For when a comparatively small income or patrimony has to be divided ur> between so many separate .households, all go short when by combining,they, might all| he coniforta'ble,.. But'no Government is going to change this in a hurry. The last economy which an Englishman (or, still . more, an Englishwoman) will make even in ■ wartime, is to shut dowji'.his house and join up .with his ; relations. -Yet 1 this is obviously the one great possible economy for the middle-classeß.

Honouring a French Girl. On January 21, at the Sarbonne, Paris, a matinee, organised in honour of French womanhood, and the heroism of a young girl of 21 was celebrated (states the Paris correspondent of the "Mail").' This girl, Mnrcelle Semmer, was decorated with tb.e Croix de Guerre . and, the Legion of Honour. During the retreat in- August, 1914, after the French . had.... crossed the Somme and its Canal, pursued by the enemy, Marcelle .Semmer had the presence of mind, to open the'sluice gates' in order to prevent the Germans from, crossing the canal. This adt of heroism was carried out under the fire of the Germans, who fired on her and on our troops. As a result the enemy troops wore held up until; the'following morning. ' Remaining in the vi!lage,_ the girl was able to pick up and to hide i underground 16 exhausted French soldiers, whom she helped to escape in civilian clothes.' " Having been caught bv the enemy,in the act of feeding a French ' soldier, hidden in a thicket, she was condenined'to death. When questioned, she replied: "I am an orphan, and have but one mother —France. Do with me what you will." She was on the point of being executed when a rafale from the, French ■ artillery dispersed the German's. She then hid in* an underground vault, and was savecl next day when the village was retaken by the French. While serving as a guide to a.patrol she-was again taken prisoner, but after being . shut lip in a church she escaped in .the night through a shell-hole. and regained the French lilies.

Eighty-two pounds seven shillings and a penny was the amount handed' in to the St. John Ambulance. Brigade and Bed Cross Society from the Petone Red Cross Shop, being the takings during the last three weeks. Tho shop is only open' for one day each week, so it is clear that the venturers a great success. Tho members of tho Wainui-o-mata. Red Cross (Society are to be congratulated on fho splendid results of their effort in connection with tho shop. Fifty-six pounds seven shillings and a penny was made on the day when they were in charge, and this -'amount is the largest that has so far been obtained in one day.

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