WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 141, 4 March 1918, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS' OP INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Children's Patriotic Bazaar, Tho Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke) lias received a sum of £14 7s. from five children, Marjorio and Hilda Kussoll, Gladys Bull, Mona Mears; and J. Middlcton, for any oue of her patriotic fluids. This amount has been realised by a bazaar organised by these children and held at the homo of Marjorio and Hilda Kussoll. Since the outbreak of war thoy havo raised £50 for the i Mayoress's patriotic work, quite exclusive of two other amounts which have been handed over to other funds. lOvory six months or so they have held bazaars; always for a patriotic object, and their record of work is worthy of the highest praise. When asked whether they would approve of the money being added to the Bed Trianglo effort which is to provide our soldiers at the front with various comforts', including hot'tea and coffee, as they go in and out of- the trenches, the children expressed thomselvo's as being delighted with tho idea, and tn tho citizens' stall in connection with that effort Jt will be added. The Late Mrs. Rathbone. . The funeral of tho late Mrs. Lizzie • liutlibtme, of Lower Hutt, took. jilacq last Wednesday afternoon at \Vaipuwa (Hawke's Bay), the body being interred in St. Peter's cemetery, in the family plot. Taking parr, in the cortege were the sons, _;son- in-law, <uid grandsons of tho deceased lady. A short service was conducted in the church by Canon the Rev. M. W, Butterfield, and the Rev. ¥. AVhibley. iTho hymns, '.'Peace, Perfect Poace" and '"Abide' With Me," .favourites of the deceased lady, were sung by the congregation with intense feeling. Tho casket was then bnniu to its last resting-place by old employees of'the family, and the graveside rites wcro conducted by Canon Eccles, who, (it the closo ov the. service, spoke briefly of the excellent work which the deceased had accomplished in buildincr up the parish, and her many acts of kindly generosity. Many beautiful floral tributes were forwarded by sympathising friends and organisations with which the family are connected.

) Dr. and Mrs. Putnam have returned to Psilmerston North from' a visit to the Hot Lakes.

■Miss Dorothy Hayes (Nelson), who lias been spending tho, past two or three weeks in Wellington, left. for Dunedin on Friday.

Mrs. Newton King and Miss King jro; visiting' Wellington.

'Mrs-. M'Gii'L'."and Mrs. Bradley, of Spatofin, will ho in charge of tho Woodward Street Red Cross SJiop on Wednesday. They expect to have a good 'supply of cakes, sweets, flowers, ■etc. " .

Sister Ruth, 1 who for tho last two •.veins has boon in charge of the Methodist Deaconess Home in Christchurch, has accepted the offer of an engagement in connection with the Methodist Central Mission, S.vdnoy, of which the Rev. S. J. llolian, who visited Christclmich ii-l'cw weeks ago, is the superintendent.

The total amount realised through the Terraces day at tho Wellington Bed Cross' Shop is £1340. At a recont meeting of tho -workers the question was again dealt with as to their organisation for this year, whether they should be split up iuto three distinct working parties or whothor their organisation should remain as at present constituted. The decision of all wa: unanimously for the. latter proposition —that they'should'remain as they ai one largo body of workers. It wa' •further decided that in addition to their, regular days at'they shop they would hold three or four small dayscake days and so forth. '■ ,

The committee of the Nurse Maude Association, Christchurch, has decided in view of tho hopelessly unsuitable state of .tho district nursing offices, to erect a building more suitable for the work. This plan was put aside three years ago, owing to tho numerous calls cm the public in connection with the war, but tho matter has become one of urgency.

' Nurse Maude's work among the suffering poor of Christchurch is well known. Starting single-handed, 21 years ago, she now has five nurses and two probationers on her staff, and. a new building in place of the old premises in Durham Street is a necessity. Colonel R. Heaton Rhodes, M.P., has given a very suitable section of land in Madras Street, and Mrs.' R. Heaton Rhodes«has subscribed £500' as the nucleus of a building fund. The committee requires a further sum of £2000 for building and equipment, and' subscriptions aro invited for tho purpose.

Warning to parents.

Illustrating a warning as to tho need for caro in choosing a vocation, especially for one's children, Mr. H. IJ&lkin, a lecturor from America, whs spoke at the Y.M.C.A., Christcliurch, instanced the case of a Pittsburg banker who took upon himself to choose his children's career, irrespective *)f their wishes. He spent several thousands of pounds on a musical «ducation for his daughter, but she, although she had a remarkably keen tense of values and mathematics, possessed no aptitude for music. With the same obstinacy the father insisted upon his son going into husiuess. The hoy was passionately fond of music, and finally embezzled thousands of dol- ' Jars in order to go to Europe to study art. Tho speakor backed up this instance by several others, illustrating the unhappy results of misconception of vocation, and added, "Go to tho gaols, and you will find that -10 per cent, of the men there owe their misfortune to their ■misplacing i|i life, their want of real interest in their original) honest vocation." He added that ho bad sponially observed nnmorous criminals, and intended visiting the New Zealand gaols in tliß course of further investigations relating to his study.

Miss E. C. M'Ewan, who" for, .some years has been on the staff of the Hastings District High School) has resigned her position as from tho ■ end of March, intending to give up the profession for some time at least.

Tho dance for soldiers which was held in tho Town Hall ou Saturday evening was very well _ attended, anil appeared to be much enjoyed. As the Trentham Band had been engaged for other purposes that day, Mrs. Moiir tagno, at a moment's notice, consented provide tho music for dancing, and did so throughout the evening, her services being greatly appreciated. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) and Mrs. Luke were present, and all the arrangements were, as usual, carried out by their Entertainment. Committee.

Our Featherston correspondent ■ reports :—Mosdamcs W. J. Martin. \V. E. Bidwill, W. Hume, and G. 'Pain were tlio hostesses at the Anzac Club dance on Friday night, when there was a largo attendance,, and a very pleas-, ant evening resulted. Music was, as usual, supplied by tho Military Band, and extras contributed by Mesdamci Garlyon, l)awson, and Oliver, and Misses Bish, Oliver, ' and Toogoocl. Mr. F. Brabant was M.C.

All Over a Oat, Lady Davidson (wife of tho new Governor of New South Wales) brought, with her to Sydney from Newfoundland a cat. which was tho special pet of her two little daughters. Thoir consternation was great (says the "Syd j .upy Daily Telegraph") when they found that the open-door policy does not apply to,cats coming to Australia'. They were, not permitted to remove tho cat from tho steamer.; Under the Commonwealth animal quarantine laws .cats may, under certain restrictions, bo im-. ported from tho United Kingdom and Kcw Zealand, but not from any other part of tho world. Mr. Holman was appealed to in tho dilemma. The Premier found that tho'State has no rights in the matter of tho importation of cats. The Commonwealth is tho absolute authority. The position is that unless the Federal authorities-unbend in the. administration of what has hitherto been an inflexible the tabooed pet will have to be shipped hack whenco it came. The momentous decision of pussy's fate rests with the' Chief Federal Quarantine Office in Melbourne. Tho only constitutional method hy which the cat could be (admitted would be for the Governor-General _ in. Council to pass a regulation permitting ■&n exception to he made in its favour. A very enjoyable afternoon was spent at tlie Otaki tennis courts on Friday last, when a farewell was given for Mrs. S. AV. Rapley r.nd. Mrs. Barton', who are shortly leaving the- district. It was an ideal day, and the pic.turi c'sque courts looked their best. Small j tables were arranged on the lawn in [ front of the pavilion, where afternoon toa was served. Musical items were i contributed by Mrs. Blathwayte and Mrs. Temple-Page. During the afternoon tho Rev. Mr.. Petrie made a suitahlo speech, in which he spoke of the many sterling qualities of Mrs. Rapley and' Mrs. Barton, and Mrs. Petrie presented eacii with a handbag. Mrs. Barton responded on behalf of Mrs. Raple,y and herself, at the conclusion of which three hearty cheers were given for the guests of honour Among those present were:—Mrs. Huthwaite,' Mis. Petrie, Mrs. Hodgson, Mrs. St. George, Mrs. Blathwayte, Mrs. Temple, Page, Mrs. Simcox, Mrs. Booth, Mrs. Fearless, Mrs. Bacchus, Mrs. Gillies, Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. 0. J. D'Ath, and several others. i

The War Pinch at Homo, Many appeals have been made by British statesmen to the nation, to (strengthen its determination, many warnings have been given that the people must be iMepared for privations, but now it is apparent to those whom no warnings could influence that the period of privation has been entered upon (states the London correspondent of the Melbourne "Age.") Reference has been made to the effects of the food; shortage in Great Britain, and %o the fact that the introduction of a compulsory system of rationing is inevitable, in order to provide for some degree of equality in distribution. But rationing will apply only to the necessaries of life, not-to all articles of which there is an' insufficient supply for the needs of the public. It will apply to bread, meat, bacon, butter, tea, sugar and milk. Doubtless jt will be found necessary as the. war continues to extend the system to other articles than food, . such as matches, tobacco, clothes, spirits, and beer. Housewives havo been officially warned to expect the entire disappearance from the shops of all prepared foods, because no more supplies will be imported from abroad or manufac-

hired in Great Britain after the stocks in hand are used up. There are to bo no more tinned meats, tinned fish, potted meats, fish pastes, meat extracts, tinned or packed soups, fruits ita. syrup, jellies, (tinned vegetab'es, chutneys, pickles, sauces, essences, and Havoiuings. It has been suggested that the order aga(jjst luxurious displays in shop windows should be extended to the drapers' shops—especially to the large departmental stores. People who claim to understand' the psychology of the female sex declare that it'is the display of luxurious articles of feminine attire in the shop windows which is responsible for the waste of a great deal' of money at a time when everyone is urged to save ' and to invest their savings in war loans. The bal-ance-sheets of the large drapery firms show that their shops are enjoying a degree of prosperity far beyond the level of the most prosperous days'of peace. It has been proposed that the Government should 'appoint a dress controller, and that woman should be limited to an expenditure of £50 a year on dress, and that the clothes Allowance for the male sex should be £30 a year.