WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3068, 2 May 1917, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD

HATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR ANB NEAR.

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. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Wadestown Ladies' Gift. i LM f Willis and a mim . ber of Wadestown Indies hold sowinjbees, and made a quantity- of clothing, whichi they sent to tho Now Zealand \\ iir Contingent Association in London to be put to whatever uses 'were- dccnicd necessary. -Mrs. Willis has received a letter from Miss Helen Mackenzie, hou. secretary of the-Hospitality Committee, dated Fobruary 27, 'acknowledging the receipt of >two cases of clothing, and stating that they were forwarded to tlio Vicar of St. John's, lied Lion Square, London, E.G., a pool , .London parish, where the contents would bo much appreciated. A letter of thanks was enclosed from the vicar of tho parish, Mr. Cowan, and in the course of it ho writes:—"May I in tho namo of our poor people in this parish express my very hearty thanks for the most acceptable gift of clothing which you have sent us. Wo are deeply grateful for your kind thought in remotobering your needy fellows in this Old Country, and thank you, riot only for'-the present.itself, valuable as it is, but also for the feeling of fellowship which has inspired it. Trusting that' if at any time those- who aro among tlio kind donors' should ho in this part of the world, they will-honour us with, a visit, and_thus give us an opportunity of thanking them personally by word of mouth and a shako of the hand.—Yours very gratefully (signed) D. E. Cowan." St. Mary's Homes, Karor!. Tho' annual meeting of St. Mary's Guild, was held in tho diocesan offices, Musgrave ■ Street, on Monday., The Bishop of Wellington (Dr. Sprott) presided, and gave an address, as did Dr. Platts-Mills, the latter emphasising the diffcrenco between tho American reformatories for children, and that o! St. Mary's Homes, where they had.the benefit' of homo lifo under the guidance of the matron, Miss Parlane. Tho report stated .•—"The homes have been kept quite full. In the main home and extension thofo aro 32 girls, and in the Children's Homo 23 from five to thirteen years of age. Several t>! the older, girls have been placed in • situations, and others havo returned to their friends, their places being filled at once.' A successful,sale of wort done by tho girls was held in Novenv ber aft the. home, £50 beim; donated to tho debt extinction fund on the Children's Home. Through tho generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, who so kindly mibsidiso nil moneys collected, tho guild hopes to have the homes quite free from debt by the end of September, and aro getting up a combined sale of work and entertainmont'in August to raiso £250 for the purpo.se. The health of tho girls has been good oh tlio whole. Two girls were sent tc tho hospital for treatment, ,and twe littlo girls wero taken there for orjerations'pn their throats.- The guild if most grateful for the attention and kindness shown them.

Thanks are duo to Dr. Platts-Mills, Dr. M. M'Cahon. and Dr. Tattio for their kind attention to the health of the girls dtirine Dr. Agnes Bennett's absence, and Miss Heath for tho physical culturo classes which she kindly continues to hold, to the great benefit and pleasure of the girls; also to Sir. Hoby.and Mr. Lindo Levien for their attention to the girls' teeth. .The guild is much indebted to tho Government for the annual grant of £200, tho Macarthy Trust for £100,_and the Social Service Fund for their grant of £60. Thanks are again duo to Mar.iorio Hayes and her ybung friends of Karori. for the successful sale of work, they got Tip for the Children's Home; also tho girls of Fitzherbert Terraco School for the splendid results of their, sale of Tho members of the guild realise how much tho success of tlie homes is due to tho* untiring devotion of tho matrons,' and they aro most grateful to them. The balance-sheet for tho year ended March 31 last showed that tho receipts (including a balance of £385 3s. brought forward from the previous year) wore £1487 7s. 9d.. and the payments £1285 los. 6<L,- leaving a balanco of £142 18s. 9d. The guild extension fund showed—Receipts, £1428 9s. 3d.; -payments, £1304 3s. 4d.; balance," £124 ss. lid. The report and balance-sheet were . adopted, and x a vote of thanks was passed to Miss Parlane and the staff for the conduct of tho homes during the year.

The wedding took .place in St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral on Saturday of Miss

Phyllis Thompson Summcrill, . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Sunimerill, of Masterton. aiid Lieutenant Reginald William Kobhell, younger son of Mr. ami Mrs. W- M. Kobbell, of "Nftarata," Alfredton. The Her. A. M. Johnson was tho officiating clergyman. . The wedding took place in the Nelson Cathedral of Mr. F. C. J. Cockburn (Director of the Nnlson Technical School) to Mrs. Melhuish. The Rev. Dean Weeks performed tho ceremony. Tho Naval Dependants' Relief Depot, in tho Naval Association's building, Jorvois Quay, will be open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. to-day. . Any My having an hour of two to sparo who would like to sow for tho above-men-' tioned object will bo welcomed. Tho depot will bo open every Wednesday. Owing to previous appointments several of the ladies will, not be able to. be present to-day, so that new helpers will ho doubly welcome.

Mrs. H. E. White, who has Tjeon staying at the Midland Hotel, left for Christslnireli on Monday.

Tiie Burning Question, A very great ehango has taken place in dinner-table, conversation in social circles, states a writer in tho "Manchester Guardian." Before the war there were two subjects at dinner—income and ;uumcnt6. Now there is only one—food. No ono talks about his or her digestion now, only about the things jou can give it to do. "Whoro do you get your barley, and can you give mo any new ideas about butter beans?", ft duchess asked the other day, and tho same sort of conversation was going on all -round tho table. People are now exchanging recipee and | giving ono another tips about tho right shops for homely, things just as they need to exchange information about Riviera hotels and tho new liqueurs. At present tliie is really a pose and an amusement, but the reality seems ahead. Everyday people aro much tho same. Potatoes, indeed, are now the ex'cepfion in many middle-class houses here. People with no families or with growiMijj families aro in many cases doing without potatoes altogether, in some cases with the idea .of leaving morn for the poor, in other cases because it takes so much time to got them. Thero is ono economy, however, which no class of English people seem to consider. I mean co-operative marketing. In any French or. German garrison town if was a custom for groups of officers' wives to combino together to take turns at buying food, and then sharing it together, in this way effecting considerable economy. Tho work-. 'Ing class in England has its co-opera-tivo socioties and tho middle class its professional service stores, but that is as near to co-operation ns we could stand. The Englishman's homo is his castle, and ho dislikes tho man in the -castle next door to know how he lives and how he spends liis money. Perhaps tho war will oven break down our social architecture, A letter received from England reI corded the death in Devonshire last month of Mrs. Pophnm, wife, of Captain Popham, at ono timo a popular officer of tho Union Steam Ship Company, and later licensoo of ' Colter's Hotel, Christch.ur.ch. Women havo a feeling of doubt, cf shyness, often of distrust in seeking some aid in hair or hair work. They want eome hair, they must have hair; therefore, they should consult 6oine one with vast exporieuco who can advise either personally or by correspondence- as to what can bo done. Such advise is cheerfully given by Miss Milsoni gratis and confidentially. . Complete stocks of English hair in hand. Guaranteed, tho • very latest designs and very lightest of weaving. Everything manufactured from best-griulo English haii , . Switches, Transformations, Toupees, Pads,' Wirs, etc. Combines made up to euit clients. Clipping, Shampooing, delightful Face Treatment, Manicuring. New stocks of hair-combs and hair \ornaments—a wide range to chooso from. Miss Milsom, Barnett'e Buildings, M Willis Street. Tel. 811—ASvt,

A Feline Heroine,

Minnie, a. starving grey cat which walked into tho Mulberry Street Police Station, New York, three years ago, and was adopted by tho ''force," is now acclaimed a, feline heroine. . Fjve kittens were born, to her and one night the mother decided, that tho old home, in a corner 6i the basement, was too cold tor- her 'offspring. So she carried them , into a'corner of the farthest end of the boiler-room in the sub-cellar. Tho fire had been banked for the night, and tho door, of tho ashpit under'the boiler was open, and giving out a soft, inviting warmth. There was nothing to warn Minnie of' the live coals buried above. Early tho next morning, 1 Tftomas Warren, the day fireman, shook down tho firo' preparatory to stoking it. Down camo live coals, carpeting Tho bottom of the pit, and oiit flashed something grey under "Warren's feet. It was Murine. Before Warren could recover from his surprise she had disappeared again, to reappear presently with a kitten in her mouth. She dropped it at tho fireman's feet and entered again. Five times tho mother cat walked across live coals. Five times she returned with a kitten in her mouth. When sho had laid the last little ball of fur on the cellar .floor Minnie dropped. Tho kittens were unharmed. Superintendent Furlong bought a bottlo for them, and announces that ho will rear them himself. "I had to shoot Minnie," he'said. "Sho was just about burned to death." The story having been published, scores of letters and telegrams have been received from men. and women eager to adopt trie kittens. • At a concert which was given by Madame'Melba. in the Civio Auditorium in San Francisco, one of the largest halls in the world, £4200 was added to the cause of the Red Cross. For tho soldiers, Melba has raised tho sum of £00,000, according to tho statement sho made to a representative of the Auckland'"Star," and-until the war is" over she has decided not to take a penny for' singing in any British country. "Al| my money," she said, "shall go to the great cause." . '■. , 'At a, Red Cross fete, which was held in Nelson last week, an amount close upon £900 was realised. Mrs. Hitchings (Danneyirke), who lias been staying with Mrs. Bathbone (Hutt) has returned to her home. ■ Madaino Melba, who is spending a short time in Auckland, is accompanied by Lady Susan FitzClarence. • . . Dr. Florence Keller, who was recently re-elocted to the Hospital Charitable Aid Board is at present in Chicago taking - a -past graduate course in " She is expected.to return to Auckland in about three months' time.",